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Never forget 9/11

In memory of the 10-year anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, 3,000 American fl ags dotted the Festival Lawn on Sunday.

JMU was one of more than 100 schools nationwide that participated in the “Never Forget” event. The College Republicans put on the Festival event at JMU.

The Spirit Rock was also painted with a patriotic message. The fl ags were on display until yesterday.

“This is a way to remind people that it did happen and that it’s still touching many, many people throughout the country,” said Anne Bianchi, vice chair of the College Republicans.

9/15 INSIDENEWS A3 No butts about it JMU bucks the trend by keeping cigarettes on campus.

OPINION A6 9/11 anniversary thoughts Students share feelings on memorial events years later.

SPORTS B3 Willing and Abel Natalie Abel has won two Player of the Week awards, and will star in this weekend’s JMU classic.

LIFE B5 Clown college Two profesional clowns teach theatre majors the basics of humor.

PRESIDENTIAL SEARCH

Committee nearly through with recruiting candidatesBy CAMERON AUSTINcontributing writer

After talking to more than candidates, the Presidential Search Committee has begun the process of narrowing down the application pool.

Wednesday’s meeting, held in closed session, marked the � rst time the committee looked at individual candidates since the search began.

The meeting lasted about four hours and university spokesman Don Egle said he couldn’t say if any appli-cants were ruled out.

“We’re very impressed with the quality and quantity of applicants,”

said Joseph Damico, the search com-mittee chair. “We will come up with a great president.”

With the help of Greenwood/Asher and Associates recruitment � rm, the committee is still projected to announce their decision by Jan. .

“It’s a � uid process with so many great people,” Jan Greenwood said.

Greenwood declined to com-ment on how many applications they reviewed during the meeting, and Damico wouldn’t say how many applicants applied from within JMU.

Though the nomination and application deadline was Aug. , according to the presidential search

website, Greenwood said there’s no de� nite deadline and applications are still being accepted.

“� ere are still some elements of the recruiting process,” going on, Egle said.

Egle said the recruiting stage is nearly through and the committee will soon move into the evaluation stage. This involves interviewing candidates and running background checks.

Greenwood said that in order to recruit the highest caliber of can-didates, anonymity must remain throughout the whole process.

“If this became a public process, we would have lost one-fourth to one-third of the candidates that we’ve received,” Greenwood said.

As the next stage of evaluation begins, the search committee and Greenwood/Asher are in constant communication multiple times a week as the applications are evaluated.

“Dr. Rose was kind enough to give us so much time, and we want to � nd someone we can all be proud of,” Damico said.

The committee plans to hold a n o t h e r m e e t i n g b e f o r e t h e end of the month, but Dami-co would not give a specific date.

CONTACT Cameron Austin at [email protected].

By CAITLIN HAWEScontributing writer

During a high school Spanish class, Melissa Hopely, a graduate from Immaculata University in Chester County, Pa., witnessed classmates picking on a cute, chubby, red-headed boy. He laid his head on his desk in submission, but the insults continued.

“Just leave him alone,” Hopely said angrily.

� e students stopped teasing. Years later, the boy sent Hopely a Facebook message.

“� ank you,” it read. He had planned to end his life, but Hope-

ly’s actions helped save him. Today, he is getting outside help.

Hopely spoke in a crowded Festival ballroom Tuesday to share her story about suicide and the importance of reaching out to those with mental health issues. She works for Minding Your Mind, an organi-zation that works to create dialogue about mental health issues among adolescents.

Since she was years old, Hopely has suf-fered from obsessive-compulsive disorder, a condition in which people have obses-sions that cause anxiety, according to the United States National Library of Medicine.

OCD caused her to walk in and out of doorways, switch on and o� light switches, avoid certain stores, do everything in even numbers, stare at objects for hours and avoid wearing white blouses. She was mor-bidly afraid of not obeying her compulsions.

If she didn’t follow through with them, “I thought that I was going to die,” she said.

On Sept. , , when Hopely was a freshman in high school, her mother hid all her colored blouses. Faced with only white blouses, tormented, Hopely tried to rectify the situation by putting on the shirt an even number of times. She � nally went to school in the dreaded white blouse. When the planes struck the twin towers, she blamed herself.

Doctors later diagnosed Hopely with depression, which caused her to lead a “double life.” Externally she was happy, an all-star athlete and yearbook editor. Inter-nally, she hated herself.

One day, after a mental breakdown involving her screaming in the car, Hope-ly considered ending her life. But things turned around thanks to Hopely’s neighbor.

“Are you OK?” her neighbor asked, sur-prising her.

� e question changed her life. She shared her suicidal feelings with her neighbor, who

told her mother. Hours later, an ambulance took Hopely to a psychiatric hospital, where she saw people just like her.

“For the first time I realized I wasn’t alone,” Hopely said.

Active Minds is a nationwide organiza-tion using the student voice to change the conversation about mental health on col-lege campuses.

Jenny Ludwig, a senior and vice presi-dent of Active Minds at JMU, said Hopely’s story rea� rmed why she majors in psychol-ogy: to help ordinary people with mental illnesses.

“It’s not what happens to you guys,” Hopely said, “it’s about how you cope.”

The quote inspired Alyssa Dahn, the president of the Active Minds at JMU and a senior psychology major.

Dahn, who has mentally ill family mem-bers, has severe anxiety.

Dahn liked that Hopely “was really relat-able and she was young and not all that far-o� from college.”

Hopely has spoken at more than classrooms, forums and conferences and is writing a “raw” book and a documentary about her life, among other projects. She’s

see SPEAKER, page A5

Melissa Hopely speaks with students about suicide prevention, her struggles with depression

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By CAITLIN HAWEScontributing writer

Can you tell me about Active Minds and its mission? Active Minds was started in by Allison Malmon from [the University of Pennsylvania]. She lost her brother to suicide, and she noticed that there wasn’t a lot of student empowerment with the subject of mental health and suicide prevention ... � ere was such a stigma. She thought that if we put the power of active minds, the power of being a voice to a student, then it would cause a chain reaction. Now there’s chapters across Canada and the United States.

What are your short-term and your long-term goals with your work? It’s really about pushing myself to keep on doing this and realize that you can’t settle in life but you still can take chances and you still have to take what comes. My long-term goals, in the [next] two years, I’d like to � nish my two books, and I’m working on a doc � lm. My ultimate goal or dream would be to host a show, like the Ellen show.

What do you want people to take away from your event? I want you guys to learn your own story, that you are the expert in your own story. You have the power. And they always say, “You’re the future,” but, you know, you’re the present, you’re here now and can make a change now. And I think the biggest thing is that it’s OK to ask for help; it doesn’t mean you’re weak. You really need to support your friends instead of keeping secrets.

You said you had a friend who helped you. What, along with her, are your biggest inspirations?She’s ; I’m . She’s on the soccer team with me. We go out to lunch and have a normal relationship, but I deep-down credit her. And it’s just amazing to see her and interact with her, to know that this woman who was a child saved my life, and she’s just a caring person. Inspiration comes from those strangers I meet all the time.

>> For the full Q&A, visit breezejmu.org.

— Melissa Hopely

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“If this became a public process, we would have lost one-fourth to one-third of the candidates that we’ve received.”Jan GreenwoodGreenwood/Asher and Associates

COURTESY OF MELISSA HOPELY

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Find a way to make your personal

anxieties productive. Use nervous energy to get the dishes washed. There’s always something to learn.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) You may want to win every

argument today, but choose your battles well and save energy for those worth fi ghting. It’s a balancing act.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) You can’t be in two places at the same

time. The closest approximation is to teach someone the job you love less and hand it over to them.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)You’re very attractive now

(in spite of yourself). Focus on a passion. You appreciate loveliness.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Use creative energy to make

your home work for you. Small changes in decoration go a long way for your self-esteem.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

Focus on fi ne-tuning your place

for the next couple of days. Make sure your nest is in order and that you’re comfortable with where everything is. This provides peace.

PISCES(Feb. 19-March 20) Get in communication

with the people that need to hear from you (you know who they are). They’ll be glad.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) Venus enters Libra for the next 225

days. In general, love, beauty and art will fl ower. Simple appreciation of quality satisfi es.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) The fi ner things in life call to you,

but you should resist spending impulsively. Create a plan to attain your desire permanently.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) You may want to talk about beauty

and romance, but consider your words. Be respectful as you stand up for a passionate cause.

CANCER(June 21-July 22) Words of justice stir you to action.

Some chaos at work and on the roads makes staying close to home a good idea.

LEO(July 23-Aug. 22)There’s a test or a challenge ahead.

Try doing something you’ve never done before, if the answer’s not obvious. Don’t try to pay everyone’s way.

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Younger people hit hard by new poverty rateContra Costa Times

Joblessness pushed another . million people into pover-ty last year as . percent of Americans and . percent of Californians were living under the poverty line — the high-est rate since , according to U.S. census statistics released Tuesday.

The national poverty rate rose from . percent in , and it increased most dra-matically for children and the youngest working-age adults, those between and .

� e number of people who did not work at all last year was “the single most important factor” causing the poverty spike, said Trudi Renwick, chief of the Census Bureau’s poverty statistics branch.

“It’s just a wretched time to be starting out in your career,” said Kristen Lewis, co-direc-tor of the nonpro� t American Human Development Proj-ect. “Unfortunately, it’s been

tremendously di� cult for peo-ple trying to get their � rst job.”

About . million peo-ple were in poverty in , the highest number since the government began tracking poverty in . For a family of four with two children, pov-erty means making less than $, a year. � e U.S. poverty threshold is $, for a sin-gle adult younger than , and advocates have long pointed out that an income at that level amounts to even less for resi-dents of the Bay Area, with its high cost of living.

The grim statistics come as President Barack Obama battles Republicans over the effectiveness of attempts to stimulate the economy and a new jobs bill he proposed last week.

Lopez, , is one of many working-age adults who found refuge in an elder relative’s home after struggling to � nd a job. � e poverty rate would probably be much worse had millions of American fami-lies not doubled up over the course of the -month reces-sion that began in December , Renwick said.

Of people between ages and who are liv-ing with their parents, just over percent live in a poor

household, Renwick said, but if they depended on their own income and lived on their own, close to half of those -to--year-olds would be classified as poor. Nearly percent of all female-headed households are poor.

Lopez said she and her children, and , are “pret-ty much homeless,” because her grandmother’s home is in foreclosure and they have been moving from place to place. She is cleaning houses and studying at Diablo Valley College in hopes of improving her likelihood of getting a full-time job. She hasn’t had one in more than a year.

Her best year economically

was , “when I was work-ing, I was doing really good. I had my own place. Everything was really stable,” she said.

Concord cosmetologist Monica Kicki, also a mother of two, said her income today is half what she made two years ago. She had hoped to send her son to private school after his neighborhood pub-lic school closed this year. He was disappointed to learn she couldn’t a� ord it.

� e -year-old mother had a steady job at Macy’s until the spring and has been working since she was a teenager.

“When I go on Craigslist, I see all these jobs, but when you apply, they want so much from you but pay very little,” Kicki said. “� ey want you to have all this schooling, all this experience.”

She has considered going back to school but is not sure it is worth the cost.

Income from unemploy-ment and Social Security benefits counts toward total personal income in the cen-sus statistics, but not food stamps, tax credits and other government help. Although all generations experienced a decline in median income, seniors had the lowest pov-erty rate increase, in part

because Social Security recip-ients received cost-of-living increases of . percent in and . percent in .

“Elderly are the most pro-tected from falling into deep poverty in this country,” said Lewis, who proposes invest-ments in education and jobs creation that could help get Californians out of poverty. It is a social crisis as much as a monetary crisis, said Lewis, because “jobs are about more than just a paycheck. They matter for your physical and mental health, your family’s stability.”

� e poverty rate grew for all racial groups except for Asian-Americans and was highest for African-Americans and Lati-nos, at about percent.

The new director of the Alameda County Social Ser-vices Agency said more people of all walks of life have come to her o� ce for cash assistance, food stamps, paid child care and guidance in � nding jobs. Lori Jones said she wants to break down the “stigma around social services” that has prevented many families on the edge from seeking help.

“� ere are more people in need of temporary assistance, a hand up,” Jones said.

Few answers in Rutgers webcam caseThe Philadelphia Inquirer

TRENTON, N.J. — There are few clear answers in the disturbing account of how Rutgers University freshman Tyler Clementi’s sexual encounter with a man in his dorm room was secret-ly viewed via his roommate’s computer webcam.

The incident has become the focus of international discussion about cyber-bully-ing and the difficulties faced by gay youth, a cause cele-bre fueled by intense media attention.

Yet defense attorneys for Clementi’s roommate, Dha-run Ravi, say that spotlight has distorted and helped to criminalize what, at worst,

were insensitive acts by their client.

The criminal prosecution is inextricably linked to Cle-menti’s decision to take his life by jumping off the George Washington Bridge on Sept. , .

But the suicide has nothing to do with the charges against Ravi, which focus on his moti-vation and role in events that took place in Davidson Hall on the Piscataway, N.J., cam-pus in the days leading up to Clementi’s death.

Ravi, , of Plainsboro, N.J., has been charged with

invasion of privacy, bias intimidation and tampering with evidence. He has plead-ed not guilty and remains free on bail.

The case moved a step closer to trial Friday when Middlesex County Superior Court Judge Glenn Berman rejected a defense motion seeking to have all charges dropped. Berman is expected to set a trial date at a hearing Oct. .

The defense motions and the prosecution’s response were supported by hundreds of pages of evidence, includ-ing emails, text messages and Twitter messages sent by Cle-menti and Ravi; testimony of law enforcement investiga-tors; and statements from Rutgers students, includ-ing Ravi and Molly Wei, who — like Ravi — has left Rut-gers. Wei, who was a fellow freshman, is charged in the case with invasion of priva-cy and is cooperating with

authorities.Here, based on those doc-

uments, is a look at some of the key issues and individu-als who have surfaced in the investigation on which the case against Ravi is built.

Clementi, Ravi, Wei and an individual identified as “M.B.,” the man who visited Clementi’s room, are the cen-tral figures in the story.

Clementi, an -year-old from Ridgewood, N.J., is por-trayed through his own words and those of friends as an introverted aspiring musician — he was an accomplished violinist — trying to establish his identity as a gay man.

Ravi, according to state-ments, text messages and his comments to law enforce-ment officials, is either outgoing or obnoxious, self-confident or self-absorbed. In the investigation, the self-described computer wonk emerges as someone who enjoyed calling attention to

himself and never hesitated to use electronic media to do that.

During questioning by investigators Sept. , Ravi conceded that he probably had violated Clementi’s pri-vacy. More complex is the question of whether he set out to harass and intimidate his roommate because Cle-menti was gay, a charge that carries more significant jail time.

Though the common per-ception is that Clementi’s sexual encounter on Sept. was streamed on the Internet, evidence indicates that it was seen live via an iChat webcam connected to Ravi’s laptop computer, and that only those linked to the video chat were able to watch it.

Ravi and Wei have told authorities they watched the tryst from Wei’s computer in her dorm room. Wei said she and other women from the dorm viewed the encounter

later that night.The second time, she said,

Clementi and M.B. had their shirts off. On each occasion, Wei said, the video eaves-dropping lasted “seconds.”

Both times, Wei said, Cle-menti and M.B. were seen “groping” and “kissing.” Because the encounter was shown live, authorities can-not retrieve the images.

Ravi said he did not know what to expect when he and Wei linked to his webcam.

“I just felt, like, really uncomfortable and, like, almost, like, guilty that I saw that,” Ravi told investigators during questioning Sept. .

During that session, he denied he was trying to harass Clementi.

Prosecutors say, however, that he almost gleefully texted friends, “Roommate asked for the room till midnight. I went into Molly’s room and turned on my webcam. I saw him making out with a dude. Yay.”

Serving James Madison University Since 1922Serving James Madison University Since 1922

“When I go on Craigslist, I see all these jobs, but when you apply, they want so much from you but pay very little. They want you to have all this schooling, all this experience.” Monica Kickicosmetologist

“I just felt, like, really uncomfortable and, like, almost, like, guilty that I saw that.”Dharun RaviRutgers student

NewsEditors Kaleigh Somers, Aaron Koepper & Georgina Buckley Email [email protected] Thursday, September 15, 2011 a3

By NataliE dohNErThe Breeze

The empty nook diagonal from Java City in Festival will soon be full of artwork and lounge chairs as part of the new Skyline Gallery open-ing Jan. 20.

When it opens, the art gallery will feature an exhibit of Andy Warhol and Charles Lisanby’s original works, according to Kathryn Stevens, administrator of the Madison Art Collection. Ste-vens said students will be able to check out iPads from the front desk in the lounge and use an application for more information on the pieces.

Over the summer, Harrisonburg Construction Company demolished and rebuilt the walls and is almost finished installing the floor and fur-nishing the new space.

The space was a convenience store start-ing in 1998, when Festival was built, until fall 2010, when it was transformed multiple times into a taco bar, Skyline After Dark and Freshëns Smoothie stand.

“We want it to be a different type of art gal-lery that will be very interactive and engaging,” Stevens said.

One of the artists featured in the gallery, Lisanby, shares a close tie to JMU.

Lisanby is a production designer for Holly-wood. He was close friends with Warhol. His sister-in-law, Gladys Lisanby, is a JMU alumna and donor to the university. The Lisanby Library in the Forbes Center for the Performing Arts is named in her honor, Stevens said.

Stevens said she thinks the new gallery will boost students’ exposure to artwork from famous artists and cultures. The Prism Gallery is current-ly tucked away in the back corner of Festival so she is excited for the new gallery to be in “prime-time real estate,” she said.

Prism Gallery, the current gallery in Festival, “is difficult to find, but now the new gallery will be right there for students when they walk in the building,” Stevens said.

Skyline Gallery will display “high security” pieces from famous artists, Stevens said.

While Prism Gallery mainly features students’ work, Stevens said she wants to dedicate more gallery space to outside work.

Stevens said the gallery’s opening will feature an exhibit called “Unlocking Italy,” displaying Italian objects such as dated copper plates and

ancient marble statues. “We are really looking to create a space that

invites students to grab a cup of coffee and lounge around while appreciating the artwork at the same time,” Stevens said.

Andrew Knoll, a senior integrated sciences and technology major, took part in the demoli-tion process. Knoll spent May through August with the Harrisonburg Construction Company from Dayton, Va.

Knoll said he took out all of the kitchen equip-ment from the smoothie station and taco bar and knocked down walls.

“The process was really interesting, watch-ing all of it go up,” Knoll said. “I’ve worked with construction on other parts of campus and am excited to see what the finished product looks like.”

Knoll said he hopes students use the new space, since he worked tirelessly to build it.

“I know a lot of study spaces fill up quickly around campus, so this is a nice alternative to the libraries,” Knoll said.

Senior Kathryn Harvey, an art history major, will be curating the “Unlocking Italy” exhibit for the gallery’s opening.

“We’re really making it up to the student how much they want to get involved with the exhibit,” Harvey said.

When students like Harvey are looking for jobs after they graduate, having been a part of the Skyline Gallery will give them the upper hand in experience, Stevens said.

Art students were happy to see more galleries on campus that show off students’ work.

“Any exposure is good exposure,” said Sonya Soroko, a senior art major.

coNtact Natalie Dohner at [email protected].

prEsidENt caNdidatE

patrick smithmusic education major

What do you hope to contribute to the JmU community? A sense of stability and leadership to promote education and pride.

>> SGA plans to address contingency fund requests at next Tuesday night’s senate meeting. Students can also make suggestions for changes to e-campus.

>> You can still submit applications for Senator-At-Large positions. The deadline for those applications is tomorrow at 5 p.m. in the SGA office in Taylor 203.

>> A new member interest meeting will be held on Wednesday at 5 p.m. in Taylor 400.

vicE prEsidENt caNdidatE

lauren holdermathematics major

Why do you want to be part of sGa? I love school spirit, and being a part of making changes that benefit students. I consider being able to represent my classmates an honor and enjoy the challenge of working hard to make a difference.

vicE prEsidENt caNdidatE

Jill Baircommunication sciences

& disorders major

Why should freshmen vote for you? I am a hard worker. I am passionate about student government and would put forth effort to fix problems around campus and to make the events as good as they can be.

sEcrEtary caNdidatE

taylor vollmanmedia arts & design major

Why should freshmen vote for you? I will always try my best to create a learning community fit for all students. I will always be enthusiastic about my role and realize the freshmen are the ones who have put me in this position, and I will use all of my experience to work as effectively as possible.

sEcrEtary caNdidatE

rachel Francisinternational affairs major

What do you hope to contribute to the JmU community? I want to include all of the voices of the JMU freshman class in order to create a unified feeling among the new students.

sEcrEtary caNdidatE

tamara Washingtonjustice studies major

Why do you want to be part of sGa? SGA is made up of select individuals from the diverse pool of students here at JMU, who choose to represent the student body’s voice and think and act like a Duke.

trEasUrEr caNdidatE

Kaitlin thomashistory major

What do you hope to contribute to the JmU community? I would love to organize events like Mr. Freshman and help out with events with other classes like Mr. and Ms. Madison. I know that I could get the job done. Being a part of SGA and being treasurer would mean a lot to me and I know that I could get the job done.

trEasUrEr caNdidatE

aaron Brownmusic education major

Why should freshmen vote for you? I love JMU and the class of 2015 and I will do my best to serve both to the best of my ability.

trEasUrEr caNdidatE

sean’e Warrenpsychology major

Why should freshmen vote for you? I have experience as a treasurer. I was the treasurer of my class back in highschool for two years and even did treasurer in elementary school for our bookstore. I handle money on a regular as a cashier at Hollister and am a very trustworthy person.

The area located on the first floor of Festival was empty for much of last year, but it will reopen as a study lounge and art gallery featuring authentic works from Andy Warhol and Charles Lisanby on Jan. 20.

rebeccA SuLLivAN / The breeze

Meet the freshman Class Council candidates

By Emily BaGdasariaNcontributing writer

More than 530 colleges across the country have enacted smoke-free cam-pus-wide policies, reports no-smoke.org. JMU has no plans to follow in their footsteps, Mark Warner said.

Warner, senior vice president of Student Affairs and University Plan-ning, said there has been no recent

talk among administration of making the switch.

JMU Policy 1111, “Smoking Regula-tions,” states that people who wish to have a smoking area destignated out-side a particular building have to put in a petition with the building coordinator or other employee in charge.

Smoking is not permitted in struc-tures used by the university, including parking garages, covered walkways,

or temporarily enclosed structures, trailers and tents as well as structures placed on state-owned property by contractors or vendors.

Marsha Mays-Bernard, associate vice president of the Multicultural Awareness and Student Health Organi-zation, is “impressed with the number

of schools, JMU included, who have instituted anti-smoking rules on their campuses.”

Mays-Bernard and Beau Dooley, the associate director of the University Health Center and Student Wellness and Outreach, were surprised how well anti-smoking policies have taken off.

“These trend numbers are increas-ing steadily over the years,” Dooley said. “And now there are more non-smokers

than smokers on campus than ever.”About one in five JMU students

smoke, according to UHC’s statistics. He said more understanding of what

consequences may arise for smok-ers on campus is needed before JMU could convert over to a smoke-free environment.

A shift into a smoke-free campus

see smoKiNG, page A5

JMU to keep campus smoker-friendly

ediT. deSiGN. LeAd. be A NeWS ediTor.email [email protected] to apply

“We want it to be a different type of art gallery that will be very interactive and engaging.”Kathryn stevensAdministrator of the Madison Art Collection

>> columnist argues colleges have right to ban smoking. See page A6.

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would never be a smooth tran-sition because every year, new students are integrated with the older classes, according to Dooley. It would be off-put-ting for some students who are currently attending the univer-sity to all of a sudden switch to a completely smoke-free campus.

Freshman Joseph Taylor feels smokers, like him and his roommates, would “feel excluded and almost discrim-inated if a campus-wide ban was enforced.”

Taylor said he believes a smokeless campus might turn away students applying to JMU in the coming years.

Freshman Alice Minium, a political science and anthro-pology double major, recently quit smoking. She said she feels

JMU would lose a lot of stu-dents, which would hurt both the school and students’ future potential.

Freshman Colin O’Donnell argues that if JMU were to implement a school-wide ban , then it should do what the Uni-versity of Virginia is doing: have certain areas in which students are allowed to smoke and then others which are designated “clean air zones.”

Natalie Ferrara, a junior his-tory and secondary education double major, who has smoked for two years, makes sure to never light a cigarette next to someone unless they are smok-ing too.

“I’m very self-conscious of the smell bothering people, but I also think that there are more people like me who are too,” Ferrara said. “However, people that cough and say rude things just irritate me.”

Eastern Virginia Medical School, Regent University, and Jefferson College of Health Sciences are all schools in Virginia that have banned smoking on their campuses.

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SMoKING | Students says ban may deter students from applying

Smoking stats

1 in 5 JMU students smoke, according to the University Health Center.

46 million people or 20 percent of people more than 18 years old smoke cigarettes, ac-cording to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

315 billion cigarettes were sold in 2009, ac-cording to the CDC.

Consumers spent an estimated $90 billion on tobacco. $83.6 bil-lion of that was spent on cigarettes, accord-ing to the CDC.

Tobacco is currently farmed in 21 states, according to the CDC. two-thirds of the farm-ing occurs in Kentucky and North Carolina.

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also acting in an upcoming independent film that focuses on suicide prevention.

“You can’t keep secrets anymore,” Hopely said. “You need to tell someone — staff, a counselor, a parent, another friend — and maybe encour-age your friend to go to the

counseling center. Say, ‘I’ll go with you.’ It’s your job.”

Anna Curfman, a junior business major who attended the event, said although she has no personal experiences with mental illness, Hopely’s story inspired her to “go out of my way to make someone’s day, compliment them on lit-tle things. One little thing can

really turn them around.”To honor Suicide Pre-

vention Week, JMU sports teams, including soccer, foot-ball, cheerleading and field hockey, wore yellow “I ask, I care” bracelets at games.

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SpEAKEr | ‘You can’t keep secrets ... You need to tell someone.’

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� ere is a new phenomenon occurring in the college com-munity. As of July , more than college campus-es across the nation banned all forms of smoking. Some of these colleges include the University of Florida, Towson University, the University of Michigan and the University of Kentucky, according to the American Nonsmokers’ Rights Foundation.

� is recent change in cam-pus procedure has sparked a debate among students and faculty alike. It is not necessar-ily an argument of whether one is for or against smoking, but if this is a violation of individual rights — or are these types of regulations justly enforceable by the college?

According to JMU policy, students are allowed to smoke legal substances outside, grant-ed that smokers are at least feet away from building entrances and designated non-smoking areas. Some students feel JMU has found a happy medium in the debate.

While this balance may seem ideal, fewer campuses are accepting this regulation. Should colleges be able to have that type of power? � e answer is undoubtedly yes.

Everyone knows this coun-try is grounded on the fact that each and every citizen has inalienable rights. But when you decide to go to college, things change. Say, for exam-ple, that John Doe strongly wants to attend Liberty Univer-sity. John thoroughly enjoys a

nice comfy pair of cargo shorts. But students at Liberty are

not allowed to wear shorts to class. That being said, John now has two choices. If wearing shorts to class is abso-lutely essential to John, then he should probably reconsider attending Liberty.

If John’s desire to go to Lib-erty outweighs his desire to wear shorts to class, than that is a necessary and worthwhile sacri� ce.

This is the type of choice with which a lot of smokers are now presented. If smok-ing is an absolutely essential part of someone’s day-to-day schedule, then they probably shouldn’t go to a school where smoking is banned.

There is no authoritative figure telling people where to go to college. Attending an institution of higher educa-tion is a choice, a voluntary action. Another choice col-lege students make is deciding exactly where they want to go to school. � is is the factor that makes the biggest di� erence in

this debate. By choosing to enroll in a

school, students are giving up some of their individual rights and now have to abide by the policies of the school they choose. It would be a differ-ent story if smoking weren’t detrimental to surrounding students, but the fact that it is a health hazard gives schools even more of an incentive to ban smoking.

Each side of the argument has a very valid point, but ulti-mately, since attending college is not mandatory by law, stu-dents can’t expect their rights to be fully protected at school.

It’s like going to a friend’s house where they don’t allow shoes to be worn indoors. � ere are two options — take your shoes o� or don’t come inside.

Kyle Kearns is a freshman writing, rhetoric & technical communication and media arts & design double major. Contact Kyle at [email protected].

KYLE KEARNS | guest columnist

Colleges have right to ban smokingStudents should choose to accept university policies or attend a diff erent school

By choosing to enroll in a school, students are giving up some of their individual rights and now have to abide by the policies of the school they choose.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Purple and gold pride

There was a collective cheer and cry of glory as the JMU Duke Dog emerged on the grassy football turf this past Saturday. JMU students and parents welcomed the very first home game, where the spirit and energy was as palpable as the stadium itself.

The brand new Bridge-forth Stadium stood proud as we beat our opponent, Central Connecticut State University, -. This being my first game as a JMU freshman, I can say I heard more screams of happiness than in all my days at JMU.

It’s one thing for a school to be united. It’s another for a school to pour such an amount of spirit and enthusiasm. I grew closer to my classmates that day, most being students I had

never spoken to in my life. As I stood there in the

stands, it seemed this ava-lanche of activity greeted me at every corner.

Cheerleaders on one side, band blasting away in the middle and players playing their hearts out.

For each touchdow n with an explosion of pur-ple and yellow streamers, each and every person in that stadium could feel the excitement surge through the stands.

That day I did not feel like I was a stranger to the JMU community.

O n ga m e d ay , I f e l t cemented into the founda-tion of all that is JMU. Come next home game, I’ll be the first in the stands.

Sandy Jolles freshman media arts &

design major

A “thanks-for-feeding-hungry-college-students” pat to the people from the Central Connecticut State press box for giving the fans below their leftover sandwiches and water after the football game.

From a hungry JMU fan.

A “thanks-for-a-lifetime-of-memories” pat to JMU for being thebest college in the country.

From a alumna currently serving in Iraq who constantly thinks of her SCOM professors, women’s ultimate Frisbee team and the friends she made during her . years at JMU.

A “you-think-you’re-bad” dart to the freshman girl who thought she could � ght the entire student section for throwing football celebration streamers near her.

From a senior who will gladly put you in your place.

A “thanks-for-stealing-my-thunder” dart to the new Duke Dog for being the creepiest-looking mascot in the state.

From the U.Va. Cavalier.

A “where-do-my-arms-go?” dart to the awkward backpack hug.

From a junior who still hasn’t � gured it out.

A “10-points-to-Gryffi ndor” dart to all the kids in my class whojoke on me for answering all the discussion questions.

From the real-life Hermione Granger who won’t let your taunting distract her from winning the House Cup.

An “I-have-no-words” dart to the College Republicans for turningthe / Memorial on Festival Lawn into an advertisement.

From an outraged student who found another reason to stay away from the political groups on campus.

An “it-happens-to-the-best-of-us” pat to the cute girl who accidentallywalked into the men’s bathroom.

From the guy who knew that you thought it was me in the wrong bathroom for a split second.

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THOUGHTS ON 9/11 COMMEMORATIONS

From the moment any per-son steps foot on this campus, the feeling of unity among the students, faculty and sta� is prominent. That together-ness was displayed this past Sunday night on the Quad for the event, “All Together. We Remember. / Years Later.” Despite the wind and threatening clouds, powerful speeches were given to thou-sands of people who joined together for one purpose: to remember that day, and the significance it holds for us now. It’s important to remem-ber the JMU community lost four of its own that day.

— Danielle DiBari, senior

We should never forget Sept. , , for it was the worst homeland tragedy in our lifetime. Memorial ser-vices, such as the one this past weekend, are an honorable way to tribute those who died that day and all the people who risked their lives to save them. � at being said, some companies are taking this event and trying to pro� t o� of it. � e / memorabilia, like jewelry, clothing, pictures and wines (seriously, there is a / Chardonnay) are dis-respectful exploitations. As councilman Peter Vallone of New York City asks, “What’s next, a / pastrami sand-wich?” Sadly, that is the way some companies are treating it, so let’s stick to the real ways of showing our respect to the brave people who that lost their lives on that day.

— Chris Justis, junior

� e candle lighting at the end of the Quad’s vigil Sunday night was very touching. But, the memorial didn’t mention some important components of /. Many of the speeches were stories about people’s reactions the moment it hap-pened. Now that it has been years, it’s clear how everyone felt then. � e time has come for it to be just as important to recall all of the consequences:

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the war, the soldiers still overseas, the death of Osama bin Laden. I wish it had touched more on how these events have a� ected people;.especially those who lost someone as a result of / or its aftermath.

— Alexa Livezey, sophomore

Flipping through the chan-nels, I stopped on the image of a New York � re� ghter and his -year-old daughter holding hands. They stood at a podium above ground zero, telling the same heart-breaking story they’ve told for the past years, but with enough strength and sadness as the � rst time I saw it unfold. � e screen then � ipped to the Pentagon memorial, where soldiers walked proudly side-by-side, to a once-empty Pennsylvania � eld, now � lled with memories.

On the Quad Sunday night, I listened to Presi-dent Linwood Rose’s speech about JMU on /, and as the wind picked up and his words became more pow-erful, I thought about unity. � rough the worst of times, we see the best in people, but it shouldn’t take a tragedy to unite us. In a time of battling politics and religious views, we should remember that, despite everything, we are all Americans and that’s some-thing to be very proud of.

— Jessica Williams, sophomore

I can still remember the distinct smell of smoke in the air as my dad picked me up from school. There was bumper-to-bumper traffic on the way back to my house, as people looked out their windshields to try to catch a glimpse of the burning World Trade Center miles away.

It’s a horrifying thought, and though I’m now six hours away, there was something about the soothing sound of James Taylor’s voice on the television for the remem-brance celebrations on

Sunday, the beauty of the new New York City memo-

rial and the sad — yet comforting — faces

of those in atten-dance Sunday that made me feel at home.

— Catherine Elsby, senior

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My virtual death was swift and effortless. It was 11 p.m. on Aug. 3. In an effort to clean out my friends list, I bid my comrades a last goodbye as I began to delete several of my so-called “friends” on Facebook. My crusade to make my Facebook account appear more authentic quickly ended, however, when I eventually decided to just “deactivate” my account altogether.

Like any Facebook gossip, news of my virtual suicide traveled around, to the point where many of my close friends bombarded with me with questions like, “How are you going to stay in the loop?” and “Can we still be friends?”

I immediately responded, “We can even do better than that. We can be friends in real life.” And at that point in time, I truly discovered our dilemma in life. Our Face-book accounts, our profile pages, our photo albums and especially our number of Facebook friends have become our top priority in our personal lives.

Now before I elaborate more on this issue, I want to make it very clear I am in no way condemning the use of Facebook or those people who simply find Facebook addicting and hard to live without.

Facebook has been used extensively in advertising campaigns, political races and awareness groups with ample success. Its positive uses are in no way going unacknowledged, as many businesses and organizations have now created their own groups’ pages and online threads, which can be used to garner awareness and support from other Facebook users.

Not only that, but Face-book allows you to reconnect with your old friends from high school, or search for that cute guy you talked to briefly in line the other day at Starbucks. Or stalk a friend’s news feed in the hopes of finding posts from your ex. Or maybe you just want to spend hours looking at pictures of your family’s dog perform-ing tricks.

Now don’t be shy. We know that we’ve all been there. But what about the possible negative conse-quences? An article in the Sunday Times reports that for millions of users, “what seems like an innocent way of reconnecting with old friends and colleagues has opened a huge can of worms.”

What has potentially been used as a means to connect and interact with friends has created an avenue where people can get their feelings hurt.

There is, to some extent, a level of superficiality when it comes to Facebook. While users attempt to create an authentic profile page, the truth is that there is noth-ing really authentic about Facebook.

Let’s look at profile pages again. One thing I never quite

understood about the Face-book profile is that we are supposed to condense every-thing about ourselves on one page. What I’ve noticed is that many profile pages are often exaggerated by their users. When creating their profile, people often post false infor-mation about themselves.

Amanda Newman, a senior at JMU, explains one scenar-io where “friending” became unnecessarily complicated.

“I try to go through my friends list and clean it out as much as I can,” she said. I try to make sure that it doesn’t exceed 100 people. Sometimes, I receive friend notifications from people that I don’t really know, but I find it hard to reject their request, so I often will just ignore them.”

And why should she have to accept them? Do we all really find time to hold coffee dates with our hundreds of friends anyway? Many people have discussed this issue with me at length and have argued that Facebook drama is caused by “Facebook stalking.”

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard of relation-ships ending because she saw her boyfriend “hanging out” with some girls at a party. Or because some guy saw his girlfriend’s wall covered in messages from her ex.

What’s even more unset-tling is that relationships are not considered “official” until they’re “Facebook official.” Perhaps Facebook’s domi-nation of the social world is more good than bad, but per-haps we all need to remember that Facebook should be used to enhance our relationships, not replace or destroy them.

Rachel Gribling is a senior political science major. Contact Rachel at [email protected].

RAchel GRiblinG | guest columnist

To friend or not to friend?Facebook relationships have become

more important than real relationships

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard of relationships ending because she saw her boyfriend “hanging out” with some girls at a party.

Amanda Knox, previously convicted of murdering and sexually assaulting her room-mate Meredith Kercher while studying abroad in Italy, may have reason to be appealed because of a recent re-exam-ination of DNA evidence.

The court rejected a request submitted by the prosecution to retest the DNA. Because of this recent turn in the trial, I no longer think the big issue is Knox’s innocence, but instead, the Italian court system.

“The appeals court agreed to nominate two indepen-dent experts to review the evidence,” said Alessandra Rizzo, a writer for the Huffing-ton Post. “In a 145-page report, the experts found that much of that evidence was unreliable and possibly contaminated, that police had made glaring errors in evidence collecting and the below-standard test-ing raised doubts over the attribution of DNA traces.”

She also writes that foot-age taken at the crime scene revealed that some of those who were collecting evidence were using dirty gloves and not wearing caps.

There is also speculation that some evidence is required to be stored at a certain tem-perature was not properly handled; it was stored for some time in the freezer in Knox’s apartment.

Now that it has been discov-ered that the original handling of the evidence was faulty, it makes me question the entire trial (and the Italian court

system) and how it has been carried out thus far.

Considering how crucial DNA evidence is in this case, it should have been impor-tant that the footage of the process of collecting evidence be reviewed before Knox was convicted.

It makes the Crime Scene Investigators look incompe-tent, as well as those involved with the case proceedings, because nobody questioned any of this throughout the con-viction process.

This case highlights the need to discuss the standards set by the international com-munity. It is obvious these expectations were not being followed well enough in this case. It makes me wonder how many other cases had

this problem, even if it didn’t receive the same amount of media attention.

It is clear, for cases in the future, there needs to be more surveillance during evidence collection to ensure that it can be noted if something was done insufficiently. More importantly, there should be consequences for those who do not meet the standards set by the international com-munity to prevent this from happening in the future.

DNA evidence is the only concrete thing in any trial. Thus, it’s important that its credibility stay intact. When handled incorrectly, as in this instance, it causes a ripple effect that can be catastroph-ic for all those involved in the trial.

It can lead to a misinformed jur y, a wrongly convict-ed person as well as a lot of embarrassment for the CSI team involved in retrieving the evidence.

Who is to say this didn’t happen in this case? Either way, this problem has the potential to become a much bigger concern if people begin to scrutinize the work of CSI members around the world. This issue has the potential to affect everyone.

Alexa Livezey is a sophomore media arts & design and writing, rhetoric and technical communication double major. Contact Alexa at [email protected].

AlexA livezey | guest columnist

Italian legal system flawedAmanda Knox case proves higher standard needed for courts

DNA evidence is the only concrete thing in any trial. Thus, it’s important that its credibility stay intact. When it is not handled correctly, as in this instance, it causes a ripple effect that can be catastrophic for all involved in the trial.

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Liberty’s nine-game winning streak, star quarterback threatens

JMU’s already shaky start

By tony schaffnErcontributing writer

The Dukes will head south for a Commonwealth clash against the Liberty University Flames this Saturday.

The Flames have now won nine games in a row at Williams Stadium and are currently tied for the fourth-longest Football Championship Subdivision home winning streak. Lib-erty’s last loss inside of Williams Stadium was a fall to No. 6 JMU, 24-10. The Dukes are currently riding a two-game winning streak against the Flames.

Last year, the Flames fin-ished the season with an overall record of 8-3 and didn’t make the FCS playoffs. In each of the last four sea-sons the Flames have won or shared the Big South Confer-ence title, but have failed to qualify for the playoffs each time. Nevertheless, in 2010 the Flames finished the year by averaging 36.5 points per game, a figure ranking No. 3 nationally in scoring offense.

Seven of the eight return-ing starters for Liberty are at skill positions. Last week, the Flames had an impres-sive 38-7 victory over Robert Morris University in which quarterback Mike Brown threw for more than 200 yards, two touchdowns, and scampered in for two more scores.

On offense, the Flames “line up in the shotgun and they throw the ball a lot,” said JMU head coach Mickey Matthews. Liberty will feature Mike Brown, a dual-threat redshirt senior at quarter-back. Brown is two-time Big South Offensive Player of the Year and is a Walter Payton Award candidate.

At wide receiver, the Flames are returning three starters: junior Pat Kelley, redshirt senior B.J. Hayes and redshirt senior Chris Sum-mers. Summers possesses the most talent at wide receiver and was an All-American in 2010 with 1,081 receiving yards and 15 touchdowns.

“He’s a good receiver,” said Mike Allen, a JMU redshirt

senior cornerback. “We just hope to contain him; he’s 6’5” and got a little speed on him. I think we’ll do just fine.”

Last year at running back, the Flames relied on junior Sirchauncey Holloway and redshirt junior Korrey Davis.

“We kind of threw some guys into the fire in 2010 at running back,” coach Danny Rocco said. “Now this year, they are all back. Plus, we’ve added Aldreakis [Allen] back into the mix. All three play-ers have returned in better shape and are ready to show improvement.”

The weakest part of the Flames’ game will be their offensive line as four seniors graduated last year and only redshirt senior right tack-le Toney White returns as a starter.

On defense, the Flames do not have as many big-name playmakers. In recent years, Liberty has relied on its defensive scheme and con-stant substitutions to get the job done.

“They base out of an odd front where they put a

defensive lineman head-up on your center,” Matthews said of Liberty’s formation scheme. “They blitz over half the time. They run a gambling defense that likes to take a lot of chances.”

This can be illustrated by the Flames’ three intercep-tions, four sacks and seven tackles for a loss last week against Robert Morris.

As for potential mismatch-es on Liberty’s defense, the Dukes need to remain opti-mistic and focus on the task at hand.

“We’ve got to beat all 11,” said JMU quarterback Justin Thorpe. “We have to try to uti-lize every player on our team and try to defeat every player on their team.”

Players to watch on offense:#10 QB Mike Brown: This

dual-threat quarterback is in his senior year, so expect him to lay it all on the line for a shot at capturing Liberty’s first bid to the FCS playoffs. Mike Brown carried the team last week, accounting for 355 total yards on offense, which

is a staggering 71 percent of the team’s total offensive pro-duction, according to www.libertyflames.com

#1 WR Chris Summers: At 6’5” and 215 pounds, Chris Summers has the physicality to dominate and change the outcome of a football game. Last season, Summers had 76 receptions for 1,081 yards and 15 touchdowns.

Players to watch on defense:

#3 DB Kevin Fogg: Kevin Fogg is Liberty’s biggest play-maker on defense. Last week against Robert Morris, Fogg had two of the team’s three interceptions and returned a kickoff 88 yards for a touchdown.

#93 DL Paco Varol: This 6’3” sophomore, who hails from Hamburg, Germany, is currently leading the team in tackles and is tied for third on the team with sacks.

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By david halstEadcontributing writer

Coach Mickey Matthews and his Dukes have a lot of learning left to do — and they know it.

With this in mind, the Dukes travel to Lynchburg on Saturday to play Big South Conference opponent Liberty University.

“This is just the third game coming up, so I still feel like we have a lot to learn about ourselves,” said redshirt junior quarterback Justin Thorpe. “We have a lot of players that can do mul-tiple things, and it is our job to find out what that is and try and use it to our advantage.”

While JMU’s defense has been con-sistently strong, a big question mark remains in the Dukes’ passing game. Thorpe is expected to respond to Sat-urday’s dismal performance against Central Connecticut State Universi-ty, in which he went 5-for-11 passing with 47 yards, one touchdown and two interceptions.

Matthews said Thorpe’s medio-cre performance against CCSU was

because the running game was work-ing so efficiently, making passing unnecessary.

“We were averaging eight or nine yards a carry every time we ran the ball, so when you do that, you don’t need to throw it,” Matthews said.

This weekend, the Dukes will rely heavily on the option plays with Thor-pe and redshirt sophomore Dae’Quan Scott.

Save a few overthrown passes, Thorpe looked sharp in practice on Tuesday. On the last play of practice, Thorpe pulled down a high snap and followed Latney’s lead through the defensive line unscathed.

The play is supposed to stop at that point so Thorpe won’t get hit. Nevertheless, Thorpe kept going and sprinted 50 yards downfield to the end zone without a defensive player in sight.

“I hadn’t been in the end zone yet,” Thorpe said. “Every day you come out here, you have to practice hard. You have to get the mental reps, so you know how to transfer them to the game.”

Against the Liberty Flames, JMU will be looking to fix a turnover prob-lem that plagued them in their narrow 14-9 win over CCSU. The Dukes com-mitted five turnovers against the Blue Devils after failing to cough up the ball in Chapel Hill, N.C.

“Any time you have five turnovers, you are very lucky to win,” Matthews said. “I knew when we started compet-ing that Justin would be a little rusty, which he was, but he practiced a lot better Tuesday and he is going to play well.”

JMU will again be without starting defensive tackles Nick Emmons and Sean O’Neil. Emmons is not expected to play Saturday due to a knee injury ,and O’Neil is sidelined for the rest of the season because of reconstructive knee surgery.

The Dukes will lean toward senior Lamar Middleton and sophomore Jordan Stanton to fill in these voids. Sophomore Bingham Togia and red-shirt freshman Anthony McDaniel will also see increased playing time.

“Any time you lose your two start-ing defensive tackles, you are certainly

going to be hurting at that position,” Matthews said. “All of the defensive linemen are going to play more now.”

Junior linebacker Jamie Veney is also out for Saturday’s game from a hamstring injury.

Last season, JMU fought to a 10-3 win over the Flames in a defensive-minded game. On Saturday, the Dukes will need another standout defensive performance if they hope to contain Liberty quarterback Mike Brown, who is a Walter Payton Award candidate.

“I don’t know if you are going to stop a great quarterback, but you have to slow him down,” Matthews said. “You have to keep him from dominat-ing the game because he is that good. He has a great arm and he catches and throws the ball very quickly, and it is hard to get pressure on him because he gets rid of it so quickly.”

The Flames have a handful of speedy receivers that could pose prob-lems to the Dukes’ secondary.

“We are going to work together as a defense and we have 11 guys out there, so I think we will be all right,” said senior cornerback Mike Allen.

While No. 13 JMU doesn’t begin Colonial Athletic Association play until next week, Matthews and his Dukes know this weekend’s game in Lynchburg is a monumental point in the season. It’s the Dukes’ first oppor-tunity to gauge their squad against one similar to their own.

After playing the University of North Carolina, a team with significantly more scholarships, and facing CCSU, which receives far less funding toward its athletics program, No. 22 Liberty offers a fair but challenging game.

“We are going to try and find some more out about ourselves,” Allen said. “We are trying to get better every week, and the last two weeks we definitely didn’t play to the best of our potential.”

JMU will face the Flame under the lights at Williams Field, one that is expected to be near capacity at 19,200. Liberty has won nine straight games on their home turf. The game, which begins at 7 p.m. Saturday, will be broadcasted on ESPN3.com.

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LEFT Wide receivers redshirt senior Kerby Long (left) and redshirt freshman Donshae Joyce concentrate on running routes during practice in preparation for Saturday’s game. RIGHT Fullback and redshirt frehsman Austin Hersh snatches the ball from mid-air during Wednesday’s practice. The Dukes’ passing attack has suffered as of late, making it a priority in practice.

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Even after losing the first two matches, junior outside hitter Natalie Abel appreciates the defeats.

“You learn more from loss-es than wins,” said Abel. “It taught us that even though we are good individually we have to play good as a team or we won’t beat teams that are bet-ter than us.”

Since then, the Dukes have recovered with a total of seven straight wins.

As JMU gets ready for Colo-nial Athletic Association play next weekend, the team fin-ishes off its out-of-conference tournament schedule with a home tournament, the JMU Classic.

During their seven-game winning streak, Abel has picked up back-to-back CAA Player of the Week honors and doesn’t

plan on stopping there. But Abel doesn’t want to take

any of the credit. “I owe everything to my

team,” said Abel, from Wash-ington, Pa. “Our passing has been good, which allows our setting to be so good which opens anything for hitters, so I really credit it to us serving aggressive inbounds and pass-ing nails, really.”

The Dukes will play in their fourth straight weekend tourna-ment, the second here at home, when they host the JMU Classic.

The Dukes will play their first game of the JMU Classic at 7:30 p.m. Friday night against East Tennessee State in Sinclair Gymnasium in Godwin Hall.

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Annie Clark, singer and guitarist of indie group St. Vincent, made her name on other musicians’ stages. Boasting previous collaborations with Bon Iver and Sufjan Stevens, Clark has the talent and ambition to rise to the next level of indie stardom.

St. Vincent’s third LP, “Strange Mercy,” finds Clark handling all the arranging and writing. After two promising albums, it’s Clark’s bid to match her former employers’ triumphs.

But it falls short. Though “Strange Mercy” features

the strengths that make St. Vincent a worthy listen — pleasant vocals over deranged guitar squeals, all skillfully locked into place — it isn’t

enough. Clark’s voice rarely leaves her comfort zone, draining the arrangements of dynamics. What results is an album high on interest, but short on thrills.

Album high point “Cheerleader” shows the band at its peak. It opens with slinky chords rocked to sleep by Clark’s line “I’ve had good times with some bad guys.” When her guitar tremors collide with the chorus, Clark triumphs. It’s like Radiohead’s “Creep,” but with an independent woman instead of a mopey dude.

This song represents all that “Strange Mercy” could have been, if its level of songwriting could have been sustained throughout the album. Instead, the record is full of brilliance that isn’t harnessed. Clark’s Jeff Beck-esque guitar tantrums will make her a name to know for years to come, but without the songwriting to complement them, she will never progress.

Be sure not to misread the headline because I meant exactly what I said. I did not fall in love with the character Annie Hall. As the quote marks suggest, I fell for “Annie Hall,” the movie.

The story followed Woody Allen’s character, Alvy Singer, through his

tough break-up with Annie Hall (Diane Keaton). It showed a series of flashbacks that chronicled their relationship from the first

meeting to the painful break-up and finally the awkward post-break-up meeting. It was interesting to see the scenes that stood out to Alvy — him running scared while Annie took care of boiling lobsters, an annoying man who very loudly shared his opinions while waiting in line and Annie’s first embarrassing musical performance. The scenes were so mundane and clearly showed that the only thing that stood out from them was Annie’s presence and Alvy’s love for her.

What I loved lay not in their romance but in Avly’s personality — his pessimism, his neurosis, his hopelessness, his rudeness. But I didn’t particularly care for the character for whom this film is named. Annie was vague rather than mysterious and came off more daft than dreamy.

This view isn’t because I’m a girl and can’t understand why males are attracted to certain females. I recognize that “There’s Something About Mary” and I understand why Peter found “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” so hard, but I’ve never found Keaton to be a valid love interest in movies.

“Annie Hall” proved no exception. Annie was lanky, awkward and less intelligent than Alvy. While one could argue that opposites attract, the two weren’t even on the same level.

The charm I fell for lay solely in Allen’s performance. His constant breaking of the fourth wall was comical and blatantly honest. I found myself comparing them to the interviews from “When Harry Met Sally,” only to realize that “Annie Hall” came first; it should have been the other way around.

What made these on-the-spot interviews better was that these comments could happen at any moment. Alvy would be in bed with a girl and stop his love-making to talk about how he was really feeling. It was like receiving a snapshot of his most blunt thoughts — a gift most women wish men would exhibit in real life.

Yes, I liked everything about Alvy, with one big exception: Why did he love Annie? Was there anything about her that really intrigued him, apart from how ill-informed she seemed to be? Was it all physical? If so, men in the ’70s definitely had some interesting taste.

A more appropriate headline for this piece may have been “Falling for Woody Allen,” but come to think of it, if I wanted to watch a Woody Allen movie starring Woody Allen, I’d have more than 40 other options.

Favorite quote: “I thought of that old joke, y’know, the, this ... this guy goes to a psychiatrist and says, ‘Doc, uh, my brother’s crazy; he thinks he’s a chicken.’ And, uh, the doctor says, ‘Well, why don’t you turn him in?’ The guy says, ‘I would, but I need the eggs.’ Well, I guess that’s pretty much now how I feel about relationships. Y’know, they’re totally irrational and crazy and absurd, and ... but, uh, I guess we keep goin’ through it because, uh, most of us ... need the eggs.” — Alvy Singer (Woody Allen)

Next week: “Top Gun”

“And you call yourself a critic …” is a weekly column written by Rachel Dozier, The Breeze’s managing editor and a senior media arts & design major. Each column is part of her 13-week project to watch films considered “classics” she has never seen. For more entertainment news, check out her blog, “Honest | Unmerciful” (racheldozier.blogspot.com).

By Jeff WadeThe Breeze

On their self–titled debut, all-female indie rock supergroup Wild Flag flies its banner in service of rock ’n’ roll as only they can make it.

Rising from the ashes of beloved group Sleater-Kinney and including members of Helium and The Minders, Wild Flag is more than the sum of its parts in its debut album. The result is still what should be expected considering everyone involved. It’s smart, sassy and sexy without being pandering.

Carrie Brownstein, with her squealing guitar and shouting vocals, are exciting to hear after more than half a decade away from

music.Former bandmate Janet Weiss

has been floating around the music scene for the last few years with stints drumming for Bright Eyes and Stephen Malkmus. Her reunion with Brownstein feels like a homecoming.

The history between the two is matched by the other members of the band, creating a unit that operates in almost complete lock step. The cohesiveness is welcome, considering the possibility that the band’s many parts could have easily gotten away from each other.

This can be seen throughout the album. “Racehorse” appropriately gallops. The band snarls along on “Boom” and “Future Crimes” is a vindictive and enraged single with a chorus that will leave listeners fist-pumping.

It all adds up to a promising first effort from all of the musicians involved.

By matt SutherlandThe Breeze

The first thing you recognize in Girls’ sophomore release “Father, Son, Holy Ghost” is frontman Christopher Owens’ voice. It’s not that everything else on the record is unintelligibly static, but the listener will immediately sense Owens’ soul through his cracked, broken voice.

After their first successful LP “Album,” Owens and partner/producer Chet “JR” White return with “Father, Son, Holy Ghost,” an expansion of their original power-packed decade nostalgia, stuffing a sack with ’80s pop, garage rock and ’50s doo-wop progressions and shaking vigorously.

The lyrics, while not revelatory, are a fresh breath of relativity. Just try not to feel completely alone in a big room when Owens heaves, “Seems like nobody’s happy now / It just feels like it’s gone away,” on the elegiac “Just a Song.”

Girls composes a powerful approach to a sentimental era in

music. “Holy Ghost” is power-packed in heartbreakingly sincere songs, one of which is the lead single “Vomit.” The title is nothing if not a misnomer, as the song is the prettiest on the album, detailing Owens’ search for affection through soft guitar chords interchanged with harsh solos.

As the album progresses, tracks topple the previous ones in ambition. “Honey Bunny” is a surf-rock anthem with a tint of self-consciousness. “Saying I Love You” describes the all-too-awkward situation of indifferent intimacy and “Magic” pushes out a punchy melody that rivals early Rolling Stones.

If far-distant future generations were to categorize this age in music, “Father, Son, Holy Ghost” could be considered a point of 20th century conversion, when songs were pretty and nothing — except romance — had to be complicated to be considered great.

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On the corner of stoner, underground and hipster rap and avoiding easy classification, hip-hop group Das Racist have set the bar high for their first proper album.

Those worrying that the group might not reach the heights of its previous mixtapes should probably just read the name of the album.

On “Relax,” the trio makes every effort to channel their tendencies toward bravado, self-awareness,

irony and sincerity, seeming to effortlessly make one of the most enjoyable rap albums of the year.

The album abandons the sample-based sound of the group’s free releases, choosing to rap over original beats. These beats have a strong electronic component, which often become spastic and glitchy. At their best, like on lead single “Michael Jackson,” the beats propel tracks with a manic energy that perfectly underscores the group’s humor.

Make no mistake; this is a legitimately funny record. Genuinely laugh-out-loud moments are peppered throughout the album, with tracks “Middle of the Cake” and “Selena” containing several killer punchlines and non-sequiturs.

The few holdovers that appeared on previous releases (not that it makes “Rainbow in the Dark” any less of a jam) have aged, albeit gracefully. And even for a group that defies expectations, pop-rap track “Girl” is still a pretty left-field moment.

With “Relax,” the crew crafts a record that channels the Beastie Boys at their rumble-raising best while remaining distinctively themselves. And that’s no joke.

Artists offer diverse discs this weekdas racist

relaxreleased Sept. 13

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By oScar JuradoThe Breeze

A group of theatre majors learned the art of clowning around at the Forbes Center for the Per-forming Arts on Monday.

Two clowns from the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Cir-cus held a clowning workshop for about 30 juniors and seniors as part of the circus’s Ambassadors of Laughter program.

Clowns Dave and Cherie Gregg taught the building blocks of a clown act, such as the physical comedy, juggling and how to show emotions effectively in front of a large audience without talking.

“The point is to tell a story, no matter what you’re trying to clown around in,” Dave said.

To “tell a story,” clowns must perfect combining the differ-ent tactics and basic acts in their repertoire to provide a creative narrative.

Dave and Cherie taught the group how to trip intentionally and safely, as well as how to do a comi-cal “double-take” when something catches the clown’s eye.

Once the students mastered this part, Cherie and Dave had volunteers perform a short clown routine in which they tripped on an imaginary item, did a double-take and then tried to demonstrate to the rest of the group what that item was through pantomime.

Because of how loud a circus is, clowns have to completely communicate with the audience through body language.

“Keep it simple, stupid,” Cherie said. “That’s our motto.”

Another routine the clowns taught the group was similar to an act in “The Three Stooges.” One person acts as the serious person,

or “straight” man, and gets mad at the goofy person, who interrupts his counterpart.

The Greggs opened with a simi-lar act and then gave students the opportunity to create their own version.

The routine starts with the straight person accepting praise or doing a dance, holding the audi-ence’s attention. Then, the goofy person steals the limelight, at which point they get reprimanded by the serious person.

From there, the lesson pro-gressed to balancing and juggling.

“The juggling was my favorite part. I didn’t know it’d be so easy,” said senior theatre major Andrew Trego.

Although the Greggs taught stu-dents the basics, they also showed off their advanced talents by jug-gling six bowling pins back and forth with one another while a stu-dent stood in the middle.

Dave also balanced a folding chair on his chin.

“I perform with JMU’s improv group so it was beneficial for that type of comedy,” said Amanda Kohr, junior theatre and media arts and design double major. “It was a new way to approach physi-cal comedy.”

The Greggs started clowning in 1990, joining the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey in 1999 and tour-ing for five years.

Now, through the Ambassadors of Laughter program, they enter-tain at hospitals, schools and underprivileged areas.

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey will be performing in Char-lottesville at the John Paul Jones Arena from Oct. 13 to Oct. 16.

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