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DUKES WIN DOGFIGHT Late field goal gives JMU 31-28 victory Saturday at Albany and the team’s first CAA win of the season SPORTS | PAGE 11 Serving James Madison University Since 1922 BreezeJMU.org Vol. 93, No. 13 M onday, October 6, 2014 breezejmu.org INSIDE TODAY Faculty sees raises despite state cuts FRESH FACE Senate discusses how administration will allocate 2 percent wage increases Two new organizations By WILLIAM MASON announced that the administration take the place of the The Breeze managed to budget a 2 percent raise Student Duke Club for faculty members, which McGraw Money was on the minds of faculty members said was unusual for an economically SPORTS | 11 present at the Faculty Senate meeting as they dis- difficult year. cussed how to disburse the 2 percent raise approved “In carrying a conversation with by the administration and a possible tuition reduc- some faculty members who have been tion for the dependents of faculty members. here a lot longer than me, they’ve CASH RULES The body weighed up two possible options for the indicated that basically in a year in raise, which will take effect in November: either an which the state has done a reversion EVERYTHING across-the-board increase or a merit-based increase. — in other words taken money back — Faculty compensation has been a hot topic domi- there has never been a salary increase,” The U.S. should follow in nating Faculty Senate meetings in the past, as faculty McGraw said. members had a 5.5 percent raise during the 2013-14 The announcement was previ- MAGGIE GRAFF / THE BREEZE Europe’s footsteps and make academic year, the first in five years. While Faculty ously relayed to faculty via email last Faculty Senate speaker and integrated science and technology college tuition affordable Senate speaker and integrated science and technolo- Wednesday. At the meeting many professor David McGraw addresses the faculty during Thursday’s gy professor David McGraw said President Jon Alger faculty members expressed their meeting. OPINION | 6 was doing the most he could to guarantee another appreciation of the measure taken by grateful for that,” Alex Leidholdt, a professor of media raise, the senate wasn’t expecting to see one follow- the administration. arts and design and Faculty Senate member, said. ing a state budget shortfall. “It’s very impressive the administration man- N ATURe’S However, during Thursday’s meeting it was aged to accomplish this, I think the faculty are very see SENATE, page 5 POWERHOUSE B linded by the light Drinking JMU student creates product to protect eyesight while driving can carry hefty L ocal organization rallies interest for solar energy penalties LIFE | 9 ROTC members are held to higher standard, STARS AND program has strict BLACK HOLES punishments Public space talk explores colliding galaxies and their By KELSEY BECKETT characteristics The Breeze When caught drinking underage, NEWS | 3 PHT oto ILLUS RATION BY james CHUNG most JMU students receive strikes or citations as warnings — but there are Junior interdisciplinary liberal studies major Sam Hogan has a patent pending for his invention, Sight Shield, a some who experience more serious QUOTE OF THE DAY translucent film designed to protect drivers’ eyes from harmful LED headlights. consequences. Two weekends ago, two Reserve Officer Training Corps. (ROTC) By DANIELLE RUBLE liberal studies major at JMU, it was illegal. students received drunk in public As any leader can tell contributing writer researched optometry to “I was driving home on citations from the Harrisonburg Police “ you, favoritism only learn about headlight glare 81, going back to school, Department. As a result, they received leads to divergence. Sam Hogan had no idea affects the eyes. Through and my dad told me to slow a counseling review from their supe- he was starting his life as an his research, he learned down. I was going 65 in a 70. riors, wrote a paper about what Divergence can lead entrepreneur when he was that the glare is a major Everyone was passing me happened and what they learned from to rebellion, and sitting in his entrepreneur contributor to age-related on my left and I was getting it and had to work through an online from there we have class at Northern Virginia macular degeneration, a so annoyed. And then it hit simulation model related to drink- a “Hunger Games” Community College back leading cause of blindness me. Duh, move [the film] to ing, according to Maj. Col. Showalter, in 2010. worldwide. To his surprise, my mirrors,” Hogan said. department head of military science. inspired coup d’etat in The goal of the class was there are currently no gov- Hogan realized that if Showalter said that when ROTC stu- our midst. to find a problem and then ernment regulations for he put the film on the car’s dents make the decision to drink, it’s create a solution. Hogan LED headlights. side-view mirrors instead bigger than just a bad choice. thought about his biggest Sight Shield is a combi- of the windshield, it could “It’s one of those things that you OPINION | 7 pet peeve — headlight glare. nation of yellow translucent still protect the driver’s eyes want to have as an officer - a security ” He started to develop Sight and charcoal film that, from the headlight glare of clearance - and your judgment when Shield, a two-ply film that when laminated together, cars passing on the right. you handle that material is expected INSTAGRAM OF THE DAY goes on a car’s side-view transforms harmful blue- Aaron Humphreys, a to be high,” Showalter said. “And when mirrors. The film is designed and-white LED light into senior exercise science you can’t handle alcohol, something to protect the eyes from the yellow light, which is safer major, has one of the first you have available to you at any time, damaging effects of newer, for the eyes. prototypes of Sight Shield on that puts a strike on your judgment.” brighter LED headlights. Hogan originally planned his black Volkswagen Jetta. He also shared that drinking too Hogan, now a junior to put the film on the wind- much goes against the Army’s values. interdisciplinary shield, but then learned that see SHIELD, page 10 “The thing is, we’re trying to take a citizen — a young person at that — and trying to transform their beliefs, bring them in line with what the Army values are [and] be a leader of charac- ter,” Showalter said. He said that this is an important aspect for the cadets’ futures. PHoto BY LauRA QUINTERO “We are trying to bend them, mold Pedestrian causes accident them, shape them to be a leader in the Army,” Showalter said. Part of the consequences that these Individual charged with public intoxication after being hit students faced for drinking and receiv- ing drunk in public citations was an online simulation, a common pun- A car accident involving an then charged with public intox- anything, according to Howard, ishment for students who are caught Want us to feature your intoxicated individual led the ication, according to Sgt. Ron and the intoxicated individual drinking. During the online simu- photo? Tag us @Breezejmu Harrisonburg Police Depart- Howard of the Harrisonburg was taken to Sentara RMH Med- lation, JMU students go through ment to the intersection of Police Department. ical Center, where he was treated hypothetical scenarios which have South Main Street and Martin It has not yet been confirmed for some minor injuries. certain results depending on the Luther King Jr. Way late Thurs- that the pedestrian was a JMU Howard said that he believes choices they click on throughout the TODAY WILL BE day night. student and additional details the individual was later brought simulation. A pedestrian was crossing about the incident weren’t to the Rockingham-Harrison- “The video goes on to show you later P artly cloudy MLK Way when he was hit by a immediately available. burg Regional Jail. on that what you decided today may 72° / 51° car that was turning on to South The driver that hit the pedes- chance of rain: 20% Main Street. The individual was trian wasn’t charged with -staff report see ROTC, page 3 Today Tuesday Wednesday Thursday partly cloudy mostly cloudy partly cloudy mostly sunny 73°/50° 70°/53° 76°/46° 77°/53° PageEDITORS Marta Vucci & Rachael Padgett 2 EMAIL [email protected] Monday, October 6, 2014 2 Serving James Madison University Since 1922 G1 Anthony-Seeger Hall, MSC 6805 James Madison University Harrisonburg, Va. 22807 PHONE: 540-568-6127 FAX: 540-568-7889 MISSION The Breeze, the student-run newspaper of James Madison University, serves student, faculty and staff readership by 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. 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