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CRIME
getting beat on — there was just blood everywhere.” Police are still investigating the incident and obtaining information about suspects. Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Solvers at --. “They didn’t just punch and leave,” the same witness said. “They kept pounding the guys and they were pummeling them.” Junior Mike Hill, president of Lambda see ASSAULT, page 4
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Blood covered the floor of a Lambda Chi Alpha house early Saturday morning after a brawl sent several men to the hospital, witnesses say. At least eight victims were assaulted and three were taken to Rockingham Memorial Hospital with non-life threatening injuries after an unidentified group of men entered the house, police said Sunday afternoon. The assault
happened around : a.m. Saturday at a party inside S. Main St. RMH could not release the status of the unnamed victims Sunday afternoon. Two witnesses, who wish to remain anonymous for their personal safety, said many of the suspects were black men wearing jeans and dark sweatshirts with their hoods up. Approximately men were fighting that night, according to what witnesses told The Breeze. “It was really, really brutal,” one witness said. “It reminded me of ‘American History X’ where people were
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Police respond to assault on eight victims Saturday morning at 1225 S. Main St.
RETIREMENT
reflections
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President Rose looks back on his 12 years at JMU
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By John Sutter The Breeze e’s . It’s — the age of fast cars and hard rock. Two college friends were not about to pass up an opportunity to reach the epitome of cool. There it was — true beauty sitting there in the sunlight, practically shining like a gift from above. A true classic. His college friend just bought a
Austin Healey BN. He knew he had to buy one, too. Call it envy or even love at first sight, but on that day in Blacksburg he knew that he would be a proud owner of a piece of British history. Fast-forward a year and there it was, a Austin Healey BT L — the Bloody Beast. For those next few years, the roadster cruised through Blacksburg, representing everything that was the ’s. But just as all good things come to an end, graduation came, then marriage and a more practical car for a practical life. The age of driving fast and rocking out was replaced with master’s degrees, doctoral degrees, children and careers. But somehow he couldn’t get rid of the Beast. She
COURTESY OF LINWOOD ROSE
Linwood Rose drives his partially restored Austin Healey in the driveway at his home, which he bought when he was 19 as an undergraduate at Virginia Tech. He plans on restoring a 1964 Jaguar after retiring next year.
remained, closed off in barns, poultry houses and damp garages for nearly years. As he rose through the ranks at JMU, she stayed out of the spotlight, tucked away, fading as time took its toll. The man being groomed to replace the aging Ron Carrier, then president of JMU, found time to break
from the suit and duties as JMU’s chief operating officer and acting president to rekindle his love for the Bloody Beast. Linwood Rose, JMU’s president, mechanic and see ROSE, page 5
DNA: Discovering New Advantages Director of National Institutes of Health informs, entertains audience of nearly 300 about DNA’s benefits
By NEAL HOLLOWELL contributing writer
Dr. Francis Collins walks on stage with a guitar in hand and a painted double helix DNA strand snaking down the neck. Instead of just talking about his passion for science, the director of the National Institutes of Health also shared his appreciation for art and faith on Saturday afternoon to nearly students and faculty. His lecture in the Forbes Center for the Performing Arts made up part of “The Dance of Art and Science,” a yearlong series integrating art and science. Focusing on the study of the genome, the
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events began with the Freshman Orientation DNA dance in August. Raised in Staunton by a professor of medieval music father and a playwright mother, Collins said he learned from a young age to appreciate both music and the visual arts. Alex Goolsby, a junior health sciences major, liked Collins’ incorporation of all three fields: art, science and religion. “It changed it up,” Goolsby said. “It shows he is a great presenter … it’s interesting that a person in such a high position is not afraid to say ‘This is what I believe.’ ” During his lecture, Collins proudly displayed a series of pictures of himself
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Applicants to JMU Honors Program have doubled in more than two years.
playing guitar with several well-known musicians: The Edge of U and singer/ songwriter Kris Kristofferson. “Music has been a very important part of my existence,” Collins said. He added that he never misses an opportunity to make a fool of himself, musically. However, a fool was the last thing he looked like on Saturday. “If I had known he would come and lecture like this, I would have built the building sooner,” President Linwood Rose said. Collins possesses quite the list of accomplishments. From to , he led the National
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Human Genome Research Institute, an organization founded in . President Obama nominated him as director of NIH in . President George W. Bush awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom in for his work decoding the complete human genome sequence, and Pope Benedict XVI named him to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences. He is also the founder and former president of the BioLogos Foundation, an organization that “explores, promotes and celebrates the integration of science and Christian faith.”
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Dr. Francis Collins is an advocate of the importance of both music and science.
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LIFE DNA dance
Professional performers come to life by embodying genetics.
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SPORTS Tutu tradition
Senior tennis player Ida Donner explains the infamous apparel.