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SPORTS 19 a Driving Force JMU volleyball coach hits milestone for SPORTS winning most matches in program history James Faris 19 ‘HE WILL ALWAYS BE MISSED’ DOUBLE STANDARD WOLVES TAKE THE THEATER The differences between sorority Friends and family remember All-female cast puts on first JMU theatre and fraternity rush processes bring production of year about progression of JMU student who died gender inequalities to light high school soccer team NEWS OPINION CULTURE 4 10 14 Vol. 97, No. 5 Thursday, September 20, 2018 breezejmu.org 2 townhomes off-campus living at its best c all (540) 432-55 25 today t 4 -Bedroom o schedule a tour! furnished Townhomes Pet Friendly• Gym Membership Included with Two Full Baths Some Units with Unfurnished Basements • Washer/Dryer Electric with Cap, Water, Internet & Cable Included [email protected] 1627 Devon Ln, Harrisonburg, VA 22801 3 Serving James Madison University Since 1922 1598 S. Main St. Harrisonburg, VA 22801 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 on 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. Additional copies are available for 50 cents by contacting our business office. Comments and complaints should be addressed to Matt Weyrich, editor. Editorial Staff EDITOR-IN-CHIEF MANAGING EDITOR - PRINT MATT WEYRICH ALEXIS MILLER TREVOR COCKBURN / THE BREEZE BJ BECKWITH / CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER TREVOR COCKBURN / THE BREEZE [email protected] [email protected] MODERN MAKEOVER DINING TEMPTATIONS ACCLIMATING TO STATESIDE MANAGING EDITOR - ONLINE NEWS EDITORS Wilson Hall is under The freshman 15 is Australian punter recruited KEVIN HASWELL THOMAS ROBERTSON & construction for the first time preventable but students by JMU football adjusts to [email protected] KATELYN WALTEMYER since it was initially built struggle in a college setting life in America [email protected] CULTURE EDITORS NEWS OPINION SPORTS @breezejmu ABBY CHURCH & SPORTS EDITORS SABRINA MORENO CATIE HARPER & BLAKE PACE 8 11 18 [email protected] [email protected] PHOTOS ON THE FRONT: ALIECE CARNEY | contributing cartoonist BREEZE FILE PHOTOS ART DIRECTOR COPY EDITORS ALEXA THOMPSON MEGHAN AHERN, NICOLETTE CHUSS & [email protected] GRAHAM SCHILTZ [email protected] OPINION EDITOR KAILEY CHENG PHOTO EDITORS @TheBreezeJMU [email protected] CHASE DOWNEY & TANNER LESLIE VIDEO EDITORS [email protected] IVAN JACKSON & MAYA KAHALANY [email protected] Advertising Staff CREATIVE DIRECTOR JESSICA GARCIA AD DESIGNER Breeze The OLIVIA MARINO LET’S TACO breezejmu.org ‘BOUT IT Thursday, September 20, 2018 20, September Thursday, FREE Taco Bar • September 27• Room 256 • Madison Union • 5pm–7pm Enjoy tacos and learn about the perks of CommonWealth One membership while playing Kahoot!® Plus, we’ll have prizes like giftcards and JMU swag valued up to $150! v.09.20.18 Reserve your spot...go to cofcu.org/taco today! Madison Union Branch (Next to the Post Office) ▪ cofcu.org ▪ (800) 424-3334 Text JMU to 31996 for news, events, and monthly prizes. Our mobile text messages are delivered via USA short code 31996. Up to 6 Msgs/Month. Reply STOP to cancel, HELP for help. Message & data rates may apply. No purchase or membership is necessary to enter. NEWS 4 EDITORS Thomas Robertson & Katelyn Waltemyer EMAIL [email protected] Nate Campbell 1998-2018 Friends and family share memories of JMU student who touched their lives @thebreezenews Campbell, who played lacrosse at South Lakes High School in Reston, Virginia, poses for a team photo. He wore No. 9 because that was his older brother’s number when he played high school sports. By ABBY CHURCH godfather, said. “He did that to like four friends While they were traveling from a tournament Ian said Nate always made the most of The Breeze and they all did.” in Ohio, Sam decided he was finished with the every opportunity thrown his way. This past For the Campbells, JMU is a family school. sport. summer, he interned at a financial institution Nate Campbell loved to laugh. Friends and Nate’s father and mother attended, as well “Sam said something along the lines of, ‘You called Spire Investment Partners, according to family say when he did, everyone else tended as his two uncles, two aunts and his brother. know what Dad, I’m done playing baseball,’” his obituary. David said he even spent some to join in. While going to school in Harrisonburg, Nate David said. “And Nate said, ‘Yep, me too,’ time as a page (a student who helps deliver @BreezeNewsJMU @BreezeNewsJMU “He had an infectious smile that was always had several cousins attend with him. because he was pretty much only playing it Congressional materials) in the U.S. Senate. there, even in hard times he could smile and “He was a spirited kid when it came to things because Sam was playing it and he wanted to “I know he had dreams of making a difference light up someone’s day,” Daniel Wake, one of like schools,” David said. “He was the leader of follow in his footsteps.” in the world and impacting people’s lives,” his close friends and a junior marketing major, the hype squad at South Nate is remembered David said. “You know, I think he hadn’t settled said in a text. “He loved to laugh, he would Lakes, so I know he for his inclusive and on one thing, but I think he had dreams of being laugh always. Sometimes even at things that enjoyed cheering JMU caring nature. David a really important contributor to the world weren’t very funny, he would let out his laugh, on in sports. I think he said he had an ability … and that may be the reason other people and cause everyone with him to find humor was really interested to stand up for others. thought he’d be most likely to be president, in it too.” in business, and his “His high school because they knew he wasn’t about politics, it The Breeze Breeze The While his sense of humor is something brother was a business classmates threw a was just about making things happen.” unforgettable, Campbell is prominently major, but obviously memorial for him Nate leaves behind family and a girlfriend remembered for the impact he made on those JMU’s business school at South Lakes High of two years. Kali Majoros, a student at the he leaves behind. The rising junior political has a great reputation School and story after University of Florida, shared her thoughts in science and finance double major passed away so he had a good story was Nate — even an Instagram post after his death. in his Devon Lane apartment Aug. 21. He was interest in that even when it was someone “The love of my life, forever and always,” 20 years old. though he changed to he barely knew — Majoros wrote. “I can’t wait till we’re reunited Campbell was a 2016 graduate of South Lakes being a double major stepping in to help again. Thank you for the best 2 years of my life High School in Reston, Virginia. During his just recently.” someone who was an and I know you’ll be by my side forever more. time there, he played lacrosse and was elected Nate was close with underdog or getting You’re in such a good place now.” class president two years in a row. His obituary his family and routinely picked on or who was Wake remembers Nate as a friend who cared breezejmu.org states he was voted most likely to be president attended family new to the school and and a deep thinker. They’d have late night in elementary school. gatherings. They all bringing them into conversations and he said he cherishes those “He was one of the greatest kids I’ve ever grew up camping and the crowd, that sort of memories the most. met in my life,” his cousin Ian Campell, a vacationing together. thing,” David said. “His loyalty, honesty, goofiness and kindness senior intelligence analysis major, said. “I don’t Among all his family PHOTOS COURTESY OF KALI MAJOROS David remembers will be missed by many,” Wake said in a text. know if I’ve met anybody who could ever say members, he was Campbell passed away in his apartment Aug. 21. a story told at Nate’s “All his friends at school will miss seeing that anything bad about him.” closest with his older brother, Sam. funeral about how he stood up for a girl after smile as he walks to class with a pen constantly Nate’s decision to run for class president his “He just really looked up to Sam,” David said. she was bullied on social media. Though he in his ear. He will always be missed by many but junior year was last minute. With two hours to “He liked to do the same things Sam would do. didn’t know her well, Nate was quick to come made such an impact on so many people while spare before the deadline and 250 signatures And Sam always gave him time as well. He took to her defense. he was here with us.” needed, he decided to go for it. Sam’s high school number when he started “Nate took it upon himself to sort of go take “He walked up to a friend and said, ‘I’ve playing sports in high school, which was No.
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