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A Privileged ROBERT BOAG / THE BREEZE CAPTURING THE JOURNEY This basketball season has been a constant battle for both the men’s and women’s teams. For more photos visit breezejmu.org and see page 8 Sunny 49°/ 28° Vol. 87, No. 45 chance of precipitation: 30% Thursday, March 24, 2011 COMMUNITY College of Business moves up 13 spots in Bloomberg rankings in one year A privileged few TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS Students tour House of Privilege to gain perspective Change in Bloomberg rankings from 2010-2011 on how societal issues divide people By ANNE ELSEA privilege. The Breeze “I signed up for acting experience 2010 University of but when I was learning more about 2011 James Madison University One girl wants to go to college but the program it helped me realize not Richmond cannot because she has to work to sup- everyone has the same privileges that I From 41 to 28 From 15 to 12 port her family. do,” said Nicole Yaron, a freshman biol- (+3) Another girl is warned to not go out- ogy major and volunteer at the House (+13) side after p.m. because of shootings of Privilege. down the street. While walking through the rooms This scene of poverty is the first and watching each story being told, room in the House of Privilege, a living the last thing participants notice is the example of how privilege can divide our “Window of Opportunity.” is shows 50 40 30 20 10 society. many resources found on-campus 60 1 Located in Chandler Hall and spon- and nationwide that can help reduce From 57 to 54 From 25 to 23 sored by the O ce of Residence Life, discrimination and bias toward the (+3) (+2) Remained at 2 the House of Privilege was open from underprivileged. Monday until today for anyone with a After the tour, a volunteer discusses Virginia Tech College of reservation. issues visitors saw and ways they can William & Mary University of Di erent areas are sectioned o with- change the realities of what was por- Virginia in the House of Privilege to show how trayed in the di erent rooms. socioeconomic status, food, religion, “It was interesting to see the dif- GRAPHIC BY JENA THIELGES / THE BREEZE gender, race and sexual orientation can ferences between different ways of Of all Virginia schools that saw a change in rankings from 2010 to 2011, JMU had the biggest increase, from 41 to 28 on a ect levels of privilege. living,” said Elizabeth Tedder, a junior the list in Bloomberg Businessweek. The College of Business received an A-plus in teach quality. e scenes, with student volunteers biology major. “It made me look into as actors, were designed to make visi- opportunities that are available for me By GEORGINA BUCKLEY in student assessments. ranking will improve his chances of tors who walk through the house think to help under privileged and increase The Breeze A similar sentiment was echoed by getting an internship. about their own privileges versus oth- COB students. “I think more schools and compa- ers who maybe have a di erent level of see PRIVILEGE, page 4 JMU’s College of Business knows “ e teachers are really invested nies will notice JMU and come here how to do business. in you in all the classes. They are to recruit, which is de nitely a good e college rocketed to the th always willing to give you one-on-one thing,” Sergio said. spot on a list of the nation’s top teaching,” said Chris Harold, a junior However, Clarke feels that the college business programs by the marketing major. ranking doesn’t re ect any dramat- Bloomberg Businessweek’s rank- For JMU, this ranking signi cantly ic change in the College of Business ings, up from the st spot on the list increases visibility for targeting pro- over the last year. last year. spective students. For some future “It’s not that we changed, it’s that e criteria for the ranking system Dukes, the widely circulated Bloom- others noticed us,” Clarke said. “Our are based on a number of factors, berg Businessweek ranking could be goal is not to get high rankings, but to including median starting salaries, one of the few sets of criteria they see prepare our undergraduates for suc- average class size, the percentage of before choosing to attend a university cessful careers.” business majors with internships and according to Clarke. Currently, the top employers for surveys from students and recruiters. “I had a parent who called the COB graduates are Booz Allen Ham- Irvine Clarke III, the associate other day and was really impressed ilton, KPMG and Deloitte Consulting, dean of academic programs, said one with the ranking,” Clarke said. “He which are three of the largest consult- aspect about COB always stands out said that because of it, his son now ing rms in the country. in the rankings. placed greater consideration on Clarke said in past rankings, all “We always get outstanding scores going to the business school at JMU.” recruiters ranked COB at JMU, but on our teachers,” Clarke said. Students saw other benefits to the problem was that recruiters who This year, the teachers at JMU the ranking, which was released on had never been to JMU ranked the CAROLINE PRENDERGAST / THE BREEZE received an A-plus in teach quality March , especially concerning post- program without knowing many of in the Bloomberg ranking. is let- graduate and internship work. its details. For the rankings, only Freshman biology major Nicole Yaron introduces visitors to the House of Privilege on ter grade is determined by answers For example, Stephen Sergio, Wednesday. In the fi rst scene, which focused on th effects of poverty, a family was to questions about teaching quality a junior finance major, hopes the see RANK, page 4 eating McDonald’s on the fl oor. SEXUAL ASSAULT Speaker aims to ‘shatter the silence’ By KELSEY PETERS Assault statistics their sexual assault,” Rose said. The Breeze 80 percent of sexual assaults were is inward pain and silent su er- committed by someone the victim knew ing is something that Rose hopes to A -year-old girl leaves work an One in four women before the age shatter in her campaign. hour early. As she walks to her car in of 18 will be sexually assaulted “I was so shocked about how wide- a suburban mall parking lot, she pass- One in six boys will be sexually spread it was, but also how silent it es a man who makes her whole body assaulted before the age of 18 was,” Rose said. shiver. She ignores it. The false report rate for She explained that not every sexual Moments later, as she puts the keys rape is 2 percent assault case happens at knife-point; it Women ages 16-24 have the highest into her car, a knife is at her neck and rate per capita that have been raped can happen in everyday situations. she is forced into the man’s car, taken 90 percent of students believe a According to Rose’s organization away and sexually assaulted. social problem, like sexual assault PAVE, nine out of college rape cases “I was catapulted into activism or hazing, could have been avoided are unreported. when I was years old,” Angela Rose if someone said something One in four women will be sexual- said, years after her attack. INFORMATION FROM ANGELA ROSE ly assaulted before the age of , but Now, she is the founder of Promot- Rose stressed that one in six boys will ing Awareness, Victim Empowerment, students shocked by the officer’s also be sexually assaulted by that time. a nonprofit organization aimed to actions. “ is is not a women’s issue; it’s a “shatter the silence” of sexual assault. “I never knew that someone could community issue,” Rose said. “It’s a She has been featured in news out- be blamed for being a victim,” Chap- JMU issue.” lets such as CNN and Cosmopolitan pell said. Everyone has the opportunity to magazine. Rose said the officer was just make a di erence, according to Rose. Monday night, Campus Assault shocked by her reaction of anger, rath- Rose showed a YouTube clip of how ResponsE hosted Rose, who spoke er than tears. students can make help prevent sexu- to a dimly lit room of more than “I wasn’t crying; I was mad,” Rose al assault without putting themselves students. said. “It’s important to realize that at risk. “I don’t like to be referred to as there is not one way that someone In the video, a group of friends see a ‘victim,’ ” Rose said. “I feel like an should be outwardly su ering.” a boy bringing an obviously drunk NATE CARDEN / THE BREEZE empowered survivor and thriver.” She also explained that the false girl up to his room. Instead of con- However, the road to this empow- report rate for rape is percent, which fronting the situation, they simply D.T.F. — Down To Fight erment was not always easy for Rose. is the same rate as all other crimes. distracted the boy by pretending they When she reported the crime, the Rose explained that emotional pain recognized him from high school. Junior management major Mollie Brooks sells D.T.F. T-shirts on the commons rst question the police o cer asked is confusing. Meanwhile, another student told the to support Colleges Against Cancer, which is part of the American Cancer her was if she was lying. “We see a lot of eating disorders Society.
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