Fighting, Marching for Life
By Katie King,January 25, 2010
WASHINGTON, — Sophomore Matt DiMarco is glad that he is alive today. The Campus Catholic Ministry member joined hundreds of thousands of people marching in Washington, D.C., on Friday to celebrate the right to life. “I was adopted, and one of the reasons I started going to this was to thank my birth parents,” DiMarco said. “They chose adoption over abortion, and I’m grateful.” Two buses of JMU students joined the 37th annual March for Life to demonstrate their opposition to abortion.... Read more »
Professor Recounts Earthquake, Asks for Help
By Natalie Strickland,January 25, 2010
HARRISONBURG, Va. — It was 1976 and geography professor Mary Tacy — then an undergraduate student — was working in a maternity clinic in Guatemala. One night she was asleep when a 7.6-magnitude earthquake hit. It lasted about 50 seconds, she said. Luckily, everyone in her house got out in time. Now, Tacy is the director of the International Partnership for La Gonave at JMU. The organization, made of people in Haiti and the United States, is dedicated to improving life on the island of La Gonave,... Read more »
Short-Term International Programs Rank Third
By Aaron Koepper,January 25, 2010
HARRISONBURG, Va. — Costa Rica is green in more ways than one. Well-known for its natural beauty and lush landscape, it also receives 85 percent of its power from renewable sources, which is what fascinated ISAT professor Karim Altaii. In 2007, Altaii partnered with the University of Costa Rica to offer “Energy Issues and Experience in Costa Rica.” In this program, American and Costa Rican students took classes taught by professors from both universities and traveled the country together. Programs... Read more »
McDonnell Plans to Reopen 19 Rest Stops
By Ryan Platt,January 25, 2010
HARRISONBURG, Va. — Truckers and highway traffickers traveling through Virginia will soon have almost twice as many places to stop and rest. Virginia’s Commonwealth Transportation Board voted Wednesday to reopen 19 rest stops for business along Virginia’s highways, according to a press release on the Governor’s Web site. Seven of them are along I-81, the highway running through campus. The number of open stops, increasing from 23 to 42, is an effort to encourage road safety, providing opportunities... Read more »
High Hopes
By The Breeze Editorial Board,January 25, 2010
BOB MCDONNELL DESERVES recognition for his bipartisan outlook on education reform. Throughout his campaign, the new governor of the Commonwealth praised President Obama’s ideas on education, including the “Race to the Top” program. McDonnell has applied for the program’s grant money, which goes to states in support of reform policies, and continues to proudly support Obama on this issue. (He mentioned the president in his inaugural address and his first address to the General Assembly.) Publicly... Read more »
Persistence
By The Breeze Editorial Board,January 25, 2010
HELPING HAITIAN VICTIMS is not a short-term process. While steps have been taken to help the effort, it is something that will need to continue over time. Looking back on other natural disaster relief efforts such as tsunami relief in Indonesia and Samoa, as well as Hurricane Katrina, it’s evident that a steady stream of aid to Haiti is imperative. Specifically in Haiti, there will be more problems arising over time. Since the country has been struggling politically and economically for years,... Read more »
The People Spoke: Will Democrats Listen?
By Tony Spadaccia, The BreezeJanuary 25, 2010
Someone once said the best stories aren’t written, they’re lived. Case in point, exactly one year to the day that Barack Obama took the oath of office as America’s 44th president, he found himself running for political cover as the Democratic Party suffered one of its most embarrassing defeats the night before. And the person responsible for this dramatic change, an unknown Republican state senator named Scott Brown who not only burst the Obama bubble, but did it by winning the seat held... Read more »
A Perfectly Planned Pregnancy
By Elizabeth Baugh, The BreezeJanuary 25, 2010
Lifetime Movie Fails to Address Realities of Teen Sex and Pregnancy Saturday night’s debut of the Lifetime original movie “The Pregnancy Pact” has revived the story of the 2008 teen pregnancy spike at Gloucester High School in Massachusetts. When it came time for summer vacation, 18 girls at the Gloucester High School were pregnant. The spike in pregnancies caused school officials to look into the matter. After the story broke to the media, Principal Joseph Sullivan told Time magazine that... Read more »
Darts & Pats
By Darts & Pats,January 25, 2010
A “why-are-you-so-tempting-after-a-few-drinks?” dart to my cell phone. From a girl who dreads reading her texts the morning after. A “you-don’t-remember-me?” dart to myself for giving my number to a freshman on Saturday night. From a junior girl who can now add this to her list of blackout failures. A “good-job-in-the-playoffs-this-year” dart to the football players who still walk around campus with way too much swagger. From a fan who wants to remind you that the majority of us prioritize... Read more »
Since He’s Been Gone
By Mike Kaplan,January 25, 2010
Marist Men’s Basketball Struggles Since Brady’s ’07 Departure Matt Brady is a winner. He’ll tell you that himself, and as far as the numbers go, he’s right. When Brady came to Harrisonburg, he inherited an abysmal basketball program coming off an eight straight losing seasons. In the 2007-08 season, the year before Brady’s arrival, the Dukes were an uninspiring 13-17 under Dean Keener. Four consecutive losing seasons and a paltry 31-85 record later, Keener resigned and JMU inked Brady... Read more »
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