Vol. 91, No. 3Monday, September 3, 2012

By KELSEY BECKETTThe Breeze

UREC has 20 bikes, 14 treadmills and 25 ellipticals. There are 20,032 students at JMU.

When it was first built in 1996, UREC was meant to accommodate 12,800 students and a corresponding number of faculty and staff. To help meet a growing student demand, UREC officials have begun a $57 mil-lion project to expand UREC after the Board of Visitors approved it on June 1.

This project, funded using tuition bills, will take 20-25 years to pay off, according to Eric Nickel, director of University Recreation. It will add 140,000 to 160,000 square feet of space to UREC.

Nickel said UREC has often had to turn away students, particularly dur-ing the start of the year.

“There were many days we would need to lock the fitness rooms, and when one person came out we would let one person come in,” Nickel said.

Sixteen architects received a tour of

UREC on Monday, and after review-ing résumés and talking about their ideas, UREC narrowed this number down to four.

Engineers, campus planning and construction, procurement, UREC and administration met with two of the four architecture firms on Tuesday and the remaining two on Thursday. UREC wouldn’t disclose which firms are involved in the planning process.

The meetings allowed time for each architect to persuade officials why they would be the best fit for the

project. UREC plans to select a firm to take on the project later this week.

After the design and schematic stage, construction can take anywhere from 18 to 24 months, according to Nickel.

Nickel said UREC provided the architects with two requirements for the new facility. The first is the loca-tion, which will be on the AstroTurf field directly behind UREC. The sec-ond requirement is more gym space

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Usually after trouncing an opponent 55-7, a starting quarterback doesn’t have to worry about his job security. This isn’t the case for redshirt senior Justin Thorpe.

In a game dominated by offense against St. Francis University on Saturday, head coach Mickey Matthews brought Thorpe out of the third quarter. Though Thorpe completed 15 of 27 passes for 177 yards and had three touchdowns during the night, the standout was true freshman quarterback Michael Birdsong.

Birdsong, at an imposing 6-feet-4-inches and 225 pounds, made his college football debut leading the team to the redzone twice. His night consisted of one 30-yard dash to St. Francis’ 1-yard line as well as an 8-yard touchdown pass to red-shirt freshman Daniel Brown.

When asked if he was scared of losing his start-ing job to Birdsong, Thorpe half-laughed and smiled before admitting, “Yeah.”

But after handing off the reins, Thorpe watched from the sidelines, cheering Birdsong on and get-ting jumpy when the freshman took off with the ball for his 30-yard rush.

“I was more excited for him than I was for myself

or for any of these guys,” Thorpe said. “To see a true freshman run the ball and pass the ball like that was actually amazing.”

Birdsong completed six of his seven passes for a total of 48 yards. His arm, Matthews said, is his greatest asset, but he was surprised by Birdsong’s 40 rushing yards.

“I was stunned he took off with it,” Matthews said. “I think he’s going to be a heck of a player.”

Birdsong wasn’t at the postgame press con-ference for comment, but Matthews predicts Birdsong will see a similar amount of play time on Saturday against Alcorn State University.

A much more experienced team played in this season’s opener compared to the last one, which saw North Carolina trample the Dukes 42-10 in a sloppy, unfocused game.

Saturday’s defense stopped St. Francis’ quarter-back John Kelly, who had 64 total yards, passing and rushing, on almost every play. Redshirt junior Stephon Robertson, who led the team with six tackles, thought execution could have been stron-ger, but was satisfied with the outcome.

“I think it was about time, to be honest,” Robertson said. “It was definitely a big change … but altogeth-er it was good for us to go out there and stop them.”

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Freshman takes flight

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NEWS 3 Helping hands Student volunteers help out at the local Farmers Market every Tuesday and Saturday.w

OPINION 5 All up in my grill Politics quiz highlights how pointless family feuds are.

SPORTS 7 Home field debut Men’s soccer ends weekend tournament with one win and a scoreless tie.

LIFE 9 Living legend Bill Posey steps down after 40 years as assistant director of the Marching Royal Dukes.

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In 55-7 triumph over St. Francis, second-string quarterback gives Justin Thorpe a run for his jersey

MICHAEL BIRDSONGFRESHMAN QB, 6’4” 225 LBS.

LEFT Freshman quarterback Michael Birdsong appeared in his first collegiate football game Saturday. His first touchdown pass came in the fourth quarter, expanding JMU’s lead 48-7. RIGHT Redshirt sophomore center Matt Williams (#53) and redshirt sophomore cornerback Ron Gordon (#30) lead the Dukes off the field after their 55-7 win over St. Francis (Pa.).

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LIBRA(Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Throw yourself into a project with

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SCORPIO(Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Convince yourself about

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SAGITTARIUS(Nov. 22- Dec. 21) It’s a good time for transformations

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Hide away a treasure for later. Accept a generous

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Check possible work and study confl icts. Pay

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Arctic drill ship gets pass on air emissions limitsMcClatchy Newspapers

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has cleared another hurdle for Shell to drill in Alaska’s Arctic waters — the second in as many days — changing the company’s air pollution limits so its drill ship can operate in the Chukchi Sea.

Shell told the Environmental Protection Agency in June that the company was able to meet overall air quality standards. But it said a set of generators on the drilling rig ,Noble Dis-coverer, fell short of the speci� c requirements for nitrous oxide and ammonia emissions.

� e EPA now has agreed to allow the drill ship to go ahead and operate in Arctic waters while the agency decides how to handle Shell’s request for a revised permit.

Shell praised the decision Friday as a reasonable accom-modation that will let it get to work while still limiting its emissions.

“EPA has worked closely with us to come up with a solution that is realistic and achievable,” said Shell spokesman Curtis Smith.

� e company said its explor-atory drilling could begin within days. Shell is the � rst oil company attempting o� shore drilling in the Alaska Arctic in two decades, and it’s hugely controversial. Opponents warn of degradation to the relatively pristine environment and argue the company won’t be able to clean up a spill in water with � oating ice.

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NATION&WORLDFine reinstated for Va. TechLos Angeles Times

WASHINGTON — U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan has reinstated a $, � ne against Virginia Tech, � nding that the univer-sity failed to provide a timely warning to the campus com-munity in the shooting rampage that left people dead.

Duncan reversed a ruling concluding that the universi-ty did not violate a federal law requiring timely warnings of safety threats.

A federal court appeal is a “strong possibility,” a univer-sity spokesman said.

Teen death sparks investigationLos Angeles Times

HACKENSACK, N.J. —Party bus operator Designer Lim-ousines is conducting its own investigation into the death of a -year-old Queens, N.Y., boy who stuck his head out of the emergency hatch on a Gar� eld, N.J.-bound double-decker bus on Friday night and was fatally struck by the underside of an overpass on Route south.

“We express our deepest heartfelt sympathy for the family of this tragic incident,” the Long Island, N.Y.-based company said in a statement. “Our company cares about the well-being of our patrons. Our vehicles are kept to the highest standards. For over years, our drivers and sta� are provided with specialized training in transportation safety.”

Company spokesman Todd Shapiro said the company is also cooperating with law enforcement investigators about the accident.

Romney, Obama jockey for position between conventionsMcClatchy Newspapers

CINCINNATI — Mitt Rom-ney wrapped up his big week in politically pivotal Ohio Sat-urday, grabbing for a jolt of momentum as Democrats prepared to seize the nation-al stage. President Barack Obama campaigned in Iowa, firing back that Romney’s Republican convention was a “re-run” of old ideas.

The skirmish across the Midwest came as Romney emerged from the Republi-can National Convention in Tampa, and as Democrats started to arrive in Charlotte, N.C., for the Democratic National Convention.

A visibly energized Rom-ney appeared before a loud, appreciative audience of about , at Cincinna-ti’s historic downtown art deco Union Terminal under a huge banner proclaim-ing the Republican ticket as

“America’s Comeback Team.” � e audience cheered when he pledged to repeal the federal health care law. � ey whooped and hollered when he sounded his key message of the day: “I will bring us together.”

Romney blamed Obama for poisoning the political debate.

“These are tough times for the American people,” he said. “And added to all that is the divisiveness and bitter-ness that we’ve seen from the president’s campaign. Look, America is a story of the many becoming one and accom-plishing extraordinary things because of our unity.”

Obama countered by launching a “Road to Char-lotte” tour Saturday at the Living History Farms in Urbandale, Iowa.

He told an audience esti-mated at , that it was important to begin in Iowa, where he said his campaign got started more than four years ago and which “kept us going when the pundits were writing us o� .”

He lambasted the Repub-lican convention, saying it o� ered a return to economic policies of the past.

“Despite all the challeng-es we face, what they o� ered over those three days was

more often than not an agen-da that was better suited for the last century. It was a re-run. We’ve seen it before. You might as well have watched it on a black-and-white TV.”

He said at his convention he’d o� er “what I believe is a better path forward. A path to grow this economy, cre-ate good jobs and strengthen the middle class . . . . We can choose whether we give mas-sive new tax cuts to folks who’ve already made it or whether we keep the tax cuts for every American who’s still trying to make it.”

He defended his record amid crowd cheers of “four more years,” saying he’s cut taxes for the middle class and is running “to make sure taxes aren’t raised a dime on your family’s � rst $, of income.”

After being introduced by a veteran at the event, Obama also noted that Romney had “nothing to say about Afghan-istan” during his convention speech, “let alone o� er a plan for the , troops who will have come home from the war by the end of this month.”

Obama will visit Ohio and Louisiana Monday, where he’ll inspect storm damage. � e last stop before Charlotte is Tuesday in Norfolk.

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every monday, the Breeze will feature top stories from previous issues, to celebrate its 90th anniversary this year.

this story ran in the first issue on dec. 2, 1922, with the headline, “why the Breeze?”

After having scanned again and again the box which held the expressed wishes for names of the new publica-tion, the newspaper staff has decided in a way, the fairness of which would not be questioned by the hardest gam-bler, that the name is to be The Breeze.

But first consider some of the names which were suggested. “Blue Stone Grit,” “Bells of the Blue Stone,” “Blue Stone Hill” and many others with the Blue Stone element, all of which have no particular significance save the fact that our buildings are made of Bluestone. Then came the “Valley Dictorian,” which despite its stateli-ness seemed to say good-bye. Next was the “Dingledine.” It might more appropriately be called “The Logan.” Lighter names from lighter minds then seemed to prevail. “The Mani-ac,” “The Lunatic,” “The Strutter,” “The Ketch All.” And then came the “Cam-pus Cat,” but campus is already full o’ such. Some one suggested “Antilope”, but we can’t elope. It has already been tried.

And then came The Breeze — it sug-gested pep, humor, even quiet rest. But the staff couldn’t agree. Heads or Tails? Up went the quarter. Down came heads. “The Breeze” blows.

UrEC | to add more fitness roomsfrom front and group fitness classrooms. Oth-erwise, Nickel doesn’t have many details planned yet.

Nickel hopes the new building will teach students more about fitness and healthy living.

“One of the missions we’re taking on with this new facility is raising the next generation of healthy parents,” Nickel said.

The plan may include an instruc-tional kitchen in the new facility to educate students about healthy eating.

Besides giving students more space, an expanded UREC would also offer 80 to 90 more part-time jobs for students, according to Nickel.

Danielle Girard, a 2011 graduate and former UREC employee, noticed overcrowding was affecting students.

“I know the classes were always full for the ones that were at four o’clock or five o’clock and they only had the two fitness rooms,” Girard said. “They were using racquetball courts for fit-ness classes, which took the court away from people who wanted to play racquetball.”

Students can voice their opin-ions about ideas for the new center using comment cards locat-ed on all three floors of UREC. The student comments are logged and ranked based on how often spe-cific things are asked for.

Nickel estimates that he will know more detai ls about the project before Christmas break.

ContaCt Kelsey Beckett at becketka@dukes.jmu.edu.

By Evi fUEllE The Breeze

With a fresh crop of students at JMU, ven-dors at the Harrisonburg Farmers Market are looking forward to a boost in business.

The Harrisonburg Farmers Market, located on South Main Street, is now open on Satur-days and Tuesdays for vendors to sell their goods.

The market for the spring season is open from April to Thanksgiving. The winter market picks back up on Saturdays from December to March.

The Farmers Market has grown 50 percent every five years, and since the pavilion has increased the market’s visibility in town, prof-its for the market as a whole are more than $1 million.

Farmers said this increase is partly because of the help they get from students who volun-teer and shop there.

Taylor Evans, a senior biology major, volunteers at the market on Saturdays. He recently volunteered for the market’s third annual “Tomato Fest” on Aug. 11, which cel-ebrated the height of tomato season for local growers.

“I go pretty much every week, and I’ve defi-nitely seen a lot more purple and gold there recently,” Evans said. “It’s a really good social atmosphere.”

Evans said many local restaurants partici-pated in the event by cooking tomato-themed dishes and encouraging people to try the food.

Evans said he’s seen more students at the Farmers Market than he has seen in the past,

especially at events like this one. Two students run the information stand at

the farmer’s market every weekend. There are two volunteer shifts every Saturday and Tues-day, according to Justin Van Kleeck, assistant manager.

“We have relied on student volunteers from JMU for a long time, and a lot of the volunteers develop special relationships with the farmers,” Van Kleeck said. “Many of them eventually intern or work for the farmers.”

Volunteers are expected to set up in the morning and run the stand during the day, which includes handling money and closing the market.

Nate Clark of Muddy Creek Farmstead, who has sold produce for five years at the market, also credits the pavilion in aiding the growth of the Farmers Market.

“Now we have twice as many vendors compared to five years ago,” Clark said. “Now there are [74] vendors total, although some are just seasonal.”

Van Kleeck explained that there’s still lim-ited space, so spots for vendors are constantly in demand.

Saturday’s market usually consists of 50 to 60 vendors, while Tuesday is smaller, with only 30 to 40 vendors, according to Van Kleeck.

Jordan Green of J&L Green Farm has sold naturally raised meat at the Farmers Market for three years. He said the market’s location downtown makes business more profitable than at other locations.

“This is our best market because we see a lot of students, and you definitely see a jump when August rolls around,” Green said.

For an established farmer, a single week-end’s profits can total about $800 in the months when students aren’t here, compared to about $2,000 in the months when students are back in Harrisonburg.

Green, who says his sausage, egg and cheese breakfast sandwiches are popular with students, sells an average of 225 break-fast sandwiches over a single weekend.

“Getting out and interacting with a lot of different people here is great, because on the farm it’s just you and the cows,” Green said.

Green and other vendors also have the chance to interact with students who volun-teer at the market.

For students who want to volunteer at the market, Evans suggests using the Farmers Market Facebook page to contact the market organizers or visiting the website, harrison-burgfarmersmarket.com.

“ You support the local economy and get great tasting food,” Evans said. “Plus, you just can’t beat $1 donuts.”

ContaCt Evi Fuelle at feulleen@dukes.jmu.edu.

Friends remember two DukesBy alison ParkErThe Breeze

He was a Renaissance man retired from the geology faculty. She was a graduate who always put her friends before herself.

Though professor Roddy Amenta and alum Lanie Kruszewski lost their lives earlier this summer, friends and colleagues find comfort in the mem-ories they have of them as the school year begins.

roddy amentaAmenta had

a nickname for nearly every-o n e h e m e t d u r i n g h i s 38-year tenure in JMU’s geolo-gy department. He would burst into his class-rooms and told his students

they were going to study the “Peri-odic Table of Elephants.” He passed out tests to students while wearing a mask to jokingly fluster them.

Amenta, 75, died July 28 of a blood disease that damages bone marrow.

He was know n for making friends easily with faculty in other departments.

“Roddy broke the mold — there’s no one like him,” said Debra Warne, a mathematics professor. “He was a man ahead of his time. He will be missed, far and wide.”

Stephen Leslie, a geology and environmental science professor, said Amenta’s quirkiness was famous in the Physics/Chemistry building.

“He was a fun-loving guy with a very dry wit and great sense of humor,” Leslie said.

Bob Atkins, a retired chemistry professor, started teaching at JMU in 1974 and had known Amenta ever since then.

“The first thing he did after he retired last year was turn around and take a biochemistry course,” Atkins said. “I’d come to his house to drop off a newspaper, and we’d sit and chat, and he’d start asking me chemistry questions. He never stopped wanting to learn.”

Gina MacDonald, nicknamed “Gina Ba-lina” by Amenta, taught him in her biochemistry class last fall. Amenta came to her office hours and asked questions that never had an easy answer.

“It was always a sophisticated, big-picture question,” MacDonald said. “He never got caught up in the minu-tia of it all.”

Atkins said Amenta had planned on taking more courses this fall.

“He was concerned about when he’d have to get here in the morn-ings to get a good parking place so he could take classes,” Atkins said.

Amenta’s sharp questions affected students as well.

Matthew Huckfeldt, a 2012 earth science graduate, recalls giv-ing his senior presentation about

geophysics. Amenta was one of the symposium judges who listened to students’ presentations.

Amenta asked Huckfeldt to explain a complicated mathemati-cal model that was designed by a Yale professor.

“I’m glad he asked it,” Huckfeldt said, “because it kept me on my toes, and I know that’s why he asked that, because he seems like he liked mak-ing people really think about what they were doing and held students to a higher standard.”

Faculty members are planning a memorial service for Amenta on Sept. 14 in the Montpelier Room in E-Hall. The time is still to be determined.

lanie kruszewski

Whether it was cooking, exercising, schoolwork or her job at Dave’s Taver-na, Kruszewski always put her heart and soul into everything she did.

She had the ability to make even strangers feel good about themselves.

“She took a genuine interest in other people’s lives and always left people feeling good about their endeavors,” said James Gorman, a 2010 biology graduate who met her his sophomore year.

Kruszewski, 24, died July 29 in a hit-and-run accident in Rich-mond. Her friend Molly Rossberg said Kruszewski was riding her bike home late at night from work.

She was a psychology major who

graduated magna cum laude in May 2011. Rossberg, a writing, rhetoric and technical communication grad-uate student, said Kruszewski always challenged her professors and other students in discussion.

Friends and family in Richmond held a memorial bike ride for her in early August to raise awareness about bike safety, according to the Richmond Times-Dispatch.

“She was always very perceptive of people’s needs,” Rossberg said. “I wouldn’t have to give any single hint about how my day was. She would just know.”

Rossberg took a GKIN swimming class with Kruszewski their fresh-man year. They had a workout every day that they were determined to complete.

“Everyone else was always trying to get out [of class] early,” Ross-berg said. “But especially Lanie, she always wanted to finish.”

Kruszewski attended a culinary school in New York before coming to JMU. She used her cooking talents to entertain her friends, even on her 21st birthday.

“It would normally be your friends planning everything, but she insisted on cooking dinner for us,” Rossberg said. “We all sat around drinking wine and eating one of the best meals I ever had: homemade pizza and peaches wrapped in bacon.”

Although Rossberg is back at JMU without Kruszewski, she still feels a sense of peace.

“It’s comforting at the same time to be here and to know she lived her life to fullest,” Rossberg said. “I don’t know anyone else who took so much advantage of every day.”

ContaCt Alison Parker at breezenews@gmail.com.

A growing marketWith students back in school, local farmers benefit from their support

Senior Courtney Jones (far left) and junior Jenny Shirley visited a vendor (far right) who sells fresh vegetables at the Farmers Market on Saturday.laureN GordoN / the Breeze

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“one of the missions we’re taking on with this new facility is raising the next generation of healthy parents.“Eric nickelUREC director

“roddy broke the mold — there’s no one like him. he was a man ahead of his time. he will be missed, far and wide.“debra Warnemathematics professor

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A “zoom-zoom-zoom” pat to the snazzy girls who had the idea to watch “Zenon: Girl of the st Century.”

From the boy whose night was mega-stellar because of that cinematic adventure.

A “thanks-for-the-wake-up-call” dart to the showers in White Hall that never seem to have hot water.

From a cold sophomore who shouldn’t freeze in the middle of August.

A “but-I-don’t-want-to-go-to-school-today” dart to JMU for having class on Labor Day.

From an industrious laborer who just wants to chill, man.

A “thank-you-for-causing-multiple-near-death-experiences” dart to the gates for increasing the tra� c o� campus and causing more accidents on Port Republic and South Main.

From a senior who liked taking the in� nitely safer “shortcuts.”

through Bluestone Drive.

An “I-can’t-read-your-mind” dart to drivers on Devon Lane who don’t use their blinkers when abruptly turning into apartment complex entrances.

From a driver who knows if you � ick your wrist I won’t raise my � nger.

A “how-rude” dart to the downtown bartenders who didn’t wish me a happy birthday when they checked my ID.

From a girl who knows isn’t exciting but would appreciate the common courtesy.

A “congratulations” pat to the freshmen for completing their � rst week of college.

From a super senior wishing she was in your shoes.

A “this-isn’t-the-circle-of-life” dart to the Harrisonburg humidity for cranking up my hair’s frizz factor.

From a curly haired senior

who doesn’t enjoy looking like a fully grown Simba when she steps outside every morning.

A “thank-you-for-keeping-my-campus-clean” pat to the JMU worker for picking up litter outside of Potomac Hall.

From a tree-loving sophomore who thinks littering should involve more consequences.

A “what’s-your-age-again?” dart to the d----- bags throwing endless beer cans onto their neighbors deck in Charleston.

From a Charleston resident who questions your sense of humor and maturity.

A “thanks-Dr.-Phil” pat to the family at the football game who was full of advice.

From a fan who was in need of some tough love.

A “you-were-so-off-key” dart to the freshmen singing the national anthem at the bus stop in Pheasant Run on Saturday night.

From a tired junior who appreciates the patriotism but wishes you would save it for the bus.

A “show-some-school-spirit” dart to the streamerless student section at the football game.

From a disappointed senior shaking her head from the press box.

Darts & Pats are anonymously submitted and printed on a space-available basis.Submissions creatively depict a given situation, person or event and do not necessarily refl ect the truth.

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EDITORIAL

Voice your opinions here

Torie FosterEditor-in-Chief

Je� WadeManaging Editor

Nick PhillipsOpinion Editor

EDITORIAL BOARD

The opinion page may have the editors’ names written along the bot-tom, but this page is meant for you.

� is section — which serves a spe-cial and multifaceted role that is vital to readers and equally important to us — aims to be an open and inclu-sive forum, where the ideas, issues and concerns of the JMU communi-ty can be elevated and distributed to our audience.

We encourage submissions and feedback from anyone and everyone, including faculty, sta� and members of the surrounding Harrisonburg community. � e editorials contained on these pages might solely be the opinion of the author, but if it is on this page, we consider it important and valuable to our readership.

If you know about issues that you feel aren’t being addressed in the paper, we urge you to talk to us.

Of course there’s much more to the section than just the articles. Our opinion editor, Nick, serves as one of the closest bridges between the sta� at � e Breeze and our reader-ship. So in addition to processing and publishing your feedback through letters to the editor, he’s also a valu-able member of our Editorial Board.

� e Editorial Board, which o� ers the most transparent communi-cation between our editors and our readers, aims to help everyone understand our coverage and the decisions that we make in order to deliver your news.

In an increased effort to focus on multimedia, The Breeze also introduced “Conversation Corner” last year, a spotlight that seeks out your input, concerns and opinions through our Facebook and Twitter accounts.

But it doesn’t always have to be serious in this section. For those of you who shy away from writing, car-toons and the ever-popular Darts & Pats act as a lighter way to address concerns you may have.

Lastly, please remember that the openness of this page is treasured, but it’s still curated and edited, as we respect our readership too much to allow only ranting and rhetoric. Instead, we look for inspired and informed debate.

With a university that has now expanded to include more than , Dukes, it’s important now more than ever that we properly represent the numerous viewpoints that arise from our diverse commu-nity. We ask that you, too, take part in accomplishing this goal by participat-ing in any way.

Because it’s open season on the presidential election and end of sum-mer, in� ammatory rhetoric and family barbecues are both on “sizzle.” With-out careful monitoring by an attentive host, these can end in a � re. You have to learn precisely how to gauge tempera-tures and when to put a lid on it.

It’s also true for the grill.Unless every member of your family

drinks directly from the same candi-date’s Kool Aid, you’re going to witness a political argument in your household.

It’s uncomfortable, right, when those you love start growling and reciting sta-tistics that they’ve just invented? What should you do?

You know somebody at your table is going to mention government spend-ing, reproductive rights and gun control.

Then somebody else will counter with reproductive spending, gun rights and government control.

A third will rant about control spending, government rights and gun reproduction.

Mix-and-match those six words: Instant major argument incurring instant yet paradoxically long-lasting bad feelings!

And some clown will ask whether the U.S. representative who went skin-ny-dipping in the Sea of Galilee did it as an act of religious freedom until anoth-er bozo asks what counts as “legitimate rape.”

I suggest you take the following quiz to determine your Political Host Pro� le:

1. You’d be willing to get into a political argument if:

a. You were confident about the issues;

b. You were addressing a friendly group composed mostly of like-mind-ed allies;

c. You were speaking to a kitty cat.

2. You think political discussions:

a. Are positive because they clarify issues and ultimately determine elec-tion outcomes;

b. Are negative because they cause strife and ultimately lead nowhere;

c. Are best when extremely loud because they keep judgmental mem-bers of your family from noticing that your teenager has so many piercings she looks like she fell into a tackle box.

3. Your vision of a civilized political conversation involves:

a. Respectful but passionate investi-gations of the most signi� cant issues;

b. Considerate and well-balanced conversation fueled by wit and framed by historical perspective;

c. Periodic and vigilant checks for concealed weapons, in full cognizance of the fact that after enough beers, a melon-baller can become a concealed weapon.

4. You believe nastiness in political disagreements can be avoided if:

a. Everyone remembers that the opposition also has in mind the best interests of our country;

b. Everyone keeps in mind that often what we’re being fed as the “truth” by the media and by extremists is com-posed of lies, lies and damned lies;

c. If everyone kept quiet until he or she had an original idea or obser-vation based on research and critical thinking, not on what they just heard or read (although if that happened, it might just get too quiet and they’d notice your metallic kid).

5. You can keep a political discussion good-natured by making sure you:

a. Eavesdrop even as you attend to your duties as a host and, if you sense that tensions are becoming too strong, intervene with a new topic or a plate of particularly chewy peanut brittle;

b. Have a balanced number of guests representing each viewpoint so that one or two individuals don’t feel set-upon by members of the oppositions;

c. Re� ll the glasses and plates only of those who keep their voices down and their comments polite. Just like Pavlov!

How did you do? � ere’s no way to pass, so I know how you did. You want to run away? Might work!

The other solution is to avoid your family until after the elec-tion. Blame it on me. Although it seems drastic, remember that by Nov. family conversation will once again be safe for democracy. And maybe our great, healthy and lasting democracy will be safe from family conversation.

Politics worse than ants at family picnics

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Spend your money elsewhere

Every day my phone beeps and an email icon shows up on the screen. Usually, my emails are from professors or Living Social deals, but lately I have received email after email from the Obama campaign asking for donations of money along with my vote. One email in particular got me thinking. � is email was sent by “Michelle Obama” three days ago: “� e other side is outspending us, and they’re stepping up their attacks. But we’ll be standing strong, thanks to the support of nearly million people who are helping win this election the right way.” What is this “right way,” exactly? Since when did elections become about who can spend the most money attacking the other candidate rather than on winning the election based on a platform that will help get this country back on track? We are willing to stand by and watch politicians throw millions of

dollars away on what? Commercial ads and posters?

� e New York Times has been keeping track of how much each side is spending, where they are getting the money and how much they have. Currently, Romney has spent almost $ million and Obama has spent more than $ million — and both sides are still asking for more money. Money from broke college students, who are terri� ed to graduate because our country is broke and there are no jobs. My political views have no bearing on this topic. Rather I urge both parties to enlighten themselves on how phony our campaign system is. Instead of donating money to a worthless super PAC, I advise you readers to donate your time and money to a cause in which the direct results are much more tangible and meaningful.

Kelsey Wadsworth Senior communication major

and music industry minor

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LEFT Redshirt sophomore midfielder Jamal Umar battles Temple University midfielders Sam Heller (right), Malcolm McLellan (middle) and Jake Lister (left). RIGHT Sophomore Josh Grant pushes forward on Temple midfielder Vaughn Spurrier. Grant received a red card during yesterday’s scoreless game.

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Weekend breaks losing streakmEn’S SoccEr (1-2-1)

Dukes take 1-0-1 record after 2-1 win Friday, 0-0 double overtime yesterday

by waynE EPPScontributing writer

The men’s soccer team continued its 1-0 winning streak not with a win, but with a score-less tie.

Friday night, the Dukes snatched a 6-0 win against St. Bonaventure University and held on for a 0-0 tie yesterday against Temple University.

The win and draw also add to the team’s unbeaten streak at home. The Dukes went undefeated at home last season and have won 13 straight home games, tying the sec-ond longest home win streak in team history. The Dukes also went undefeated in 13 straight home games in the 1988-89 and 1997-98 seasons.

Despite being scoreless in their first two games, the Dukes wasted no time finding the back of the net against St. Bonaventure as senior midfielder Paul Wyatt scored in the fifth minute of the game with an assist from redshirt sophomore midfielder Steven Mashinski.

“We realized that we weren’t quite working each other hard enough like we did last year,” Wyatt said. “Sometimes when one player steps, everyone else has to step, and that wasn’t quite happening for us last week. So, we’ve kind of consolidated everyone’s roles a little bit more.”

Not long after coming off the bench in the 28th minute, freshman midfielder Tom Fouhy added the Dukes’ only other first half goal in the 33rd minute. Wyatt started the second half much like he started the game: by putting in

another goal in the 47th minute with Mashin-ski again providing the assist. The team added three more scores in the second half, including two goals by sophomore forward Josh Grant, to seal the game.

Grant was satisfied the team broke their scoreless streak.

“It was a relief, particularly [Wyatt and I] being strikers,” Grant said. “You’re just look-ing for your first goals of the season to get you off the mark.”

Despite putting on an offensive show dur-ing Friday’s game, the Dukes struggled to score against Temple yesterday. After multiple shots on goal with no results, the team was forced to play a man down after Grant received a red card in the 75th minute. Temple came close to capitalizing on its advantage late in regulation when putting a ball in the back of the goal that was then ruled offsides.

After a scoreless game in regulation, the game went through two 10-minute, sudden-death overtimes, with neither team putting points on the board. Seven minutes into the first sudden-death period, Temple’s Homero Rodriguez received a red card, evening the playing field. But the Dukes still couldn’t cap-italize. The team outshot Temple 30-8 for the game, but only four of those shots were saved.

“I take away that we had 30 shots, and the goalkeeper only had four saves — that means we had pretty poor finishing on the day,” said head coach Tom Martin. “We would have loved to have had a couple of those goals back from the other day, but we didn’t get them, and that’s soccer.”

The Dukes’ games this weekend marked their first two games in University Park.

“It’s great for me, being a senior particularly,” Wyatt said. “I’ve had three years at the [Rese-voir Street fields], and coming out here and finishing my JMU career on this place is going to be special for us.”

The team will look to tie its unbeaten home record when national champion University of North Carolina visits Harrisonburg on Sept. 11.

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“We realized that we weren’t quite working each other hard enough like we did last year. Sometimes when one player steps, everyone else has to step.”Paul wyattsenior midfielder

By Peter Byrdcontributing writer

The women’s field hockey team members know how to string together a first half. The second half is still a work in progress.

The Dukes (2-2) split a pair of weekend games against highly regarded opponents: the reign-ing Patriot League champions Lafayette College with a 2-1 loss Saturday and a 2-1 overtime win on Sunday against the No. 25 team in the country, Ameri-can University.

But for JMU to compete with the great teams in field hockey it will need more production and consistency from its offense for a full 70 minutes. The Dukes managed only four shots in the second halves of both weekend games combined.

On Saturday, JMU lost 2-1 to Lafayette, which outshot the Dukes 15-6. Having little time to dwell on the defeat may have been a blessing as the Dukes bounced back Sunday with a

2-1 victory over American. Freshman forward Danni

Wilson redirected a shot by redshirt freshman midfielder Taylor West with 11:51 remain-ing in the first half of Saturday’s game. The Dukes mustered only one more shot in 46 minutes of play.

“We were not finding each other, and we struggled to con-nect passes,” Wilson said. “We weren’t working hard enough to get the ball through to our forwards.”

Freshman goalkeeper Lena Wimmert knows what her team-mates need to do to properly defend her.

“I think it’s important that we stay more connected and focus on the simple passes as a team,” Wimmert said. “Our goal is to make fast passes and bring the whole team into attack and the whole team into defense. We want to try and keep it com-pact. Our focus needs to be on the new game, on the new opponent. We have to try and improve.”

The Dukes looked like a completely different team on Sunday, sneaking past Ameri-can with 36.3 seconds left in overtime on a game-winning goal by sophomore midfield-er Rachel Palumbo. Senior midfielder Jenna Taylor was awarded the assist, thanks to her clever stickhandling abilities.

“We had been fighting the whole period of overtime,” Palumbo said. “Jenna was working really hard and set me up. She was a key factor in our overtime play. I was in the right spot, and she fed me the ball.”

The Dukes outshot American 10-6 in the first half and seemed more emotionally invested in the second game of the week-end. After falling behind in the early minutes of the game, JMU evened the score in the closing minutes of the first half on a goal by redshirt junior forward Rachel Wein.

Momentum shifted back to American in the second half as they controlled possession for most of the 35 minutes. But

the Dukes’ defense held strong, forcing a 15-minute overtime session. Their only chance in the second half came on a counter-attack in the final min-ute of sudden-victory overtime.

JMU showed a resolve it hadn’t before.

The women “put up a heck of a fight and showed a lot of heart today,” said head coach Antoi-nette Lucas. “The message after yesterday was for each of us to take individual accountability and grow from it.”

The Dukes ended a com-petitive weekend on a high note with their win. But Lucas has also learned this weekend that they need to work on their consistency.

“[Our focus] is to put togeth-er a complete effort and fight, and that’s what they did,” Lucas said. “We will work on the rest.”

J M U p l a y s a t h o m e against Davidson College on Sunday, starting at 1 p.m.

ContaCt Peter Byrd at byrdpm@dukes.jmu.edu.

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Overtime win what Dukes needed

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Sophomore midfielder and forward Bethany Ashworth attempts to block a pass in Saturday’s 2-1 loss to Lafayette University.

After two straight losses, Dukes pull out a goal in overtime

field hoCkey (2-2)

from front

The Red Flash only con-verted on third down on four out of 12 attempts. One trip to the redzone resulted in their only touchdown.

But Saturday’s game focused on teamwork, not points. All three quarter-backs, including third-string quarterback Mack Spees, had field time, and Thorpe made sure to divide up the work.

Redshirt junior running back Dae’Quan Scott, who tended to make rash deci-sions during last year’s opener, appreciated Thor-pe’s use of the field.

“We have weapons, so I feel like everybody should touch the ball like they did tonight,” said Scott, who rushed for 73 yards and caught three pass-es for 51 yards.

But that doesn’t mean there isn’t room for improve-ment for the Dukes.

“The things we did were OK,” Robertson said. “Over-all as a defense, starters left the game with 52 total yards. We just have to keep coming out and playing aggressive every time.”

The game against Alcorn State could give JMU the opportunity to once again play all three quarterbacks and all strings of offense, giving Birdsong another opportunity on the field.

The Dukes (1-0) take on the Braves (1-0) on Satur-day at home before heading to Landover, Md., for the West Virginia University matchup at FedEx Field.

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By Greer DrummonD and Laura WeeksThe Breeze

Maple bacon, strawberry-lemonade and Dreamsicle. It’s not a grocery list; it’s a donut menu.

Julie Westfall, 35, started her donut truck, The Baker’s Dozen, in July 2011 after losing her job at Rosetta Stone.

“We tried hard to let the business grow organically,” said Westfall, who only needed to invest about $300 of her own money into the business. “It’s supporting both itself and me.”

Westfall makes homemade, potato-based donuts in her converted trailer with her two friends Kathi Seymore and Heather Austin. Westfall notes the potato makes for a more moist, flavorful and substantial donut. The trio travels around Rockingham County setting up shop for the day at locations like Liberty Gas station and the Broadway Farmers Market.

Seasonal ingredients and odd hours are a necessity for The Baker’s Dozen. Westfall, Sey-more and Austin wake up every morning at 4 a.m. and are on location rolling out dough and dipping, glazing and drizzling donuts by 5 a.m.

When you visit the truck, chances are the women are wearing their aprons with their customized, donut-inspired nicknames on them: “Roller Girl” (Seymore), “Wild Flour” (Austin) and “The Baker” (Westfall).

Westfall’s peanut butter cup donut features organic peanut butter with an all-natural chocolate sauce drizzle, and any recipe with fruit is fresh-squeezed that morning. She has created more than 25 feature flavors like key lime, lemonade and peach-filled.

Westfall keeps her recipes simple and natural by using local ingredients as much as possible, purchasing fruits and vegetables from the Broadway Farmers Market.

“The more simple you make something, the better it’s going to be,” Westfall said. “If you want something to taste like a strawberry, use a strawberry.”

With food trucks popping up around the area, the success of The Baker’s Dozen is part of a common theme in Harrisonburg.

CJ Friedman, a 2011 graduate, opened

Dank-U, a comfort food-inspired truck on Port Republic, in November. While he hasn’t felt competition from other trucks in the area, he competes with late-night delivery places like Jimmy Johns and Dave’s Taverna Express because of their comparable prices and quick service.

“In a college town, if you have a good food product, it can be recession-proof,” Friedman said.

Creating a customer base that can with-stand economic downturns and using fresh, local ingredients are essential to food truck businesses, according to their owners.

Tacos El Primo, Harrisonburg’s first food truck, opened in 2006 and has been a fixture on Reservoir Street since. Owner Veronica

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Marching down

By Greer DrummonD The Breeze

For 40 years and through many gen-erations of Marching Royal Dukes, there’s been one constant figure at the helm: Bill “Effin’” Posey.

This season, Posey has left his posi-tion as assistant director of the MRDs to take care of his parents.

“It’s probably the hardest decision I’ve had to make in my life, but it’s the right thing to do,” Posey said.

Posey came to JMU in 1973 when he joined the “Madison College Marching

Band” as a trumpet player. He was here when the band changed its name to the Marching Royal Dukes, before his promotion to drill instructor as a soph-omore and drum major as a senior.

Posey spent four years after grad-uation as a freelance musician, but stepped in for then-band director Mike Davis, who had to leave his position in the middle of the MRDs season in 1981. Posey has been here ever since.

“By the end of the year, I had too many keys, so they couldn’t fire me,” Posey joked.

One of Posey’s roles in the MRD

program was synthesizing the differ-ent marching styles members had learned in high school into a single, unified show. The greatest challenge in preparing for performances was that he usually had less than two days to choreograph a march and teach it to at least 400 students.

Posey’s signature method to keep the MRDs in step was to use analogies so outlandish, stu-dents could never forget them. A favorite saying was “Don’t

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Assistant MRD director Bill Posey moves on after 40 years

Rolling out the doughThe Baker’s Dozen takes advantage of Harrisonburg’s food truck trend

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Kathi Seymore kneads the dough for The Baker’s Dozen peanut butter cup donuts. Seymore runs the truck’s Twitter account, @Donutters13, which updates followers on its locations.

‘Lawless’ gets top shelf statusA-listers, rustic set bring graduate’s book to life

By Jenny CLaire kniGhtThe Breeze

It’s a hard life for a bootlegger.Based on graduate Matt Bondurant’s novel, “The

Wettest County in the World,” the film “Lawless” centers on the Bondurant brothers. Set during Prohi-bition, Jack (Shia LaBeouf ), Forrest (Tom Hardy) and Howard (Jason Clarke) are successful bootleggers in rural Virginia. Soon, the authori-ties want a cut of the massive moonshine profits, sending Special Deputy Charlie Rakes (Guy Pearce). When the broth-ers refuse to give in, an all-out war breaks out.

Directed by John Hillcoat (“The Road”), the film is visu-ally stunning. Open sky and lush forests help the audience feel the sense of freedom the brothers fight to protect. Shots of the main stretch of town, highlight the attention and commitment to detail in rec-reating the time period. Locals drink moonshine from Mason jars, women shop out of cata-logues and the country store is packed with rustic detail. Cars are a sign of wealth, and gang-sters are feared.

Scriptwriter Nick Cave, who’s worked on other Western films like 2005’s “The Proposition,” creates 115 minutes of action. Although a period drama, the movie comes off as a well-craft-ed Western. The script holds a slow, consistent pace as events pile on top of another until it boils over into a no-holds barred shootout.

But the script isn’t without flaws. Howard, despite Clarke’s strong acting, comes off as one-dimension-al compared to Jack and Forrest. The film’s epilogue suddenly jumps forward several years, and although satisfying, it wraps up everything too neatly. It’s not completely believable, and the portrayal of the broth-ers in the epilogue feels inconsistent with the rest of the movie.

LaBeouf gives Jack an endearing naivety and a hun-gry determination for the respect of his brothers, pulling you into his coming-of-age story. And in a movie full of people who raise their voices, Hardy goes for a sub-dued performance, preferring to stand back and quietly deliver his lines. Forrest becomes more than a confi-dent tough guy, as Hardy portrays him as vulnerable and loyal to those he loves.

The supporting cast members’ performances — including Gary Oldman, Jessica Chastain and Mia Wasikowska — make you wish they had bigger roles. Chastain in particular is such a good actress you wish she had more to do than stand around and look pretty.

The film earns its R-rating in violence alone, but it doesn’t distract from the plot. It’s unflinch-ing, brutal and bloody. Despite some foam at the edges, the film’s top-notch cast and powerful sto-rytelling will have you raising a glass to “Lawless.”

ContaCt Jenny Claire Knight at knightjc@dukes.jmu.edu.

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Jason Clarke (standing), Tom Hardy (left) and Shia LaBeouf (right) portray three brothers from Franklin County, Va., in “Lawless,” a Prohibition-era movie about the town’s rampant and illegal moonshine industry.

Bill Posey, former assistant director of the Marching Royal Dukes, has announced the group at football games since 1981.

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the script holds a slow, consistent pace as events pile on top of another until it boils over into a no-holds barred shootout.

Lawless‘r’ 115 min.starring Tom Hardy, Shia LaBeouf, Guy Pearce, Jason Clarke

Gourmet on the gothe Baker’s DozenPrice: $1 per donut, $10 a dozenLocation: Varies, but at Liberty Gas Station on Port Republic Road every Wednesday

tacos el PrimoPrice: $1-$5Location: 1110 Reservoir St.

Dank-u truckPrice: $3-$6Location: 704 Port Republic Road

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be the one to make a mistake; don’t be the booger in the punch bowl,” which always elicited groans — but the say-ing stuck.

Senior music education major Sarah Wilson appreciated Posey’s light-hearted teaching style.

“He tried to have a good rela-tionship with everyone in the band, which is hard because there are 450 to 500 of us,” Wilson said. “During drill, I’ve seen that he walks around and will talk to everyone and make jokes, which definitely helps relieve stress.”

JR Snow, Harrisonburg High School band director and JMU alum, has been influenced and guided by Posey over the past 22 years. Snow took over this season as the half-time announcer of the MRDs, a task Posey had previously performed.

“It’s an honor and a plea-sure to have worked with him,” Snow said. “His lasting impres-sion on the MRDs is that he has helped define what this organi-zation is about.”

Posey will also be missed when the MRDs travel for competitions and performanc-es. He was with them on their first European tour in Mona-co in 1997 and has been to Greece, England and Ireland. The MRDs have performed in two presidential inaugura-tions, three Virginia governor inaugurations and two Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parades — and Posey has been with them every time.

Despite his departure, Posey will still work in the School of Music scheduling more than 200 performances this year in The Forbes Center for the Performing Arts as well as directing a concert in the spring. Outside of JMU’s music program, Posey plays in a brass

band, brass quintet, symphony orchestra and jazz band.

Although Posey is humble when it comes to speaking about his legacy with the MRDs, his co-workers are quick to praise him.

Scott Rikkers, director of the MRDs, points out that Posey’s influence transcends the visual appearance of the band, since his passion for JMU made him such an effective instructor.

“He is the epitome of what we want our members to do both here at JMU and once they leave to go into their com-munities,” Rikkers said.

One thing Posey will brag about: finding his dream job early on in his life.

“That was my good for-tune: to find a place I enjoyed being,” Posey said. It’s “just a great thing all around.”

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Band | Posey to plan 200 shows Food | Truck uses social media

Julie Westfall started making her potato donuts in July 2011. She and her longtime friends Kathi Seymore and Heather Austin wake up at 4 a.m. to prepare for the day’s donut sales.

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Paniagua said that their success has been, in part, because of the distinctive food truck experience you don’t get from a restaurant.

“The taste is different,” Pan-iagua said. It’s fresher “when you get it from the window instead of waiting for a wait-er to bring it to you.”

Some of the food trucks have adapted to social media trends by using social media to stay connected and pro-mote their business.

Westfall runs The Baker’s

Dozen Facebook page and Seymore, the self-proclaimed “Twitter Queen,” is in charge of Twitter and Instagram accounts. Seymore tweets photos of the truck’s location or today’s donuts to attract new customers and keep fans in the loop about the day’s featured flavor.

“I have some super fans, some regulars ... who follow me around to different loca-tions,” Westfall said. “If they can’t find me, they’ll hunt me down.”

If you can’t locate them on the road, though, their

donuts are now on a Jack Brown’s burger: the Showal-ter, which features a Baker’s Dozen glazed donut as the burger’s bun. They’ve also been approached by Din-ing Services about selling at football games this season and possibly on campus.

“I grew up baking and mak-ing real food,” Westfall said. “It’s in my blood, and I love it.”

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