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Guide to the candidates you’ll see on Preview Tuesday’s election Meet the Virginia senatorial contenders the ballot in Harrisonburg on Tuesday vying for your vote in Tuesday’s election Graphic online at C andidate positions on breezejmu.org Ed Gillespie (R) Mark Warner (D) Robert Sarvis (L) Page 3 Serving James Madison University Since 1922 BreezeJMU.org Vol. 93, No. 21 Monday, November 3, 2014 breezejmu.org INSIDE TODAY The STARTING The final push FRESH Sen. Mark Warner campaigns in Harrisonburg days before election Breeze wins big Newspaper one of top 10 college non-daily papers in the country JMU basketball is back in For the first time in more than 20 years The Breeze has won an Associ- action, loses exhibition game to ated Collegiate Press Pacemaker award. Philadelphia University The award is considered to be one of the highest national honors in col- lege media and is unofficially known SPORTS | 11 as the “Pulitzer Prize[s] of student journalism.” The Breeze was named as a finalist in years past, but this year was the first LIVE LIFE TO time The Breeze was named a winner. Ten other four-year college non-daily THE FULLEST newspapers also received a Pacemaker award, but The Breeze was the only one JMU student creates T-shirt from Virginia. Pacemakers are judged in three company inspired by daNIELLE EPIfaINO / THE BREEZE categories: four-year college dailies, outdoor activity Sen. Mark Warner met supporters at Capital Ale House in downtown Harrisonburg on Saturday morning for a rally. four-year college non-dailies and two- year college papers. The judging panel LIFE | 9 is made up of staff from professional By PATRICK MORTIERE Warner, who holds no family rela- of mounting student loan debt. newspapers or news organizations. The Breeze tion to the current senator. “Student debt, at $1.2 trillion, is The Breeze’s IJ Chan also received This year’s senatorial election more than credit card debt,” Mark an honorable mention for her story on PRACTICE With the 2014 election only days has Warner pinned against Repub- Warner said. “I came out of college the drug Molly in the Story of the Year away, candidates in Virginia have lican opponent Ed Gillespie, who and law school with $15,000 worth category. Chan uncovered the hidden WHAT YOU been making last-minute cam- is the former chairman of the of debt. If I come out with 50, 60, story behind the “party” drug Molly. TEACH paign stops to rouse supporters Republican National Committee. $70,000 worth of debt, I’m not sure Chan’s story ranked as one of the best and pick up votes. Libertarian Party candidate Robert I would’ve had the opportunities eight college media stories of the year. Local Democrats and support- Sarvis is also in the mix. that I had.” Entries for the ACP Pacemaker Professors could win ers of Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) Mark spoke to the audience Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) came from the 2013 year under the monetary award for their packed into Capital Ale House first off about how as Americans, sponsored the Student Right leadership of Sean Cassidy, editor-in- in downtown Harrisonburg Sat- everyone should be guaranteed a to Know Before You Go Act chief. Recipients of the Pacemakers good work in the classroom urday morning for a “Get out the fair shot. Speaking to college issues legislation in 2013, which was were announced on Saturday night in Vote” rally. Warner was joined by facing JMU students, he wor- co-sponsored with bipartisan Philadelphia. NEWS | 3 Attorney General Mark Herring ries that college students may be and former Virginia Senator John denied those chances as the result see WARNER, page 4 -staff report T HROW LIKE A GIRL Female sports fans need to stop being marginalized OPINION | 7 ‘JSTU QUOTE OF THE DAY Remaining ADD “ a virgin or abstaining from sex after losing your virginity is WATER’ a personal james CHUNG / THE BREEZE decision. It’s JMU football players stand in the end zone and celebrate their 31-24 victory over the No. 17-ranked College of William & Mary on Saturday. It was the Dukes’ fourth straight win. your body that makes it your prerogative JMU defeats William & Mary 31-24 in homecoming game on Saturday — and really, that’s enough By WAYNE EPPS JR. “The fear of losing,” Lee said. “We improved JMU to 6-3 overall and 3-2 in On the Dukes’ winning play, Lee said explanation. The Breeze didn’t want to lose. We did not want the Colonial Athletic Association, the he was supposed to run the ball him- to lose this game. We got big dreams, team’s fourth straight victory. self. Yet on the 3rd-and-1 effort from What is JMU’s redshirt junior quar- big goals.” Where the running game struggled William & Mary’s nine-yard line, down terback Vad Lee afraid of? And thus, after the offense struggled Saturday, Lee’s arm shined again. 24-23, a wide open DeAndre’ Smith in OPINION | 8 ” He’s clearly not afraid to run the mightily in the first half, the Dukes Lee was 26-40 passing for 324 yards the end zone was just too good of an ball, or to let it fly, judging by his pro- scored two fourth-quarter touchdowns, and three touchdowns, his third 300- opportunity to pass up. lific rushing and passing numbers. including a go-ahead score with 47 sec- yard passing game of the year and his “DeAndre’ just beat [junior But backed into a corner late in JMU’s onds to play. That effort earned them a second in a row. And while the weath- William & Mary safety Jared INSTAGRAM OF THE DAY homecoming weekend bout with the 31-24 win over the No. 17-ranked Tribe er was cold, windy and wet, JMU’s Velasquez] so bad, I couldn’t College of William & Mary, there was in front of a 21,778 crowd at Bridge- receiving corps proved to be reliable one thing he feared. forth Stadium on Saturday. The win throughout the game. see FOOTBALL, page 12 The keeper of the bees JMU students’ parents take up unusual hobby, care for 60,000 insects PHoto BY IAN BUCHANAN By LAUREN DeCARLO “I lost four daughters but picked up 60,000 contributing writer girls,” Lehmuller said, in reference to the 60,000 Want us to feature your bees she keeps in her Locust Valley backyard. photo? Tag us @Breezejmu Family trips to JMU mean football, tailgating Lehmuller was introduced to beekeeping a year and … honey? ago when a “Beekeeping 101” flier came in the For one JMU parent, empty nest syndrome mail. She showed up for an hour-long lecture at has become the thriving hive syndrome. Marilyn her local library and decided to give it a go. TODAY WILL BE Lehmuller of Locust Valley, New York, has found Lehmuller and her husband George, a pres- a unique way to adjust to all four daughters mov- ident of an insurance firm, ordered a hive P artly cloudy ing out of the house for college — two of them to from Connecticut with one box of 5,000 bees. 70° / 45° JMU. This hobby also allows her to bring a new chance of rain: 0% taste to campus when she visits. see HONEY, page 9 GRAPHIC BY BLAIR ROSEN / THE BREEZE Today Tuesday Wednesday Thursday sunny partly cloudy mostly cloudy rain 64°/37° 72°/45° 67°/49° 60°/42° PageEDITORS Marta Vucci & Rachael Padgett 2 EMAIL [email protected] Monday, November 3, 2014 2 Correction Serving James Madison University Since 1922 • In Thursday’s Breeze article “Hot off the press,” which G1 Anthony-Seeger Hall, MSC 6805 detailed JMU’s new 3-D printing technology, the photo James Madison University Harrisonburg, Va. 22807 incorrectly identified the student pictured as Patrick PHONE: 540-568-6127 Moran. The student in the picture is Jonathan Gerhard, FAX: 540-568-7889 a sophomore math major. The article also stated that JMU has accepted a $18,289 contract bid for new 3-D MISSION printing technology, but did not clarify that the bid is The Breeze, the student-run newspaper of James Madison University, serves connected to 3-D printers in Duke Hall, and not the student, faculty and staff readership by 3-Space classroom in Burruss Hall. reporting news involving the campus and local community. The Breeze strives to be impartial and fair in its reporting and firmly believes in First Amendment rights. Published Monday and Thursday mornings, The Breeze is distributed throughout James Madison University and the local Harrisonburg community. Single copies of The Breeze are distributed free of charge. Additional copies are available for 50 cents by contacting our business office. Comments and complaints should be addressed to Sean Cassidy, editor. 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