ATO Serves Hokies the Area Tonight with Temperatures Quickly Tumbling Into the Low 20S

111th YEAR, ISSUE 80 collegiatetimes.com February 25, 2014 COLLEGIATETIMES An independent, student-run newspaper serving the Virginia Tech community since 1903 KAITE BRITT on what partners predetermine. sex columnist Many BDSM partners meet through communities specific to their interests. Jane Doe is bound to mahogany Like every other community there bed posts with steel handcuffs. John are events, from kinky play parties Doe sits between her legs and wraps a to simple dinners at the local Olive blindfold over her eyes. He kisses her, Garden. BDSM communities provide then smacks her cheek, leaving the support and are resources to members, faint glow of a red handprint on her not only strengthening the community skin. Jane Doe smiles when she hears and giving confidence to members, but the wooden nightstand drawer open. also providing a safe space away from John Doe drags the tip of a black whip judgment. across Jane Doe’s neck. The communities are tight-knit Numerous BDSM novels begin and watch for red flags that could be with a line like this, in the bedroom considered abuse. Although there are with a couple about to test their limits instances of abusive partners found in sexually, physically and mentally, BDSM communities, abusive partners Submissive Top Dominant which begs the question: what is BDSM are also found in the “vanilla,” non- “Sadist” “Sadist” really? kinky community as well. GIVES T he textbook def i n ition spl its BDSM “BDSM is different because those (“SADIST”) Likes to give Likes to give sen- Likes to be in into three parts: bondage and disci- whom are involved consent to being sensation as sations to partner control and give pline, dominant and submissive, and involved,” said Christina Masterson, a instructed - but no “power sensation sadist and masochist. Traditionally, BDSM participant. “I, and whomever play” that means someone is a submissive I am involved with, discuss at length (Classic dom) masochist, receiving pain on the what will happen, when it happens, Servant Classic Boss bottom as a slave, and the other, the what words are used, what sort of sadist master, is on top giving pain. fantasy it evolved from. If there’s any “Vanilla” “There are about nine basic roles,” part that is not agreed on, it doesn’t NO MAJOR said Nicole Schwartz, a BDSM happen. It’s about respecting whom PREFERENCE Likes to do Not especially Likes to be in participant and BDSM 101 seminar you’re with, (and) abuse isn’t based on services - but interested in trans- charge - but instructor. respect.” doesn’t value actions of control doesn’t give However, these nine prescribed Abusive partners are not the only EXPERIENCE getting sensation or sensation sensation roles mentioned are not the extent of stereotypes facing practitioners of BDSM participation. The roles in the BDSM. People participating in BDSM Submissive Bottom Dominant relationship are predetermined early are often believed to have mental on before the relationship hits the disorders that affect their sexual “Masochist” “Masochist” bedroom, but that doesn’t mean roles lives. While this may be the case for RECIEVES are one-size-fits-all. An example is the a handful of people, the majority of Likes to be Likes to receive Likes to be in (“MASOCHIST”) submissive sadist, who is instructed by BDSM individuals are ordinary func- controlled and sensations from control and receive the dominant masochist on where and tioning members of society with jobs receive sensation partner - but no desired sensations how the “scene” will happen. and families. “power play” (Classic sub) Multiple roles in BDSM lead to “We create specific scenes to multiple ways to have a relationship. explore what our minds consider ACCEPTS NO MAJOR EXERTS More often than not, the relationship taboo,” Masterson said. “We do it in (SUBMISSIVE) PREFERENCE (DOMINANT) and play does not leave the bedroom, ways which are safe and allow us to though there are always exceptions. The CONTROL structure of the relationship depends see BDSM / page 5 Web experts warn about cyber scams CLARE RIGNEY post their personal information or news reporter creating a password that won’t be easy for hackers to guess. Over 100 IT specialists and The Virginia Cyber Security business entrepreneurs converged Commission Town Hall Meeting at the Inn at Virginia Tech was the first of four planned Tuesday, looking to gain tips on events to address cyber security fter a brief warm-up how to keep information and their in Virginia. In February 2014, followed last week’s customers’ information safe in the Gov. McAuliffe created the Astorm, another round of digital age. commission to deal with such snow is now on the way Wednesday “We can’t just react to breeches growing issues as information night into Thursday. This will be as they occur. We have to lower the leaks and cyber scams. Blacksburg’s third significant chance of them occurring,” said Midkiff stated that these winter storm over a stretch of ten Scott Midkiff, Virginia Tech’s scams “should be on the minds of days. vice president for information everybody that uses a computer.” Skies will be partly sunny today technology and chief information “People underestimate the with high temperatures reaching the officer. sophistication, if you will, of some mid-30s. An upper-level disturbance Midkiff is responsible for the of these attacks. Increasingly, digging into Texas will spawn a low- technology networking, telecom- what we’re seeing in some of these pressure system over the northern munications, wireless intranet and phishing emails … is that they Gulf of Mexico later this afternoon. email services at the university. look very realistic. Unless you’re This low will slowly strengthen as it He also works as a university very careful … you wouldn’t know tracks east and eventually northeast professor of electrical and that it’s not real,” Midkiff said across the Florida Panhandle and computer engineering. regarding recent phone and email off the coast of Hatteras. He stated that almost all people scams involving Virginia Tech While this track favors highest struggle with keeping themselves students. precipitation totals over the ZACK WAJSGRAS / COLLEGIATE TIMES safe in cyber space, whether it Carolinas, we’ll still see lighter David Crisafi , special agent for the FBI, talks cyber security. involves knowing when not to see INTERNET / page 3 amounts make it all the way up through northern parts of the state. With thermal profiles favoring all snow, it’ll really all come down to just how far north the low tracks. Clouds will begin building into Brothers giving back: ATO serves Hokies the area tonight with temperatures quickly tumbling into the low 20s. Brothers of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity host weekly events hoping to directly serve the community with “Tausdays.” Light snow showers will break out prior to midnight and become PAYTON KNOBELOCH steadier through the early Thursday lifestyles staff writer “Sometimes (philanthropies) feel like shake off preconceived notions about morning hours. something that we have to do, and it’s not fraternities and their members or, as Right now, we believe this system Not even icy sidewalks and below- really a service initiative,” said Bhargava, Bhargava puts it, “redefine what a fraternity will bring 2 to 4 inches with signifi- freezing temperatures could keep a a junior finance and management major. gentleman is.” cantly higher totals just to the south. Virginia Tech fraternity from handing out “We wanted to do something weekly where “People see TFM (Total Frat Move), and Any northern nudge in track would free hot chocolate outside Turner Place this brothers could really tie into one of our they see these crazy fraternity guys, that significantly increase amounts. Tuesday. values, which is service.” all they do is drink,” Bhargava said. “But With temperatures well below The giveaway is part of the recently things like this show that we actually hold freezing over the duration of the launched “Tausday” program from Alpha ourselves true to our core five values.” event, expect roadways and side- Tau Omega. “(We were) finding a way to get our walks to become covered immedi- “Tausday originally initiated with us We wanted to do something names known in a good way,” Fischer said, ately. Take it slow on your Thursday wanting to give back to the community,” “weekly where brothers could “especially for fraternities in a bad light in morning commute. said Gerrit Fischer, sophomore civil engi- the news lately.” Be sure to follow @ neering major and Tausday Chair of ATO. really tie into one of our values, Past Tausday events have included HOKIEwxWATCH on Twitter for “Every Tuesday now we hand out things like which is service.” handing out candy, cards and flowers for the latest updated information. water or snacks or, today, hot chocolate.” Pranay Bhargava Valentine’s Day, paying for people’s meals The program was launched last spring ATO fraternity member at dining halls and even holding umbrellas JAMES MORROW by members Graydon Claflin and Pranay for students without raincoats on the way to • weather correspondent Bhargava as a way for ATO to serve in ways Apart from serving their fellow Hokies, • @wxBONE outside its normal philanthropies. members of ATO use Tausdays to try and see TAUSDAY / page 3 DUKE COMES TO 50 THOUGHTS ON 50 THE BURG SHADES OF GREY /CollegiateTimes ctlifestyles The Hokies will take Our movie reviewer on No. 4 Duke tonight. refl ects on the sexy fi lm. @collegiatetimes CT MOBILE APP page 6 page 5 iTunes / Google Play PAGE 2 Febraury 25, 2015 collegiatetimes.com [email protected] opinion collegiatetimes.com/opinion national op/ed Virginia Tech must step up and keep pace with growing diversity Virginia Tech has positioned itself in hiring practices, procedures and policy a unique moment in history.

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