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ctlifestylesDOLLY RESEARCHER TALKS CLONESSir Ian Wilmut gives a talk at the Lyric Theatre.
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Blood drives fi ll desperate need
Fitness columnist Katie Rice talks candy consumption — learn how to
eat healthy, resist over-earting and still enjoy fall treats in moderation.
The Virginia Tech football team weathered a hurricane on the road. In a battle
of ranked teams, the Hokies dominated the No. 17 Tar Heels 34–3.
Returning almost all of its key players, the Virginia Tech men’s
basketball team looks to make a splash in the ACC this season.
Virginia is facing an unusual blood shortage. Members of the
community are coming together to get patients what they need.
It is that time of year again. The frosted cookies in the front of Kroger are black and orange, and suddenly everything sugar-filled is irresistible — but guess what? You do not actually have to eat the candy. Okay maybe you want to; I get it, but you definitely do not have to eat as much as you are afraid you will. Here are some tips to keep October from being the month of shame. This way you can save room for Thanksgiving!
1. Don’t buy it.I know this is impossible for some of us,
including myself. Try not to buy sweets and candy before Halloween. The day before, or even the day of, there is still plenty in the store. Less time in your possession means fewer opportunities to eat it.
2. Buy healthy alternatives.
Guilt-free snack foods exist. For instance, I recently found out I love to munch on pomegranate seeds. Other options could be fruit like apples or grapes, dried sweet treats like raisins and dates, vegetables like carrots and celery, or nuts like cashews and almonds. Seriously, cashews are so good.
3. Buy “moderately delicious” candy.Eating an entire bag of candy becomes
less appealing when it’s not a bag of candy you love. Sharing with other people and giving the leftovers away will be much easier.
4. Do not eat it alone.Have people around you. Talking will
distract you from over-consuming, and you will be more conscious of how much you eat with people in the room.
5. Are you actually hungry?
KATIE RICE
lifestyles staff writer
see CANDY / page 4
Every two seconds someone needs blood. Across the country, 44,000 units are needed each day to keep up with the demand.
“When we donate blood, it helps save babies,” said Felicia Haynes, a junior accounting major at Virginia Tech. “We can supply the blood that they need if they were born premature — and not just babies, it helps people. We’re
saving lives and giving back to the community. I’ve done it before (starting) school, but now that I’m at school it just helps me carry out Ut Prosim (That I may serve).”
Haynes is the blood drive coordinator for the Red Cross Club at Virginia Tech, a prominent organizer of blood drives around campus. While the services that this club, and similar organizations, provides is always important, it is especially critical this fall.
Student-hosted blood
drives at college campuses and high schools account for 25 percent of donated blood in the mid-Atlantic region, according to Bernadette Jay, external communications manager for blood services with the American Red Cross.
That being said, it is no surprise that levels of blood donations decrease during the summer months, then level off at the start of September. However, this year the Red Cross is worried that donation levels have not returned to a level state since the end of the summer.
“At the beginning of summer, we usually issue an emergency appeal to help hospital patients in critical need,” Jay said. “Generally, right around September after the emergency need for blood announcement has gone out, donations start leveling off. Though this September, within the first two weeks, we are still experiencing a bit of a shortage.”
So far, the Red Cross has found no explanation for why fewer people are donating blood this season.
As part of the mid-Atlantic region, the New River Valley needs to donate 500–600
MEGAN MAURY CHURCHlifestyles staff writer
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Employees at the American Red Cross Donor Center New River Valley wait as blood donors recover from giving blood, Oct. 4, 2016.
Hokies storm past Tar Heels in defi nitive top-25 matchup
Experience and backcourt depth shine at media day
Hur r icane Mat thew was not the only thing that stormed into Chapel Hill this Saturday: Justin Fuente’s Virginia Tech Hokies came away with a statement win on the road against the 17th-ranked North Carolina Tar Heels. Virginia Tech defeated North Carolina 34–3 amidst turbulent weather.
While the rain may have led to empty seats in about half of the stadium, that did not stop the Hokies from coming to play hard. It was in no way a pleasant game in Chapel Hill, but the Hokies were able to accomplish a
crucial victory against the Tar Heels behind an excellent performance from quar-terback Jerod Evans.
On a day in which offensive production did not come easy for either team, it helps to have one of the best defenses in the nation. Bud Foster’s “Lunch Pail Defense” locked down the Tar Heels, allowing only 131 total yards and forcing four turnovers. Greg Stroman and Andrew Motuapuaka both intercepted Tar Heel quarterback Mitch Trubisky as the Hokies finished the day allowing only three points.
The Tar Heel offense finished the day with less total yards than Trubisky’s counterpart Jerod Evans’
individual yardage.While the nationwide spot-
light has been primarily on ACC quarterbacks Deshaun Watson (Clemson) and Lamar Jackson (Louisville), the Hokies and Tar Heels entered their meeting with the two most efficient passers in the ACC based on overall quar-terback ratings. Evans (VT) came in with a total QBR of 185.8 while Trubisky (UNC) entered with a total QBR of 182.6.
The pass-heavy offense of UNC with Trubisky at the helm certainly struggled to adjust to the inclement weather. Averaging 348.2 yards per game prior to this matchup, Trubisky made 13 completions out of 33 attempts for only 58 yards. The Tar Heel offense finished the day with less total yards than Evans’ individual yardage.
The versatility of Evans proved to be a key to the Hokies’ success against UNC as the offense relied on his ability to rush all throughout the game. On a day in which the weather heavily impaired any type of passing game, Evans’ mobility provided the Hokies with a major advantage over Trubisky. Evans finished with 49
As the college basketball season inches closer, the Virginia Tech men’s basketball team had its media day today. Coming off of a 20-win season with most of its players returning, the Hokies are already in conversa-tions about potentially being ranked to start the season.
However, the biggest news of the day could bring down some of that optimism to start. Sophomore star forward Kerry Blackshear could reportedly miss the entire season due to a stress reaction in his right shin. Already thin in the low post, the Hokies will have to adjust to this major loss throughout the upcoming season.
Reflecting on how last year’s Virginia Tech team was able to overcome troublesome injuries to Chris Clarke and Ahmed Hill, head coach Buzz Williams made it clear that adjustments will be made.
“We may have some issues this year. I think we’re going in the right direction relative to the guys, the talent and the experience.”
While Blackshear did state that the injury is improving, it appears as if Tech may have to put trust in other post players for a considerable part of the
season.“Everyone is competitive,”
Blackshear said. “Everybody wants to win. We feel like we have depth at every position and we have guys that can play multiple positions, so that helps a lot.”
One player in particular that Blackshear was likely refer-encing is Clarke. The soph-omore from Virginia Beach will likely see time at nearly every position this upcoming season. Clarke’s versatility will provide the Hokies with a menacing athlete on the wing as well as a much needed rein-forcement to play down low
when needed.When asked which area
of his game he focused on improving the most during the offseason, Clarke said, “Definitely my shooting. I spend like four hours at a time in the gym working on my shooting.”
If Clarke can improve his jump shot while also playing effectively in the low post, he could become the most crucial piece to Virginia Tech’s success.
“Chris is a very good player. We need him on the
DAVIS CARBAUGHsports staff writer
DAVIS CARBAUGHsports staff writer
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Buzz Williams, the men’s basketball head coach, explains the future he expects for the team in the upcoming season, Oct. 10, 2016.
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Ken Ekanem (4), charges the ball towards M.J. Stewart (6), Oct. 8, 2016.
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“A rising tide lifts all boats.” – John F. Kennedy
As college students who can start to make investments, we are inherently primed for success due to our time advantage and thus have some of the best odds for realizing investment growth. This seems contradictory as the financial markets are packed with buyers and sellers of different securities such as stocks and bonds.
How can we all be “winners” if there are so many people competing for investment success? If I make a profit on an investment decision, doesn’t that mean that someone else must have lost money, and vice versa? The answer to these questions of whether or not the financial markets are a “zero-sum game” lies in the time frame being observed.
To provide clarity, consider a very simple economy consisting of Virginia Tech students and a local business selling VT-branded sportswear. The business decides that it could better serve its customers by expanding to include more products; however, it needs $10 in funding to do so.
The local business decides to issue ownership shares of its business to the resi-dents at $1 per share. All 10 shares are sold and the business successfully acquires the $10 in financing that it needs. As time progresses, the business becomes more profitable due to its expansion and even-tually one of the shareholders needs to convert his or her shares to cash to fund his or her living expenses.
This resident sells his or her original $1 stake in the business to another resident for $2 as the company has grown and become more profitable, thus, deserving a higher price for a share of ownership. The original investor makes a profit, the new holder of the ownership share owns a portion of a successful business and the economy as a whole is wealthier as the original $10 lot of stock is now worth $11.
If another resident decides to sell his or her stake in the business for $3, the cycle continues and more value is added into the economy. While this is an overly-simplistic model that disregards many risks (the company going out of business, for example), it highlights how over long periods of time, economies comprised of many businesses become wealthier, in part, due to the providing of public financing in order to fund firms’ expansion and future profitability. For an economy without this capability, economic growth would be slow and the residents of such an economy would not be nearly as wealthy.
Economic growth as a result of public financing and increased wealth among investors ties directly into the question of whether or not the capital markets are a zero-sum game. For investors who are patient with their investments and make
well-informed decisions, the capital markets can be a positive-sum game.
Companies go to the capital markets to finance new asset purchases in order to generate increased sales and subsequently increase profits. The companies eventually use greater profits to either repay investors through dividends (shareholder yield) or through worthy business transactions. This could be, for example, purchasing another company to help expand business into a new segment of a particular market. This general process has historically and will continue to create value for many companies’ share-holders and investors as time goes on. When many publicly owned businesses are successful, both individuals and society benefit from positive-sum returns realized over time.
It is in the short run, when investments are speculative and investors are ill-informed that the capital markets can become a zero-sum or even negative-sum game (when including transaction costs). When invest-ments are frequently bought and sold by the common investor, transaction fees pile up and opportunities to take part in long-term economic growth are missed.
By keeping retirement savings, investment research and investment horizons long-term, we are forced to take downturns in the market in stride and remain cognizant of the value proposition that a company provides. By keeping this long-term focus, we can shift our attention away from daily movements in stock prices and remain logical about how companies are or are not capable of providing value to the markets they serve. With this mindset, we are able to invest with confidence knowing that the probability of investment success is in our favor as individuals and society experience positive-sum returns.
Donald Trump is a character. I could not think of any other word to describe him other
than that because sometimes he does not quite seem real to me. It seems as though he has the ability to say whatever he wants, however he wants and his supporters do not seem to bat an eyelash.
In the past, the standard had been that if a candidate makes one faulty comment, much like Mitt Romney did during the 2012 election, that there was going to be a struggle for them to make up that ground. With Trump, the opposite seems to happen. He will make a statement that is outrageous to many, but somewhere that comment will strike a fire in some voter’s heart and his poll numbers magically will not falter, and may even go up.
His recent comments that have surfaced from back in 2005 have gotten some of the most attention that I have seen, but granted they are also some of the worst comments that I have heard. Trump does not seem to view women as equals, plain and simple.
He sexualizes what seems like every single woman that he has any contact with, including his own daughter, and views them all as objects that he can claim and have any time he wants. His most recent comments showed just that; he claimed that he went after a married woman, he called women derogatory names and essentially claimed that he could do what he wanted to women because he was a star. Mr. Trump, I am sorry, but that is just not the case. No one has that right no matter how much money you have. That is sexual assault.
This is not a Republican issue or a Democratic issue — this is a decency issue. This is not the first time that Donald Trump has made comments that are derogatory toward a group of Americans, whether it be immi-grants, women or minorities, yet he still receives support from many voters and members of Republican lead-ership. These comments are some of first that have resulted in a couple leaders denouncing their support for the Republican nominee, such as John McCain.
Trump has said that he wants to deport millions of immigrants, he has called Mexicans rapists and criminals, and he has belittled beautiful women because of their size and referred to women, on more occasions than just recently, as if all of their worth was held in their ability to be sexually available for him.
Look at the way he treated Hillary Clinton during the presidential debate; even individuals who are not supportive of Clinton stood up for her after that night. He appeared disgruntled, disor-ganized and unprepared. She showed up put-together, well-prepared and ready to debate, yet he hardly let her get a word in edgewise.
Tr ump inter r upted Cl inton, according to USA Today, at least 22 times in 26 minutes. He did not treat
her like an equal up on that stage. They are vying for the same position and he still continuously interrupted the person who dared to actually come prepared. Clinton held herself together proudly, and she did that for every woman who has ever had a man underestimate her ability to get things done.
Voters need to be aware of who they are placing their faith in. This is who this man is. He has shown his true colors on multiple occasions and it seems as though he has just been able to shove everything under the rug up until now. Is this the man that we want influencing the young women and girls of this country? This is not the kind of attitude that our country needs to be promoting.
As a woman, I fear for a Trump pres-idency because Donald Trump is not a friend to women. His own wife has even acknowledged how degrading his comments were. It is unbelievable that this man has a chance of becoming President of the United States.
He has a shot at filling the same office that President Barack Obama holds. Regardless of how different people feel about Obama’s policy decisions, he has consistently discussed wanting a better world for his daughters. The Obama family is one that has held its title with a level of grace and class that we have not seen in a while. I know millions of Americans, including myself, will truly miss having them in the White House come January. He often talks about wanting his girls to grow up to be strong women and to grow up knowing that they can have and do anything a boy or man can do.
Republican or Democrat, that is a message we all should be promoting, especially the individual tasked with becoming our next president. That does not seem to be a value that Trump holds to be of great importance. His disgusting sexist comments and unapol-ogetic attitude are not what America needs. This office is one that deserves respect, and it is safe to say that Donald Trump has lost respect from many indi-viduals and leaders both in the United States and worldwide.
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“This is who this man is. He
has shown his true colors
... and it seems as though
he has been able to sweep
everything under the rug until
now.”
Donald Trump’s recently surfaced comments on women are indecent
and voters deserve much more from a potential commander-in-chief.
“For investors who are patient with their investments and make well-informed decisions, the capital markets can be a positive-sum game.”
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Patient, strategic investors can expect to make a return on their
investments so long as they make well-informed decisions.
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Sir Ian Wilmut, chair of the Scottish Centre for Regenerative Medicine at the University of Edinburgh, spoke at the Lyric Theatre on Oct. 6. His talk commemo-rated the 20th anniversary of the first successful cloning of an animal, a sheep named Dolly. Wilmut led the team of researchers that accomplished the goal.
Wilmut’s presentation began with an overview of previous research and schools of thought on cloning before Dolly. He then discussed how he and his research team used nuclear transfer from an adult cell to successfully birth Dolly. He concluded his speech by talking about the potential medical uses of cloning and different directions this field of genetics could take.
“In previous years, a group of us had spent a lot of time in adding genes in tissue by a very simple method which was barely adequate. It involved injecting a few 100 copies of the gene into eggs … Sometimes a few copies would be incor-porated into the nucleus, and so it was very inefficient and most strikingly you could only add genes. You couldn’t change genes or remove genes,” Wilmut said. “The major prac-tical objective we had was to change genes by having an animal, taking some cells, using molecular biology to change the DNA in those cells and then doing nuclear transfer from them.”
Wilmut, during his stay in Blacksburg, visited students in undergraduates courses about life sciences and biology as well as had lunch with graduate students in the Interdisciplinary Graduate Education Program (IGEP) in Regenerative Medicine. The program, within the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, incor-porates faculty from different
colleges with the aim of teaching about the regrowth and repair of tissue after damage.
“There are a lot of people at Tech who are probably going to go into research, and there are a lot of people who aren’t thinking about going into research, but when they hear these new ideas and research already done, and it inspires them to go into different fields of study,” said freshman and biochemistry major Varun Scarlett who went to Wilmut’s talk. “College is about finding what you want to do so going to talks even outside of your major just to get a new perspective on what you could be doing is important.”
“Very few single achieve-ments in science have touched the public imagination consciousness in the way Dolly has.”
Willard Eyestone, research associate professor in repro-ductive biology and biotech-nology within the department of large animal clinical sciences at VA-MD Vet Med, introduced Wilmut before he gave the presentation. He also gave a brief summary of Wilmut’s process for creating Dolly.
“Very few single achieve-ments in science have touched the public imagination consciousness in the way Dolly has,” Eyestone said. “Many of us remember, and most of us know, that Dolly quickly jumped from the realm of science into the public around the world.”
The presentation about Dolly was partnered through VA-MD Vet Med, the IGEP in Regenerative Medicine, the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, and the Department of Science and Technology in Society.
“We certainly did think that Dolly made people wonder what other ways could be used to change cells. What we were wanting to do was to be
able to take skin cells from an animal or a person and change them so they became equiv-alent to embryo stem cells,” Wilmut said. “It would create tremendous opportunities for being able to make changes in animals because if we could modify cells and do nuclear transfer from them, that would give us a way to get animals exactly like the original except for that one precise change we made.”
Wilmut discussed how the Dolly experiment could lead to potential uses of cell therapy: cloning pigs to use for organ harvesting, research to cure chronic illness and creating farm animals that would be resistant to disease.
“I want to go into chemical engineering with a focus in pharmaceuticals, and at the end of the lecture he was talking about how cloning can help research diseases and maybe even cure degenerative diseases,” said freshman and general engineering major Spencer Jolley, who was at the presentation. “That’s some-thing that’s related to the phar-maceutical industry because it’s really applicable since we can work hand in hand with that technology.”
At the conclusion of the presentation, Wilmut took questions from audience members as well as urged up-and-coming researchers to pursue controversial and difficult lines of research.
“I think the most important thing is that Dolly showed that cells are not rigidly fixed. Before, the thought was that when a cell formed the type of issue couldn’t be changed to anything else,” Wilmut said. “Dolly showed that the egg was able to change the function in the nucleus and therefore the function of cells.”
Behind every statistic is a story.
“It’s On Us” is a campaign created to spark conver-sation and educate commu-nities about gender-based violence, sexual assault and harassment. It is a partnership between the Women’s Center and the Office of Equity and Accessibility.
“It’s a way for college campuses to mobilize and build awareness around sexual violence, sexual assault, sexual harassment and stalking,” said Mallory Foutch, program coordi-nator at the Women’s Center. “It started a couple of years ago and they’ve been looking for campuses who will really take the pledge, so it’s a pledge campaign, and get students to build that campaign and really run it once it gets started.”
On Wednesday, Oct. 5, the Virginia Tech chapter of the national movement “It’s On Us,” launched inside Squires Commonwealth Ballroom with more than 300 attendees. Led by Vice President Joe Biden and backed by an impressive portfolio of public icons (including Jon Hamm, Kerry Washington and John Cho), the movement is recruiting college students and organi-zations to sign the pledge to stop sexual assault.
“It says to the entire community that it’s every-body’s responsibility to stop sexual violence,” said Ennis McCrery, senior Title IX investigator and gender-based violence prevention specialist in the Division of Student Affairs. “It’s not just
about stopping one incident from happening, it’s about stepping in at parties, talking to your friends, standing up and being part of the solution instead of waiting for somebody else to do it.”
The event had plenty of pizza, giveaways and raffles, with a row of tables that featured activities and games. Speakers presented briefly throughout the event and national PSA videos played in the background.
“My hope is that this continues to grow in ways where we have a student advisory commit tee,” Foutch said. “Where we have students leading our events, where we have student organizations organizing different events, where they’re really able to under-stand the message, educate each other on it and see the campaign grow from there.”
It’s not the first movement at Virginia Tech against sexual violence. Events including the annual “Take Back the Night” rally and the Clothesline Project, an awareness project, have taken place for years.
“It’s all about peer accountabi l ity, being better bystanders and holding people in the same community accountable,” Foutch said. “’It’s On Us’ is a way to brand the education and the movement in a way that really attracts student attention.”
The “It’s On Us” campaign hopes to unite the projects together through recruitment and collaboration.
The event included 15 organizations from the campus and community, including the Women’s Resource Center of the New
River Valley, Greek Life, Virginia Tech Athletics, Virginia Tech Police and Cook Counseling Center.
“’It’s On Us’ is about gender-based violence and unfortunately, the gender that’s usually targeted are females or female-presenting individuals,” said Max Wright, junior wildlife conservation major and pres-ident of the United Feminist Movement. “It is important to our club that we support those women who are targeted; it is important that we show that we’re in soli-darity with them.”
Virginia Tech joins West Point, Northwestern Un iver s i t y, St a n ford University and other colleges in taking the pledge. It is also spreading the message with a university-wide public service announcement v ideo, cu r rent ly in production in cooperation with InnovationSpace and is expected to be completed by late October.
“Sexual violence arises out of a climate and a culture; it doesn’t just happen on its own,” McCrery said. “We need to make sure that here at Virginia Tech we are creating that culture that we want that’s safe and supportive of all Hokies.”
While the “It’s On Us” team is starting from scratch, it hopes to become student-run and led.
“We want students (who) are interested in doing events, in having deep conversations, to come out and get involved,” McCrery said.
Organizers are focusing on recruitment with the long-term goals of education and a programming curriculum.
“We’re trying to lay the groundwork tonight with the launch event to get students excited, to get them to under-stand the pledge and the message,” Foutch said. “To be relevant to students, it needs to be student-led.”
The next event is a three-part film series, which includes The Hunting Ground, Happy Valley and Audrie & Daisy, which will play in West Ambler Johnston on Oct. 18, Nov. 1 and Nov. 15 between 7–9 p.m.
The Recovery Community at Virginia Tech (RCVT) began last January as a group of just two people.
Today, the organization has expanded its member base and serves as a support group for students recovering from alcohol and substance abuse.
Sophomore Kate Scott and third-year Ph.D. student Katie Ayers serve as RCVT’s president and vice president respectively. The two worked together with Joshua Redding, assistant director of Hokie Wellness, to connect students in recovery with each other.
“I have a recovery community away from Virginia Tech who understands what it’s like to be an alcoholic, and then I have students on campus, like my friends, who understand what it’s like to be a student,” said Ayers, who is pursuing a sociology degree. “I got involved because I didn’t see anybody having the inter-section (between the groups). There was nobody to deal with students in recovery.”
RCVT works to destigmatize the concept of addiction and motivate students to get the help they need. Scott and Ayers give class presen-tations about recovery and Redding recom-mends the club to students he meets through Hokie Wellness.
“I think many students want the option to be in recovery, but they see it as a pariah. It’s not that way at all,” Redding said. “We’re hoping to send out the message that it’s okay to be in recovery. Life doesn’t end because you’re in recovery. It actually begins.”
The club has weekly office hours and hosts a “Recovery Cafe” every Thursday night, where members can unwind at Bollo’s. The downtown Blacksburg coffee shop charges RCVT a low price to use its space after hours.
The group also has general organization meetings twice a month in McComas and will be traveling to North Carolina State University for the annual Virginia Collegiate Recovery Conference in mid-October.
“It’s a safe space. We’re not taking roll,
we’re not going to tell your professors ... we want you to feel safe here.”
One key aspect of RCVT is that members can maintain anonymity.
“We’re not going to keep a record of who’s here,” Ayers said. “It’s a safe space. We’re not taking roll, we’re not going to tell your professors ... we want you to feel safe here.”
RCVT is a registered student organi-zation and can request funding from the Student Budget Board. The club also received a $10,000 grant from Transforming Youth Recovery, an organization that helps schools build communities for students overcoming their addictions.
While RCVT is currently comprised of students in recovery, the group is looking into allowing students who have family members with addictions to join the club as allies. The club now has six active members.
“I think (allies) create compassion both ways. The folks who have members of their families struggling with addiction can see others in recovery and want to help their family members get there,” Redding said. “It also helps remind folks in recovery why they’re still in recovery — for their loved ones.”
RCVT members credit the organization for helping them make strides toward a full recovery and commend both the University administration and fellow students for supporting their cause.
“We had a booth at Gobblerfest and we asked people to trace their hand on this piece of paper if they either showed support for Hokies in recovery or if any of their loved ones had been affected by addiction,” said Leah Dick, who is pursuing a masters in public health. “We had this huge roll with handprint on handprint on handprint ... It was one of the first times I truly felt like a part of the Hokie Nation.”
Students who are interested in joining RCVT can visit the group’s GobblerConnect page or email [email protected].
It’s not a clone: Dolly team leader comes to Blacksburg
‘It’s On Us’ fi ghts against gender-based violence
Recovery Community reaches out to students
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Professor Sir Ian Wilmut speaks at the Lyric Theatre on Thursday evening, Oct. 6, 2016. Wilmut was at the forefront of the cloning experiment of Dolly the sheep.
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(L to R) SGA President Alexa Parsley and SGA Vice President Rex Willis welcome the crowd of supporters to the “It’s On Us” campaign event in the Commonwealth Ballroom, Oct. 5, 2016.
After a couple of rainy days from the outer bands of Hurricane Matthew and a
cold front moving through, clear sunny days await us this week. It is going to be a beautiful sunny day on Columbus Day with highs reaching in the mid-60s. Expect temperatures to dip down to the upper 30s Monday night, with a couple of clouds here and there.
Tuesday will be mostly sunny with temperatures reaching the mid-60s by the afternoon. Tuesday night tempera-tures will be in the mid-40s with partly
cloudy skies. On Wednesday we should expect the temperatures to be in the low 70s with mostly sunny skies. Overnight for Wednesday, temperatures will be in the upper 40s with partly cloudy skies. Looking forward into the rest of the week, we should expect temperatures to be in the upper 60s and low 70s.
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passions this year. Long-held dreams are within reach.
Changes with a community project this spring lead
to a surge in fresh enthusiasm. A turning point in a
relationship next autumn serves as prelude to a big
team victory. Nurture social bonds for thriving.
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If the answer is yes, eat something that will nourish and satisfy you. One of my favorite tricks to see if I’m hungry is to ask myself, “Could I eat a dinner plate of steak and potatoes right now?” If the answer is yes, then I know I should get some food. Replace my plate of steak and potatoes with a favorite meal of yours. If all you want is candy, you are probably bored, and the craving should pass in about five minutes.
6. Set a time.Have a specific time of day when you
will eat one piece. Have it as a reward for finishing an assignment. It is some-thing to look forward to and should help prevent overindulging.
7. A little goes a long way.Yes, I am saying eat half of a fun-size
Snickers. Save the rest for later if you want. This way you get the “yum” without the bulge. Remember, two fun-size candies equals two extra hours in the gym.
8. Out of sight, out of mind.Put the candy in an opaque container,
in the back of the top shelf of the pantry.
We are chronically lazy when it comes to snacking. The added effort will make you think twice before pausing Netflix.
9. Count the wrappers.Keep them with you as you eat the
candy and face your shame — or be proud of yourself. That would be nice too.
10. It does not have to be candy.For those of you handing candy out on
Halloween, it does not have to be candy. Stickers, pins and small toys are just as exciting and do not cause cavities.
11. Make your own.You can control the ingredients that go
in your treat, and cooking is fun. Pinterest is full of easy and delicious ideas. Some of my favorites include a warm banana coconut bowl, skinny chocolate peanut butter no-bake cookies and kale chips.
12. The candy is always there.Candy corn, chocolate and Twizzlers
are sold year-round. October does not need to be your excuse to start buying them.
units of blood each day to keep up with the demands of unforeseen emergencies and regular hospital care.
“We encourage folks to roll up their (sleeves) and help someone in need.”
“We have to keep in the forefront of our minds that even though we see a decline in donations, it doesn’t mean the demand is leveling,” Jay said. “What’s really needed is just a donation.”
There are many ways to donate blood in Blacksburg and right here on campus.
The Red Cross Club organizes blood drives frequently. There are three coming up this month: Oct. 13 in Squires’ Commonwealth Ballroom, Oct. 26 in the Graduate Life Center and Oct. 27 in Squires’ Old Dominion Ballroom.
Before blood drives, the club holds blood sits where students, faculty and anyone with interest can sign up to donate. It encourages donors to sign up ahead of time, since people on the schedule will be attended before walk-ins on the day of the drive.
Healthy competition between Virginia Blood Services, which has the blood drive buses that can frequently be spotted around campus, and the Red Cross Club is helping to increase blood donations in Blacksburg.
Another opportunity for donating blood
locally is just off campus. The American Red Cross Center New River Valley is located at 250 South Main St. across from Mellow Mushroom.
Whole blood donations happen from 12 to 6 p.m. on Tuesdays and do not require an appointment. “Power red donations” (formerly referred to as double red) can also be made on these days.
Platelet donations can be made by appointment only, seven days a week at the center, and a person only needs to wait seven days between donations. Platelets have a shelf life of only five days and are used up quickly and are, therefore, in high demand.
When asked what donation types are needed most, Jay explained that no individual donation is more valuable than another in the long run.
“Our biggest difficulty with getting people to donate is that they hate needles,” Haynes said, who has herself donated blood many times. She says that the finger-prick test for hemoglobin levels is actually the most painful part, and actually having the blood taken isn’t bad.
“The need for blood is still there,” Jay said. “We encourage folks to roll up their (sleeves) and help someone in need.”
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Review: Miss Peregrine
Tim Burton is overrated — there, someone had to say it. Look, it’s hard to deny the guy’s cultural impact, and as a director he is responsible for some of the most unique visuals out there. However, a distinct visual style and a dedication to weirdness does not equate to a truly great filmmaker.
Burton barely played a role in the creation of what most believe to be his magnum opus, “The Nightmare Before Ch r i s t mas,” merely serving as a producer as opposed to actually directing or writing the film. Yet, for some reason, many associate his name being slapped above a movie title with cinematic perfection. I am not one of those people, hence the reason I went in with lowered expectations for his adaptation of the novel, “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children.”
Having read the book in middle school, I remember enjoying it well enough, thinking it did have the potential to be a good movie. Watching the first few minutes of the movie, I was much less convinced after witnessing Burton’s
clumsy opening. We hear the protagonist, Jake, narrating about how lame his life is because he feels as if he is not in control of anything (that theme has never been explored before). This might be a fine opening statement if the movie bothered to actually develop that theme in any significant way, but it does not.
After we get some exposition pertaining to what an awkward social outcast Jake is (a Burton staple), we finally get to see some truly frightening imagery in the form of Jake’s grandpa, Abe, being murdered by an eyeless creature called a “hollow” in the forest. Using his grandpa’s bedtime stories as a guide, Jake travels to the Welsh island of Cairnholm, which contains the destroyed chi ldren’s home his grandpa lived in several years ago. Jake believes this home holds the key to understanding the myste-rious death of his grandpa.
While at first he finds nothing other than the derelict, abandoned home, Jake eventually runs into the home’s residents — children with strange powers and abilities who take him back to the past via a secret time loop. Suddenly, Jake is back in
time on Sept. 3, 1943, the day before a Nazi bomb was dropped on the chil-dren’s home.
He discovers that the keeper of the children, Miss Peregrine, has the ability to keep herself and her children locked on this day perpetually, resetting the day just before the bomb drops. Unfortunately, there are hollows who wish to get into this time loop and consume the children, and Jake’s arrival may be their way of getting into the past.
If I’m being honest, once we get past the clunky first act, the film actually serves as a fairly well-realized adaptation of its source material, even adding an extra final climax that provides reso-lution where the original book failed to do so. Tim Burton does defi-nitely shine in the visual department, and once we reach the home, he gets to convey some epic imagery, particularly when we see Miss Peregrine reset the day. Eva Green also turns in a fantastic, scene-steal ing per formance as Miss Peregrine. In fact, most of the actors here, specifically Chris O’Dowd, Terence Stamp (who for once is not the villain, but rather Jake’s grandpa) and a terrifying Samuel L. Jackson, as the leader of the hollows, are all quite solid.
T he on ly under-w h e l m i n g p e r f o r -mance comes from Asa Butterfield as Jake; while Butterfield does a fine enough job, he does not have a sufficient person-ality to make Jake all that interesting.
While it stumbles in the dialogue and plot depa r t ment s, “M iss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children” offers up several amazing visual sequences and a dazzling performance by Green, making it worth a watch. It also gets much better as it goes along, setting aside an ending that is para-doxically convoluted and completely stupid.
If you enjoyed the book, you will probably enjoy this imperfect adaptation. I give “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Pecul ia r Children” three out of five stars.
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Every year, more than 50 percent of sexual assaults on college campuses occur between move-in and Thanksgiving break. These sexual assaults happen most frequently to freshman girls, who tend to be new to the party scene on campus and do not have many social ties; they are the targets in what’s called the Red Zone.
According to the Guardian, “The ‘red zone’ is shorthand for the time at the beginning of the school year when a dispro-portionate number of campus sexual assaults take place,” and during that time, “The majority of assaults occur between midnight and 6 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday.”
In a brochure from the Women’s Center on Virginia Tech’s campus, it is stated that sexual assault, “Includes non-consensual kissing and fondling; vaginal, oral, or anal sex; and vaginal, oral or anal penetration with an object or finger.”
Consent can be given verbally and physically, whether it may be either a slight head nod or verbally saying yes. If someone is using force to gain consent, it is not consent. If someone is intoxicated or under the influence, it is not consent.
Consent also includes making sure your partner is comfortable, and rape can happen even if the person knows their perpetrator.
According to the Women’s Center, acquaintance rape — when the victim knows his or her attacker — is the most common type of rape.
The Women’s Center on Virginia Tech’s campus offers to listen and speak with victims, making it a safe space for sexual assault victims.
“We provide counseling and advocate for the victim,” said co-director Christine Dennis Smith. Smith provides services for the victims, including a therapy dog. The Women’s Center does not report to the VT Police, but instead talks directly with the victim and
vows to support the victim, whether the victim chooses to report the incident or not.
The luxury of allowing the victim to report the incident is nearly exclusive to offi-cials of the Women’s Center. Many other campus resources, including resident advisors, are mandated reporters — meaning that they are required to report incidents that are brought to them, whether or not the victim asks them to.
When a sexual assault victim comes to the emer-gency room, the hospital calls the Women’s Resource Center in Radford; the on-call service is available. The center then sends an advocate to the hospital to assess the situation and offer support.
The Red Zone is not discussed as often as other, more well known components to sexual assault awareness, like during freshman orien-tation at Virginia Tech, at the start of a new school year, incoming freshmen are now required to take a course on sexual assault prevention.
So far this year, Virginia Tech has had two reports of sexual assault that have come out via email — one in late August and one in mid-September.
These assaults happened during the Red Zone, but these type of reports can happen during any period; victims can also report months or years after an assault.
“Often times people don’t report ... but we see sexual assaults happen during any period,” Smith said.
The Women’s Center makes sure to not promote victim-blaming. Instead, it wants to focus on rape and sexual assault as a whole.
“(We) want to focus more as a community to stop sexual assault,” Smith said.
Stopabuse.vt.edu is an anonymous website designed for people to report a sexual assault. It helps the innocent bystander remain anonymous.
The Title IX office, another resource for students, also, “Supports folks who go through that process,” Smith said. The office protects
victims of sex discrimination as well as sexual assault.
During a Title IX investi-gation, an advocate from the Women’s Center can be with the victim, the victim does not have to answer any of the ques-tions, and the investigation will be lenient on the victim. The victim has every right to halt the investigation at any point.
In 2014, President Barack Obama launched the “It’s On Us” campaign, designed to stop sexual assault and rape. The President stated, “An estimated one in five women has been sexually assaulted during her college years.”
With the “It’s On Us” campaign, Obama and his administration are mandating federal funding to this program. This program allows for counselors specific to sexual assault and rape to travel to college campuses all over the country to help stop and prevent sexual assault.
Sexual Assault and Violence Education by Students (SAVES), a peer-education group, supported through the Women’s Center, works to start a conversation about sexual assault and helps prevent sexual assault altogether.
“We start a conversation and educate students surrounding sexual violence and unhealthy relationships,” said SAVES member Lea Trageser.
SAVES a lso works alongside the “Red Flag Campaign,” which advocates the prevention of sexual assault, dating violence and stalking on college campuses.
The week of Sept. 25–Oct. 1 was Red Zone Prevention week, and the week Oct. 2–8 was the “It’s On Us” campaign.
For more information on sexual assault, Virginia Tech offers services including the Women’s Center, Cook Counseling Center, Schiffert Health Center, the Office of the Dean of Students and the Title IX office.
On Friday, Oct. 7, from 1 to 4 p.m., Be The Match, a national bone-marrow transplant organization, hosted a bone marrow drive at Virginia Tech in honor of the late D’Marco Jackson. Led by sophomore accounting major Fisher Metcalfe, the drive was scheduled to take place at Lavery Plaza, Squires Plaza and in the Pamplin Atrium.
Operated under the National Marrow Donor Program, Be The Match is a global organization dedi-cated to growing the bone marrow registry in order to help patients suffering from blood cancers such as leukemia and lymphoma. Such blood cancers prevent their hosts from producing necessary blood cells to maintain healthy bodily
systems; it is within a person’s bone marrow that these blood cells are produced.
Patients every day are in need of such a trans-plant; however finding an exact match is extremely difficult. Nearly 70 percent of patients do not have a fully matched donor related to them — which is where Virginia Tech comes in.
Jackson, a close friend of Metcalfe, lost his battle to blood disease this past April. Specifically, he fought aplastic anemia as well as myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) and paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH). All three illnesses affected Jackson’s bone marrow function, thus making him unable to produce enough healthy red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets.
“D’Marco was a brother to me, and his fight is what inspired me to put on this drive in his memory,” Metcalfe said. “Not only is this for him, but this is for the thousands of patients in search of their match for a bone marrow transplant.”
In addition to Hokies, other colleges putting on this drive include VCU, JMU, U.Va. and Randolph-Macon. Even Jackson’s high school, Hermitage, will be hosting a bone marrow drive. Each and every school honored him in their efforts to further expand the registry.
Colleges make a suffi-cient point of donation because doctors prefer younger donors, especially those between the ages of 18 and 44.
The donation itself r e qu i r e s a s i mple self-swabbing of the
pa r t ic ipa nt’s mout h. Metcalfe and fellow volun-teers at the booths will then seal the envelope and mail it off to the Be The Match Headquarters in Minneapolis.
There, the swab samples are examined for specific protein markers, called human leukocyte antigens. The antigens are further
compared to patients’ own antigens, looking for matches.
Participating in this drive will take about five minutes, and those five minutes could possibly save someone’s life.
Those who are identified as a match will be contacted to confirm that they are willing to donate. Upon confirmation, donators have to attend an infor-mation session and sign a consent form. In addition, a physical exam will be given and supplementary blood samples will be drawn.
The next step involves the actual donation process. There are two possible methods: peripheral blood stem cells (PBSC) donation and bone marrow donation.
PBSC is nonsurgical and simply requires five days of given filgrastim injec-tions, which increases the
number of blood-forming cells in the bloodstream. Following those five days, the donor’s blood will be drawn and passed through a machine that filters out the blood-forming cells. The remaining blood is then injected back into the donor.
Bone marrow donation is a surgical procedure. Under anesthesia, donors will have some of their liquid bone marrow withdrawn.
After one to seven days of donation, depending on the person, every day activ-ities can be resumed.
In addit ion to the Oct. 7 event, scheduled for Jackson’s birthday, Metcalfe hopes to hold more bone marrow drives in the future.
What is the ‘Red Zone?’ Raising awareness this fall
Bone marrow drive held in honor of D’Marco Jackson
OLIVIA SCHERZERlifestyles staff writer
GRETCHEN KERNBACHlifestyles staff writer
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More than 50 percent of sexual assaults on college campuses occur between
move-in and Thanksgiving break; this is known as the “Red Zone.”
Be the Match, a global organization dedicated to growing the bone marrow registry, honored D’Marco Jackson with a drive on Oct.7.
“Not only is this for
him, but this is for
the thousands of
patients in search
of their match for
a bone marrow
transplant.”Fisher Metcalfe
sophomore accounting major
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Virginia Tech’s women’s soccer hit the road this week to take on two ACC rivals, the Syracuse Orange and the Boston College Eagles. The two conference wins are the first victories in the division for the Hokies this season. Despite their mediocre 2–3–1 record within the conference, the team’s record still stands strong at 10–4–1 with four games left to play on the season.
On Thursday, the Hokies traveled north to play the first of their two road matchups, the Syracus Orange. Similar to Virginia Tech, Syracuse sought its first win in the conference. At 7–5–2, the Orange were the first unranked ACC opponents that Virginia Tech had faced this year. The Hokies were able to take advantage of Syracuse on the road, winning 2–1 on a game-winning goal in the final minutes of regulation.
Virginia Tech vs. Syracuse was a tale of two halves. The Hokies looked strong against the Orange in the first 45 minutes of play, outshooting their division foes 9–2 in the half, while registering two more corner kicks. The first score of the game came courtesy of Kristina Diana in the 18th minute of play. The sophomore midfielder from Fairfax, Virginia, was able to capitalize on a cross to the box from Madi Conyers. The 1–0 score would remain until the close of the first half.
The second half of play saw a new energy from the Orange in front of their home crowd. After creating just two shots in the first half of play, Syracuse was able
to produce 10 shots in the second half, including six on target. This constant pressure paid off for the Orange in the 70th minute when Syracuse was able to force an own goal on the Hokies following a corner kick from defender Maddie Iozzi.
Oddly enough, this was not the only own goal of the game. Following a free kick from the Hokies, in the 85th minute, the Orange saw a ball deflected into their own net, giving Virginia Tech a 2–1 lead in the final minutes. This score would stand until the conclusion of the game, giving the Hokies the victory.
On Sunday afternoon, Virginia Tech took a trip to Newton Soccer Field to face the Boston College Eagles. At 10–3–1 entering the match, the Eagles were a tough opponent for the 9–4–1 Hokies that looked to add their second conference win of the year. After 3 hours and 29 minutes of elapsed playing time, Virginia Tech pulled off a 3–2 win in double overtime.
Throughout Sunday’s battle, neither team showed a firm advantage over the other in possession or shots. The first half did not see many scoring opportunities from either team: the Hokies registered four shots while the Eagles only attempted three. In the 28th minute, forward Alani Johnson was able to find the back of the net for the first time in the game, thanks to a well placed cross from teammate Lily Weber. The goal for Johnson is her sixth on the season. No other player for either team would score a goal until the 61st minute when, oddly enough, the Eagles would score two times in less than 60 seconds,
both on penalty kicks.The two goals came
courtesy of Eagle’s forward McKenzie Meehan and defender Samantha Hiatt. The couple of goals sparked a fire in the Hokies, who attempted 11 shots in the second half of play. One of these shots, thanks to senior Murielle Tiernan, was able to get past the Eagles’ goal-keeper. The forward from Ashburn, Virginia, was able to perfectly place a header from a cross by Marie Johnston, tying the game at 2–2. After more chances from each team in regu-lation, the 2–2 score carried into extra time.
Despite a relatively stronger effort on the stat sheet from the Eagles in overtime play (outshot the Hokies 7–2), it was Tiernan yet again that was able to score for the Hokies with just two minutes of play to spare. The two goals for Tiernan were her sixth and seventh in her final season in maroon and orange and a strong display of talent from one of the Hokies’ strongest leaders on the field.
After finally earning their first two divisional wins for the season, the Hokies will look to continue their hot play within the conference versus Louisville on Sunday. The game, which will also honor cancer awareness and the Hokies’ seniors, will be the first of three remaining home games against ACC opponents for a Virginia Tech team that looks to finish its season strong.
rushing yards and one rushing touchdown.
The relative effectiveness of Virginia Tech’s rushing attack created space for Evans to throw two touchdowns and finish with 75 yards through the air. Sam Rogers and Chris Cunningham both finished the game with one receiving touchdown as the Hokies began to dominate the Tar Heels.
Running back Travon McMillian was able to rush for 76 yards while effec-tively running down the clock in the fourth quarter to seal the victory. McMillian also scored on the ground for his third rushing touchdown of the season.
While the Tar Heels
seemed unsteady as a result of the weather conditions, Virginia Tech played through the adversity with a stable demeanor. Prior to the game, senior wide-receiver Isaiah Ford was asked how the team would handle the rain. Ford responded, “It’s really just more about focusing.”
The poise and consistency displayed throughout the year by head coach Justin Fuente and defensive coordinator Bud Foster resulted in a stable and forceful performance despite the daunting task of playing on the road during torrential rain. The Hokies appeared cool and collected in their efforts to come away from Chapel Hill with a decisive victory.
This ranked matchup between the Hokies and Tar
Heels is only the 10th time that two ranked opponents have played in Kenan Stadium since its construction in Chapel Hill in 1927. Coming in with a record of 3–6 in the previous nine games at home against ranked opponents, the Tar Heels will look to rebound next week on the road against the Miami Hurricanes.
With an overall record of 4–1, Virginia Tech will look to remain undefeated in the ACC as it travels to New York for a matchup against Syracuse next week. Watch for the Hokies’ national ranking to improve heavily after a major victory over the highly ranked Tar Heels.
glass. We need his energy,” Williams said regarding Clarke’s importance. “He’s an ‘OKG.’ He’s an ‘Our Kind of Guy.’”
Senior gua rd Seth Allen is confident that the Hokies’ strength and depth at the guard position will compensate for any weak-nesses down low.
“I’ve always been a pretty good scorer,” Allen said. “So whenever I can get to the paint and create opportunities for other people, that’s always gotten the offense going.”
True freshman Khadim Sy could be looking at consid-erable minutes in the absence of Blackshear as well. Measuring in at 6-foot-10 and 240 pounds, the native of Dakar, Senegal, could
possibly be played early and often.
“The players and coaches have prepared me for what’s coming and what to expect,” Sy said when asked if he is prepared for the step up to the level of play in the ACC.
The ACC will yet again be a nationally competitive basketball conference, which will give the Hokies plenty of chances for statement wins at home and on the road.
“Everyone knows the ACC is the best conference in the country,” said Robinson, who is a sophomore guard. “You know you’re going to play a hard game every night, day in and day out. You just have to go in with the right mindset and abilities.”
The Hokies’ overall mindset will be crucial this season as they face highly
ranked teams throughout the year.
“We look at each game the same,” said senior guard Devin Wilson when asked about the anticipation and preparation for crucial ACC matchups. “We try to treat every game equally.”
Now that Tech has an expe-rienced roster filled with athletic players who already have an established chem-istry, the Hokies expect to be among the elite in the toughest conference in the nation.
“Be in full effect this year,” Wilson said, calling out to the Tech student body. “We’re going to be able to put on a great show.”
Hokies soar over Eagles with double-overtime goal
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Senior Murielle Tiernan scored the 30-yard goal that ended the
extended battle between ACC foes Virginia Tech and Boston College.