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Virginia law dictates that a governor

cannot serve two consecutive terms, so Governor Bob McDonnell will step down this year as governor of Vir-ginia and the buzz is strong for who will be elected next. In a very turbulent political environ-ment this came to one of, if not THE, most controversial elections in Virginia history. Problems include current governor, Bob McDonnell, com-ing under investiga-tion for what has become known as the Gifting Scandal, governor-hopeful Ken Cuccinelli refusing to resign his post as attor-ney general while

campaigning for governor, and candidate Terry McAuliffe’s com-pany GreenTech coming under investigation. With national factors such as the economy, and the government shutdown ear-lier this fall, many people wonder why this election has become about social issues and not policy issues that have to do with improving the prospects for Virginians, which has caused the candidates to come under some fire, most notably Cuccinelli, whose heavily polarizing social platform has

The gubernatorial election

BC gets a new website designBy Troy Jackson

A recount from a political science perspective

Bridgewater stands up to cancer

Illustration by Brooke Thacker

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The question stands: What are you thank-ful for? We all see

it on Facebook or Twitter with people posting things they are thankful for in their lives this time of the year. But why is it only Novem-ber that we are thankful for what we have and do not bother with what we do not? The two major holidays that happen in November may be a reason why we are thankful: Veterans Day on Nov. 11, and Thanksgiving on Nov. 28. We thank veter-ans for serving our country in the past and present on Veteran’s Day, and use this day to take pride in America. Thanksgiving is the time when we are all thankful for what we have, whether we participate in challenges or not throughout the month. When this holiday began, the symbolism it presented was of a time when two contrasting groups came to-gether to celebrate their fall harvest, thankful that they had enough to eat. Today, we use this day as a time to spend with family and be thankful for them. Personally, I try to be thankful every day for the people and opportuni-ties that I have in my life.

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However, it is difficult to remember to do that every day when little things here or there can frustrate you to no end. When this hap-pens though, we just need to take a breath and count our blessings. This year, I wanted to participate in the 30 days of thankful, but then I started to think about it all. Every day we should be thankful, and why should we show that off to other people on social media? Would it be more rewarding to say it aloud to others who may be thankful for the same things and then start a conversa-tion? And why must we be thankful for things that are so serious? Shouldn’t we be thankful for the little things that make us laugh? According to “Much to be thankful for in Novem-ber – event stuff we thought about” by Erin Anderson, published on journalstar.com on Nov. 2, there is a different awareness or cel-ebratory day for every day in November. Perhaps instead of being so serious, people can be thankful for Duns Scotus, of Duns, Scotland, who invented the dunce cap on Nov. 8. The day before Veteran’s

Day is the 238th birthday of the United States Marine Corps, so we can be thank-ful for our armed services on two consecutive days. Nov. 13 is World Kindness Day, so be sure to show some compassion on that day. Nov. 19 is the have A Bad Day Day, which is when people in the service indus-try can say “have a bad day,” rather than “have a good day” to customers as they exit. Nov. 23 is Fibonocci Day, as well as Eat a Cran-berry Day, National Cashew Day and the 50th anniver-sary of Dr. Who Day. It is incredible how every day can have something dif-ferent that you can be thank-ful for. Therefore, people should not only participate in the 30 days of thankful, but in 365 days of thankful. There is a page on Face-book called “Be thankful you have the day.” While this page mostly posts inspiring pictures with text that make you think, it does have a good message behind it. Be thankful for every day that you have on this earth. Life is short, carpe diem, grab the bull by the horns and all those other popular clichés.

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Editorial

By Brooke Thacker

What are you thankful for this year?

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Be thankful all year, not just in November

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Site seeing?

Students at Bridgewa-ter log onto the col-lege’s website to check

campus events, academic announcements and new photos of campus activi-ties. Though these seem like minute tasks, the campus website is far from it. A new site is presently being de-signed to take away the dif-ficulty of the current page. Amber Parkhurst, director of Marketing and Commu-nications here at Bridgewa-ter, is heading up the project for the new website. “The new website will be a complete departure from what we have now,” said Parkhurst. “[The layout will be] fresher and more cutting-edge.” The new website will fea-ture new navigation tech-niques and will be great for the marketing of the college. “We are planning on creat-ing a responsive website, a website that, regardless of the size of the device you are accessing it from, will have a special look,” said Parkhurst. This means that the look of the site will appear differ-ently on tab-lets, phones, and laptops, but will still remain easy to use and navi-gate. About every five years the

By Sam St. Johnwebsite will be updated so that it does not fall behind other colleges or universities as far as layout and design. The site will also make it easier for prospective stu-dents to navigate and apply early. “This is definitely a web project on a scale that this college has never done,” said Parkhurst. Students have been invited to Discovery Sessions and to produce a wish list about things that they wish would be added to the site and students are still encouraged to submit ideas to Amber Parkhurst. Parkhurst is hoping that the new website will be up and running by August 2014. If you have any requests involving the new web-site, please email Amber Parkhurst at [email protected].

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BC develops a more manageable website

By Kathleen Herring

Intern of the week: Maria Best

This summer, senior Communication Studies major

Maria Best performed an internship based in Atlanta, Ga. with the Human Resources depart-ment of CGI Group, an international IT consult-ing company. The com-pany, which specializes in handling logistics, soft-ware and consulting tasks for many large companies worldwide, also helps the federal government with tasks such as putting to-gether passports for U.S. government officials. As an intern with the Human Resources depart-ment, Maria helped with employee relations issues, onboarding employees, and the logistics of man-aging 7, 200 employees. “It was really interest-ing because I didn’t work with my bosses… a lot of them are contractors who are working for our

company, so I didn’t see a lot of people. I did a lot of my work in consulting with others over the phone with phone conferences and emailing. I became very good at communicating with people… who are in differ-ent time zones,” said Best. Maria, who hopes to pursue a career in Market-ing, took on this internship because she “wanted to try something else while [she] had the flexibility to,” and because she wanted to be in Atlanta for the summer. Her favorite part of the experience was being able to take a business trip to Columbus, Ohio. “There’s an insurance company in Columbus that we were integrating into our company, [so] I flew out there and met three other ladies who are HR consultants,” said Best. “They were going to do the orientation for these new people… I got to plan an

orientation welcome din-ner, which was fun.” As to the overall value of the experience, Maria sums it up: “I definitely think everyone should do an internship. This was my second one, and it really helped me – I feel like I’ve worked now, and I’m able to ask questions without having it hurt me [professionally]. It was as [beneficial] for me as it was for the company, because I’m figuring out what I want to do and exploring.” She goes on to explain how having the experi-ence of performing a professional internship on her resume will help in the future job search. Looking for a great internship experience? Contact the Office of Career Services at [email protected] for more information.

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A summer internship with human resources for CGI Group

Correction from page 3 of last week’s newspaper, October 30 - November 5:

In the article “Sustainability Day,” by Cyndi Wibe, Dr. Ellen Mitchell is a chemistry professor, not a biology professor, of Bridgewater College.

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Remember as a kid, running around in dark mazes with

flashing lights all around you, intense action music blasting, and the sound of a laser guns ringing through your ears? If that description takes you back to childhood laser tag adventures, then you’re right on! On Nov. 9, Eagle Productions (EP) and the Outdoor Program (OP) will be hosting a laser tag event for students, free of charge. Laser Tag is an activity where players have laser beam-firing guns. The vests that players wear have laser-activated sensors, so when one player fires at another, the light from the “laser” causes the vest to vibrate, signaling that the player has been “shot”. Laser Tag is played in a dark room, with music and all sorts of mazes and obstacles to run through to avoid getting tagged and to tag other players. “We have a company called Bass/Schuler Enter-tainment,” said Malorie An-drews, an EP member and junior at Bridgewater Col-lege. “They are bringing in their own sound system, all of the laser tag equipment, and 25 inflatable obstacle courses.” Did I mention that the whole laser tag event is go-ing to be glow-in-the-dark? Andrews says that this

event is “special to this year” but has happened before in previous years. What makes this time around so unique though is the fact that it is being hosted indoors, with music, plenty of black lights, and many other new surpris-es for students to enjoy. Students who wish to participate in the laser tag event will be able to have “five members on their team and compete against an op-posing team,” said Andrews, adding a competitive feel to the already fun and exciting experience. This laser tag special is one of the many events that EP has hosted for Bridgewa-ter’s Campus so far this year, and there are many more to come. Their question this year, WTF or “Where’s the Fun?!” is being answered by events like this that get students more involved with the many fun and exciting on-campus activities that BC offers. There aren’t too many places in the Bridgewater area that offer an excit-ing night of free laser tag, so bring some friends and come out for glow-in-the-dark fun! Re-live those child-hood laser tag memories in the Funkhouser on Nov. 9, from 8:00 to 10:00 p.m. May the force be with you!

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By Lindsey Barnes

Black lights, music, laser tag!

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By Rianna Hill

Are you in a cam-pus organization, involved in course-

related group work, or work-ing on a project and need financial assistance? Well look no further, because two very dedicated alumni have created a fund to help students out. Sam and Anne Murray Reid, both Bridgewater Col-lege graduates of the class of 1960, have established the R. Coleman and Anne Murray Reid Endowment Fund for Community Ser-vice. This fund provides fi-nancial assistance for com-munity service projects that are initiated by Bridgewater College students. Any proj-ect that helps to benefit and better Bridgewater and the surrounding community is eligible for funding. Projects may be funded within the range of $50 to $1,500. The grants will gener-ally be awarded to projects that intend to be completed within one semester, but the committee that is in charge of selecting which projects are eligible can consider one that requires an entire aca-

demic year for completion. The approval of such projects is based upon whether or not the funds are available. Also, there is no submission deadline; students can submit a pro-posal at any time to become eligible to receive financial assistance. In order to become eli-gible, students must submit a proposal, or plan of action. The proposal must describe the problem that is being addressed, and include a detailed description of the community service project that will be implemented to solve the problem. In addi-tion, students must outline a budget that clearly defines the funds that will be needed to finance the project. Once approved and finished, stu-dents must submit a report on the results of the project at the time of its comple-tion. Besides funding, the R. Coleman and Anne Mur-ray Reid Endowment Fund for Community Service is a great opportunity for stu-dents to “exercise leadership, address a community need and demonstrate [their] civic

responsibility,” said Wilson. It is important for stu-dents to get as involved with the community as possible. Creating this fund opens the door for students to be active and commit-ted members of not only Bridgewater’s campus, but the surrounding area, while taking major steps in be-coming established leaders and dedicated contributors to a greater cause. If a group that you are associated with would like to request a grant from this fund, you can submit a two page proposal to the Direc-tor of Service Learning, Stephanie Wilson, via e-mail at [email protected] questions or concerns, contact Wilson at 540-828-5749 or visit her in the Cen-ter for Cultural Engagement (across from the Funkhous-er Center).

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New funding for student-led projectsBC Alumni create the R. Coleman and Anne Murray Reid Endowment Fund for Community Service

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A minimum of 10 per-cent of children are bullied on a regular

basis through cyber bully-ing, bullying in schools and harassment. Many different approaches have been taken to try to stop bullying, and authors Regina Davis and Carolyn Royer Spencer have created something new. Victoria Walden from the Public Relations group Bohlen shares the story of Davis and Spencer. The two authors are both retired elementary school teachers. Davis was born and raised in Long Island, N.Y. and now lives in Virginia Beach, Va. She received her bachelors at St. John’s University and her masters at Hofstra University. Spencer received her bach-elors in early childhood and elementary education certifi-cation at Old Dominion. For her entire life, Spencer has resided in Norfolk, Va. Both women share a common interest to stop bullying. They

By Cyndi Wibe

Anti-bullying book for children

pulled together and created something to help young kids understand what bullying does. Davis and Spencer wrote the trilogy “Senor Smarty Pantaloons Series” to teach kids about bullying in a cre-ative way. The books include poetry, puzzles and games to make learning more fun. To further their series, the two clever authors wrote Lord Computesalot, ruler of Au-rora Bullyalis, and His Secret Quest to End Bullying to show kids how hurtful bully-ing can be. They use a differ-ent perspective by having the adults bully each other. Bullying has become a major issue in schools today. Davis and Spencer venture on a quest of their own to end bullying. Lord Computesalot, ruler of Aurora Bullyalis, and His Secret Quest to End Bul-lying can be found in online stores for as low as $3. ...

When most people think of

holidays, they think of annual celebra-tions, but in Judaism there is one holiday that occurs every week - the Sabbath. Known in Hebrew as Shabbat, this holi-day is central to Jew-ish Life. This Friday at 7:30 p.m. at the Beth El church in Harrisonburg, come out and experience a traditional Jewish worship. Every reli-gious background is welcomed. Once in the fall and once in the spring, Rabi Joe Blair wel-comes the community to join in on a traditional Jewish wor-ship. The Shabbat is the Jewish day of rest on the seventh day

of the week, on which Jews re-member the traditional creation of the heavens and the earth in six days and look forward to a future Messianic Age. Shabbat entails refraining from work activities, and engaging in rest-

ful activities to honor the day. Robbie Miller, a member of the Bridgewater Interfaith board and in charge of Spiritual Life on campus, spoke about this up-coming worship. “It’s a small congregation, only about 30-40 members, but will give you the warmest biggest welcom-ing,” said Miller.

After the worship, there will be a small reception, giving guests the chance to talk more to Rabi Joe Blair about what they just experienced and ask any questions they might have. ...

By Jessica Reynolds

Shabbat (sh -’bät) Traditional Jewish worship at the Beth El church in Harrisonburg

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Unemployment tax rates prohibit chances for the working class

Unemployment taxes can be a good thing if they are for the right

people. However, there are definitely the select people who take advantage of the unemployment taxes. Maryland unemploy-ment taxes have gone down because of the improving economy, but I still do not completely agree with the tax rate for unemployment as it stands, even with the de-crease in cost. I am from Maryland so I

By Morgan Drankiewicz

Op-Ed

know first-hand of the taxes that the residents of Maryland encounter. According to the Washington Post, in 2012, unemployment taxes were at their highest. The working class was taxed a range of 2.2 percent to 13.5 percent of their paychecks. That was just the tax rate for unemployment, not including the many other taxes that come out of a paycheck. Some people have to push every dime they earn to cover their own expenses. They should not have to worry

about granting someone else’s unemployment check. The wrong groups of people seem to be paying extreme taxes. For example, students who work part-time to pay for their school expenses are not exempt from the high tax rates. Some students are work-ing to be able to pay for their future education—to allow themselves a bigger success rate. The high tax rates on the paychecks of these people prohibit them from having that money to receive their educa-

tion. This could be a cause of the unemployment rates be-cause students may not be able to afford a higher education to get that high paying job. Some of the people who are unemployed do not chose to be there. There are definitely cases in which a person has no other source of income besides their unemployment paycheck. Some people are disabled or have been in an accident while others have disabled family members for whom they must care. These are the types of

people who deserve these checks—the kinds of people who do not want to have to live off of unemployment. I am not saying the unem-ployment tax should be elimi-nated completely. However, the taxes should be lowered as much as possible. It simply is not fair to put such a bur-den on a person who is work-ing to better their lifestyle and chance of success. ...

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cost him a strong number of support. The next lead-ing candidate, McAuliffe, has lost support for his lack of political experience, and his business experience--his strongest draw in a lot of minds--has been reduced due to his former company’s investigation. In a surpris-ing turn of events the third party Libertarian candidate, Robert Sarvis, has drawn a surprising number of sup-port closing in on 10 percent of the vote. All of these factors and more made for this to be a very interesting election, so interesting in fact, that the Richmond Times Dispatch, a regular endorser of can-didates for governor and a major source of information regarding favored candi-dates, stated that it could not endorse a candidate this year. This is the first time in the history of the paper that it has not endorsed a candi-

date. However, in a very close but not surprising win, Terry McAuliffe beat Ken Cucci-nelli for the governorship of Virginia. While this will be the first time since around the early 1970s that Virginia has voted for the same party that holds the Presidency, really this outcome did not come as much of a surprise to many Political Science majors here at Bridgewa-ter College. While Virginia has normally been called a conservative state, it is important to remember that Virginians are known for their fiscal conservatism and their right leaning modera-tism on most all other issues. And their fiscal conserva-tism comes largely from the state’s Constitution rather than the actual politicians. For instance, the Constitu-tion requires states to have a perfectly balanced budget going into a fiscal year, not

any particular party plat-form. So what made this race so close was the fact that both of the major candidates were extremely polar-izing, Terry McAuliffe for his “carpet-bagger from the north” feel and his powerful friends in the Demo-cratic party, and Ken Cuccinelli from his political record as at-torney general of Vir-ginia and his position on many social issues. When the candidates are so polarized in a state that tends to be more moderate, especially on social is-sues, there were only a handful of options on how this would play out. One option was that party members would begin to flip to the other party,

which there may have been a small amount of in this election. Another would be that people simply would refuse to come out and vote, which also could have hap-pened to a small degree. But the option many seem to have taken was to vote for the third-party Libertarian candidate who is more fis-cally conservative and more socially moderate/liberal. And honestly, Robert Sarvis’ seven percent of the vote last night was not taking votes from McAuliffe but from Cuccinelli. If Robert Sarvis had not run, Cuccinelli would have won. However, in the same breath, if Cuccinelli had not pushed for having a

party convention and instead pushed for a primary for the Republican ticket here in Virginia, Bill Bolling would have won the Republican ticket and he would have easily swept the vote for governor here in Virginia. So, in conclusion, a lot of factors lined up that worked in favor of some more than others in this election, but so is the game of politics.

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Leontes. It angers Leontes and he has Lord Antigonus, Paulina’s husband, abandon he baby in a desolate place. Cleomenes and Dion return from the Delphi and Hermione is put on trial be-fore the king. Hermione de-fends herself by having the word of the Oracle read out loud before the court. The oracle states that Hermione and Polixenes are innocent and that Leontes will have no heir until his lost daugh-ter is found. Leontes is in disbelief and finds out that his son, Mamillius, has died in sick-ness due to the accusations against his mother. Herm-ione faints and soon dies from heartbreak due to the loss of her son and repen-tant husband. Leontes vows that he shall atone for his loss of the queen and son. The play involves ro-mance, drama, tragedy, scandals, miracles, torture, chases, near escapes, revenge and a mistaken identity. In all, “The Winter’s Tale” is a meditation of romance, true love and power of theatre that will bring it to life. The set up for the play will be different from before in that the actors and actresses will have their backs to the audience. This hopes to give the audience a different per-spective of the play. In most productions at BC, charac-ters seem to stick with the

“The Winter’s Tale,” by the renowned William Shakespeare, is set to be

performed on the stage of Cole Hall this week. It will take place on Nov. 6 through Nov. 10. The start times for the play are 8 p.m. on Nov 6 through Nov. 9 and 3 p.m. on Nov. 10. The production is open for the public to attend. It is free and counts as a convocation credit for BC students. Tickets are $9 for adults and $7 for se-niors and non-BC students. Reservations are recom-mended for ticket sales and seating of the public and non-BC students. For tickets and reservations please call (540)-828-5631. The play is estimated to be about two hours and 30 minutes long. “The Winter’s Tale” is a play that was first published in 1623 and is from a back catalogue of Shakespeare’s canon. It is about two child-

hood friends, Polixenes and Leontes. Polixenes is the King of Bohemia and Le-ontes is the King of Sicilia. Polixenes is visiting Leontes to catch up on their lives and soon Polixenes becomes homesick and would like to return to Bohemia. Leontes wants him to stay longer, so he gets his wife, Hermione, to try to convince Polixenes not to leave. She succeeds and Polixenes stays. How-ever, Leontes becomes paranoid that Polixenes and Hermione are involved. Hermione is pregnant and furthers Leontes’s paranoia. He has a Sicilian Lord named Camillo poison Polixenes. Instead, Camillo warns Polixenes and they flee to Bohemia. Once Le-ontes hears of the escape, he accuses his wife of infidelity and declares that the unborn child is illegitimate. Herm-ione is thrown into prison

and Leontes sends two of his lords, Dion and Cleomenes, to the Oracle of Delphi to con-firm his sus-picions of his wife. Herm-ione gives birth to a girl while in prison and has her friend Paulina take the baby to

no-backs-to-the-au-dience rule. At times, the perfor-mance and the seating are on the stage which is limited, or the play takes place on the stage and all of the seating is throughout Cole Hall. For this production there is a guest direc-tor named Alisha Huber. She is a general thespian from Har-risonburg, Va. as well as a costumer. Her local work includes “JB” and “Love’s Labors Lost” at Eastern Mennonite University. She has earned a M.F.A degree in directing from Mary Bald-win College and is in con-junction with the American Shakespeare Center. One of the cast members, junior Jonathan Trejo, is excited for the play and to be part of “The Winter’s Tale.” This is his second time participating in a BC play and he spends an aver-

By Rachel Meeks

Shakespeare strikes the BC theatre

age of three hours study-ing his character and lines. Trejo’s friend, who is also in the play encouraged him to try out. Furthermore Trejo wanted to be on stage once again. The cast members are all BC students who are in various classes and areas of study. It is recommended to attend the performance and watch the theatre bring to life the Shakespearean play, “The Winter’s Tale.”

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Students to perform “The Winter’s Tale” this weekend

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Photo by Brennan Gash

The stage being set up before the play this weekend.

Students at rehearsal in Cole Hall.

Photo by Morgan Elkins

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8 Commununity in Action

Community in Action is a partnership between The Community Foundation, United Way and Veritas.

This week’s events and opportunities

Want to spend an afternoon having a great lunch of local-ly grown and prepared food while supporting an amazing non-profit at the same time? Come out on Nov. 9 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. for the third annual Locavore Luncheon. Proceeds benefit the Bridge of Hope Har-risonburg-Rockingham. Highlights include a fashion show featuring clothing from Gift and Thrift and accents from Artisans’ Hope. The luncheon and fashion show will take place at the Harrisonburg First Church of the Naza-rene. Call 540-271-2566 to reserve a spot!

November is the perfect time to go outside and enjoy the fall foliage, especially on the mountains! On Nov. 9-11, The National Park Service has declared fee-free days in observance of Veterans Day. So get out and enjoy any National Park in the country without paying an entrance fee! Call 1-888-896-3833 for more information.

As people get older, their lives sometimes become more dif-

ficult and family members often have to devote their lives to taking care of those in need. If the caregiver needs help, there are people dedicated to assisting with every day needs, like The Caregivers Community Net-work. Volun-teers from all across the Har-risonburg and Rockingham area are enthu-siastic about providing social interaction and care for nearby elders. The cur-rent program director, Stacy Hansen, knows how important it is for these people to receive help. The services are available to give the usual caregiver, whether it is a family member or family friend, a break. “Volunteers may run er-rands for the caregiver that [they] cannot run on their own because they are not able to take their elder out,” Hansen said. “[They also] watch over the elder while the caregiver takes a nap or does something that they cannot normally do because they are taking care of their elder.”

By Katie LaBranche and Emily Townsend

The Caregivers Community NetworkMaking lives easier one family at a time

The program currently serves 30 families with frail elders who suffer from dementia, Alzheimer’s, and anyone who may feel iso-lated or lonely. “There is a lot of informa-tion and statistics that show caregivers are under a lot of stress and need a break. It’s important to provide social-

ization because it’s easy to feel isolated when you are taking care of someone who can’t get out very often,” said Hanson. In the Harrisonburg area, the breaks are usually two hours once or twice a week and further out in Rocking-ham County, the breaks can last up to four hours. Volun-teers from the community such as JMU nursing stu-dents, health science majors, or anyone with the desire to help others, are welcome to offer their services. Some volunteers are sent

to visits with “toolkits” that have games, crafts, music or other forms of entertain-ment. They have something for everyone, even manicure kits that are especially popu-lar among older women. The program is kept afloat in many ways. United Way often assists with funding and some families pay a

small fee. Mem-bers from the community are also actively in-volved in making sure this organi-zation is able to do its job. “Last Christ-mas, local musi-cians came and played a small scale concert where those who attended donated

money,” Hansen said. “[A few] sororities and frater-nities on JMU’s campus fundraise as well for money or equipment to stock up ‘toolkits’ with.” Although volunteers can-not drive the elders any-where, they still provide a useful service. Volunteers gain service hours, the elders receive a chance to build strong relationships, and the caregivers receive time to relax and get away from the stress of their everyday lives....

Dancing with the Stars of the ‘Burg is an annual gala event that benefits the Harrisonburg Rockingham Child Day Care Center. Local celebrities will compete for the Mirror Ball Trophy on Nov. 10, at JMU’s Festi-val Ballroom. In each of the last three years, seven local “celebrities” raised a combined $130,000 for HRCDCC programs. Each couple, costumed like the stars of ABC’s show, will perform their dance routine for a panel of judg-es and the audience. This spectacular show is the result of the collaborative efforts of WHSV-TV3, Dancing with Karen’s ballroom dance studio, and the Shenandoah Valley Chapter of USA Dance. For more information call (540) 434-5268.

The Annual Veterans Day Parade is held to honor our nation’s heroes. Flags line Main Street as local Veteran groups ride by on patriotic floats accompanied by the Harrisonburg High School Marching Band and JROTC, Boy Scout Troops, civic organizations and a convoy of military vehicles. Come out on Nov. 10 to support our Veterans. The parade begins at 2:00 p.m. at the Rocking-ham County Administration Building located at 20 East Gay Street and travels South on Main Street to the City Municipal Building in Harrisonburg.

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9 Arts & Style

Beautifully hand-crafted material can be seen in Oasis Fine

Art and Craft. A variety of designs are displayed all around the exhibit. The Oasis Fine Art and Craft is having a fundraiser entitled, “Art Bowls and Soup.” The artists at Oasis Fine Art and Craft are participating with the community in this event to bring a free open house exhibit to the community and promote the arts. Bowls can be seen in a variety of designs ranging from the traditional wood bowls to the more exotic painted bowls. The price for

each is $15 and those who buy a bowl will also receive a free cup of homemade soup in appreciation of their purchase and support for the fundraiser. All the artists who created these wonderfully decorated bowls will be present at the fundraiser. The fundraiser will take place Nov. 1 from 5-8 p.m. Each bowl was donated by either the artist or a member of the com-munity to support the Oasis Fine Art and Craft coopera-tive. More than 40 artists in total have collaborated with this event and have donated their work for this cause.

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Soup and bowls for allBy Janelle Alexander

Music is an expression that can reach into depths that at times, words cannot reach. The Gabriel Fauré’s “Requiem” concert being held in the Carter Center on Nov. 10 will attempt to grasp its audience with its serene tones. Dr. McCarty, assistant professor of music, is director for this stagger-ing event. The concert like any good recipe has taken much time and prepa-ration. These so-called ingredi-ents for this con-cert are a combina-tion of Bridgewa-ter’s three choirs. The Chorale is a small choir which students must audition to be a part. The concert choir is the largest choir of about 50. Lastly, the Oratorio choir features faculty and alumni. This brilliant and diverse com-bination creates a sensa-tional uniqueness as well as harmonious sound. Dr. McCarty recalls the Gabriel Fauré’s “Requiem” as, “The most beautiful piece of work in music

history.” He explains that the audience will experience both joy and happiness as well moments of anger dur-ing the performance. “I think it’s a great piece in the sense of building musi-cal skills for a choir,” said Dr. McCarty. With three separate choirs all coming together it is impeccable how much precision will be required to maintain the harmonious sounds.

Along with the choirs, a professional orchestra will also ac-company the singers with solos from Christine Fairfield and Shannon Kiser, who are adjunct instruc-tors for Bridgewater. Dr. Larry Taylor who

is known for his organ playing will also be featured. Dr. McCarty also pointed out that the music depart-ment is always looking for new faces for the choirs. The Carter Center which is home to the music depart-ment has been preparing for this concert for some time now and will be filled with eager listeners on Nov. 10. ...

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A recipe of MusicFall choir concert: Gabriel Fauré’s “Requiem”

Community members are more than welcome to donate their artwork as well. This event is for the entire community and everyone is more than welcome to come early and see the festivities at their brightest. The event will take place at the Oasis Fine Art and Craft center at 103 S. Main Street in Harrisonburg. Come out and enjoy the wonderful artwork and company of others while enjoying a bowl of warm, tasty homemade soup after purchasing a bowl from the exhibit. ...

Historically, music dates back to the beginning of time

and occasionally an artist chooses a form of music that has been around for centuries. Ustad Shafaat Khan is a well renowned player of the sitar and tabla. His recent performance at Bridgewater College served as a convo-cation as well as an op-portunity for local commu-nity members and campus members to be exposed to the cultural experience of a historically traditional Indian music.

“Basically I started playing the sitar, tabla, and sing-ing when I was very young because music runs in my family,” said Ustad Shafaat Khan. Musically his family dates back to the 16th century. Though his father gave him the option to be musically involved, it was a passion of his that he did not want to forgo. One thing that makes Ustad Shafaat Khan unique from other musical artists, particularly in India, is that he involves the tabla, sitar, and the normal guitar into

Ustad Shafaat Khan performs at BC

By Janelle Alexander and Kelsey Velandria

Sitar Convocation Review

one performance. When talking to Dr. Pierson, director of con-vocations, he stated that he was very pleased with the turn out of the students who attended the convoca-tion. Overall Dr. Pierson expressed that he was happy and would be interested in booking Ustad Shafaat Khan again for future convoca-tions because of the won-derful turn out.

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A view from the stage of the Carter Center sanctuary.

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Stepping up to cancerBy Taylor Prillaman

October was National Breast Cancer Aware-ness Month, and here

on campus the athletic teams showed their support towards the fight against different types of cancer all throughout the month of October.The women’s volleyball team declared their “Dig Pink” match on Oct. 5 when they faced Emory and Henry. The team supported the breast cancer fund in numerous ways this season. Selling over 260 customized 2013 Dig Pink volleyball shirts, balloons and even accepting donations helped raise money for the Side-Out Foundation. An-other big hit to raise money for the team this year was the “pink jail.” “We locked one of our fans, this year it was a player’s boyfriend, into the jail and throughout the game [fans had] to raise so much money in order get him out,” said Erin Albert, head volleyball coach.“This game wasn’t really differ-ent from other games played this season. It was more of a promotional event to try and increase awareness and raise support in the volleyball world.” Before the game, the team warmed up with their person-alized Dig Pink shirts. The field hockey team showed their support for the

fight against breast cancer by honoring the color pink during their Lynchburg game on Oct. 26. Although they did not raise any money this year, the team wore pink shoelaces for the game and the goalies sported pink jerseys with the pink breast cancer ribbon over their

heart. “Even though we did not have enough time this year to fundraise like the other teams, we still wanted to show our support because our team is aware that cancer is a big deal in today’s society,” said Rachael Loy. The women’s soccer team went above and beyond this year with their support towards cancer research by hosting their cancer awareness game on Oct. 20 against Roanoke College. Choosing a different type of cancer to support this year, the team raised money for

a local Leukemia patient, Sam Whetzel. The boy, who is the school-mate of the coach’s son, was recently diagnosed with cancer earlier this year at age 11. The team sold t-shirts saying “We support Sam” to raise money for Sam and his family.

Even though the color representing Leukemia is orange the team decided to stick to the pink theme for the con-test. “Everything we had was pink. Our uniforms were pink, we warmed up with our “We support Sam” t-shirts, there were pink cones, pink balls, and even pink pennies,” said sophomore Nina Del Pizzo. Last year the team held a silent auc-tion in order to raise enough money for

the pink jerseys. “Along with wanting to win for the team we wanted to say ‘Sam, we won for you’. It was less about showing the ODAC that we can beat a team, and more about proving we can play soccer while at the same time supporting cancer re-search by winning and support-ing this little boy,” Del Pizzo said. Bridgewater College athletics did their part this year in sup-porting the fight against cancer....

BC’s teams show support for fight against cancer

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Melanie Walters sports the women’s soccer pink jerseys.

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Feeling the grass below your feet while the wind whips around

you as you throw the disc to your teammates is what Ultimate Frisbee players like Aaron Delong, Derek Young and Aaron Akers live for. In an intercollegiate Ul-timate Frisbee tournament held at JMU the weekend of Oct. 26, the Bridgewater Ultimate Frisbee team beat five other Division I and Division II colleges. Accord-ing to Delong and Akers, University of Virginia’s frisbee team was the main competition in this tourna-ment as Bridgewater lost to them before and UVA held the first-seed position. Bridgewater and UVA com-peted in the championship and came close with a 14-13 final score with Bridgewater coming out on top. Aaron Delong, the Presi-dent of the Ultimate Frisbee Club here at Bridgewater College, gave a description of why he enjoys playing Ultimate Frisbee “Frisbee combines aspects of many different sports as in, non-stop play in soc-cer, a long field in football, touchdowns if you will, cut-ting like in basketball and it combines a lot of different

By Ellen Morris

Ultimate frisbee team competes at JMUBC takes number one spot against five other teams

defenses,” said Delong. According to Derek Young, a junior at Bridgewa-ter College, ultimate frisbee is “founded on sportsman-ship” and that is why he chooses to play. There are no referees dur-ing the games so the players are responsible for making their own calls. Young and Delong also played on the winning Intramural Ultimate Frisbee team. The Ultimate Frisbee team tries to play at least three times a week in order to practice, says Aaron Akers, a senior Business major. Akers also says the Ulti-mate Frisbee team is looking at participating in a future tournament at Liberty University during the week of Nov. 16. According to Akers, this tournament will be much bigger than the tournament at JMU with around fifteen teams com-peting against each other.

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“Overall the Bridgewater College Dance Team will be one of my favorite memo-ries from Bridgewater Col-lege,” senior dancer Chelsea Kimlel said. The Bridgewater College Dance Team never fails to impress with their gold sequin tops and choice of upbeat music, but there’s more to the team than meets the eye. The team practices an hour and a half three times a week in the Funkhouser aerobics room under the in-struction of Coach Amanda Miller. Miller was a member of the team all four years she attended Bridgewater and is in her second year of coaching the team. “I choreograph the ma-jority of the dances, with captains also being able to choreograph one to two dances a season. However, I do like to get input from

By Caitlin Boles

Let’s dance

my dancers throughout the choreography process,” Miller said. The team has two co-captains, Kimlel and senior Katelyn Wampler. Both girls have taken dance classes since they were little and have studied various types of dance including ballet and jazz. Kimlel and Wampler participate in both the fall and winter seasons and are currently in their third year on the team. They both love

the close-knit atmosphere of the team and love the stress relief dancing offers them. “My favorite thing about being on the team is going to practice. It is great to be able to de-stress and hang out with my friends on the team,” Wampler said. The team held their winter tryouts on Monday, Nov. 4. Miller was hoping to bulk up the team with a total of 10 to 12 members. Students can choose if they want to participate in either the fall or winter season, or both. The winter team will per-form during the halftimes of 10 men’s and women’s home basketball games for the winter season. The fall team will still perform during half-time of the next two home football games. Make sure to stay in your seats during halftime so you don’t miss their performances! ...

Dance team approaches winter season

“Be a team.” To some, this might be an overused phrase when stepping on a

sports field. The phrase sounds so simple to achieve, but most athletes know there’s a lot more work that goes into it. The Bridgewater men’s bas-ketball is one team that knows chemistry between players just doesn’t happen. Working together and knowing each individual’s style of play can make the team play better as a whole. As the men continue to grow on the court and new players try to make their mark this year, they hope to maintain the team dynamic that has oc-curred throughout the years. “When we go somewhere, or do something, we are all together. It’s to the point where people have gotten mad if they invite one of us over, and 10 more people show up. We have really good chemistry on and off the court,” said captain Daniel McClain. Making it to the NCAA tournament this year or the “big dance” as head coach Don Burgess describes it, is a top goal for the basketball team. They would like to achieve a record great enough to get the offer to play in the tournament and hopefully make it into the championship game. To achieve this goal the team has recognized that they need to focus on their health and try to eliminate the amount of injuries this year. This does not mean that BC basketball will bring down their energy level, it just means that in between warm-ups, ball handling, de-fense slides, scrimmages, con-ditioning, and in season games the athletes will be smarter about their playing choices. The 15 returning players,

By Audrey Kordek

Men’s basketballSneakpeak into upcoming season

seven of them being seniors, are making sure that the in-coming freshmen learn quickly and correctly. The freshmen got their first feel of a fast pace college game on Nov. 1 as Bridgewater traveled to N. C. to play Division I High Point. “All of the freshmen that came in this year are good, I mean freshmen don’t under-stand the pace of the game. Everyone I’ve talked to and even including myself just thinking back on it coming from high school to college is completely different from any other sport. The pace is changed and overall it’s a more demanding game,” said Mc-Clain. The match up was very dif-ficult as High Point was ranked number one in the Division I North Division of the Big South Conference and Bridge-water finished eighth in the Division III Old Dominion Athletic Conference last year. Despite that fact, the game was filled with intensity from start to finish but unfortunately end-ed in a 96 to 53 loss for BC. Competing against a higher level team only makes BC bas-ketball more determined to fix the little mistakes like getting open without the ball or mov-ing the ball better. The team will try to fix this so they stand a better chance of winning against Hampden-Sydney, Vir-ginia Wesleyan, and Randolph Macon, who are the nationally ranked teams in the conference this year. The Eagles will next play on Nov. 20 when the team travels to Lexington, Va. to play the Division I VMI Keydets in another exhibition game. ...

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Coach Amanda Miller leads tryouts Monday night.

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Luck, skill, and faith

In the movie, “Angels in the Outfield” released by Dis-ney in 1994, a professional

baseball team who exhibits no skill and sits in last place most of the season somehow rises to the top of the division by com-pleting unbelievably miraculous plays. The explanation for this in the movie is that angels are helping the team win. The manager of the team, George Knox who is on the verge of losing his job believes “There are a lot of times in sports when there is no logical explanation why things happen … But I do believe there are times in life where something stronger, higher, or maybe spiritual is with us.” According to Merriam-Web-ster dictionary “luck” is defined as “to prosper or succeed espe-cially through chance or good fortune.” Individuals normally hold two perspectives on luck. Either one does not believe luck even exists or sometimes luck is the reason good events

happen. In sports people often credit a spectacular play or long win-ning streak to luck, skill, or maybe God was on their side. Athletes and fans often hold superstitions or routines about certain things that will bring the team victory. For example, a soccer player might wear the same four leaf clover pattern underwear for every game. An avid football fan might not wash their jersey worn every Sunday that has food stains all over it for weeks while their favorite team makes a playoff run. A pitcher might cross himself before going to the mound in order to ask God to keep him safe and give the team a victory. Does wearing the same smelly jersey each week really have any effect on the outcome of the game? Or what if that soccer player wore a different pair of underwear? Does God play a part in the outcome of a sporting event?

While luck could play a part in sports because there will always be random chance, being an athlete takes a consider-able amount of skill and practice. Although Bridgewater soccer player, Sawyer Janes, does not really have any superstitions besides praying before each game, many people consider him quite lucky. According to Janes, he has had eight total game-winning goals in his soccer career. A game winning goal doesn’t necessar-ily mean scoring in overtime but scoring the last goal of the game that gives the team the win. Scoring in overtime just adds excitement and pressure to the situation. On Oct. 23, Janes earned that eighth goal early in double overtime on his and fellow teammates senior night against cross town rival EMU in front

of many loyal fans. “We had a corner kick. Adrian took the corner and it got knocked back out to him and everyone stayed in the box. We saw that he was going to cross it back in again so he ended up crossing the ball to the far post over my head and I saw my team-mate, Zach Hosler, go up for it so I posi-tioned myself right at the top of the six yard box so that if he were

to head it … I would be right there. He ended up heading it right back across the mouth of the goal and I just kinda jumped on it and knocked it in,” said Janes. Game-winning goals for one player isn’t an easy thing to come by. It is rare that one player has so many as eight game winning goals let alone three in overtime. When asked whether this feat is luck or skill, Janes responded with a definite answer. “It’s a combination of both … it’s a combination of first of all wanting to win the game above all else and doing whatever it takes to win for your team. On top of that, it is timeliness, just being at the right place at the right time. When the clock is winding down, just trying to be in the best position possible to finish the game for your team … it’s just kinda something you have to put in your head that you

have to win this game,” said Janes. It is important to note that even though Janes scored the goal he feels he could not do that without the work of his teammates and God. “[Lionel Messi ] not so much dedicates every goal but recog-nizes that God has helped him and for that he basically points at the sky and looks up. He not only lets God know hank you for giving me these talents but he also lets everyone else know that that’s what’s driving him. I kinda strive to emulate that. That I can’t score any goals without God and that it is him that helps me,” said Janes. Call it luck, skill, faith or whatever else, Janes is a player who has somehow earned eight game-winning goals, practices hard, and displays a strong faith. ...

By Emily HigginsBridgewater beats EMU 2-1 in overtime on Janes’ winning goal

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Janes celebrates after scoring the game-winning goal by running in front of an energized crowd.

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Janes lays out to score the game-winning goal against EMU in double overtime.

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