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Woman falls off frat house roof
Vol. 91, No. 15 Monday, October 15, 2012
DISSECTING GENDER BIAS
ALISON PARKER / THE BREEZE
Elizabeth Vincent, a senior marketing major, slipped and fell off the Delta Chi fraternity house roof Saturday.
Senior now in stable condition after Saturday’s accident A senior who fell from the roof of the Delta Chi fraternity house Saturday is recovering at the University of Virginia Medical Center. Elizabeth Vincent, 21, of Onley, Va., was reportedly taking pictures with her friends on the orange, shingled part of the roof of the house on South Main Street when she slipped and fell about three stories to the ground around 1:45 p.m., police said. She was taken by ambulance to Rockingham Memorial Hospital and later flown to U.Va. Medical Center. Nurses say she’s recovering in the intensive care unit with nonlife-threatening injuries. She’s now conscious and responding well. Sgt. Daniel Claxton of the Harrisonburg Police Department said Vincent had consumed alcohol, but he didn’t know to what extent. He hasn’t received the report of what her BAC level was at the time she fell, so police haven’t been able to determine if alcohol was a factor in her losing balance and falling. Delta Chi Fraternity was having a gathering at the house before the William & Mary football game. It was also the organization’s founders’ day. Vincent, a marketing major, is a member of Alpha Sigma Alpha sorority.
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Biotechnology majors McKenzie Quinn (left) and Laura Lorenz examine petri dishes containing bacteria that they’re testing in an ISAT lab.
Study finds women more likely to encounter bias, receive lower salary in scientific fields By IJ CHAN The Breeze
If you’re a woman going into science, you could receive almost $4,000 less than a man in the same field. In a study conducted by Yale University, résumés were distributed among science professors from six universities. Participating professors were asked to review and rate the applicant, according to a Sept. 24 New York Times article. The résumés were all identical in terms of listing accomplishments and skills except for one difference — on half of them, the applicant was male while on the other half, the applicant was female. The results of the study showed that the responding professors repeatedly gave the men a higher review and offered him an average starting salary of $30,328, whereas they offered the women an average starting salary of $26,508. Laura Lorenz, a senior biotechnology major, said that although she is aware that the bias exists, she hasn’t encountered sexism at JMU, because most of the faculty and students are female.
“What ends up happening is that the leadership positions and the positions of power are still being occupied by men, even as women are taking more of the massive number.” Louise Temple ISAT professor
But Lorenz said that the bias is more noticeable outside JMU at some of the biotechnology conferences she attends. “When I go to conferences, a lot of the higher-ups, or the CEOs of companies, or the [principal investigators] giving out the grants, or the people giving the talks —a lot of them are usually men,” Lorenz said. “So I’ve definitely noticed an imbalance there in terms of who’s being represented.” Lorenz, who is currently applying to graduate schools, said she’s nervous when it comes to potentially facing sexism in the
future. She also mentioned that in the midst of her search and selection for potential mentors, she tends to choose female professors over male professors, for fear that male professors may harbour more bias. “So there are a lot of old guys, basically, left over from an era where there was blatant sexism, who are running the show,” Lorenz said. “So in some places, I have been advised, I might expect some really underhanded snarky comments bordering on complete dismissal of my merits to just sort of sideline me into a more meager role in a lab or somewhere.” Louise Temple, an ISAT professor, said she has faced this bias for years as a student and teacher, though she said things are changing for the better despite the existing bias, particularly in the medical field. “What ends up happening is that the leadership positions and the positions of power are still being occupied by men, even as women are taking more of the massive number,” Temple said. “There are definitely some issues at the undergraduate level, but I think it’s very school specific.” see BIAS, page 4
— staff report
FOOTBALL (5-1)
Dukes claim top spot in CAA standings By WAYNE EPPS JR. The Breeze
After William & Mary missed a field goal at the end of regulation, JMU escaped with a 27-26 double overtime win against the Tribe on Saturday. Despite being handicapped by injury and sickness, JMU allowed 14 unanswered points in the first half. Its defense was without redshirt freshman defensive tackle Alex Mosley, last week’s Colonial Athletic Association Rookie of the Week, because of a concussion. The Dukes’ defensive line woes wouldn’t stop there, as redshirt junior defensive tackle Sean O’Neill suffered a knee injury during game. “We just were really reaching for defensive lineman during the game,” said head coach Mickey Matthews. “We were almost asking for volunteers at the half.” On offense, the Dukes were without sophomore wide receiver DeAndre’ Smith for the majority of the game. Smith woke up with the flu on Saturday and saw only limited playing time. He’s second on the team in receiving with 14 receptions for 116 yards. “He’s about a third of our offense,” Matthews said. “We had really based this week’s game plan on a lot of stuff with him. We were scrambling a little bit — losing a kid like that’s big.”
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Redshirt junior tailback Dae’Quan Scott, held up by redshirt junior Josh Wells, celebrates with the rest of the team after putting the Dukes ahead 27-20 in double overtime against William & Mary. JMU secured the win after a failed Tribe conversion attempt.
The offense was also without redshirt sophomore wide receiver Marquis Woodyard, who suffered a concussion against Towson. It’s unknown when Mosley, O’Neill or Woodyard will return. “We’re probably going to have to
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look at maybe taking some redshirts off some guys,” Matthews said. “We’re running out of players.” Despite the injuries, JMU made up for falling behind early, taking a brief 3-point lead before William & Mary tied the game at 17 in the fourth
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quarter. The Tribe had a chance to win the game with five seconds remaining, but missed a 31-yard field goal to send the game into overtime. Both teams struggled to make field goals throughout the game. William
& Mary missed two field goals in the first quarter as well as its final regulation attempt. JMU redshirt junior place kicker Cameron Starke missed his first field goal of the season as well, a 48-yard attempt that was pushed just right of the upright. He made all six of his previous attempts, including a career-long 49-yard field goal against Towson. After JMU and William & Mary traded field goals in the first overtime, redshirt junior tailback Dae’Quan Scott scored his second touchdown of the game to give the Dukes a 27-20 lead. William & Mary countered by throwing a touchdown pass to sophomore wide receiver Tre McBride. But instead of sending the game to triple overtime with an extra point, the Tribe lined up for a game-winning two-point conversion. The Tribe again searched for McBride in the end zone, but the pass was broken up and the Dukes came away with the win. After scoring the game-winning touchdown against Towson in the previous game, redshirt junior quarterback Justin Thorpe had another big game on Saturday, rushing for a career-high 106 yards and passing for another 157 yards and a touchdown. see DUKES, page 7
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