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3/31 InSIdenewS 3 Politics as usualRecent faculty proposals concern JMU’s staff.

oPInIon 7 So long, farewellEditors graduating from The Breeze say goodbye with words of wisdom.

lIfe 9 fighting hungerClementine Cafe hosts a PSO fundraiser and food drive.

SPortS 11 lacrosse dominatesJMU gets 20-7 win to close out non-conference play against Aztecs.

Losing stars at the speed of light

Competition celebrates innovators

Campus event highlights safety and lighting misconceptions, offers alternative options

COB students receive financial rewards for their business plans

By PatrIck MortIereThe Breeze

Harrisonburg’s bright lights have become so blinding, admirers of the dark night sky have begun to take notice and are looking to shed light — but not too much light — on safer and more efficient methods of illumination.

Thursday evening, students and local residents gathered in the Wil-son Hall auditorium to listen to a selection of guests address light pollution both in Harrisonburg and around JMU’s campus.

The event, “The Campus at Night: Controlling Light Pollution at JMU While Saving Money and Improving Safety,” sought to clear up miscon-ceptions about safety and lighting,

and offered alternative options in order to curtail wasteful energy and spending around the city.

The concerns of the room trickled down to the amount of money and energy that is being wasted by JMU — particularly when athletic fields and campus buildings stay perpet-ually illuminated throughout the night, despite not being used.

For Shanil Virani, JMU’s plane-tarium director, using excess money and resources to keep parking lots and athletic fields lit at night is cost-ly, especially in a time where cities such as Harrisonburg are experienc-ing dwindling budgets.

“The National Dark Sky Associa-tion estimates that up to $110 billion is wasted every year by light that we send directly up into space that does

no one no good,” Virani said. “E.T. is not looking for us. That light serves absolutely no purpose.”

The evening began with a brief video that detailed the health risks people face as a result of light pollu-tion at night, such as disruptions in circadian rhythms and higher risks of breast and prostate cancer.

Jeff Storey, a junior in the adult degree program, made a similar video and played it for the audience. He employed the help of Daniel Stein, a sophomore computer infor-mation systems and media arts and design double major, to narrate the video.

Storey and Stein strung together roughly 15,000 frames for the time-

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By Marta vuccIThe Breeze

On Saturday, the atmosphere in Zane Showker Hall was similar to that of ABC’s network show, “Shark Tank,” in which hopeful entrepreneurs pres-ent their business ventures to a panel of investors, seeking to win their promise of a stake in the company.

Students who participated in the JMU College of Business’ 300-level course within the last year presented their business plans to a select group of eight judges in a bit of friendly competition for some serious prize money.

The 12th annual Jackson-Rain-ey Business Plan Competition was founded by JMU alumni Don Rainey (‘82), general partner of Grotech Capi-tal Ventures and Jackson Wayne (‘85), CEO of Sonatype.

The two JMU alum created the annual competition as a way to reward the highest scoring business plans from the past year with prizes and scholarship money they donated, totaling more than $25,000.

Participants were chosen from each section of the previous spring, sum-mer and fall semesters of COB 300, a class Rainey described as a “rite of passage” for all COB students.

Rainey also attributed the college’s ranking in the top two percentile of undergraduate business schools to its implementation of the business plan within the COB 300 curriculum.

COB 300 is a rigorous 12-cred-it course in which students are instructed in four major areas: finance, management, marketing

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Digging into JMUProfessor leads JMU students in field study

By carloS valdIvIacontributing writer

JMU has built numerous new buildings, changed its name and has transitioned from a female-only college to a co-educational university in 1966. But some stu-dents are trying to unearth more of JMU’s history.

Archaeology students, direct-ed under assistant anthropology professor Dennis Blanton, are literally digging into JMU’s interesting history. The stu-dents are investigating the bedrock that has continued to support the expanding college and its changing student base. From the university’s humble beginnings in 1908, boasting a campus of only 50 acres and a student population of 150, to its renaming to Madison College in 1938, soil analysis will reveal the

changes that could not be seen by observation and documenta-tion alone.

Blanton, who arrived at JMU last semester, has wasted no time immersing himself in JMU history by becoming the first to conduct an active field study of historical sites on and around campus.

“This is a very interesting research possibility. People need to realize that the property now held by the university provides a microcosm of human histo-ry,” Blanton said. “By exploring the JMU campus, we can also get a fair representation for the human story for people living in the Shenandoah Valley.”

The project focuses on four specific topics chosen by the student: excavating the site of an

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Paul Bogard, an assistant professor in JMU’s English department, moderated the panel discussion during Thursday night’s event in Wilson Hall.

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Juniors Mary Vongersdorff, Aaron Lovejoy and freshman Molly O’Toole applied what they have learned in class during the on-campus archeological dig on Sunday afternoon.

james chung / the breezeMorgan Clelland, a secondary education graduate student, shows off his collection of over 25 JMU T-shirts. Clelland tries to attend every JMU home game for all varsity sports.

By andy lohManThe Breeze

For secondary education graduate student Mor-gan Clelland, the T-shirts that he has collected over his time at JMU are more than just clothes — they’re a representation of an experience.

Clelland is what you would call a super fan; he goes to as many JMU sporting events as possible. His effort and support for his classmates hasn’t gone unnoticed, as he has acquired 25 free shirts for showing his spirit.

“Morgan’s a crazy guy,” junior kinesiology major Aaron Lam said of his friend. “He’s always talking about, you know, going to all these sporting events … he gets all these T-shirts that are thrown out to the crowd randomly, it’s just baffling. I think it’s pretty

cool, I’m not going to lie.”Most students go to football games and make a

few basketball games per season, but leave their school spirit at that. Not Clelland. If JMU is playing in a home varsity game, no matter what the sport, he’s there; he’ll be in the stands cheering his heart out.

“I think it’s deserved,” alumnus Ryan Pitts (’13) said of the large number of shirts Clelland has acquired. “He’s definitely the first one to start the celebration when there’s a soccer goal scored or a field hockey goal. And he’d be the loudest one.”

Clelland graduated in May with a history degree, and is now studying for his master’s degree. As he nears the end of his career at JMU, the collection of shirts provides a source of nostalgia for him to look back upon.

“It was really nice to just look back over them,” Clelland said of the shirts that he had recounted the previous day. “I thought, ‘wow, how much time has gone by?’ and also [about] the variety of events that I’ve gone to. Some of those events are pretty hard to get a shirt for.”

As the shirts were laid out on Clelland’s coffee table, he couldn’t help but crack a smile. A sense of pride in his school is apparent when he speaks about his experiences.

“When I came to college, I went to a lot of foot-ball and soccer games my freshman year,” Clelland said. “Starting in my sophomore year, I thought it would be good to expand my interests, to start going to every event I possibly could. I had a great

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Attack in Lebanon kills three soldiersLos Angeles Times

GAZIANTEP, Turkey — A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden car Saturday evening at a military check-point on the outskirts of Arsal, Lebanon, killing at least three Lebanese soldiers in what appears to be spillover violence from the conflict in neighboring Syria.

Hours after the bombing, soldiers fatally shot a woman and child at anoth-er checkpoint in Arsal when the driver of a truck in which they were riding did not heed orders to stop, state media report-ed. No other details of the incident were immediately available.

Last week, Arsal was briefly under blockade by a neighboring Shiite town, which sparked protests and roadblocks throughout the country. The rise in ten-sion came after Syrian troops backed by Hezbollah militiamen seized control of Yabroud, a Syrian town near the Leba-nese border that had been under the control of opponents to Syrian President Bashar Assad.

The Free Sunnis of Baalbek Battalion claimed responsibility for Saturday’s bombing.

The group first became known in

December when it took responsibility for the assassination of a senior com-mander of the Hezbollah militant group outside his home.

As Hezbollah’s support of Assad and his forces has continued, so have attacks in Lebanon targeting Hezbollah and Shiite districts. Twin bombings in Beirut, the Lebanese capital, struck the Iranian Embassy in November, leaving about two dozen dead.

Taliban attack Afghan offices as vote nearsLos Angeles Times

KABUL, Afghanistan — Suicide bombers dressed as women broke into a private home on Saturday and began firing rocket-propelled grenades at their target next door: the headquar-ters of Afghanistan’s Independent Election Commission, the latest insur-gent assault on this country’s closely watched presidential vote.

The attackers died but there were no other reports of fatalities and two police officers were wounded in the assault, which lasted for more than five hours, officials said.

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responsibility in what has become an all too familiar occurrence in Afghani-stan’s capital one week before a pivotal election to choose President Hamid Karzai’s successor.

The Taliban have vowed to disrupt the polling, describing it as an Ameri-can-sponsored plot, and in recent days have succeeded in sowing fear if not delaying the casting of ballots on April 5. The election headquarters were also attacked last week, leaving five people dead.

Last week Taliban gunmen man-aged to get past normally stiff security at Kabul’s luxury Serena Hotel, killing nine people including a prominent Afghan journalist, his wife and two young children.

Afghan, United Nations and U.S. offi-cials have said the election will go on as planned, amid heavy security, but it was unclear how many Afghans were growing shy of casting their ballots given Taliban threats to directly target anyone who participates.

”The U.N. remains undeterred in car-rying out its work and I am confident that the IEC is as equally determined,” Nicholas Haysom, the ranking U.N. offi-cial in Afghanistan, said in a statement.

“More importantly, I am sure that ordinary Afghans remain undeterred in their desire to have their say on the future direction of their country.”

Putin calls Obama about Ukraine crisisTribune Washington Bureau

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — President Barack Obama spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin for an hour Friday in an effort to resolve the crisis over Ukraine, the first direct conver-sation between the two leaders after nearly two weeks of tension.

Putin initiated the call, White House officials said. It came after a televised interview in which Obama called for Russia to pull its troops back from the Ukrainian border. In the phone con-versation, Obama asked Putin to “put a concrete response in writing” to a proposal the United States has made to resolve the crisis, which involved Russia’s incursion into the Crimean region of Ukraine.

The two agreed to a meeting between Secretary of State John F. Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to discuss the proposal further.

Compiled from McClatchy-Tribune wire services

Number believed missing in Wash. mudslide dropsSeattle Times

SARLINGTON, Wash. — The number of people believed missing in last weekend’s deadly mud-slide in Oso, Wash., has dropped dramatically from 90 to 30.

Jason Biermann, program manager for the Snohomish County Department of Emergency Management, said the number could drop even lower in the coming days as investigators contin-ue to verify the exact total of people who were in the mudslide’s path.

A few days ago, officials feared the number of missing persons could be as high as 176.

Biermann also announced that the number of confirmed dead increased by one to 18. He indi-cated an additional body was found Saturday, but is not yet included in the official number.

Biermann also revealed for the first time that in some cases only partial remains are being recov-ered, a stark indication of the force of the March

22 mudslide that buried a community along the North Fork of the Stillaguamish River. The con-dition of some of the bodies has added to the difficulty of making identifications, he said.

“The slide hit with such force that often the rescuers are not recovering full, intact victims,” Biermann said.

Along with the confirmed victims, there are additional remains that have not been identified and are not considered part of the official total. That number could be as high as 10.

Earthquakes leave properties damaged, residents shakenLos Angeles Times

LOS ANGELES — When the first jolt hit, Ful-lerton Mayor Pro Tem Greg Sebourn was on the couch getting his 4- and 8-year-old daughters ready for bed.

As Sebourn rushed his screaming girls toward the door, another violent lurch knocked the mayor and one of his daughters to the floor.

On Saturday, the mayor was thankful their inju-ries weren’t worse. “It’s the strongest jolt I’ve ever felt, and I’ve been in the same town for 41 years,” he said.

A series of temblors, punctuated by a magni-tude 5.1 earthquake Friday night near La Habra, did more than rattle nerves. Residents in some areas of the hardest-hit communities of La Habra, Brea and Fullerton spent Saturday dealing with no water service, spotty power, crumbled brick walls and other damage.

Authorities estimated more than 100 people were displaced by the quake at least for a night and some may not be able to return home for days.

In Fullerton, 83 people were displaced after firefighters deemed six residences and 20 apart-ment units too damaged to occupy. City building officials must survey the structures one by one and clear them before residents can return, said Tom Schultz, deputy chief of operations for the Fullerton Fire Department.

All of those displaced in Fullerton chose to stay with family and friends instead of going to an emergency shelter, Shultz said. In La Habra, authorities said 38 people, including seven chil-dren, spent the night at a Red Cross shelter.

Entrepreneurs plan for proposed legalization of marijuanaThe Miami Herald

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — It looked less like a Cheech and Chong movie than a junior chamber of commerce meeting as would-be marijuana entre-preneurs gathered in West Palm Beach Saturday to plan for the day when weed is legal in Florida.

Heartened not only by a proposed state consti-tutional amendment that would permit medical use of marijuana but three bills before the Legisla-ture running the gamut from easing restrictions on industrial hemp to outright legalization of the drug, about 100 potential businessmen met to trade tips on the new almost-industry.

Saturday’s chatter was about convertible stocks, vertical integration and other trappings of an indus-try that now is at least partly legal in 20 states and the District of Columbia.

Compiled from McClatchy-Tribune wire services

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Faculty Senate discusses end of year As the semester comes to an end, so do the terms of many of JMU’s Faculty Senate

By Erin FlynnThe Breeze

Heated discussion at Thursday’s Faculty Senate meeting led to a new understanding among faculty members.

Their second-to-last meeting of the year began with a light conversation concerning new faculty orientation and a committee that would be in charge of making decisions for it.

After discussing a variety of topics, speak-er of the senate and integrated science and technology professor David McGraw directed senate members’ attention to their first topic of the day: a motion opposing the replace-ment of the handbook’s traditional language.

Mike Piper, an assistant professor of phi-losophy and the senate’s marshal, explained that the Faculty Handbook says that faculty members are expected to find a substitute if they are not able to teach the class or fulfill

other staff requirements.The proposed change would mean that a

faculty member wouldn’t just be expected to find a substitute, but would have to gain the approval of their academic unit head, according to Val Larsen, the interim mar-keting head and an associate marketing professor who serves on the Faculty Senate.

Susan Wheeler, JMU’s university coun-cil and special assistant attorney general, who had also suggested that this particu-lar section of the handbook be updated, mentioned that advocates of the proposal believed that it would provide more clarity.

“The Faculty Handbook Committee thought that [the language] was too vague, and has proposed more detailed procedures for what is procedurally necessary in such situations,” Piper said. “The motion that was put before the Faculty Senate was to oppose swapping the old Faculty Handbook

language for the new, more detailed language.”

“Well, the view from the mathematics and statistics department was that basi-cally this is insulting because it’s implying that we don’t already know that and do that; it’s implying that people don’t cover their classes appropriately,” Caroline Lubert, a professor in the Department of Math and Statistics said.

While Larsen doesn’t provide details, he explained some poor actions taken by some professors in the past have influenced the the making of this proposal.

“Some of the people said they felt insulted by the proposed change in the handbook,” Larsen said. “Some of the faculty were saying that they didn’t want to see a big rule change made for a few bad apples.”

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Speaker of the Faculty Senate David McGraw made several announcements in regards to the end-of-the-year events, such as the upcoming elections.

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‘Help Wanted’ sign serves as return

The “help wanted” sign in the front of the Dry River Store serves a return to everyday life as the Kim family plans to reopen the store that has been closed following the rob-bery and shootings that left owner Eun Sim Kim dead and her husband, Jae Young Kim, in critical condition, according to the Daily News-Record.

Police have been searching for six weeks for a “slender black man” who was wearing a red shirt underneath a green vest. On Feb. 15., the day of the shooting, video surveillance caught a man robbing the store and shooting its owners. The man then proceed-ed to flee on foot towards Robertson Road, and may have left the area in a dark-colored Toyota sedan, accord-ing to deputies.

While police have reported receiving hundreds of tips since the surveillance was released from by the Rockingham County Sheriff’s Office.No arrests have been made.

Man released from hospital following bison attack

James Dill, 41, of Stanley, has been released from Winchester Medical Center, where he suffered a nearly foot-long laceration while trying to corral a buffalo back onto a Luray-area farm, according to the Daily News-Record.

Dill, a passer-by, took it upon himself to herd the American bison together and clear them from the road. Instead, one of the animals charged at him — piercing his leg with its horn.

Dill was flown by a medevac heli-copter to the medical center, and said he isn’t sure whether he has sus-tained permanent damage.

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lapse video, even making trips into West Virginia to find areas with darker skies and brighter stars to contrast with scenes of the shrouded night-time sky of Harrisonburg.

Storey also shares a concern with the effect that light pollution is hav-ing on nocturnal species, as well as certain birds who’ve been gravely affected by disorienting lights.

“About a billion birds every year fly into buildings, and they get lost, and they starve to death and they have heart attacks because they’re fol-lowing the wrong migratory paths,” Storey said.

Laura Greenleaf, a JMU alumna and co-leader of the Virginia chapter of the International Dark-Sky Association, spoke during the event about the different methods that are being used to limit the unnecessary waste of energy attributed to light pollution.

During her presentation, she suggested dimming lights at night, using lights at lower levels to illuminate footpaths and retrofitting fixtures with shields to solely direct light downwards.

She found that LEDs held a key advantage over older lights because of how quickly and easily one could manipulate their intensity, or turn them off.

Greenleaf, who grew up and spent most of her life in the solitude of northern Fauquier County, Va. has concerns that stem from the disap-pearing night sky that she was once very familiar with and fond of.

“Forty thousand years of human history guided by the stars, and we have been conducting an experiment on our world, and ourselves, for less than a century,” Greenleaf said. “I think we’re figuring out it’s not going very well.”

Regina Lawson, the chief of police at Wake Forest University, was the final speaker for the evening, and expressed her concerns about the mis-conceptions of lighting and safety.

While people generally believe more lighting promotes safer environ-ments, Lawson and others are finding that the glare and shadows given off by bright lights can often distort a person’s view of a potential perpetrator.

“There’s not really a lot of empirical data that supports that more light-ing makes anything safer,” Lawson said. “A shopping mall, a parking deck or a college campus — it’s really the perception that makes the individual feel safer.”

In the instance of heightened crime, communities often feel an impulse to add lights to certain areas without doing proper research, which could also be harmful to the night sky.

“I will say that a lot of times, any community where there’s a campus or just a neighborhood, if something goes wrong, the first thing they want to do is add more lighting, and that’s kind of just a typical knee-jerk reaction,” Lawson said. “Whether it’s effective or not could be argued or debated.”

Following the presentation, a panel of JMU students and speakers from the event took questions from the audience. Students and residents of the Harrisonburg community asked the panel about JMU’s use of the stadium lights at night.

Although there wasn’t a member of the JMU administration on the panel, Mark Warner, the senior vice president of student affairs and university planning, attended the event and answered questions out of his own inter-est and concern; he addressed the questions regarding JMU’s campus to the best of his ability.

“I’m here because I care about this. I’m one of those people who, at 5:30 in the morning, am looking at the stars,” Warner said. “We’re working really hard to make sure we’re taking the right actions.”

Local residents also voiced their problems with growing light pollution within the community, including Caroline Lubert, a math and statistics professor at JMU, and wife to JMU associate political science professor Howard Lubert.

Mr. and Mrs. Lubert have been Harrisonburg residents for many years, and since JMU purchased Memorial Hall, they’ve noticed that the lights in the parking lot and baseball stadium of the school are affecting their daughter’s sleep at night.

“Our friends who have a little boy, they live one block away from us, and they had to do stuff with his bedroom lights — thicker blinds — because the lighting goes on all night,” Mrs. Lubert said.

Efforts have been made by Mr. and Mrs. Lubert in the past to reduce the excessive lighting, but their efforts were to no avail, and Mrs. Lubert seemed particularly bothered by the lack of attention JMU’s administration gave to the the city’s concerns.

“I think it was disappointing that there weren’t people from the upper admin-istration here, on this panel, ready to answer questions,” Mrs. Lubert said. “I think it would’ve been really nice, and shown they’re taking it a lot more seriously, if they’d had someone here who actually was ready to answer the questions, and ready to discuss the issues.”

Paul Bogard, an assistant professor in JMU’s English department, was the moderator for the panel discussion. He wrote the book, “The End of Night: Searching for Natural Darkness in an Age of Artificial Light,” which was sold around campus during the week at the events around campus.

“It’s meant to be a book that’s really accessible, and that a student could read, and really enjoy reading and also learn a lot at the same time,” Bogard said.

For Bogard, the rise of overused light and the absence of a dark sky scattered with bright stars is something that separates us from all forms of life before us.

“For almost all of human history, I like to say that we’ve taken what was one of the most common human experiences, which is walking out and coming face to face with the universe, and made it one of the most rare,” Bogard said. “That experience impacts our philosophy, our religion, our spirituality, our mental and spiritual health — all of these things that are hard to quantify, they’re hard to put a dollar sign on, but they are vitally important.”

As Harrisonburg’s lights grow older, the city is preparing to replace its lights. With careful consideration and planning put into implementing more efficient lights and fixtures, the community could benefit from these changes.

“We have the unique opportunity now to make changes that save cities, and the university, a significant amount of money,” Virani said. “We’d be good stew-ards for the environment, we would get our night back and we’d do a better job of protecting our planet for the next generation of people to follow us.”

Thursday evening’s panel discussion was part of Starry Night Harri-sonburg’s week long event that took place from Monday, March 24 to Saturday, March 29 and sought to bring light to the wasteful, hazard-ous implications of light pollution in Harrisonburg and around JMU.

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From Saturday night until Sunday morning, students and members of JMU’s Greek life joined together at University Recreation Center to dance their hearts out for charity.

The event was sponsored by Phi Mu and Delta Upsilon and was JMU’s first dance marathon to benefit the Children’s Miracle Network Hospital in Charlottesville.

Individuals and groups packed into UREC’s main gym for the sock hop, and by morning, the dancers had raised over $62,000 for their cause.

Fundraising began in mid-Feb-ruary, and groups and individuals who registered online harnessed the power of social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter to encourage people to donate.

Brigid Dass, a sophomore interdis-ciplinary liberal studies major, who attended the event, estimated that between 400 to 500 people were in attendance for the marathon, with over 700 people registering online

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Republic Del. Rob Bell, whose dis-trict includes part of the Elkton area in Rockingham county, has donat-ed $10,000 to the cash-strapped Virginia GOP, according to the Daily News-Record.

The party ended 2013 with only $70,000 compared to the $230,000 that of The Democratic Party of Virginia.

Despite the obvious financial dif-ferences between the parties, JMU political science professor Bob Rob-erts feels it’s not significant because of all the independent financing sources which have been so important to elec-tions in recent years.

The most important election in Vir-ginia this year is for the senate seat, which is currently held by Democrat Mark Warner. While he seeks to win another six-year term, he could very will be facing Republic Ed Gillespie who has served as both the chairman of the Republican National Com-mittee, as well as an aide to former president George W. Bush during the latter’s second term in office.

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Alumna Laura Greenleaf discusses more efficient lighting methods for JMU.

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and operations. These sec-tions are designed to prepare students for work on their business plans, hence the course title, “Integrated Func-tional Systems.”

“We are looking for academ-ic integration, not how to start a business,” finance professor Terry Kelley said on the goals of the course. “We are interest-ed in how these sections work together.”

At the beginning of the semester, students are random-ly assigned teams with whom they will complete a business plan. The idea behind the proj-ect is to simulate real-world team proposals, as each group must work together to come up with an idea and formulate an extensive plan and presenta-tion, including items such as a business strategy, financial analysis and sales forecast.

The competition was fierce — in the few months following the final presentations from last fall semester, JMU professors and judges had to narrow the pool of roughly 130 plans down to 20 to 30, then to 15. From there, a new group of judges picked the top six to present on Saturday morning.

The selected teams were informed by email in late Feb-ruary that they were to move forward with the competition.

“There is no last place today,” Rainey said during the opening remarks. “We’re talking about first through sixth place here.”

The presentations began around 10 a.m. and ended at about 1 p.m.

All teams had 15 minutes to present their idea to the judg-es, during which they provided basic, accurate information about their business while simultaneously engaging them in their proposal.

As if trying to sum up their

30-page business plan wasn’t hard enough, the teams had to face a 10-minute round of questioning from the judg-es immediately afterward. Each group was grilled about potential problems with their research, projected finances and general business decisions.

The judging panel was made up of JMU alumni in addition to Jackson and Rainey, who attained notable positions in various companies upon

leaving the university: John Connor, founder of the Ethos Group, Katherine Ferguson, Vice President of Business D e ve l o p m e nt at C o o l e y LLP, Frank T. “Buddy” Gad-ams, president of Marathon Development Group Inc., Jen-nifer Morgan, president of SAP Regulated Industries, Justin Quaglia, who works in lever-aged finance sales for Goldman Sachs & Co., and Mark Thomp-son, founder and owner of Starr

Hill Brewery. Kelley noted that this year,

the judges’ questions were some of the toughest she had seen in her six years of attend-ing the competition.

“It’s a great opportunity because someday these kids will be asked these questions in real life,” Kelley said.

Eric Kramer, a junior man-agement major, thought that the judges’ questions were harsh, but fair. He also believed

that his efforts within a group well-prepared him for a work environment outside of college.

Kramer’s team, Kinetic Step, came in second place for their plan to provide kinetic energy tiles to businesses in Texas. In addition to the money they received for their second-place trophy, Kinetic Step also earned $1,000 for “Best Team.”

“I may not be a genius who graduated from Harvard but I am able to communicate my

ideas effectively and coher-ently and work within a team,” Kramer said about his COB 300 experience.

“They keep pressing ‘team-work’ and that’s kind of a buzzword, but that’s what this is.”

All teams were given a sum of money to split amongst themselves based on the places they earned in the competition.

One thousand dollars went to the sixth place winners, $2,000 to fifth, $3,000 to fourth, $4,000 to third, and $4,500 to second place. The judges also chose to reward four students who they deemed “MVPs” with a $1,000 check each.

Junior computer information systems major Manahil Mailk was a big winner in the compe-tition — her team walked away with $5,000 and the first-place trophy, plus a $1,000 bonus for “Best Idea.”

Malik’s team, Black Magic Compost, focused on taking organic waste from restaurants and other organizations and transporting it to a facility in western Massachusetts, where it would then be transformed into compost.

“I learned how to do team-work well,” Malik said. “Just because you’re working with other people, doesn’t mean you’ll come up with a good idea.”

As leader of her team, Malik was also the first recipient of the Ferguson Top Female Lead-er Award, which came with $1,000 donated by competition judge Karen Ferguson to honor exceptional female leadership in business.

“I am speechless,” Malik said after accepting her award. “It just goes to show where hard work and persistence will take you.”

CoNtaCt Marta Vucci at [email protected].

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The discussion was redirected by Piper to the motion, which passed nearly unanimously.

Larsen, who voted with the majority to oppose the altering of the handbook language, views it as a change that could negatively affect faculty’s work.

“As some of the people were commenting, if you keep putting in more and more rules people have to go through a big long check list of things to do, their productivity has diminished,” Larsen said. “Essentially, it’s a question of how much discretion the faculty have versus how much can be governed by a set of prescribed procedures.”

Steve Harper, the Senate’s treasurer, followed up the motion by bringing up another one — striking the word “immediate” from “immediate family members” regarding emergency situa-tions, which was followed by a unanimous vote approving the motion.

After this discussion, McGraw brought up the $10,000 that President Jon Alger proposed giv-ing the Faculty Senate. According to McGraw, the money had been “entrusted” in its members to come up with a good idea that the administra-tion would pay for.

Piper explained that a committee of volunteers would be in charge of brainstorming ideas and presenting them to the Faculty Senate.

He mentioned that they didn’t have to limit it to one decision and that the money could be “invested” in several things, including

community outreach or academically focused programs.

“I think this is a very good opportunity,” Piper said. “A lot of people bring up the weakness of the

senate and the lack of faculty voice to report any academic concerns with the university, and this is a way to address both of them. I think this is also a natural role for the faculty to fill.”

The meeting ended with a motion that extend ed the amount of terms a senate member can serve from two to three years.

McGraw explained that they must be elected by the department first before they’re eligible for an extension.

The bill passed nearly unanimously with one opposition.

Several other topics were brought up through-out the meeting, including the opportunity for faculty members to eat breakfast with Alger and two other motions, both of which passed.

While the meeting served as a productive one, for Piper, two things stood out — the $10,000 grant that Alger is proposing being one of them.

“President Alger has clearly stated his desire for faculty to take a leading role in the imple-mentation of the new JMU Vision Statement,” Piper said. “The fact that President Alger has agreed to entrust a notable amount of money to the Faculty Senate for this purpose is proof of that commitment.”

The other thing that stood out to Piper was the motion that opposed the changes to the fac-ulty handbook.

“It displayed general faculty agreement that faculty and departments can be trusted to handle such matters responsibly without procedural micro-management,” Piper said.

CoNtaCt Erin Flynn at [email protected].

seNate | During Thursday’s meeting the Faculty Senate agree to several resolutions

Manahil Mailk (left) accepts the Ferguson Top Female Leader Award from Katherine Ferguson, the vice president of Business Development at Cooley LLP.

Many resolutions were unanimously agreed upon, such as not changing the language of the handbook.Holly WarFielD / THe Breeze

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1800s farmhouse that preceded JMU near Moody Hall, analyzing the land around the Quad, dig-ging near the Edith J. Carrier Arboretum for

evidence of a Civil War skirmish, as well as inves-tigating the cultural shift that occurred on campus after allowing admittance of full-time male stu-dents from the 1960s to the 1970s.

Some may not jump at the notion of digging

holes all around the Quad, but Blanton has assured that the samples are being taken with the utmost care.

“We use a method called shovel testing — small samples, about the size of a dinner plate, and usually not more than two or three feet deep are taken,” Blanton said. “Any artifacts are bagged and sent to the laboratory for testing. After we are finished, all soil goes back into the hole and we replace the top layer of sod, or grass. So in theory, you would never know we were there.”

In previous years, the archaeology fieldwork has been conducted at various locations around Virginia but the focus was never specifically on JMU until now.

“I think the universal reaction from my col-leagues was surprise,” Blanton said. “A few colleges had mentioned that they had always wanted to do this, but never really pursued it. We were able to negotiate access, and since then have gotten nothing but support.”

Students have already expressed their enthu-siasm for the project.

“I like the locality aspect. I feel, if we worked at bigger sites, we wouldn’t be able to do as much as we are doing now. It’s more personal this way,” freshman anthropology major Molly O’Toole said.

Catherine Grimes, another freshman anthro-pology major in the same excavating group as O’Toole also supports the locality angle of the field work.

“Because we go to this school it makes the

findings that much more interesting,” Grimes said.

Another student, junior anthropology and geology double major Patrick McGowan, who has gone on previous JMU-sponsored excavation trips to the Richmond area, said, “By approaching this directly from the classroom, we can look deeper into the reasoning and the method of fieldwork rather than just being directed.”

McGowan is performing his fieldwork by exca-vating the area around the Quad.

“We found a few bricks and brick residue around the farmhouse site as well as a few but-tons, a bullet casing and flagstones,” O’Toole said

The Quad team has also been successful in uncovering buried history.

“We think we have found a part of the origi-nal quarries where the bluestone would’ve been mined for the buildings,” McGowan said.

As interesting as uncovering JMU history is, this project serves a definitive academic purpose rather than simply performing research. Blanton wanted to emphasize that the goal of the project is about actively engaging in archaeology and pro-mote easy accessibility to fieldwork experience for JMU students.

“This is a very valuable archaeology experience for students. It’s one thing to talk about archaeology, it’s another thing to go out and do it,” Blanton said.

CoNtaCt Carlos Valdivia at [email protected].

DIG | JMU’s Department of Sociology and anthropology unearths school’s rich history

JMU sociology and anthropology majors dig through dirt near the top of the Godwin stairs on Sunday.

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From a senior who is tired of JMU talking the talk, but unwilling to walk the walk.

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The ‘anti-vaccination’ movement is illogicalChild vaccination laws would benefit our country, despite what some people think

KEvan HUlligan | the war room

Just recently, Croatia’s highest court decided to keep a law passed in 1999 that made vaccination of children mandatory. This comes as a

very controversial decision for all the wrong reasons.

For the past few years, a virulent strain of lunacy and ignorance known as the “anti-vaccination” movement has attempted to persuade parents all across the world — although primarily in the United States — that vaccines prescribed by medical professionals and the government are actually harmful to children and

should not be administered to them. Using pseudoscience and in

some cases outright fraud, these human vultures have, sometimes successfully, attempted to convince parents that vaccines are everything from poison to a government plot to keep children sick. All the while, some people have the gall to take advantage of a misinformed parent seeking to keep their child healthy by selling them holistic “medicines” that don’t actually help anyone but the people selling them.

To anyone with a basic understanding of medicine and a desire to help benefit society, these people should be regarded as dangerous not only to their children, but to others as well. This is why the United States should take

measured steps to ensure that proper information about vaccines is given to parents to dissuade them from being convinced by conspiracy theorists and the scientifically illiterate.

When it comes to vaccination, it protects not only the person being vaccinated but other people as well. Scientists have coined the term “herd immunity” to describe the decreased likelihood of someone contracting a disease because of the immunity of those living around them. Because of vaccination, people who aren’t able to obtain or afford getting a vaccination are able to reap the benefits of others being vaccinated. When parents refuse to get their children vaccinated, it not only puts their own children at risk for disease, but increases the risk of others

around them getting infected. This has led to a resurgence of diseases like measles, which was declared destroyed in the U.S. in 2000 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, along with other easily preventable diseases affecting our nation’s children.

So, should we quickly put together a law like Croatia and force people to comply with vaccination? To me, that would be implementing far too heavy a measure for a problem that could be solved in a much easier way. Tackling the misinformation head on is one of the best methods you can use to persuade parents that these conspiracy theories have it wrong. Simply dismissing these theories out of hand is easy due to their absurdity. However, one must recognize that the

people conjuring up these theories about vaccines are usually scared parents who simply want what is best for their children. Assuaging their fears and misconceived notions regarding these matters will not only educate them, it could potentially save a child’s life.

Whenever there is the ability to create fear and ambiguity, conspiracy theorists and con-artists will be there to prey on the misinformed and feed them lies and half-truths. It is our job as a society to ensure that we don’t fall into their traps, and educate each other with scientifically verified information.

Kevan Hulligan is a junior political science major. Contact Kevan at [email protected].

Quality is always better than quantityStudents are joining too many organizations all at once, and for silly reasons

SaraH Bain | contributing columnist

The slogan “Be involved” is clearly visible on every JMU website, but unfortunately some people take it too far. Many students (for example) attempt to join the University Program Board, Outriggers, Student Ambassadors, Delta Delta Delta and the water polo team all in the same day. While involvement in some extracurriculars is good and healthy, students who get too swept up in the club craze can sometimes find themselves over exhausted, overcommitted and overwhelmed.

In order to make the most of their college experience, students need to resist the sign-up sheets at Student Organization Night and limit the number of activities they get involved in on campus.

As much fun as the social scene can be, the thousands of dollars that students and their parents pay are in

pursuit of a degree, not a good time. It doesn’t make economic sense to join five clubs to boost a résumé, to get a job, fail classes and end up staying an extra year in even more debt.

The overcommitted student, who has less time to dedicate to their studies, is actually diminishing their value as a future employee because they have missed out on information in classes that apply to their chosen field.

One argument for becoming highly involved in campus activities is that the social and networking skills developed are worth just as much as a 4.0 GPA. While having a few extracurricular activities is beneficial, being involved in four or five means running around in so many circles that it is hard to develop long-lasting friendships

and meaningful connections because there are too many friends and activities to juggle. That time doesn’t allow for any sort of deep investment.

Participating in too many activities can also be detrimental to students’ health. It’s obvious to anyone who has stepped foot in Carrier Library Starbucks that the majority of students are overtired and over-cafeinated. Sleep deprivation can lead to decreased attention spans and concentration in class as well as moodiness and weight gain. It can also weaken the immune system so that the cold virus that goes around every fall can put students out of commission and classes for days at a time.

College is a time of personal growth and maturation, of developing beliefs and habits that

will characterize lifestyle choices that will continue after four years are over. Taking time to reflect and think are essential for this process of growth, but it isn’t possible if the is student bombarded with executive meetings and lunch dates.

Also, joining seven different clubs doesn’t prepare students for the real world. In most cases, after students graduate, they will have one job where they will go to one place and stay there all day. Maybe they will have an activity or two on the side, but their work environment will most likely be very different from the cultural A.D.D. of campus life. They will have long-term professional goals and relationships to maintain rather than ones that last a semester or can be easily dropped when something more interesting comes along. Does joining every club on

campus really prepare students for the focus and long term planning that will come in the professional world?

While having an active social life and becoming involved in organizations that students are passionate about is a healthy part of coming to college, the social pressure to be in everything and know everyone can often be overwhelming. If students succumb to the idea that their college experience isn’t complete without joining every organization and sports team that they can possibly cram into their schedule, they may miss out on learning and enjoying the atmosphere of being in school.

Sarah Bain is a junior music industry major. Contact Sarah at [email protected].

I thought about starting this column with something witty. I thought about starting it with an overly dramatic farewell, or an anecdote about the creepy guy who sometimes stares at me through the office window. But as I sit here, thinking about my time as an online editor at The Breeze, I am realizing how glad I am to have gotten to know so many fantastic, driven people.

Like many seniors who had toured campus before enrolling, the first issue I saw had the words “War Zone” on its front page. From that, I knew this was a serious newspaper that was not afraid to cast the university in an unflattering light if necessary. I knew I wanted to be involved, but I thought the paper would be far too exclusive to let me write.

Thankfully, I was wrong. When I became the online

editor last February, I had

no idea I was being accepted into a family. As corny as that sounds, it’s true. I love all the editors here, even if I might get a little too much pleasure hitting them with Wayne’s Nerf gun.

On a serious note, The Breeze strengthened my skills and, at times, tested my patience. I ate my fair share of free pizza and may have even slept on that disgusting couch a time or two. I worked strange hours, coming home well after midnight many weeks. I endured James’ “look what the cat dragged in” comments every Wednesday and Sunday.

I wouldn’t trade any of it. It was worth it.

As I say goodbye, I hope my work here has made an impact. And to Mallory, the new online editor, I hope you’ll find your experience to be worth it too.

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It’s hard to imagine that two semesters have gone so fast. To the six senior editors that are about to enter the real world, I hope that your time spent here was more than you could have imagined. I have such admiration for the work Breeze editors do on a daily basis to bring news to the community every Monday and Thursday.

What you seniors have learned here at The Breeze is that we are not only a “student-run newspaper.” We are a news organization that strives to give fair, honest and impartial reporting to the JMU and Harrisonburg community. We are the objective, and necessary voice for the JMU community.

There is never a day where we can just go home, or put the work off till the next day. I hope that the seniors understand this and have become better fitted for the real world. Meeting deadlines, working with student colleagues and occasionally being asked a thousand questions by me are things that I believe have made all of you stronger.

Anne’s dedication to journalism extends far beyond this newsroom and she has gained such strong leadership skills in her managing editor position. Her organization skills, being a stickler for AP style and her admiration for Audrey Hepburn will lead her to a successful career in journalism.

Mary Kate finally finished her college run at JMU — boy, am I glad she chose here. She has increased her skills in feature writing and has expanded her leadership abilities by managing a team of writers. Take what you learned here and go apply it to your dream job (China, right?).

Kortney has transformed into a diligent copy editor — rarely missing an edit and always questioning everything. I know she has learned a lot during her time, and I hope she knows how valuable she was to The Breeze.

Heather’s digital skills continue to impress me. She came into the newsroom with big ideas and has far exceeded expectations. Our website

looks fresh, has great headlines and our social media is engaging the community.

Hayley has always impressed me with her level of commitment. She has tremendous skills in digital media and now has the journalism background to back them up. She has learned how to be a critical thinker, ask questions and how to be an effective writer. Call me sometime from the press box.

Wes’ time here as an editor was short, but has set a precedent for what we can do with our video department. He has made consistent features that have complemented stories beautifully. I know his career in video journalism is just beginning.

Although Lauren isn’t graduating, she has put her time in as an editor and will step down from her position. She has grown so much as a photojournalist during the past year and I can’t wait to see what she accomplishes in her career.

I will miss you all after you leave this newsroom for the last time as editors. But I know that you all have the skills necessary for any job you take on. There is no other organization that prepares you better for the real world than The Breeze. For my last act as your editor I grant you all a little piece (metaphorically speaking) of the Trophy of Usefulness for you to keep for years to come — you sure as hell deserve it.

That spiel the Orientation team feeds freshmen during FrOG week about branching out and expanding horizons over the next four years doesn’t seem like such crap anymore.

I only left my long-time position in UPB to join The Breeze a year ago, but since then I’ve completely changed my outlook on life, personally and professionally. Turning my love for writing into a service for others has been more fulfilling than I ever could have imagined. It’s truly been an honor to cover JMU athletics, especially with the year that this one has been.

But beyond a great year in sports, The Breeze has introduced me to some amazing people. Corey, Jessica, Anne, IJ, Drew, Ali, Blair, Mary Kate, Matt, James and especially Alana, I’m so grateful to have met all of you.

Lauren, there’s no one else I would rather blow out a stereo listening to Garth Brooks with than you. We may have nearly died (twice) in New Hampshire, but if that’s what it took to become friends with you, it was totally worth it. And you’re the only other one who will always swipe right for a nice truck.

Sean, you’ve evolved so much as a leader this year. As your friend and colleague, I’m proud of who you’ve become and excited

to see another group of editors produce this top-notch paper under your guidance.

And to the one person from The Breeze I can’t thank enough, my co-editor Wayne Epps Jr., I know I am a better person because I’ve met you. You’re going to do amazing things with the sports desk and I can’t wait to see how it grows under your leadership for the third year in a row. I’m going to start a board just for you on my Pinterest; outlandish sandwiches and ballpark foods, only. And if I could, my dear, I’d buy you 11 Burger Kings.

I’ve been writing this relationship column for the Life section for a couple months now. It’s more exploring how I feel for myself than trying to push my experiences on others, but here’s something I’ve learned through writing and in my time here at JMU:

Don’t shy away from commitment. Whether it’s a job or relationship, put your heart and soul into everything you do. Finish what you promise to do, and be the reliable one. It’ll keep you busy, but it’ll also keep you more fulfilled than any night out or Netflix marathon will.

Do something that matters. Make your mark. Because even at a school of nearly 20,000, it’s still possible.

I really wish my farewell column could consist solely of “Les Miserables” lyrics, but I know that wouldn’t make much sense. Although it would accurately represent my time at The Breeze —not that we’re all young French revolutionaries or anything, but that I was always obnoxiously referencing musicals and singing as I edited. But that’s just because I’m struggling to avoid throwing around vomit-inducing phrases like “I learned so much” and “I really grew as a person here.”

But … I did learn a lot. My time at The Breeze has been full of lessons on time management, dealing with deadlines, long hours and what it means to be an editor. It was great to work with this group of smart, ambitious and talented individuals who are passionate about JMU. It’s an energizing environment to be in; things are constantly happening, the people are full of sass (the highest of compliments, I assure you) and for the year I’ve been here I feel like I’ve actually known what’s going on around campus. Which is new for me, because I’m usually quite oblivious.

I know copy editors don’t really have the best reputation (or … any reputation?). And I get why; we’re kind of like those annoying kids who keep everyone else stuck after class so they can ask questions about irrelevant stuff no one else cares about. Like, why are you so hung up about commas, Kortney? And does it really matter if there’s a hyphen there or not? But I hope you all will miss me despite all my fussy grammar concerns and annoying blue pen. Because I’m definitely going to miss everyone! I’m going to miss the power hexagon even though it made me feel creepy every time I had to peer between computers to make eye contact with Corey or Amanda. And I’m going to miss the sexy fireman and his cat that I always got to see from News, the cleverness of the Life section, singing songs from “Rent” with Blair and Heather and her crazy awesome stories.

So thanks to everyone for making my time here a lot of fun and for putting up with my off-pitch renditions of “One More Day!” (And just so you know, that exclamation point was for you, Corey.)

For four years I’ve worked at The Breeze, a place that demands deadlines are met, and I’m writing this column on the morning of production. I put off writing this column because I’m in denial that my time at the paper is done and my time at JMU is quickly coming to an end.

I have been working for The Breeze since August 2010 and I can honestly say that the writers, editors and photographers here are some of the most hard-working students at JMU. I couldn’t imagine giving up my Sundays and Wednesdays for any other job besides this one. As I write this, on my last day at The Breeze (which happened to fall on my 22nd birthday), I have so many mixed emotions about this point in my life. While I don’t know what I’ll be doing after graduation, I am excited to see what the future holds, as clichéd as that is.

Spending four years working at a student-run newspaper teaches you a lot about life. If I were to dispense any kind of advice it would be to find what you love to do and work until you achieve what you are trying to achieve. It’s easy to get distracted by Netflix and social media binges, but it’s a lot more rewarding to join an organization or find a job relevant to your major and do what you love before you

graduate. Sean, you’ve been the best

co-manager this year and you have taught me so much about leadership. IJ, you have been such a powerhouse editor and reporter and I can’t wait to see what you achieve. Hayley and Wayne, you two couldn’t be more different but you two together create the best sports section I’ve ever seen. Mary Kate and Joanna, rock on you two. Drew and Kortney, I hope you pass down Page 2 and the AP style book with pride, copy is the backbone of The Breeze. Corey and Jessica, you are the funniest people I’ve met at JMU and I am so proud of how far both of you have come. Blair, Amanda, Lauren and James, you all make The Breeze look beautiful and I’m so thankful to work with you all. To past Breeze kids, you inspire me and I know we will meet again out there in the “real world.”

I’ve been fortunate enough to run three publications during my short time here and I can’t wait to see where all of them are lead next year. My time at JMU is coming to an end but my career in publishing is just beginning. Audrey Hepburn, my personal idol, said in “Breakfast at Tiffanys,” “Anyone who ever gave you confidence, you owe them a lot.” I owe you a lot, you wonderful newspaper.

I’m not a writer. I say things through pictures. It’s good that they say a picture is worth a thousand words, though, because that’s probably how many words I would need to explain everything I’ve experienced working with these crazy, wonderful people. It’s hard to imagine a single picture that could sum up my past three years at The Breeze. It wouldn’t be perfect. The edges would be torn, the exposure would be just off, and it would probably be shot in auto mode (one of my biggest pet-peeves). My time at The Breeze wasn’t always easy, and it wasn’t always perfect, but I can say with 100 percent certainty that it would be a picture worthy of A1.

Sean and Anne thank you for dealing with my dramatics. Sean, I couldn’t have asked for a better mentor to walk me through this entire process. You’ve helped shape me not only as a photographer, but also as a person.

Hayley, you were my sanity. I don’t know what I would do without someone

to Snapchat and listen to country music with every single day. Thank goodness for the University of New Hampshire because it introduced me to one of the best friends I’ve ever had. Please don’t leave me next year.

Corey, you’re the best opinion editor any photo editor could ask for. Mostly because you never make me do work, but also because you always have the best attitude and you’re such a hard worker.

IJeezy, you always make my life easier when I need it most. You’re like a little ray of sunshine over there in the news corner and I love you for that.

Matt and James, bless your sweet little hearts. I know there were times I couldn’t have even worked with myself and y’all did a great job. Thank you. James, you’re going to do great things and I can’t wait for you to be my boss.

I love you all and I hope you’re ready to start writing my byline again as I return to be a senior photographer for one more year.

When I first started working for The Breeze, I wrote opinion pieces. So I guess it all comes full circle having my last work here in opinion.

Many of the editors here have been with The Breeze since the beginning of the year, while others have been here for many. Me? I was a late addition. I joined the staff in February as the video editor. I got this job on a whim. I had originally tried to be a news editor but one night I found that there was a posting for a Video editor. So I jumped on it and here we are.

Doing video is completely different than being in print. Immediacy is everything. If an event or a sports game happens on a given night, we try to get the story or highlights up as soon as possible.

One thing I’ve learned from working here is that something is always going on at JMU. Whether it’s a concert, a guest speaker, or a fundraiser, people are always doing things. It’s fantastic. There will never be enough writers, reporters,

and videographers to cover every event or every story going on here. But the staff does try to tell you what we think is the most important and interesting information you should know.

I only have one piece of advice. Get out.

Go out to as many events as you can not only at JMU but also in Harrisonburg and it’s surrounding areas. We pay lots of money to call this place home for four years yet many of us spend time with our heads in the sand.

We fall into this monotonous routine of working late hours during the week, then getting plastered on the weekends, just to wake up Sunday and repeat the process all over again. It’s a waste.

So go out and do things. Try to see places you’ve never seen before. Do the things you’ve always said you wanted to do but just never have. And make sure to talk to as many people as you can along your journey. Because everyone has a story to tell, they’re just waiting for someone to tell it to.

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By MOLLIE JONEScontributing writer

Clementine Cafe is a well-known hotspot for see-ing live music in downtown Harrisonburg, but this past Thursday, there was a different atmosphere at the venue.

Psychology Service Organization (PSO), a JMU club for psychology majors, held a benefit concert to raise aware-ness about hunger issues right here in the Harrisonburg area. The group, which was established two years ago, has become fully dedicated to this cause.

“We just want to help the community in any way, small or large scale, because we feel fortunate enough to do so,” Lexie Hubbard, a senior psychology major and two-year member of PSO explained of the group’s initiative.

Canned goods were the only admission charge and all collected food was donated to the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank. Any money raised went to Our Community Place.

Blue Ridge Area Food Bank works with multiple pan-tries and organizations in Verona, Charlottesville and Lynchburg to help combat the 1-in-10 ratio of people in the Blue Ridge area who do not know where their next meal will come from.

In 2010, Blue Ridge Area Food Bank and Feeding Amer-ica did a study that showed 74 percent of household incomes in the Blue Ridge area are below the poverty line.

The bank serves over 120,000 people a month, according to their website, with all support coming from either mon-etary or food donations from local and national sources. They work with about 234 different organizations to dis-tribute their goods.

Our Community Place is a community center that hosts meals four times a week. The monetary donations received at the event will go to good use at OCP. Accord-ing to affiliate Philip Fisher Rhodes, $100 can feed 40-60 people in one sitting.

PSO also enlisted the help of some popular groups around campus to help get the word out and provide stellar entertainment for the night. With a line up con-sisting of JMU a cappella acts such as BluesTones, Into Hymn and Low Key, as well as local artists Brian Caper-ton, Gabe Steelman and Don Townsend, the event was easily a success.

“Supporting this event allows us to address issues in the area even if we are not actually from here,” Darcy West, a senior psychology major and member of BluesTones and PSO, said. “We should always strive to leave this place better than we found it.”

William Evans, a psychology professor at JMU and fac-ulty advisor for PSO, stood behind his students’ efforts all the way. The event, which is in its 10th year, was picked up by PSO after Psi Chi decidedly dropped it and Evans

encouraged them to pick up and continue it.“It was such a great event that I didn’t want it to end,”

Evans said. “A major benefit of supporting local areas is that there is a hands-on nature about it. We actually get to ‘meet’ the needs.”

However, those that will receive these donations are not the only ones who are positively affected.

“Specifically on the college campus, PSO has helped open my eyes beyond the JMU bubble,” Rebecca Seman, a senior psychology major and a member of PSO, said.

There was also a heavy attendance from students and friends not involved with PSO.

“I’m in a service and leadership class where we’ve been talking about injustices in the world,” Alton Wampler, a senior double psychology and Spanish major at JMU, said. “I just felt a pull on my heart to support it and the good that it is doing in the valley.”

You may have missed the event, but PSO is always accepting donations from those wanting to give. To do so, email [email protected]. Blue Ridge Area Food Bank can be reached at 540-248-3663, and for more information on Our Community Place, contact Phil-ip Fisher Rhodes at [email protected].

CONTACT Mollie Jones at [email protected].

By JOANNA MORELLIThe Breeze

On Friday and Saturday at the Reel Change Film Festival at Court Square Theater, viewers asked directors of “The Punk Singer” (Friday, Sini Anderson) and “GMO OMG” (Saturday, Jeremy Seifert) questions over Skype video chat.

Friday“The Punk Singer,” tells the story of Kathleen Hanna, an activist and musician who impacted the

feminist movement. When Kathleen was diagnosed with long-term Lyme disease, she was forced to put a halt on her activism and musical career.

Q: What was your process as a documentary filmmaker? How much did you have in your head before you talked to Kathleen? A: I think this goes along with the story of my life. The more I think I know, the less I know. I think I had a more clear idea of how I wanted the documentary to play out when I started and once I found myself in the middle of the process of it, it all started rapidly changing. There’s a lot that I didn’t get to show in this cut, and hopefully in 10 years or sometime far away from now, I’ll do a director’s cut that’s a little more intimate. She has a lot of stories to tell. I do know a lot about Kathleen’s personal story, as well, because we’ve been friends for twelve years. I would say, I thought things really changed when Kathleen got sicker in the documentary … the more she went into treatment and the sicker she got, the more complicated it became. To make things more complicated, I got incredibly sick halfway through the documentary, as well [with late stage Lyme disease] … We kind of helped each other finish this documentary, by both being sick, as messed up as it sounds. It definitely ended up being something different than what I originally thought it would be.

Q: What do you think of the state of DIY feminism in 2014?A: I don’t know — I’m hoping you guys can tell me that. I’m at this place in my career where I’m con-centrating all of my efforts on making media … I feel kind of embarrassed that there are people out there that identifying as a feminist is not cool … The important thing is that I see young women but also young men identify as feminists, and that just makes me stoked. Are there a bunch of guys in the audience? Here’s the deal, if you’re a dude and you’re identifying as a feminist, you’re going to get so many dates.

Q: What are your plans for future films?A: I’m actually working on a documentary right now which is about feminist artists with late-stage Lyme disease. Between Kathleen and myself, from the time we started the project to the time we fin-ished it, in three years, we knew 17 other feminist artists with late-stage Lyme disease. And I thought … why is nobody talking about this?

Saturday“GMO OMG,” tells the story of a man trying to figure out what genetically modified organ-

isms are and how they are affecting our agriculture and food. Through his documentary, Seifer attempts to start a revolution against GMOs being used in a large majority of our foods to ensure a safer future for America.

Q: How do you avoid it [GMOs] on a daily basis without labeling?A: One simple way is to eat organic; by its very definition, it means it cannot be made with GMOs and no pesticides, herbicides, fungacides. But organic doesn’t always mean healthy; organic ice cream doesn’t mean it’s good for you. The other thing is eating whole foods. It’s hard, it’s a struggle — I’m a vegetarian, but we eat very little meat, but when we do it’s local and grass-fed. We’re not totally perfect.

Q: How did you originally find out about GMOs? Why did you decide to center your film around this?A: I actually first heard about GMOs in “Food Inc,” the documentary, and then I immedi-ately forgot about them. I literally forgot that they existed. It wasn’t until I read this tiny little article about Haiti and these 10,000 rural farmers that I paid attention to because I had been to Haiti before on a different project and it has a special place in my heart. And, I had seen the desperation and the hunger there and didn’t understand why they would be burning seeds. I took a trip down there because I knew I really needed to do that first. But, when I got back first I just started getting really angry because I couldn’t avoid them — they were everywhere!

Q: What was the filming process like? How long did it take?A: It was two years from start to its premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival. We went to Haiti and it premiered there and I cut it down another 10 minutes. And then we opened it in theaters in September of that same year. I did half of the camera work and then wrote it and edited it and brought on a second editor. Really, I had so many ideas and a lot of those ideas didn’t work. I had $1,500 puppets made of Tom Vilsack, the secretary of agriculture, and Hugh Grant, the CEO of Monsanto, and we did these elaborate shoots with the puppets and that got cut. So, we had about 150 hours of footage that got carved down into 84 minutes. I kept working on shoots and honing in on what I wanted to do and how I wanted to tell the story — it’s a lot of trial and error. It really comes together in the end. I’m more of one to feel my way through it — I didn’t start with the concrete plan or script; it was discovery. The film unfolds as a journey.

CONTACT Joanna Morelli at [email protected].

Cans for a causePsychology Service Organization holds fundraiser and food drive to benefit the hungry in Harrisonburg

A day at the moviesDirectors Sini Anderson and Jeremy Seifert participated in Q&A with audiences during the Reel Change Film Festival

Philip Fisher Rhodes, owner of Our Community Place, speaks duirng Saturday’s event. OCP hosts meals for the Harrisonburg community four times a week; $100 can feed 40-60 people at OCP.

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By Travis BarBourThe Breeze

Dealing with a flood of controversy on its own, Darren Aronofsky’s “Noah” brings the biblical flood to the big screen — animal duos and all.

Considering how the actual story of Noah is fairly brief in the Bible, it should be obvious that the entirety of the film isn’t going to be based solely on biblical scriptures, but is more so on Aronofsky’s own graphic novel. Still, the film has attracted its fair share of religious controversy. But, I’m fine with entertaining “what-ifs,” and that’s exactly what this film is: a “what-if” scenario of this ancient story.

Russell Crowe plays Noah with Jennifer Connelly as his wife, and both give great performances, which is typical of actors of their caliber. Joining them is “Percy Jackson”’s Logan Lerman, who plays Ham, Noah’s son, and “Harry Potter”’s Emma Watson as Ila, an orphan Noah and his family save early in the film and raise as their own.

With films like “Black Swan” and “Requiem for a Dream” under Aronofsky’s belt, I was eager to see the twist he put on the biblical tale. He tells the story in a more realistic context, explaining how the world would’ve been at the time of the ark through, surprisingly, a scientific lens.

In a spectacular time-lapse sequence, Noah explains the creation story to his children. The different days in which God creates the universe are presented in an extreme time-lapse, showing evolution from single-celled organisms to the many different species on Earth. Just when I thought the apes would eventually evolve into humans, Aronofsky interrupts the scene with some divine intervention … literally.

Adam and Eve are seen as glowing heavenly entities, almost something above normal humans; that is, until they eat the forbidden fruit. Using

similar montage techniques from “Requiem for a Dream,” the director continuously returns to images of the snake, Satan’s earthly form, who tempted the first humans, Eve’s hand picking a creepy, breathing fruit from a tree, and the silhouetted hand of Cain poised with a rock to strike his brother Abel down.

It’s here that Aronofsky uses his creative license and strays from the classic Biblical tale. The line that descended from Cain had the seed of human evil that ran rampant and destroyed the morality of the world; these descendants are the wild, lawless horde that attempt to overtake the Ark. Noah, however, is a descendant from Adam and Eve’s other son, Seth, and it is he and his family that are chosen by God to survive the Earth’s destruction.

Though the film has a good amount going for it, there are certain elements that just completely took me out of the experience. For instance, there is a group of fallen angels called Watchers who fell to Earth to help humans after God cast them out of the Garden. The sequences depicting their fall from heaven is captivating, but the form they take ends up looking like a broken Transformers toy, except made out of rocks. Towering over men with four arms, these golems end up looking ridiculous.

There’s also an idea thrown into the mix that Noah gets to decide if humans are to go on after the flood. His grandfather Methuselah apparently has divine powers and grants Ila, who was otherwise infertile, the ability to bear life. However, Noah must decide to kill the infant or allow humanity to thrive once again.

With an interesting take on the story, Aronofsky’s darker touch is definitely worth seeing. However, I don’t think it stands up against his previous work, despite having some awesome CGI sequences. Though not particularly life-changing, the film is good for what it is and has some great acting. And as far as Noah movies go, it’s better than “Evan Almighty,” so we can all take solace in that. Thank God.

Travis Barbour is a senior media arts and design major. Contact him at [email protected].

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Darren Aronofsky brings an adaptation of his graphic novel, ‘Noah’ to theaters

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“Noah”PG-13 138 min.starring Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Emma Watson, Logan Lerman

Cracking the girl codeMtV’s ‘Girl Code’ comedians Nicole Byer and alice Wetterlund come to JMu

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Alice Wetterlund has performed in numerous comedy clubs including Comix, the Broadway Comedy Club and UCB New York.

By JoaNNa MorELLiThe Breeze

“Have you ever put a Snickers bar in your p**** and really let a man eat you out?” Nicole Byer of MTV’s “Girl Code” asked the audience in a brash, Southern accent.

After gaining the audience’s full attention, she shifted her voice back to her normal tone and said, “Just kid-ding, I don’t sound like that. I sound more like a basic white girl or a sassy gay man.”

Visiting comedians Nicole Byer and Alice Wetterlund, who have become well-known for their per-formances on “Girl Code,” each performed stand-up comedy for about 30 minutes on Saturday night. The University Program Board’s staff members announced that by 7 p.m. in Wilson Hall, the show was completely sold out.

UPB aims to bring comedic acts to campus that have been seen on TV and are fairly well-known.

“We initially aimed to bring a male [comedian], just because we brought a female [comedian] in the fall. We definitely recognized name recogni-tion than just bringing a gender. We thought this could be great because girls could bring them boyfriends to it and the genre of what they talk about is college-esque,” Alejandra Buitrago, a junior media arts and design major and public relations chair for UPB, said.

Byer, known for her outrageous comedic anecdotes, often plays off topics such as race, weight and, of course, men (a common topic of “Girl Code”). Some comedians attempt to use their weight and race to aid them in their acts to appear insecure, but Byer performed with a confidence that had everyone in the audience laughing out loud.

Byer’s use of different voices also added a certain charm to the uncom-fortable situations she recounted, such as her experience working at Lane Bryant.

“Lane Bryant is a store where fat women go to die; I’m sorry, shop … They would always put me in front of this wall of denim,” Byer said. “One time this guy comes in and he says, ‘I need pants for my wife, she’s very big. She’s so big, her legs are like tree trunks. She is so big, she is like a forest

… she is so big, she kind of looks like you.’”

After which, Byer groaned that she “wants to die,” then reconciled that, “if tree trunks is getting f*****, then I’m getting f******.”

Despite Byer’s appeal to women with her comedy, men at the perfor-mance were still entertained.

“I’ve watched ‘Girl Code’ a few times,” Eric Brown, a sophomore intelligence analysis major said. “It was definitely a different brand of humor that was refreshing. It was funny, but it was a little crude,”

During Byer’s performance, she sang her serenade to a penis; she asked the audience if any man would like her to sing it to his own, which Brown volunteered himself for, because “why not?”

Despite the audience’s awe, Byer’s performance did not come as a sur-prise to UPB.

“We can never predict what they’re going to say … [Byers] said outright she was going to be extremely raun-chy,” Lauren Stearns, a junior school of media arts and design major and the director of UPB special events, said.

After Byer’s performance, Wetter-lund took the stage with a completely different comedic approach.

UPB chose from the multiple stars of “Girl Code” by determining which comedians had similar schedules and which would appeal to different types of comedy; Wetterlund’s humor was more conservative than Byer’s.

Wetterlund, a pixie-ish Amy Adams look-a-like, approached the microphone and sang quietly into it,

“Sometimes I hide,” then ran behind one of the curtains before running back to the microphone.

After her brief act of shyness, Wetterlund began, “Uh, it’s raining outside — does it ever do anything else?” causing the audience to erupt into cheers in regards to someone else noticing the not-so-enticing weather of Harrisonburg.

Wetterlund told stories of her ex-husband and other personal experiences, such as when she was at a karaoke bar when someone else was singing “Part of Your World” from Disney’s “The Little Mermaid,” and took an extra microphone to inter-cept the karaoke singer because she thought the woman was “looking at the words.”

“There’s two types of little girls, ones that I’ve got and ones that have escaped — no — there are little girls that love ‘The Little Mermaid’ and then there are little girls that f****** love ‘The Little Mermaid!’ … And I’m type two,” Wetterlund said.

Seeing some of students’ favorite stars from MTV live gave them a dif-ferent perspective on the comedians.

“I think [Byer] was pretty cool,” Megan Gay, a freshman nursing major said. “I liked Alice too because she reminded me of Kristen Wiig. You kind of saw a different side of her; on ‘Girl Code’ you don’t notice her quirkiness.”

UPB gave students the opportuni-ty to win tickets to a meet-and-greet with Byer and Wetterlund by attend-ing a movie at Grafton-Stovall Theater on Friday, taking part in an Instagram contest or finding a person dressed up as an MTV logo at Thursday’s late night breakfast in Festival.

Altogether, UPB gave away 16 meet-and-greet tickets; winners would be able to bring one guest with them.

People at the meet-and-greet were given the chance to see the real Byer and Wetterlund and take pic-tures with the comedians, as well as receive flyers with the comedians’ autographs.

“I don’t want to call them split personalities, but they’re defi-nitely stage personalities. They’re such sweet women,” Stearns said.

CoNTaCT Joanna Morelli at [email protected].

“We can never predict what they’re going to say ... [Byers] said outright she was going to be extremely raunchy.”Lauren stearnsjunior school of media arts and design major and director of UPB special events

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By KathlEEn maniataKisThe Breeze

On a cold and rainy Saturday afternoon, while many students found themselves sit-ting inside with a bowl of chicken noodle soup and Netflix, the JMU lacrosse team was busy serving up a crucial 20-7 win over the visiting San Diego State University Aztecs.

This triumph, paired with an 8-7 last-min-ute win over the University of Richmond on Wednesday, leaves the Dukes with a 6-5 win-ning record just in time for conference play.

There was magic in the air on a day when the Dukes honored Elle Howdershell, their 2014 Friends of Jaclyn Foundation teammate, who lost her battle to cancer in October. After a pre-game ceremony, a fresher-looking JMU team seemed to be ignited.

“San Diego State looked fast and they looked aggressive in transition,” head coach Shelley Klaes-Bawcombe said when discuss-ing San Diego State’s game film. “We knew we were going to have to play a strong defen-sive effort today.”

The Dukes’ best defensive effort? An incredible offense. In much of the season, lacrosse has had a tough time getting inside

to take shots on goal. However, this game brought a big change of pace.

JMU and San Diego State started trading blows early, until a goal by redshirt fresh-man attacker Betsy Angel sparked an 8-0 run for the Dukes after the Aztecs held a 2-1 lead just 2:39 into the first half.

After weather interruptions forced the first of three delays in the game, San Diego State rallied for a 3-0 run against JMU. Just as the Aztecs seemed to be catching up, only trailing 9-5, the Dukes broke loose on anoth-er 8-0 run that would seal the deal.

“We did a really good job today of sharing the ball and getting a lot of different looks,” Angel said

A highlight of the game came when senior

attacker Amy Roguski notched her 100th career goal at the 23:13 minute mark with a powerful shot into the back of the net after being awarded a free-position off an Aztec foul.

She would end the contest scoring a total of three goals, tallying 101 career goals, and making her mark in the JMU lacrosse his-tory books.

The Dukes’ secret weapon, who was unleashed mid-season — Angel — who led the team with a career-high four goals in the game.

Junior defender Lexi Cross and freshman midfielder Margaret Tucker Fogarty also got chances at the net as they both scored for the first time in their careers, chipping in one goal apiece.

Klaes-Bawcombe put heavy emphasis on the Dukes’ preparation leading up to the game.

“We really pushed them. We had a tough practice on Thursday, we ran them hard,” she said. “We told them they weren’t allowed to celebrate that Richmond win … Then we asked them to start opening up as a team on what it’s going to take for us to come together.”

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Junior Ali Curwin led the Dukes in points against San Diego State with three goals and two assists. JMU outscored the Aztecs 10-2 in the second half.

By richard BozEKThe Breeze

The sport of Ultimate Frisbee is con-tinuously growing in popularity. JMU’s club Ultimate Frisbee team is a group of individuals who share in the same enjoyment of playing the sport, while, at the same time, including everybody.

The club team is composed of an “A-Team,” known as the Hellfish, and a “B-Team,” known as the Smellfish — the A-Team offers a more competitive aspect for individuals who are more serious about the sport. Members try out for the A-Team in the beginning of fall semester. Regardless of whether or not a player makes the A-Team, he is welcome to play for the B-Team.

“Our club believes people who want to play shouldn’t be cut,” said senior international relations major Mike Harvey, also known as “Winstonworth.”

Harvey is also club secretary and one of the captains of the Smellfish.

The B-Team offers a pressure-free environment centered around the idea of sportsmanship for anyone who wants to play ultimate, but it also remains highly competitive.

This weekend the club hosted “The Smellfish Beenanza” at the East Cam-pus fields. The Smellfish faced off against the B-Teams from the Univer-sity of Virginia, George Washington University and Roanoke College, as well as a few others. The club partici-pates in about five to six tournaments over the course of the spring semester.

Last season, the Smellfish won the sectional tournament after an

undefeated season, a tournament that consists of all ultimate teams of schools within the state.

“Some might say it was hype,” said sophomore engineering major Jack Bowles, also known as “Bubbles.”

The team is looking to produce similar results this season. This year’s sectional tournament is April 19-20 at the College of William & Mary. Win-ning the sectional tournament would get the team a bid to the regional tour-nament, which is being held at JMU’s University Park in the beginning of May.

“Making the regional tournament would be awesome,” said Matt Mill-er, a senior mathematics major, also known as “Infidel.” “The fact that we are hosting this year’s regional tour-nament gives us more incentive to do well and make it.”

To prepare for the next couple of weeks the team will, according to Mill-er, get as much practice on the field as possible.

The club practices four times a week, if not on the field then in the

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Playing just for the love of the gameCamaraderie keeps ultimate club ticking

TOP Freshman Sam Bean makes a catch in stride on Saturday. The Dukes played multiple teams in the East Campus tournament.BOTTOM Sophomore Brian Dawson leaps to grab a pass during Saturday’s “Smellfish Beenanza” tournament on Saturday.

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JMU gets more for ECACs

Track & field qualified for two more events in the Eastern College Athletic Conference outdoor track championships and had several other top finishes at the Raleigh Relays at North Carolina State University this weekend.

Freshman Tessa Mundell qualified for the ECACs in the 5,000-meter run Friday and the Dukes’ 4x800-meter relay team qualified on Saturday.

Mundell finished with a time of 17:12.05 in the 5,000-meter run, finishing fourth in Section C of the event. Freshman Carol Strock, junior Morgan Sheaffer, junior Tiel Westbrook and junior Kristen Landry combined to post a time of 8:56.28 in the 4x800-meter relay. The runners finished fourth, and their time was the 10th-fastest in JMU history.

The Dukes are back in action, as the squad will split for two events. JMU will go to the Liberty Collegiate Invitational in Lynchburg and the Colonial Relays in Williamsburg.

- staff report

Baseball split a weather-shortened series with the University of North Carolina at Wilmington 1-1 this weekend. The Dukes won 6-5 Friday, lost 6-4 Saturday and the third game scheduled for Sunday was canceled and will not be made up.

JMU now stands 9-15 overall and 1-1 in the Colonial Athletic Association.

With the game tied 5-5 heading into the bottom of the ninth inning Friday, the Dukes put together a rally for a walk-off win. After two walks (one intentional) and a single by junior centerfielder/pitcher Kevin Husum, senior second baseman Conner Brown came up to the plate with one out and hit a RBI single for the win.

Saturday, the game was tied 4-4 in the top of the seventh inning when UNCW scored the go-ahead run after a single by senior second baseman Dillon Bass.

JMU will take the field tomorrow at 5:30 p.m. at Virginia Tech before continuing CAA play with a three-game series at Hofstra University this weekend.

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WEEKEnd UPdatEs lacrossE (6-5)

hit the road, Jackdukes send San diego State packing, conquer aztecs 20-7

Dukes split with UNCW

“ “we told them they weren’t allowed to celebrate that richmond win.

- Coach Klaes-Bawcombe

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our club believes people who want to

play shouldn’t be cut.

- senior Mike Harvey

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super | Gives teams equal love

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Grad student Morgan Clellend sorts through his vast collection of JMU sports T-shirts that he has collected.

from front

time that year. I surprised myself with how much fun I had at events I had never gone to before.”

Although he goes to many games, Clelland doesn’t play favorites when it comes to specific JMU sports. He gives them all equal love and support.

“I really like them all pretty much the same to be honest,” Clelland said. “I have a great appre-ciation for all the sports here.”

When it comes to winning these shirts, the formula is simple: get crazy and be loud.

“You just go crazy,” Clelland said. “Yell as loud as you possibly can, wave your arms around a little bit too. Just act like a lunatic and get noticed.”

“For the T-shirts, you know I was thrilled at the idea of getting free T-shirts for JMU,” Clelland said. “It added to the fun of going to athletic events. Honestly, it pays to go to sport-ing events. I guess for people at school, who maybe are not too interested in athletics, you know that could be a good incentive for them to show up. You might get a T-shirt or coupon for pizza.”

Clelland’s time at JMU is coming to a close. But despite the book closing on his life as a student, the massive collection of T-shirts will still remain significant. What once was a focal point of school spirit and pride will transcend into a reminder of five years of great times.

ContaCt Andy Lohman at [email protected].

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gym. Practices consist of working on specific tactics and scrimmaging.

Ultimate Frisbee in itself is its own close-knit community, an aspect of the club that they take pride in.

“I live with five of the guys in the club, but all of the guys just hang out a lot,” Harvey said. “We throw around between classes on the Quad and stuff,” Bowles agreed.

“After practices we usually go for a team din-ner over at E-Hall,” he said.

This sense of community can be seen on the field and was shown Saturday. During games everybody supports each other, and after a point is scored the whole squad erupts into a team chant. At the tournament on Saturday a few club alumni were in attendance.

Some of the alumni also play in professional

leagues.Although still relatively small in numbers,

the club is continuously growing each year.“My freshman year we had about 15 guys on

the team, and now this year we have a roster of about 35,” Miller said. “It just kind of shows how our club is growing as well as ultimate as a sport.”

Like any other club, being a member of the team involves a bit of a commitment, but nothing is work when you love what you are doing.

“It’s a great way for me to help de-stress from all of my classes,” Bowles said.

In the next few weeks the club will be looking to perform as well as possible, but they will all be enjoying themselves regardless of any results.

ContaCt Richard Bozek at [email protected].

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And they truly came together. One key piece to JMU’s win was its ability to convert. The Aztecs handed the Dukes six foul shot attempts and they converted on five of them.

JMU also found solidarity in an area it had been struggling in all season: the transition game. More than once, the team was able to send down stair-step passes that effortlessly glided from the defense, through the midfield and then straight down to the offense.

This brilliant transition allowed JMU to clear the ball from one side of the field to the other 13 out of 14 times. San Diego State would fin-ish completing only seven out of its 11 clear attempts.

The purple and gold defense also performed more than its fair share of containing the Aztecs. Senior defender Leah Perrotta forced three of the Dukes’ seven caused turnovers. Junior goal-keeper Schylar Healy was awarded with the win — she accumulated eight saves and only allowed seven goals.

After suffering a four game losing streak, JMU has scraped up two wins in its final bat-tles of non-conference play before heading into

Colonial Athletic Association territory.“Shelley [Klaes-Bawcombe] always talks to us

about peaking at the right time,” Angel said. “I would say that we are doing just that going into conference play.”

The first CAA game of the season will be against the visiting College of William & Mary. Play between the two teams has always had a rather interesting history, but this year it will be taken personally. Last year’s former co-captain and defender for JMU, Amanda Matthews, is now an assistant coach for the Tribe’s women’s lacrosse team.

Not only will this clash include great speed and persistence; it will also be an even greater challenge to overcome a team who knows all of the ins-and-outs of the JMU offense.

“We know they’re going to have all the infor-mation they need on our program so we just have to go in ready to fight,” Klaes-Bawcombe said.

The Dukes will host the Tribe on Satur-day, April 5 at 1 p.m. This will be the last game at U-Park before the team heads out for a pair of conference road games.

ContaCt Kathleen Maniatakis at [email protected].

Sophomore midfielder Taylor Gress carries the ball upfield. Gress finished with two goals in Saturday’s win.

Sophomore Jake Bowles sprints to catch a frisbee during club ultimate’s weekend B-Team tournament.

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