Associate Professor of Eng-lish Christopher Scalia will lead a discussion for stu-dents about Temple Gran-din today at 1 p.m. in the Science Conference Room.

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Syke’s HR manager will discuss “Negotiating Your First Salary after Gradu-ation” Thursday at 1 p.m. in the Banquet Room of Cantrell Hall.

Advice and a slice

Online homecoming nominations will con-tinue through tomor-row at 9 a.m. Elections will be held next week.

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Freshmen stand at Convocation in the David J. Prior Convocation Center on Aug. 20 for the faculty processional led by Associate Professor in Business Administration Betty Humphreys followed by Chancellor Donna Henry. More than 600 people attended the ceremonial com-mencement to the academic year.

By Todd GalyeanEditor-in-Chiefmtg7h@uvawise.edu

More than 600 people filled the David J. Pri-or Convocation Center on Aug. 20 for the largest Convocation in the history of the college.

Convocation, the ceremonial commencement for the academic year, began with a procession led by freshmen from the Cavalier Gap. Follow-ing the freshmen were the Highland Cavalier marching band, along with the college’s athletes and representatives from many student organiza-tions.

Provost Sanders Huguenin started the cer-emony by touching on the history of convocation and the university system before Academic Dean Amelia Harris introduced the college’s new and returning faculty.

Then, in the core segment of the ceremony, Donna Henry, the eighth chancellor of the col-lege, delivered her first state of the college ad-dress.

Henry began her speech by noting the Cava-lier Gap and its hopeful future uses for tailgating, cultural events and celebrations of achievement by the campus community before discussing her initial months at Wise and the college’s strategic plan “Envisioning 2020.”

“The Envisioning 2020 committee and the entire college community have been involved in evaluating our strengths and challenges as well as envisioning what we want to become,” Henry said.

On Oct. 2, the strategic plan will be reviewed and approved by the UVa-Wise board before it is sent to the UVA Board of Visitors for final review and approval she said. The plan will help guide the college’s decision as it moves into the future.

Students can currently view the plan’s draft on the UVa-Wise website and also provide their own input.

Henry went on to discuss construction on campus, the college’s move to NCAA Division II and improvements in academics at the college.

Following her address, Student Government Association President Dakota Hill and Honor Court Chair Nate Large were installed for the academic year.

By Megan GrayNews Editor meg6hy@uvawise.edu

Hip-hop recording artist B.o.B. will per-form in the David J. Prior Convocation Cen-ter on Oct. 26, Chancellor Donna Henry an-nounced at Convocation.The artist popularly known for hit singles like “Nuthin’ on You” and “Airplanes” will perform at 8:30 p.m. and upcoming rapper Kyle will open at 7 p.m.

The concert, the second major music event since Lonestar performed last March, is part of an effort to bring student-interested events into the convocation center, center Director Chris

Davis said. Davis said they’ve been looking at popular music groups for quite some time and were prepared to make an offer to LMFAO last year but their growing notoriety led to a surge in cost.

Davis said cost is critical to bringing in and continuing to bring in popular music groups to Wise and while he’s worked to keep ticket prices low for students, at $23 a ticket they are expecting to make a profit with this event.

“Cost is one thing that people don’t realize about entertainment. The big thing is not los-ing money,” Davis said. “I want to say, ‘The students loved it, we made a little bit of money, now let’s bring in

B.o.B. to perform

Freshmen, welcome to college

By Zack StallardStaff Writerzcs6x@uvawise.edu

Temple Grandin, a professor of ani-mal sciences at Colorado State Univer-sity will deliver a lecture entitled “All Kinds of Minds” in the David J. Prior Convocation Center Sept. 19 at 7 p.m. The lecture will be the third in The Col-gate Darden Series.

Diagnosed with autism at a early age, Grandin believes autism has helped her understand animals in a way other people cannot, Associate Professor of English Chrisopher Scalia said. Gran-din travels across the country helping livestock owners better understand their animals.

Grandin is a specialist in autism as

well. She was the subject of an award-winning autobiographical HBO film and has published several popular books throughout her career, the most recent of which is titled, “The Autistic Brain: Thinking Across the Spectrum.”

Grandin follows Stephen Pinker in the Colgate Darden lecture series which is aimed at establishing UVa-Wise as a center for intellectual speakers. Lec-tures have been well attended so far Scalia said.

“I receive phone calls frompeople around the region asking about these lectures. They’re quite popular,” he said.

Grandin’s lecture is open for stu-dents, faculty and members of the com-munity. Students will recieve cultural credit for attending.

Grandin to lecture on campus

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Temple Grandin will deliver a lecture entitled “All Kinds of Minds” in the David J. Prior Convocation Center Sept. 19 at 7 p.m.

“What separates us from the animals, what separates us from the chaos,

is our ability to mourn people we’ve never met.”

David Levithan on 9/11

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By Todd GalyeanEditor-in-Chiefmtg7h@uvawise.edu

Josh Justice has been named Interim Direc-tor of Residence Life. Justice replaced former director of residence life Angela Lemke in late June. Previously Assistant Director of Leader-ship and Greek Life in the Slemp Student Cen-ter, Justice makes the transition into housing with a background in the department.

Intially a commuter, Justice worked as a residential advisor his junior year and as a resi-dential director his senior year, a position now filled by community coordinators.

Justice said living on campus was a mean-ingful period in his life.

“I wouldn’t have probably been back at the college working in student life period if it hadn’t been that I made the decision to move on cam-pus,” Justice said.

Justice began his tenure in student life in 2008 as assistant director of student activities and Greek life. He took the job as assistant di-rector of leadership in Greek life in 2011.

As a student, Justice said he was able to have a postive experience because of the resources available to him on campus and the relation-ships he developed with RAs, the professional staff and residents.

Relationships are what Justice said he plans to focus on as he takes over a department that has seen decreasing occupancy levels in recent semesters.

Justice said he plans on reaching out to stu-dents to receive their feedback, both positive and negative, in a push to help rebrand and re-structure housing this year.

“Most students that have worked with me know that I’m the type of person that believes in respect,” he said. “I’m the type of person that believes in treating students like students and understanding that one we are providing a ser-vice to them.”

One way Justice has already begun to re-brand housing is by implementing a program from his time living on campus.

All RAs, with the exception of those in Mc-Craray, have been required to take their resi-dents to at least one welcome week event, one student activity or intramural event and one cul-tural credit event.

McCraray RAs had the welcome week event substituted with a program for freshman on the transition to college.

Justice said he thinks the program is a win for everyone involved.

“It helps introduce [residents] to those pro-grams but at the same time it helps introduce those other programs to residence life and it

makes that connection a little bit stronger,” he said.

Additionally, Justice is working with aca-demic services to provide tutoring in the Mc-Craray living learning community.

These services would be focused on provid-ing help for a general freshman class load e.g. Spanish, math, etc. Justice said tutoring servic-es, although directed towards freshman, would be open to upperclassmen as well as commuters.

Housing wise, Justice is also brainstorm-ing different types of themed housing such as a health and wellness section and a nursing sec-tion. Current themed campus housing includes a ROTC assigned living area and a music living space.

Regardless of what the future holds for housing and residence life, Justice initially wants students to feel comfortable throughout their campus living experiences.

“I want students to feel that this is their home away from home and that we want them here on campus,” he said. “We want them to en-joy their halls and to build [a] community.”

Residents interested in providing feedback on residence life and housing’s direction can contact their RA, community coordinator or Josh Justice. Justice’s office is located on the lower level of Cantrell Hall.

Justice takes over residence life

By William Yearout Staff Writer wmy2m@uvawise.edu

In an economy where even entry level jobs require past experience, the once dreaded concept of the internship has become lauded among college students. You will find govern-ment majors working with a political cam-paign or in a law office or pre-med students shadowing physicians at one of the local hos-pitals. However, the job performed by junior sports management major Jentry Mullins this summer could draw jealousy from anyone.

Mullins spent May through August work-ing with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. It was a mixing of work and leisure, letting Mull-ins experience the financial side of the NFL alongside fun events like the “Miller Lite Beach Bash.”

Though it carried plenty of excitement, Mullins said that it was all business.

“I had to apply online through a website called Teamwork Online,” Mullins said. “I was then contacted by the Buccaneers for a phone interview followed by a Skype interview. My main focus was on revenue. I worked with a program that sold tickets through schools around the area. The schools could sell tickets to games and get $5 back for each ticket.”

Mullins also handled logistics and pro-cessing, ensuring that the schools themselves did as little work as possible. Along with his financial work came his onsite work, which included working night practice.

“Working night practice gave me time to talk to fans, learning why they enjoyed the game,” Mullins said. “I also worked the Miller Lite Beach Bash, and got to mingle with a lot of current and former players.”

His highlight, however, was working the game between the Buccaneers and the Balti-more Ravens. Seeing the culmination of all their work was, “like a dream come true,” he said. Though his work may have ended on Aug. 9, Mullins said the point of this experi-ence will help him for years to come.

“It was getting my foot in the door ... I made a lot of connections with places like Charlotte and New York. I’d love to go back after school. Anything to get experience,” Mullins said.

Mullins said he plans to go on to graduate school after his time at UVa-Wise, then get his masters while working at the same time. He hopes that, by age 23, he will be looking at a vast sea of opportunity. His eventual goal is still a little uncertain. He hopes to begin his work in sales, pushing forward and making a name for himself within the business, he said.

Mullins works with Buccaneers

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Junior sports management major Jentry Mullins interned for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers this past summer in their ticket sales department. Mullins said he plans to one day work in a professional sports league.

By Andi KilgoreStaff Writerajk9f@uvawise.edu

The Office of Academic Affairs is lead-ing the way in helping students afford gradu-ate or professional school preparatory tests. A program now provides opportunities and financial assistance to students who want to prepare for tests such as the MCAT, LSAT, GRE, GMAT, PCAT, DAT and OAT.

Provost and Vice Chancellor for Aca-demic Affairs Sandy Huguenin received stu-dent-voiced requests for funding toward the ever-rising cost of preparatory courses.

“We want students to succeed,” Hugenin said. “The focus is to help students get famil-iarity with the tests and get prepared so they can do their best. If we give students an op-portunity, maybe we can give them a chance to get into a school higher up on their list.”

Huguenin and the Academic Affairs Committee have a fund of $10,000 to distrib-ute to qualified students to use for paying for prep classes.

“This is a good way to encourage stu-dents to work hard and further their educa-tion after receiving their four-year degree,” said senior communications major Christina Ahern.

Senior math and music major Justin Ed-wards said he feels that this new fund helps students see post-grad work as a viable op-tion.

The application process consists of stu-dents submitting a letter of application, a transcript and one to three letters of recom-mendation, at least one of which being from a UVa-Wise faculty member. Students must be enrolled as a full-time, degree-seeking student, taking classes appropriate for the test to be taken, be a junior by the end of fall semester, have a GPA of 3.3 and have no pre-vious test assistance, Hugeunin said.

Selection will be based on financial need, academic qualification and students’ poten-tial success, Hugenin said.

If chosen, students will be reimbursed up to 80 percent of the cost of the preparatory courses taken online through Kaplan Univer-sity. Test preparation assistance must be re-deemed within one year of approval.

Completed application packets should be submitted to the Office of the Academic Dean. The deadline to apply for funds is Oct. 1.

As time goes on, the Academic Affairs Committee will be striving to increase fund-ing for this program to try to help students do the best that they can, Huguenin said.

New graduate test fund Judicial board, community service renamed

Judicial Board has been renamed Student Con-duct Board in a move to use the most-up-to date terminology, Student Conduct Board advisor Jewell Worley said.

Like the former Judicial Board, there are still three residential students and two commuter students, as well as one alternate per category. The Chief Jus-tice is elected from and by those students.

Students on the Student Conduct Board will still be approved by the Vice Chancellor for Enrollment Management, Rusty Necessary.

The terminology for community service as a pun-ishment has been changed to community restitution, Worley said.

The Student Conduct Board will be focused on hearing cases of alleged violations of the Code of Conduct.

Cases associated with policy in the residence halls such as noise violations, health and safety vio-lations, and visitation violations will be handled as administrative settlements by the residential director and the community coordinators. Students may still request a Student Conduct Board hearing.

The student handbook changes yearly and has been updated to reflect the changes to the Student Conduct Board. The 2013-2014 handbook and code of conduct can be found on the main UVa-Wise web-site, in the student life section under “Governance.”

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The Highland Cavalier is the official student newspaper of The University of Virginia’s College at Wise. The newspaper is published weekly on Fridays. It func-tions to inform, educate and entertain readers accurately and responsibly. It does not necessarily reflect the opinions of the college’s administration, faculty or staff. Also, the opinions expressed on the Opinion Page are those of the individual writers and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of newspaper editors and staff members. The Highland Cavalier welcomes all contributions, which can be delivered to the newspaper in person (317 Slemp Student Center); by standard mail (Campus Box 4682, The University of Virginia’s College at Wise, 1 College Avenue, Wise, VA 24293); by phone (328-0170); or via e-mail (highlandcavalier@uvawise.edu). Letters to the editor can also be e-mailed to Opinion Editor Kandee Wallace(knw2a@uvawise.edu). All letters to the editor must be signed — including the writer’s department or major, address and telephone number. Letters may be edited for length, grammar, clarity and libel.

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By Kandee WallaceOpinion Editorknw2a@uvawise.edu

Bikini season may be over, but guess what isn’t?

You probably didn’t guess it, but girls and women all over the world, the United States, and even our little university starving them-selves and/or being pressured to have that “per-fect” stick thin body.

Studies show that 86 percent of women feel pressured to change their bodies to keep up with images portrayed in social media.

So what is the big deal?The big deal is there are record amounts of

eating disorders, suicides and bullying that can be attributed to physical image perceptions and what is considered underweight, average weight and overweight.

The actual classifications of these weight types vary from person to person. A common-ly used method to classify one’s self is a body mass index (BMI).

While figuring out a BMI can get complicat-ed, there are online calculators where you just enter your height and weight.

A BMI of 18.5 or less is considered under-weight, 18.5-24.9 is “normal”, 25-29.9 is “over-

weight”, and 30+ is considered “obese.”Although those are the scientific classifica-

tions of a healthy weight, social media portrays it completely differently.

It seems that underweight is the new aver-age or normal for women.

Not only is it ridiculous, but unhealthy and unattainable for most.

While most women can see how utterly stu-pid being underweight and unhealthy is, we still strive to be considered “beautiful.”

I, personally, see how crazy all this hype is about being so skinny; you can count my verte-brae and ribs and I’ve stayed strong throughout my high school years and ignored it. It seems in the past couple years, however, I have also fallen victim to picking myself apart over silly little things like those almost non-existent love handles and my self confidence has had a toll taken on it.

Being 5’6.5” and 119 pounds, I am at a healthy weight (an 18.9 BMI) and just recently got out of that classification of being under-weight, I should be ecstatic about my body. I have what other girls are starving and killing themselves for, literally and figuratively.

Instead, I let media and my peers tear me down to where I can look in the mirror and ab-solutely hate myself.

When I can sit in a social setting and hear someone talk about how my close friend is “pretty chubby” and “probably has a BMI of like 17.5 or something” I want to just kill some-one.

Are people that ridiculous?It seems so, and quite honestly, I find it ex-

tremely disturbing. Society today has such an ill-perceived standard of women and are so vastly uneducated on the subject that not having a “thigh gap” is a deal breaker in a relationship, being considered attractive or even successful.

Pathetic.Women and young girls should not be led

and forced to believe that 5’9” and 110 pounds is healthy and, not to mention, certainly not gor-geous or perfect.

It’s sickening to think about our youth of today and future leaders as having little to no self confidence over something as trivial as an ill-conceived image of beauty that is so beyond attainable that people are dying for it.

Confidence and compassion toward others are two main keys to success and are so severely lacking today, great impact on the future is im-minent.

Before we can change the world, we have to change our society, no matter how little the issue seems.

Body image is a weapon today

5 tell-tale signs you are

Middle-Aged

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You don’t understand what all the young peasants are talking about.

You struggle to read Chaucer in weak candlelight.

You constantly worry you may have the Black Death.

You struggle with new technology such as the heavy plough and long bow.

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You find Gothic architecture too modern.

Submitted by Amanda King

The idea of the church is to strive toward being Christ-like, being above the worldly sins and influences, not judging, and accepting any-one who walks through the doors with baggage they desperately need help carrying. The idea of judging and oppressing one because of their sexuality and beliefs drives people away from believing in a higher power altogether.

The church believes in the scripture that a man shall not lay with another man; though this belief is valid throughout the religion, not all men and women in the world believe in this scripture. The church in the modern world stand on beliefs that many other people are choking upon.

Not all people in the world stand on com-

mon ground when it comes to beliefs. Through-out time the morals and values that the common man once shared have changed.

The rights that we have as citizens of a free country are crumbling beneath the feet of soci-ety.

The extreme religious believers in the na-tion are stopping people from enjoying their lives because the homosexuals are in constant oppression. Though some states have declared it legal for same sex couples to join in marriage, many have yet to make the change due to the religious beliefs of the government officials.

Religious followers see same sex couples as sinners that should be driven out. Though the citizens who openly express their sexuality do not do anything but try to live their lives, they are constantly living in a world where accep-

tance of who they are cannot be found. They do not try to push their sexuality upon other peo-ple, though people are constantly pushing theirs upon them.

I believe everyone should be able to live their lives in peace, no matter what their beliefs or sexuality.

We should treat each other with kindness, and learn to respect the lives other people lead. It is not one’s place to judge and exclude a group of people just because one may not agree with the decisions others make in their lives.

The world would be a better place and would know peace if together as humans, we could love everyone equally and not exclude anyone for any reason.

King is a sophomore English major

Religious extremists vs. happiness

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A porcupine enjoys lunch on top of his cage at the annual activities fair Aug. 20 on the lawn beside the lake. The porcupine, along with a monkey, snake and other exotic animals were part of the petting zoo that accom-panies the fair every year.

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By Haley HawksStaff Writerhjh4cs@uvawise.edu

With the commencement of a new school year and each class be-coming more difficult than the last, it may be beneficial for students to look to TRiO Student Support Services and the Tutor Connection for help. As always, the center is offering peer tutoring as well as online tutoring.

However, a new program has been developed this year. PASS, or Peer Assisted Study Sessions, is a new study tool available to stu-dents through the academic support center.

The program targets pre-calculus I, pre-calculus II, and chemis-try I. After studying academic records, these classes have proven to be the ones that students will benefit the most from by having PASS involvement.

Marshell Bradley, Academic Coordinator for TRiO Student Support Services and the Tutor Connection, said, “We’ve identified classes that have a very high withdraw or fail rate and those three classes for our campus would be pre-calculus I, pre-calculus II, and chemistry I, because you cannot take pre-calculus II unless you do well in pre-calculus I, so we want to make sure our students are do-ing well and progressing. We’re trying to lower the withdrawal and fail rates for those courses.”

Bradley does not want to make these classes seem scary in any way. She points out that PASS is an excellent study tool and support group to help ensure students success.

According to Bradley, “There’s a student that we’ve hired that goes to the class. And the student goes to the class, they take notes in that class, and then they hold study sessions that incorporate the mate-rial from the lecture, as well as study skills specific for that course.”

Students who are leading the study sessions do not have to actu-

PASS, program targets pre-cal and chemistry

Josh Weaver | The Highland Cavalier

(From left to right) Junior biology major Capers Zentmeyer, junior biology major David Berry and senior computer science and software egineering major Mike VanDerwerker study in the writing center located in Zehmer Hall.

ally be enrolled in the class, because they have had the class before. They are just there to make sure they know what is going on in the class and that their notes are up to date with what’s going on in the class, Bradley said.

PASS will hopefully prove to be an excellent tool in the academic as-sistance of students, Bradley said.

If you are a student enrolled in any of the classes being offered this semester and are interested in PASS, visit student support services on the bottom floor of Zehmer Hall.

By Megan GrayNews Editormeg6hy@uvawise.edu

Many areas of campus at UVa-Wise are still blocked off as construction continues. Three major areas are under construc-tion, the most noticeable of which is the site for the new li-brary.

After a few months of work much of what has been accom-plished at the library site is grad-ing work, or changing the level of the ground between the old li-brary, the Slemp Student Center and Darden Hall.

“It’s all been meticulously planned, getting the building into the site takes more space than the building,” said Sim Ewing, vice chancellor of finance and admin-istration. “You also have to lay down areas so you can be ready to go and get it done as quickly as possible.”

The completion date for the library construction is set for the summer of 2016. The new Health and Wellness Center is set to be completed this April. The third site of campus construction, the new dam behind the Convoca-tion Center, is being completed to set the dam under new state regulations. However, all sites have been slowed by current weather conditions, Ewing said.

“We’ve received basically a year’s worth of rain in the past six months,” Ewing said. “We’re like drowned monkeys out there. Hopefully we’ve got the weather behind us, but if you look out-side recently, I don’t know if that is the case.”

Both the new library and the Health and Wellness Center are

large projects. The library, fund-ed by the state, is costing $43 million to build. The dam, also funded by the state, is costing $2 million to build.

The Health and Wellness Center donation will create a two story structure, complete with state of the art fitness equip-ment, a health foods bar and op-portunities for the community to obtain membership. The Health and Wellness Center, funded by private gifts, is costing $8.3 mil-lion to build.

“I think the donors have a strong belief in fitness and health, and wanted to make sure that the students and people of this area had access to a high quality fit-ness center,” Ewing said.

The library funding is a dif-ferent story. The state fund will create a six story structure, in which one half will remain open as a 24-hour study space, while the other will contain profes-sional offices, books and other media. The fifth floor will hold a large coffee shop, and elevators will be at both sides of the build-ing.

Ewing said a new library for the college was in the cam-pus master plan. Planners de-termined a large space to allow more books or media in the fu-ture was needed, as well as an in-crease in study space in general.

To students complain-ing about the expanse of areas blocked off, Ewing said, “since 1992 the whole campus has been blocked off. [The students] have chosen an institution that is growing and improving. They are seeing now the benefits of what previous students went through. Four years from now there will

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Construction: Henson Hall, new library and dam

be a new batch of construction.”According to Ewing, a campus in

construction signals that a campus is worth attending.

“If it didn’t happen, they wouldn’t want to be here,” Ewing said. “I just want to thank everyone in advance for their tolerance.What the con-struction really is is an investment in their future. Kids from 30 years ago look back and see that their degree is worth more.”

Sophomore nursing major, Cath-erine Leonard, who lives off campus, said the construction doesn’t bother her too much.

“I’m mostly uphill,” she said.

“But I’ve heard from some people that the noise is annoying and a really big inconvenience. Without the stairs though, I wouldn’t walk all the way around to the caf.”

The spot where the future six sto-ry library building will lay takes up a third of lower campus, closing down the walkway and stairs from Henson to Cantrell Hall.

“It’s a lot harder to get to class in the morning,” said Cody Bowen, a freshman psychology major who lives in Henson Hall.

“It’s an unnecessary nuisance. They just don’t need that much

space.”

Josh Weaver | The Highland Cavalier

Construction crew members work behind Henson Hall on the new library building site. Completion for the six story structure is set for the summer of 2016. The new library will include a 24-hour study space, a large coffee shop and elevators will be at both sides of the building. The construction site for where the new library building will lay takes up a third of lower campus.

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Ask Miss Cindy

Rougui Toure is a senior interna-tional relations major studying in Seoul, South Korea for the semester. She will be constributing a column about her experiences abroad throughout the fall.

My dear UVa-Wise family,I am currently in Seoul, South Ko-

rea for the semester. I will be writing articles that give you updates on my little adventures. It has been a long time since I learned a new language. During my study abroad in France I saw how my friends who did not speak the lan-guage struggled; I told myself that I need to go to a country where I did not speak the language.

The only time I remember having gone through this was when I first came to the United States.

Since it has been 10 years, I have forgotten how difficult it is to learn a new language. So last semester I decid-ed to apply for a study-abroad program to either go to Japan or Korea. I ended up being placed in the largest women’s university in the world located in South Korea called Ewha.

Due to recent tensions between the

U.S. and North Korea, I was a little concerned about my decision. Before coming here, I feared being discrimi-nated against, since I do not fit their ideal standard of beauty.

When I arrived at the airport I was shaking with fear and thinking, “What did I get myself into?” luckily I ran into another girl from the states who also happens go to my school.

What I noticed immediately is that they were very orderly and all genders were concerned with their appearance. At the airport, women went directly to the powder room and put on their high heels and makeup. At the school, I was received with a very warm welcome.

The next day we had to go to ori-entation, each international student was placed with a Korean who served as a guide during their stay. Since my arriv-al in Korea what I have noticed is that they will put forth every effort to try to help someone. The only time a Korean did not want to answer me is because of their fear to practice speaking Eng-lish in front an English speaker. So far I really love this place. I will tell more about it next time.

Studious in Seoul: Cav abroad for semester

Photo courtesy of College Relations

The third President of the United States and founder of the University of Virginia, Thomas Jefferson was moved from be-side the library to in front of Crockett Hall over the summer. President Jefferson is expected to submit commentary on his new home in the Sept. 25 issue of The Highland Cavalier.

Dear Miss Cindy,Life past college gets me so stressed out

and confused about what the future holds for me. I try to talk to my friends about it but everyone just says things will turn out fine. What should I do?

Sincerely,Don’t want to leave college

Dear Don’t want to leave college,A famous person once said, “Don’t worry

about tomorrow because tomorrow may never come.”

You’re paying interest on a debt before it is even due. In other words, don’t worry about it. Focus on today. School is a priority right now. Don’t leave college or you really will have to worry about the future. If you leave college now then you’ll be thrown into the future soon-er than you want to be. Discipline yourself to alter your thoughts of doom and gloom for the future; It won’t be easy, but I believe in you.

There’s a rocky road ahead of you, there will be hills to climb, rivers to cross, valleys to climb out of and detours to avoid. If you stay in

school you’ll have the vehicle inside of you to conquer them all. School gives you extra trac-tion when needed.

Grab the bull by the horns, hang on tight and enjoy the ride! It’s all good.

Lovingly,Miss Cindy

Hey Miss Cindy,Ever since I’ve gotten to college every

guy I talk to is obviously just concerned about one thing…if you catch my drift. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not a virgin, but I still don’t really want to send that vibe that I do that with every guy or anything, which I don’t. I guess this is kind of a weird ques-tion, but, how do I draw the line in the right way?

Sincerely,Advice needed.

Dear Advice needed,This one is easy for me to answer. “I am

woman, hear me roar.”The right way to draw the line is to be bold

and honest. Everyone you talk to doesn’t need to know your history. Keep it to yourself. It’s a new day, right?

Take control. Women have the right to be strong individuals. Don’t put yourself in a place or position where you can be taken ad-vantage of. Don’t worry about hurting their itsy bitsy feelings, they’ll get over it really quick. Let them move on to their next target.

I must add that every guy is not looking for a one night stand. It’s rare, but they are out there someplace. I’m saying this to give all the guys a little break. Sincerity comes with ma-turity.

I believe in you, so believe in yourself. Have a “can do” attitude.

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that next artist.’”While Davis and his staff prepare for the con-

cert, student response has been positive on campus in the aftermath of the news.

“I was surprised, because we’ve had a bunch of small local bands,” senior psychology major Jimmy Stewart said. “If he brings 2 Chainz though, I’m go-ing to get arrested for jumping on the stage.”

For senior health and fitness education major Chris Dejarnette, the announcement that B.o.B. will be performing on campus is a sign of diversity for the college.

“It’s something new to the school,” Dejarnette said. “I like that it’s a different culture to Southwest Virginia.”

In addition to B.o.B., the convocation center has several events booked for the semester including Taste of Home, a popular recipe magazine, will be hosting a cooking show Nov. 19, as well as Davis is currently in talks with members of the hit TV show Duck Dynasty to do a Q & A session.

With new events, major names, and a buzz of energy filling the convocation center Dejarnette said he thinks B.o.B. is the start of something new for the college and the town.

“The school is going to draw a larger crowd of different people,” Dejarnette said. “It will bring more attention to Wise, Va.”

Tickets for the B.o.B. concert are currently for sale online at etix.com for $30 to $35. Students inter-ested in receiving the discounted price of $23 should call 276-376-3431 or visit the ticket booth at the Prior Center. Students are limited to two discounted tickets.

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B.o.B.

Event Lineup Tuesday: Open Mic Night

Wednesday: Bike Night & The Deadstring Brothers

Thursday: Karaoke and Ladies Night

Friday: Empty Bottle String Band

Saturday: Earth by Train

Photo courtesy of B.o.B’s official Facebook

Hip-hop recording artist B.o.B. will perform in the David J. Prior Convocation Center on Oct. 26. The artist known for hit singles like “Nuthin’ on You” and “Airplanes” will hit the stage at 8:30 p.m. Upcoming rapper Kyle will open at 7 p.m.

By Greg KiserStaff Writerglk2z@uvawise.edu

Picking a movie on Netflix takesmore time out of your day thanhomework, and it is always hardto find a decent one. Most ofthe time, I look for two hours, getfrustrated and go to sleep. Forthose of you who want an enjoyablewatch on the adored moviestreaming site, here are a fewtried and true:

“Braveheart”(1995)“Good Will Hunting” (1998)“The Tall Man” (2012)“Eternal Sunshine of the SpotlessMind” (2004)“Memento” (2001)“Into the Wild” (2007)“Donnie Darko” (2001)“The Breakfast Club” (1985)“Hugo” (2011)“What’s Eating Gilbert Grape”(1993)“Zodiac” (2007)“Tucker and Dale vs. Evil” (2011)“End of Watch” (2012)“Winter’s Bone” (2010)“The Pianist” (2002)“How to Survive a Plague”(2012)“Man on Wire” (2008)“Into the Abyss” (2011)“The Evil Dead” (1981)“Rango” (2011)

Netflix picks By John LeonardStaff Writer jrl6r@uvawise.edu

A few weeks of class have already passed at UVa-Wise and the class of 2017 is still settling into the new collegiate lifestyle.

Despite college-organized events such as Expedition, students have encountered a few surprises that they might not have expected.

“I never realized how much I’d actually use on gas,” said Tristan Heath a freshman music education major.

Other students are still confused about where some of their classrooms are located.

“I went to a lab, [and] didn’t know that I was in the wrong room and got kicked out,” said Kaitlin Baker a freshman biology major.

Most freshman are just glad to be away from home getting the chance to meet new friends.

Several also commented that the staff and major programs offered were what brought them to UVa-Wise.

“I chose to attend UVa-Wise because I felt like it was a good school where I could stay fo-cused on my book work so I can accomplish my major, but also be an athlete, I could balance

both without getting distracted”, said Jolito Ri-vera a freshman political science major.

Ciara Daymude, a nursing major, said she was introduced to the program through a col-lege night at her high school.

“They are actually one of the best nursing programs out there,” she said.

Meeting the professors and exposure to the campus was what drew Michael Doherty, a freshman pre-med major, to college in Wise.

“There are good major programs and it was a lot cheaper than other places,” Doherty said. “I met the professors at orientation and they all seemed much nicer and down-to-earth than all the other places I’ve looked at.”

The freshmen class of 2017 has even seemed to leave a good impression on most of the up-perclassmen so far.

“A lot of the ones [freshmen] that I’ve hung out with, they’re just making time to read and do their homework which didn’t really happen in my class, so it’s a step up,” said Vince Freels a senior film major.

“Everybody’s really engaged this year, so it’s really good to see that they’re taking pride in the school,” said Dakota Hill a government and foreign affairs major.

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The UVa-Wise Athletic Department has made their first step into building a women’s lacrosse program with the hiring of Megan Dennehy.

Dennehy will lead the first Highland Cavalier women’s lacrosse team. A Mary-land native, Dennehy spent the last six seasons as head coach at Queen’s Univer-sity in Charlotte, N.C. where she led the Royals to a .500 record last spring.

Dennehy enters Wise looking for a re-turn to the small college atmosphere she experienced as a student-athlete at Lime-stone College in Gaffney, S.C.

“I was looking for a change. Being in a large city there’s some distractions, so I wanted to make sure I kind of went back to my roots,” Dennehy said. “What I was no-ticing with two successful schools in my conference was that these were schools that didn’t have much around so that re-cruits were obviously choosing the school based off of wanting to win and wanting to be successful.”

This will be Dennehy’s second time working with a beginning program and her first as a head coach.

“I think that with starting a new pro-gram as an assistant I didn’t really have all of the control,” Dennehy said. “Now that I’m the head coach I’m committed to

bringing in talented athletes in-state and out-of-state that can go with the mission I’m looking to start.”

Already recruiting, Dennehy is using her connections throughout the Division II women’s lacrosse world to get the word out about the new program at UVa-Wise.

She said she is making plans to con-tinue the process by attending recruiting tournaments, emailing coaches and get-ting recruits on campus, an activity she’s planning for the fall semester.

While Dennehy looks for the future in the 2014 recruiting class, she may have several lacrosse hopefuls on campus al-ready.

Several students showed interest at an information session before the close of spring semester she said.

“I think my initial reaction is to just to get those girls together often and talk about the commitment levels of a division II program and what it’s all about and see if they’re willing to commit to that and during their first year just having a lot of practices getting in the gym, lifting, so that their ready for the following year when we are officially competing,” Dennehy said.

The team will officially begin varsity play in the spring of 2015 and become the 13th varsity sport sponsored by the col-lege.

The option does exist to participate as a club sport this spring. However, Den-nehy said club play is dependent on cur-

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Megan Dennehy was hired as the first women’s lacrosse coach in school history on June 24. Dennehy comes to UVa-Wise from Queen’s University where she led the Royals to .500 record last spring.

Photos courtesy of Queens Sports Information Office

X-Country starts off season with right footThe UVa-Wise Cavaliers’ cross country teams competed in their first meet on the season on Sept. 6.

By Chris ArmisteadStaff Writercma6r@uvawise.edu

The UVa-Wise men’s and women’s cross-country teams faced off against Virginia State University and Virginia Union University in the VSU Fall Opener race last Friday.

UVa-Wise was racing against two other

teams that are in the Div. II conference. The teams came in second, just missing VSU and VUU by a few points.

On the men’s side, three underclassmen finished in the top five. In third, was freshman Anthony Wallis with a time of 28:23, in fourth, freshmen Will Young finished with a time of 28:24 and in fifth, was sophomore Shaquon Wilkins with a time of 28:36.

Some other members on the team did well, including captain Matt Parker finishing in 12th with a time of 31:17 and Josh Willcuts, 14th with a time of 31:59. The men’s team was able to prove that young legs can be great for a team

starting out in a new conference.On the women’s side, The Cavs were able to

finish strong placing in 7th, 8th, 10th, 11th and 13th. Samantha Balthis finished with a time of 22:51, and freshmen Sarah Elbon finished with a time of 22:52.

Whitney Carico finished with a time of 23:23, Emily Brock with a time of 23:23, Me-gan Hillard followed after with a time of 23:40 and Madison Compton finished in 22nd with a time of 26:32.

The Cavs will travel to Black Mountain, N.C. Saturday to participate in the Montreat College Invitational.

Cavs drop first NCAA match 3-1By Josh WeaverPhoto Manger jew5p@uvawise.edu

In the first NCAA game played in school history the UVa-Wise wom-en’s volleyball team fell to the home standing Brevard College Tornadoes 3-1.

The Cavs were led by freshman Karley Allen, who had a team-high of 14 kills and 14 digs in her collegiate debut. Fellow freshmen, Lindsey Tucker and Santana Bishop, posted double-digit kills as well, 13 and 11 respectively. Junior Veronica Sanchez, handed out 41 assists in the loss.

In game one, the teams fought to a 10-10 tie before the Tornadoes went on a 9-3 run to pull ahead. The Cavs made a late rally but fell short when Tornado Erin Rollins recorded a kill to put game one in the books.

In the second game, the match was a continuous battle between the Cavs and Tornadoes, leading to a 20-20 tie.

The Tornadoes posted back-to-back kills after trading points with the Cavs to take on a 23-21 lead, with a kill from Bishop, one of her 11 on the night, on an assist from Sanchez.

Tornado’s Rollins and Jasmine Robinson would record kills and take

the second game by 25-23.Down 2-0, the third game seemed to be following a trend with the

Cavs trailing 13-9. The Cavs would make a 9-4 run to take the lead and would eventually find a tie between the two teams at 22-22 after trading points.

The duo of Allen and Bishop would go on to take over the next three points and take Game Three for the Cavs by a score of 25-22.

The final game was nothing short of the rest of the hard fought games with both teams finding themselves tied at 22 apiece. The Cavs would then see the game suddenly begin to slip away as Tornado Fatima Ghara-chorloo and Savannah Cox recorded kills to put the game out of reach.

An error by Gharachorloo gave the Cavs hope by cutting the lead to 24-23, but it was short lived as Kayla Hanus scored the Tornado’s match point to win the match 25-23.

The Cavs traveled to Pikeville, Ky. Tuesday night to take on the UPike Bears. You can find the results on uvawisecavs.com

The Cavs will be back in action Friday and Saturday in the King Col-lege Tournament in which the Cavs will play two games each day.

rent on campus numbers and where the program is at that time.

Whether this spring or next, Dennehy’s committed to the long term.

“Starting a new program the first year or two might be a little rough and you may not have everything that it

takes to be successful,” she said. “But I’m really trying to take a different approach in the recruiting so that I’m making sure that these fresh-men I’m looking at have the maturity level and confi-dence level to be successful and to be leaders on the field right away.”

a touchdown and one interception. Freshman Ty Ryans also saw time completing 3 of 4 passes for 32 yards.

The Camels rushing attack was led by Hudson with 101 yards and Wolf with 95 yards. The Camels combined for 521 total yards rush-ing to add to offensive yards of 659.

The Camels defense held the Cavs rushing attack to 36 yards on 22 attempts. Freshman Marcus Smith led the Cavs with 32 of those yards.

With the win the Camels moved to 1-1 and the Cavs fall to 0-1.

The Cavs will hope for bet-ter luck this week as they open up Mountain East Conference play Saturday against West Virginia Wesleyan. The Cavs will travel to Buckhannon, W.Va. for a noon kickoff.

Follow live stats and listen live to Cavs’ football online at uvawise-cavs.com or WAXM 93.5.

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Senior return man James Long (16) breaks some tackles on his way to a 88-yard kickoff return in the Cavs’ 56-21 loss on Sept. 7 to Campbell.

Tennis wins first MEC event

Camels run Cavs dry

The UVa-Wise Cavaliers’ football team traveled to Bules Creek, N.C. to take on the Campbell University Camels last Saturday. The Cavs dropped a 56-21 decision to the Camels.

By Jordan ChildressSports Editorjsc6x@uvawise.edu

The UVa-Wise Cavaliers traveled down to Bules Creek, N.C. Sept. 7 to face the NCAA FCS Campbell University Camels.

The Cavs, however, got more than they bargained for in their first season as a NCAA Division II member with a record setting day for the Camels offense.

The Camels offense set school records for total offense and rushing in a 56-21 victory over the Cavs.

The Camels, fresh off a 52-7 loss to UNC-Charlotte, took their season opener loss frustrations out on the Cavs defense by scoring on their first five possessions.

The Camels jumped out to an early 13-0 lead over the Cavs high-lighted by an eight yard score by Dakota Wolf and a 20-yard scamper by Keith Gross.

The Cavs got on the board with 6:23 left to play in the first quarter with a 26-yard strike from sophomore quarterback Cullen Lavoi to sophomore wide receiver Terrance Younger to cap off a seven play,

74-yard drive to pull the Cavs to 13-7.The Camels answered back with three more scores of their own

highlighted by a 72-yard bomb from quarterback Brian Hudson to wide receiver Ben Bolling to lead the Cavs 33-7 with 9:52 left to play in the first half.

On the ensuing kickoff senior returner James Long returned the kickoff 88 yards to pull the Cavs within 33-14.

Long also led the Cavs in receiving with four catches for 116 yards to go along with the kickoff return which earned him the inaugural Mountain East Conference Offensive Player of the Week.

The Camels found the endzone three more times before the Cavs did again. With 12:04 left to play in the fourth quarter redshirt fresh-man quarterback Jeremy Eubank found Younger on a three yard touch-down pass giving Younger his second touchdown grab of the day.

Eubank’s first collegiate touchdown pass pulled the Cavs within 49-21. The Camels added another rushing score to take the 56-21 win over the Cavs.

Younger finished his day with a game-high eight receptions with two being touchdowns for 63 yards.

As imagined, Head Coach Dewey Lusk, who loves quarterback controversies, played all three quarterbacks on the roster. Lavoi fin-ished the day going 8 of 23 for 133 yards with two touchdowns and three interceptions.

Eubank went 3 of 6 for 33 yards with

Sophomore Haley Thacker and freshman Bailey Christoforatos cel-ebrate after a point in doubles play against Shepherd University. Thacker and Christoforatos won their match 8-4.

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By Jordan ChildressSports Editorjsc6x@uvawise.edu

The UVa-Wise Cavaliers wom-en’s tennis team opened up the Cavs’ inaugural season as a mem-ber of the Mountain East Confer-ence and a member of the NCAA Division II level with a 5-4 win over the visiting Shepherd Univer-sity Rams.

The Cavs hosted tennis alumni that played at the college and had a reception celebrating the first MEC event on campus.

The Cavs came off of a 7-7 re-cord and a 4-5 conference record in their last season in NAIA play.

The Cavs used the electricity provided by over 100 spectators at the Jim Humphreys Tennis Com-plex to jump out to an early 2-1 lead over the Rams, taking two of three doubles matches.

Freshman Bailey Christofora-tos and sophomore Haley Thacker won their doubles match by 8-4.

Also collecting a doubles win for the Cavs was the duo of senior Lauren Powers and sophomore Ju-netta Nuckels by 8-4.

The sister duo of senior Brian-na Stallard and junior Mary Jo Stal-lard drew the largest crowd of the day, but lost 8-5 in doubles.

The Cavs needed strong play in singles play to earn the school’s first win in an MEC contest.

Thacker, the No. 3 seed in sin-gles, came up once again, putting

away her opponent by scores of 6-2 and 6-4.

“Well we had three weeks to getting ready for the first match, so we were definitely ready for it,” Thacker said. “It’s actually mo-tivated me when I heard the fans clapping and cheering.”

Freshman Rose Bennett col-lected her first collegiate win as the number six seed by scores of 6-0 and 6-1.

Nuckles also collected 6-3 and 6-2 win to give the Cavs the win over the Rams, 5-4.

Head Coach Danny Rowland said he was very pleased with his team’s play and the first conference win on the season.

“It was great to get off to a great start,” Rowland said. “The girls were under a lot of pressure with the big crowd and expecta-tions, but I thought we handled it really well.”

The MEC plays its women’s tennis season during the fall, which is something the Cavs aren’t used to as the Mid-South played in the spring.

Rowland joked about learning to play in the heat instead of snow-flakes with the schedule change.

The Cavs moved to 1-0 on the season and 1-0 in conference play. The Rams fall to 0-1 on the season and 0-1 in conference play.

The Cavs will be back in ac-tion on Saturday in conference play when they travel to West Liberty University.

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