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■VSAIAH Sun IVAN preferred lender agreements with student loan benefits staffwriter tion available to them." said Debra Turner, aaaod companies. These agreements allow financial aid The investigation into the alleged corruption ate director of operations of the Office of Financial officers to strongly entourage students to use cer- has found that Certain undisclosed lenders pro- Aid and Scholarships. "We are always looking for Controversy concerning exclusive student loan tain lenders. In return, the financial aid office re vided benefit! that included, among other things, lenders who give the best benefits to students companies or possible contracts between student ceives certain benefits. all-expense-paid vacations to exotic spots and The preferred lender list, supplied by the finan- loan companies has sparked investigations into JMU's financial aid office is not one ol them Compute* systems tor schools. cial aid office, contains the names of lenders for the university financial aid offices across the country. "We have never signed contracts like that, nor JMU's financial aid office provides loan infor- Stafford Uwn, the type of loans JMU predomi- Accordinv. to the tasodated Press, New York At- will we ever," said Brad Barnett. senior aasmialii mation to help students make divisions Its Web nantly deals with. JMU will, however, process a ion n General Andrew I uomo accused colleges dire, tor of the Office of Financial Aid and Schol- lite Contains a list Ol preferred lenders whom JMU loan with any bank or loan company a student of collecting benefits and gaining perks tmm van- arships "We do not have any agreements, at all. financial aid advisers think otter students good .houses ous loan companies to give any lenders any specific amount of busi loan packages. "We have identified those who we think an- Investigators have found that some univer- ness. we don't push students to take par- "We have all of our information on the Web and sities across the country have formed exclusive ticular loans and we don't receive we try to make sun- students have the Informa- see LOANS, page 4 Bill rejected bySGA Going the Senate majority defeats measure

■V AlFX HllION contributing writer distance The Student Senate granted sever.il clubs funds Tuesday night amidst heated debate ConcerningSGA's role in freshman orientation. More than 300 JMU students The Hxecutive Council and staff orienta- tion bill, authored bv sophomon' Vice Pres. Jeff volunteer with ASB program Watson would make tin>se in executive or staff |H-Miu>n>. ineligible lop parbcipabng in fresh- man onentation ■v BFNIAMIN BAYNTON While some ASB programs go out "I here is no effective planning and leader- staff writer of country, others stav m the United ship when everyone is unable to meet dunng States. One group went to Kansas City, the summer, said Watson. "I his is dis* rediting More than MX) JMU students Mo., to work with Operation Breath- ti i st .A hei ause we serve the students." participated in 27 student-led rough, a day care center for under- Watson does not feel this would hurt either tnps, both international and do- organization privileged children between 6 months mes! i,, as part of the university's and 16 years old during their parents This is not limiung, because even though Alternative Spnng Break program. workdays there are g.xid leaders in SCA, there are other "What I hope comes out of I lie i enter is a safer place than good leaders outside of this organi;MUon," he all the tnps is that students have thes« kid's homes," said coordinator said. "IbceCUti ve st,iM is the most seri created a district in executive Schools ranked by Civs each state i report card' on lege, new requirements yfld new skill ctUM thing! chain .ill tht Hmo." '"nn.il and stall >v\ well it is doing according to the sets coma OUl that we have to adapt '"When we ask out Krddu.itrs. 'We didn't start to build those relationships U.S. Chamber of organization"s standards to," Thomas Dan Irwin. assistant il s i'vrrwh»'lmin£ the number who ■nd statt was not property trained by exec." Overall Virginia achoola received vice president of Assessment & Pub- would recommend JMU,' Frank 1 fckeJasJd Commerce i' H" lor acadtmk achievement, rig- lu Polu \ at |MLi said. "We regularly I Miertv dlnctof ot lnvliliilion.il Re- I he bill, which would have taken ette«t in or ol standards, postsecondarv and search, said. i moved to a roll-call vote and did not BY SHAVNA STRAW. workforce readlneea, return on In- 66 In order to help Itudtnti prepare pen. staff writer vestment tnith in advertising about (or the future, there are several as- Noto-orietv. the lirsl all-female a cappella student prohueiuv, and llcxihilit\ in sessment program m pUce bo M Recently, the I S v lumber of ...It'sovenohdming, gOUn established at |MU. was granted *U«i management and polm their abilities, EfWilt said Tnor to ( ommerce published a report saving from corlbntjency funds to record its fourth i In- report authored bv |ohn D the number who their second year, all students mud that schools ICJQBJ the OOUAtfl are ' D I he recording ot this v H would lx- done Podeata, chief executive ol met sntei pavs the Information I iteracv test. pmfeaatonaily, unlike the previous (nice, by not properly preparing students tor for American Progress, md Frederick would recommend college and the workton e and most m.i|ors also recjuire an as- *"»••*• Gammon I'mductions. located m < har- M Hess difgj tor ot education policy sessment before eraduation. KttteaviBc Virginia does nA fall into tliat cat JMU. studies at the Ameruan Enterprise Another method used t,. prepare- According to \ote-Onety, then- has been tgon Institute lor Public l\>l»\ Reseanh, — FRANK DOIIKRTY students is the General Education '" wast one single from every album |t.P has The report, tilled leaders and Showed that main slates are behind oUnctOt ot Institutional Research program. This program was devekiped Laggards: A State-In state Report where they should be KM page 4 -99 *rKATING,page4 Editoi leneua Kildall lutilor Alicia StCtZCI 1340) t6t t Thursday. March 22. 2007 I 2 www.thebreezv.ori;

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^^^^J Foxfield Race Statistics for 2005 and 2006 2005 2006 Drunk in public arrests 15 51 .vas deve oped and produced by the People treated for 85 14 Virginia Department of Alcoh )lic Beverage Control (ABC) alcohol-related illness PrfrflucTion was funded throw in a grant from the Office of Averaae BAC m if) Juvenile Justice and DeUnqiM ncv Prevention (OJJDP) Average BAU Mi .10 Editor: Dominic Desmond Editor: Rachana Dixit Assistant Editor: Mary Hranccs Oarsty news@ihehrt(zej>rg (540) 5M-H04I Thursday. March 22.2(X)7 I 3 Campuswww.ihebreeze.( Around Catqpai Looking for answers Makeup day this Saturday JMU ranked in 35 best colleges for undergraduate research Don't miss class this Sat urday Due to the universitv \ down last Friday, the official IY CAROLINE COUKNOYER tion of college presidents, academic officers nation of JMU, private foundations, profes- day for makeup classes will be (vnfriJiufiMj? writer and deans from more than 1,300 schools sional associations and government orgaru- this Saturday. March 24 were invited to nominate 10 colleges they zations. Students should ask their Senior biology major Ally Samselski believed offered exceptional undergraduate Undergraduate research helps to prepare pioreaaon wh.it their plans spends a good deal of her time each week research programs. students for graduate school and/or their will be for the makeup da v. in the Burruss Hall laboratory conduct- |MU also offers many opportunities for future careers, which JMU Faculty have a number of op- ing tnal-and-error research. Her goal is to students to present their research at confer- undoubtedly achieves tions tor making up lost class isolate the protein that causes meningitis ences, Inducfing the National Conference Curtis said undergrad- time. Some options tor faculty in infants. Sne has not yet been successful on Undergraduate Research and Virginia uate research is one of the include holding class on an- I lowcver, she said the research opportunity Academy of Science and Colonial Academic greatest things the univer- other day that is suitable for has been a learning experience in itself. Alliance sity as a growing institution students or on the Web. "I would say that the best experience "Participating in undergraduate research has to offer, compaasj to has been in some of the upper-level dutai opened up a lot of doors," Roszak said. She other universities like the Art and anthropology formulating our own experiments, not fol- has attended four undergraduate research University of Virginia and lowing the typical cookie-cutter layout," conferences where she was approached by forum this Friday Virginia leih Samsclski said. "They have made us think graduate school representatives. "If I was pursuing JMU students will present tor ourselves while providing us with the Getting her research circulated was a chemistry in my ttiture thei r n | irk U > faculty and peers tools to do so." useful tool in her quest for life after coUett education, I would fee tomorrow in Duke Hall, room Samselski is only one of hundreds th.it Roszak will be attending Drexel University above and beyond pre- 240 during the interdisciphn- participates in undergraduate resear. h at to get her master's degree immediately after pared because the .irv svmposium sponsored bv |\U . which is a vital part of many majors, graduation this spring. chemistry department the school of art and art his- including chemistry and political science. A portion of undergraduates even have emphasizes student tory and the sociology and an- In the vhennstrv department, senior the opportunity to get their research pub- research and gives you thropology departments (Carolina Ros/ak has been working on lished. Senior Michelle Curtis' research on the opportunities.' At 4 p.m.. the curator of Organic synthesis since she tirsl began her organic chemistry is in the process of being i urtis said. the I OffOOCan tiallerv of Art in undergraduate n-search in the spring of her transformed into a thesis by her professor Washington, D.C., Jonathan sophomore year. In the political science department, hinstock. will present the key- Typically, students can take one cred- professor Charles H. Blake recently pub- note lecture entitled "Sam Ciil- it hour per semester of undergraduate lished two articles co-written bv under- liam: I he I arl\ 'Iears research, which could be included in a graduates documenting the relationship I he event will beheld from student's curriculum. Professors accept between democracy and corruption around 12:3(1 to 5 p.m tomorrow. roughly four to five students, based on their the globe. work ethic and interest, to participate. JMU The political science department offers also offers a program each summer in which undergraduate research in upper-level students are paid to mean h .lasses. ,is well .is outside ot the classroom In tin- Vullev The lab facilities available to undergrad- and plenty of opportunities to present your uates are well equipped with everything findings at conferences needed to aid the students Both Samselski "Undergraduate research is a key part of Iraq anniversary and Ros/ak said the instruments the\ use a college education for everyone. It speeds up rallies support are ot high quality, combined with the new the process bv which thev [undergraduates] est research techniques an trying to use their skills to understand HARRISONBURG — As Last August, U. S. News and World Report's what the world is about," said Blake. Monday marked the fourth 21X17 America's Best Colleges Guide ranked I he funding for all of the annivenai) ot the L'S. inva- JMU as one ol the 35 best colleges in the undergraduate research con- sion of Iraq. 1(X) people rallied nabon tor undergraduate research. A collec- ducted is provided by a combi- in Staunton to show support reported the Daily Neios-Re- cord. The event featured several speakers, including Rhonda Winfield. whose son was Traveling mural in 11)1 killed two years ago when a roadside bomb went ott near Debate Ins mnvov. I he group met ,it the Au- gust Courthouse, holding flags and urging soldiers to "win the war.' cut short World & Nation

Republicans and at lecture Democrats in risk of losing petition power ■> JIM DISK IS ot philosophical inquiry," contributing writer and said that it was not WASHINGTON - The FBI connected with our organic uas warned on Tuesday by Thequestion-and answer being. both Mouse Kepubluans and portion ot Monday night's Senior Nirah Marshall, Democrats that if it did not philosophy lecture was se.retarv ot I'hi Sigma lau correct abuses in the handling cut short alter a number of .agreed w Ith I knigherty's ot national sevunlv letters, it (acuity members pressed the description of human could lose its abilities to peti- speaker, Jude Dougherty nature tion companies for customers about his lecture "The Triers is B whole other telephone, e-mail and financial l BC Slid Abuse ot Metaphor element ot consciousness n-vords, n'ported the New York in Scientific I xpl.in.itnm ' and perception that can't be nmai During the le. tore explained bv sheer neuml- As n'ported, the bureau Dohert) said metaphor Ogy/ Marshall said may be helpful to the lav Dougherty's asser- npaatadl] vailed for emergency V procedures when thev wen- not KM I ' \ 'M M !(> i »nlnhttlmg ptiiH-'ttrti/ihrr person tor grasping a dit tion that nothing new has appropnatc and mishandled Local artist Greg Ballou has been working on this mural, which he has tenatlvely called ficult concept, but that the been learned about human the record keeping ot the letters -Trlskle." since Monday. The mural will be displayed In TDU and other locations on campus. metaphor must not l>c mis- nature snue the writings Of exercised. taken tor the actual meon i laastcal phllosoph) drew in Scientific explanation, as the most heated debate is often the . BBS during the question-and- A^ing Japanese keep Dougherty, dean emeri snswer session following their minds moving tusat thet atholu I niversitv the lecture. ot Amen.a. spoke to a full When confronted by TOKYO — Haying video Salary increase approved Classroom Ol students as a JMU faculty member earnss may help you stay young. part ol an ongoing lecture about the existence of sci- While lapan is the t.isu-st-tid- Series OT! Western philtiso- entitu hypotheses that ing nabon in the world, the gov- m CAIIIIN H ARIX.RO VI receive on average a 1 percent salary increase also plw sponsoredb) PNSigrns are attempting to explain ernment releases a range of men- COntrfbutittQ writer baaed on merit lau |MU's philoM'phv hon- human nature. l>ougnerty tal acuity pnxluets, including In addition, the JMU nursing faculty will receive ors sodetj inquired about the "cash books, toys and lood. designed I he Virginia General Assembly recently a It) percent salary increase to address recruit- I >oughertv r8 lecture value' ot such data to lOSKSISlSS aging minds, re approved several salary increases foremplovce and ment and retention issues Directed t>v the assenv described how analogies Another question was ported the yVaewgfon Post. faculty members ol various Virginia universities. bly, the additional state funding support is in and metaphors are otten whether or not metaphor Muniopal governments including JMU. response to the increased state demand tor nurses us,-d to explain sdentifU can be USehll in helping hope that ottering mental ex- The General Assembly agreed on Feb. 23 that About $19 million will be spent on the Increases lor phenomena bul olten only theists. or someone who ert is.' programs can help low- all classified employees who receive a rating of the nursing faculty alone, not including the addi- succeed in creating further Bcknow ledgestheexlstsiice er risks ol Al/heimer s disease contributor or higher on their 21X17 performance tional money tor CMBBinsd employees contusion ot a deity, to appreciate the and decrease payout lor senior evaluation are eligible to receive a 4 percent merit JMU spokesperson Don ligle said the decision We read ot antimatter. value ol science and v Ice nursing * ,ire Increase is good news tor lac drops of electricity bl.uk versa Itoughert) ud\ised A "classified lift) and stall and a holes backward causation; the audience to distance Two children killed in employee" Is a full- X 1,124 classified staff members good thing tor [Ml strong locality and I haven't themselves from those w ho time and fully ben- ^ atJMUasof 2005 overall. ev en mentioned strine, thco do not sppredata science Baghdad etited employee, Del Matthew rv," I tOUghert) said What. I he session was cut said Cathv I homas, Lohr, R-26th district it anything, is conveyed bv short bv senior Tyler BAGHDAD — Alter us a Human Resources m JMU nursing faculty will said that tits rasas per these terms' Burton, a member of ing two children as decoys t,i Rifnvsetitative at JMU. ^c receive a 10 percent salary CCntagC vanes, and 4 Dougherty's solution Phi Sigma lau. shortly CfOH I military checkpoint, I he evaluations hap- ' mrroicoincrease percent is only the to this problem called tor alter Dougherty Baked insurgents parked a i .ir a> ross pen on an annual basis. increase. The increase detailed explanation to one inquisitive audience the street Jtoin << school and I homas said there -, About $19 million will be ma) also bs based on replace colortul metaphor, member if he would like detonated ai bomb with the wan 1.124 classified hOW long thev have but if a metaphor cannot tO stand up and give the children still inside, reported statt members at |MU * spent on the increases for been a faculty mem- be abandoned when lecture Instead the Nnv rM li'tw as of 2 could bnng a lot of bring a lot of or outside pressure. The refer- Mason Miller, a recent media arts and dctltn they leave school. recognition to JMU." endum will poll students on graduate, said he was more prepared tor the Miller said, "I'm still learning now at my The Students (or Minority recognition to their willingness to support woffcfoiee than he had anticipated before gradu- current position." Outreach, which recruits ,md a $9 per semester increase in retains minority students at IMU. student lees to improve ener- IMU, received $800 to rent —Jo LEWIS KV wsttlnabUtty at JMU. a bowling alley (or their an- Note oriety co picsident "'hls an important .pies nual Bowl-A-1 lion tion because students will be "We are responsible in .1 99 able to get their word in," said LOANS: Cuomo investigates number o( programs under the [uUaniw Mflgubt (Se - ISAT}. minority spectrum and this 1 hev are basically advertising event will let us expose our for elections and it will show 6 lenders, Sallie Mae included organization and let people know we exist on the Board of VMtonand .idnunistr.itors whether campus." said I adaisna Mallard, the entertain- or not students wilt support this mt re,is,

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Breeze Perspectives House Editorial Debating our Don't keep the District problems away disenfranchised Congress has the chance to give Washington a voice, Releasing all that carbon dioxide and President Bush should not be afraid to lend his support over the global warming controversy 1*»M-I If democracy is really our greatest export, someone needs to set up trade agreements with our nation's does nothing to help the situation capitol. According to an article released this week by the Associated Press, the White House threatened a presi- iv STEVE BoKOWSM or economic interest in covering dential veto of legislation that would give the District of contributing writer up and distorting the facts. lOOSE * " A R£ P pi Columbia a vote in the House on Tuesday. While adaptation to the The administration claimed the wording of the bill Recently, there has been a changes happening around us is against constitutional language. As the House of Rep- vigorous and emotional debate in will be necessarv to some degree, our nation regarding what if any- this ul.'a could easilv mislead resentatives is intended to represent the states, the bill thing, should be done about global people into thinking that mitiga- — according to the White House — should be vetoed climate change Members firmly tion of greenhouse gases is not since the District does not fit that criteria. It does not take long to read between the lines entrenched in our oil-and-coal-ad- important How well would we be dicted society may not appreciate able to adapt to drought famine, and see the fear in the eyes of the current Republican it being pointed out but the earth nsmg sea levels, and increasingly administration. The occupants of the district an area is undergoing rapid and startling disastrous weather phenomena? last surveyed at 68.3 square miles, are overwhelmingly changes to its climate faster than All one needs to do is look at the liberal. The 2004 presidential election saw a whopping predicted, and the vastly over- destruction wrought by Humcane 89 percent of the vote go to |ohn Kerry. whelming majority of scientists Katnna to see how difficult it is If the District were to obtain a vote in the House, have reached a consensus that going to be for humanity to adapt it would also create a new at-large seat for Utah. The carbon dioxide produced bv our to global climate change. House membership would therefore be boosted to 437 industries and transportation ser- Even if draconian measures and would be predominantly Democratic, despite the fact that an additional Utah vote would most likely be vice** are a significant contnbutor were taken immediately to Republican. to these changes. Some of our own completely curt) the emission of citizens and politicians don't want carbon dioxide, the rapid warm- For a city of such great political implications to take to take the necessarv steps to curb ing the earth is experiencing such a drastic sway toward the left would be reason for emissions, and instead choose to would not subside fordecad< > any Republican to take note — at least the sensible ones. ignore the scientific evidence and due to the long-lived nature of But does it mean that the power of democracy changes occurring all around us. carbon dioxide. It may be too late and the rights of the individual, regardless of their Mam people HOI It I Ivlieve that to avert this global catastrophe party affiliation, should not be heard? We would because global climate change happening all around us, but we argue no. cannot be proven outnght, it il must at least trv to minimize it Luckily, our own representative. Republican Tom not happening. But saence Ml a The first steps of this effort are Davis of Virginia, is expressing opposition to the pos- states anything with absolute cer- beginning to take place. Real- sibility of a presidential veto. Davis is hoping for Bush to overnde his advisers and allow the legislation to pass. tamt\, it onK looks at the probabil- izing that the Kyoto protocol is In a country founded on the pnnciples of "No ity of something happening. In this not enough to stop global climate case, the Intergovernmental Panel change. Britain recently drafted the taxation without representation," the fact that the main artery of its legislative branch, the District of Columbia, marches to a different drum should be rectified. Some of our own citizens and politicians America is marching through the Middle East under a veil of democracy, but its government has not yet pro- don't want to take the necessary steps to vided that same liberty to a 68.3-square-mile area after centuries of existence. curb emissions, and instead choose to ig- The sad reality is that the automobile of a D.C. nore the scientific evidence and changes resident that often bears the words "taxation without representation" directly on its license plate makes a occurring all around us. greater statement in public than the occupant is able to in the House. on Climate Change, a world coali- Climate Change Bill which will cut Whether you are Republican or Democrat, enfran- tion of scientists, has determined the nation's carbon dioxide emis- chisement is something we can all support. that then- is at least a 90 percent sions by GO percent over the next pn inability that human activitv is 41 years Prime Minister Tonv Blair causing global warming. i ailed the bill "revolutionary." Breeze Perspectives Our nation is in denial Other nations an? finally tak- Although our president has made In responsibility for the welfare repeated claims that he cares for of our world, and the United the environment Bush refund States must follow. The only to ratify the Kyoto protocol on rational wav to do this is to take When 'Christian' no longer emissions reduction, making the action now. Politicians lacking United States and Australia the in scientific understanding must Only nations to decline ratification Mopsawng that we should do President Bush cites economic con- nothing about global warming be- cerns as the rvas. »n fi >r abstaining CNN we aren't 100 percent sun' equals 'conservative' from signing the pnrtocol. Bush's that it exists Instead, it is time in dedriotl is unwise, however, them to start actualK listening because it current trends continue. Kl scientists, who know far more National Association of Evangelicals learns what happens when you there may not be an economy left about the matter than they do. topnitect. lamed snentist Stephen Taking action means being fall out of the Republican fold 1 ItM king (mcv stated that because honest with ourselves, and with of global warming, we might not our situation — a situation which BY RFBK* A PARKER Cizik's progressive thinking is lead- extreme poverty are issues of serious survive the next thousand vears. must no longer be denied or Contributing writer ing him into the tension between the moral concern to countless evangelicals, and our planet "might end up like ignored. Global climate change is demands of evangelical politics and the but an- being ignored by their evangeli- Venus, at 280 degrees tenhgrade not a conspiracy, and it is not an Evangelical Christians, for some ' honoring of personal convictions cal leaders. and raining sulfunc acid." issue that exclusively concerns time now. have been synonymous with His views, however, have not come Such an audacious and limited At this point, HlVCm touting politnally leftist-leaning citizens. conservative political leanings. I he Re- without opposition. On March I, a team response on the part of Dobson has only the opinion that humamtv will I Hir speuesisin the midst of a publican Part\ has established a block of 25 si sngelk al leaders — including served to further fracture evangelical MSil) adapt' to what it is do- Ereat and ternble thing that we of seemingly unwavering supporters lames Dobsofi of 1 ocuson the Family and Christian solidanty that was, at one ing to the earth and continue to ive wrought upon OUIISfvCSj founded Significantly on ascribing to (..ir\ Bauer "i ths Coalition for America point, so steadfastly conservative. The progress unaffected is probablv and we are left with the burden of certain Christian beliefs. It has been — wrote the NA1 i letter of formal gnev- Rev. Jim Walhs, author of "God's Politics: either misinformed, aligned correcting the matter, or we risk Constructed in such a way as to make ■nce against ( lalk's policies and ideolo- Why the Right gets it Wrong, and the with an organization profit- looming a hnet iosmic memory. American Christiamn inseparable from gies I heir fundamental claim is that the Left Doesn't Get It," has challenged Dob- ing from the destruction of the Steve Borowsky is a sophomore the Republican Party by placing ipc< Ifil divisive and dangerous" Cizik is "using son's letter by essentially inviting him planet or has a vested political biology major. issues, such as pro-hie cailSCS to a debate over where the great and the protection of marriage. . * ,1 . . moral issues lie,lie, and Ihow Dobson higher on the moral barometer We Seem tO be On the preCWlCe maybem.srcpresent, ng our gen- than others. eration. "What are the great moral Editorial Policies Vet with the rising impor- of a potential breakdown of the issues of our time for evangelical Responses to all articles and opinions published in Ihe Breeze are tance of creation care and social welcomed and encouraged Letters should be no longer than 250 Conservative blOCk. Christians?" Wallis asked, "You're |UStice advocacy, there is reason nght, a new generation is embrac- words, must include a name, academic year, ma|orand phone to believe that Christians are not ing a wider and deeper aeenda number tor verification and CM be e-mailed U> opinion® thebreeze.org willing to be bound to this handful of the global warming controversy to shitt than you want them to. I think that is or mailed to MS( 680SCI, Anthony-Seeger Hall. Harnsonburg, VA issues We seem to be on the precipice of the emphasis sway from the great moral a very good thing. You think it is a bad 22807. The Breeze reserves the nght to edit all submissions for length ,i potential breakdown of the conserva- issues of our time, notabtv the sanctity thing, and want to get people fired for and grammatical stvle tive block. of human life, the integnty of marriage raising broader issues than those con- Ihe Rev. Rich Ci/ik, the National As- and the teaching of sexual abstinence and nected by sexual morality." The house editorial reflects the opinion of the editorial board as a sociation of Evangelicals' vice president morality to our children." Whether or not the debate between whole, and is not necessarily the opinion of any indiviudal staff lor governmental affairs* is current!) Such bold statements, which serve to the conservative evangelical Dobson member ofThe Breeze. under lire troni evangelical bigwigs for limit the bounds of our moral com- and the progressive evangelical Wal- subscribing to a platform that not only passes, have enraged Christian believers lis occurs, the nation can be assured 1 i1iton,il Board: champions a pro-life Stance, but ■ fb< ui a. ross the nation. What Dobson and the that there is change happening within Matthew Stoss. editor in chiet on human rights, poverty and environ- rest of his allies seem to be missing is the conservative Christian block, and ( aite White, managing editor mental tare Ci/ik, a sell proclaimed that issues such as the HIV/AIDS pan- many evangelicals are not letting men Bnan Goodman, opinion editor Republican supporter, is asking that demU , the current genocide taking place like I alwell, Bauer and Dobson be their evangelicals "return to being people in Darfur, the continuing of the sex political mouthpieces anymore. The opinions in this section do not necessarily reflect the opinion of who are known lor our love and care tor ■lave trade b\ way of human traffick- the nnvspaper, this staff or fames Madison University. Rebecca Parker is a sophomore justice our fellow human beings and the earth." ing and ths existence of starvation and studies major.

A"go-Pukes-oh-wait" dart to JMU for not planning to show An "en)o\-your-suth year" dart to the fiflh-\car senior who '•ul mi 11 Harts the women's basketball game on campus or on I \ darted I he Breeze Sudoku puzzle last week tor being "bogUS (•Pats online From two Dukes fans tliat were heartbroken that Ouy could neither From a first-year freshman who realized in thefir>t two minute, at Htbrear. go to nor see the game. that tliey could solve the completely non-bogus lexvl 1" puzzle. art, or e-mail submissUma to

1 bmzrdf«tia«nulL An "l-wasn't-really-bom-in-1984-but-thanks" pat to JMU A"who-do-you think u>u an- dart to the sandwich guv who m Card Services for making a tiny mistake on my JAC Card. said he was "toogood" to work at Market One on Monday nij-,ht Dark & Pats are sub- From a now 21-year-old junior, tvho has appreciated your error for From an angered sophomore wtu> thinks you Jiould lanv your bitter- mitted anonvmoushi the past two years more than you II ever know. ness at home, and stdl l\ad to eat that hunk of crap you made iterfor dinner and are printed on a spacr-mmlaHe bans \)m$*ft Submissions are based A "graduation-would-imply-the-ability-to-spell" dart to the A "life-would-nut-be the same withuul-vou" pat to the apm one person's ■ditO! a the (ML Commencement Web site for the interesting Cranberry Earms cranberry bread, the most succulent, moist opmionofagnmsitu- new spelling of the "bilolgy" BkSJOC bread known to man. ahon. person or event, From three graduating bilolgy majors who are wondering wliat we From a student whose whole knowledge and perception of this JMfi and do not necessarily should really put on our graduation announcements world has all bun changed due to your immm ulate pulatiibilitu reflect the truth. The Breeze wwwjhebreezearg Thursday, March 22.2007 7 Off the Wire The ides — and the lows — of March From St. Patrick to pi. why March is full of madness

•v STAN MOLEVER dramatu.ilh mveattngthd he is, party on St. Patty's Day when Pi Arizona Daily/ Wildcat in fact, Rumsfeld'-, fame, Would Day falls in the same month? anyone really be that surprised? Of interest, March U, Pi March is the best month in Everything makes a little more Day, is also Einstein's birthday. the universe. In fact, were you sense now, doesn't it? More evidence that there is ,i to tell me that I had but one Also, March is home to God, and that he's a nerd. Now Delivers month left to live, there isn't a Nouruz, the Iranian New Year's Additionally, March is doubt In my mind that I would celebration Talk about a party. Do Women's History Month. Long want to spend it in March. It is you think Iranian New Year's par- story short One wicked lady api the greatest month in human tic*, also* lim.i. with .i nxirn full of us thrown out of Eden, society Free Delivery history, and I'll tell you why. kmery middle-aged drunks stum- punished all women for the next The Madness: Sure, we've bling over the lyrics to "Auld Lang two millennia and then women Minimum I)eliverv ()rPM coach Lute Olson there isn 't a doubt in my mind that 1 g> veah and ir stilt trying to would want to spend it in March. ^arch ^si.man shake (get it?) the _ discovered Uranus Parkinson's rumor. That's true. And I But sconng droughts and as- bomb the imperialists next time..." don't know where to begin. sist-tumover ratios that Itxik more Speaking of that area of Finally — and 1 add tins Burgjbrs like batting averages (that's really the world, March is also home grudgingly — it seems Man h is bad, for trie non-sports fans) can't to Pakistan Day. I don't actu- also the beginning of the Major Little Rock Cheeseburger $5.25 stop us from betting $1 games ally know what that means I U-ague Baseball season. It's not ;i '•. lb. Angus burjtf topped with Amman cbwH, lattice and Mown against our friends and then gloat- can't figure out if it is a national that I don't respect America's ing victoriously after we decimate independence holiday or an pastime, hut it's | lethargic sport Rocktown ()ld Fashion I lainburger $6.00 them with second-round picks, opportunity for all cultural lor mostk non-athletic white men and they end up owing us a hand- minorities to NCadc trom their who look like they would fit in I |uic] grilled, handmade. Ih \ngus burger, cm .1 Kaiser ndl. lopped with lettuce and tutnato some six bucks. respective subcontinents. Keep best at a NASCAR race and chew Spring Break: I"his is the great- your flngencroaaed, lexaa u ibaca»in the middle of games Rocktown Old Fashion Chccseburgei y est gift the university ever gave Also, I diHi't want to continue Can you Imagine Steve Naah oat great 1 > 1«11 athion I lamburger tupped w nh .1 slice ol American cheese us. Seriously. Try this out after you Imng in this sham world where picking up his dribble at half- graduate: Go tell your boss that Pi I lay gets so little publicity My court to bum a smoke from Dick Rocktown Bacon Cheeseburger $6.75 the last round t>f conference meet- Drvorned .ill the Mann holidays Bavetta? It's not quite a sport, our great Old Fashion I lainburger topped with a slice ol \incncan cheese and thick sliced bacon ings and pniject deadlines really Pi \\>\ give-, math geek* and MTT but it's not quite a good ol' hoy left you fned and that a week's va- students everywhere the opportu- hoedown. It's ridiculous Chili Cheese Burger $6.75 cation of binge drinking in Mexico nity to. um, celebrate the math- Stan Molever is a columnist would go a long way to increasing ematical constant. I know what for the (Vriinrrsify oj[Arizona'*. a messy I ■ lb burger nipped wilh American Cheese and Chili. productivity. You get the idea. you're thinking We Jnnk and Arizona Daily Wildc.it St. Patrick's Day: Ihis is either Mushroom Swiss Burger $6.50 proof that a) God exists and has .1 ' lb burger lopped with Swiss cheese and frcshh sauleed mushrooms. enormous adoration for college students whom he wants to see Dukes Favorite Burger - happy, or bKktd exists and halt's .1 Southern tradition topped with chili, llaw. onions, and American cheese college students so He added yet another excuse to dnnk between Wahoo Bleu Burger $6.75 Spring Break and The Dance, hop- ing that some of us might physi- I lb burger lopped u uh Bleu cheese crumble! and thick sliced bacon. cally drink ourselves to death. Bright spot: either way, St. Patrick's 1 lokie Garnet Burger $6.95 Day proves God exists. Relief. a Cajun spiced burger topped w uh bacon. Pepper Jack cheese, and Wtieinnlk ranch die (Side note: Go do a little hit i 4 research on St. Patrick. It seems Barbecue Bacon Burger $6.95 that people knew he was .i C hns- a lb burger lopped wilh onion peels. Harbcciic Sauce, .lack and cheddai cheeses, and bacon. taan missionary who did, urn, some missionalying, but no one really knows anything more than Sandwiches that. OK and he wasn't Insh.) The Other Well-Know ns Classic BLT $4.95 The end of Mardi Gras, (»««KI lettuce, tomato, piles of bacon and youi choice ol cheese on-ciihci while or lloncvwhcat Met, Fnday and a few other Christian holidays. OK, interestingly, there are still some other reallv cool Rocktown Triple Decker Club $6.95 events that happened in March Block Forest ham, Roasted turkey. American and Swiss cheese, bacon, lettuce tomato and inavo that many of us probably aren't -lacked high on masted Honey wheat bread normally paying attention to. Obscure Reasons Why March Grilled Cheese Panini $4.50 is Awesome: This March marks I house three cheeses and try pill this unique spin on an old classic on thick slices of fresh bread. the four-year anniversary that the Amencan forces of good ousted I lam and ( heese Panini $5.50 the Iraqi evildoers and brought Freshly sliced Black forest ham and Snicrican cheese lopped with lettuce and tomato and placed peace and |ustice to earth. nn your choice ol bread "Paint a mental picture An aging Saddam Hussein lopping off a young Donald Rumsfeld's Buffalo Chicken Panini $5.50 hand in a light-saber fight and (inlied chicken tossed in our Buffalo sauce and lopped with Bleu cheese, lettuce, and tomato

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Letters to the Kditor A movie is no more than i movie K GoodUHil Biymg that all se\ oral dozen npphng pectorals Jackie Campitell was quoted as gallon of gas sold is sometimes no reserves can influence gkib.il price*- I am responding |D the article male hunosexuais are el on the screen. So loosen up and saylltg ' Il'siust ndiculous the way more than a few cents especially It is truethat Amenca'sinl h\ Hn.Hi Goodmanmthe M.mh n.ite pienvthnr skin and wear let the people anJM their sex and gas stations can gouge us like this after credit card fees, etc. companies are currently reaping 15 issue trf 77it' Hrtvzc I found it ir- makeup? Ih.it lerlainK never \ lulence; they will no matter how pnees an- cra/v nowadays." The claim that 'gas stations are record profits, but I can ensure mWblt d> a>mment on (he rather in-ssedmy mind, to be honeM lo much "integrity" you encourage 1 Ins liaim is inaccurate on gouging us" is totally erroneous vou that whether gasoline is $1 or amusing trend among pauadr> me it was evident that Xerxes H BJJ them to have. many levels. Manv gas stations given bSe current pnee of gasoline $5 a gallon, ktcal businesses see intellev1ii.il college students painted and pierced to portray Bess Dalby are pnvately owned or leased and and it is also very unfair to blame no signi ficant difference in their these days to extricate subtle ami the tact that he was \ air- junior health science major tiles,- • >w rn-rs have very minimal - stations for the price • 4 profit. Perhaps instead of unfairly comple* nght-wing a>nspir.mes how he considered himself di\ ine. control over the price of the gaso- gas that the consumer pavs in the targeting local businesses, Camp- portrayed in the media and ev an and it certainly didn't escape m\ Gas-gouging claims fuel self-pity line tiiat they receive from distribu- Hamsonburg area. If you w ant u i itell could sell her "bulky SUV" ofher t.uvt ol BOdCty, I'm sorrv. attenbon that Xerxes's tent was A quote from a JMC student tors. I have worked at a BPgas sta- bia: ne someone, blame OPEC as and buy a more fuel-efficient car. but "300" was, mall nafitv juM ■ sw amung with female concubines. in die March 19 article on gas tion and I have seen firsthand that the amuxiller of such a large per- Kevin Flint movtt Any fool oould tee that u I personally agnv with what the pnees was sorely misinformed. the average profit margin on each centage of the world's petroleum junior economics/SMAD major was not meant to be hietOfk all\ film's message was concerning prease, but rather .i kick-ass him what a "real" man is.. i.e. strong designed to rev up our testoster- brave and loyal versus vain, tyran- one production or make us lick nical and traitorous. our lips with pleasure at the ex I rather enjoyed the style posed six-packs thing across the of "300," timing and integra- ^symposium 20o> screen. I low is tins ,i bad thing? tion of mythology, as u ill as the ™ Keynote Speaker: ' Peace Corps Dr. Carole Baldwin on campus Curator of Fishes THURSDAY ROCZ! Reaister to win a Leam how you can use your degree and Smithsonian Institution experience to impact the lives "Journey to Earth s Inner Space " of others...and your own. FBI: HELLS BELLS - AC/DC

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0 arlWorks Gallery styles with innovative sound Exhibition JMU students Kaitlin Murphy, BY JESS NOVAK Tyler Weeks, Korrtin Mtfherson staff writer and Kathenne Sheldon have art As the old saving goes. "March comes in like a lion and Modest Mouse wastes no time exploding into its fifth an display through March 30. goes out like a lamb." While the weather teased the Valley a studio album. We Were Dead before the Ship Errn Sank. few weeks ago with some spring-like temperatures, last week's The first moments of the opening track, "March Into the surprise snow had everyone wondering if spring would ever Sea," are reminiscent of something heard A New Image get here Now it finally seems as if temperatures are slowly on on a pirate ship with an accordion — de- * Gallery the rise, so put away your North face fleeces and Ugg boots finitive drumbeats and an angry sailor Modest and hit the stores for the Litest in spring fashions. Unlike shouting barely comprehensible lyncs. But Mouse Alyssa Salomon and Michael the drab runway shows of last fall, designers have brought the pirate-themed beginning gives way Lease will have photos and life back into their collections tor spring and summer. Some to lead singer 's familiar soft • ••* trends from previous years art- back, while others have been singing voice similar to Connor Oberst ol Released writing on display through tossed out the window. Bright Eyes, with his quirky, almost whine March 20 April 29. New Image Gallery is of a melody, slightly cracking through the located in artWorks gallery. Colors cynical lyrics. Brock continues the open- There are no in-betweens with colors this season. While ing track, alternating between loud and soft bitter and sweet manv designers chose neutral palettes for their collections, vocals and ends with a chanting command, "March on!" As • Nexus Gallery others went all out with bnght, bold colors and pnnts. Two you march through the album, similar themes of alternating colors that are all over the racks this season are yellow vocal styles, depressingly negabve lyrics and consistently Mary Beth Sorrentino will and kelly gran great lines resurface again and again. Of course, the classic black-and-white Despite a turbulent history of rotating members, Mod- have art an display in the scheme is always in style, and this war is no al Mouse has finally seemed to find a combination that Nexus Gallery, located in exception. Also making an appearance on the works. Guitarist singer and songwriter Brock, drummer runways are metallic colors, such as silver and [eremiah Green and bassist have been the focus ol Roop Hall, room 208. gold — perfect for dressing up an otherwise the group since its 19% debut album. This is a Long Dt i dull evening outfit Someone with Nothing to Think About, and were joined by foe 0 Anthropiogy Plummer, Tom Peloso and former guitarist of , and Art forum Dresses , for its newest record. The band also utilized The bubble skirts from fall have morphed into background vocals courtesy of of The Slims Students present work as the trape/e dresses tor Spring IhaSS dresses, which on three of the tracks, "Florida," "" and swing outward, are perfivt tor a spring stroll around We've Got Everything." part of Spring Symposium. campus. Big floral pnnts are also all over the spring though no one could have expected this Amencan indie The presentation is on colle.lu.ns the perfect print for the perfect sun- rock band to achieve mainstream success back in 1993 when dress they formed in Issaquah. Wash., 2UM's plabnum-selling Good March 23 in Wilson Hall at News for People Who Love Bad News proved those expectations 4 p.m. The show is free. Trousers and Jumpers wrong. With the success of "Float On" in particular. Modal lust bought a new pair of leggings? Toss'em Mouse has established itself as one of the most promising bat ids out While wgginca end skinny tram were the in its genre, proving its commercial potential without compm- hottest items ol the tall, wide-legged trousers mising its unique and unapologetic sound. take their place in spring collections It seems We Were Dead Before the Ship Eirn Sank bravely continues as it designers are Maying •' l'»ke On tonsum- this tradition of blatant artistic tnvdom even in the face of main- ers tins season H ilh tilt's,- s|\n ions pants, which stream expectations Brock is as Ivncally cynical as ever, con- are unflattering and MOB to fit in all the wrong stantly shouting, growling or even barking about the inrusin a JM0> plan's on everyone — except the runway models, ot hte, but alternating between the \ elps with sort mellow cho- oi cmute ruses or spoken verses. The album's tirst single, Dashboard," is £ Contemporary lumpers have made an Xme example of the band's refusal to compnimise ano\ even appearance dunng the rves catchiness comparable to "Float On." Dam* Ensemble runway shows this spring, bringing us Missed the Boat" is another highlight ot the album, as The final concert of the year back to the good ol'davsoloveralls. While it mixes some of the record's most depressing lyncs with thev look cute on the runwav nmdels, some of the most upbeat and danceable guitar parts. Brock will run from March 22 to 24. everyday use of these jumpers might laments, "Well nothin' ever v\ent quite exactly as we'd The show is in Lalimer-Shaef- be | little over the top. planned, our ideas held no water, but we used 'em like a fer Theatre at 8 p.m. Tickets dam. / Oh and we canned it all so well as if we'd got a new Skirts position / Oh and I'll laugh all the way to hell saying, Vet, are S8. Above-the-knee hemlines ,,rv this is a fine promotion.'" bai k. so stash awa\ those long, flow- Perhaps some of the best tracks of the record are the m. >re ing skirts. Also in style this season mellow, quiet and subdued, such as People as Places as Peo- are high waists, perfect to match ple," "Parting of the Sensory," "Fire It L'p" and especially Tit- with a wide belt to accentuate vour tle Motel," a sad little love song persistent! \ asking, "That's figure what we're waiting for, aren't we'" I he soflniSB ot the lyrics lea\ es the listener more able to focus on the intniate and skill- Shoes ful guitar riffs of Marr littered throughout the entire album. fust like the past few MMOM though often over-powered by Bmck's more demanding vo- ballet flats are all trie rage on the run- cals. ways, esp., iall\ when matched with a The album is a pleasant mix of familiar styles .mo" new trapeze (UN 01 OOat Also, wedges UV innovation. The group continues to deliver radio-worthy • Dam* forty and back this summer, giving women I tunes without altering its own sound to achieve them, a painful alternative to stilettos pleasant and different approach The tracks are catchy, the Karaoke Fun Also, patent-leather shin's have made a lyncs are thoughtful, the guitar is perfect and the different Thursday night at The Pub ,otiiehack, twinging »l«iss to any ensemble. vocal styles keep the listener intrigued. Fach song is a new and unique surprise and as Brink states in one of the best will feature dancing and sing- lyncs of the album, "I love life's surprises so much I don't ing and an S80 giveaway. tnfftics bv I Al IRKN PA(X«rt dire, U* want to know what's ahead." Fans will love this album pre- cisely because vou can never tell what's ahead

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2. Northwestern 3-1 Eight different scorers propelled the No. 6 {Inside Lacrosse Magazine) JMU lacrosse team to a 16-9 victory 3 Maryland 6-1 over No. 7 Dartmouth Tuesday after- noon at the JMU La-

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Let's go back to Feb. 22 of would be unfair to the tal- past Thundering Herd iIn*- year. ents of senior center Meredith The JMU women's basket- Alexis and company and com- ball team entered that night's pletely disrespectful to Wendy ■gainal OIH . so it was good game 24-2, and was tied for the Larry for the job she has done Townsend to be back in there today, best start in the team's 86-year with the Monarchs. After all, Ion naend Mid "Coach just history. In the Colonial Athlet- ODU proved, once again, that homers twice in kind ol shuttled the lineup ic Association, the Dukes were when the season was on the around today, and I found in sole possession of first place line, they were still the kings Madison win nnselt in there." at 15-0, including a 29-point of the CAA court. Senior pit. her Jacob beat down of 15-time defend- Yet, I can't help feeling like BY MATT MCGOWKN c ook started for the Dukes ing conference champion Old this JMU team deserved so contributing wrtttt and struggled early, but Dominion. much better. The team had four pitched well in pressure sit- That night's game against 1,000-point scorers in the same After starting out the u a 11 o n s Delaware marked the unrav- starting lineup, including the season 1-12. the JMU base- to keep el ing of a school's all-time leading scorer ball team has needed people Marshall season that and rebounder in Alexis. Se- to step it up. at bay- was, up to nior guard Lesley Dickinson On Tuesday, sophomore He im- that point, finished her career second on outfielder M.itl lownsend Cr o\ e d nothing the all-time scoring list right did iust that. is re- short of behind Alexis and junior for- Madison defeated cord to spectacular. ward Tamera Young. Barring Marshall University 12-4 1-3 in the The any injury. Young will more Tuesday afternoon in non- process Dukes en- than likely pass both Dickin- conference plav, led bv Cook tered the son and Alexis next season. [bwnaend'i two home runs pit. h e d ISTownsend week need- So to say this may have and five RBIs the first ing to win been JMU's most talented team The Diamond Dukes mi- five innings tor the Dukes one of two BRIAN ever doesn't seem like much of proved its record to 6-13, allow Ins three runs on |j| ft a in e | HANSEN a reach. including S-l over its last hits He also had three against the Yet, when the team needed six games, while the Thun- strikeouts I iishm.ii top two to be at its best, it came up dering Herd tell to 13-5. IHishn Crouch pitched three competitors in the CAA, Dela- short. Manhall couldn't keep innings of relief, allowing ware and Old Dominion, in Twice they had a chance only one run on tour hits, order to clinch a share of the to dethrone the Monar. ha Madislm Baseball ana freshman Michael Bro- regular season title. That goal and take their title from them on the Tuesday gan had two strikeouts in a collapsed when JMU lost both and failed to get the job done. score- perfect ninth inning. games on the road and fell to On Sunday, when JMU had a 4 b ar d lunior Adam Dobies the No 2 seed in the CAA tour- chance to put their CAA dis- as° ihe\u ' JAJJMU 12 started tor Marshall, allow- nament. appointments behind them s q u a n ■ ing eight runs (six earned) All season long we heard that and take down Pittsburgh to dered earl) opportunities on eight hits in tour in JMU's top goal of the season was set up a meeting with Tennes- in the gam* |MU. on the nmgs t«> win the CAA tournament and see and the nation's all-time other hand, didn't have that Senior Brendan Murphv get the conference's automatic winningest coach Pat Summit, problem. had three KKIs and two hits bid to the NCAA tournament. they once again just couldn't Townsend hit his tirst tor Marshall Including i So now a whole season worth get over the hump. two home runs ol tha Ma powerful shot o\ or the fence I VAN DYSOr*>AM0«4 of work with the country's most Maybe a few years from son in the second and third that dr.n e in t\\ 0 runs JMU senior pitcher Jacob Cook gave up three runs over five experienced team, and probably now people will look at the innings to help JMU take Madison scored lour Innings to help lead the Dukes past Marshall on Tuesday. the best team in Madison his- statistics from this year's play- control ol tha lama. The runs in the tirst three in tory, came down to a four-day ers. They'll see how they went tirst w.is ,i solo shot to right nings, hut scored five in the \ ersit) Rjgnej (7) and I had I edtord tournament to the NCAA tournament, how held, and the second w .is ■> fifth inning alone, pushing "Right now it feels like and Tommv Johnson; lacoh In their first game, JMU Kenny Brooks was named CAA two-run homer also to right the lead to 9-3 al thai point we're starting to roll, which is i ook I histin ( rouch (M, Mi- coach Kenny Brooks and his Coach of the Year, how Mere- Raid IMl senior outfielder always good it feels like last chael Brogart CM and Hretl Ear- Dukes sent a strong message dith Alexis won CAA Player of "I'm a free swinger Mitchell Moaaa doubled year H nan we n are on thai ner by dominating UNC-Wilm- the Year and say that this sea- up there |at the plate|," tniie, scored t* ice and had 16 game win streak,' ( ook ington by 30. They went on to son had to be one of the most low*nsond said. "I'm real one RBI He was named to s.li.l v\ < ook ni), I Dobief defeat the Blue Hens in round successful in JMU history. sggreeaive and I iust look the College Baseball Foun- The Diamond Pukes (1-2) two on their home court by 11 Don't be fooled; the worn for my pitch, and if I get dation National Honor Roll placed the second game in to Ml up the rubber match with en's season ended in disap- ona i tr\ and put a good tor his stellar pl,i\ List week. their series against Marshall 2H — (ML i Brandon C asamas- the Monarchs. pointment. This team was ca- swing on it." which included hatting VI vesterda) si 2:30 p m. al long sima; (IMl > Kellen KulbackJ The tournament would pable of so much more than a Townsend s st.ut in the (8-for-l4) over .i ttretch ol I laid Mauck stadium. Mitt hell Moses 2, Alex lolt/ end in disappointment as JMU second-place finish in the con- game was his tirst since four games in which JMU Lee Bujakowski, Chris John- fell 78-70 to ODU in the final ference and a first round exit in March 9 in the tirst ot three- won three. MU 001020 010— 4 10 3 son MR—(MU) Brendan Mur- game the NCAA tournament. games against Old Domin- I M I has w on ti\ e out ot JMU 112 052 01X —12161 phyj I IMl (Matt lownsend 2. Disappointment is the only Brian Hansen is a senior ion University. their last six games dating way to describe the end of the SMAD major with a concentra- "I think the last time I back to .i March II contest ■.dam I 'oiurs Adam Hanon k Records Marshall (13-5), IMl season. To call it a "choke" tion in print journalism started was hist weekend a>'..mist DM Dominion I m- : MI Ponietowlca (6) Sean (6-13). 121 Thursday. March 22.2(X)7 www.rliehrecze.org The Breeze

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