The sound-level meter hovered aroundthe upper-90s, showing triple-digits on nu-merous occasions during Friday night’sopening basketball game when new coachPaul Hewitt was welcomed to the Patriots’bench with a rasping crowd and, more im-portantly, a “W.”

“It was my first time in the building andit was a great atmosphere,” Hewitt said. “Iwalked in and saw the student section filledto the top on both sides, and it was nice.They do a really good job here.”

More than 6,644 students and fanspacked into the Patriot Center, in compari-son to the 3,600 that trickled into theBankUnited Center in Coral Gables on Fri-day, to catch the much-anticipated debut ofHewitt and his up-tempo style of basketball.

“That kind of environment is terrific toplay a college basketball game at this time ofyear,” said Rhode Island coach Jim Baron.

Three minutes into the game, though,

the Patriots did not appear to be one of thenation’s top teams, falling behind 11-4.

“I thought there were a lot of shots thatshowed some early season jitters,” Hewittsaid. “We were right at the rim a bunch oftimes and just missed them. I kept telling[the team], ‘If you keep getting shots likethat all year, we’re going to have a very goodseason.’”

Despite an uncomfortable first halffrom senior forward and preseason firstteam All-CAA selection Ryan Pearson, whowas just 3-for-11 through 20 minutes, Masonresponded with a 16-6 run to end the secondhalf and tied the score at 33 heading into thebreak.

Pearson, however, responded with animpressive 8-for-11 showing in the secondhalf to finish with 28 points and 12 reboundson the night.

“That’s what a senior does, especially asenior of his quality,” Hewitt said. “He threwoff the first half and came up with a big timenight for us.”

With Pearson leading the way, the Pa-

triots were able to spread the ball and allowfour players to reach double digits in thescoring column.

Mike Morrison, who led the way earlyfor the Patriots, had an emotional 11-pointeffort cut short when he fouled out late inthe second half. Vertrail Vaughns posted anefficient 17-point outing, knocking down thePatriots’ only two 3-pointers in the game.

And Sherrod Wright, in his first gameback since missing last with a shoulder in-jury, added 17 points and five rebounds.

“He made some big time plays for us,”Hewitt said. “Those two rebounds in partic-ular were sheer will. That was sheer effortout there.”

Wright elevated and snatched downtwo offensive rebounds at key points duringthe game, one late in the second half andone in overtime, that were, perhaps, hismost significant contributions to the 92-90overtime victory.

George Mason University’s Student Newspaper

November 14, 2011Volume 88 Issue 10 www.broadsideonline.com

Eat Like a ChampA dietician gives the low down on

athletes’ diets and how to eat for

your health.

SPORTS • Page 12

A Historical AdventureSecond annual Lost and Found Sto-

ries event explores 100 years of

leadership and culture in black

northern Virginia.

STYLE • Page 5

Packing HeatDemonstrators protest Mason’s

firearms policy.

NEWS • Page 2

Photo by Dakota Cunningham

The General Assembly gathered Wednesday by the George Mason

statue to discuss perceived injustices on campus.

Students

Speak OutGeneral Assembly Holds

First Session

Filled with eager studentsand inquisitive faculty, the John-son Center’s South Plaza wasshaded with an air of ambitionduring Wednesday afternoon’sfirst demonstration session heldby the George Mason UniversityGeneral Assembly.

The GMU General Assemblywas created by a group of stu-dents motivated by the OccupyWall Street movement.

“There’s been a lot of excite-ment around the whole Occupymovement,” said Anartia Gam-boa, a senior global affairs majorand General Assembly member.“A group of folks got inspired bythat. This event is an avenue forpeople to talk about things andnegotiate issues they’re passion-ate about. People who aren’t nor-mally comfortable speaking outcan see how many people agreewith them.”

Although inspired by theOccupy movement, the groupwanted to make sure the eventwasn’t portrayed as a protest.

“I think that the Occupymovement comes with a lot of as-sumptions,” said junior sculpturemajor and General Assemblymember Andie Robey. “Wewanted to remove those assump-tions and show people it’s morethe issues we’re concerned about.There shouldn’t have to be griev-ance cards. There should be pub-lic forum all the time.”

The open discussion was cre-ated in response to perceived uni-versity injustices and gavestudents an opportunity to dis-cuss problems. Gathered aroundthe Mason statue, attendeescould sign up to speak to thegroup and voice their complaintsand fill out grievance cards.

Nicole Miles, a senior con-flict analysis and resolutionmajor, was one of the studentswho addressed the group.

“I talked about out-of-statetuition,” Miles said. “Tuition ingeneral is an issue. It used to be a70-30 system: The governmentused to pay 70 percent of stu-dents’ tuition and the studentswould pay 30 percent. Now it’s re-versed.”

The forum was also a chancefor community members to hearcontrasting opinions and ideas onhow the university could be im-proved.

“I wanted to hear all the dif-ferent problems people had withthe university to see if theymatched mine,” said BritneyWilbur, a junior psychologymajor. “[The forum is] a goodidea, but we should have an ad-ministrator or someone from Stu-dent Government here, someonemore influential who can takenote of our complaints.”

Among the topics discussedwere classroom policies, profes-

sors, environmental issues, eco-nomic issues and diversity. Therewas an overarching tone of neg-lect felt by students regarding theadministration and how inclusivethey in decision making.

“The bottom line is the ad-ministration doesn’t have to lis-ten to Student Government,”Miles said. “They can’t makechange unless they want to. Weshouldn’t have to settle for less.”

This can especially be seenwith the current search for a newpresident. The presidentialsearch committee is made up of26 members, only one of whom isa student, representing a mere 4percent of the student popula-tion. Compared to other univer-sities, like the University ofMaryland which has 14-percentstudent representation, it’s a verysmall percentage. In addition, theone student on the committeecannot cast a vote.

“A lot of people really ex-pressed concern for the selectionprocess of the new president,”said Ce Garrison, a senior conflictanalysis and resolution major andGeneral Assembly member. “Thepresidential profile was alreadysent out before asking studentswhat they wanted in a president,”Garrison said.

Many students feel power-less against the administrationand hoped that this event wouldspark positive change and helpfight oppression.

“We need to make sure thepeople in charge are held ac-countable for things they say theywill do, from the smallest to thelargest,” Robey said. “If [the stu-dents] aren’t being heard, then itwill constantly be the people ver-sus those in charge.”

Currently there are no offi-cial plans for another forum totake place.

“I’d like to see a follow up,”Gamboa said. “We didn’t want tobe a leadership organization —this movement is about peoplewho care about ‘xyz’ to talk aboutit. We just want to provide aforum for it. I hope it continuesits steam. Most students won’t beas active as they should be be-cause they know in the end theadministration has the final say.”

Although students mightfeel like injustice and oppressionare all around them, events suchas the open forum help to changethe relationship between stu-dents, faculty and the adminis-tration.

“I think people have conver-sations about how injustice ishappening all the time,” saidJason Von Kundra, a senior earthscience major and General As-sembly member. “The response[to the forum] has been verygood, tolerant. It’s a testament tothe ability to gather and discussthings in a respectful way. I thinkthe intentions of this should al-ways remain open and inclusive.”

Approaching University Hall

early Tuesday morning, sopho-

more government and interna-

tional politics major Donald

Garret felt a sense of excitement

as he became the first person to

vote at George Mason University’s

newly established University

precinct. Overall turnout, how-

ever, was lower than expected.

“It was awe-inspiring,” said

Garret, who is involved in Stu-

dent Government. “It’s great to

see the hard work of students

transformed into action.”

According to the Fairfax

County Board of Elections, 74

students turned out to vote Tues-

day.

“We were already expecting

the turnout to be low,” Garret

said. “It’s an off-off year, as there

aren’t any presidential or con-

gressional elections.”

Students involved with rais-

ing awareness of the importance

of voting, such as sophomore

government and international

politics major Nicholas Collins,

see the benefits in having an on-

campus polling location.

“Having it right across the

street from Starbucks on campus

is much more convenient,” said

Collins, who participated in the

Get Out the Vote campaign at

Mason. “When students find out

they have a precinct, they are

eager to get their voice heard.”

Still, students involved in

making other students aware of

the ability to vote on campus were

hoping to have a larger turnout.

“We were hoping to have a

number closer to 100,” Garret

said. “There will definitely be

more in 2012, though.”

Students like Garret and

Collins will be working to get the

word out about this location in

order to increase the turnout for

future elections.

“The fact that it’s a new

precinct and hardly anyone

knows about it is why the turnout

was low,” Collins said. “We were

able to register a lot of people

though, and they now know that

they will be able to vote on cam-

pus.

Student Government as well

as other campus groups, such as

the College Democrats, were in-

terested in bringing a polling

place to Mason in order to make

it more convenient for students to

vote.

“It’s everyone’s civic duty to

vote,” Garret said. “Every vote in

every election counts.”

Even this election, which in-

cluded races for the Virginia state

Senate, the Virginia House of

Delegates, the Fairfax County

Board of Supervisors and the

Fairfax County School Board, was

an important one for students to

vote in and have their voices

heard.

“Some people often ask,

‘Why should I vote or care about

the school board? I don’t have

kids,’” Garret said. “Well, it’s im-

portant because Fairfax County

has some of the best schools in

the country. Other districts look

up to our district, so it’s impor-

tant to elect someone who will be

an example for all schools across

the country.”

In order to vote on campus,

students must switch their regis-

tration from their home address

to their campus address when at-

tending Mason during a semes-

ter. Some students are wary of

this, but Garret stresses that it’s

for the better.

“We reside here for nine out

of the 12 months of the year,” Gar-

ret said. “It’s important that peo-

ple register here because this is

where we live the majority of the

time.”

Students voting in Fairfax

County will be able to vote for the

candidates they want to represent

them.

“If you live on campus, and

you are very committed to going

to GMU, it can be very beneficial

to switch your vote here,” Collins

said. “Policy that passes in Vir-

ginia will affect you here.”

A voting precinct at Mason

will allow students to have easier

access to make their views known

through voting.

“By having our own precinct,

people will be able to see what

our public opinions are, because

votes are measurable,” Garret

said. “If students are voting a cer-

tain way, it’s easy to see how they

feel about different issues.”

Justin LalputanNews Editor

Photo by Stephen Kline

Turnout Low for New

Voting PrecinctLess Than 100 Students Vote on Campus

Erin PowellStyle Editor

See BASKETBALL, Page 11

Patriots Win Hewitt’s Debut After Early Deficit

Cody NormanSports Editor

Pearson, Vaughns Lead Charge to 92-90 Overtime Victory Over Rhode Island

Despite efforts to increase voter turnout, only 74 students voted at Mason’s new voting precinct Tuesday.

This was the first election to be held at this precinct.

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News 250The weight, in pounds, of

food donated from the

Office of Sustainability

Organic Garden to a local

non-profit food bank.

Monday, Nov. 14CAA Blood Challenge

Johnson Center, Dewberry Hall9:30 a.m.

Tuesday, Nov. 15Sport In the Global South Conference

Johnson Center, Cinema9 a.m. – 6 p.m.

Native American Heritage Month 2011: FilmStudent Union Building II, Ballroom7 p.m.

Wednesday, Nov. 16

Occupy Wall Street Panel Discussion & DialogueResearch Hall, Room 1637 – 9 p.m.

“A Walk to Beautiful”Johnson Center, Gold Room7 – 9 p.m.

Thursday, Nov. 17Comedy Show: Russell Brand

Patriot Center8 p.m.

White House Ornament FundraiserJohnson Center, Kiosk D11 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Friday, Nov. 18National Acrobats of the People's Republic of China

Center for the Arts, Concert Hall8 p.m.

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Disorderly Subject

Chesapeake Shuttle Stop

Assisted a shuttle bus driver with identifying a disor-derly passenger. (36/Gannon)

Harassment

Hampton Roads

On-line acquaintance threatened to hack into com-plainants computer (49/Broughton)

Burglary Breaking & Entering

Student Apartments

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Grand Larceny

Occoquan Bld.

Individual reported a theft of a ladies wallet andother personal property that occurred in the past.Loss: $530.00. (15/Green).

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Founder Hall

Victim reported property stolen. Estimated loss $85.00.(21/Clark)

Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property

Piedmont/Tidewater Loading Area

Complainant reported graffiti on a residential build-ing. Estimated damage $100.00. (38/Rourke)

Larceny

Facilities

Several heavy equipment items were stolen from Fa-cilities lot. (58/Duangrat)

Group Takes Issue With Campus Gun Policy

Open-Carry Rally Converges on North Plaza

Flu Vaccine, Diet Best Ways to Combat SicknessExercise and Frequent Breaks From Studying Also Recommended

Members of the Virginia Cit-izens Defense League took to theNorth Plaza Wednesday in anopen-arms carry rally to speak outagainst George Mason University’sfirearms policy.

Ten to 15 people gathered forthree-plus hours with signs andliterature for passing students.Their presence drew other groups,such as Virginians for ResponsibleGun Laws, though there was notrace of trouble. Some members ofthe VCDL openly carried hand-guns in hip holsters.

“I want students, faculty andadministrators on campus to havetheir God-given rights,” said Ar-lington resident and VCDL mem-ber Tom Callahan. “I’msupporting Mason’s lack of lead-ership — if they had any, theirpolicies would be different.”

The Mason weapon policy inquestion states, “The possessionof any weapon on campus by anymember of the faculty, staff or stu-dent body, with the exception oflaw enforcement officials as citedin the policy portion of this proce-dure is prohibited.”

A state Senate bill that wouldprohibit colleges and other stateagencies from banning guns wasnixed by a Senate committee inFebruary, one month after the Vir-ginia Supreme Court upheldMason’s prohibition of guns incampus buildings and at sport andentertainment events.

The policy singles out “anypistol, revolver, or other weapondesigned or intended to propel amissile of any kind” and “any dirk,bowie knife, switchblade knife,ballistic knife, razor slingshot,spring stick, metal knuckles,blackjack, or any flailing instru-ment consisting of two or morerigid parts.” The policy was ap-proved in July 2007 by Senior VicePresident Maurice W. Scherrens

and Provost Peter Stearns.Those who are not members

of the Mason community are al-lowed to openly carry firearms oncampus, though these weaponsare not allowed inside buildings.However, this style of open carry-ing is exceedingly rare.

“College campuses are someof the safest places in the U.S. Thedeath rate is many times lowerthan the same age population inother settings,” said VRGL mem-ber Lori Haas, whose daughterwas injured in the 2007 VirginiaTech shootings. “Guns change thedynamic in classrooms. Wouldstudents feel safe to give opinionsto students openly carryingfirearms? Would professors be in-

timidated in regards to grades anddiscussions?”

Some college campuses doallow weapons to be carried, in-cluding one in Virginia — BlueRidge Community College inWeyers Cave.

Mason is one stop for theVCDL and VRGL, which both re-cently appeared at Old DominionUniversity.

“VRGL is for practical solu-tions to gun violence preventionlike a thorough background checkand a system which would preventcriminals from being able to ownfirearms,” Haas said.

“I feel turnout is good,” saidKurt Mueller, the Virginia state di-rector for Students for Concealed

Carry. “I’m glad the opposition ishere. I believe in the SecondAmendment for everyone.”

Mueller said the turnout oncollege campuses is usually farlower than when the groupdemonstrates at the state legisla-ture. While ODU attracted morestudents than Mason, the num-bers were small compared to thestate legislature — that demon-stration attracted over 1,000,Mueller said.

“We’re unaware of any inci-dents that have occurred at the 71campuses that allow open carry,”Mueller said. “Violent crime oc-curs on or near campuses every-day. People need to be able todefend themselves.”

With final exams and proj-ects right around the corner andthe holiday season bearing downon us, this is without a doubt theworst time to get sick.

Eating the proper foods andeating on time can help studentsto keep themselves healthy and inthe classroom. According to Stu-dent Health Services, eating fruitsand vegetables, as well as foodsthat are low in fat, can help stu-dents refrain from getting sick andmaintain a healthy weight. It isimportant for students to analyzetheir diets and figure out whichfoods are good and bad for them.

Although coughing andsneezing when the weather beginsto change are viewed as seasonalconditions, there are ways to pre-

vent getting sick and missingclasses. Health Services says get-ting an annual flu vaccine is thefirst and most important step inprotecting against seasonal fluviruses. According to the Centersfor Disease Control and Preven-tion, “the 2011-2012 vaccine willprotect against an influenza AH3N2 virus, an influenza B virusand the H1N1 virus that emergedin 2009 to cause a pandemic.” Flushots are offered starting the endof October through March.

Some tips that are offered bythe CDC to stay healthy and pre-vent the spread of germs includecovering the nose and mouth witha tissue when coughing or sneez-ing, as well as regularly washinghands with soap. Also, accordingto the CDC, people should avoidusing the hands to touch the noseand the mouth because this

causes germs to spread quickly.Gargling salt water several times aday can help soothe a sore throatand relieve pain.

“Guard against getting coldsand flu by maintaining a healthylifestyle that includes good nutri-tion, adequate rest, decreasedstress [and] limited or no smok-ing,” said Rachel Benner, casemanager and special projects co-ordinator for Health Services.Benner said that having access toquality health care and having aregular check-up are two impor-tant ways to stay healthy and ill-ness free during this winterseason.

If a student happens to getsick, the best thing to do is to getplenty of rest and drink lots of flu-ids. According to the Health Serv-ices website, “It is important totake care of yourself and rest. Get

plenty of fluids and take Aceta-minophen (Tylenol) or Ibuprofen(Motrin, Advil) for fever and bodyaches.” Soda and alcohol shouldbe avoided.

Stress can also affect thehealth of a college student. Healthprofessionals advise students totake frequent breaks from study-ing and exercise to relieve stress,which can cause serious healthproblems if left untreated. Also,stress can lead to even biggerproblems, including high bloodpressure and heart attacks. Stu-dents are advised to control stressin their lives in order to stayhealthy and free of any illnesses,especially during this time of thesemester.

Ahsan ZamanAsst. News Editor

Medical Assist

CDC

EMS responded to the CDC for an injured child.(53/Colson)

Man on the StreetHow do you feel about Mason’s firearms policy?

“I agree with the policy now. Ithink people have the right tobear arms.”

Mitch ThalerSenior

Information Technology

Gregory ConnollyEditor-in-Chief

Photo by Stephen Kline

Protesters from the Virginia Citizens Defense League demonstrated their right to bear arms by open-carrying

firearms during a rally Wednesday at the North Plaza.

“I’ve heard from both sides onthis. Personally, I don’t feelcomfortable with anyone having a gun.”

Kelly PowilsonJunior

Psychology

“I don’t like it at all, that’s notsafe. We don’t have securityguards walking around 24/7to protect us.”

Angela ThompsonFreshman

General Mathematics

“I don’t like guns. They’re notsomething I necessarily wantto see in public.”

Alex WhittigFreshman

Anthropology

Medical Assist

Hampton Roads

Patient was transported to INOVA Access for treat-ment. (25/Dean)

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Office of Sustainability Cultivates Their Garden

Warm summer weather maybe a thing of the past, but in theorganic garden located behindGeorge Mason University’s Po-tomac Heights, fresh broccoli,spinach and lettuce are ready forthe picking.

Sponsored by the Office ofSustainability, the garden is thebrainchild of Danielle Wyman,sustainability projects specialistin the Office of Sustainability.

After graduating in 2008,Wyman spent two weeks in CostaRica living and working on an or-ganic farm.

“My first night there was ter-rifying,” Wyman said. “I wasn’tsure what I had gotten myselfinto. But I ended up loving theexperience, and came back toMason inspired to pitch the ideaof an organic garden.”

In April 2009, Wyman’s vi-sion for a garden at Mason be-came a reality on a plot donatedby Mason housing. Wyman andher co-workers spent countlesshours digging trenches and turn-ing over the soil to prepare for thegarden.

“That first year everythingflooded and all the crops died,but I don’t entirely look at it as afailure,” Wyman said. “We’ve im-proved everything since and haveseen great success.”

The garden uses no chemi-

cals, pesticides or fertilizers. In-stead, natural techniques areused to keep the garden healthy.

Shortly after Wyman createdthe garden, alumnae Nya Jacksonand Amanda Wall founded theMason Organic Garden Associa-tion. The association is a studentclub created to support the or-ganic gardening effort. Today, thegarden is primarily run andmaintained by volunteers withinthe club.

Wyman’s hope for the gar-den is to develop a sense of com-munity and an environment forlearning.

“I’d like to see the gardengrow into a regular educationprogram on sustainable urbanagriculture,” Wyman said. “Liv-ing with a limited amount of landin Northern Virginia is no reasonto not grow your own food.”

Produce grown in the gardenranges from traditional localcrops like tomatoes, pumpkinsand squash to recent more exoticadditions.

“Last year we grew peanuts,though we’re not sure [they] arefit for consumption,” Wymansaid. “Organic peanuts are sus-ceptible to mold, so we have toget them tested first.”

This year, a pomegranatebush, kiwi plants and a fig treewere planted. Fruit is not ex-pected for several years, though.

Surplus produce is donatedto the local non-profit food bank,

Food for Others. About 250pounds were donated in 2010.

Mason Dining has pur-chased produce from the garden,including hot peppers and basil.“We’ve received amazing supportfrom dining. They’ve pledged tobuy anything we’ll grow,” Wymansaid.

Volunteers with the organicgardening club are able to bringhome produce in exchange fortheir work.

“Winter is a great time to getinvolved with the garden,”Wyman said. “It may seem like

everything is dormant, but it’s anexciting time for planning.”

Plans are being consideredto create multiple sustainablegardens with locations more ac-cessible.

The Organic Garden Associ-ation is partnering with InvisibleChildren GMU today for HarvestFolk Fest. The event will featureperformances by KOJI, Jeff Piankiand Battle of York. The OrganicGarden Association has organ-ized for the vegan restaurant,Everlasting Life Café, to cater theevent.

Colleen WilsonBroadside Reporter

Organic Garden Maintained by Volunteers

NOAA Predicts Normal Temperature, Average Precipitation for Fairfax CountyOctober’s Bitter Cold Not Indicative of Winter Weather

Georgetown Linguistics Professor Talks Nasalization

Lisa Zsiga, a professor of lin-guistics at Georgetown University,presented her research on the dif-ficulty native English speakershave understanding KoreanThursday during a lecture atGeorge Mason University.

Zsiga found that a key aspectof the Korean language, nasaliza-tion across word boundaries, oc-curred in Korean-accentedEnglish at a rate of 30 percent. Thelevel of fluency at which the par-ticipants spoke English had littleor no effect on carrying this overfrom Korean to English.

This phenomenon is called“Sandhi,” a Sanskrit word whichmeans “juncture.” In phonology, itrefers to the way words overlap orhow word boundaries are altered.

“‘Liaison’ in French is one ofthe best examples of one that hasto be cognitive, because you justhave to remember what the con-sonant is for each word,” Zsigasaid.

According to Zsiga, othertypes are physical, like in the waythe muscles in your lips move orthe part of the mouth where asound is made. “For example,when you say ‘bless you,’ you’re ac-tually saying ‘bless-shoo,’” Zsigasaid.

Native English speakers tend

to run their words together. In ver-nacular speech, “I’ve got to go” be-comes “I gotta go” and “don’t you”becomes “don’t-choo.”

Similarly, Koreans begin tosay the second word before thefirst word has been fully spoken.When this is carried over by thosetrying to learn English, it becomeseven more problematic. For exam-ple, “pick me up” can sound like“pin me up,” or “I cut myself” like“I cun myself.” Others have diffi-culty understanding what wordthey’re trying to use.

Since native English speakersare more familiar with Italian orSpanish accents, they can readilyexpect the kind of intonationspeakers of those languages use.Unconsciously, they expect a cer-tain set of inflections or emphasesto be put on certain syllables.However, Korean accents are lessfamiliar to the ear of native Eng-lish speakers. Even as their Englishimproved, Zsiga found that Kore-ans find it hard to drop this habitof not pronouncing the endingsounds of certain words.

The likeliness of Korean im-migrants being able to drop Ko-rean Sandhi when speakingEnglish is reflective of how oldthey are upon arrival in the U.S.That is even more important thanwhether or not they learned Eng-lish before they traveled here.

Hannah Smith Staff Writer

‘Sandhi” Phenomenon at Heart of Discussion

BIS Provides Unique Path for Students

Create Your Own Bachelor’s Degree

The Bachelor of Individual-ized Studies program at GeorgeMason University is a degree com-pletion program that allows adultsto essentially create their ownbachelor’s degree. The concentra-tions offered through the BIS pro-gram are unlike traditional majorsoffered at Mason. Students of theBIS program can integrate two dif-ferent types of disciplines into oneto create a concentration that ischallenging and rewarding to pro-fessional growth.

When alumna Julie Stewarddecided she wanted to help bene-fit non-profit organizations bycreating instructional modules,she turned to the BIS program atMason to help guide her towardsreaching her goal. Steward was re-turning to Mason to finish herbachelor’s degree after takingsome time off from school.

The BIS program allowedSteward to graduate with a bache-lor’s degree in instructional design& entrepreneurship, which is nota traditional major offered atMason. The BIS program allowedSteward to create her own individ-ualized study program that helpedjumpstart her career in the rightdirection.

Steward began the BIS pro-gram in 2006 and finished her de-gree in August 2011.

“The BIS program was excel-lent preparation for graduateschool,” Steward said. “I feel itgave me tools to research withoutfear and ask questions. It also en-couraged me to feel that it wasokay to be curious and develop aline of inquiry just because youwant to know more about a topic,and then how to put that pursuitdown in academic terms.”

The program allowed John

Larkin, a graduate student in tech-nology management, to completehis undergraduate degree in IT se-curity management. After takingsix years off from school, however,Larkin returned to Mason and dis-covered the university did notoffer the degree he wanted. He ex-plored the BIS program and com-bined the IT security and businessmanagement areas of study to cre-ate his own individualized con-centration.

“The program allowed me to

complete my degree and I felt thatthe faculty was there to help mealong the way,” Larkin said.

The first course that BIS stu-dents take allows them to exploreinterdisciplinary studies. Eachstudent is required to identify twoor three disciplines from whichthe majority of the course workwill be drawn.

Student are also asked to finda faculty mentor to help guidethem through the BIS process.

“The BIS program offered methe opportunity to chart a courseof study focused on my long-timeinterests,” said Catherine Myers, aBIS student at Mason. “The gen-eral education requirements havealso pushed me into areas I mighthave otherwise avoided, such aspublic speaking.”

Students in the BIS programare required to complete 120 cred-its, with 45 credits above 300-levelcourses. Like all other Mason stu-dents, BIS students are required tocomplete general education re-quirements.

For more information aboutthe BIS program, students can at-tend the BIS informational ses-sions held throughout thesemester. The next BIS programinformational session will takeplace at 6 p.m. today in room 418of Enterprise hall. Students canalso visit the BIS website atbis.gmu.edu for more informationabout the program.

Ahsan Zaman Asst. News Editor

Photo by Stephen Kline

The garden is used to grow fresh produce like broccoli, spinach and let-

tuce. Dining Services has pledged to buy anything grown in the garden.

WGMU and Mason Cable Network areworking together on the “Intimate Concert Se-ries,” the first in a set of performances that will bebroadcasted on WGMU radio and MCN. The firstconcert is 8 p.m. Friday at in Room 1012 of Stu-dent Union Building II.

“We’re going for an intimate setting, like anMTV Unplugged, where the artist is in a room

with 30 to 40 people,” said WGMU General Man-ager Alex Romano.

Friday’s concert features Natalie York, a localartist who will perform an acoustic set. Light re-freshments will be provided after the show dur-ing a question and answer session with York. Theevent is free and open to the public.

-Gregory Connolly

WGMU, MCN Team Up for ‘Intimate Concert Series’

“The BIS program wasexcellent preprationfor graduate school.”

-Julie Steward, Masonalumna

The National Oceanic andAtmospheric Administration pre-dicts normal temperatures for theFairfax region for the majority ofthe winter season.

Fairfax County is slated to re-ceive below-average precipitationin November, and average precip-itation through January, contraryto the belief of many GeorgeMason University students.

With near-freezing tempera-tures and a light flurry of snow,many students were certain thatthe weather this past October wasindicative of a cold and snowywinter.

“Keep in mind these are allaverages,” said Barry Klinger, asso-ciate professor for the Departmentof Atmospheric, Oceanic andEarth Sciences, and research sci-entist for the Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies. “Therecould still be days with excitingweather, and the certainty, evenfor these averages, is not great.”

According to Klinger, how-ever, the brief flurry and cold tem-peratures that Mason experienceddo not necessarily portend a harshwinter. He even notes that over the

past 30 years there has actuallybeen an increase in temperaturedue to global warming.

While the snow this Octoberhas been regarded by the scientificcommunity as an unusual event, itis still difficult to extrapolate a sin-gle occurrence into a trend. In

fact, an effort is now underwaywithin the scientific communityto explain why outlying eventssuch as the snowstorm in Octoberoccur.

Klinger said that what mostpeople pay attention to is day-to-day weather, but they may fail tosee to the bigger picture. “You see[monthly weather temperatures]as jostling up and down all overthe place,” Klinger said. “Frommonth to month the temperaturecan go from a few degrees warmerthan usual to a few degrees colderthan usual.”

Klinger also said that the con-ditions when the eastern coast re-ceived heavy snowfall in spring2010 are somewhat different thanthe conditions now.

That year was an El Nino year,which is associated with stormyweather in and around FairfaxCounty. While it does not alwaysindicate more snowfall, it doesallow for the opportunity for big-ger and more powerful storms. ElNino years are traditionallywarmer and tend to occur everythree to seven years.

When the weather is colderthan usual, it is generally a LaNina year. Last year was a La Ninayear, and it looks to be maintain-ing its presence this year. Never-theless, Northern Virginia can beunpredictable.

That being said, climatolo-gists have still established manyworking patterns and weathermodels for the region. “[In] thisarea you go a lot of years with verylittle snow, then maybe every 10years or so you get a big storm,”Klinger said.

Students interested in learn-ing more about the weather canvisit the Department of Atmos-pheric, Oceanic and Earth Sci-ences webpage at aoes.gmu.edu.

Justin LalputanNews Editor

Graphic Courtesy of Barry Klinger

The graph on the left is a plot of the monthly temperature averages in Virginia over the course of 30 years. The

graph on the right is the same graph plotted against the global average. Fairfax County residents can expect

average winter temperatures this season.

Fairfax County isslated to receivebelow-average precipitation in November, and average precipitationthrough January.

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Two opinions clash outside the Johnson Center when the Viriginia Citizens

Defense League held their rally in protest of Mason’s firearms policy. For the

whole story, see page 2.

This Week in Photos

Photos by Stephen Kline

(Above) George Mason’s club Ultimate Frisbee team held a tournament at the intermural fields on Sat-

urday.

(Left) The entrance to Univesity Hall, where for the first time Mason had its own voting precinct. See the

whole story on the front page.

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Monday, November 14, 2011

What do you think of whenyou think about Thanksgiving?Food, family, friends and football,right? Well, the brothers of SigmaAlpha Epsilon and the sisters ofAlpha Xi Delta envision some-thing else.

This past Veteran’s Day, thesetwo Greek organizations workedwith U.S. serving service membersin Afghanistan to prepare andsend food packages for a unit inAfghanistan.

“We’re putting togetherhighly requested items such as fla-vored coffee and Americansnacks,” said Stephen Reda, a jun-ior sociology major and programsdirector for philanthropic endeav-ors of SAE. “These care packageswill specifically be going to indi-viduals who don’t often receivemuch in the way of care packages

in Afghanistan.” Some might wonder what the

driving force is behind thisThanksgiving and Veteran’s Day-inspired service.

“Many of us have personallydone work in the past creatingcare packages or working withwonderful organizations like theWounded Warriors program,”Reda said. “We and the sisters ofAlpha Xi Delta thought this Fridaywould be a perfect day to show oursupport in the form of these carepackages, with hope they arrive byThanksgiving.”

Mary Kelly, a sophomore his-tory major and member of AXiD,hopes that these care packageswill help to relieve a little of theThanksgiving homesickness forthe units in Afghanistan.

“We hope that these carepackages can give them a sense ofcomfort away from home,” saidKelly. “I couldn’t image being away

from my family during Thanksgiv-ing, and I really hope that thesecare packages give them somecomfort in knowing that peoplehaven’t forgotten about them. Wemore than appreciate them and allof their hard work.”

Reda said she believes thatservice can fuel the hearts andspirits of others to take a part in aform of philanthropy themselves.

“Good will and good deedsinspire,” said Reda, who is hopefulthat this act of service in theGeorge Mason University campuswill encourage students, facultyand staff to do something forThanksgiving as well.

SAE and AXiD are alsoknown for their national philan-thropies, the Children’s MiracleNetwork and Autism Speaks, re-spectively.

“In this time of giving I’d liketo hope people remember and givethanks to those who have given so

much for them,” said Reda.“Whether it’s a loving or hard-working mother or father, or anindividual risking his life on be-half of the country, we all have alot to be thankful for here.”

Students can also do theirpart in philanthropy on campusbefore Thanksgiving break.Mason Meals, founded by sopho-more Jordan Bivings, is hosting afood drive for Hunger and Home-less Awareness Week. By partner-ing up with Facets, a Fairfaxnon-profit organization that fo-cuses on hunger and homeless-ness in Fairfax County, MasonMeals will be sponsoring familiesin need.

The final collection date forfood donations will be Nov. 21from 6 to 8 p.m. in the PiedmontMultipurpose Room. For more in-formation about this food drive,check out Mason Meals’ Facebookgroup.

Lending a Hand

Ryan WeisserBroadside Correspondent

Student Organizations Help Local CharitiesWays to Give Back

to the Community

Food for Others FoodPantry — Fairfax2938 Prosperity Avenue Fairfax, VA 22031(703) 207-9173

JMCAP Pantry 11215 LeeHighway, Suite D Fairfax, VA 22030 (703) 591-1600

Salvation Army of Fairfax County FoodPantry4915 Ox Road Fairfax, VA 22030 (703) 385-8700

Capital Area Food Bank— FairfaxAddress is 6833 Hill ParkDrive Lorton, VA 22079 (703) 541-3063

Capital Area Food Bank— Washington, D.C.645 Taylor Street, NEWashington, D.C. 20017(202) 526-5344

Josie’s Frozen Yogurt10625 Braddock Rd. Fairfax, VA 22032 (571) 490-7780Hosting a food drive tobenefit Food for Othersuntil Nov. 22.

Staring at her Mac BookPro’s glowing screen, sopho-more biology major AlyssaBilewski works through thenight in order to finish herlast assignment. She’s peck-ing at her keyboard fero-ciously, as if typing louder willmake her type faster so shecan finally go to sleep beforeher 10:30 a.m. genetics lab.This is what an all-nighterlooks like for the average col-lege student.

College students aroundthe U.S. suffer through multi-ple all-nighters each year,which in turn leads to sleepdeprivation. And sleep depri-vation has several nasty sideeffects, such as moodiness,something which GeorgeMason University studentscan attest to.

“[Sleep deprivation]makes me cranky,” saidBilewski, who has become alltoo familiar with the effects ofthe condition. “It makes meeat too much, and then I don’tgo to the gym which makesme feel lazy, which makes meeven grumpier.”

Sophomore computerscience major Chase Smithagrees that sleep deprivationhas negative effects on hismood.

“It makes me very snappywith other people,” Smithsaid. “But as soon as I get twoto three good nights of sleep,my bad mood goes away.”

Students also seem to be

handling their sleep depriva-tion with caffeine, energydrinks, and sometimesAdderall, an ADHD medica-tion.

“I have definitely heardof people using energy drinks,coffee, soda and Adderall tostay awake and focus,”Bilewski said.

Nutrition Journal, an on-line journal of human nutri-tion, conducted a study in2007 on how much and howoften college students dependon energy drinks. A 67-per-cent majority of participants“consumed energy drinks forinsufficient sleep.”

In addition, the NationalCoffee Association’s resultsfrom the 2011 National CoffeeDrinking Trends Study con-cluded that nearly 40 percentof the 60 percent of Ameri-cans that drink coffee are col-lege-aged.

When discussing Adder-all use on college campuses,National Public Radio re-ported that “as many as 25percent of students on somecollege campuses have usedthese study drugs.”

“I think that almost everycollege student uses some-thing to wake them up,” saidjunior communication majorAllie Hunter. “I think thenorm is coffee and energydrinks for most people. And Iknow that a lot of people takeAdderall during midtermsand finals in order to pull all-nighters and still have energythe next day for their test.”

However, based on per-sonal experiences, Hunter

said she believes that as stu-dents become used to the col-lege lifestyle, their ability tohandle sleep deprivation im-proves.

“As college has gone onI’ve gotten used to a lack ofsleep and know how muchsleep I need in order to func-tion without letting it affectmy work,” Hunter said.

Bilewski advises studentsnot to pull all-nighters whenthey have schoolwork to dothat is difficult to understand.

“It’s better to pull an all-nighter when you’re at leastcomfortable with the coursematerial that you are study-ing, or else you will getstressed about not being ableto cram all of the informationin one night,” Bilewski said.

Hunter believes thatshort breaks to refuel thebrain are crucial to making itthrough the night withoutcrashing.

“If I need to pull an all-nighter, I think making sure Itake short breaks to listen tomusic or rest my brain helpsme stay sharp for longer andhave more effective studying,”she said.

Equally important is thefollowing morning’s recoverystage, which Smith details inhis foolproof plan for recover-ing after a long night of cram-ming.

“All-nighter, class, sleepfor the rest of the day,” he said.“In other words, stay awakefor the smallest amount oftime possible after the all-nighter.”

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College’s Harshest Realities

All-Nighters, Caffeine Wreck Students

Ryan WeisserBroadside Correspondent

Something is

Amiss With

Eastwood’s

New Film

J. Edgar is Not theOscar Contender It’s

Cracked Up to Be

When I saw “Titanic,” I was onlyabout 10, and even then the guy in mecompletely hated Leonardo Di-Caprio’s role and would have beenOK if he never acted again. Obvi-ously, he’s redeemed himself sincethen with films like “Catch Me If YouCan” and the fan-freakin’-tastic “TheDeparted.” Despite all of that, theman has no Oscars. “J. Edgar” will beDiCaprio’s best chance yet, althoughthe film as a whole doesn’t really meetexpectations.

“J. Edgar” tells the story of — youguessed it — J. Edgar Hoover and hisrise to the top of the FBI. The story it-self is told by Hoover as he laments toa group of young cadets. And we’reinstantly shown what is probably mybiggest problem with this movie:

Whoever did the old-manmakeup should probably never doold-man makeup again. You knowyou’ve done an unsuccessful job whenall I can think about the whole time ishow DiCaprio just looks like he had a

bunch of flesh-colored plastic meltedon his face. It also doesn’t help thatHoover’s voice never changes as heages. I don’t know about you guys,but I hardly sound the same as I didfive years ago.

Those minor quibbles aside, “J.Edgar” is filled with some extremelypowerful performances from every-one involved, especially Armie Ham-mer’s performance as Clyde Tolson.He nearly steals the show. It’s OK ifpeople don’t remember him from“The Social Network” as both halvesof the Winklevoss twins because he’sgoing to be popping up everywhere— I’d put money on it.

Having said that, there was justsomething about “J. Edgar” that I did-n’t connect with. After last year’s in-credible Oscar season, I hadextremely high expectations for whatwas coming this year and “J. Edgar”definitely didn’t meet them.

Maybe I’m being harsh, but thismovie could’ve been so much more.Considering the subject of this movieis a character so rich with story, it’s in-credible how underutilized his story

was in the movie. Most people are aware about the

sexual line Hoover may have walkedin his lifetime, and the movie does agreat job of treading around this mat-ter. What it doesn’t do, or even reallyattempt to do, is figure out whatmakes him tick and what drives himto make the choices he makes.

There are glimpses at attemptsto understand the psyche of one ofthe most powerful men in modernhistory, but they’re just glimpses.

Also, any movie that doesn’t takefull advantage of Judi Dench is justasking for me to take issue with it.

Jeff GiorgiOpinion Editor

Shining a Light on NOVA’s Black HistorySymposium Uncovers Past By Exploring Black Experience

Next Issue:Greatest movies of the

holiday season

African American

Sites in the Area

Alexandria Black History Museum902 Wythe StreetAlexandria, VA 22314http://alexandriava.gov/BlackHistory

African American CivilWar Memorial and Museum1925 Vermont Avenue NWWashington, DC. 20001http://www.afroamcivil-war.org/

National Museum ofAfrican Art950 Independence AvenueSWWashington, D.C. 20560http://africa.si.edu/

Northern Virginia’s rich his-tory can be seen far and wide, asit was host to influential eventsduring the Colonial period,American Revolution and CivilWar. However, one group’s his-tory often gets overlooked in thearea: African-Americans andtheir important contributions tothe American framework.

To bridge the gap betweenethnicities and establish a betterunderstanding of history andculture, George Mason Univer-sity’s African and African Ameri-can Studies program held thesecond annual Lost and FoundStories event, which celebrated100 years of leadership and cul-

ture in black Northern Virginia.The symposium featured

historians and Mason professorswho explained in depth the rolethat African-Americans and theirsupporters played in the begin-ning of the state’s history and thetransition into Reconstruction.

“I hope discussions likethese bring an awareness of therich history around GeorgeMason,” said Wendi Manuel-Scott, director of African Ameri-can studies. “I would likestudents to have a better under-standing of the African-Ameri-can contribution around thecommunity. The history is com-plex.”

One of the topics discussedwas the journey of the FairfaxColored Methodist Church,

which was once located on theMason campus and is now calledSt. George’s United MethodistChurch. Another topic presentedwas the importance of African-American funeral directors andthe internal racial politics withinfuneral homes that helped shapereligion, African-American cul-ture and the Civil Rights move-ment, and spread economicfreedom to the black communityin Virginia.

The event also brought upsignificant discoveries concern-ing the composition of the sur-rounding Mason community.According to research done byEdwin B. Henderson II, presidentof the Fairfax County Branch ofthe NAACP, there were as manyas 241 enslaved people and 677

free black Americans in the 1860Fairfax County census. Manylived near what is now ChainBridge Road and UniversityDrive.

Audrey Davis, assistant di-rector and curator of the Alexan-dria Black History Museum,discussed “acts of courage in un-expected places” by black Amer-icans. She showcased the storiesof local individuals and their sup-porters who tried to do what wasright when they faced difficultcircumstances.

“When students are intro-duced to African-American con-tribution to America and theworld, it changes the way they in-teract with others,” Manuel-Scottsaid.

Initiated last fall, the sym-

posium would like to create op-portunities for students, facultyand community members to en-gage in useful dialogue about thepast and its significance in intro-ducing African-American historyto the American story, especiallyin Northern Virginia.

“[Students] have a new wayof understanding, experience, asense of what’s gone on beforethem,” Manuel-Scott said.

“There’s this history of ac-tivism, of protest. If you don’thave an understanding of [thingssuch as] the March on Washing-ton movement, early protest ac-tivism or Ella Baker, then youaren’t aware of the richness of thepast. That’s our job as educators.There’s such a wealth of knowl-edge to share.”

Erin PowellStyle Editor

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A Cup of Tea With Russell Brand

This Thursday, comedian/actor/man that mostmen wish they were (on account of that whole mar-ried-to-Katy-Perry-thing) Russell Brand takes thestage at the Patriot Center. I was fortunate enough tospeak with him recently and even though it was brief,he’s definitely got me excited for the show.

“It’s going to be really interactive,” Brand said.“I’m going to be pulling people up on stage, gettingeveryone involved. Lots of me touching girls, andtouching guys, and girls touching guys. It’s going tobe fun.”

Brand, who was quite unfamiliar with the tradi-tional American college experience, asked me allkinds of questions about university and Greek lifethat I simply was unable to answer, so you guys bet-ter be ready to dish out answers later this week. It’ssafe to say that he has a pretty high expectation forall of us.

“If it’s not some combination of ‘The Social Net-work’ and ‘Animal House’ there’s going to be somesexual retribution,” Brand said.

The actor, whose screen credits include “Forget-ting Sarah Marshall,” “Get Him to the Greek” and therecent remake of “Arthur,” said that we might get tosee Aldous Snow on stage, hinting at the possibility ofsome musical performances. Maybe we’ll all get luckyand get to sing “The Clap.”

Most people familiar with the star are aware ofhis unique approach to comedy, as well his amazinggrasp of language. It’s part of the reason that I’m sucha huge fan, and I had to ask him about it.

“Language is always describing phenomenon,”Brand said. “If you say the word ‘chair,’ the chair is notactually a chair. Sometimes saying ‘chair’ isn’tenough. You need to understand the vibration. Youhave to find the musicality in language. Language,you have to use as an instrument.”

As my time talking to him came to a close, Imust admit I was a bit sad — it’s not every day I getthe opportunity to talk to someone I admire, respectand find extremely funny. But he did leave me withsomething to mull over.

At one point during the conversation, he apolo-gized if he seemed a bit preoccupied because he wasdriving on his way to a photo shoot. Pretty normalstuff — but then the twist came.

“Sorry if I seem a bit distracted, mate. I’m on myway to a photo shoot dressed as Captain Hook.”

I laughed at the time, but then realized thatsomeone else out there had to be bombing down thehighway only to look over and see one of the mostbeloved Peter Pan characters of all time driving mer-rily along.

Just a day in the life, I suppose.

Jeff GiorgiOpinion Editor

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singing, dancing and honoring elders. They pass on knowledge to younger generations through language, dance and song.

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Comedian to Appear at Patriot Center Thursday

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Le Reader

Rage

I support a right to bear arms.It’s in the Constitution and I be-lieve that, for recreational pur-poses, they should be allowed aslong as interested parties under-take all necessary forms of licens-ing. I don’t, however, support thebearing of arms by students oncampus — period.

If you think about it, you’ll re-alize that we have Securitas oncampus, a university police de-partment and locks on our doors.In fact, our security is so high thatoften when we need to meet upwith a friends in their dorms,reaching them is inconvenient. Sowith all of this security, why doesanyone on campus need afirearm? I think I speak for a con-siderable percentage of the popu-lation when I say that I would feeluncomfortable in class if I knewthat someone was packing heat.

It’s not because I feel uncom-fortable around guns, but becauseI can imagine the tragic outcomeof an accident. And not only doesa potential lapse in thinking worry

me, I worry that some people docrazy, crazy things. Sure, no oneprevents you from going to theball game even though you can killsomeone with a car, but it’s easierwhen you’ve lost your mind to killwith a gun. I don’t think it’s thatunreasonable to say thatmanslaughter, suicides or homi-cides are crimes that shouldn’thappen at George Mason Univer-sity. And since you obviously can’thunt on the North Plaza, for whatother reason would you carry apistol?

C l a i m i n gself defense mayhold weight atyour not-guarded-by-pri-vate-security,not-constantly-policed home.But I have mydoubts thatthere’s a feasiblereason to shootsomeone inyour dormwhen, out ofyour tuition,you’ve already paid for servicesfrom vehicular escorts to the pro-tection of a private security com-pany.

According to a literature re-view by the University of Michi-gan Health System, about ninepeople a day are killed by guns. Toquote a study from their website,of the 30,000 accidental gundeaths that occurred between

1979 and 1997, it was determinedthat children “between the ages 0–4 were 17 times more likely to diefrom a gun accident in the 4 stateswith the most guns versus the 4states with the least guns. Like-wise, school kids aged 5–14 wereover 13 times more at risk of acci-dental firearm death in the stateswith high gun ownership rates.

The findings indicate thatgun availability is associated withaccidental death by shooting.”

And of the firearm-relateddeaths, theage group of15–19 had thehighest num-ber of deathswith 2,900,eclipsing thenext closestand muchlarger agegroup of 5–14by sevenfold.To me, thats t a t i s t i cclearly showsthat the dan-ger increases

among young adults approachingour age. Moreover, the danger ismore prevalent in places whereguns are allowed. Contrary to theargument that compares gun con-trol to prohibition, it seems fairlyclear that this kind of control hasbeen working.

We have a safe campus, guys.Thankfully here we haven’t hadsituations arise where, like at Vir-

ginia Tech, many lives were put atdanger by one armed person. But Isimply think it’s just ill advised toallow students to carry guns onschool premises; the last thing Iwant when someone is firing bul-lets into my classroom is for angrystudents to stand up and wildlyfire back. That puts everyone’s lifein danger. I don’t think guns in thehands of people who vehementlythink they deserve them have aplace on campus. The whole ideathat people would be so enragedwhen arguing for guns on campuscauses me to wonder for what rea-son they would need them.

A .308 is fine for deer hunt-ing, and shotguns are perfect fordoves. If you feel more comfort-able with a pistol under your bedat night, I see no problem withthat. I own multiple firearms andI’ve completed the courses re-quired to allow me to exercise thatcontrolled right. But I don’t want,much less need, any guns on myschool’s campus. In fact, I thinkthat’s the point where they wouldbecome a dangerous weapon.

It all comes down to thosevexing “what ifs.” I feel safer know-ing that we have a university pol-icy that restricts the possession offirearms. As the statistics amongstates show, controlling theseweapons — though probably nomore dangerous than a car, justmore convenient to do harm with— has saved lives, and that’senough for me.

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Thumbs up to the men’s basketball team for winning their first game of theseason, even if it did go into overtime.

Thumbs up to the First Amendment right allowing you to support your Second Amendment right, if you’re not a student or faculty member.

Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down

Thumbs down to Joe Paterno. Need I say more?

Thumbs down to the media circus that is Michael Jackson. Even in death theman keeps making headlines.

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In his 46 seasons with Pennsyl-vania State University, Joe Paternobuilt a legacy around his ethical andmoral standards. He was able to takeyoung, immature college kids andturn them into men, graduating 87percent of his players by the NCAA’smost recent count. His program wasone of the few upper-tier collegefootball programs to escape the taintof NCAA rules violations and sanc-tions. Paterno won 409 games —more than any other major collegecoach — and two national titles. Andto top it all off, he and his wife do-nated millions of dollars to the insti-tution’s academic side, affixing hisname on the school library and mak-ing it known that his impact reachesfar beyond football. None of that,though, excuses him from the messinvolving former assistant coachJerry Sandusky in State College, Pa.

According to the Thirty-ThirdStatewide Investigating Grand Juryreport, Paterno testified that he wasnotified of possible child molesta-tion perpetrated by Sandusky in theteam locker room and reported it toPenn State athletic director Tim Cur-ley — the coach’s immediate super-visor and former player — the verynext day. After that, it seems, Paternobrushed his hands clean and didnothing else about it.

Fans and students of the univer-sity argue that his legal duties endthere.

However, it is a state law inPennsylvania that anyone involvedwith an educational institution mustreport any known criminal acts toauthorities immediately. NotifyingCurley did not fulfill his legal obliga-tion, nor did it fulfill his moral obli-gation to protect innocent childrenfrom a known predator. By that ac-count, Paterno should not only be re-lieved of his duties as the footballcoach, but he should be prosecuted

by the state government for his un-willingness to act on such a heinouscriminal report.

While Paterno may have ap-peared to be an American icon formore than 40 years in college foot-ball, students and fans need not beblinded by his contributions. Thishuge mistake — while it may be theonly known mistake that Paternomade in his career — is, without adoubt, grounds for dismissal.

Some may argue that the law isflawed. They may argue that peopleshould be punished for their actions,but not for their nonactions. But anonaction, in and of itself, is an ac-tion. It’s an action that portrays apa-

thy and one that personifies a manwho put the reputation of his pro-gram above the safety of children asyoung as 8 years old.

Without a doubt, the nationalmedia played a major role in the fallof Paterno from his iconic status tothat of a disgraced former coach.However, his dismissal would nothave been a question if the target ofthese allegations had not been JoePaterno.

If these criminal acts wouldhave taken place at a different uni-versity and if they were reported to acoach of lesser eminence, this would-n’t be a story. The coach would havebeen dismissed immediately andwithout an argument from those in-volved with the university. The dif-ference here is that it took almost aweek of meetings between the boardof trustees to fire the legendary Pa-terno.

Finally, the argument that thereis too much attention being put onPaterno, and not enough on San-dusky is easily explained. There areonly so many ways for people — or,more specifically, journalists — tosay that the former assistant coachshould burn in hell for what he didto those children. However, there isroom for differing opinions concern-ing Paterno. And as an opinionated,outspoken society, it isn’t uncom-mon for the true culprit to disappearwhile an alleged abettor is thrust intothe forefront.

And while many Penn State stu-dents and fans seem to believe theirlegendary coach should be above thelaw, Paterno has certainly proved notto be above the court of public opin-ion.

Counterpoint: Should Joe Paterno Be Fired?

The grand jury report onformer Penn State football as-sistant coach Jerry Sanduskywas repulsing. It is certainlyunfortunate that a job re-quirement is to read througha report chronicling the sto-ries of how young childrenwere sodomized. And first, Imust give credit to the vic-tims for staying strong, theirfamilies for proving their loveand everyone across thecountry for showing theirsupport.

Second, to Sandusky: Noamount of work you put intothe Penn State athletic train-ing program or loyalty to yourhead coach, Joe Paterno, canmake up for the despicableacts you made routinely over aperiod of years. If I never hearyour name again, I will behappy.

But in the U.S., there is acompulsive need to look for avillain. Apparently no onecares about the sodomy of mi-nors — an act with repercus-sions stretching far into thevictims’ future. Theirs must behigh profile.

Here’s the example. Overthe last week, WashingtonPost sports columnist Mike

Wise has spoken out on hisradio show about the situa-tion. Not about the act or theman that is responsible for up-ending lives, but about theo-retical situations and placingblame on Joe Paterno, a headcoach with second-hand infor-mation about an illegal act. Hegoes on to say that Paterno notonly should have left, but alsothat he would not have a prob-lem with ending the seasonearly and giving up any possi-

ble bowl game appearance.And here lies the prob-

lem. Sandusky committedsome vile acts. If an elaboratecover-up was in place, thoseinvolved should be punished.But I have asked one questionsince the situation arose. Noone believes JoePa orches-trated a cover-up. What did hedo?

Nothing. And a non-actshould not be punished. Heraped no one. He did notwatch any rapes. And whensomeone came to him with abusiness problem, he told the

head honchos in his business.His name is mentioned a

few times over two paragraphson page seven of a 23-pagegrand jury report, for goodreason. According to commonknowledge, he was told a “PG-13” version of one incident. Iimagine this is how the 911-callwould go:

“Sir, what’s your emer-gency?”

“One of my assistants saidhe saw someone I knowfondling or doing somethingof a sexual nature to a boyaround 10 years old.”

“Sir, do you have any first-hand information?”

“No.”“Did you have any suspi-

cion of illegal acts by the per-petrator?”

“No.”“Is the perpetrator still

under your employment?”“No.”Is the man with second-

hand information the one whodeserves to be blamed?

Honestly, he could be acomic-book villain. In thewords of Batman’s famousnemesis, Harvey Dent, a.k.a.Two-Face, “Either you die ahero or live long enough to seeyourself become the villain.”

But Sandusky is the vil-lain. Mike McQueary, anotherformer Penn State assistantcoach, is the enabler. AndJoseph Vincent Paterno, whodevoted his 61-year coachingcareer to Penn State, is the in-nocent bystander, victimizedby a media army that needs avillain, forced to leave withoutany dignity.

Cody Norman

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Sports Editor

Honestly, he couldbe a comic-bookvillain. In the

words of Batman’sfamous nemesis, Harvey Dent, a.k.aTwo-Face, “Eitheryou die a hero oryou live longenough to see

yourself becomethe villain.

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John Powell

Collegiateathletic liaison

If these criminalacts would havetaken place at a

different universityand if they were

reported to a coachof lesser eminence,this wouldn’t be a

story.

The Verdict: Fire Him

Ignorance is Not an Acceptable Excuse

The Verdict: Let Him Stay

Head Coach Took No Part in Any Crime

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Do you, as a student, have anissue with parking, academic ad-vising, housing or dining? ThenNovember is your month.

Greetings again, Mason com-munity! Welcome back to anotherexciting Student Governmentmonthly. If you missed us lastmonth, SG was hard at work withevents such as the Virginia21“What’s Your Number?” cam-paign, which spotlights the stu-dent debt crisis and aims to helpgraduates tackle the problem.

At the end of November, wewill be hosting four big events thatwill continue the conversationwith housing, parking, academicadvising and dining, as well as

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With the help of the schooladministration, SG looks to meetthese critical issues head on.

On Nov. 28, SG will be host-ing a parking town hall meeting at6 p.m. in the Piedmont Multipur-pose Room. Various representa-tives including Josh Cantor, thedirector of parking and trans-portation will be present to pro-vide updates as well as discuss hisdepartment’s new initiatives andgoals. There will be a structuredQ- and-A session to conclude theevening’s festivities.

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attend the Academic AdvisingForum, where representativesfrom various departments will bepresent. The goal of this forum isto advocate forreform of theacademic advis-ing processwhile maintain-ing steadygrowth.

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inspire some of the departmentsthat have less successful academicadvising to alter their strategies.SG members will be present to fa-

cilitate the con-versation. Theevent will beheld from 5p.m. to 6:30p.m. in LectureHall.

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questions receive feedback. Theseare great opportunities to haveyour voices heard by the adminis-tration! SG looks forward to see-ing everyone there.

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The “Perry Ferry” sank likethe Titanic in the GOP debate onWednesday. “Commerce, educa-tion and the … what’s the thirdone there? Let’s see…” Perry said ashe fumbled for the name of thelast federal department that hehas pledged to eliminate. Anothercandidate off camera suggested hewas looking for the EPA and atfirst Perry agreed but then back-tracked and said that wasn’t theright one. “I can’t. The third one, Ican’t. Sorry, oops,” he admitted.After another weak showing forPerry, supporters are beginning toturn their attention elsewhere.

All aboard the “Cain Train”!In the past 10 days, the Cain cam-paign has raised $2.25 million.This brings his funding total to $9million. Despite recent accusa-tions of sexual misconduct withfour different women, Cain hasmanaged to remain a strong forceon the right-wing scene. His sup-porters almost seem that muchmore inclined to campaign forhim and fight to keep his reputa-tion secure against media assaults.

One would think that the gu-bernatorial race (I say “gubernato-rial” because the candidates whoare his strongest competition areall former governors) would leaveHerman Cain by the wayside forlack of experience. But he has sev-eral combative qualities that theGOP is galvanized by. He pos-sesses in spades that je ne saisquoi often chalked up as “real-ness.” He’s anti-intellectual, anti-establishment and has no prioraffiliation with the government —

a huge selling point nowadaysconsidering the Obama adminis-tration’s dusty, career-bureaucratimage.

The fact that he hasn’t par-taken in any recent political anticshas left Cain’s reputation untar-nished. Allegations of sexual mis-conduct aside, Cain is notaffiliated with any current contro-versial foreign or domestic policyand though GOP-debate viewers

are exhausted with the 9-9-9 planrants, he remains an appealingcandidate. All parties are ready fora fresh approach and anyone of-fering the potential for change willhave a solid backing — the type ofappeal reminiscent of the oldObama campaign.

In addition to his newbiecard, Cain has yet to subscribe tothe “Republicans Hate Black Peo-ple” newsletter. He has rebuffedthe stigma that’s besmirched anentire party. Republicans havepreviously been labeled racist be-cause of a small group of idiotswho dare affiliate themselves withconservatives, but Cain won’t givecredence to the claim and has, inturn, garnered a mountain of re-spect — my own included — forhis stance.

Cain’s support is certainly notbased on the color of his skin,though. He is strong and well-spo-ken in debates, has a successfulcorporate background and hashandled his allegations with — forthe most part — appropriate so-cial candor. Beyond that, I thinkthe GOP is thankful to have a can-didate who can break the hack-neyed misapprehension that theparty is only composed of fat, old,white men. It will be fascinating tosee if the diversification of all po-litical parties further divides themor inspires more understandingand communication. I hope forthe latter.

Herman Cain Looks to be the Best Republican Prospect

With Perry’s ‘Oops,’ Supporters Turn to Cain

Last week the Virginia CivilDefense League held a protestagainst the restrictive gun policiesat George Mason University. As itstands, students and faculty areprohibited from carrying a gun oncampus under any circumstance.Everyone else, though, has thelegal right to carry.

One VCDL member inter-viewed by ABC said he felt safer oncampus than probably anyoneelse.

You got that right. Consider-ing some of the nasty emails I’vereceived as a result of a few of myarticles, I sure wouldn’t mind car-rying my handgun on campus.

The Coalition to Ban Gun Vi-olence was also on hand to pro-mote its Constitution-shreddingagenda. This radical group sup-ports the outright ban of hand-guns and certain types of rifles.

It takes a really arrogant per-son to dictate to me how I’m al-lowed to protect myself and myfamily. I have no problem if youdon’t want to own or carry a gun.

Just don’t trample on my personalrights because of your fears.

Before you are sucked intothe “guns cause crimes, not peo-ple” argument, I encourage you tolook at the facts. Students forConcealed Carry on Campus is agreat place to start:

– “Since 1991, 23 states haveadopted Right to Carry laws, thenumber of privately-owned gunshas risen by nearly 70 million, andviolent crime is down 38 percent.”

– “When state concealedhandgun laws went into effect …murders fell by 8.5 percent, andrapes and aggravated assaults fellby 5 and 7 percent.”

– Since 2006, state laws haveallowed licensed individuals tocarry concealed handguns on acombined 12 college campuses na-tionwide, including Virginia’s BlueRidge Community College. Therehas been a whopping zero inci-dents of gun violence, gun acci-dents or gun thefts sincelegalizing concealed carry.

I have a concealed carry per-mit. I have spent a lot of time atthe gun range practicing. I’vepassed a gun safety class and metall the legal requirements to getthat permit. As far as the state ofVirginia is concerned, I’m quali-fied to conceal and carry a gun.

But as far as Mason is con-cerned, if I had holstered myhandgun on my belt and joined

the VCDL in their protest, then Icould have been expelled.

Arguments against concealedcarry simply don’t hold water.Where is the proof that prevent-ing students and faculty from car-rying and creating an unarmedvictim zone for criminals is some-how beneficial?

School spokesman DanWalsch tried to counter that argu-ment when he told NBC, “If some-thing gets out of hand and youhave people in a crowded class-room center pulling out randomweapons, you have the potentialfor random violence.”

What Walsch couldn’t answerif he had been pressed is to namean example of when somethinglike that actually happened. Hecouldn’t because he completelymade that up. So the best argu-ment the administration has isfabricated concerns about fantas-tical scenarios?

Give me a break. The admin-istration needs to start caringabout the safety of the students bysupporting gun rights.

The VCDL was hoping tomake a statement to alumni in aneffort to curb donations until theadministration changes its gunpolicy. If they accomplished noth-ing else, they at least got one fu-ture alumnus to back their plea.

I hope you’ll join me.

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Ready. Set. Go.Fans Should Expect ‘Dog Fight’ in CAA Schedule

This year’s women’s basket-ball schedule is filled with CAApowerhouses: Delaware’s ElenaDelle Donne, who won the CAAPlayer of the Year and Rookie ofthe Year Awards; Hofstra’sShante Evans averaged 18.4points and 11 rebounds last year;James Madison returns afterwinning the last two conferencetournaments.

Yet the words “strength”and “parity” are thrown aroundmore than any other.

Delaware Coach Tina Mar-tin recognized the change first-hand. She is one of the moreexperienced coaches with CAAplay. This season is her 16th withthe Blue Hens.

“Eight years ago, in our con-ference it used to be Old Do-minion, and they had two orthree All-Americans and nobodyelse had any,” Martin said. “Now,three different schools have All-Americans.”

She could not have said itany better. Old Dominion wasthe powerhouse of the CAA. Onthe men’s side, fans of Rich-

mond, Norfolk and Fairfax allsay they host the conferencepowerhouse. For the women, itwas no question.

Old Dominion’s formercoach Wendy Larry, who endedher career last season, accrued20 NCAA tournament appear-ances and a string of 17 consecu-tive CAA championships. It wasdominance in a sport where it ishard to stay on top.

“I think that’s part of thegame.” said Mason Coach JeriPorter. “That’s part of collegeathletics. Programs evolve.”

CAA basketball has ex-ploded. The men found recogni-tion with Mason’s 2006 FinalFour run and the renewed con-ference interest found a harborin the women’s programs.

“The game has just grownso much,” Porter said. “To watchuniversities like Mason and theuniversities that make up theCAA grow along with the game,in terms of the resources for thewomen’s programs … I think itspeaks to how the game’s evolv-ing and growing.”

James Madison thinks theyhave claim to that throne. Theyhave won the conference the lasttwo years, but after graduating

Dawn Evans, a national scoringleader, they fell to third in theconference preseason poll.

“This group has never beendoubted before,” Madison coachKenny Brooks said. “We’re usingthat as motivation. And we’rejust trying to be the best we canpossibly be. We’ve got to take itone game at a time.”

But the postseason wins donot seem to be putting theDukes on a pedestal. They hadthe powerhouse player and rodeher to the tournament, but with-out her, they may not have thesame traction.

“In the last couple years,nobody’s been running away,”Martin said. “I know JamesMadison won the champi-onship, but they had to playsome great games in order towin that championship, somevery competitive games. Theparity in the league is as good asit’s ever been. Especially in thelast three or four years I think it’sbeen extremely competitive.”

Madison is ready for thechallenge. CAA opponents hada hard time putting up withEvans. Now they have to dealwith Elena Delle Donne andShante Evans, not to mention

team-oriented programs likeMason and Old Dominion, bothcoming back up in the confer-ence.

“Every night is going to be adog fight. There’s not going to beany easy wins. I think that reallyhelps your program, [and] yourconference,” Brooks said. “We’regoing to beat up on each otherall throughout the CAA confer-ence.”

The teams with the bignames have high expectationsfrom themselves, fans and espe-cially the conference. Evanswants to win the conference asmuch as Donne, and they haveto topple the team at the top.

CAA play is noticeablystronger. Mason has continuedadding wins to its record sincePorter was introduced to theteam. The level of play is raised,and every team seems to re-spond.

“The conference is strong,through and through,” Martinsaid. “That’s why so many teamshave chips on their shoulder andthink they should win a champi-onship, and that’s what makesthe conference extremely com-petitive.”

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CORONADO, Calif. (AP) —President Barack Obama says thePenn State sex-abuse scandalshould lead to "soul-searching"by all Americans, not just PennState.

"Obviously what happenedwas heartbreaking, especially forthe victims, the young peoplewho got affected by these allegedassaults," he told Westwood OneRadio in an interview Fridaynight, in his first public com-ments on the scandal.

"And I think it's a good timefor the entire country to do somesoul-searching — not just PennState. People care about sports,it's important to us, but our No. 1priority has to be protecting ourkids. And every institution has toexamine how they operate, andevery individual has to take re-sponsibility for making sure thatour kids are protected."

The Penn State scandal hascost several university officialstheir jobs, most notably longtimefootball coach Joe Paterno andPresident Graham Spanier. Theywere fired because trustees feltthey did not do enough to alertlaw enforcement authorities afteran alleged assault in March 2002by Jerry Sandusky, Paterno's for-mer assistant and onetime heirapparent, who has been chargedwith molesting eight boys over 15years.

Obama said that the scandalshows that "you can't just rely onbureaucracy and systems in thesekinds of situations. People haveto step forward, they have to betapping into just their core de-cency." When kids are mistreated— or anyone, for that matter —"all of us have to step up, we don'tleave it to somebody else to takeresponsibility."

Obama spoke at halftime of

a college basketball game — theCarrier Classic — between No. 1North Carolina and MichiganState, held on the deck of an air-craft carrier.

The president, a huge bas-ketball fan, also discussed theNBA lockout.

"It's killing me!" he said. Buthe said he had no plans to inter-cede.

"My attitude is that, in a con-test between billionaires and mil-lionaires, they should be able tofigure out how to divvy up theirprofits in a way that serves theirfans who are allowing them to bemaking all this money," Obamasaid. He made a similar commentabout the NFL lockout a fewmonths ago.

The president was also askedabout a new policy approved bythe NCAA allowing conferencesto add up to $2,000 annually toathletic scholarships to help coverthe full cost of attendance. Whilesaying he wasn't familiar with thespecific proposal, Obama said hesupported the general idea thatstudent athletes stay amateur butalso have all of their expensescovered.

"They're bringing in billionsof dollars into all the institutionsthat they support," he said. "Ihope that we're able to preservethat sense of amateur athleticsthat makes college sports so ter-rific."

Obama said that eventhough he plays golf, basketballremains his favorites sport.

"I play golf for two reasons.One, it's my only excuse to getoutside, and two, I'm getting tooold to play basketball," the 50-year-old chief executive said. "Butwhen it comes to true love, bas-ketball will always be first in myheart."

Obama: Penn State Abuse Cause for 'Soul-Searching'

Lessons toLearn

The raucous Patriot Centercrowd roared as the comebackwas engaged.

Riding on the back of adoubleheader with the men’sbasketball team, the GeorgeMason University women’s bas-ketball team looked to makesome noise of their own. Storm-ing back from an 11-point deficitwith 5:21 left in the second halfwould not be enough as the Pa-triots ended with a heartbreak-ing 55-51 loss against theAmerican University Eagles onFriday.

Redshirt senior guardTaleia Moton provided thespark for the Patriots’ resur-gence late in the second half,reeling off acrobatic shots andfinding ways to keep her teamin the game. Moton, who fin-ished with 19 points, four re-bounds and two steals, is themost experienced of Mason’stwo returning starters andproved it with her leadership onand off the floor.

“Taleia’s attitude on thefloor is basically leadership,”junior guard Amber Easter said.

“She knows what we need to getdone and she knows how to sayit to get it done. By her hittingshots, it makes us realize thathitting shots we know that wehave to turn it up.”

Mason shot the ball poorlyin the first half, missing on 8 of34 shot attempts with a 23.5percent team field goal percent-age at the half.

American has an experi-enced group with the return offour starters from last season’steam which finished 22-9. TheEagles are also projected to fin-ish first in the Patriot Leaguethis season.

A key to the Eagles’ successwas their defensive pressurethroughout the game. CoachMatt Corkery used a sequenceof full court presses and traps tocreate turnovers and allow theEagles to get out in transitionmore easily and effectively.

Last season, Americanranked 15th in the country inteam defensive efficiency byonly allowing 53.7 points pergame and held their opponentunder 50 points in 12 games.

The defensive schemeproved its worth by providingAmerican with nine fast break

points and 11 points offturnovers.

The Eagles finished withthree players scoring in doublefigures and outscored the Patri-ots in bench scoring 12-3.

The Patriots showednerves and struggled in capital-izing on the shot attempts giventhem. In multiple spots in thegame, they had second andthird opportunities to scorearound the rim and were un-successful.

Even with so many missedshots from point blank, Masonlead the battle of points in thepaint with 20 compared toAmerican’s 18.

“We missed and continuedto miss a lot of shots in thepaint, little chippies and easylayups,” Mason Coach JeriPorter said.

Amber Easter helped keepthe Patriots in the game with a20 point, 12 rebound output.The Hampton native opened upthe Patriot’s scoring with effec-tive 3-point shooting, going 3 of5 from behind the arc, and herrebounding opened up oppor-tunities to push the tempo.

“[Taleia and Amber] arekids that can score in a variety

of ways,” Porter said. “They canscore in transition. They can hitthe three. They can create a lit-tle bit off the bounce. They arekids that are going to score forus every night.”

If there was any doubt as towho the foremost targets are forthe Patriots, they were settledon Friday. With Moton’s abilityto see the floor, create her ownshot and run the offense andEaster’s skill set and play-mak-ing abilities from essentiallyanywhere on the floor, the Pa-triots have the assets to have asuccessful season.

And the resiliency of theteam can never be questioned.

“I’m waiting on us to ma-ture to the point where we don’tput ourselves in those situa-tions where we have to comestorming back with three orfour minutes left on the clock,”Porter said.

The women’s basketballteam is back in action onThursday when they take on theLongwood Lancers at 7 p.m inFarmville.

Pat CarrollAsst. Sports Editor

Down to the WireWomen’s Basketball Team Shows Resiliency in Loss

Photo by Stephen Kline

The women’s basketball team gets pumped up for season opener against American University. The Patriots lost 55-51.

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Who could have written thatscrip for a season opener? Whata nail bitter! Our Patriots pulledoff a 92 – 90 winner in overtimeagainst Rhode Island to open upthe season at home. With a newcoach, a new playing style andsome new players, no one reallyknew how this team would re-spond to all of the change.

The biggest change for me wasseeing redshirt sophomore guardVertrail Vaughns taking a start-ing role, as opposed to his usual‘spark plug off the bench’ role.He saw 31 minutes scoring 17points and hitting the only two3-pointers of the game for us. Iwasn’t too sure if I was convincedto see him in a starting role thisseason; however after his displayon Friday I am on board with theidea now.

I was also extremely im-pressed with Ryan Pearson’s per-formance. He put up what Ithought was a quiet 28 pointswith 12 boards. His unorthodoxstyle allows him to get a lot of putback points along with and-ones

during the game. I really thinkthat this will continue to play toour advantage this entire season,as it has in past years. Pearson’senergy and emotion whether he’sin the game or on the bench is akey piece to the momentum andpush that our team has duringthe game.

In the entire game there weretwo main weak points that wejust couldn’t capitalize on. Forlack of a better term, our freethrow shooting sucked. Shoot-ing 57.1 percent from the line isunacceptable. We lost 12 easypoints just from missing charityshots. Now I understand we willnever make every shot, butshooting just over 50 percent isterrible. The second weak pointwas 3-pointer shooting. We ran athree guard set for most of thegame; you would think that out-side shooting should have in-creased.

However, we only went 2-for-14 from beyond the arc. I dothink that we can credit a lot ofthat to the first game of the sea-son, but those are two stats thatneed to be improved drastically.Aside from free throws and 3-

pointers, the stat lines werepretty even between the twoteams.Finally, one thing that was reallygreat to see was Coach Hewitt’sreaction to the student sectionafter the game. He did the stan-dard throwing of the three T-shirts to students; however, rightafter that, he started interactingwith the student section. He wasscreaming right back at us,pointed at us when we pointed athim, and pumping his arms incelebration with us. It seems likeCoach Hewitt has made it clearthat playing in the Patriot Cen-ter and the student section sup-port will be a key to this season.It was awesome to see the sup-port and the appreciation of usscreaming our lungs out for 45minutes on Friday.

After what we just saw for thefirst game of the season, I amnow even more cised for what isabout to come. Let’s hope thenext “W” and the 2-0 start comeson behalf of FIU down in Blacks-burg, Va. for the NIT Season Tip-Off.

Daniel ZimmetPatriot Platoon Member

Was ThatFun orWhat?!

Section124

A Fan’s

Perspective

Following his arrest on creditcard fraud and larceny chargesin the middle of September,senior guard Andre Corneliuswas suspended indefinitelypending the legal process.

Early last week, though, heplead guilty to the misde-meanor charge and was offi-cially suspended for thesemester, an equivalent of 10games.For the first time since his sus-pension, Cornelius addressedthe Mason Nation on WGMURadio’s The Morning Break-down on Friday and issued aheartfelt apology.

“I just want to apologize tothe Mason fans and the Masoncommunity for what I did,” hesaid. “I know that as a leader ofthis team, I let everybody down.I just want everybody to forgiveme for what I did and it willnever happen again. I learnedfrom my mistake.”

Cornelius was able to returnto practice for the first time last

week and will play a major rolein helping the young, inexperi-enced Patriots’ backcourt growup quickly.

“I’m just trying to get backinto things at practice,” he said.“I’m trying to make Bryon[Allen] and Corey [Edwards]work harder and get them readyfor the games, but I’m also try-ing to get myself back as soon aspossible.”

He is slated to return to thefloor on Dec. 21 as Mason hostsDuquesne. Until then, he willbe working hard at practice toimprove his game on both endsof the floor.

“I’m exhausting myself, work-ing hard in practice,” Corneliussaid. “I’ll be in great shape andI’ll be ready to come back assoon as I can.”

As Allen and Edwards excelon the floor, Cornelius will con-tinue his workout regimen andget himself in prime position tomake major contributions to theteam when he returns.

“I’m working hard right now,”he said. “The fans and every-body will see what kind ofplayer I’ll be when I get back.”

Cddy NormanSports Editor

Breaking Down

Andre Cornelius Addresses Mason Nation

Photo by Stephen Kline

Freshman guard Corey Edwards drives against senior guard Jamal Wilson of the University of Rhode Island Rams. The Patriots won 92-90 in an

overtime thriller.

Paul Hewitt Era Begins With Overtime Win

His return to the floor was al-most as anticipated as Hewitt’sdebut and his teammates, specif-ically Pearson, were among thosewho couldn’t wait to have himback.

“He couldn’t come back at abetter time,” Pearson said. “He’sgoing to be that guy that we needon the perimeter. He comes backtonight and gets those two big of-fensive rebounds; without those,who knows what could have hap-pened. He’s real versatile. And,with his size, he’s going to be bigfor us right now and for the rest ofthe season.”

Behind Wright and Pearson,the first two players off the benchfor the Patriots were freshmen.

P o i n tguard Corey Ed-wards and for-ward Erik Copessaw significantminutes andmade majorcontributions tothe team’s vic-tory.

E dwa rd s ,who didn’t getmuch time be-hind BryonAllen, talliedfour points inhis just 13 min-utes. He was in-serted into thegame with three minutes remain-ing in overtime and came up with

two crucialsteals, one ofwhich was in a3-on-1 disad-vantage, tohelp the Patri-ots pull awayin the finalminutes.

“He’s agamer,” Hewittsaid. “That’sthe only way Ican describehim. You puthim in thegame and, allof a sudden,he steps his

game up to a new level.”After Morrison fouled out in

the second half, Copes was calledon to contribute big minutes. Headded six big rebounds whilemaking his presence felt in thepaint with two blocked shots.

“The one thing we’ve got todo is lift up those guys that didn’tplay,” Hewitt said. “We’re going toneed a lot of guys to play for usthis season.”

BASKETBALL, from Front

“He’s a gamer. That’sthe only way I can de-scribe him. You puthim in the game and,all of a sudden, hesteps his game up to anew level.”

-Paul Hewitt, Men’s bas-ketball head coach, aboutfreshman guard Corey Ed-wards

The men’s basketball teamtraveled to Blacksburg, Va.tonight for the PreseasonNIT Tournament. They playFlorida International University Monday night at9:30 p.m. The game can befound online atESPN3.com.

12 | Broadside Monday, November 14, 2011

TWEETS OF THE WEEK

Each week we collect the best tweets by Mason athletes and compile them for your enjoyment.

What Makes a Diet Healthy?

As you walk into Southside or PilotHouse, the sights and smells of differentfoods draw you in. However, even the mostenticing eats can be detrimental to yourhealth.

One of the biggest fears of any collegestudent, especially for a freshman makingthe transition into college life is thedreaded gain of unwanted weight.

Now figure in having to stay in top shapeto perform at the highest level in a Divi-sion-I sport. Student athlete’s diets are veryimportant to their overall well-being andhow well they perform.

A major factor is that student athletespick up bad dieting habits while in highschool where they don’t have to eat ashealthy in order to compete.

Fast food, sport bars and protein shakesbecome the meals of choice for teenageathletes because of their availability andrelative affordability.

However, once they begin collegiate ath-letics, the workouts become more strenu-ous and coaches expect their players tomaintain healthy diets and stay in shapefor their respective seasons.

George Mason University sports dieti-cian Theresa Logan is faced with improv-ing student athletes’ diets on a daily basis.

As a dietician, Logan’s roles include re-searching new and effective methods ofhealthy eating, counseling and educatingstudent athletes on good eating habits. Shecreates educational materials, programsand pre-game and training table meals foreach of the athletic programs.

At the beginning of each season, she

meets with a variety of sports teams to in-form them about how to live healthylifestyles by putting an emphasis on bene-ficial food choices.

“When [student athletes] come here,I’m going to say 75 percent of them havezero sense on what they need to eat be-cause they lived on fast food,” Logan said.“They were at a stage of their life wherethey didn’t have to worry about weight.They were also at a stage of their life wherethey didn’t have to work hard for trainingand conditioning. Now that changes.”

With late night eateries on campus likePilot House and Ike’s, it can be difficult fora student athlete to avoid a late night snackor meal that is filled with unhealthy fatsand carbohydrates.

With greasy choices like pizza, Buffalowings and fried macaroni and cheese, find-ing a healthy meal at Pilot House can be achallenge.

“Do you really need to eat at 2 a.m. and4 a.m. at Pilot House?” Logan said. “It’sgoing to wreck havoc on your sleep cycle.Also, if you keep doing it you’ll pick upextra weight which may not be good foryour position. It may not be good for yourbody frame. Some kids get it and some kidsdon’t until they get hurt. I always tell them[unhealthy food] is like a brick and I laidanother brick on top of this little stickthat’s wobbling and eventually it breaks.”

Southside has a fair share of fresh op-tions that can be added to any diet. Ahealthy meal should consist of a mixtureof dairy, grains, protein, fruits and vegeta-bles and some fats.

Dairy products provide your body withbone support and muscle recovery, whichis helpful after a workout or practice.

Grains and proteins give your body vita-mins and minerals that aid muscle growth,energy and your immune system.

Fruits and vegetables have multiple ben-efits including vitamins, minerals, fluidsand natural sugars for body and brain en-ergy. Even fats that tend to be consideredunhealthy provide support for hormonefunction, body insulation and act as an-other fuel source.

For many student athletes, eating 3 to 4meals a day is not uncommon, as Masonwomen’s basketball junior guard AmberEaster can attest to.

“I usually eat Chick-fil-a breakfast inthe morning,” Easter said. “In the after-noon I will get a bagel or something at LaPat and then we have training table for din-ner [at George’s in th Johnson Center]where there are a bunch of healthy foods.”

By staying away from fatty foods filledwith grease and unhealthy carbohydrates,student athletes can stay healthy and avoidinjury as well as have the energy to performto the best of their ability.

A simple change in what you eat can paydividends in how you feel both physicallyand mentally. A healthy diet can also dra-matically enhance your performance at thegym, any athletic activity you participatein and even in the classroom.

By eating healthy, your body will feel re-freshed and refueled with the energy to dowhatever you enjoy.

Pat CarrollAsst. Sports Editor

Healthy Food Optionsfor College Students

Grains: Provide a good source of iron and vi-tamin B; Try to incorporate foods like rice,

pasta and whole grain bread into your meals.

Fruits & Vegetables: Boosts your immunesystem and strengthens vision (eyes), hair

and blood; Good sources of vitamin A and C,minerals and fiber. Include a daily apple or

banana to your diet. Vegetables like broccoli,squash and carrots also are highly recom-

mended.

Milk & Dairy Products: Maintain strongbones and teeth; Turn to low fat milk, cheese,nonfat yogurts, cottage cheese or pudding in

about 3 servings per day.

Proteins: Build muscle, fight infection andheal wounds; Grilled chicken at Southside isa solid option along with beans, fish, peanut

butter or eggs.

Fats & Oils: Good source of dietary fat; Keephair and skin soft; Add a salad dressing, nuts

and olive oil to a salad or pasta.

Hoopla!Mason celebrated the startof the basketball season on Friday with the Green Machine, Mason Cheerleaders and the Masonettes. The event featured free food and activities for students.

Photo by Jake McLernonPhoto by Jake McLernon

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