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Collegiatetimes Tuesday, April 1st, 2014 An independent, student-run newspaper serving the Virginia Tech community since 1903 www.collegiatetimes.com COLLEGIATETIMES 110th year, issue 101 News, page 2 Lifestyles, page 5 Opinions, page 3 Sports, page 6 Study Break, page 4 Safe Zone Burger ‘37 has grand opening opened to BY ZACK WAJSGRAS | news reporter fraternity Students waited in long lines to try the highly anticipated burger and milkshake joint in Squires Student Center. MICHELLE STARK lifestyles staff writer A service fraternity at Tech is making a concentrated eff ort to reach out to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) community by working with Safe Zone. Safe Zone is a national program origi- nally designed to help university fac- ulty, staff and administration learn how to communicate with and understand LGBTQ students, but now the program has started working with Delta Psi Nu. Th e co-ed service fraternity volun- teered to participate in an exclusive Safe Zone session on March 30 in Squires Student Center, the fi rst student-focused session Safe Zone has held at Tech. Danny Mathews, the Safe Zone coor- dinator, said that the program off ers tremendous advantages to the university community. “Th e thought behind the program as CHEN JIANG/ SPPS it stands is that it’s intended to build an awareness and knowledge base that Burger ‘37, the newest addition to Virginia the restaurant aft er hearing from over 3,000 Services at Tech, described the new shop as will hopefully equip people who will Tech’s dining halls, opened yesterday in students surveyed about their dining prefer- “one of the most highly anticipated concepts become Safe Zone certifi ed with the Squires Student Center. ences. to roll out of Dining Services in the past skills they need to interact with LGBTQ- Burger ‘37, a $501,000 investment, has been Th e National Association of College and decade.” identifying people,” Mathews said. under construction since October 2013. University Food Services conducted the sur- Th e opening yesterday resulted in extremely Safe Zone currently focuses on equip- However, the concept for the restaurant has vey and discovered that all participants had long lines even before the offi cial opening had ping faculty and staff with information been in the works for almost four years. an interest in a burger option. commenced at 10:30 a.m. they need to directly assist or recom- Tech’s administration fi rst decided to build Ted Faulkner, the director of Dining see BURGER / page two mend on-campus resources to students that identify with LGBTQ, but Mathews said he wants Safe Zone to be open to students. He said it can help them stand up and be courageous leaders and infl uence their peers to do the same. Position battles abound spring practice Maggie McVicar, a senior communica- tion major and the president of Delta Psi JAMES MITCHELL the fall when Texas Tech trans- Nu, said it is important to learn more sports reporter fer Michael Brewer and true about Safe Zone’s message and how it freshman Chris Durkin arrive. can be applied to their organization. Th e Virginia Tech football All eyes will be under center, “We pride ourselves in being a very team geared up for the start of as all fi ve candidates will try open organization and being really spring practice Th ursday and to impress the coach staff and inclusive of a lot of people,” McVicar is searching for answers as the win the starting job. said. 2014 season approaches. Head coach Frank Beamer Mathews and Zack Fry — a senior Th ere is one big question on has repeatedly said that Leal’s sociology major and brother of Delta Psi everybody’s mind: who will performance in the Hyundai Nu — led Safe Zone 101, the fi rst session the starting quarterback be? Sun Bowl versus UCLA doesn’t any Safe Zone participant must take Th e departure of former Tech refl ect how good of a quarter- and is the one the fraternity took part quarterback and total off ense back he is, and that he is still in. Fry is also the Pride Week Chair for record holder Logan Th omas the number one guy for the the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender leaves big shoes for the Hokies job. Alliance of Virginia Tech. to fi ll. Another position to watch is Th e session started off with reviewing a As of now, fi ft h-year senior running back. glossary of LGBTQ vocabulary. Mark Leal is listed as the num- Redshirt sophomore Trey “A lot of times, people struggle to have ber one quarterback on the Edmunds will miss spring a conversation around LGBTQ issues, depth chart for spring. Behind practice as he recovers from because they don’t have the language,” Leal sits redshirt sophomore a broken right tibia, which Mathews said. “I think it’s really impor- Brenden Motley and true means that J.C. Coleman is tant to equip people with the necessary freshman Andrew Ford, who number one on the depth language, so that we can start having enrolled early. chart and will receive the bulk these conversations.” FILE 2013 But the quarterback competi- Mathews and Fry defi ned several terms James Gayle (99) pushes through the blocking sled during last year’s spring practice. tion will heat up even more in see SPRING / page six from the glossary, such as cisgender, which is a person whose gender identity matches his or her sex, and passing, a see SAFE / page fi ve Israeli fellow, Ukraine native answers questions CHARLOTTE GROSS Wisgerhof also said that a privilege and rarity at this time. to be made, as the EU has never lifestyles staff writer Goncharenko is the go-to guy “People ask me if I think made an off er of membership for information about events in that Ukraine should be part of to the Ukraine. Goncharenko Confusion is rampant in the the Middle East and anything the European Union or a part emphasized the complexity of the homeland of Virginia Tech fac- political. of Russia, and also about the situation. ulty member Ivan Goncharenko. Goncharenko graduated Russian minority in the Ukraine,” “Crimea has been part of Russia. Goncharenko is the Jewish from the Hebrew University Goncharenko said. It was only in 1954 that the Soviet Agency Israel Fellow to Hillel at of Jerusalem with a combined Union transferred it back to Virginia Tech, but his Ukrainian degree in religion and politics Ukraine,” Goncharenko said. “It roots have made him a prime and Middle Eastern studies. wasn’t such a long time ago that source of information for stu- He migrated to Israel when he I go to Ivan for history. I it was Russian.” dents concerned about the recent was 11 years old, and his par- asked him what caused Goncharenko’s extensive developments in the Crimean ents taught him to be fl uent in “ knowledge of these topics may the different Ukrainian Peninsula. Russian, Ukrainian and Hebrew. be what drives students to ask for “I go to Ivan for history,” said Having gained military experi- factions to behave the his opinion, but his personal his- Elizabeth Wisgerhof, a junior ence, a degree focusing on politi- way they did.” tory plays a major role in how he biology major and vice presi- cal and cultural spectrum and a connects with and helps students dent of Hillel. “I asked him what command of a variety of languag- Elizabeth Wisgerhof year-round. BEN WEIDLICH / SPPS caused the diff erent Ukrainian es, Goncharenko is able to pro- Vice President of Hillel His Israeli education consisted Safe Zone certifi ed faculty mark their factions to behave the way they vide insight into the perspectives of high school followed by com did.” of both Russia and Ukraine, both He said there is no such decision offi ce with a sticker to notify students. see HILLEL / page fi ve NEWS SPORTS MOBILE APP ONLINE Check out page SGA election results were Download the CT App for For updates throughout the day six for a complete announced yesterday. Find your mobile device at the check www.collegiatetimes.com list of this week’s out who won. App Store or Google Play. Tech athletic ctlifestyles see page 2 schedule. Spring has fi nally arrived in CollegiateTimes Blacksburg! Will it stay? CT see page 2 see page 6 @collegiatetimes 2 April 1, 2014 [email protected] NEWS collegiatetimes.com SGA winners announced weather EMILY HUGHES heavily on social media in results on Monday morning, Lazor pointed out that the watch news staff writer their campaign, which was the duo has been reaching out student activities fee is includ- themed in keeping with the to those who posted support- ed in all students’ tuition, tech- JAMES MORROW Th e reign of Elizabeth Lazor fi rst day of campaigning — St. ive and congratulatory mes- nically making all full-time @WxBONE and Tanushri “Tuna” Shankar Patrick’s Day. sages on Facebook and Twitter. undergraduates members of will begin in 2014, as the “In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, Lazor and Shankar will SGA. two were voted next year’s we decided to ‘Go Green,’ and assume their roles following “Th at’s really what our cam- president and vice president we ran a completely paper- an inaugural ceremony on paign was based off of — to let pring-like condi- Th ings remain clear of the Student Government less campaign, which was use- April 28. people know that SGA is here tions have fi nally and dry into Th ursday, Association (SGA) respective- ful for us because we didn’t “Th e transition period is for them,” Shankar said.
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