LEARN THE ROPES GRAMMAR POLICE We want news writers. Are you a perfectionist? We’re Interested? Email looking for a copy editor. Email [email protected] [email protected] Serving James Madison University Since 1922 BreezeJMU.org Vol. 93, No. 23 Monday, November 10, 2014 breezejmu.org INSIDE TODAY FOOT BALL (7-3) SHOWERS, ANIMALS AND COMEBACK KIDS SOAPBOXES Vad Lee leads Dukes in 27-24 victory over Stony Brook to extend win streak By CAMERON BOON second half again Saturday, outscoring the Sea- special to The Breeze wolves 14-0 in the final 30 minutes to take a victory back to Harrisonburg. BROOKHAVEN, N.Y. — If at first you don’t suc- As usual, redshirt junior quarterback Vad Lee ceed, try, try again. That’s seemingly been JMU’s led the Dukes to another critical win for their mantra this season. playoff hopes, throwing for 314 yards and a trio of On Saturday afternoon, the Dukes came back touchdowns. He also rushed for another 56 yards again and defeated Stony Brook University 27-24 as he broke the program’s single-season total at Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium in Brookhaven, New offense record held by Rodney Landers (2005-08). York, for the team’s fifth-straight win. Lee also broke the JMU single-season touchdown “Sometimes it takes seeing it in the first half, and passes record held by Michael Birdsong (2012-13). coming out and getting it in the second half,” head “There was no question we were going to win Unusual topics discussed COURTESY OF JMU ATHLETICS coach Everett Withers said. this game,” the dual-threat quarterback said. at Thursday’s Faulty JMU has outscored its opponents 139-75 in the JMU defenders bring down a Stony Brook player. The Dukes’ Senate meeting second half this season. The Dukes dominated the see FOOTBALL, page 12 victory over the Seawolves push their win streak to five. NEWS | 3 EAT YOUR VEGETABLES City hall ‘Platanos Y Collard Green’ aims to get audiences talking about intercultural relationships project LIFE | 9 underway BATHROOM BLUES New construction The tiny bathroom stall doors gains support from on campus need to go Harrisonburg residents OPINION | 8 By JESSICA NEWMAN contributing writer END OF The citizens of Harrisonburg are THE LINE eagerly awaiting the completion of a new $9.2 million City Hall building on South Main Street, which will be adjacent to the existing Municipal Building. The project is estimated to be complete in June. According to the city, the project, which began last June, will increase SABRINA MCCORMACK / THE BREEZE the green space and develop more efficient circulation and accessibility of the site. A day of tribute Ande Banks, Harrisonburg’s direc- tor of special projects and grant Harrisonburg Downtown Renaissance hosted its annual Veterans Day Recognition parade yesterday. The parade began management in the Department of Women’s soccer player downtown and traveled down South Main Street. Following the event, a reception at Harrisonburg High School was Community Development, explained Sam Lofton finishes a held for veterans, families and friends to honor those who have served. The Harrisonburg High School symphonic that the new 47,000-square-foot decorated career band and honors choir held their sixth annual Veterans Day Concert following the program. Above, members of the building will face south and consist of American Legion ride on a float during the parade. three-and-a-half floors. The Munici- SPORTS | 11 pal Building, which has historic value and has been used for offices since 1967, will remain standing and be connected to the new City Hall by a QUOTE OF THE DAY large glass and steel atrium. see HALL, page 3 No one should “ be made to feel A n artistic escape embarrassed about their sex Harrisonburg restaurant opens new exhibit displaying art of refugees life, and no one should feel alone when it comes to A new a position that half of us will encounter within the next few years Rwanda (statistically speaking). African debate group OPINION | 8 comes to JMU to tell ” story of genocide INSTAGRAM OF THE DAY By CAROLINE BRANDT contributing writer This year marks 20 years since the Rwandan Genocide, which was one of the worst massacres in history. The tragic event resulted in the death MARK OWEN / THE BREEZE of more than 1 million people at the Bridgewater resident and former English as a second language teacher Stephen Lambert went to Friday night’s art show hands of the Hutu majority, who began because of his interest in immigration. A Bowl of Good hosted the Refugee Art Exhibit and showcased refugees’ artwork. killing the Tutsi clan. The Tutsis were blamed for the country’s political, eco- nomic and social pressures, according By NATALIE MILLER are new to Harrisonburg,” skills class and work direct- to the United Human Rights Council. The Breeze Katrina Didot, the owner, ly with them,” Sprague said. The Tutsis were also accused of sup- PHOTO BY JOSH BLOUNT said. “We want to make [ref- “We want to encourage their porting the Rwandan Patriotic Front, a Each year more than 100 ugees] feel at home.” talent and see themselves as Tutsi-dominated rebel group. refugees from around the Three refugees’ pieces artists.” iDebate Rwanda’s United States world find a new home in were featured at Friday’s Husam Abdulazeez of tour group consists of five debaters Harrisonburg. Some of them show. Sculptures, photo- Baghdad, Iraq, shared his and their adviser, who traveled more Want us to feature your have displayed their work for graphs and paintings were photographs, which com- than 32 hours from Rwanda to the U.S. photo? Tag us @Breezejmu local residents at a globally displayed against one of the pare his life back home and made a stop at JMU last week. The minded restaurant. restaurant’s walls. These art- with his Harrisonburg life. group previously made appearances at Friday night from 5 to ists, from different countries Abdulazeez started tak- Liberty University in Lynchburg, Vir- 8:30 p.m., A Bowl of Good, and cultures, told stories of ing photographs at 19 with ginia, and Davis and Elkins College in TODAY WILL BE located on Port Republic their lives back home and an SLR Minolta XD5 given Elkins, West Virginia. Road, had its first Refugee in Harrisonburg with their to him by his father. Abdu- JMU’s event, which was a part Syunn Art Exhibit. work. lazeez began using a digital of President Jon Alger’s “Madison 62° / 36° “[A Bowl of Good has] “I get to know [the refu- chance of rain: 0% an interest in people who gees] because I teach a life see REFUGEES, page 10 see RWANDA, page 4 Today Tuesday Wednesday Thursday sunny mostly sunny sunny partly cloudy 63°/34° 66°/43° 62°/31° 47°/26° PageEDITORS Marta Vucci & Rachael Padgett 2 EMAIL [email protected] Monday, November 10, 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. 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CREATIVE DIRECTOR Liz Paterson ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES Katrina Delene Blake Harvey Lexi Quinn WORLD NEWS Zac Smith Charlee Vasiliadis Allie Waller Nusra Front attacks Obama travels to Kurd violence raises Bodies of students Hunter White 4 Syrian villages Asia post-midterms concerns in Turkey likely burned MARKETING & CIRCULATION COORDINATOR Tribune News Service Tribune News Service Tribune News Service Tribune News Service Mitchell Myers ISTANBUL — One day after U.S. war- BEIJING — When President Barack DIYARBAKIR, Turkey — Four weeks MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s attorney AD DESIGNERS planes struck bases belonging to the Obama made his first state visit to China after the deadliest violence in decades general on Friday offered a morbid Bethany Adams Nusra Front in northern Syria, the al-Qai- in 2009, his party controlled Congress, swept Turkey’s Kurdish-dominated account of what likely happened to 43 Bernadette Fitzgerald da-affiliated group Friday pressed forward his hair was less gray and he boldly southeast, there’s little doubt who insti- students who went missing in Guerrero Christine Horab with its campaign against U.S.-backed reb- declared plans for a U.S. “pivot to Asia,” gated the unrest that led to the deaths of state six weeks ago, saying members of a els, storming four rebel-held villages and the driver of the world’s economy. innocent Kurdish civilians. criminal gang have confessed to burning seizing a town where they ordered rebel Today, the president will make his The riots in Diyarbakir — the unoffi- dozens of bodies in a massive fire that Download our fighters to disband and hand over their second visit to China under far more cial Kurdish capital — came after leaders lasted more than half a day.