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Wilderness Weekend underway

ALYSSA ANTONIO / THE BREEZE Shenandoah National Park is hosting a Wilderness Weekend aimed at showing participants the different traits that make the local wilderness special. The event spans two days and is filled with family-friendly events.

By ABBY CHURCH themselves in everything nature has to offer. While hiking and crosscut saws to chop “tree cookies” off dead trees. As a part of The Breeze camping are popular activities among park goers, this weekend, their kid’s activities, children have the opportunity to paint and the park will be hosting a special event to educate visitors. decorate their tree cookies. Harrisonburg residents and JMU students alike On Saturday and Sunday, Shenandoah National Park will be The wildly popular DOGS-East demonstration gives park goers are cognizant of the exquisite beauty of the hosting its 17th annual Wilderness Weekend. The two-day event the opportunity to see how search and rescue dogs look for lost Shenandoah Valley, from mountain murals features activities that “highlight the value of Wilderness,” from people. Smith explained that as a part of the demonstration, to alluring sunsets. Among the peaks lies seminars and talks to hikes and other interactive activities. children pretend to hide so the dogs can find them, providing a Shenandoah National Park, a popular Wilderness Weekend was created to celebrate and raise fun and interactive activity that’s family friendly. spot for visitors to immerse awareness for the wilderness. Matt Brinkley, a Shenandoah Smith says she’s most excited for the mix of people coming park ranger, explained that most people don’t know together to help with Wilderness Weekend. Since she first started the true meaning of “wilderness.” The term has an working at the park, staff for the event has grown to include not important definition in land management agencies, only interpretive rangers, but folks from various other park designating the most protected land in the country. divisions. The wide assortment of personnel at the event allows “Wilderness, when you’re talking to a ranger, will visitors to see behind-the-scenes park work. mean the federally designated, protected land,” “[Park visitors] may not get to interact with some of our Brinkley said. “We decided to start throwing this preventative search and rescue staff or trail crew members all Wilderness Weekend to raise awareness that the time because those folks are maybe in the backcountry,” Smith there is this special land here in Shenandoah said. “Being able to ask questions and learn about what those … and we’re proud of that.” different positions do in the park and see a variety of different The park is home to 80,000 acres of protected work that people on our staff do, I think that’s something that is wilderness, which is about 40 percent of the always really exciting for [the staff] because we get to work with park’s total acreage. people that we don’t always work with everyday and get to have Activities vary year by year based on the visitors meet those folks as well.” expertise of staff and visitors’ interests, and Joe Loyacano, a media arts and design academic adviser this year’s event features 21 programs and and professor, looks forward to attending the event with his activities for park goers. Debby Smith, the family. While this year will be his first time attending Wilderness interpretive operations supervisor at the park Weekend, it won’t be his first go-round at the park. As a frequent and coordinator of Wilderness Weekend, says visitor and father of a six-year-old daughter, he says he’s looking the event has become more eye-catching due most forward to the kids’ activities. to diversification of programming. “I love going out and just getting lost in wilderness,” Loyacano “This year and then last year, we’ve really said. “It’ll probably be sort of a family decision about which things expanded to include not only our trail crew staff we end up doing, but we’ll definitely hit up the kids’ activities.” but some of our backcountry crew,” Smith said. “We’ve With fun for the whole family, Wilderness Weekend aims not included some of our preventative search and rescue only to celebrate the land, but also to teach a valuable lesson. rangers as well as just adding more things that our ranger Brinkley explained that through the event, the park hopes to staff is doing here at the visitor’s center.” foster a respect for the wilderness among visitors, especially for Wilderness Weekend’s most popular activities include the younger generation.

THE BREEZE THE the Rose River Hike, the traditional tool demonstration and “Wilderness is our most protected land, so when people show the demonstration by DOGS-East, a search and rescue dog up, it’s showing that they care about the land, that they care about program the park uses. it for future generations,” Brinkley said. “The hope is that future

MEGAN WALKER / WALKER MEGAN Smith explained that the Rose River Hike is one that’s not generations will have that same respect.” normally offered in their rotation of ranger programs. Visitors have the chance to explore the wilderness on the four-mile CONTACT Abby Church at [email protected]. expedition. For more coverage of JMU and Harrisonburg news, The traditional tool demonstration allows visitors to use follow the news desk on Twitter @BreezeNewsJMU. breezejmu.org NEWS Thursday, September 7, 2017 5 Meditating in the mountains A Day of Rejuvenation combines yoga with cider

ALYSSA ANTONIO / THE BREEZE Donations given at the event will go directly to the local community center to fund free yoga classes.

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By JACQUELINE GARCIA have the opportunity to drink Bold Rock Cider contributing writer — including Blood Orange, the new fall-inspired

flavor — network with others and enjoy their / WALKER MEGAN Fall is finally here with the leaves changing Saturday afternoon. color and the weather cooling down. An Laura Mills, a senior history major, thinks it’s upcoming event, “Yoga, Nature and Cider – great that the event gives to those who need to A Day of Rejuvenation” that Bold Rock Hard feel the power of yoga the most. Cidery and Melanin & Yoga have teamed up to “I am hoping to spend the day relaxing with bring to the local community, ties in with the yoga and cider,” Mills said. “I have never worked fall season. with an instructor leading the event so maybe I With over 1,000 people interested in the event will learn some new yoga poses too.” on Facebook, Melanin & Yoga anticipates a big Donations will be accepted and will benefit turnout and hopes it will be a time of “fellowship, the free introduction to yoga series held at the nature and meditation” for everyone. This event local community center. This directly adheres will occur Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the to the mission of Melanin & Yoga company, Volunteer. Bold Rock Hard Cidery in Nellysford, Virgina. which is to “provide the practices and principles Melanin & Yoga co-founder Veronica Dennis of yoga to inner-city communities so they may invites participants to find peace within be able to make better lifestyle choices through Foster. themselves through yoga and integrate the self-care, acceptance and love.” principles of yoga into their daily lives. Dennis stated the importance of self-care and Love. While looking over the onsite scenery of mindfulness, especially for people that need an a meadow and lake at Bold Rock Cidery and outlet and could potentially be impacted from Tap Room Barn, attendees can participate in meditation in a positive way. the signature “namaSLAY” workshop. This “As part of our mission, we are working consists of a 90-minute yoga session to a on getting a class set up with a non-profit Beyoncé-themed playlist, taught by Adriana organization that works with kids to provide a Adele. Adele started this “namaSLAY” series a bi-monthly class at their own facilities for the year ago because she wanted to create more children,” Dennis said. “This will introduce Learn more at representation of black women doing and them to the practice so they can have the same teaching yoga in her community. benefits.” anicira.org “I have found that sharing my voice and love This event is encouraging a variety of healthy of yoga has taught me invaluable lessons and activies in alternative and interesting ways. connected me with a great global and local yoga “Leading a balanced, healthy lifestyle helps community,” Adele said. us engage more fully with our lives, from Adele shared that this workshop is where the day-to-day to the extraordinary,” Adele people can move, flow and even dance a little said. “When we support our bodies, minds to a playlist inspired by Beyoncé, other favorite and spirits, we are able to be more present, R&B divas and some old-school throwbacks. more grounded and in turn become better “We spend time talking about our inner friends, partners, parents, students, creators.” strength and how we can use the breath to tap into that strength so that we can slay anything CONTACT Jacqueline Garcia at garci2ja@ in our own way, on that yoga mat or off,” Adele dukes.jmu.edu. For more coverage of JMU www.anicira.org | [email protected] | 540-217-2512 said. and Harrisonburg news, follow the news desk After the relaxing yoga session, everyone will on Twitter @BreezeNewsJMU. 6 Thursday, September 7, 2017 breezejmu.org

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Originally from Lagos, Nigeria, Adebayo Ogundipe made his way to the His colleague, Maria Papadakis, an integrated science and technology U.S. for his master’s degree in chemical engineering at Stevens Institute professor at JMU and co-author of the textbook, agrees that Ogundipe of Technology in New Jersey knowing he’d get a world-class education, values and fosters new-age thinking. but he wasn’t planning on staying. “He is great to brainstorm with,” Papadakis said. “When we are in the • NEW LATE NIGHT “I don’t think I struggled too much to adjust [to American life], to be creative stage, Bayo never thinks anything is a bad idea and is quick to honest,” Ogundipe said. “I think it was, I had a mindset of what I wanted make connections between our thoughts.” BUS ROUTES to do, and I came in, and so far, it’s been mostly great.” One of Ogundipe’s former students echoes this concept of critical In Nigeria, all citizens are thinking in Ogundipe’s teaching required to complete a one-year, style. compulsory national youth service. Bryan Barnes, a senior •FREE AND SAFE When deployed to the Niger Delta, engineering major, took he experienced for the first time the Ogundipe’s thermal fluids class. environmental pollution. “I really liked how he would “In the Niger Delta, you see constantly keep the class firsthand the kind of environmental engaged with concepts that were •SAVE MONEY destruction that has taken place relatable to real world situations,” because of the drilling for oil, and Barnes said in an email. oftentimes, the regulations were Ogundipe is also trying to either not sufficient to help curtail the get his students to see the real damage or people just did not follow world. Ogundipe wants senior •FOR STUDENTS OF the rules,” Ogundipe said. engineering students to do part ALL AGES Ogundipe’s exposure to the of their capstone abroad and part environmental destruction at the of it back at JMU to foster new Niger Delta led him to make a change ways of thinking. in his career path. “One of [the]things we’ve “I didn’t feel like I wanted to work realized is that engineering RIDE SAFELY TO for the oil company anymore, they’re students don’t do a lot of just like the bad guys now,” Ogundipe traveling,” Ogundipe said. “We ARRIVE SAFELY said. “So I came to the United States, need engineers who have ... got my masters degree in chemical this global, inclusive view of the engineering and then I had an world and you can’t do that from opportunity, you know, to work.” a textbook.” Now a naturalized U.S. citizen, The professor thinks that his WILL CARMACK / THE BREEZE Ogundipe revealed though he does Professor Ogundipe believes students benefit from different perspectives. favorite parts of JMU are the miss Nigeria, in time he realized he people that make it up. liked living in the U.S. and now calls it home. “I’d say everyone seems genuinely nice,” Ogundipe said. “I have Ogundipe remains optimistic about fixing all the world’s problems, actually not had any sense that the disagreements that people have can such as environmental pollution. He believes it’s possible but it requires be considered as conflicts ... it’s like, JMU students seem to have all kinds a new way of thinking. He tries to applies this concept at JMU by instilling of other things that they’re interested in and that they’re bugged about. So a mindset in his students to think through problems and then apply that even when it comes to student activism, it all seems positive, it all seems to the real world as they leave his class. like it works well.” “I hope my students can come up with solutions to problems that Reflecting on his journey since coming to JMU in 2010, Ogundipe maybe nobody has thought of before,” Ogundipe said. “That it’s possible. highlighted the major differences he has seen in Harrisonburg. That they don’t approach problems like there is just one way to solve “Maybe I got used to it,” Ogundipe said. “Maybe things have changed. the problem.” There are more businesses coming in here. There are more people He expanded on this concept of our changing world, and that as we coming to Harrisonburg overall and it’s a wide range of diversity modernize, new problems manifest themselves, which requires a new now. You see people from Eritrea, you see people from Congo, you perspective. see people from all over. And it’s like ‘wow,’ and it’s a good thing.” “There are new problems that are going to pop up and you have to have a new way of looking at those problems,” Ogundipe said. “That’s CONTACT Arnela Iseric at [email protected]. For more coverage what I hope students, at least, get out of my classes.” of JMU and Harrisonburg news, follow the news desk on Twitter Last year, Ogundipe was a recipient of the “Most Promising New @BreezeNewsJMU. breezejmu.org NEWS Thursday, September 7, 2017 9 ROUNDTABLE CUTS CORNERS

JMU faculty starts discussion on post-Charlottesville climate, excludes students

WILL CARMACK / THE BREEZE In the wake of events in Charlottesville last month, JMU faculty met to discuss its impact on campus. Students weren’t included in the initial dialogue held in Madison Union, but will soon be part of the conversation.

By MADISSON HAYNES, EMMA issues, so how open are they talking and planning about First speech and hate speech?” KORYNTA & MATT WEYRICH Amendment issues?” Edwards asked. “That’s, to me, the story.” While the closed-curtain roundtable provided a platform for The Breeze The meeting between faculty members didn’t result in any faculty only, members of the JMU and Harrisonburg community policy proposals or major decisions, but established talking continue to look for an outlet. After the violence settled and tear gas dissipated, the white points for a later forum that will be open to all faculty, students, nationalist rally in Charlottesville opened discussions across media and community members, according to Brooks. Matthew Sasser contributed to this report. the country, including JMU. University faculty and staff have “The Center for Faculty Innovation hosted a faculty roundtable started raising questions about what’s to come in a private — and I think we weren’t clear enough on our website that it was CONTACT the news desk at [email protected]. but publicly advertised — forum. a workshop or a roundtable for faculty to discuss that topic,” For more coverage of JMU and Harrisonburg news, Members of the faculty and staff at JMU gathered Tuesday Brooks said. “Out of our discussion yesterday, we have put follow the news desk on Twitter @BreezeNewsJMU. for the “informal faculty conversation” to address the rallies. forward a number of ideas and Reporters from The Breeze and Harrisonburg’s Daily News- programs and initiatives that Record weren’t welcome at the event, which the Center for we would like to begin or host Faculty Innovation billed as an opportunity for the JMU including our public event community to discuss issues following the protests. which fits under that same Media law experts say the move to bar reporters wasn’t category called Flashpoint. illegal, but raises questions about how open the discussion We sort of used that meeting will be at a university named after the man who wrote the First as a faculty brainstorming WE HAVE Amendment. While roundtables are typically open to the public gathering and I’m just writing and welcome student engagement, this particular discussion up the proposal. One of the was closed to allow professors the ability to speak freely and things that came out of our openly without hesitation, according to Sarah Brooks, a CFI meeting was a Flashpoint.” MOVED! Faculty Associate for Academic Culture. The Flashpoint will be held “It’s a chance for faculty members to take classes and come Sept. 21 on campus, with the together and learn about these things so they can be better and location still to be determined. more innovative faculty members,” Betsy Edwards, executive The CFI is proposing a wide We Are Excited To Announce director of the Virginia Press Association, said. I don’t think that range of topics aimed at meeting yesterday, I don’t think they are a public body — the creating dialogue between Our New Location: faculty.” members of the JMU Matthew Sasser, a news reporter for The Breeze, was denied community. 343 Neff Avenue, Suite C entrance into the roundtable by Brooks. “Faculty Panelists from “She basically told me that [attending the forum] might be different disciplines will Harrisonburg, VA a problem since it is a faculty-oriented event and that’s what present their research and the discussion was about,” Sasser said. “There might be some perspectives on the issues faculty that wouldn’t be comfortable sharing that information surrounding the white All Students Welcome! if someone else is there.” supremacy rallies against All services will continue at our new location Ellie Potter, a Daily News-Record reporter, was also turned the removal of Confederate away from the discussion. monuments in Charlottesville,” including: DOT physicals, sports physicals, sick “She said that she just wanted faculty to be able to speak freely Brooks wrote in a draft of the visits, drug screens, TB screens, and flu shots about their thoughts about, you know, the campus community proposal. “Who are these and the campus environment ... in wake of everything that white nationalist groups and happened in Charlottesville,” Potter said. what do they want? What is the This clinic will be closedn on The CFI called this meeting to form the framework for future (his)story of the Confederate Mon-Fri 9a - 8pm Fri, Sept 1st - Sun Sept 4th conversations. This forum discussed the campus climate and monuments scattered around strategies professors might consider utilizing in classrooms to the South? How do they relate Sat 10am - 4pm We will reopen with holiday help make “the JMU campus a more thoughtful and informed to the history of racial violence Sun 1pm - 6pm hours (9am - 5pm) on Mon, community.” in this country? Where do we sept 4th “The irony is that they’re talking about First Amendment draw the line between free Opinion 10 Editor Becca Roithmayr Email [email protected] Thursday, September 7, 2017

KATE FORMELLER | contributing columnist

Humanize the hurricane

Photos courtesy of Townnews.com Content Exchange Aerial view of flooded and nearly fully submerged homes that were drastically damaged by Hurricane Harvey. These homes are located near Beaumont, Texas and were impacted by the category four hurricane.

Imagine being wouldn’t use to describe a hurricane, but in fact equally as important to focus one’s attention patterns, but these are factors that shape real trapped at home natural disasters encompass all three of these on disaster recovery. people’s lives. Humanizing a disaster is the first watching the attributes. This means a hurricane isn’t going to Today, the Lower Ninth Ward in New step in caring. The next step is asking, “What floodwaters rise stop in its wake based on one’s socioeconomic Orleans is still in the recovery stage, which is can I do?” while letting out status, gender, skin color and so on. the foreseen future for Houston. Having said bloodcurdling In other words, once a hurricane hits, that, although there’ll always be another storm, Kate Formeller is a senior social work screams for help. people from all walks of life face the same according to CNN, 30,0000 Harvey victims are major. Contact Kate at forme2ka@dukes. A neighbor estimated to need jmu.edu. hears your temporary outcries and shelter. We can’t uses his canoe sweep disaster to row you to recovery under safety. the rug — if we People who’ve escaped are desperately do, thousands scrambling to the nearest buildings to seek of people will shelter, not knowing if their doors will open. be left displaced A mother in the distance is wrapping her and homeless. newborn in water-seeped blankets, just JMU’s hoping the next sound she hears isn’t a established cough. These aren’t hypothetical situations motto is “Be — instead they’re real events that’ll continue the change.” A to loom in the memory of our nation. famous quote It’s time to humanize the hurricane. Real from Mahatma people were and continue to be impacted Gandhi also by the devastation and destruction left by says, “The best Hurricane Harvey. way to find In fact, 450,000 people are estimated to yourself is to need disaster assistance from FEMA. Their lose yourself lives were drastically changed overnight, in the service as some people have lost loved ones while of others.” others have lost their lives. The death toll of LSU fan Rylie Matherne shows her support for those impacted by Hurricane Harvey. Both quotes Hurricane Harvey has reached 60, however, danger. Many are stripped of their belongings, emphasize the power of doing. In that number could potentially rise as the their homes and are left with only the clothes order to make a difference in real people’s floodwaters recede. on their back. People come together to help lives, one must first genuinely care. I believe there are many reasons to restore morale, in addition to help meet basic To put it in perspective, CNN claimed care. For one thing, natural disasters are human rights: access to food, water and shelter Hurricane Harvey left 215,000 students nondiscriminatory. Second, disaster recovery for those in crisis. In fact, after tragedy strikes, a out of school. Although this may sound is often overlooked. Lastly, JMU preaches sense of unity is reignited in disaster-impacted like a dream come true, what about to “Be the change,” so it’s time to step up. communities, which is only possible if people those students who rely on school for a Having said that, these reasons revolve around care. hot meal? What happens to the students an overarching theme — the importance of Hurricane Irma has already stormed the where school is the only safe space they humanizing. media. Florida Governor Rick Scott issued a have? Non-prejudice, nonjudgmental and state of emergency. As dire as this situation When hearing about a disaster, it’s easy nondiscrimnatory are words you most likely is, especially in disaster preparedness, it’s to only look at the statistics or weather A family impacted by hurricane huddles together for safety. breezejmu.org OPINION Thursday, September 7, 2017 11 Stand up against sitting down Spending all day in your seat causes more damage than you may realize

DAN FORD | forward thinking The dangers Yet, the risks of sitting for extended periods of by doing less of it. Rather than driving or taking merit, doing so may quite possibly elongate your of living what’s time are so grave that we must be cognizant of the bus to and around campus, consider walking life. become a common the health hazards of doing so, and thus attempt — and if you do choose to take the bus, consider 21st-century to apply certain changes — even if they’re minor standing in lieu of sitting. Instead of spending the Dan Ford is a senior international affairs lifestyle in the U.S. — to our lives so as to combat the serious risks of evening on your couch watching Netflix, go out to one’s health is sitting for extended periods of time. and take a walk. and international business double major. well-documented. Sitting for more than just a few hours a day Making these minor lifestyle changes may Contact Dan at [email protected]. The poor lifestyle has been attributed to generally higher mortality appear trivial at first, but if the science has any choices typical rates, specifically higher rates in one’s likelihood of contemporary of developing certain cancers — a 24 percent Americans hike in colon cancer risk, 32 percent increase in have proven to the likelihood of developing endometrial cancer negatively impact quality of life, including the and 21 percent greater risk of developing lung sit at your own risk consumption of an unhealthy diet through foods cancer. of poor nourishment, the failure to properly Although these numbers provide rather exercise and the cognitive health hazards of tangible and concerning evidence of the risks too infrequently exercising the brain by reading posed by sitting, perhaps the most concerning little and spending too much time in front of aspect of the studies conducted on this matter is electronic screens. the rather uniform consensus among scientists Lately, however, science has illuminated that the rate of exercise surprisingly does very yet another health hazard common to a little to offset the risks of sitting. contemporary American lifestyle: the health As such, you can’t simply march over to the concerns arising from spending too much time gym for a couple hours of exercise at the end seated. Of course, much of our time spent sitting of the day and expect it to counter the health THE BREEZE is practically unavoidable. We have to sit for the concerns arising from having spent the vast duration of our classes, sit during work and, for majority of the day seated. those of us who reside off campus, sit in our cars Therefore, the only true way by which you can during our commute. counter the health concerns of sitting is simply ! MEGAN WALKER /

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A “we-can’t-read-your-mind” An “it’s-time-someone-said-it” dart to my professor who expects pat to Dr. Fagan for acknowledging us to know due dates without that mental health is a legitimate mentioning them. reason to miss class. From a group of students who From a grateful student who promise nothing will be on time. appreciates your attendance policy. WILL CARMACK / THE BREEZE Sidewalks like this one are closed all around James Madison University’s campus, causing us safety risks. It doesn’t of coming back to see them gone; or worse, matter whether mistakenly rented off to some stranger. you’re a returning Along with the new constraints on bikers, student who’s pedestrians sometimes have to go around mastered the entire blocks just to cross the road. With many maze of campus or surrounding sidewalks closed off and the viable a newly admitted ones dangerously opening into parking lots, freshman who pedestrians find themselves in the comical, thinks you’ve yet critical position of where they can still get aptly familiarized hit by car in the middle of a sidewalk, even after yourself with they’ve sincerely followed all walk signs to it. JMU’s campus JMU’s well-known for its picturesque — we’ve all been campus and walker-friendly environment that proven wrong at the beginning of every new encourages students to stay active and on the school year. Every year there’s always a struggle go. However, it looks like the authorities have to adapt to the familiar, yet renovated campus. been so engrossed in maintaining JMU’s status The relocated laboratories, freshly-erected as “The Fifth Most Beautiful Campus” in the road dividers, reorganized transportation country that they’ve been steadily overlooking system and random shopping kiosks sprouting how the path to progress has instead become up at every other corner demonstrate how an obstacle for the current student population. JMU’s ever-evolving campus seems to have Fairly resilient and adaptable, the students endless surprises in store for us students. have smoothly and gradually digested the Lately, the frequency of these constructions and transition from D-Hall to D-Hub, solely in constant renovations have instead turned out exchange for the hope of a brighter and better to be more cumbersome than student-friendly dining facility and a handful of food trucks to for the Dukes. The university’s goal expanding fulfill their food cravings in between classes. for the future is unfortunately coming at the It’s true that if a college campus isn’t growing, price of current undergraduates’ experiences. it’s probably dying. The expansion and constant While most students get around and adapt renovation of an old university campus like themselves to large-scale construction projects, JMU is necessary for its endurance, but I think like the new D-Hall that are inevitably time that the availability of proper accommodations consuming, the small projects can become the and services to help students cope with the bane of a student’s everyday college life. changes without causing a disruption in their One of the most incompetent aspects of routine is equally necessary. these small-scale constructions is their narrow Taking care of pavement construction before point of view, which wholly disregards the the summer ends or implementing a few more convenience and feasibility of the pedestrians bike stands in the wake of some random bike and bikers on campus. On one hand, the sale are a few small measures that JMU can take campus has made headway in better traffic to make life a little easier for the Dukes. More regulations and parking spaces, but it’s also importantly, it’ll show that JMU places equal thoughtlessly turned a blind eye to the plight of priority to all the students, whether current or pedestrians. While some bike stands have been future. hijacked by bike-rental sales, the others have been completely uprooted from their previous Rishmita Aich is a senior media arts and locations, making it a hassle for bikers to park design major. Contact Rishmita at aichrx@ their bikes, while also living in constant fear dukes.jmu.edu. culture 14 Editors Natalie Lavery & Joanna McNeilly Email [email protected] Thursday, September 7, 2017

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By SHANNA KELLY “I feel like country music stars don’t often in as many ways as he could such as filming her they’d won. As it turns out, it played out The Breeze come to like Richmond to film music videos, so different shots and angles, the storyline and exactly like that. that was kind of cool for the city as a whole to even being in front of the camera a little. “I was the first person that he told,” White The heads of JMU students may have started know that some huge music video was filmed White, on the other hand, plays the lead said. “He was slurring his words and I was to turn if they’ve realize a similarity between here,” White said. girl in the video. The storyline frames her as a slurring my words and we were talking over two students they’ve seen on campus and a Originally, Renner wasn’t even going to enter confident girl taking control to match the lyrics each other and it was just surreal, the whole Kenny Chesney music video with over 2 million the contest. By the time he found out about it, of the song. thing felt like a dream.” views. Little do these students know, they’re not he was on vacation and the deadline was only “It’s supposed to be like the girl always Additionally, this whole experience has just seeing things. Country singer Chesney put about three weeks away. leading the guy,” White said. “So, the guy is made White realize what she wants to do with out a contest to students of Belmont University “I knew it was an awesome opportunity, but always following along in the girl’s footsteps, her life. which is sometimes not always how it goes. “I never thought that I’d be someone to love Maybe the girl is always usually following being in front of the camera so much, but now the guy, but in this case, ‘all the lost boys’ are I’m super into it and already looking onto my following ‘all the pretty girls.’” next project,” White said. The last scene of the music video shows the Renner recalled that during the process, they male lead driving down a country rode smiling wouldn’t let themselves daydream about the by himself. According to White, this scene is up looming “what if.” for interpretation. Some people have viewed “But in the back of our minds it was just it as the male lead going back to college while really exhilarating to know that this has the others have viewed it as him thinking about a opportunity of becoming a music video for memory of her. somebody pretty big in the music industry,” Martinez was emailed with the news that Renner said. “So, it definitely kept a fire going they’d won by Chesney’s team. From there, under us the entire time.” they had to fill out release forms and send in a Now, Renner, Martinez, White and Dickerson high-quality export. The music video was aired can daydream all they want because that fire the following Saturday as a plug-in on “CMT will keep burning as the number of views Hot 20 Countdown” of the hottest country of their music video continues to climb. music videos. According to White, she had a dream a few CONTACT Shanna Kelly at kelly3sc@dukes. days before they found out they won. In the jmu.edu. For more on the culture, arts and dream, she saw Renner’s name on her phone lifestyle of the JMU and Harrisonburg and she asked her mom to videotape the call communities, follow the culture desk on because she had a feeling he was going to tell Twitter @Breeze_Culture.

WILL CARMACK / THE BREEZE Dickerson (left) and White considered giving up after facing challenges while filming the music video. and Middle Tennessee State University, both I just didn’t have the time or the knowledge on creative-oriented schools, to create a music how to do it, so I honestly didn’t plan on doing video for his new single “All the Pretty Girls.” it,” Renner said. Media arts and design majors Austin Then about a week later, Renner found out COLUMNS Dickerson, a sophomore, and Ellie White, a that his friend Jess Martinez was going to do the junior, worked with their hometown friend, Will contest. Jess had experience writing and since Renner, to create a music video for the contest. Renner didn’t have experience with storyline, Renner is a junior music business major at but had experience with videos and cameras, Belmont in Nashville. they decided to team up as co-producers and “The song ‘All the Pretty Girls,’ is about being directors. young and just in general, that experience White and Dickerson became friends with when you’re 18 and a little bit older,” Renner Renner after living near each other in the Located in the heart of the Shenandoah Valley, said. “So, the idea was to go to kids that age, Richmond area. Renner knew both of them only fifteen minutes from harrisonburg who are experiencing it right now, to make the were interested in music and film, so he video for it.” reached out to them after hearing about the The music videos were judged based on contest. storyline, creativity and editing by Country “We did music in the past when we were Music TV, Sony Nashville and Chesney’s music in ninth grade and we kind of grew apart,” Relax with our delicious wines team. Their video ended up winning the contest Dickerson said. “He went to a private school, and currently has over 2 million views, putting I went to a public school, we grew apart and and enjoy the stunning views. it within the top 20 country music videos on he hit me up this summer after years of not CMT. talking.” “It’s weird knowing that over a million people This unexpected turn of events turned out for have seen my face, which is crazy,” White said. the best for all three of them. 1501 dave herry rd, Mcgaheysville, va 22804 “The whole thing is just kind of unreal.” Dickerson advises not only to be open to new (540) 421- 0339 The music video captures a summer romance opportunities, but also to make sure everyone between a girl and a boy. It flashes through has a positive interaction with everyone they dates and summer night shenanigans with a come across. playful, living-in-the-moment vibe. “Make the best of every interaction that According to Dickerson, the goal of the music you have with somebody because you never video was to capture the fun, worryless initial know what’s going to happen in the future,” spark that comes along with a new relationship. Dickerson said. brixandcolumns.com The video was filmed around Richmond, Although he couldn’t help with the editing of Virginia, at places like Belle Isle, Lake Anna the video so that it wouldn’t conflict with any of and Short Pump. the rules of the contest, Dickerson helped out breezejmu.org CULTURE Thursday, September 7, 2017 17

To the moon and back PHOTO COURTESY OF DWIGHT TORCULAS JMU alumnus hired to film EDM star REZZ at Moonrise festival this past summer

By MADDELYNNE PARKER that takes on the darker side of techno. each time he just consistently grows.” wanted to get the girls doing what that drive his passions in different The Breeze “Out of all of the artists, she’s Torculas is a nontraditional they actually do, not just candid shots directions. Due to his own experiences, probably the strangest,” Torculas videographer because he creates his of them.” Torculas knows how hard it is to start While an artist might be the one on said. “I wanted to make a video that videos freely. When working at a show, REZZ isn’t the only artist he’s up this sort of hobby and wants to stage, there’s a man hidden backstage reflected that uniqueness and that he finds shots to take as they come to filmed for this year. In early summer, help push others to take that first step or in the very front capturing the exact show.” him; it’s not a preplanned project, Torculas emailed up to 60 managers forward. essence of the set. Instead of enjoying Torculas took those darker and which is something he takes pride in. of the artists he loves, hoping that “You gotta hustle and put yourself the concert or festival himself, he takes trippy vibes of REZZ’s show and put “I was able to do some things that they would hire him to film their out there,” Torculas said. “Put yourself to his camera to allow everyone access them in video format. In the 57-second I think I wouldn’t have done if I were shows. Out of those 60, he got eight in front of people that you want to be to a vision into the music world that recap, Torculas uses a variety of cross in a film school,” Torculas said. “I was replies and took all of them. For two in front of. It takes no more than 10 only he sees. cuts, fades and rhythmic beat shake taught differently, and I have that he worked in a festival setting, while minutes.” Dwight Torculas graduated from effects to match the first track titled unique perspective towards making the other six were shows. Videos are no longer a crazy JMU in 2017 with a bachelor’s degree “Relax” off her debut album “Mass videos.” Although videography isn’t phenomenon for our generation. in philosophy. When he’s not working Manipulation.” Last year, he began pursuing Torculas’ greatest passion in life, he’s They’re a necessity for advertising, a in Washington investing in startup “It’s all about translating that feeling videography as a hobby while at JMU. still attracted to filming, especially means of creating content and way to companies with his firm, Arab Angel into something you can see and live in In his free time, Torculas would go out for the artists he enjoys the most. get your name out there. Therefore, Fund, he’s out with his camera for the moment,” Torculas said. with his GoPro and make what he calls This hobby allows Torculas to have for Torculas and other videographers, shooting videos. Torculas does more than just “passion projects.” These are videos a creative outlet without the fear of videos allow them to do all three “Once you start making videos, your filming. As a self-taught freelance that document his life in a storytelling getting burned out. To him, creativity things while discovering their own identity is tied with your creations,” videographer, he has the freedom to format. itself is fragile, which is what keeps creativity. Torculas said. “Tied with your videos.” film all shots, as well as edit and place Later that fall, JMU’s sorority Alpha Torculas from pursuing videography “It’s insanity how we’re so numb to Torculas worked at Moonrise together the final project. This sets Sigma Tau approached Torculas with as a career. that, but so beautiful how we can step Festival in August. He was hired by him apart from other videographers a paying gig to help film their fall “I’ve been meeting great artists and inside someone’s world like that and EDM artist REZZ to film her live set because he’s able to experiment with recruitment video. Ellen Derr, a senior stuff, but my biggest thing I want to be see it the way they do,” Torculas said. and create a recap video of the show. all parts of video making and fulfill his studio art major and historian for AST, able to do is to surround myself with REZZ’s real name is Isabelle desire of creativity in its entirety. worked with Torculas throughout the people that are following even grander CONTACT Maddelynne Parker at Rezazadeh, who’s a Canadian record “It’s a very natural thing for him, summer to carefully plan the video, passion projects,” Torculas said. “I [email protected]. For more producer and DJ. According to I think,” Courtney Brown, a JMU which was finished in the three days have a more broader curiosity than on the culture, arts and lifestyle Torculas, she’s also a “cute, petite girl alumna (’17) and longtime friend of all schedules could match. just music.” of the JMU and Harrisonburg with hypnotizing glasses.” She’s known Torculas, said. “He’s only really been “I love that he makes such a realistic As a videographer, Torculas takes communities, follow the culture for her psychedelic, trance-like music at this for a short amount of time, and vibe to his videos,” Derr said. “He pride in his variety of interests desk on Twitter @Breeze_Culture. Now Accepting JAC Cards! 9/30/17

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Home sweet home JAMES ALLEN / THE BREEZE Cardon Johnson carried the ball 17 times for 265 yards scoring two touchdowns in JMU’s 34-14 win over East Carolina on Saturday. The performance earned Johnson CAA Offensive Player of the Week honors. By BLAKE PACE “It felt really nice to go out there and the hard work and preparation, the the same throughout the season. 379 yards in its season-opening win The Breeze play another team besides your own offensive line, running backs, wide over Limestone College. defense,” Schor said. “It’s tough going receivers and quarterback,” Johnson 3. Defense sharp to start the Following a convincing 34-14 against some of your good friends for said. “Our goal is to be us and do season 4. Happy to be home season-opening win over FBS a month, so it’s definitely nice to play our job on Saturday and I think we opponent East Carolina University, someone else.” executed well up front and in the The offensive game by the Dukes “It’s going to be rocking,” Ankrah JMU has its eyes set on its home While excitement was a common backfield.” was complemented by a strong said. opener this Saturday against East thread amongst the team, anxiousness The talented backfield of JMU output from the defense, which The Dukes are pumped for their Tennessee State University. This past also lingered through the players in is well-appreciated by the team registered three interceptions, one home opener at Bridgeforth Stadium week kicked off the second season their opening contest. as a whole, with an abundance of sack, five tackles for a loss and seven and can’t wait to play at JMU for the at the helm for head coach Mike “I was very anxious,” junior praise coming from their starting quarterback hurries. first time since beating Sam Houston Houston as the team searches for its cornerback Rashad Robinson said. quarterback. “The goal this year was to come State in the FCS quarterfinals last 14th consecutive win. “We were tired of practicing against “It’s amazing,” Schor said. “Having together faster than we did last December. each other, so we just had to keep the the opportunity to play with guys like year,” Ankrah said. “Having more “It’s something we pride ourselves 1. Season officially underway nerves down and once we were out Cardon and Trai Sharp and Marcus experienced guys on the team was on,” Ankrah said. “We’re blessed to there, it was great.” [Marshall] and Taylor [Woods] is very important.” be at this university, we’re blessed to After spending months of hard Nervous or not, the team went definitely special.” That goal led to limiting ECU to have such a great fan base and a great work and preparation in the weight out and soundly secured its season- Schor was also quick to note the 362 yards of total offense and four stadium atmosphere, so we’re just room and practice field, the Dukes opening win for the third consecutive aid his teammates provide him in his turnovers, two of which came at the going to enjoy it.” were more than ready to get back into year. game. hands of Robinson. Furthering his thoughts, Robinson regular-season action. “As a quarterback, you love to “I have to remember that it’s in the praised the uniqueness of playing at “We’ve been waiting all summer 2. Ground and pound have a really effective running game past and just looking forward to trying JMU compared to other universities. to get out there,” redshirt senior because it takes pressure off you in the to be as good as I can be for this game “There’s nothing like a home defensive lineman Andrew Ankrah When your offense can rush for over passing game,” Schor said. “It’s a lot of coming up,” Robinson said. opener here at Bridgeforth,” Robinson said. “Summer camp was long. It 400 yards, there isn’t much that can be fun back there.” While a strong defensive line said. “You know it’s going to be was grueling, it was a grind, so it was done by the opposition to counteract Johnson, who was named CAA and secondary played key parts in packed, the fans are going to be loud, exciting to get out there and play with it. Led by redshirt senior running back Offensive Player of the Week, also the team’s win, it’s redshirt senior so it’s going to be exciting as a team the brothers again.” Cardon Johnson’s 265 yards with two managed two of the team’s four linebacker Kyre Hawkins who took just to come out and see the crowd.” With the repetitive schedule of touchdowns on 17 carries, the Dukes rushing touchdowns, with the other CAA Defensive Player of the Week weight lifting and summer camp now ran for 422 yards on 9.6 yards per two split between Marshall and Schor. honors after recording a team-high CONTACT Blake Pace at paceba@ in the rearview, senior quarterback attempt. Johnson saw his success as a The running game was the leading 13 tackles with one tackle for a loss. dukes.jmu.edu. For more football Bryan Schor echoed Ankrah’s culmination of several factors. contributor to the Dukes’ opening-day Their focus will now shift to an East coverage, follow the sports desk thoughts. “The game plan from the coaches, success, and they’ll look for more of Tennessee State offense that put up on Twitter @TheBreezeSports. SCOREBOARD FOOTBALL FIELD HOCKEY VOLLEYBALL WOMEN’S SOCCER MEN’S SOCCER

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By KEVIN HASWELL best this season. yards through the air. Jackson The Breeze Additionally, Tampa provides the Buccaneers Bay’s latest addition, former with the deep-threat ability When the Tampa Bay Denver Broncos safety T.J. that they did not have last Buccaneers drafted Jameis Ward, is one of the more elite year. His speed down the Who wins Super Bowl LII? Winston in the 2015 NFL Draft, safeties in the NFL. Ward field will open the rest of the they had high expectations was released by the Broncos field for Evans. Last season, for the former Seminole. following a dispute over his teams were able to double With two successful seasons contract, and the Buccaneers team Evans all over the field, of growth now behind him, swept in and signed him to a but now they’ll have to put the third-year quarterback one-year, $5 million deal. more defensive emphasis out of Florida State will hoist Ward will join Chris Conte in on Jackson. The Buccaneers’ his first Super Bowl at the end making the Bucs’ secondary passing game will be one of of this season. HBO’s “Hard one of the NFL’s best. the NFL’s best come season’s Knocks” has had a curse Tampa Bay finished the end. over teams in the past, but 2016 season 10th in the NFL Another piece going the Winston and company are in total yards allowed per Buccaneers’ way is their prepared to break it in the game, giving up 367.9 yards strength of schedule. Tampa greatest way possible. per contest. Baker has been Bay plays the 16th easiest The Buccaneers finished known to be a great run- schedule in the NFL, paving the 2016 season with a 9-7 stopper in the middle, which the way for them to just walk record, missing the playoffs should help the Buccaneers into the playoffs. after losing a tiebreaker for run-defense tremendously. I know that it’s very easy the last wild card spot to the Ward gives the Buccaneers to pick the New England Detroit Lions. That 9-7 record that “fear factor” in the Patriots or Pittsburgh Steelers didn’t sit well with General passing game, scaring teams to win Super Bowl LII, but it Manager Jason Licht, who out of throwing the ball down takes a real fan to side with went out and made two huge the field, something the team the underdog. Don’t be splashes over the offseason in hasn’t had in years. With the surprised when Al Michaels wide receiver DeSean Jackson additions of Baker and Ward, and crew are proclaiming and defensive lineman the sky’s the limit for this the Tampa Bay Buccaneers PHOTOS COURTESY OF TOWNNEWS.COM CONTENT EXCHANGE Chris Baker. The addition of defense. Super Bowl LII champions Jameis Winston and Ben Roethlisberger are looking to lead their teams to Super Bowl LII in February. Jackson alongside All-Pro On the offensive side of on NBC on Feb. 4, 2018. Mike Evans creates one of the the ball, the Buccaneers’ best receiver duos in the NFL. passing attack will be a force CONTACT Kevin Haswell at Baker joins All-Pro Gerald to be reckoned with. They [email protected]. McCoy on the Bucs’ defensive finished the 2016 season 16th For more sports coverage Steel City gets seventh title line to make the Buccaneers’ in the NFL in passing yards follow the sports desk on pass rush one of the NFL’s per game, averaging 245.4 twitter @TheBreezeSports. By CONNOR MCCARTHY his numbers should only get The Steelers don’t posses an The Breeze better. elite defense, however, they Bryant‘s been cleared to do boast a young, athletic For the past decade, the return to the NFL after sitting defense that’s capable of Patriots have easily been out the entire 2016 season making strides throughout the most popular preseason due to a failed drug test. He’s the season. They’re led pick to win the Super Bowl. an explosive receiver with by Pro Bowl linebacker This year is no different, as blazing speed, a 6-foot-5- Ryan Shazier, whose speed New England has a stacked inch frame and the ability to and instincts allow him to roster that’s still led by one make acrobatic catches down make plays across the field. of the greatest quarterbacks the sideline. Bryant pairs Pittsburgh also recently of all time in Tom Brady. perfectly with Roethlisberger, added former Cleveland Boarding That being said, the Patriots who has a cannon for an Browns star cornerback Joe won’t repeat as Super Bowl arm and is a master of the Haden, who’ll certainly help champions — instead they’ll nearly unstoppable back- the Steelers’ secondary. Dentistry relinquish that title to the shoulder throw. Bryant’s the Pittsburgh’s lucky to have Pittsburgh Steelers. consistent deep threat that signed Haden, for it isn’t The Steelers have made Pittsburgh missed last year every day you’re able to add Intensive Care a constant presence in the and should open up the field a shutdown corner from a playoffs over the past three even more for running back division opponent. years, making it as far as the Bell to dissect. Roethlisberger’s already Grooming AFC Championship just last Bell is the true key to the won two Super Bowls in season. Pittsburgh has been Steelers’ success this season. his illustrious career and led by a high-scoring offense Outside of David Johnson, no is certainly capable of that’s never consistently non-quarterback position winning a third, especially AND MUCH MORE! been at full strength due player can change the if his offensive line is able to to various injuries and game quite like Bell. His keep him upright this year. suspensions. This year that patience as a runner and When healthy, Big Ben is all changes, as the four- insane versatility make him still a top-five quarterback headed monster that’s Ben a matchup nightmare. Bell’s with elite arm talent and a Roethlisberger, Le’Veon Bell, just as comfortable running strong mental game. He’s Martavis Bryant and Antonio between the tackles as he been open in saying that Brown will be unleashed in is lining up as an outside he’s been contemplating full force. receiver, as evident by the retirement over the past Brown ­— unlike his fellow 1,268 rushing yards and 616 couple of years and this very 10% JMU DISCOUNT superstars in Pittsburgh receiving yards he put up well could be his final NFL — has been a model of last year in just 12 games. season. If it is, Big Ben will come visit us! consistency since 2013, Bell’s had multiple serious be one of the lucky few to compiling at least 100 injuries in his career and walk off into the sunset as catches, 1,000 receiving yards been suspended for drug a champion with one more and playing in no less than use, so keeping him on the Lombardi Trophy in hand. 15 games in each season. field will be the Steelers’ top There’s no question that priority. CONTACT Connor McCarthy 498-A University Blvd, Harrisonburg, VA 22801 Brown is a top-five receiver As most NFL fans know, at [email protected]. in the game and with you can have the best offense For more sports coverage, http://myvalleyvets.com/ the return of playmaking in the league and still be beat follow the sports desk on 540-433-8387 receiver Martavis Bryant, if your defense can’t keep up. Twitter @TheBreezeSports. 20 Thursday, September 7, 2017 breezejmu.org

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