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Committee listens to input about presidential search
Forums provide University faculty, staff, students chance to discuss priorities, needs of next president
By Tom Christensen
Cavalier Daily Associate Editor The Special Committee on the Nomination of a President organized two forums yesterday during which University community members discussed the search for University President John T. Casteen III’s successor. John Wynne, chairman of the search committee and rector of the Board of Visitors, said the forums’ goals were to collect any suggestions or concerns that the community wanted to bring to the committee’s attention. Wynne said the purpose of the forums was “to learn what [the Search Committee] doesn’t know,” he said, adding that, “The Board of Visitors is [at the University] part time. We need to hear from people who are on Grounds full time.” At the forums, attendees were asked to think critically about the opportunities and challenges they see the University facing in the next ten years, the qualifications and personal leadership characteristics that the next president should possess and any other considerations that the committee should bear in mind as it initiates the search process. The first forum, held at Newcomb Hall was attended mostly by students and faculty members, including students from several groups repPlease see Search, Page A3
Bennett Sorbo | Cavalier Daily
John Wynne held two forums yesterday to give members of the University community a chance to bring specific needs and concerns to the attention of the Special Committee on the Nomination of a President.
Clerkship MBA applications increase at lessened rate office aids in 2008-09 MBA Enrollment employment
Number of MBA applications grows only slightly this year compared to recent years’ trends
By Sarah Wooten
Cavalier Daily Associate Editor The Graduate Management Admission Council’s 2009 survey of full-time master of business administration programs reported a 64 percent increase in applications from 2008, compared to the 80 percent increase seen from 2007 to 2008, said Sam Silverstein, manager of media and public affairs at GMAC. Although the raw number of applications increased, the percentage increase declined, he said. Silverstein noted that the flattening trend is most likely linked to the recession. “When you continue to go through a recession, it is probably logical for people to think to lay low and keep a job and work hard,” he said. He also said many MBA program applicants tend to be international students applying to schools in the United States, and that it has become more difficult for international applicants to study here now. “These restrictions are making it tougher to both come here and it is harder to get U.S. government permission to stay in the U.S. and work,” he said, also citing the high cost of studying abroad. “People who may have been able to afford to go to business school a year ago see it is now not affordable,” Sil-
By Prateek Vasireddy
Cavalier Daily Associate Editor The Law School recently opened a new office to assist Law students seeking a judicial clerkship after graduation, expanding an already prominent multitude of career services. The office seeks to answer students’ questions and help them find clerkships that will give them experience in their desired career, said Ruth Payne, director of career services for clerkships and programs . The school opened the office as a result of a perceived increase in demand for judicial clerkships — one-year internships that allow new lawyers to work one-on-one with a judge , Payne said. “I think a judicial clerkship is an excellent transition from the academic setting of law to the more practical application of being in a firm or practice,” said Kevin Donovan, senior assistant dean for career services at the Law School.
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MBAl Enrollment
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verstein said. Though application increases on average fell short of previous years’, Darden School Admissions Director Sara Neher said Darden’s full-time MBA program enrollment remained mostly static, decreasing slightly to adjust for the current student body’s size. She also said the size of Darden’s incoming class did not shrink because of the economy. “We were purposeful in attracting a smaller class” to prevent the overflow problem the MBA program experienced the previous year, she said, referring to 2008, when 333 students were enrolled, three more than the desired maximum. The larger-thanusual size of last year’s class meant that admissions officials had to carefully plan how many offers to extend in 2009. This year, Neher said her office reduced the number of students to 309 to make sure the school had room for both first- and second-year MBA students. Meanwhile, both Virginia Tech and the College of William & Mary experienced increases in applications received. Melanie Johnston, associate director of marketing and recruiting MBA Program at Virginia Tech, said Virginia Tech’s full time MBA program saw a 40 percent increase in applications from 2008. She explained that “in the past three years, Virginia Tech has become slightly more aggressive in recruiting.” At the same time, though, enrollment figures at the Blacksburg school dropped from 65 students enrolled last
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year to 54 this year. Priscilla Case , William & Mary’s director of MBA admissions, said her school experienced a 10 percent enrollment increase from the previous year, admitting 121 students in 2009 compared to 102 in 2008. Case, however, attributed the increase to a newly constructed business school building, which may have helped the
school dodge the flattening trend seen elsewhere across the country. Despite these differences, all three schools reported an increase in the quality of their incoming classes. Neher noted that this year’s first-year class possessed higher grade point averages compared to previous years’, as well as Graduate Management Admission Test scores that averaged
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Council looks to address SAF, CIO budget issues
Student Council plans to work with administration to allocate CIO funding more efficiently
By Jane Ma
Cavalier Daily Associate Editor Even though classes were not in regular session, Student Council stayed busy planning for the 2009-10 academic year during the summer months. Council worked with officials from the Student Activities Center and Student Activity Fund to create an appropriations system that members hope will be more efficient in allocating the $600,000 Council has set aside this year for contracted independent organizations . Council President John Nelson said the new system should be “easier to follow and easier to understand.” To help guide CIOs through the revised appropriations process, Council Vice President of Organizations Colin Hood also said the Appropriations Committee has been working on a series of short educational videos. “We’re just educating people so all the [funds] are spent efficiently,” he said. Hood noted that appropriations hearings will be changed and the Appropriations Committee will be more stringent in reviewing CIO budgets. “We’re re-adjusting hearings to be more user-friendly,” he said. “If they don’t do their budget correctly, we’re not going to accept it.” One thing that remains a concern for Council is funding — especially in light of the current recession. Council will meet for the first time this semester next week, but is already planning ways to overcome several financial hurdles. “In years past we would get $50,000 in non-[SAF] funds from [the University] Bookstore every year,” Nelson said.
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Fighting swine flu in the University environment
By Leslie Keena | CAVALIER DAILY SENIOR WRITER
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Cavalier Daily Senior Writer When the H1N1 virus, or swine flu, first made headlines this summer, many recalled earlier stories about bird flu. This particular virus, however, seems to have reached a much greater scale. The Washington Post reported Aug. 25 that up to half the U.S. population is expected to become infected this fall and winter, and Dr. James Turner, University Student Health Director and President of the American College Health Association, said the 18- to 24-year-old demographic is highly affected at disproportional rates. Doctors and academics alike have debated why H1N1 affects college-aged students at such a high rate, but no one knows for sure. Possible explanations include high density situations such as dorms and apartments as well as actions such as sharing drinks or talking closely. “I believe it’s the living, learning and social environment that young people find themselves in,” Turner said. Sixty-three cases of swine flu were confirmed during the summer session this year at the University. None have been confirmed since Aug. 22 though Turner said the hospital expects to see an outbreak in coming weeks.. Schools such as Louisiana State University, University of Alabama, Mississippi State and Auburn University started classes last week and already have experienced outbreaks, most of which started in Greek housing, he said. Although the swine flu shares similar symptoms with the regular flu such as fever, chills, body aches and gastrointestinal symptoms, the two are essentially different. “It’s a different virus,” Turner said. “This flu virus is one that hasn’t circulated among humans before. It has unique physical characteristics. We don’t have the antibodies to protect us. That’s why it spreads so easily, we have no natural immunity.” Student Health has been actively working to fight the pandemic. The office is preparing for a surge of sick patients “upwards of 50-60 students every day” and will be offering a vaccination. The vaccine will consist of two doses — the first, a primer, and a second booster three to four weeks later. Both doses are needed for the vaccine to be effective, and students also should receive the regular flu shot Nov. 5, Turner said. The H1N1 vaccine should be available mid-November to early December. “We’re also preparing to triage — encouraging ill students to call Student Health, describe their symptoms and see what it is and what they should do,” Turner said. “In this way, we can manage students who are ill.” Faculty also have been asked to set forth a more lenient attendance policy toward those who are ill and to try to provide students with ways to obtain notes and complete assignments online. Student Health also is asking that every student entering Student Health’s General Medicine department wear medicinal masks to protect themselves and others. Additionally, they have created educational materials for resident advisors and students about the virus and how to stay healthy, all of which are available online. Students said they understand the danger and likelihood of contracting the virus, especially in a large University setting. “Being around large crowds of people, the fear is there because you don’t know what they’ve been doing or who they’ve been around or if they’ve studied abroad,” first-year College student Andrew Lake said. First-year College student Naomi Gabriel said though the virus is worrisome, she is confident that the Health System will notify community members in the case of an outbreak. “It’s scary but I’ve been seeing stuff around Grounds to prepare us for it,” she said. The virus spreads through respiratory secretions, so it is important to practice good hygiene and coughing practices and not to share drink glasses, cigarettes, hookah pipes, etc., Turner advised. Pillows, too, are a “great way” of spreading the virus, as 85 percent of those who were involved in the mumps outbreak in 2006 were female students who had been sharing pillows in each other’s dorms, he said. “Also, practice selective kissing,” he said. “A lot of it is common sense.” By taking the right measures to protect each other from contracting the virus, students also help the health of those around them. “For college students, it’s a major inconvenience, but not as much a health effect,” he said. “The real risk is it spreading to the community — infants, pregnant women, the elderly, people with asthma, etc. When you think about preventing disease in yourself, you’re really thinking about preventing disease in others — friends and family. That’s what this is all about.”
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Gesundheit!
Sneezing is something we all do, sometimes every day, for one reason or another. Sneezes can be triggered by many things that irritate the nasal mucosa or lining, including perfumes, dust, animal dander, hair spray, cleaning products, sun or bright light (the photic sneeze reflex), pollen, viral inflammation and even orgasms in individual cases. Sneezes also figure prominently in cultural beliefs. In ancient Greece, sneezes were thought to be favorable signs from the gods . In the Middle Ages, however, sneezes were thought potentially fatal from the massive amount of air expelled during a sneeze . In East Asian countries, it is thought that when someone sneezes, someone else is talking about the sneezee at that very moment. Also, it is said that the one who sneezes can tell if the talk is good (one sneeze) or bad (two sneezes); multiple sneezes are thought to signify an impending cold. When the nasal mucosa senses an irritant, a reflex pathway is triggered. The mechanism of a sneeze involves particles passing through the nasal hairs and coming into direct contact with the mucosa. This contact triggers the release of histamine, a chemical compound that interacts with histamine receptors in the nose signaling the brain to initiate the sneeze response through the trigeminal nerve network and expel the irritant. Antihistamines — such as loratadine or Sudafed — work by blocking the histamine receptor and preventing the message to sneeze being sent to the brain, along with blocking the other immune responses to histamine binding (histamine has a huge role in body functioning and antihistamines do more than prevent sneezing). Most of the causes for sneezes are not contagious, but for those that are (i.e. viruses), sneezes are a great way to spread the illness. It is not simply a myth that the speed of a sneeze is comparable to hurricane force winds — particles expelled from sneezes can travel at speeds of 80 to 800 miles per hour (as a reference, Hurricane Katrina had wind speeds of 125 miles per hour when it made landfall in Louisiana) . At those speeds, the particles being expelled from the nose — which include viruses along with mucous, skin and whatever else — can travel quite far and land on unsuspecting individuals, infecting them with whatever disease is present. The amazing projectile capacity of a sneeze explains why it’s so important to cover one’s mouth and nose during the sneeze, especially during the upcoming cold and flu seasons. Additionally, even if no one is around at the time, it is important to remember that cold viruses are hardy and can survive for at least several hours on surfaces, being picked up later by someone who touches that surface . Fortunately, influenza is less adaptable and actually doesn’t survive that well on fomites (inanimate objects capable of carrying infectious organisms) or hands for long periods of time (but the rhinovirus does — so wash your hands!) . With the various causes for sneezes, most of them non-infectious, so how can you tell when you should immediately leave the scene of the sneeze for a Purell shower? The key is other symptoms. If the sneezee looks sick and miserable, is possibly shaky or otherwise looks feverish and/or is complaining of muscle aches, I recommend a thorough scrub down — but not until after you give him a glare for not covering his mouth and nose, of course. Otherwise, if the person looks generally healthy, you’re probably in the clear. Katie McBeth is a University Medical student. She can be reached at k.mcbeth@cavalierdaily.com.
He Says, She Says
What are the total numbers of H1N1 flu hospitalizations and deaths in the United States as of Aug. 20?
“5,000 hospitalized cases and 900 deaths” —Third-year Engineering student Rafel Taye
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The Centers for Disease Control has reported the total numbers of H1N1 flu hospitalizations and deaths in the U.S. as of Aug. 20 to be: 7,983 and 522, respectively.
“8,000 hospitalized cases and 400 deaths” —Third-year College student Laura Wang
Hippo Sweat Sunscreen Lost People Walk in Circles
Aveeno. Coppertone. Banana Boat. Hippopotamus sweat? A new form of SPF inspired by hippo sweat may one day hit the shelves. The mucus secreted from hippopotamus’ skin, often mistaken for leaching blood, contains red pigments that act as sunscreen by absorbing ultraviolet light. The substance also contains two liquid crystalline structures — one of which scatters light, and which strengthens the secretion’s sun blocking properties. Researchers additionally discovered antimicrobial and antifungal properties in the sweat, adding to the potential future product’s benefits and increasing its desirability. The secretion even acts as an insect repellent. Several factors, however, are keeping hippo sweat sunscreen off the shelves until additional research has been completed. One problem: When isolated from the hippopotamus, the mucus morphs into a brown, viscous substance that is not effective in comparison to the original ooze. —compiled by Thom as Lyn ch| C Lani Hossain a
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Past studies have shown that bees and pigeons fly in circles during overcast days when they do not have the sun to guide them. A recent study suggests that humans are not much different. A study conducted by scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics in Tübingen, Germany revealed that lost wanderers that are not near any landmarks will inherently walk in circles. Researchers equipped nine subjects with GPS tracking devices and placed them in the wilds of a level German forest and also in the southern Tunisian Sahara desert. The participants were instructed to walk in a straight line. The researchers were surprised by the study’s results. Moonless nights in the Sahara or overcast days in the forest caused the participants to walk in circles, sometimes circling back ly every 10 minutes. Dai lier ava Researchers surmised that this strange C h| ync phenomenon could be attributed to the as L m lack of landmarks the brain can use to process Tho motion. The brain combines visual and auditory cues, sense of acceleration in the inner ear and mechanical movements to derive the direction of motion. With the sun or the moon to guide them, however, the subjects trekking through the Sahara went sufficiently straight, while those in the dense German forest veered but managed to proceed in the same direction without circling back. —compiled by Lani Hossain
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resenting minority groups on Grounds. Representatives from the Minority Rights Coalition said that though the University has made a lot of progress since its founding days, a lot more still needs to be done on Grounds about diversity issues. Seth Kaye, Co-President of Queer and Allied Activism , said the University should make more of an effort to recruit faculty from the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer communities. Neal Fox, a co-chair of the Minority Rights Coalition, added that “these issues need to be brought to the forefront in this search.” Some members of the student body, meanwhile, said they hoped the University’s new president would focus on reducing sexual violence on and near Grounds. Amanda Perez, a member of the Latino Student Alliance, said the next president needs to “create more initiatives to prevent sexual assault from happening.” Third-year College student Nana Amoah brought up the University’s need to create opportunities for students outside of the classroom, noting that “the learning environment extends outside the classroom.” Globalization was another issue at the forefront of yesterday’s morning discussion. Dean of African-American Affairs Maurice Apprey said students need more international experience. “The world is shrinking,” he said. Chew-Mee Kirtland, a 1981 Darden graduate and parent of a current University student said the next president “needs to be able to deal with a global economy that is becoming more challenging.” Additionally, many feel that the next president should have the political savvy to further the Univerity’s mission. Mary Chee, a student in the School of Continuing and Professional Studies, said she believes the next president should make the University a “major player in the international arena.” At the second forum, located at Zehmer Hall , University staff and faculty offered up other ideas. Attendees brought up a variety of concerns, including those related to the recruitment and retainment of new faculty, as well as restructuring efforts. A number of faculty members were concerned about restructuring the faculty make-up of the University. Stewart Gamage, Director of the Morven Project, said the next president will have to understand what can be done to make restructuring even better. Chee also noted that a large percentage of faculty members are getting ready to retire and said the next President should take this opportunity to recruit innovative faculty. “This is a great opportunity to propel the University,” she said. Susan Chisholm, a faculty member from the School of Continuing and Professional Studies, noted that the next president needs to be able to attract the best faculty and the best students. “How do we get these people to come to U.Va and stay here?” she asked the committee. The University’s staff also let their voices and concerns be heard. “Staff members do many things that hold the University together,” said Carey Reinicke , an employee with the School of Continuing Studies. She added that the next president should show “new initiative to attract staff members that will hold the University’s mission.” Nancy Iverson, the assistant dean of K-12 education, was the last to speak at yesterday’s second forum, addressing the personal attributes needed of the University’s eighth president. He or she “must always at heart be committed to the pursuit of knowledge,” she said.
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This practical experience could partly explain why demand for clerkships is increasing, Donovan said. Additionally, the market for legal services might be smaller in the current economy, so clerkships may be a more attractive option than going straight into practice, he added. In general, clerks tend to do a large amount of legal research and writing, Payne said. Depending on the clerkship, however, other tasks may vary. For example, clerkships with trial justices can provide considerable courtroom experience, while clerkships with appellate judges are more research-based, Payne said. Overall, the University has been successful in placing its Law students in judicial clerkships in the past, Payne said, but the new office should build on these efforts. “In some ways this office is just a recognition of the fact that Virginia has a very strong clerkship program and we want to put resources into it to make sure we continue to have a strong ... program,” Payne said.
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“This year ... they really can’t promise us any money. The bookstore is just doing much worse than expected because of the economy.” He added that Council is working to help its committees create budgets that better reflect what they need, as well as eliminating nonSAF funding from their bud-
gets. He is, however, confident that the committees will be able to ride out dwindling sources of non-SAF funding. “We’re looking both at how we can get funding and how we can eliminate non-SAF funding in our budget,” Nelson said. “Fortunately, we’re going to be in a position where, because of the planning, it won’t be a problem for our committees.”
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OPINION
Paying for piracy
Many are to blame for the rise in illegal downloading
sites like The Pirate Bay to require their users to pay a subscription fee has been rejected by the sites developers, it seems like the only reasonable way to solve this dilemma would be to enforce this policy. File sharing sites are not exactly playing the role of Robin Hood because they do not supply necessities to the poor, but rather entertainment to those who can already afford entertainment. The super rich companies (not including some workers mentioned above) cannot really play the victim card either because they are still getting rich, just not as rich. Perhaps a small subscription fee for otherwise free music and movies might make companies realize that they have been overcharging for their products. Ironically, a middleman might actually lower the prices as opposed to inflating them. If — and it’s a big if — the producers and middle-men agree on a low fee, then the third and final party that is responsible for making sure this proposal goes through is the consumers. As anti-capitalistic as this may sound, consumers would have to support those sites that offer the same product for a low price and not those that offer the same product for free. If we follow this path, consumers will have the final say. If they choose to reject this path, then there will be no one else to blame for $15 movie tickets or $1000 fines if caught downloading illegally. Editor’s Note: This column was written before The Pirate Bay went back online yesterday afternoon. Hung Vu’s column usually appears Fridays in The Cavalier Daily. He can be reached at h.vu@cavalierdaily.com.
Mixed messages
SSP staff could have avoided creating confusion by clarifying and better targeting its correspondence with students
n August 21, all active undergraduate and graduate students at the University received a pointed e-mail from studentsystem@virginia.edu. The message instructed students to log into their Student Information System accounts and check for any holds on their records. If any such holds were in place, students could follow specific instructions on the site to resolve the problem. The e-mail further warned that any blocks not resolved by Friday, August 28, would result in the students’ enrollment being terminated for all classes. Clearly this type of message must carry high importance as it requires certain students to take swift action. The Student Systems Project staff determined that this need for high priority was best conveyed with a slightly ominous, all-caps message that read “CLEAR HOLDS OR LOSE CLASSES.” After reading the first sentence of the e-mail, it becomes clear that the directive was intended for a general audience and does not necessarily imply that the recipient has an administrative or financial hold. Nevertheless, the nature and ambiguity of the subject line appears to have set off a mild panic among some students. At the very least, it’s not a particularly reassuring welcome back for the academic year. The SSP staff had two goals in mind when the e-mail was sent out. The first was simply to ensure that all students with holds corrected them quickly. The second, broader objective was to introduce students to the SIS interface and to highlight its differences from its predecessor, the Integrated Student Information System. As SSP Director Susan Barr explained in a phone interview, “SIS provides significant detail on what holds a student may have, and what should be done to address the holds, in comparison with the information that was available in ISIS. We wanted to be sure that all students were aware of this new feature.” SSP staff clearly had students’ interests at heart when deciding on a format for the message, but the dual intent appears to have obscured their meaning. A simpler solution would have been to send out two separate e-mails — one targeted specifically for students with holds, and one addressed to the student body in general. This capability exists, and in fact Barr pointed out that a second e-mail notice was sent out yesterday only to those students with remaining holds. Such a notice that zeroes in on the students who must take immediate action seems more potent than a general memorandum distributed to everyone. Ultimately, the SSP staff wanted to ensure that all students reviewed their SIS accounts; this was most certainly accomplished. The main problem with the singular approach is that many students needlessly became preoccupied with finding blocks that did not exist, rather than taking the time to review the systematic differences between ISIS and SIS. Of course, an entirely capitalized subject line in an e-mail and a slightly muddled message are not terribly threatening things. The alarm among those students in compliance quickly subsided. Still, as one of the first correspondences that first-years received from University administrators, such messages are subject to greater scrutiny. Many observers of e-mail etiquette consider using all-caps to be the written equivalent of shouting at the reader. That is something that all students, faculty and administrators should be mindful of when aiming for professional exchanges with others.
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What makes a leader?
I am a first-year, and I have just emerged from the pre-college rite of passage: Summer Orientation. I, along with some three hundred other apprehensive first-years, wandered through the Grounds (map in hand), struggled with the SIS system and listened to speech upon speech, all with one resounding theme: LEADERSHIP. We were told that we will develop leadership skills here at the University and will become great leaders – leaders of our communities, of our countries, and of our world. My question is: Should we really be overusing such a charged (and ambiguous) word as “leader?” After all, it carries a lot of historical baggage. Just translate it into German: führer. Ouch! But more importantly, doesn’t leadership
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imply some sort of hierarchy: A leader leading the masses. And just who are these masses? The uninformed? Like, say, rising firstyears who are yet to dive into the delights of the Academical Village? So, this brings me to my second point: all this talk of leadership, isn’t it a bit premature? Yes, of course, we want to have strong leaders, but those leaders, first and foremost, must be educated. Should not we hear of leaders and their leadership once we’ve already become accomplished members of a vibrant intellectual community? I’m afraid that imbibing impressionable 18-year-olds with a drive to leadership breeds power-hungry and aggressive personalities, aiming more at leading than learning. This point is borne out by many recent American politicians who, despite their pitiful under-
standing of politics, economics, geography or even English grammar, have made it to the top with lightning speed. These leaders milk the strength of their charisma, without nurturing their intellectual abilities to conceive of a viable vision for their district, state, or nation. If there must be speeches, summer orientation should be a time for extolling the virtues of knowledge in the classroom, the mutual support of our peers and the lasting friendships we, the still anxious first-years, are hoping to make. And then, maybe at our graduation, once we are equipped with a healthier and “stronger mind” (to paraphrase Jefferson), the theme of leadership will not sound so hollow.
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South Korean attempt to launch satellite fails
North Korean officials monitor potentially controversial situation
Kwang-Tae Kim
Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s first rocket launch yesterday failed to push a satellite into its orbit but the flawed mission may still anger rival North Korea, coming just months after the communist nation’s own launch drew international condemnation. The failure dealt a blow to Seoul’s quest to become a regional space power. It comes against the complex backdrop of relations on the Korean peninsula — and recent signs that months of heightened tension over the North’s nuclear program may be easing. Also yesterday, a South Korean newspaper reported that North Korea has invited top envoys of President Barack Obama for the first nuclear negotiations between the two countries under his presidency, but Washington quickly said it has no plans to send the envoys to Pyongyang. The North gave no immediate reaction to the rocket launch but has said it will watch to see if the U.S. and regional powers refer the matter to the U.N. Security Council — which in June approved sanctions on the North over its recent nuclear and missile tests. The two-stage Naro rocket, whose first stage was designed by Russia, was South Korea’s first launch of a rocket from its own territory. It lifted off yesterday from South Korea’s space center on Oenaro Island, about 290 miles (465 kilometers) south of Seoul. The rocket was carrying a domestically built satellite aimed at observing the atmosphere and oceans. A South Korean official said they could not trace the satellite in orbit after it separated from the rocket. “We could not locate our satellite. It seems that communications with the satellite scheduled on Wednesday are unlikely to happen,” Science Ministry official Yum Ki-soo told The Associated Press late yesterday. He said more details could be available on Wednesday as South Korean and Russian scientists were analyzing data to try to determine the cause of the failure. Russia’s Interfax-AVN news agency, citing an unidentified Russian space industry source, said the satellite never reached orbit and problems occurred in the South Korean-built second stage of the rocket. In Moscow, an official at the Russian space agency, Roscosmos, declined to comment on the report that the satellite did not enter any orbit or say anything about what happened to it. In joint statements, Roscosmos and the state-controlled Khrunichev company, which made the rocket’s first stage, said that the first stage operated as planned. South Korean President Lee Myungbak called the launch a “half success.” “We must further strive to realize the dream of becoming a space power,” Lee said, according to his office. Among Asian countries, China has conducted a manned space flight, and Japan and India have also sent rockets carrying satellites into space. The liftoff came after a warning from North Korea that it would be “watching closely” for the international response to Seoul’s launch after its own launch in April — suspected as a disguised test of long-range missile technology — drew a rebuke from the United Nations. The North, unlike the South, is banned from ballistic missile activity by Security Council resolutions as part of international efforts to eliminate its nuclear and long-range missile programs. South Korean officials said it is inappropriate to compare their launch with the North’s because Seoul’s is for peaceful purposes and was carried out with transparency. “As I look at the case, our government, as a member of international treaties on nonproliferation, has been engaging in its space development program with a responsible attitude. We’ve been doing this openly,” Defense Ministry spokesman Won Tae-jae told reporters. Last week, U.S. State Department spokesman Ian Kelly supported Seoul, saying South Korea has developed its program in a very open and transparent way. The North sees the contrasting international reactions over the launches as discriminatory. It says its April rocket launch fired a satellite into space, although experts say no such satellite has been detected in orbit. Kim Tae-woo, a senior analyst of the Korea Institute for Defense Analyses, said that despite the North’s stance, yesterday’s launch is unlikely to have major implications on inter-Korean relations. In recent weeks, the North has become markedly more conciliatory, both toward the United States and to South Korea. Earlier this month, it freed two American journalists following a trip to Pyongyang by former President Bill Clinton. It has also freed a South Korean detainee, agreed to lift restrictions on border crossings with the South and resume suspended inter-Korean projects in industry and tourism.
IRANIAN REFORMIST APPEARS IN COURT
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In a trial compared to the famous “show trials” of Josef Stalin, Saeed Hajjarian renounced his former actions and ideas in front of numerous Iranian political figures. Hajjarian led a number of demonstrations in the 1990s before an assassination attempt in 2000 left him partially paralyzed.
Prominent Iranian reformist on trial
Saeed Hajjarian confesses to “incorrect” ideas, renounces former beliefs in front of political court
Ali Akbar Dareini
Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran — Saeed Hajjarian was a die-hard hero of Iran’s reform movement, campaigning to reduce the power of the Islamic clerics even after being shot in the head in an assassination attempt that left him partially paralyzed. Yesterday, he was brought into a courtroom propped up by men who put him in the front row of defendants in Iran’s biggest political trial in decades, where he proceeded to renounce his entire career as a reformist. His speech slurred and nearly unintelligible from the 2000 attack, Hajjarian had a statement read proclaiming that Iran’s supreme leader represents the rule of God on Earth and asking for forgiveness for his “incorrect” ideas. The stunning confession was among the most dramatic in the trial of more than 100 reform leaders and protesters arrested in Iran’s post-election crackdown — testimony the opposition says was coerced by threats and mistreatment during weeks of solitary confinement. A procession of the biggest names in the reform movement has taken the stand during the past month, some looking thin and tired, all dressed in blue pajama-like prison uniforms and slippers. They have confessed to taking part in what the government says was a plot backed by foreign enemies to overthrow Iran’s clerical leadership in a “velvet revolution.” The opposition has compared the proceedings to Josef Stalin’s “show trials” against his opponents in the Soviet Union, saying the government is trying to wipe out the reform movement. Hajjarian’s turn in court perhaps more resembled a scene from China’s Cultural Revolution, as he repented of the proreform ideology he has espoused for years. In a statement read by a fellow defendant, he confessed to trying to spread “Marxist thought” that “has no relation to Iran.” He said he had led astray his political party, the Islamic Iran Participation Front, with his ideas and announced his resignation from the party. He threw his support behind Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, whose rule “springs from the rule of the Prophet Muhammad.” “I’ve committed grave mistakes by offering incorrect analysis during the election,” Hajjarian said. “I apologize to the dear Iranian nation because of my incorrect analyses that was the basis for many wrong actions.” The Islamic Iran Participation Front dismissed the confessions by Hajjarian and other party leaders as forced, saying: “What is uttered from their tongue today is not by their will.” The 55-year-old Hajjarian was arrested soon after mass protests erupted over the disputed June 12 presidential election, when hundreds of thousands took to the streets claiming that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s victory was fraudulent. Held for weeks in a secret location with no contact with lawyers or family, the opposition repeatedly expressed concern over his health in custody. A top architect of the reform movement, Hajjarian was a senior aide to former reformist President Mohammad Khatami, helping to design a program of social and political liberalization during Khatami’s 1997-2005 administration — policies that were ultimately stymied by hard-line clerics who dominate Iran’s Islamic republic system. Hajjarian was among the radical students who seized the U.S. Embassy during the height of the 1979 Islamic revolution and held American diplomats hostage for 444 days. He later helped build the Islamic republic’s Intelligence Ministry, rising to high rank in the ministry. But in the 1990s, Hajjarian became disillusioned with the clerical leadership and began to speak out for freedom of expression and political reform. He called for limiting Khamenei’s powers and formulated a reform strategy of “pressure from the bottom, bargaining at the top” — rallying the public in favor of change while pressing demands within the halls of power. In the 2000 assassination attempt, gunmen believed linked to hard-liners shot Hajjarian in the head at close range and the bullet passed through his cheek, lodging in his throat. For years, he had to use a wheelchair, though he can now stand with a walker or support from others. His speech remains impaired from a stroke he had after the attack.
Afghanistan blasts kill 41 civilians
Simultaneously detonated vehicle bombs meant to destroy Japanese contracting company
Noor Khan
Associated Press KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — A cluster of vehicle bombs detonated simultaneously yesterday near a foreign-owned company that plans to build a road through an insurgentheld area. At least 41 people were killed, all civilians, officials said. The thundering explosion in the Taliban’s spiritual homeland occurred just after nightfall in a district that includes U.N. facilities and an Afghan intelligence office. The force of the blast shattered windows around the city and sent flames shooting into the sky. So many houses and nearby buildings had collapsed that officials feared the death toll could rise further. At least 66 people were wounded, said Gen. Ghulam Ali Wahabat, a police commander in charge of southern Afghanistan. “There was big smoke in the sky, and there were many dead bodies,” said Mohammad Ismail, a vegetable seller being treated at the hospital for leg and hand injuries from the blast. “Some of the wounded were crying out.” It appeared the main target was the Japanese company that is involved in reconstruction efforts in the southern Afghan city. The company recently took over a contract to build a road that insurgents had stalled for several months. An intelligence office is about a quarter mile (400 meters) from the attack site and a U.N. office is located about a half mile (800 meters) away. “The staff is good, everybody is safe,” said Samad Khaydarov, head of the U.N. Assistance Mission in Afghanistan. “Our office, our guesthouses, are safe. ... Unfortunately, security is not so good in Kandahar.” No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.
MASSIVE BLAST ROCKS KANDAHAR
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Five car bombs exploded yesterday in Kandahar, Afghanistan, leaving at least 41 people dead and destroying dozens of buildings, including a foreign construction companyʼs.
New Chinese law to give government more control of security
President Hu Jintao claims duty of internal security forces is to uphold social stability; increasing domestic violence and ethnic unrest led to legislative decisions
Christopher Bodeen
Associated Press BEIJING — Buffeted by rising domestic unrest and missteps in handling ethnic violence, China’s leaders are asserting greater control over the country’s main internal security force with a new law on how and when the troops are mobilized. The law, set to be passed this week, will define the mission of the 660,000member People’s Armed Police, which serves mainly as a better-armed backup to the regular police. Its troops, distinguished by their red epaulets, guard public buildings and infrastructure, and even jogged alongside the Beijing Olympic torch during its contentious journey around the world last year. Most prominently, PAP troops were used to subdue rioters in Tibetan areas last year after violence there that left at least 18 people dead. They were used again last month when indigenous Turkic Muslims, called Uighurs, clashed with migrants from China’s ethnic Han majority in the far western region of Xinjiang, leaving almost 200 dead — China’s worst ethnic violence in decades. President Hu Jintao visited with PAP, police and army troops in Xinjiang yesterday, telling them to make “upholding social stability the most urgent task.” Details of the law have not been released, but the official Xinhua News Agency said it would designate the PAP as responsible for dealing with “riots, unrest, large-scale violent crimes, and terrorist attacks,” while limiting their powers of search and seizure. A standing committee of the National People’s Congress, China’s legislature, said it is expected to pass the law on Thursday. “The PAP are taking on heavier and heavier tasks from dealing with outbreaks of violence to anti-terrorism and disaster relief. They need a better legal safeguard,” Sui Mingtai, a member of the NPC’s Standing Committee, was quoted as saying in remarks posted on the congress’ official Web site. The PAP was established in 1983 as a police force for internal security. Their troops are based all over China. Since then, the force has mostly relied on intimidation and arrests to enforce its will. It seemed initially unprepared for the level of violence in the Tibet and Xinjiang rioting. PAP troops are also frequently called out to deal with rising cases of civil unrest in the vast countryside, usually linked to land disputes and protests over forced relocations — often involving farmers who have been displaced as a result of real estate projects. Such cases have spiked as China’s economy has boomed.
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Virginia depleted by loss of experienced defenders
Swanson believes depth in backline will make up for lack of game-tested defenders; keeper will lead the way
By Jack Bird
Cavalier Daily Senior Associate Editor Sophomore goalkeeper Chantel Jones will return this season as Virginia’s prodigal goalie after representing the United States at the U-20 World Cup — good news for a team that missed her presence between the posts. This year, however, the task of defending the Cavaliers’ net will come with an additional challenge. In her first season as the Virginia keeper, Jones posted 71 saves, averaging an impressive 0.41 goals allowed per game . As she takes up her mantel this year, though, Jones will need to step up to an even greater level because she will be without the veteran backline she had in 2007. All four starters that comprised the Cavalier defense used up their last years of eligibility in 2008, leaving Jones to captain a defensive squad that is mostly untested. “Our backline was one of the best backlines in the conference,” sophomore defender Katie Carr said. “Losing them is a new change. It’s hard getting used to playing with a whole new line.” Nikki Krzysik, Alli Fries, Sarah Senty and Alex Singer made up the starting defense for a Virginia squad that held opponents to a stifling 5.1 shots per game — less than onethird of the total shots Virginia averaged last season . Of the four defenders that played almost every minute of every game in 2008, three are now playing professionally. “They are all very quality players,” Jones said. “Having them play together for four years just made them that much better,” Last season, leadership of the defense fell primarily on the shoulders of Krzysik. The two-time All-American started all but four games in her four years on the team. Jones now needs to pilot the Virginia backline using her experience working with Virginia coach Steve Swanson.
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AARON PERRYMAN
Reasons for optimism
I was disheartened to find out a few weeks ago that the Virginia football team was picked to finish fifth in the ACC Coastal Division by the members of the media who gathered in July for the ACC Media Days. But with the landslide, four-game losing streak the team ended 2008 on, the large number of questions surrounding this year’s team and the strength of the rest of the Coastal Division, it was unlikely that Virginia would be picked to finish much higher. There are many reasons to believe the Cavaliers will suffer through a losing record this year. There also are, however, reasons to be hopeful. First, some stats. The following list consists of Virginia’s average offensive yards per game during each year of coach Al Groh’s eightyear tenure: 2001-345; 2002-357.1; 2003-385.9; 2004-423.4; 2005-366.2; 2006-257.2; 2007-330.4; 2008-299.8; average from 2001-2005: 375.5; average from 2006-2008: 295.8; average for all eight years: 345.6. Notice the big drop-off from 2006-2008? Well, I don’t want to point fingers or anything, but those are the three years during which Mike Groh was the offensive coordinator. He certainly was not the entire reason that Virginia suffered through two 5-7 seasons in three years. I’m not claiming to know everything when it comes to the football team’s woes and this is only a correlation, but, looking at the entire body of work of Al Groh’s offenses, they were the worst three in terms of average yardage. The 2007 team that eclipsed 330 yards per game and went 9-4 was probably helped by a monster defense anchored by All-American defensive end Chris Long. It could be argued that Al Groh’s defenses, which have been consistently strong, were what managed to pull the 2006 and 2008 teams to respectable 5-7 records. Now, Mike Groh is no longer the offensive coordinator and the program brought in spread offense
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Sophomore defender Katie Carr did not start a single game last season, but this fall, she could be asked to step up into a more pivotal role for the inexperienced Cavalier backline.
Junior right-hander Kevin Arico played an instrumental role in the Cavaliersʼ road to the College World Serires. He pitched in five of Virginiaʼs nine NCAA tournament games, and notched one save to add to his season total of 11.
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thletes talk about team chemis- College World Series . It doesn’t add try and camaraderie like chefs up for a bullpen to return two players talk about adding ingredients in who pitched significant innings in 2008, appropriate proportions. And, speaking have both those pitchers blow up midfrom outside the locker room, I won’t season, and then post a 1.45 ERA in the deny that these qualities make up a postseason run to Omaha. Believe me, I’ve considered other posfactor that goes into winning and losing sibilities — namely, that the Cavaliers, in sports. But frankly, I always thought that it ranked No. 5 in the nation at season’s end , have the No. 5 was mostly hogwash. class of talent. But truly, Maybe part of it is that they don’t. You tell me even as an amateur, I’m that freshman standout beginning to turn into pitcher/first baseman your stereotypically Danny Hultzen was cynical sportswriter. projected in the second But I played sports in round of the 2008 MLB high school, so I also Draft, and I’ll tell you reference personal that sophomore pitcher experience. I played PAUL MONTANA Kevin Arico went from on teams divided that throwing 14.1 innings won, and teams that were just smitten with each other that in 2008 to being the team’s lights-out always found a way to lose. I’ve played closer in the last two months of the 2009 with guys who I never knew whether I season. You tell me that freshman third could count on, yet we still found a way baseman Steven Proscia already has the physical stature of a big leaguer, and I’ll to win — and vice versa. Then, I covered the 2009 Virginia base- tell you that freshman second baseman Keith Werman, at 5-foot-7, 140 pounds, ball team — and I was born anew. Why? Because this group’s accom- would make more sense as the coxplishments just don’t make sense. It swain for the club rowing team than as doesn’t make sense for a team that a .400-hitting second baseman — which starts three, sometimes four freshmen Please see Montana, Page B2 to make the program’s first trip to the
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Inglot, Shabaz tear through bracket, capture doubles title
Senior caps off career with doubles championship, helps knock off No. 2 Tennessee in final; duo salvages disappointing showing in team tournament
By Andrew Seidman
Cavalier Daily Senior Associate Editor Michael Shabaz is by all accounts an impressive tennis player. His no-holds-bar serve is difficult for opponents to return effectively, as they instead frequently scuff the ball into the net or launch it into the stands. Although serious and driven on the court, the Virginia sophomore loves to make jokes with his doubles partner, senior Dominic Inglot. “We were joking about it the whole year — winning a national title in doubles,” Shabaz said. “We just felt like we were one of the most talented teams out there.” Although Inglot may have injected a bit of his British humor into the conversation, it is hard to imagine him being amused by the serious prospect of winning a doubles title. Putting aside the unlikely scenario in which Shabaz and Inglot laughed at the thought of achieving such a goal, the doubles tandem made the dream a reality when the pair defeated No. 2-seed Davey Sandgren and JohnPatrick Smith of Tennessee in the Ncs in May. “Both did not play their best tennis in the singles championships but continued to battle and persevere,” Virginia coach Brian Boland said. “They started off the year as our No. 2 doubles team and continued to get better ... They deserve so much credit for showing such confidence and resilience, especially under the circumstances they were under.” After dropping the first set, 5-7, against Ole Miss’ top doubles team in the round of 32, the pair’s title chances were on the verge of slipping away. The Cavaliers took the second set, 6-3, though, and secured the victory when Shabaz served out the match to take the third set, 6-4. “That first match was as tight as could be,” Shabaz said. “We broke a 4-all set, and I think once we won that, we
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Junior Michael Shabazʼs strong play helped steer the Cavaliers to victory in the NCAA doubles championship. He and partner Dom Inglot emerged as Virginiaʼs top team in the postseason.
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Senior Dominic Inglot finished his career at Virginia as an NCAA doubles champion. The title marked the third consecutive year the Cavaliers won an NCAA individual championship.
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W Soccer | Swanson will show many looks on defense
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“I’ve been working really hard over the summer and in the past with [Swanson] about leadership roles and how to approach people and how to be a better leader,” Jones said. “So I guess I’m taking on the load that [Krzysik and the other seniors] left. But it’s no problem for me — I’m happy to do it.” Losing four starters could make forming a formidable backline more difficult. Without a single returning starter, the defense will see many different looks as Swanson shuffles his players around. In addition to mixing and matching different groups of defenders, Swanson plans to capitalize on the versatility of certain midfielders and forwards as well, giving them a chance to play on the backline. “It’s a long process; it started last spring,” Carr said. “We had a whole new backline in the spring and now we have some incoming first years that are helping us out too. It’s just all about adjustments.” There is, however, a solution to the backline’s weakness: time. “If you look at the way our defense has been run the past four years — those lines didn’t change,” Swanson said. “There wasn’t a lot of turnover at all in those guys. We graduated a lot of players that had a lot of game experience.” Although its lack of experience may hamper the Cavalier defense at the outset, Carr believes that team cohesion can only improve with game experience. “I think the reason the backline was so good last year was because they had played together for four years,” Carr said. “The oldest [people] in the backline right now — we’re sophomores. I think we will have many more years to get to that level.” Though it has meant a trial by fire for many of the young athletes on the team, the openings on the backline also provide a chance for freshmen like defender Morgan Stith to prove themselves. “I was so happy to be able to start that last game,” Stith said, “I think all the defenders ... have really big shoes to fill.” Furthermore, as Virginia works its way through the season, Swanson is ready to harness an in-game adaptability to challenging situations. “Maybe we can use [the many options we have] to our advantage though,” Swanson said. “Maybe we have a couple looks and players that can offer us different things. We have to take time to sort that out a little bit ... I imagine through the course of the non-conference season we are going to try to give people opportunities and try to look at different combinations and see how things look.” Coming off of a 1-0 loss to Penn State last week, the Cavaliers’ young backline will look to continue gaining experience against Liberty Friday.
Hartig transfers, citing academics
Virginia women’s basketball coach Debbie Ryan announced yesterday that junior forward Kelly Hartig has transferred from the University, citing academic reasons . Hartig started in 32 games last season, averaging 1.4 points and 2.6 rebounds per game. She will attend University of Colorado-Denver this fall, where she does not plan to continue playing college basketball. Her older sister Jayna, a redshirt junior, will stay with the team. —compiled by Andrew Seidman
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guru Gregg Brandon to take his place. Before arriving at Virginia, Brandon was the head coach at Bowling Green for six years. Before that, he was the offensive coordinator and assistant head coach under current Florida coach Urban Meyer for two years at the same school. Now, here is a list of the offensive yards per game of the offenses Brandon was involved with at Bowling Green: 2001-383.9; 2002-448.9 ; 2003-496.9; 2004-506.3; 2005-427.7 ; 2006-345.8 ; 2007-402.5; 2008-359.8; average for all eight years: 421.5. The worst Brandon offense was still as good as Al Groh’s average offense for his entire career at Virginia, and the average Virginia offense cannot even get a whiff of the best Bowling Green offense. The Cavaliers may have had offenses from 2001-2005 that were better than ones from 2006-2008, but they were by no means great. The Hoos made a great hire in Brandon and he can get the Cavalier offense back to its 2001-2005 level of production — and possibly higher. Just looking at the numbers, it’s not too hard to believe that the Virginia offense will start looking like its old self in 2009. Al Groh has the chance to show everyone that the subpar offenses from 2006-2008 were neither products of his coaching nor oversight, but rather the product of an offensive coordinator who was just not ready to lead an entire offense. It seems as though Virginia fans have grown accustomed to bad offenses and solid defenses under Al Groh, but that has not always been the case. In 2001, Al Groh’s first team went 5-7 but compiled more yardage than 2007’s 9-4 team. Granted, Al Groh was able to work with a couple great starting quarterbacks — Matt Schaub (20012003) and Marques Hagans (2004-2005) — but the offense got better and better each year, with the exception of 2005. Al Groh teams at Virginia have had good offenses. With a solid backfield consisting of senior running back Mikell Simpson , senior quarterback Jameel Sewell (fitting Hagans’ style of a scrambling quarterback) and cornerback-turned-quarterback Vic Hall (fitting Hagans’ in both style and stature) available for playing time, Brandon has some versatile tools to use. Sure, he may not be able to duplicate all the success of his Bowling Green offenses — at least not right away — but I’d be willing to bet our offense will see a major improvement this year. Pair Brandon’s offense with a stout Al Groh defense, and there’s reason for optimism this season.
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he was. So how does a team that starts six underclassmen position players and two of three underclassmen in the weekend pitching rotation end up at the College World Series? This group, as O’Connor and players repeated throughout the season, was as close as could be. Even on day one of the spring season, when everyone was predicting a season of growing pains, O’Connor said he had never coached a more tightknit group in his six years with the program. “They just showed a toughness and a level of character and pride that I haven’t been a part of,” O’Connor said. As the saying goes, the proof is in the pudding. Here are a few morsels — some examples of individuals who came through when they probably shouldn’t have. Coming through, and again It’s the bottom of the 10th of Virginia vs. Arkansas at the College World Series, an elimination game for both teams. The score is tied at 3-3; the inning before, the Cavaliers had grounded into a bases-loaded double play, with the hitter Hultzen getting thrown out at first by a quarter of a step. A half inning before that, the Cavaliers had led 3-1 and had the Razorbacks down to their last strike, before a two-run bomb knotted the game at three. Back to the 10th. Standing on second base is Shane Halley, who was inserted in the ninth as a defensive replacement in left field; he found himself on base for the first time since April 5. Stepping into the box is one of Virginia’s three freshman starters: Proscia. A deer in the headlights? Far from it. Proscia lines a single up the middle, one that potentially could score Halley. But, the inexperienced baserunner Halley makes a crucial error: his first step is back to second before he breaks for third as the ball skips into centerfield. Third base coach Kevin McMullan raises his hands in frustration on one side of the diamond, and Proscia mimics him on the other side. Had Halley been running on contact, Proscia probably would have been the hero. But he wasn’t — and neither were the next two hitters, who struck out to leave Halley stranded. Another shot to the gut for Virginia, and a blow to the head for Proscia. Skip to the bottom of the 12th. After Virginia already left too many stranded runners to count, Arkansas put one of its own across in the top of the 12th — a backbreaker. Leading off the bottom of the inning is — you guessed it — Proscia. Let me put myself in Proscia’s shoes. Here are the possible mindsets that I would have taken to the plate: 1. I should have had a walk-off RBIsingle two innings ago. If Halley had been going on contact, I’d be a hero. What the hell else am I supposed to do! 2. Wait a minute ... It’s the 12th inning of the College World Series, and I’m standing at the plate at Rosenblatt Stadium in front of 20,000-plus. A year ago, I was hitting for Don Bosco Prep in Ramsey, N.J. Abort! What did Proscia do? How about a double down the left field line. Like eight other Virginia runners, though, Proscia was left stranded. But, the point stands: In the face of adversity, with 21,383 people in attendance plus a national television audience watching, with the image of Halley standing on third still burning a hole in his mind, the freshman from New York came through. Again. “That kid grew up an unbelievable amount this year,” O’Connor said. No kidding. Filling Werman’s big shoes One of Omaha’s favorite sons in this year’s College World Series was another Virginia freshman: the aforementioned would-be rowing coxswain, Keith Werman. The left-handed Werman was inserted into the starting lineup in the NCAA Tournament against righthanded pitching, and responded by hitting .435. Every time he was asked to come through, he seemed to do it. But that was only against righties. Against lefties, O’Connor played the matchups, putting righthander John Barr in Werman’s slot. And, as Virginia prepared for its third game in Omaha against Arkansas, O’Connor knew that the Razorbacks would likely start lefty Drew Smyly. Despite the hot-hitting of Werman — he was 6-for-9 in his first two games in Omaha — O’Connor stuck with the usual plan, sitting Werman and playing Barr. “We wouldn’t [have been] in Omaha if it wasn’t for John Barr,” O’Connor said. “The guy got some big hits for us.” Werman, poor kid. But what about Barr? Put yourself in his shoes for a moment. You have yet to appear in the College World Series. Your debut is going to be filling the spot of not only the hottest hitter in the lineup, but also a Wahoo favorite. If you go up there and whiff three times, you will look bad on a national stage, you’ll make your coach look bad for playing you and you’ll be that hated guy who inadequately filled the shoes of Cavalier fans’ favorite little man. Of course, Barr came through. He went 1-for-2 with a run scored against Arkansas — a pretty important run, considering it was a 3-3 stalemate in the ninth. These truly are a couple of morsels. There isn’t the space to describe some other moments that had me convinced of Virginia’s togetherness and that O’Connor said had him convinced that Virginia had a legitimate shot to get to Omaha. Like the six-run ninth that propelled the Cavs to an 11-10 win on the road at Georgia Tech. Or the ACC Tournament, during which the Cavaliers trailed by at least two runs before fighting back in three of their four wins en route to their second ACC Championship in school history. All of this with six of eight starting position players being underclassmen. There have been times the past year when I subtly crossed my arms to cover the sabre on my Virginia sweatshirt. Like when the football team was smacked by Duke 33-3. Or when the men’s basketball team did just about anything. You’re not supposed to be emotionally involved with a team you’re covering. But in the press box at Rosenblatt Stadium, I have never rooted so hard for a Virginia team to come through. Nothing has made me prouder to be a Wahoo than watching O’Connor’s boys play ball in 2009.
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kind of felt like our draw was wide open after that ,,, We kind of felt like we could just run with the title.” The doubles tandem cruised through the next two rounds against Texas Tech and Pepperdine , winning each match in straight sets to wind up in a semifinal matchup against the North Carolina duo of Clay Donato and Taylor Fogleman. The two teams already had squared off three times previously this season, with the Tar Heel tandem taking the regular season and NCAA Regional matches, 8-5 and 8-3, respectively. The lone victory for Inglot and Shabaz came in the quarterfinals of the ACC Tournament, during which the pair snatched an 8-3 victory en route to a 4-0 rout of the Tar Heels . “When you play somebody over and over, both teams have a feel for each other, but at the same time it’s a guessing game — who’s going to throw something different at each other,” Shabaz said. “They were probably the best team that gave us a run for our money.” The Cavaliers’ eventual 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 victory set up a rematch of the National Indoor Championship semifinals with Tennessee’s Sandgren and Smith, the No. 2 doubles team in the country, which Virginia bested in the fall. For the third time in the doubles championships, however, Virginia fell to a one-set deficit, needing to grab two sets in a row to win. “Going in to [the match] we felt good, but they came out on fire,” Shabaz said. “They took care of us in the first set.” Shabaz believes the three-set format, different from the eight-game pro-set used in team competition all year long, favored the Virginia duo. “The better team usually wins in a longer match,” Shabaz said. “We felt like as long as we could hang around in the match, we felt like we had a great chance of winning it in the third set.” The Cavaliers capitalized on the tournament format, taking the final two sets against Tennessee, 7-6, 6-4, to clinch the championship. “We kept holding serve [in the second set],” Shabaz said. “We both felt like if we could just somehow squeeze the tiebreaker out that we’d win the match in the third set because we were getting better as the match progressed. Dom came up with a couple of huge returns, and I came up with some big serves, and once we got to the third set, we felt really good, and that was pretty much it.” Shabaz also said he and Inglot felt poised to contend for the championship the entire year, and that this confidence helped carry the team in times of need. “Going into doubles, it was one of those things that, deep down, me and Dom knew we could do it,” Shabaz said. Virginia made its presence known in the singles championships as well, as sophomore Sanam Singh knocked off several top-seeded players, including No. 1 Arnau Brugues of Tulsa in the quarterfinals, to advance all the way to the final four. “[Sanam] made a great run,” Boland said. “When you make the semifinals as a second-year, you’re playing at an incredibly high level. That’s a guy that spent most of the year playing [No.] 2 and 3 [on the team] and was in the 20s and 30s in national rankings ... Making the final four shows how much he improved.” Both Singh and Shabaz will return for the Cavaliers next season, but Inglot graduated in the spring and is currently participating in what Shabaz described as the “Collegiate Olympics” in Belgrade, where he is representing his home country of England. “Dom is going to be incredibly successful — he’s a two-time ACC Athlete of the Year,” Boland said about Inglot’s potential future as a professional tennis player. “He’s just a tremendous studentathlete. I have no doubt that if he puts his mind to it, he can be a great professional tennis player.” Shabaz agreed. “Dom is definitely going to give it a shot,” he added. “When you put that much time and sacrifice in tennis your whole life, you might as well give it a shot. And with his game, he definitely has the potential to be an excellent pro.” Shabaz, meanwhile, also will seek to jumpstart his professional career, hoping to qualify for the doubles tournament at the U.S. Open in August. And with the likes of Shabaz, Singh and other top athletes returning this fall, aspirations in Charlottesville already are running high as the Cavaliers look to continue their recent history of success on the courts.
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he soft serve vanilla ice cream at the pool somehow never tasted as good toward the end of the summer. Perhaps it was because my brother Taylor and I knew that school would resume soon and there would be no more freezer ice pops at the beach, purple Gatorade at softball games or virgin frozen daiquiris by the lake. Instead, we merely could look forward to brown bag lunches with soggy turkey sandwiches and lukewarm yogurt. No, we never were ready for school to begin. In an attempt to make the final week of summer vacation more pleasant, my mother would allow us each to choose a favorite restaurant, and we then knew the countdown had begun. As we savored our final days of freedom, we would set out to enjoy our “lasts”: our last trip to the children’s museum, our last night swim, our last dinner out on a weeknight. Although we grew older and our preferences grew increasingly more sophisticated, the core of our traditions never changed. Taylor’s intense love for Burger King gave way to an insistence that we dine at Mellow Mushroom, and my zeal for Tex Mex crunchy beef tacos gradually faded into a preference for the bistro-style dishes at a local trendy southwestern restaurant. Regardless, we knew that for the brief span of our special dinner, we ruled the household. The night before the first day of school, however, my family ate at home. My mother would prepare pasta, one of the few dishes every member of the household consistently liked. When our plates began to grow empty, Taylor and I would lapse into a quiet state of despair and resignation; as our food disappeared, so did any conversation. The reality had arrived: early mornings, tests, homework and strict rules awaited us. Years later, the evening before the start of my senior year of high school, my family still gathered around the table for a spaghetti supper. At the time 15 and 17, Taylor and I had matured and managed to speak and even smile occasionally as we twirled pasta around our forks. With time, our palates had developed. The buttered noodles with parmesan cheese had evolved first into spaghetti with meat sauce, then fresh angel hair with marinara and now whole wheat penne with pesto. Yet with the exception of the cosmopolitan pasta dish before me, everything else seemed the same as it had been before my first day of grade school: We uttered the same blessing, we sat in the same places in the same antique wooden chairs, we ate from the same black modern plates. I experienced a strange, inexplicable wave of panic upon realizing that my final week of summer vacation each year had been a dependable albeit slightly corny constant in my life and that this spaghetti dinner would be my last. Next year, I would find myself in a crowded, noisy college dining hall, most likely picking at greasy pizza or downing a bowl of cereal. So now I prepare for my fourth year of college and I wonder why I let the pasta dinner tradition lapse. No longer do I slowly relish the subtle flavors of the foods on my plate. Rather, I hurriedly race through meals so that I may move on to more pressing items on my agenda. I lament the limited position that food occupies in college students’ lives, as we often do not take the time to explore the bright, crisp taste of fresh vegetables, the richness of perfectly cooked meat and the nutty, salty aroma of good cheese — choosing to scarf down energy drinks and cream cheese
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By Leslie Keena | CAVALIER DAILY STAFF WRITER
When Marisa Vrooman first tried a tree-ripened peach, “the taste blew [her] mind.” Now acting as a local food advocate to preserve the “flavor, freshness and nutrition content” of what she eats, Vrooman works as the co-founder and director of farm services and development of the Local Food Hub, a non-profit organization with the goal of providing fresh, locally grown food to the Charlottesville community. Local Food Hub co-founder Kate Collier came up with the idea in January 2008, Vrooman said. After supporting locally grown fresh food her entire life and working with different farms, she started to realize many farmers were experiencing difficulty in not only growing and harvesting food but promoting and maintaining it as well. Instead of investing all their time and energy into farming, local farmers had to worry about transporting and marketing their crops. So, Collier made a New Year’s resolution to help small farms in the area by creating a location at which farmers could distribute, transport and invoice their food. Collier, along with Vrooman and a small team, successfully opened the Local Food Hub this past summer with funding from locally based foundations, the Nelson County Economic Development Department and individual contributions. The Hub, which serves the City of Charlottesville and Albemarle County as well as several other neighboring counties, acts as a middleman for farmers by providing them with the opportunity to sell and distribute their crops. The team transformed a former grocery distribution center into 1500 square feet of refrigerated storage and 1800 square feet of cool and dry storage and obtained a refrigerated truck for produce transportation. “We’re finding that the more and more we get the word out, the higher and higher the demand is,” Vrooman said. The organizations started with the hope of obtaining 10 farmers and 10 buyers. Now, it has more than 25 partner producers and 30 partner buyers, and the list keeps growing, Vrooman added. Not only does the Hub provide the community with healthy fresh food, but it also benefits the local economy. “When you buy locally, you’re supporting your neighbors and the small independent business that make our community unique,” Vrooman said. The organization, however, does not plan to sell directly to consumers, Vrooman said. “We are a farm-support organization,” Vrooman said. “If you go direct to [a] consumer, we feel like that would be competing with the audience that we’re trying to serve. There are direct consumer outlets already ... farmers markets ... We wanted to fill that gap.” The Local Food Hub has also been working with University Dining to try to get local food into the dining halls, as well as with Albemarle County schools, Charlottesville schools and local senior homes, Vrooman said. Jean Rinaldi and Richard Bean of Double H Farms, one of the organization’s participating producers, strongly support the Local Food Hub’s goals. They sell their produce at the farmer’s market and share what they have not sold at the market with two to three different organizations. They also take some produce to Salvation Army once a week, but sometimes they still have extra left over. The Local Food Hub offers an opportunity to sell the overage. “We want to put our food into the local food system, especially in schools and hospitals,” Rinaldi said. “It’s going to help the farmers ... reach places when they can’t sell to other places. This provides an intermediary.” The Local Food Hub also uses community outreach efforts to spread the word about eating locally. The Hub hosts several workshops, events and after-school farm field trips to promote local produce. Whether it’s an entire diet or just a first peach, in the end, the Hub is about the food. “From the picking, the cleaning, the packing ... [shipped food] can take a week or more from the time it leaves the field until it gets to your hand,” Vrooman said. “They have to pick it green a lot of the time so it’s not rotten when it’s in the grocery store. Local food usually tastes a lot better.”
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bagels instead. The closest most of my friends come to cooking is when they spread peanut butter on a slice of bread or sit down to watch an episode of “Top Chef.” This year, I vow, will be different. We ought to enjoy heartily, to taste fully, to savor the food we consume. Meals should last longer than five minutes and the pots in our houses put to use. Monday night, I prepared a spaghetti supper for the girls in my house. Together we bit down on al dente pasta, discerned the flavor of mellow, sweet garlic on our tongues and felt the burst of the bright, firm cherry tomatoes in our mouths, while we slowly sipped red wine — from a bottle, not a box, and not screw-top — and lingered at the table. I invite you to cook your own pasta dinner and join me this year as I rediscover the art of truly cherishing good food. Penne alla Caprese (the dish I served to my housemates) 1 16 oz. box of penne pasta 3 pints cherry tomatoes, halved 8 oz. fresh mozzarella (Boccioni), cut into small cubes 1/4 cup olive oil 1 to 3 teaspoons bottled minced garlic 1 bunch fresh basil, chopped or torn into small pieces Salt Pepper Juice of 1 lemon Cook pasta according to package directions. Drain. Meanwhile, mix olive oil, garlic, salt and pepper in a large bowl. Add hot, cooked pasta, and toss. Add cherry tomatoes, cheese and basil, and mix until evenly distributed. Finish with a generous squeeze of lemon juice. Serve either at room temperature or chilled. Serves six people. Emily’s column runs biweekly Wednesdays. She can be reached at e.rowell@cavalierdaily.com.
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