Volume 54, Issue 7

Captains Cruise on Homecoming

A Walk Down Alumni Alley

KALEY VINCENT KALEY.VINCENT.21@CNU.EDU

A walk down Alumni Alley greets you with familiar groups, like the President’s Leadership Program, the March ing Captains, and Greek Life organizations. Af ter grabbing free swag, including a foam finger, a Christopher Newport University bottle open er, and car magnets, you are all decked out to tailgate and celebrate Homecoming with students, faculty, and alumni.

Alumni Alley is or ganized by the Office of Alumni Relations. Baxter Vendrick, the Se nior Director of Alumni Engagement, listed the organizations with a spot on Alumni Alley, “This row is designated for the Office of Alumni Relations, our Alumni Anchor Society, Alum ni Chapters, academic departments who are inviting alumni back home to tailgate with them, and various orga nized groups of alumni, some Greek Organiza tions, some University Fellows, et cetera.”

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What’s Inside News

Governor Youngkin

Spirit

CNU

Last weekend was Homecoming Week end. CNU Alumni showed up, many different organiza tions hosted tail gates, and the foot ball team played at home against Wil liam Paterson Uni versity. The Cap tains lived up to the

festivities around campus and an over whelming second half led to a 31-7 vic tory. This was the Captains fourth win in a row and it im proved their record to 5-2.

The scoring start ed when Junior line backer Michael Ev

ans intercepted a William Paterson pass and returned it 30 yards for a touchdown, giv ing the Captains an early lead. After punts from both teams, William Paterson tied the game early in the second quarter

with an eight play, 38 yard drive. After that possession, the Captains reclaimed the lead thanks to an 18-yard pass from Junior quarter back Matt Dzierski to Freshman wide receiver Colin Hart. (continued on page 8)

Loving Like Adam

KALEY VINCENT

KALEY.VINCENT.21@CNU.EDU

Adam’s Law was passed in the state of Virginia in January of 2022. This law was created by the Oakes family in response to the death of their son, grand son, and cousin, Adam Oakes. Adam’s Law sets a precedent for legal re sponsibility in the event of hazing and makes haz ing a Class 1 Misdemean or. Upon investigation of the equality of anti-haz ing training required for college student groups, it was found that colleges are not legally required to give the same anti-hazing training to athletic teams as is given to other stu dent organizations, like Greek organizations and student governments. The implementation of Adam’s Law on Christo pher Newport Universi ty’s campus and the find ings of the investigation regarding athletics and hazing can be found in the Oct. 5 edition of The Captain’s Log.

Upon the circulation of the referenced ar ticle, Courtney White, a cousin of Adam Oakes and the President of the Love Like Adam Founda tion, reached out to share her side of the story and explain her goals for the law and the foundation, specifically regarding anti-hazing education for athletes. (continued on page 6)

SnapshotSports LifestyleA&E

Stephen Curry interview

Ultimate

Taylor Swift’s Midnights review

Student

Midnight

Photo of #94, Senior, Isaiah Williams, raises his arms in celebration over #15’s, Freshman, Colin Hart, touchdown taken by Wyatt Miles, Staff Photographer

Editor and CLog Staff Contact Information

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Lifestyle Editor

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Editor of the Week Elijah Williams

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Elijah Williams has been apart of The Captain’s Log since his freshmen year, 2019. Williams started out as a Staff Writer and then bumped up to Sports Editor in 2021. Being Sports Ediotr is not an easy task since there are not a huge demograohic of writ ers whoa re also interested in sports, but Williams makes it work every week with his creative layout and fun sports facts.

Staff Writer of the Week Amanda Eacho

Her

Her jaw against my chest

The laptop screen lights her brow

The soft beats calm her

Keeps her focus on the here and now

Her thoughts race along the track

As the devil gives a sermon in her head Don’t know what helps more

The pills in the drawer or me in her bed

As I lay here with her My heart feels fulfilled

My mind at ease, her mind at war Convincing myself I can make her healed

Holding her tight afraid of where she’ll go

My hands caress painful memories

I hope my love outweighs her shame, Overrides her insecurities

But in the end I choose her Her in her entirety

I don’t ignore her flaws

I accept them entirely

Amanda Eacho joined The Captain’s Log this fall semester and has been a consistent part of The Cap tain’s Log since. Eacho keeps The Captain’s Log cur rent with her well thought out reveiws on recent pop culture moments. One of which is a review on Taylor Swift’s new studio album Midnights featured in this issue on page 10. Eacho is also a talented photogra pher and her work can be found on this issue on page 13. Keep up the good work Eacho!

-River Foley

Halloween Crossword

Answers will be posted on our Instagram @cnucaptainslog! (all past crossword answers are in our Instagram highlights)

OPINIONS

Opinion on the Explosive First Season Finale of House of Dragons

MADISEN LEE MADISEN.LEE.20@CNU.EDU

This previous Sunday, October 23, 2022, the HBO series House of the Dragon, released its final episode of the first season. This was a highly anticipated episode for fans as it kickstarted all that there is to come in fu ture seasons. This episode was one of the most heartwrenching ones of this sea son, rivalled by episode 8 in which Paddy Considine’s character Viserys meets his end.

This episode follows one focused on the Greens in which they crown Aegon II king after Alicent’s misin terpretation of Viserys’ last words, and her thinking he requested for his first-born son to be his heir.

Within the first ten min utes of the episode Rhae nyra is informed of the events of the previous epi sode by her former motherin-law, second-cousin (the family trees get a little con voluted in this show if you don’t already know) Rhae nys. Rhaenys has ridden on dragon-back from the coro nation of Aegon to Dragon stone, where Rhaenyra and her family have been living for some time now and in forms them of the news.

This blow is the first of many to come to Rhae nyra’s family, the Blacks, this episode and kickstarts another loss for the family as well: the miscarriage of her sixth child. The scene in which Rhaenyra realizes her child is coming early, and then agonizes in labor to then deliver the still born baby by herself is not only shocking but so raw.

During her labor she brings in her eldest sons, Lucerys and Jacaerys, and gives them instructions for moving forward while she is incapacitated. She names Jacaerys her heir and tells him not to allow for any thing to be done, such as war preparations, until she is fine again.

This scene really stood out to me because it re ally showed how strong of a character Rhaenyra is. Here she is, giving birth for the sixth time, in pain and

agony, bleeding profusely, screaming, and just go ing through so much in this moment, but she is still giving out orders and holding herself to the duties which her father entrusted to her so many years before.

After this, Rhaenyra casts aside her mid-wives and in a shocking, and horrifying, scene gives birth to her still born by pulls the child out from inside of her. In the mod ern era of extreme graph ics and gore normalized throughout the media, this is a scene that still brought shock to me and left my jaw hanging.

It was one of the most jarring scenes of the sea son, comparable to that of the late Queen Aemma’s, Rhaenyra’s mother, death through caesarean sec tion. I think these par allels between the two scenes in the season are very purposeful though because from the very beginning of the series Rhaenyra sees child labor as something to be feared which is only enhanced by her moth er’s death.

Throughout the season the maesters and mid wives always try to pre serve the baby and not the mother in these tragic birth scenes. In choosing her own life rather than attempting to save her baby and casting away those who were there to help her and very well could have chosen to end her life to maybe save the child’s, Rhaenyra breaks away from the notion that, “The childbed is our battlefield,” as said by her mother, and goes on to prepare for conflict, rally her allies, and meet with her council.

Something this show has done so far, that the book hasn’t, is give emo tional depth and conflict to the characters who are to be at war in the next season. Every character is presented with moral

dilemmas and hardto-answer questions that really make the morality of this show not as black and white as it could be.

In this episode Alicent de livers a message to Rhae nyra, through her father Otto, asking Rhaenyra to swear obeisance to Aegon in exchange for peace and her to remain at Drag onstone with her family. Side note, Rhaenyra flies in on Syrax and lands on the bridge to meet Otto in the same way she landed on the same bridge earlier in the season, or 20 years or so prior to the events in the finale, and this paral lel was once again so out standing to see.

What Otto and Alicent propose to Rhaenyra is a good offer and one that would maintain the peace of the realm as urged in the prophecy: The Song of Ice and Fire. It is a hard decision for her to make, especially with everyone around her insisting she go to war immediately bu tultimately, she chooses to not land the first blow and simply rally her allies just in case conflict arises.

Her ultimate goal at this point is peace. Rhaenyra sends her two oldest sons, at their request, to their possible allies to negoti ate their alliance with her, and in doing so she acci dentally begins the events that lead to the Targary enncivil war: “The Dance of the Dragons,” through these events she experi ences her hardest loss of the episode and season: her second oldest son: Lu cerys Velaryon.

This episode heavily packs on their motherson bond which makes it clear to the viewer Lu cerys is about to meet his end.

Despite this obvi ous foreshadowing, it is still a big blow to any of those who watched it. He andhis Uncle Aemond are shown in a face-off between their dragons, both lose control of their steeds and ultimately

Vhagar, the world’s largest dragon at this point, bites through Arrax, Lucerys dragon, killing the dragon and Lucerys himself. It was a heart wrenching scene to watch; Lucerys was obvi ously frightened for his life after being intimidated by his uncle. Aemond shows a look of remorse and regret after kinslaying, and when the news is delivered back to Rhaenyra the viewer can truly see every emotion and the pain she is experienc ing.

The look on her face at the end says it all: war is here, the first blown has been landed, and she is not holding back next season.

Emma D’Arcy’s per formance as Rhaenyra throughout this episode is spectacular. I could feel ev ery emotion that Rhaenyra was experiencing through their amazing perfor mance.

The way they mold their body language to fit per fectly within the context of each scene is outstanding.

When Rhaenyra is in front of her council and re ceives the news of Lucerys she is noticeably trying not to break down and is shown slightly bending down as if receiving a serious blow.

Despite that she regains composure and faces her council with a haunting look.

Everyone did a spec tacular job this season, but Emma D’Arcy really blew it away with this episode. D’Arcy and all the cast really brought these characters to life through their excellent work. This season may not have been the most actionpacked with only one drag on-on-dragon fight, but it laid the necessary ground work for the viewer to be come emotionally attached to these characters and in vested in what is to come. I am impatiently waiting for 2024 and season two and am equally nervous and excited about the Dance of Dragons.

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A Look at The Newport News Greek Festival

CNU Senior Describes Their First Experience at the Festival Since The Pandemic

SHANNON GARRETT SHANNON.GARRETT.19@CNU.EDU

On Thursday, Friday, and Saturday Oct. 20, 21, and 22, the fall edition of Newport News Greek Festival hap pened and was very fun. It was at the Hellenic Center near the Greek Or thodox church off of J. Clyde Morris Boulevard. On Saturday, the hours were from 11 am to 9 pm. There was also online ordering for food at the event. So many people came to the Greek Festival from all over the Newport News area that it could get a little tricky to find an open park ing spot. On Saturday at 3pm, there was a live exhibit of Traditional Greek Costumes. The Hellenic Youth Dancers also performed throughout the day during all three days of the festival.

There were two lines for food, and one line for desserts. There was a line for drinks in a corner. They had all of the classic Greek food one would expect: Moussaka, Dolmades, Gyros, etc. The rice pilaf was amazing, and the Greek Festival has some of the best green beans anyone can get out somewhere. As for the desserts, they had many of the well-known Greek desserts, such as baklava and ergo lavi, an almond cookie in the shape of a crescent. By the time I went on Saturday, most of the desserts were gone, leaving just the ergolavi and a few other desserts. I missed my chance of getting some baklava. Hopefully, I manage to get some soon.

Shopping is a must at the Greek Festival, and there were several ven dors at the festival. It was mostly jewelry, but there was one vendor that sold olive oil only, one that sold clothes, and one that in addition to the jewelry, sold honey. For myself, I found a really beautiful bracelet and a nice dress. I heard that the garlic olive oil from the olive oil vendor was the most popular one they sold due to how versatile it was. At the fall

edition of the Greek Festival, there are usually less vendors than at the big one in the spring, but all of the vendors had wonderful products to sell.

The church nearby, Saints Con stantine and Helen Greek Orthodox church, did allow for people to come in, take pictures, and ask some ques tions about the church and Greek Orthodox Christianity. I went there back in 2019, and it is still a beautiful church with a beautiful mosaic and lovely stained glass windows. It was so nice to see it again and to go to the Greek Festival, as I haven’t been to one since the Covid-19 pandemic. Overall, it was a great experience and is something that comes highly recommended for everyone in the Newport News community to go and experience for themselves.

Photo of food offered at The Neport News Greek Festival by Shannon Garrett

Photo of items for sale at The Newport News Greek Festi val by Shannon Garrett

Photo of the inside of Saints Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church

Loving Like Adam

Courtney White founds the Love Like Adam Foundation in memory of late cousin, Adam Oakes

Seeking Justice

Continued from Cover

KALEY VINCENT KALEY.VINCENT.21@CNU.EDU

February 2021

Adam Oakes was beloved by his family and friends, but his cousin, Courtney White, had a special rela tionship with him. With 20 years sep arating the two, White spent many years taking care of and entertaining a young Oakes. When White had her own children, Oakes returned the fa vor.

“You have a lot of regret when you lose someone…I wish so many more times that I had just told him how much I care about him. I also wish every single day, to be honest, that I had known he was rushing, that he was pledging. I had no idea…At least I could have had a little bit of time to educate him on what it could be, and what can happen, and how to best avoid that, and I’ll forever regret that,” said White regarding the death of Oakes and his fatal encounter with hazing.

At her daughter’s 7th birthday lunch, on February 27th, 2021, White received the news that her cousin had died. According to White, her mother was asked via Facebook Messenger about Oakes.

It only took White a moment to pro cess what was going on; she immedi ately called Eric Oakes, Adam’s father: “I said, ‘Okay, we’ll be there.’ We all

went to my uncle’s and we were sitting around…it was very overwhelming the amount of love that was in the room.”

Despite the love, White described her reaction to the situation in one word: pissed.

“They were basically assuming that there was no foul play for a 19-yearold kid dying. And he was healthy, so how else would this have happened?” White remarked.

On the morning of February 27th, 2021, Adam Oakes’s body was found. The night before, brothers of the Del ta Chi fraternity chapter at Virginia Commonwealth University gave Oakes a handle of Jack Daniels whiskey and told him to drink it. For context, a han dle of liquor is about 40 shots.

“When we found out it was Big Brother Night, I was like, ‘I know ex actly what this is,’” White said.

Having been in a sorority herself, White recognized the signs of hazing and the premise of Big Brother night: “You get your big brother. You get your big sister. They give you what’s called a family drink. The family drink is a bottle of some sort of alcohol that’s extremely strong, and you’re basically told to drink it. Even one of the hazers in Adam’s death, he said, ‘It’s one of the deadliest nights in all of fraternal history.’”

If the police had responded to one of the four noise complaints made that night, Adam Oakes may still be alive.

If the suspension of the Delta Chi fra ternity had not been reduced from four years to one year, Adam Oakes may still be alive.

If any one of the brothers would have called 911 that night, Adam Oakes may still be alive.

While all these thoughts went through White’s mind, there is little that can be changed with a ‘What-If’ statement. Rather, White took her anger and sadness and turned to activism.

“Something my Paw Paw said before he died was, ‘Just get justice for Adam,’” White said, sharing the conversation that initiated the creation of the Love Like Adam Foundation.

The Love Like Adam Foundation, cre ated by White, along with Adam’s par ents, Eric and Linda Oakes, educates high school and college students, parents, and other community members about the dangers of hazing.

“I started to do research on hazing and that’s when I started to build a curricu lum…We’ve got a student hazing work shop. We have a large group presenta tion. We got a parent presentation. We have coaches and advisors training, too. I tried to take what other people were already doing and make it different…In the student hazing workshop that I cre ated, it uses improvement science from the Carnegie Center…and [the students] do the work. [The students] get to see the latest data on hazing, look at the trends, the patterns, the themes, and its [their] voice that’s heard,” White said.

One unique part of the anti-hazing col lege program is the speakers. The Delta Chi President, Pledge Master, and Oakes’s Big Brother speak out on how the night

Oakes died affected their lives. White felt that having the brothers speak to students was extremely impactful: “It’s very differ ent, but I will say that they have made a difference in every audience that we’ve been in front of. They answer every ques tion as best as they can, and they engage with the audience…When they speak, the kids are listening.”

Regarding the importance of anti-haz ing training for college campuses, White said: “You don’t want a death on your campus, and having us come and raise awareness is just one extra step to say you care about…the kids on your campus.”

With the passing of Adam’s Law, insti tutions must provide anti-hazing training to “current members, new members, and potential new members of each student organization with new members” (lis. virgnia.gov). It is explicitly stated in the law that a student organization with new members “does not include any varsity intercollegiate or club athletic team” (lis. virgnia.gov). However, it is not because hazing in athletics was overlooked by the Oakes family.

“They said hazing is different in athlet ics than it is in fraternities and sororities, but the thing is, it’s not that different. It’s still hazing,” White said regarding the push back received by universities in Virginia over including athletic teams in anti-hazing training.

“We needed [the law] to pass, and we needed anything on the books to make sure that everyone was receiving educa tion; that’s the bottom line…This is our mentality: we’ll take [athletics] out and we’ll come back next year and modify the law. Our intention is to go back and go back stronger,” White said about her fur ther plans for Adam’s Law.

For more information regarding Adam Oakes’ legacy and White’s anti-hazing curriculum visit lovelikeadam.com.

A young Adam Oakes and Courtney White, photo courtesy of Courtney White

L-R: Courtney White, Eric Oakes, and Linda Oakes at the Virginia General Assembly, photo courtesy of Courtney White

Gov. Youngkin Announces Bold New Public Safety Plan

JARRETT CONNOLLY JARRETT.CONOLLY.20@CNU.EDU

Earlier this week in a meeting with Virgin ia law enforcement officials, Governor Glenn Youngkin (Rep) announced his new public safety plan, calling it “Operation Blue Bold Line.” The Governor, Lieutenant Governor Winsome Sears, Attorney General Jason Mi yares, and numerous local leaders gathered in Norfolk to discuss policy related to crime. New port News Police Chief Steve Drew, Vice Mayor Saundra Cherry, City Manager Cynthia Rohlf, and other NNPD officials were in attendance at this meeting.

The Governor spoke to the media, saying, “Across Virginia, people wake up and turn on the morning news to hear story after story of violence in their communities: homicides, shootings, and aggravated assaults. With a nearly 40% law enforcement vacancy rate in some cities in Virginia, with too few prosecu tors actually prosecuting, and with dimin ished community engagement and witnesses less willing to come forward, Virginia’s blue line is getting far too thin” (Richmond TimesDispatch-Times).

What is Operation Blue Bold Line? Gover nor Youngkin outlined various pillars of the plan and how it will address crime in Virginia. They include a $75 million dollar disbursement for equipment and training for state and local police, fixing wage compression, the creation of a Badge to Degree program, increasing the number of police in areas with police vacancy, providing resources to victims, and ensuring law enforcement has a good relationship with prosecutors.

The initiative was praised by numerous law enforcement and politicians. Multiple mayors, including Richmond’s Levar Stoney and Nor folk’s Kenny Alexander expressed optimism. The move was still met with some skepticism. State Senator Jennifer McClellan (Dem-Rich mond) and Norfolk Commonwealth Attorney Ramin Fatehi expressed skepticism of how the Governor and Attorney General intend to sup posedly strengthen the ties between prosecu tors and law enforcement. Employees of Legacy Lounge, a restaurant that was forcibly shut down by Norfolk City Council in September due to violence in downtown Norfolk, sent an open letter saying the Governor should have addressed the controversy and included busi ness leaders in his plans.

The crime rate in Virginia is one of the low est in the country, but this year there has been a sharp uptick in violent crime, especially ho micide. The state recorded 6.59 murders per capita in 2021, a 3% increase from ten years ago. Norfolk was recently named 8th in most homicides in America according to WalletHub, with Virginia Beach and Chesapeake also being in the top 50. Whether Governor Youngkin is able to implement these changes and if these changes will work remains to be seen. Regard less, the Newport News Police Department said on their official Instagram, @newportnewspd, that they “will be closely involved in the devel opment and implementation of these programs and initiatives.”

Spirit of CNU Award Winners Announced at Homecoming

The Office of Orientation and Student In volvement (OSI) announced this year’s Spirit of CNU Award winners at the CNU homecom ing game on Oct. 22. In an email to the student body, OSI said the award was meant, “to rec ognize Captains who live out the Spirit of CNU in their daily lives. A Captain is dedicated to leadership, service, and honor.”

Below is a statement from each of the Spirit of CNU winners, Eliza Fitzpatrick and Cole Guin ther.

“Winning the spirit of CNU for the marching band was such an honor. The marching captains are the most deserving group of people on cam pus to win that award. To me, the spirit of cnu is not only about embodying what it means to be a captain, but also taking care of your peers and supporting them in any way that you can. The band has consistently been a safe space for me and I am forever grateful for the opportunity to represent them this year for homecoming.”

“The Spirit of CNU was definitely one of the best experiences I’ve had here at Chris topher Newport University!… To me, it was a huge honor to even be considered a finalist for this competition; being a winner along side Eliza was an even crazier feeling!”

“Additionally, being able to represent CAB for this award was a great feeling; this orga nization has helped me find a home at CNU since my freshmen year, so being able to share this experience with them and receive their support all week made it even more special!..Being announced at halftime was unforgettable and a privilege to receive the award/sash and bouquet from Mrs. Adelia Thompson! Overall, having this opportuni ty to represent this amazing school with the title of “Spirit of CNU” will be something I’ll never forget; and it made my final Home coming as a student a very special one!”

Guinther, photo courtesy of Cole Guinther

Fitzpatrick, photo courtesy of Eliza Fitzpatrick

Guinther and Fitzpatrick with Interim President Adelia Thompson and Captain Chris

Ultimate Fighting Championship 280

What A Fight to Behold

JARRETT CONNOLLY JARRETT.CONNOLLY.20@CNU.EDU

UFC 280 has been the most anticipated MMA event of the year and it finally happened on October 22nd. After months of buildup, we saw the Light Heavyweight Championship change hands and fighters prove themselves in the octa gon.

The stage for the main bout was set in May when Light Heavyweight Champion Charles “Da Bronx” Oliviera was stripped of the belt after failing to make weight for his defense UFC 274.

A fight was made in July for UFC 280 in Abu Dhabi where Oliviera was given the chance to regain the belt in a fight against Islam Makhachev,a Khabib disciple who has been on a warpath for the gold for a while now. Both men were undefeated for several years leading to this fight. These two titans clashing for the gold had fans clamoring for this event.

Manon Fiorot defeated Kaitlyn Chookagian in the opening catchweight bout by unanimous decision, pushing Fiorot closer to facing Fly weight champion, Valentina Shevchenko. Beneil Dariush also gained a unanimous deci sion win in a lightweight bout with Mateusz Gamrot.

“Sugar” Sean O’Malley de feated Petr Yan in a split de cision bantamweight fight. The fight was praised and won Fight of the Night but the re sult was controversial. Many fighters took to twitter to say Yan was robbed of the win, others thought this was simply biased against O’Malley due to his colorful persona. Re gardless of this, the meteoric of “Sugar Sean” continues as he climbs the bantamweight rankings.

During the moments be tween fights, a mild brawl broke out between Khamzat Chimaev and Abubakar Nur magomedov. The two argued

and threw punches at the cage side before being separated.

The two’s disagreement was allegedly peacefully resolved following a talk with mutual friend, and Chechen leader, Ramzan Kadyrov.

This created more contro versy with many feeling UFC and its fighters should not as sociate with Kadyrov, who has been accused of crimes against humanity and is an ardent supporter of Vladimir Putin.

The penultimate fight was for the Bantamweight Cham pionship. TJ Dillashaw looked to get back on track following injuries and a two year sus pension and regain his gold. He faced the champion Alja main Sterling.

During the fight it appeared that Dillashaw’s shoulder was injured and he appeared to pop it back in at one point. Sterling devastated Dillashaw with a series of takedowns and punches and won by TKO

3 minutes and 44 seconds into round two. Dillashaw confirmed he had a nagging shoulder injury post-fight and apologized to the division for still taking the fight.

The long awaited main event between Oliviera and Makhachev. The two men brought out the best in each other but Makhachev caught Oliviera with a punch and was able to slap on an arm triangle choke and Oliviera tapped out in the 2nd round.

This marked the end of the 11 fight win streak that turned “Da Bronx” into a superstar. Khabib celebrated with his pupil in the octagon and the era of Islam Makh achev has now truly begun.

UFC 281: Adesanya vs. Pereira is November 12th at Madison Square Garden. The UFC Fight Night series con tinues on ESPN+. You can watch UFC via pay-per view, ESPN+, and other providers.

Leadership in Sports

This Week’s Edition: Stephen Curry

AMANDA EACHO AMANDA.EACHO.22@CNU.EDU

In leadership class, we learn that there are many different ways to be a leader. For exam ple, in sports, there’s the obvi ous leader, the coach, but then there’s also those few players who bring the team together and inspire them. Golden State Warriors’ point guard, Steph Curry has really shown that you don’t have to be a coach or the loudest player to be an important leader.

The Warriors have many different examples of leaders on the team. However, Curry shows the importance of one of the more underrated parts of leadership, the behind the scenes moments.

Curry’s leadership type is more of leading by example than fully taking charge. He puts in a great amount of work to get better on the court, and is very committed to his team and to winning. When he was

asked about his style of leader ship, he compares it to Michael Jordan’s, stating, “He [Michael Jordan] never asked anybody on his team or in the organization to do anything he wouldn’t do himself.”

His head coach, Steve Kerr, even commented on Curry’s leadership. “It’s the perfect kind of leader,” he says, “someone who you feel comfortable with in the locker room but some body who you can count on to take you where you need to go on the floor.”

Curry is known to many bas ketball fans for his humility and commitment to his team.

Former teammate, Marquese Criss, talked about his surprise at how humble Curry is, saying, “Somebody being so good, you expect them to have an ego, but he talks to everybody like they’re on the same level as him.”

Curry is also not afraid to re cruit amazing players, even if it hurts his chances of winning future MVP awards, as long as it benefits the team.

Recently, Curry has had a chance to showcase his lead ership and dedication to the Warriors when his teammate, Draymond Green, hit another teammate, Jordan Poole, during a training camp practice.

This conflict could have quickly derailed the Warrior’s season, but as any true leader would do, Curry quickly stepped in, making sure that everyone was okay, creating boundaries, and establishing conversations that needed to happen at the moment.

His focus was on protecting the team. He claimed that he was “trying to problem solve as quick as possible.”

Curry’s quiet leadership style has had a revolutionary effect

on the Warriors as a whole. He was able to bring the team back from a two year losing streak and was a huge part of their recent NBA title win against the defensive powerhouse, the Boston Celtics. According to Kerr, “Without him, none of this happens.”

To catch more the of pow erhouse leadership stylings of Stephen Curry, tune in to the next Golden State War riors game. They will play on their home turf, San Francis co, against the Miami Heat on Thursday, October 27th at 10 :00pm.

If you can’t catch that game, then don’t worry. The Warriors will play again on Saturday, October 29th at 7:00pm. At this game, Steph Curry will face off against the Charlotte Hornets.

On This Day in Sports October 26, 2018

ELIJAH WILLIAMS ELIJAH.WILLIAMS.19@CNU.EDU

In what is considered the longest Baseball World Series game by both innings and time, the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Boston Red Sox, 3-2 in the 18th inning. The whole game clocked in at approximately seven hours and twenty minutes in game 3 at Dodger Stadium. First Baseman, Max Muncy ended the game with a leadoff home run in the bottom of the 18th inning.

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Top NFL Teams to Look out For

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Going into Week 8 of the 2022 NFL season, I figured it was about time to showcase the top NFL teams and their chances of winning the Conference titles and eventually the Superbowl! Without further ado, here are current postion charts as of October 26th:

Eagles (6-0)

Buffalo Bills (5-1)

City Chiefs (5-2)

York Giants (6-1)

Bengals

Captains Cruise on Homecoming Weekend

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After a punt from William Pa terson and a turnover on downs from the Captains, William Pa terson got the football at the 50 yard-line. A penalty on third and long extended their possession. However, an interception from Junior defensive back Shawn Hamilton gave the Captains the football in William Paterson ter ritory. The subsequent posses sion resulted in a touchdown, but was then negated due to a penalty, resulting in a 14-7 Cap tains lead at halftime.

The momentum began to shift in the second half. A punt from William Paterson began the second half. The Captains then kicked a field goal from Se nior kicker Ryan Castle which extended the lead to 17-7. The Captains defense forced anoth er punt from William Paterson which ended the third quarter with a ten point lead.

In the fourth quarter, the Captains were in cruise con trol. Their first possession of the fourth quarter lasted one play when Matt Dzierski com

pleted a 50 yard touchdown pass to Colin Hart which put the Captains up 24-7. A punt from William Paterson gave the Captains the football in which they embarked on a 13 play, 65 yard drive that ended with an 8 yard run from run ning back Adam Luncher. This sealed the victory for the Captains and improved their season record to 5-2. This equals their win total from last season (5-5) and it is the Captains first four-game win ning streak since 2018.

While the Captains offense made the most out of every possession they had, the defense was ultimately the reason they won this game. They held William Paterson to seven first downs and 99 total yards. They also had two interceptions, one being re turned for a touchdown.

Up next, the Captains (52) will face Montclair State University in Montclair, New Jersey. Kickoff is scheduled for 1:00 PM.

Photo of #15 , Freshman, Colin Hart, making a touchdown taken by Wyatt Miles, Staff Photographer

The Midnight Hour Has Arrived!

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The Queen of Pop is back!

Taylor Swift released her 10th studio album, Midnights, last Friday at mid night. Three hours later, she released seven bonus tracks, much to the excite ment of the fans who stayed up until 3am for her “special very chaotic sur prise”.

Later that day, Midnights became the most streamed album in a single day in Spotify history. Swift also became the most streamed artist in a single day in Spotify history. A lot of fans have de scribed it as a mix of her past albums 1989, Reputation, and Lover.

Midnights delves deep into Swift’s insecurities and inner thoughts, while backed with a catchy beat.

She describes it as “a journey through terrors and sweet dreams.” At first listen, the album sounds like a typical fun, catchy pop album.

However, once you actually listen to the lyrics, you see that there is a deeper meaning behind most of the songs. “Anti-Hero”, “You’re on Your Own, Kid”, “Labyrinth’’, and “Bigger

Than the Whole Sky” give listeners a glimpse into Swift’s own dark inner thoughts.

Self image issues, fear of falling in love again, and loss are just a few of the things that are mentioned. How ever, not all of the songs in the album are sad.

Songs like “Vigilante Shit” and “Karma’’ are more similar to her Repu tation songs. Fans have noticed that “Karma” seemingly takes aim at her legal battle with Scooter Braun over her master recordings. In “Vigilante Shit”, she makes a comment about an ex-wife that has also been speculated to be about Braun or her other adver sary Kanye West, both of whom have recently been through very public di vorces.

In classic Taylor Swift fashion, some songs are rumored to be about her exboyfriends.

“Midnight Rain”, “Question…?”, and “Would’ve, Could’ve, Should’ve” are some of the main ones that fans have been speculating about. The most popular thought is that “Would’ve, Could’ve, Should’ve” is another song about her ex, John Mayer.

Swift and Mayer dated while she was

19 and he was 32, and she first called him out in 2010 with her song, “Dear John”. In her new song, she discusses her re

-gret about their relationship with the lyrics, “I regret you all the time, I can’t let this go, I fight you in my sleep, the wound won’t close.” She also refer ences him taking away her innocence with the heartbreaking lyrics, “Give me back my girlhood, it was mine first.”

Her current boyfriend, English actor Joe Alwyn, is also referenced in a lot of her new songs. He even co-wrote one with her called “Sweet Nothing”, which gives listeners a rare glimpse into their 6 year relationship.

They let fans into their private life a little with the lyrics, “I’ll take their pushin’ shovin’, you’re in the kitchen humming, all you ever wanted from me was nothing.” “Lavender Haze”, “Mastermind”, “Paris”, and “Glitch” also seem to be about her relationship with Alwyn.

Many fans are disappointed because they were hoping for something simi lar to her albums Folklore and Ever more.

However, Swift is known for switching up the type of music she writes so it’s no surprise that her new album is a lot different from her other recent releases.

The idea of not knowing what her new music is going to sound like re ally adds to the experience of wait ing for the next Taylor Swift album.

Midnights can be listened to on any streaming platform such as Spotify or Apple Music and of course can be purchased on the Itunes store and in person.

A Review of Nick Kroll’s Latest Netflix Comedy Show An Average Netflix Comedy Conisseur’s Point of View of Nick Kroll: Little Big Boy

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SAVANNAH DUNN SAVANNAH.DUNN.21@CNU.EDU

Nick Kroll’s new comedy show on Netflix Little Big Boy aired on Netflix September 27, 2022. Since it’s airing it has re ceived an 88% audience rat ing on Rotten Tomatoes and 6.7/10 stars on IMDb.

I personally enjoyed the show, meaning I forced my roommates to watch it with me twice in a 24 hour span to “research” for this article. I do not consider myself a stand up comedy expert, but ever since Netflix started airing comedy specials I have be come quite the comedy con noisseur at the most. In these shows I notice a typical pat tern throughout each. The comedian starts with short stories that all string together through a certain theme and

get to the punchline quickly. Next there are one or two longer form stories, and fi nally there are some more short stories that call back to a previous bit from earlier in the show.

The first few stories found within the first ten minutes of the show the transitions were somewhat awkward. The first story was about an embarrassing encoun ter in his pubescent years and then jumped to his lactose intolerance caus ing an awkward situation in his karate class when he was prepubescent. He tran sitioned these stories with the phrase, “I was a late bloomer that’s why it was so bad that she pantsed me. I

was also a picky eater.” After the second watch through this transition makes more sense and appears a bit more fluid, but as a first time watcher I was think ing, “where is he going with this?” That internal ques tion was squashed as Kroll reeled me back in with his elaborate expressions and goofy voice impressions.

During the second watch through I took note of the commonalities between the stories Kroll told, and it revealed the theme which was simply his life. This made his awkward transi tions make more sense. However, Kroll’s comedic abilities do not shine the brightest through his sto

rytelling abilities but rather his impressions and physical comedy. This aspect of his co medic style is seen the most in his cartoon show on netf lix called big mouth. Through the cartoon medium Kroll has the ability to let the nuance of his voice impressions and creative mind go wild without little to no explanation.

Obviously this is not how a comedy show works. The co median starts from ground zero. It is simply them on a stage with the only visual they have to offer the audi ence is themselves. Kroll can not simply walk on stage and do his impressions. He could, but it would not be compelling to his audience. In order to get to the part of his show where

Kroll wows the audi ence he needs to provide some exposition, and while those skills were rusty his voice acting and physical comedy skills are arguably more valuable. Both of those skills are rather difficult to pull off. Every college student in America has to take a class on how to tell a good story which is the majority of what a comedian does. Kroll’s impressions and physi cal comedy gave Little Big Boy a special addi tive that overall makes his comedic style hard to replace.

A review of Taylor Swift’s newly anticipated album Midnights

Album cover from Spotify

A new horror movie for the Halloween season

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Don’t Hug Me, I’m Scared

An amusing yet strange web series that’s worth the watch

JARRETT CONNELLY JARRETT.CONNELLY.20@CNU.EDU

11 years ago, the first in a series of horrifying and surreal puppet videos premiered on YouTube. People were horrified by the first Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared videos.

It would go from a cheerful song with puppets that you’d see on a daytime children’s show to a disturbing nightmare.

And now, armed with a bigger budget, the second season has be come an official tv show. Making the rounds on Britain’s Channel 4 before appearing on YouTube.

The second season’s 6 episodes are some of the most entertain ing and horrifying TV I’ve ever watched and I can’t wait for more.

The series follows three char acters: Duck, Yellow Guy, and Red Guy. The episodes usually follow the three meeting other anthro pomorphic creatures who give them a musical number on a basic concept before it turns very weird and then becomes a conglomera tion of gore and madness. It’s like Sesame Street and Hereditary’s disturbed love child.

Episode One is called “Jobs”. The three meet a talking brief case who gives them jobs at a “bits and parts factory”. Yellow Guy is given a job as a factory

worker while Red Guy is an upper management.

Duck is confused by the whole thing until he is brainwashed into loving his job. However, he suddenly realizes everyone has aged 40 years and inadvertently causes a cacophony of madness until it just resets and the trio is back home, confused.

Episode Two is called “Death”. It starts with Duck reading in a newspaper that he is dead and then his heart falls out of his chest. A talking coffin helps them make a funeral for Duck. Duck begins annoying his coffin while buried.

The other two then try to build a new friend out of clay.This is probably the least bloody epi sode and has more funny banter. It does end with a violent murder though.

Episode 3 is a nightmare and a half. “Family” has the trio discuss splitting a family pack of snacks when two twins sing about the meaning of family to them.

This episode has few moments of wholesomeness, it’s just terri fying. Yellow Guy takes the brunt of psychological torment.

The encompassed every ele ment of horror into a neat and bloody package. I am still hav ing those creepy twins in my subconscious. The gruesome ending also sees the return of Roy, Yellow Guy’s dad who first appeared in Season 1.

Episode 4 “Friendship” is extremely funny and dis turbed. The trio has a “com puter day” with the Computer puppet making his return from Season 1.

Duck and Red Guy berate Yellow Guy for forgetting the password and a worm named Warren the Eagle appears to lecture them on friendship.

Warren the Eagle (he is a worm though) is every bad life coach podcast bro on a disturbing scale, his bulging eyes are hard to look at. Duck and Red Guy have to figure out how to save Yellow Guy, who’s begun to melt due to the mental abuse. But Warren goes into Yellow Guy’s sub conscious and wreaks havoc.

The episode “Transport” has an old train puppet appear to teach them about transpor tation, but he dies mid musi

cal number.

Red Guy, who is feeling claus trophobic, drives the train car corpse thing with Yellow Guy and Duck in the backseat. It doesn’t take long for things to go disturb ing and the trio become aware that their lives are a cycle of mad ness.

The car eventually breaks down fully and they end up in a junk yard until a creepy voiceover is heard and we see a human hand returning the trio (as dolls) to their home

The season finale leaves you begging for more. A musical number goes wrong and Yellow Guy ends up switching the batter ies of an Electricity themed pup pet with his own.

This makes him smarter and more aware of the maddening cy cle they’re stuck in. This however upsets the other two as it dam ages the routine and makes them terrified of the unknown.

The house blacks out and we see the discarded corpses of sea son 1 puppets. Yellow Guy travels upstairs and meets a live action and seriously damaged woman named Lesley.

Remembering Leslie Jordan

The actor and comedian passed away at the age of 67

FIONA SULLIVAN FIONA.SULLIVAN.20@CNU.EDU

This past Monday on October 24th, the entertainment indus try sadly lost a legend known as the actor, comedian, and even TikTok star Leslie Jordan.

Reports say that he was driv ing alone on Monday morning when his car suddenly crashed into the side of a building at the intersection of Romaine St. and Cahuenga Blvd.

It is suspected that he suf fered from a medical emergency and therefore could not get con trol of his car.

Jordan is best known for his portrayal of Beverly Leslie on the sitcom Will and Grace which he won an Emmy for best guest actor in a comedy series back in 2006.

Jordan also played 3 differ ent roles on 3 different sea sons of the tv show American Horror Story which included the Roanoke, Coven, and 1984 installments. Jordan is not only a versatile actor, but co median as well.

He wrote and performed his first comedy show, “Hysterical Blindness and Other Southern Tragedies That Have Plagued My Life Thus Far,” in 1993 and it ran for seven months offBroadway.

It told the story of his life from his beginnings in Chat tanooga, Tennessee to strug gling with substance abuse and the fears he had while coming out as gay to his fam ily and friends.

Yet, he truly had nothing to be afraid of because people

loved and accepted him for who he was and in 2021, Jordan was given GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ En tertainment Critics’ Time less Star award.

He also appeared as a guest judge on RuPaul’s Drag Race in 2013 and sup ported and donated to AIDS Project Los Angeles and Project Angel Food during the AIDS epidemic.

In 2020, Jordan became well known and loved by the younger generation when he joined Instagram and TikTok where he posted hi larious and relatable videos that immediately attracted millions of views and got him millions of followers.

Many people turned to

him for humor and joy dur ing the dark times of the Covid pandemic and it is no doubt that Leslie Jordan was able to make them forget their struggles in the mo ment just by making them laugh.

He was a sweet, talented man who truly made a dif ference in the world but asked nothing in return when he made people smile and spoke up for various communities that needed support.

David Shaul, Jordan’s agent, released a statement to Variety where he ex pressed his love for his cli ent.

“What Leslie Jordan lacked in height he made

Lesley, who is honestly the most terrifying en tity in this entire series despite being the ONLY HUMAN, gives Yellow Guy a book of “answers” to show the others.

But Duck switches the batteries and Yellow Guy accidentally shreds the book. And now we’re left with no answers again

The show has a great formula but doesn’t feel repetitive. The episodes are unique and you want to find out why they’re stuck in this cycle.

The introductions are even different every episode, one even has Red Guy screaming “WE LIVE IN AN ACTUAL NIGHTMARE”. You will laugh, gasp, sing along, and recoil in horror all at once.

As bizarre and maca bre as the show is, it is certainly one of the most unique shows to ever ex ist and is worth a watch. Don’t be scared, be terri fied, but watch it anyway.

up for in generosity and greatness as a son, brother, artist, comedi an, partner and human being. Knowing that he has left the world at the height of both his pro fessional and personal life is the only solace one can have toway Leslie Jordan easily did.”

Photo of Leslie Jordan from Variety.com

LIFESTYLE

A Walk Down Alumni Alley

KALEY VINCENT KALEY.VINCENT.21@CNU.EDU

Alumni return to campus for homecoming and reconnect while tailgating on Alumni Alley

For alumni of the March ing Captains, Homecoming is a time to show support and share stories. Kyriakos Mossaides, ‘20, appreciated the bond he felt with past and current Marching Cap tains: “I feel a strong con nection to the Marching Captains. Coming out to support the band…coming back, it feels like home.”

Meagan Brown, ‘06, re turned to share and lis ten to stories with other Marching Captains: “As a charter member, it’s fun to see the younger gen erations that have contin ued the traditions that we started almost 20 years ago. They’re all so much younger than me…but it’s fun to share stories and talk to them about what’s changed and what it was like back then.”

Homecoming also brought together members of various Greek Organiza tions. Sisters of Alpha Phi and Phi Mu shared their appreciation for Greek Life in their college experience. Ruthanne Reed, ‘00, Alpha

Phi, expressed her grati tude for the small Greek community that she expe rienced during her time at CNU: “When we were in school, [the Greek Com munity] was a lot smaller… we got to know each other across Greek lines. I’m standing here as an Alpha Phi with Phi Mus and Gam ma Phi Betas, and I can say some of my best friends are Phi Mus and Gamma Phi Betas and Alpha Phis.”

Kasi Logan, ‘03, Phi Mu,

agreed with Reed: “We’re looking at 20 something years since we’ve been in college…no matter how many days or months go by that we haven’t talked, we still pick right back up where we left off.”

Nikki Winkler, ‘01, Phi Mu, became emotional when speaking of her friend that passed away, express ing that their friendship formed a bond between Phi Mu and Alpha Phi: “One of the best pieces, for me, was

that my best friend went Alpha Phi. At the time, I was heartbroken over it, but what it did was it built bridges between the two organizations that could never be replaced. We lost her last October and we still remember everyday…She’s with us all every day and Angie Archer was a phe nomenal sister and Greek. But the legacy remains and the more I talk about her the more it keeps her alive.”

“No matter the letters on your chest, we’re all sisters together,” Logan said, em phasizing the strength of the bonds that Greek Life creates.

Socializing at the Presi dent’s Leadership Program Alumni tent was Chirs Inzirillo, ‘09. Along with being a former PLP stu dent, Inzirillo was engaged on campus as a Residential Advisor, a PLP Leadership Adventure Facilitator, a member of CNU tonight, and a staff writer for the Captain’s Log. Despite all of his campus engagements, Inzirillo felt that it was

the relationships formed through PLP that encour aged him to return for Homecoming: “I feel like a lot of my core CNU relation ships happened to be with other Leadership Program participants. When I think about PLP specifically, the relationships really made it special.”

Christopher Newport University created an at mosphere for its students to find lifelong relationships

and establish a connec tion with campus. While all alumni had a different experience on campus, the sentiment seemed to be the same: Captains are family. Marching Captain, Kymberley Brown, ‘06, con firmed this statement, “It’s the community, the fam ily feel that CNU has that makes us want to come back and be a part of it.”

Meet Me At Midnight

New club, Swifites of CNU, host release party for Taylor Swift’s album Midnights

Campus’s new special interest club, the Swifties of CNU, made their debut at Christopher Newport University in alignment with the release of Taylor Swift’s 10th studio album, Midnights. The founders, freshmen Opal Roberts and Emma Garletts, creat ed the club to get involved with the CNU Community. The release party boasted a turnout of 21 students.

Garletts and Rob erts had the idea for the Swifties of CNU when they were looking at various clubs and organizations: “Opal and I were looking at all the clubs, and we were like, ‘This isn’t for us.’ We both like Taylor Swift and

we jokingly said that we should start a Taylor Swift club, and then we were like, ‘That’s a good idea.’ And we started it,” Garletts said.

Swifites and other attendees had various ac tivities to do while they waited for the clock to strike midnight. Activi ties included a Midnights themed photobooth, a sheet to rank their favorite songs before and after the album release, Midnights themed coloring pages, and Midnights bingo. “[The] coloring sheets were a hit,” Roberts said.

As far as the album goes, Freshman Trinity Tate, a member of the club from the beginning, shared her expectations and reac tions to Midnights. Despite expecting ‘Anti-Hero’ to

be her favorite track, Tate wound up preferring ‘Lav ender Haze.’ “I really liked [‘Lavender Haze’] because of the overall vibe of the song,” Tate said.

Overall, the found ers felt that the release party was a success: “I’m so pleased with the way the release party turned out. It was such a [relaxed] event and that’s exactly what Emma and I want from this club,” Roberts said.

The Swifties of CNU jumped into planning events for the rest of the se mester, Garletts explained, “We have a karaoke night that we have planned, a friendship bracelet making night. And there’s a trivia night next week.”

More information for anyone interested in

Taylor Swift and the Swift ies of CNU can be found on their Instagram: @swiftiesofcnu.

Kymberley Brown & Meagan Brown 2006 alumni sit together at the Marching Captains Alumni tent

Taken by Savannah Dunn

Alpha Phi and Phi Mu alumni pose for a photo as they reminisce on their time at CNU Taken by Kaley Vincent

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Swifties club founders Opal Roberts & Emma Garletts Taken by Savannah Dunn

Club members fill out their favorite songs list before the release Taken by Savannah Dunn

Student Sustainability Commission

Members of SSC explain the

SAVANNAH DUNN SAVANNAH.DUNN.21@CNU.EDU

One of the newest or ganizations on campus is the Student Sustainability Commission (SSC). Found ed by CNU alumni for their capstone project, the SSC is “a group of CNU students working together to edu cate students, faculty, and staff about sustainable practices and make the CNU campus a sustainable place to work, learn, and live,” explains Sophomore Anna Mignardi, SSC CoChair.

“Our mission is to ul timately promote you, as the individual and com munity’s general health. A clean environment and liv ing space will benefit some one in the long run and our members are eager to help anyone achieve their sus tainable and environment goals,” says Sarah Murray, a groundskeeper.

SSC Co-Chair Rachel Freeman says, “Educat ing people, providing re sources, and promoting a

positive mindset about our responsibility to mitigate damage to the environ ment will help mobilize others to take initiative and spread their own passion for sustainability.”

Freeman goes on to say, “SSC works hard to reflect what CNU students ex press about wanting to see on campus surrounding sustainability, as well as what we know would help students integrate sustain ability into their daily lives. If any student has an idea or a concern about sus tainability on campus, we would love people to reach out and talk to us about pursuing projects!”

“Sustainability pertains to more than just environ mental issues. It is impor tant to keep in mind that physical activity, mental health, academics, and more are all a part of keep ing an individual healthy and sustainable. Cultivat ing sustainability on cam

pus means involving any organization that involves promoting sustainability in aspects of student, fac ulty, and staff life. SSN, the student sustainability network, is a subsection of SSC that takes strides to connect organizations on campus to continue the conversation about sus tainability in order to pro mote and grow it,” Mignar di says.

The students who are a part of the SSC are very passionate about incorpo rating sustainability into everyday campus life and are eager to help make a change.

“I just joined SSC this semester and I couldn’t be more grateful to be a part of this organization. I have learned so much about the current sustainability ef forts going on around cam pus and how new projects are taking effect. SSC has helped me understand sus tainability on a greater level

so that I can make a differ ence in my own communi ty,” Gabby Becerra, Student Sustainability Network. The SSC has many events in mind that they plan to organize includ ing speaker events for PLP discoveries and a SSC sus tainability blog website for students. They also want to implement bird houses on campus to promote native wildlife as well as a lending library in Einstein’s where students can trade, use, and donate old books. The SSC is also planning a student organized sustainability fair for the spring semester.

To learn more and keep up to date with the SSC, you can follow them on Insta gram @sscatcnu.

Alpha Street Art

Alpha Sigma Alpha hosts its annual street art event

MARAGRET GAMMONS MARGARET.GAMMONS.21@CNU.EDU

On Friday, October 21st, Alpha Sigma Alpha (ASA) hosted its annual Alpha Street Art event. All CNU organizations had the op portunity to participate and compete in a chalk art competition. The goal was to draw the scariest and most creative adaptation of this year’s theme, night mare on DSU Street! From 10:00 AM until 3:00 PM, the participating organizations drew their designs. Once all drawings were complete, people could vote on which one was their favorite. One dollar bought one vote, and five dollars bought 10 votes.

Alpha Chi Sigma came first, followed by club gymnas tics, and Gamma Phi Beta in third. Alpha Chi’s design consisted of a mad scien tist mixing up mysterious chemicals.

Alpha Sigma Al pha raised $461 for Girls on the Run (GOTR). Girls on

the Run is one of the three philanthropies that ASA supports. GOTR is a nonprofit organization that aims to empower young women through fitness. The program focuses on a critical stage of life when young girls are constantly being told by society that they will not measure up. Like all non-profits, this or

ganization relies solely on donations to successfully train their young members to run/walk a 5k each year.

Natalie Blackburn, Alpha Sigma Alpha’s Service and Giving Chair, told The Cap tain’s Log why she loves Street Art and Girls on the Run, “I love Street Art be cause it gives everyone an opportunity to be creative

while raising money for a great organization. Girls on the Run has a huge impact on girls in the program, so giving back to them in any way we can is very special.” Blackburn organized this event over the entire se mester. Her hard work paid off, as the event was a suc cess. Alpha Sigma’s presi dent, Caitlyn Joseph, also

expressed why GOTR is so impactful, “Growing up as a young woman can be chal lenging, but when you have a safe place to grow and learn, you can truly bloom into your best self.” Joseph also said, “Girls on the Run reminds me to embrace my inner strength and live each day with confidence and joy.”

Congratulations to all the winners and partici pants of Alpha Street Art! Also, a big thank you to Al pha Sigma Alpha for host ing a great event encour aging friendly competition and raising money for the young women of Newport News!

Alpha Chi Sigma’s winning chalk art design Taken by Amanda Eacho

Top: CNU Gymnastic’s chalk art design

Bottom: Gamma Phi Beta’s chalk art design Taken by Amanda Eacho

SSC logo courtesy of SSC

The Student Sustainability Commission members pose for a picture as they work on a project courtesy of SSC

SNAPSHOT Midnight Madness

Mens Basketball players pose together for a picture during the dunk competition taken by Wyatt Miles

Junior Alyssa Wilkinson smiles on top of the pyramid during the cheer team’s performance taken by Amanda Eacho

CNU Storm during their Midnight Madness performance taken by Amanda Eacho

Senior Emma Flye and her Fight The Night team celebrates their win of the Captains Cup taken by Amanda Eacho

Senior Ian Anderson dunks over Midnight Madness MC and cheerleaders taken by Wyatt Miles

Freshman Collin Hines dunks the ball while practicing for the dunk competition taken by Wyatt Miles

Senior Jake Latta hangs off the rim after dunking the ball taken by Wyatt Miles

Womens Basketball wows the crowd with their incrdible performance, winning the dance competition against the men’s team taken by Amanda Eacho