Don’t have time to read Want to comment? Give the paper? Check out our us your feedback on stories on Twitter: facebook.com/TheBreezeJMU. @TheBreezeJMU. Serving James Madison University Since 1922 breezejmu.org Vol. 87, No. 46 Partly cloudy 49°/ 27° chance of precipitation: 20% Monday, March 28, 2011 somewhere over the SKYLINE PHOTOS BY ROBERT BOAG / THE BREEZE On Friday, junior Daniel Parmelee took a two-hour fl ight over Harrisonburg. The media arts and design major has been an avid aviation enthusiast since he was 6 years old and has been fl ying planes for the last four years with the hopes of becoming a pilot. Parmelee regularly rents a Cessna Skyhawk so he can fl y and accumulate the required hours to earn a commercial license. Members of unoffi cial Flight Club aim to fi nd like-minded students, educate them on aviation and help them see Harrisonburg from a different angle By MEGAN MARTIN hours, which includes solo >> The Flight Club plans contributing writer and accompanied cross- to apply for official country flights, night organization recognition After ying his rst plane at years old, junior Dan Par- flights and practicing in the fall. To see the new melee was hooked. ough that rst ight was only with different takeoffs and student organizations this a model plane, he knew one day he would y a real one. landings. ey must also semester, see PAGE 3 Parmelee, who earned his private pilot’s license at , is pass two exams: a writ- joining the new ight interest group on campus, founded ten Federal Aviation Administration exam and a ight by Kelly McClure, a junior international relations major. exam called a “check ride.” The group is for students interested in flying planes “I’ve always wanted to y,” Parmelee said Friday as he or learning more about aviation. It is not yet an o cial cruising at an altitude of , feet above Harrisonburg in organization. a Cessna Skyhawk plane. “Maybe not speci cally for Obtaining a private pilot’s license is not an easy feat. Applicants must be years old and log ight training see FLIGHT, page 4 TECHNOLOGY SPEAKER Breeze Classes Father issues ‘Rachel’s Challenge’ r e fi n e Darrell Scott shares Columbine victim’s legacy through message of nonviolence wins By JEFF WADE statewide Wikipedia The Breeze Two classes create, edit Rachel Scott was the rst of stu- dents killed during the Columbine High awards more than 5,000 pages School shooting years ago. But thanks >> For winning photos, see to her father, she and her dedication to PAGE 2. To see all winning By AARON KOEPPER compassion and kindness live on. entries, visit BREEZEJMU.ORG The Breeze After the death of his daughter on April , , Darrell Scott created e Breeze received awards Two classes at JMU are bringing their Rachel’s Challenge, an organization from the Virginia Press Associa- academic expertise to Wikipedia by cre- that seeks to continue Rachel’s legacy tion college contest, for categories ating and editing articles. of nonviolence through speaking events including photos, design, editorial e classes, WRTC : Technical and and encouraging acts of kindness. cartoons, editorial writing and fea- Scienti c Editing and ISAT : Energy Since then the program has become ture writing. Policy, are among other classes across the largest school assembly program in Overall, The Breeze received the United States, who are editing and America, reaching million to mil- third place in the category for revising articles on United States public lion students every year, according to Excellence of General Makeup. policy as part of the Wikimedia Founda- its website, rachelschallenge.org. In the Spot News photography tion’s Global Unixversity Program. Scott’s presentation Friday evening category, e Breeze received the Sophomore Lisa Shea expanded the in Memorial Hall commanded the top two awards for images from the Wikipedia page for “Community Jour- attention of a mostly full audience of April Springfest riots. David Cast- nalism” from approximately words students, professors and parents. Scott erline, a graduate, won rst to almost , words. had held another presentation for mid- place for what the judges called a “A Wikipedia article is never truly dle and high school students earlier that “compelling photo,” of Peter Mor- complete, there’s always room for expan- day. gner, who pleaded guilty to one of sion,” said Shea, a writing, rhetoric and Scott claimed he was not the stron- seven felonies from the riot earli- technical communication and media gest of speakers near the beginning of er this year, standing atop a ery arts and design double major. his presentation. But what Scott lacked Dumpster. In the same category, e program seeks to bring in “new in oratory flare, he made up for with junior Robert Boag, a Breeze photo contributors who are educated, teach- rm and quiet conviction, delivering an editor, received second place for a able and diverse” with a goal to increase uplifting and inspirational dedication to wide angle photo of the riot on the the quality of Wikipedia articles, accord- his daughter. lower part of Village Lane. ing to the program’s website. A video presentation also recounted In the Sports Photography cat- But editing Wikipedia pages isn’t as the tragedy of the Columbine shooting egory, Boag won first place for easy as it seems. during the presentation. a photograph from the Sept. , Joe Stelfox, a junior WRTC major, said One of the speakers in the film football game against More- his page on the Small Business Liability was Rachel’s brother, Craig Scott. head State University showing Relief and Brown elds Revitalization Act Three years ago, Craig gave a chill- free safety Ryan Smith catching was challenging to edit. ing firsthand account of the an interception between his legs. “We have to make sure there’s no incident in a presentation at JMU. RYAN FREELAND / THE BREEZE JMU won the game -. Senior political context,” Stelfox said. “We have Darrell Scott’s daughter, Rachel, died in the Columbine shootings in 1999. “There’s Dan Gorin won second in the cat- to go back through the content and make see SPEAKER, page 10 a mixture of sorrow and joy,” Scott said. “Sorrow for her loss and the huge joy egory for a photo of football coach from seeing people’s lives touched and changed.” see WIKIPEDIA, page 4 see AWARDS, page 2 NEWS OPINION LIFE SPORTS 3/28 INSIDE 3 Clubs start at JMU 7 Fresh food 9 Dancing in Circles 11 En garde! Seventeen new student Local food co-op will Annual charity event JMU fencing club holds organizations focus on provide more of a Circles draws crowds a -team tournament in everything from music to student connection than looking to get down. UREC over the weekend. mentoring opportunities. grocery store chains. Today Tuesday Wednesday Thursday cloudy sunny rain cloudy 49°/27° 54°/36° 43°/37° 45°/34° PageEDITORS Elizabeth Baugh & Megan Reichart 2 E-MAIL [email protected] Monday, March 28, 2011 2 Serving James Madison University Since 1922 G1 Anthony-Seeger Hall, MSC 6805 AWARDS | Honors to be distributed on April 9 in Norfolk James Madison University Harrisonburg, Va. 22807 PHONE: 540-568-6127 from front Former Breeze editor-in- FAX: 540-568-6736 chief and graduate Tim MISSION Mickey Matthews. Chapman won second place for The Breeze, the student-run newspaper Senior and former Breeze Feature Story Writing for part of James Madison University, serves photo editor Seth Binsted of his series “Turning Loss Into student, faculty and staff readership by reporting news involving the campus and received second place in the Life,” which focused on star bas- local community. The Breeze strives to Feature Photo category for a ketball alumnus Pierre Curtis. be impartial and fair in its reporting and photo of students participating The Breeze editorial board fi rmly believes in First Amendment rights. in yoga on Earth Day on the Fes- received third place for its edito- Published Monday and Thursday mornings, tival Lawn. rials which the judges said, “get The Breeze is distributed throughout In the editorial cartoon cat- the nod for their con dent tone James Madison University and the local Harrisonburg community. Comments and egory, graduate Karen and timeliness.” complaints should be addressed to Katie Thorsdottir won first place. Former sports editors Colleen Thisdell, editor. “Unlike some cartoons that rely Hayes and Michael Demsky, Individual copies of The Breeze are free, heavily on reading, the images both seniors, received third but multiple copies can be purchased at add substantial information,” place for Excellence of Sports The Breeze offi ce. the judges said. Pages. EDITOR-IN-CHIEF The Breeze received second These awards will be pre- KATIE THISDELL place for Excellence of Front sented at the VPA’s annual Page Design. The award goes conference on April in Nor- [email protected] to current design editor Rachel folk, Va. During the same awards NEWS DESK Dozier, a junior, and former luncheon, e Breeze will also design editor Whitten Maher, a receive eight awards from the [email protected] graduate. e judges said Society of Professional Journal- LIFE DESK the submitted fronts had “clean, ists, Region . First place in Sports Photography, by Robert Boag clever designs.” [email protected] SPORTS DESK [email protected] OPINION DESK [email protected] COPY DESK [email protected] PHOTO/GRAPHICS [email protected] [email protected] VIDEO [email protected] ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT 540-568-6127 [email protected] ADS MANAGER Nicole Ort Second place