Bond Set in Alleged Rape Case

By The Breeze,

Outpouring of Support Defends Suspect’s Character HARRISONBURG, Va. — The 19-year-old man charged with several crimes in an alleged on-campus sexual assault was released from jail Tuesday morning on a $75,000 bond. Travis James Mick, of Yorktown, was granted the bond Monday in Rockingham County Circuit Court. He was previously denied bond twice. He had been held in jail since his arrest in the early morning of Oct. 31 on charges of object sexual penetration, trespassing and resisting arrest....
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Prepare to Enter the MADhouse

By James Gwinn,

JMU Expecting Consistent Fan Base at Basketball Games HARRISONBURG, Va. — Duke has the Cameron Crazies, Pittsburgh has the Oakland Zoo, Michigan State has the Izzone, and now JMU joins with the naming of its student section at basketball games — the MADhouse. An e-mail was sent out to the student body Oct. 6 asking it to vote on which of the four choices they thought would best represent the students. “We got the suggestions for the names from our Facebook group, the JMU Dukes fan page,”...
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Charges Dropped Against Two Students

By Ford Prior, Contributing Writer

Junior Football Player Markus Hunter and Sophomore Connor Long Were Charged With Felonious Assault and Malicious Wounding HARRISONBURG, Va. — All charges from a fight involving at least three JMU students were dismissed Wednesday in Rockingham County District Court after a closed-door agreement between prosecutors and defense attorneys. Counts of felonious assault and malicious wounding by mob were dropped for junior Markus W. Hunter, 20, of High Point, N.C., and sophomore Connor Long, 19, of Newtown,...
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Don’t Leave Just Yet: Festival to Host H1N1 Vaccinations Friday

By The Breeze,

HARRISONBURG, Va. — The University Health Clinic will offer the H1NI vaccination Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m at the Festival Highlands Room. The vaccine was originally scheduled for Nov. 13, but vaccines were not available to the UHC. However, Intravene Travel Clinic, based in Lynchburg, received a shipment of the vaccine Monday and will bring 3,800 vaccines to JMU. The vaccine costs $19.96 and is payable by cash, credit card or check. It is available to students, staff, faculty and family members...
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Undraped: The Nude Model

By Caitlin Hawes,

HARRISONBURG, Va. — Nude modeling is an odd job many JMU students wouldn’t consider. In...
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Timely Notice?

By The Breeze Editorial Board,

Ten timely days later — that’s how quickly JMU Police & Public Safety notified students of an off-campus assault and battery. Thanks to a parent’s tip, students now know that three men, who allegedly beat up one male and one female...
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