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27 million people are still enslaved around the world, and the CNU chapter of International Justice Mission speaks against it.
By Ross Sylvestri
john.sy lv estri.11@ CN U.EDU
When one hears the word “slavery,” it might
conjure up images of the transatlantic slave
trade with dozens of people being crammed
into ships to travel from Africa to North and
South America to be bought and sold. One
might think it is something that ended a long
time ago with the Civil War and is a thing
of the past. Unfortunately, the problem still
exists today.
T h e U n i t e d N a t i o n s d e f i n e s hu m a n
trafficking as the “recruitment, transportation,
transfer, harbouring or receipt of persons, by
means of the threat or use of force or other
forms of coercion, of abduction, of fraud, of
deception, of the abuse of power or of a position
of vulnerability or of the giving or receiving of
payments or benefits to achieve the consent of
a person having control over another person,
for the purpose of exploitation.”
There are an estimated 27 million slaves in
the world, which is said to be more than during
the transatlantic slave trade. Those who are
trafficked will be coerced into activities such
as prostitution or forced labor and, according
to the UN’s Office on Drugs and Crimes, are
worth more than $32 billion globally.
“ M a ny p e ople I ’ve t a l ke d t o h a d no
idea sl aver y sti l l existed,” said Brooke
Hollingsworth, a sophomore at Christopher
Newport University.
Hollingswor th is the one of the public
relations coordinators for the CNU chapter
of the International Justice Mission (IJM), a
faith-based human rights agency that deals
with human trafficking and slavery in several
countries around the world.
S he a nd s ever a l ot her C N U st udent s
participated in the organization’s Stand for
Freedom event. Starting on March 14 and
ending on March 15, students stood in the
Trible Plaza for 27 hours to represent the 27
million people in the world who are currently
enslaved in order to raise awareness about the
issue.
“It’s a hard problem to fix, but we want to
show there is a problem [of slavery] in the
Building a habitat
suitable for humanity
Habitat for Humanity works to give back to the community.
By Emily Rudy
Emily.rudy.10 @ CN U.EDU
Christopher Newport University is home
to a variety of different student clubs and
organizations. One of the many clubs on
c a mpu s i s H abit at for Hu m a nit y. S ome
students and faculty may not be aware of this
club’s purpose, goals or achievements.
The CNU chapter of Habitat for Humanity
has about 40 members who meet monthly as
a club to discuss and plan upcoming events,
volunteer opportunities and fundraisers.
H abit at for Hu m a n it y h a s g r adu a l ly
expanded in size, becoming a more substantial
organization as the years progress.
They engage in volunteer work on and
off campus and strive to raise awareness
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world,” said CNU sophomore Xenia Kerstanski,
who is also a public relations coordinator for
IJM at CNU.
Kerstanski said that during the event,
she and other volunteers were trying to get
signatures for two petitions. One of them
calls on President Barack Obama to take a
stand against human trafficking and the other
calls for the creation of a “safe harbor” law in
Virginia and other states. A safe harbor law
allows minors who have been trafficked for
sexual exploitation to be granted immunity
from prosecution and instead be directed to
services that would allow them to recover.
Members of IJM at CN U feel they have
a r el i g iou s obl i gat ion a s Ch r i st i a n s to
raise awareness about this, according to
Hollingsworth.
“One of the verses [in the Bible] that is
our key verse is Micah 6:8, and in that verse
it states to ‘love mercy, live justly, and walk
humbly’ with our God,’” she said.
M a ny of t he p e ople at t he event h ad
p er s on a l ly s e en t he v ic t i m s of hu m a n
trafficking, such as sophomore Abby Swauger,
who is the president and co-founder of IJM
at CNU. Last summer, Swauger took a trip to
Bangkok, Thailand, the country’s capital, and
walked through the red light districts of the
city and saw women who were caught in the
sex trade. Once she saw these women up close
and personally they were “no longer statistics
or numbers, but they were actual people.”
Toward the end of the event on Friday,
Rosemary Trible spoke as a guest speaker.
“I am so proud of your willingness to take
a 27-hour stand for ending slavery, which
represents those 27 million that are in slavery
today,” said Trible. “We can’t even get our
mind around that kind of a number.”
She said that slavery, whether in the U.S. or
abroad, must come to an end, and the people
who participated in Stand for Freedom were
making a difference by just being here.
“I believe so much in this generation. I
believe like never before that this generation
wants to change, wants to make a difference,
a nd I b el ieve you c a n s ay, ‘ Not i n my
generation.’” n
Senior Jennifer Tuohy speaks a little
in our community regarding the issue of
about her experience as an ongoing member
homelessness and the importance of habitat.
Together, they carry out volunteer work at of Habitat for Humanity of CNU.
“I personally am so glad that I have gotten
the ReStore, a place where building supplies,
furniture and home appliances are donated the opportunity to be so heavily involved
with such an amazing organization. I went
and recycled.
These supplies are either placed in habitat on my first Alternative Spring Break Trip
homes or sold to t he genera l public, i n my sophomore year of college, to New York.
which case all profits go toward Habitat for It was just a year later that I returned as a
Humanity.
trip leader my junior year
Along with joining efforts
on our voyage to Florida,”
w it h Re S tor e, t he ch apt er “I have grown through said Tuohy.
at CN U a l so works wit h
Tuohy was able to have a
my hard work and
t he Pen i n su l a H abit at for
different perspective this
Humanity chapter, assisting in service with Habitat for year.
local builds and sheds.
“This year I am a member
Humanity.”
A s for f u nd r a i si n g , t he
of the executive board, so
Senior Jennifer Tuohy
CNU chapter participates in
I have gotten the chance
book drives in the fall and recently held their to take on an even larger leadership role
biggest fundraising event yet, “Home Sweet within the club itself. We have worked
Home,” where students split up into teams toget her as a n e -boa rd to expa nd t he
and created sculptures made solely from Rice club and include more volunteer work to
Krispies. Another one of their big events is benefit the local community,” she said.
the “Alternative Spring Break Trip.” For this, “I have grown so much as a leader and as
Habitat for Humanity gathers a group of about an individual through my hard work and
20 students and travels to a location somewhere service with Habitat for Humanity. It is
in the U.S. During this time they spend their truly a wonderful cause to be a part of and
days working with and assisting local Habitat I can’t stress enough how important this
chapters on various build projects.
organization is to our community.” n
Their most recent trip was to Sumter, S.C.,
where they worked on building two homes.
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BFF promotes confidence in youth
CNU gets involved in new Girl Scout program, Be a Friend First, also known as BFF.
Word on the
Street
How do you give back to
the community?
“I volunteer at the
community free clinic in
Newport News.”
Sophomore Emilio Marmol
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Girl Scout volunteer and CNU student Marissa Neal, left, talks to Girl Scout Cadette Tasheona Caldwell during an afterschool program hosted by Girl
Scouts called BFF- Be a Friend First. Through BFF, girls learn about ways to combat bullying and become leaders in their schools.
By Sally Grace HOltgrieve
sally.holtgri ev e.11@ CN U.EDU
On Wednesday, March 13, Girl
Scouts of t he Colonia l Coast
presented BFF- Be a Friend First to
a group of students at Lake Taylor
Middle School in Norfolk, Va. BFF
is a bullying prevention experience
developed for girls at the middle
school age and focuses on motivating
girls to promote peace in their lives
and in their world.
BFF, which will be implemented
for Lake Taylor students through
weekly afternoon activities, is a
new curriculum developed by Girl
Scouts as they use their expertise
on the gender-specific aspects of the
national bullying crisis to address
anti-bullying solutions.
Du ri ng t he f i rst session at
Lake Taylor, girls set the ground
rules for how they will work as a
group. The volunteers led the girls
through a series of team building
activities where they learned about
one a not her a nd d i scu sse d t he
characteristics of a bu l ly. They
ended the session with positive
conversation by talking about what
they are looking forward to in the
future.
BFF at Lake Taylor is led by Girl
Military Musings
Michael Downing questions college funding.
By Michael Downing
M icha el .downing.11@ CN U.EDU
Most people
r e s p e c t
soldiers. People
u nd e r s t a nd a
l it t le of wh at
they have gone
through and
what they have
done in the
name of the
United States.
They put their lives at risk so we
may enjoy the many dif ferent
freedoms that can be found no
where else on earth. But those
in charge do not seem to care
enough to assist them to better
their education should they retire
from active duty. As a part of the
budget cuts, the government has
ceased funding for Army, Air
Force, Marines and Coast Guard
tuition assistance.
Some might call this a good
thing--we could use that money
for other things such as lowering
the deficit, increasing teacher
pay or funding another golfing
adventure for the Commanderin-Chief. The military does have
an enormous budget, so maybe
they can afford to sacrifice some
programs to assist soldiers.
But tuition assistance? I f a
soldier wants to have an easier
t r a n sit ion i nto civ i l i a n l i fe,
especia l ly i n today’s col lege oriented work force, he would
need to receive some ki nd of
assistance. Many were on enlisted
pay, which is not a high paycheck
by any means.
A nd what about t he i l lega l
immigrant issue? In Colorado, a
bill was just passed According to
7 News, the Denver Channel, that
lowers the tuition rates for all
illegal immigrants living in state.
G over nor Joh n H icken loop er
said, “Undocumented kids will
now have a fair and equitable way
to pursue a higher education in
Colorado.” But why not soldiers?
If we can afford to send illegal
immigrants to school, why not our
own defenders?
T he s old ier s of t he Un it e d
States should be thought of before
people who are not citizens of
this country. They are the ones
who take up arms in the name of
freedom, and they deserve more
respect than that.
In the mentality of the majority,
illegal immigrants are viewed
w it h c o m p a s s i o n . T h e y l e f t
their country and came here to
experience the American dream,
to find work, and make money for
themselves. This is a good thing,
that people see our country like it
is supposed to be seen. But if they
come here illegally, then they
should not receive help along the
lines of college tuition assistance,
si mply b e c au s e t hey a r e not
registered citizens. No one knows
who they are besides a name. If
we have to hand over all of our
personal information, they should
be made to as well.
W hen people begi n to t reat
illegal immigrants better than
our own soldiers, they have lost
a sense of honor. The warriors of
the United States of America are
dedicated to taking bullets for
people’s freedom to treat illegals
better. n
Scout volunteers from Christopher
New p or t Un iver sit y. Volu nt e er
and Girl Scout a lumna Marissa
Neal reconnected with Girl Scouts
through membership with Alpha Phi
Omega, a national service fraternity
ch apter at CN U. Ne a l at tende d
t he A lph a Ph i O mega n at ion a l
convention and participated in a
workshop about volunteering with
Girl Scouts. When she returned from
the convention, she contacted Girl
Scouts of the Colonial Coast about
getting involved again. Throughout
the first BFF session, Neal engaged
t h e g i rl s i n c o nve r s at io n a n d
of fered words of encouragement
when potentially difficult subjects
arose. She is hoping to get the whole
chapter of Alpha Phi Omega, which
has more than 100 students, involved
with BFF and the Girl Scouts.
Through BFF, girls will develop
a stronger sense of self, learn how
to develop and maintain healthy
relationships, discover healthy ways
to resolve conf licts and educate
and empower ot hers by leadi ng
with friendship in their schools
and communities. As the premier
organization for girls, Girl Scouts
is using their voice to address a
national issue affecting schools and
students everywhere. n
Greek Life
By Cole Underwood
M argu erit e.U nderwood.0 9 @ CN U.EDU
This past
Saturday the
sisters of Zeta
Tau A lpha
hosted thei r
second annual
K i c k i n g
O ut C a nc er,
a kickball
tou r n a ment
that benefits
Relay for Life. The day got off
to a rough start because of the
rain, but luckily by the time the
tournament started it was blue
skies and warm weather from
there on out.
“ I h ad a n awe some t i me
sp end i n g t he d ay w it h my
sisters raising money for a good
cause. Plus it was great to have
the support from other Greek
organzations who came out to
play!” junior Maggie Andricosky
said. The sisters ended up making
$160 from the event, which goes to
Relay for Life.
The brothers of Psi Upsilon
came out on top and won the
event. “I couldn’t have asked for
a more exciting final game. I had
such a good time playing with
my brothers and helping Zeta’s
philanthropy. They did a great job
hosting the tournament,” senior
Joseph Delmontagne said.
The ladies of Gamma Phi Beta
are busy preparing for CN U’s
Best Dance Crew on March 26 to
see who has the best moves on
campus! This is one of the biggest
events on campus and attendance
is so high it can no longer be
contained in the ballroom. The
field house wi l l provide more
seating and a larger space for
teams.
Sophomore Alyssa Sinclair is
coordinating the event. “This year
we are really encouraging Greeks
and non-Greek organizations to
participate, and my personal goal
is to have 900 people at the event,”
said Sinclair. Organizations such
as USounds and the men’s soccer
team have signed up to participate
for the first time this year.
T he pro c e e d s of t h i s event
support GPhi’s philanthropy of
Girls, Inc. The purpose of Girls,
Inc. is to inspire all girls to be
strong and smart through after
school programs and experiences
that help girls navigate gender,
economic and social barriers.
A n excit i n g a sp e c t of B e st
Dance Crew is young girls from
Girls, Inc. come and watch the
performances of the night, and
last year they even danced their
own choreographed number. This
allows CNU students to see firsthand who benefits from this event.
Greek Week is coming up in
April, and this year things are
goi ng to go a lit t le di f ferent.
In the past, it was every Greek
group for themselves. This year,
organizations will team up with
ot he r G r e ek s f r om d i f fe r ent
sororities or fraternities and do
their best to win a series of games
and competitions throughout the
week. The winning team at the
end of the week will be deemed
champion of Greek Week 2013. n
“I do Habitat for
Humanity. I went on the
spring break trip.”
Sophomore Maddie Lloyd
“I’m part of IJM. We
raise awareness on
human trafficking.”
sophomore Mark Renner
“I coach soccer and
basketball teams for
young girls.”
Sophomore Jordan Sharp
“Fundraising with my
fraternity, Sigma Tau
Gamma.”
Senior Dustin Ingersoll
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After an intense game that went into overtime with Kappa Sigma, the brothers of Psi Upsilon proudly pose with the women of Zeta Tau Alpha after winning the kickball tournament.
BY Giannina Otoya
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The women of Zeta Tau Alpha held their second annual kickball tournament to help raise money for Relay For Life. The
teams were made up of 10-15 people and each team played for 30
minutes at a time. This year the brothers of Kappa Sigma and
Psi Upsilon went head to head in the final game for the first
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of the game where Kappa Sigma tied up the score forcing them
into overtime. In the end, Psi U prevailed, defeating Kappa
Sigma to win the tournament.
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these events were raising money for Relay for Life. Relay for
Life is one of CNU’s largest campus wide events. They help
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This year the theme for Relay for Life is Sail Towards a Cure
and will be held in the Freeman Field House on Friday, March
22 from 7:00 pm to 7:00 am the next day.
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bumping up the score for Psi U.
Date: Friday, March 22-23, 2013 (7 PM – 7 AM) in the
Freeman Center
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A&E assistant editor Alyson Lamb defends her views on ‘Chicago’ as
expressed in the March 13 issue of The Captain’s Log.
In last week’s issue of the Captain’s Log, I published my review of
this year’s Theater CNU musical,
“Chicago.” Within the review, I gave
my honest and very blunt opinion of
the show, unaware of the immediate,
negative, salacious response I would
receive from readers and show-goers.
The barrage of comments written
underneath my article, the majority
of which by some people who can’t
even put their name to their own
opinions as I did, were laughable at
best.
Everybody is entitled to his or
her own opinions; yes bitter critics,
this includes me. I did not love “Chicago” to death as many people did,
however it was not the worst show I
have ever seen in my entire life, nor
did I say it was. That title belongs to
my old high school’s theatre department, of which I was a part for two
long years.
The most off-putting part of these
comments is that they are all arising from two very big problems. The
first one being that these people are
assuming to know who I am when
they know absolutely nothing about
me, which is something I never did
in my article. Secondly, this is all
just one massive miscommunication
between my humor and these readers, who, by their comments, aren’t
willing to clear up. Fortunately, I
am.
People seem to real ly want to
know where I get off writing such a
horrible review about a show that
they found to be so amazing. For
clarification, I have seen numerous
theatrical performances ranging
from the realms of Broadway, the
Kennedy Center, and Wolf Trap, to
high school shows, college shows,
and public per formances. Musical theater has been such a strong
passion of mine for as long as I can
remember. While other five-yearolds were on the playground singing
the Pokemon theme song, I was singing “Oh What a Beautiful Mornin’”
from Rodger’s and Hammerstein’s
“Oklahoma!”
Having seen so many theatrical
performances and having been a
part of ten high school productions,
both on and off the stage, I do actually have a lot of knowledge about
theater. This knowledge, as well as
my vocalized passion for theater
is actually what had my editor ask
me to write this review in the first
place.
With many of my friends being
a part of “Chicago,” I also know
some of what goes on with Theater
CNU and what the cast and crew go
through to prepare for shows. However, no amount of preparation can
make for a flawless production and
as an audience member and more
importantly a reviewer, it is the end
product and the end product only
that matters.
I knew how much time and energy
was put into the production and I had
heard all the hype that went along
with it which created very high
expectations, then lead to a somber
disappointment. I am not “ashamed”
of myself or my opinions that I put
out there; if I were I would have done
what every other commenter did and
not put my name on what I wrote. My
credibility as a writer, reviewer and
a theater fan have been questioned
because of one honest, harsh, negative review, and it’s just pathetic.
I never said anything horrible,
salacious or rude about any actor’s
personality or who they are because
I do not know who they are. I judged
these people simply on the performances they gave, nothing more,
nothing less. Compared to other
shows I have seen, even the other
Theater CNU shows, it did not live
up to my expectations. There are
always ways to give an honest opinion without making them sound
like “Slimy insults laced with what
could only be called acidic jealousy,”
but even still that’s not what they
were. Several comments I made that
were clearly perceived as mean and
insulting were just examples of my
wit and sense of humor. Clearly the
average reader didn’t understand it
and that’s fine because you just don’t
understand me.
I do apologize for anyone whose
feelings were hurt or anyone I upset
with my review. However, I believe
in what I wrote, stand by what I
wrote and wouldn’t change a thing.
Well, maybe two things. The role of
Roxie Hart was performed by Nichole Naccash, not Nicole, and Steven
Moeslein is a senior, not a junior
- giving credit where credit is due,
just like I did in my review.
The show may have been underwhelming at times, but this show hit
an amazing milestone by being the
first Theatre CNU production to be
sold out every single night. Kudos to
everyone involved; that’s a wonderful accomplishment in advertising
and promotion.
This was not my first review for
the Captain’s Log, it was my fourth
and it certainly will not be my last.
With every show I see, I watch and
listen with critical eyes and ears.
I am honest to a fault, even if the
people I am judging are my peers.
It would have been just as bad had
I sugarcoated everything and lied,
especially because nobody would
have read it. Never has any review
gotten so many comments as this
did, and it only did because it wasn’t
what people wanted to hear.
People read and focus only on
the negative things I said and then
choose to w rite back, not even
acknowledging the good things I
wrote. I did not enjoy the two leading
ladies as much as I wish I could have,
but the secondary characters were
phenomenal. I loved the set and overall theme on stage, but did not like
the ensemble performances. I gave
everyone an A for effort, making it
known that their time, energy and
effort did not go unnoticed. Then
when I dared label it as an underwhelming, average performance,
I suddenly lost all credibility and
know nothing about theater, something that has been a part of my life
for the past 19 years and 11 months.
Leonardo da Vinci once said, “The
greatest deception men suffer is from
their own opinions.” At the end of
the day, everyone is entitled to their
own thoughts and interpretations.
As a writer, especially a reviewer,
you can’t dish it out if you can’t take
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‘Team is sister. Team is brother. Team
is family.’
Sailing is one of the most challenging and time-consuming sports; however, sailors would not give it up for the world.
By stephanie alexander
st ephani e.al ex ander.10 @ cnu.edu
Not many students can attest to knowing that there is a sailing team at Christopher Newport University. Well there is, and
contrary to some beliefs, the sailing team works just as hard as
any other sport, perhaps even more so.
Every Friday, the sailing team travels to wherever the
Regatta, or sailing competition, will be. The sailors get up early
on a Saturday to put on the gear and rig the boats. The Regatta
starts at nine in the morning and after a series of races it ends
around five in the afternoon. Sunday, the sailors wake up at the
same time, race until three, and then return home.
At a Regatta, there are typically eighteen boats on the line,
all from different schools. In fleet races, like the Regatta this
past weekend in Newport News, there are two people who man
the sailboat – the skipper and the crew.
Senior Victoria Miller, who has been sailing since she was
thirteen, typically takes the role as skipper. She claimed, “It’s
[based on] personality type. I like making the decisions on the
water, and I like the whole mental process of it.”
The skipper controls the tiller, which directs where the boat
will move. The skipper limits his/her attention to speed and
tactics. While the skipper controls the main sail, the crew controls the other sail known as the jib.
“[The crew] kind of acts as the eyes of the skipper,” said
Miller. The crew pays attention to “other boats, location, and
winds, and different elements that [a skipper] can’t pay attention to.”
Not only must both the skipper and crew pay attention to the
water and other boats, they must maintain communication
with each other. Typically, skippers and crews are paired based
on how well they communicate.
“You get in situations where you definitely have to make
quick decisions, and the crew and skipper have to be able to
communicate quickly so you can react fast, and not capsize, or
hit another boat,” said Miller.
On top of the long weekends, sailors are expected to practice
three days a week for at least four hours and spend time in the
gym lifting weights.
Practices consist of drills planned out prior by the head
coach such as starts, roll tacks, defined as changing direction
into the wind and roll jibes, or changing direction downwind.
These drills are practiced repetitively so as to become second
nature while out on the water.
Freshman Kayla Harper, who crews for her team, just
started sailing this year and learned much of what she knows
from practices.
“There are certain things like roll tacks that I haven’t gotten
down all the way just because you have to put your body down
so far in the water and then lift yourself up so fast,” said
Harper. “You definitely have to be in sync with your skipper.”
Head coach Maxwell Plarr said he has changed the sailing
program around a little bit since he recently became head
coach.
“I started to put a focus on the strength and conditioning
part of the team, so now they work with Coach Dean and Coach
Query and now they have a routine twice a week and focus on
the nutrition,” said Plarr. “We are like no other sport. We put
cross country endurance to shame.”
Contrary to football, there is no division one or division two
in sailing. “It’s almost as if our football team were playing
Alabama half the time,” said Plarr. “We get to play with the big
dogs all the time.”
The bar is certainly set high for our sailors; however, they
have managed to jump in their rankings from 25 to 16 out of
the 56 teams in MAISA (Middle Atlantic Intercollegiate Sailing
Association). The team won the CJ Woolum memorial Regatta
two weekends ago and took two of the top three spots this past
weekend at the CNU Women’s Regatta.
“Next year, we hope to be knocking at about 12 [in rankings],
right on top of that top ten door,” said Plarr.
Sailing is a year-round sport. Sailors are out on the water all
through the fall and spring, whether it be during cold weather
or warm. In between these seasons, sailors are typically still
sailing back at home, or coaching.
“They’ll be sailing when it’s snowing out,” said Plarr. “When
people are bundled up in blankets in front of the fireplace, [the
sailors] are out, ya know, charging it on the racecourse.”
According to Plarr, sailing is one of the most demanding
sports in collegiate athletics. Many elements from wind, to
weight, to the current, and to the tide can affect a race.
“One side of the course can be favored over the other, and
that’s just something you have to look at pre-start and during
the race. Not only are you sailing your boat, trying to beat
everyone else, going fast and worrying about where your boats
are, you also have to keep the mental note, ‘Okay, what’s next?
Where’s my next move going to be?’” said Plarr.
In addition to practice three days a week and Regattas every
weekend, sailors must strive to keep up with their schoolwork
and daily needs.
“I definitely think its something that is learned,” said Miller.
“When I first started, I had to remind myself to keep myself on
a schedule because a lot of my other friends don’t do sports. You
have to remember your prioritizes. I’ve gotten a lot better about
using all the time I have in the day to do productive work. It
keeps me productive and keeps me organized.”
Sophomore Grace Bluefield has been sailing since she was
five, and dabbles between acting as skipper and working as
crew. On top of all the laundry she has to do, Bluefield spends
long nights at the library to prepare for her busy weeks.
“If you’re sailing one weekend, you have to pretty much
know that you have no time for homework this weekend,” said
Bluefield. “But our coach is super understanding, and he knows
that school comes first.”
However, she claims that sailing can act as an outlet for
stress.
“Some days, especially when the weather gets warmer, sailing becomes the perfect escape from school. It is a time when
I don’t have to think about the homework or the tests and I
can just enjoy the fresh air and simply being on the water. So
yes, sometimes having to make time for sailing makes school
harder, but sometimes, I don’t think I could handle school without it,” said Bluefield.
Harper agreed that sailing takes up a lot of time during the
week, and many nights are spent finishing work.
“I feel like sailing is my social life now,” said Harper.
Junior Annie Eckmann is accustomed to the limited amount
of free time instigated by a heavy involvement in sports.
“I grew up playing sports, so I was busy and always had to
manage my time between practice and schoolwork. Now, it’s
just second nature. If I have free time, it’s just spent doing
homework and studying instead of goofing off and hanging
out with friends, because I know that we have a Regatta every
weekend,” said Eckmann. “I’m very organized. If you look at
my calendar, I have written down all my practice times, all my
lifting times, and all my Regatta times.”
Above all, the sailing team is a close-knit community in
which lasting friendships are fabricated.
“We are super protective of each other. Team is family. Dan’s
[the sailing master’s] big thing is ‘Team is sister. Team is
brother. Team is family,’” said Bluefield.
Even though Harper is new to sailing, the team still pitches
in to make her feel welcome.
“We all hang out all the time and get dinner together,” said
Harper. “I love the people. They all come up to me a lot and tell
me they are really impressed that I’ve picked up [sailing] so
fast. They are all really helpful.”
Due to the small number of sailors on the team, a sense of
family is formed and the bonds between the athletes prove
stronger.
“There are about fourteen of us, so it’s really difficult to not
hang out with each other. If we have a problem, we try to work
it out,” added Eckmann.
“College sailing and Dan Winters is really the reason for
where I’m at now. The best part about my job is I get to wake
up, work out, and I get to hang out with these guys all day on
the water,” said Plarr.
The Captains sail again this weekend in the MAISA/SAISA
Regatta. n
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The CNU women’s team participated in fleet racing at the
CNU Women’s Regatta this
past weekend, placing second
and third out of seven, beaten
only by Cornell University. The
day-long event consisted of
fourteen races.
photo courtesy of cnu ocpr/Max plarr
Making a mark during offseason at NFL combine
by Christopher Williams
christoph er.williams.10 @ cnu.edu
After the Baltimore Ravens were crowned Super Bowl champions last month, football fans let out a collective groan. With
the biggest sporting event in America comes the harsh reality
of six months without football on Sundays. But even though the
action on the field is done until August, the media coverage and
preparations for next season have already begun.
No off-season event illustrates the widespread popularity of
the league more than the NFL Combine. It’s a gathering of the
top college prospects in the nation, where they participate in
various drills in front of scouts and coaches of all 32 NFL teams.
Also involved is a rigorous medical examination process, psychological testing and a 50-question aptitude test (known as the
“Wonderlic”). A good performance at the combine can improve
a player’s chances of being selected early in April’s NFL Draft,
while a bad performance could cause players to tumble down
teams’ draft boards.
On the surface, it’s tough to see the appeal – a four-day event
of drills in which no actual football is played. It’s essentially a
nationally televised job interview for hundreds of future NFL
players. But the fact is, it’s incredibly popular. This year’s combine attracted around 7.25 million viewers, up 11 percent from
last year.
The NFL Combine was created in 1983 to basically streamline
the process of scouting future NFL players. It put both players
and teams in the same place, instead of sending every player
to each team interested in seeing them work out. But since the
NFL began broadcasting live coverage of the combine in 2004,
the interest has increased exponentially, bringing in more
scouts, more media members and nearly double the TV ratings
since 2007 alone.
CNU students are interested in the combine for various
reasons. Junior Matt Jenkins watched most of the combine.
“I watch to evaluate the players’ abilities and see if they can
make it in the NFL,” he said. Jenkins paid close attention to the
safeties and offensive guards as he feels his favorite team, the
Dallas Cowboys, will look to select players at those two positions early in the draft.
Junior Jillian Terrill is a die-hard Alabama fan and paid
close attention to the Crimson Tide players in the combine.
“These kids are trying to start their careers for huge franchises
and are working their butts off,” she said. “The fact that you
can watch them is awesome.”
While this year’s quarterbacks didn’t attract as much press
as Robert Griffin III and Andrew Luck did last year, there were
still plenty of notable players at other positions in attendance.
The two under the most scrutiny were Notre Dame linebacker
Manti Te’o and former LSU cornerback Tyrann Mathieu. Te’o
was recently at the center of a controversy which revealed that
his highly publicized girlfriend, who reportedly died of cancer
in September, never really existed. Mathieu, who was widely
viewed as a top prospect prior to the season, was kicked off the
The NFL combine is a great way for
players to show off their talents and for
fans to evalute and pick for themselves
players they think will have an influence
in the next season’s games.
LSU football team after multiple failed drug tests and was later
arrested for marijuana possession in October. Their interviews
with the media and individual teams generated much interest
at the combine.
However, neither of their performances impressed scouts
or fans. While Te’o was running the 40-yard dash, Baltimore
Ravens coach John Harbaugh was caught on camera shaking his head in disappointment at his final time of 4.82 seconds. “To stay at the top of the first round, he needed a good
performance,” Jenkins noted. “When Harbaugh was shaking
his head, that’s how I felt.” Terrill had similar feelings on the
matter commenting, “After all the hype behind them, they
didn’t blow anyone out of the water.”
While the Combine can play a major role in a player’s draft
stock, a bad performance doesn’t necessarily spell doom for
them. With the NFL Draft a little more than a month away,
there is still time to erase the stigma of a bad combine. In the
coming month, schools with possible draftees will hold a “Pro
Day” in which players again work out for scouts. After the Pro
Days, NFL teams will begin inviting players to their facilities
for individual workouts.
The popularity of the NFL Combine is another example of
everything the NFL touches turning to gold. The NFL Draft
itself attracted more than 25 million total viewers last year
(with more likely to watch this year), and the fact that preparation for the draft can attract such interest just shows that the
debate about football never ends. At this point, there really is
no NFL off-season. n
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The final stretch: Thoughts from
softball seniors
Three senior softball players explain
what their time on the softball team has
been like and how they hope to finish
their final season.
by sarah sleem
Name: Krista Townsend
Name: Lauren Stewart
What are you studying at CNU?
I am a marketing major.
What are you studying at CNU?
I am a marketing major with a leadership minor.
What are you planning on doing after graduation?
Right now I am looking for an internship for the
summer and then I’ll go from there since I am staying an
extra semester. After that I am looking for a job.
sarah.sl eem.10 @ cnu.edu
Name: Whitney Haller
What are you studying at CNU?
I am studying psychology at CNU.
What are you planning on doing after graduation?
I hope to work with kids after I graduate. How long have you been playing softball? How long have you
been playing softball for CNU?
I have been playing since I was five years old. I transferred here my “sophomore” year and this is my third
year at CNU. How do you feel about your last season?
Our last season was great. We had a great team and some
amazing seniors and I wish we made it further but we still
got the opportunity to make it to he regional championship and a lot further than many people thought. What is your favorite thing about being on the CNU softball
team?
My favorite thing about being on the CNU softball
team is the bond and sisters I have on this team. We are a
family and I couldn’t imagine going through my last year
with a different group of girls. How do you feel about leaving CNU/the team?
It makes me so sad knowing this is my last season. It’s
a feeling no athlete will truly understand until their last
year. You want to give it all you have and I don’t want to
look back knowing we could have done more this year. How do you think the team is doing this season?
We have definitely gone through some ups and downs
this season but there is no other group I’d rather be experiencing this with. We are going to learn from our downfalls and I would not trade what we have been through so
far for anything. Hopefully we can learn from our mistakes and show what we are made of. How do you feel about the USA South Tournament/What are
your expectations for the team regarding the USA South Tournament? The USA South tournament is ours this year. Every year
since I’ve been here we have just fallen short but I know
this is our year and we are going to come out and be ready
for the tournament.
How long have you been playing softball? How long have you
been playing softball for CNU?
I have been playing softball since I was six and have
been playing softball at CNU since my freshman year.
How do you feel about your last season?
It is crazy to think that this is my last season because
it has flown by. I can remember freshman year like it was
yesterday and I still cannot imagine not playing softball.
This last season for all of the seniors and the team wants
to go to nationals again and win it this time. That has
been our goal since freshman year!
What is your favorite thing about being on the CNU softball
team?
My favorite thing about being on the softball team is
having the opportunity to meet all the players I have met
and I am so lucky to play with them. They are like family
and I would do anything for any of them. I love being able
to play the sport I love in college! It has been an amazing
experience and we have had so many great times together.
How do you feel about leaving CNU/the team?
Right now I do not even want to think about not playing
softball. It’s upsetting just thinking about it being my last
season. I cannot imagine not practicing everyday starting
in January because my whole life has been dedicated to
softball from travel-ball to high school ball and now college. I will have so much free time that I will not know
what to do with it. It just does not seem real that this is
my last season and I try not to think about that because it
upsets me.
How do you think the team is doing this season?
Our team isn’t playing to our potential, but I know we
will all get it together and kick butt!
How do you feel about the USA South Tournament/What are
your expectations for the team regarding the USA South Tournament? We have an amazing team with some great girls and we
will kick butt! For all of the seniors on this team we have
not won a USA South tournament, so this year we HAVE
to win it. We are the team to win and we just have to capitalize this season. I know we can do it! We just have to
have confidence and we will be great. We have an amazing team with wonderful talent.
What are you planning on doing after graduation?
After graduation I plan on getting into marketing for a
professional sports organization.
How long have you been playing softball? How long have you
been playing softball for CNU?
I have been playing softball for 14 years. This is my
fourth year playing for CNU.
How do you feel about your last season?
I’m excited to see what the team is going to accomplish
this year, but am sad to see the end of a huge chapter in
my life. It’s our last chance to play the game at this competitive of a level and it’s something I’m going to miss
once it’s over.
What is your favorite thing about being on the CNU softball
team?
My favorite thing about the team is the friendships
I’ve made and the unforgettable experiences we’ve had
together.
How do you feel about leaving CNU/the team?
I feel like time has flown and that I just joined the team
yesterday. We’re all in disbelief that we’re about to graduate and that this is our last season. The team and the
school have definitely helped to prepare me for the rest
of my life but I’m not ready to leave them quite yet and I
don’t know what I’m going to do next year without them.
How do you think the team is doing this season?
We’ve had a bit of a rough start but we have the talent
to take this season far into the postseason.
How do you feel about the USA South Tournament/What are
your expectations for the team regarding the USA South Tournament?
As always, we expect to win the conference tournament. The last few years it hasn’t gone our way but we
have a great team this year and if we go into it playing
the way we can we will come out on top. n
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Weekly Take
This week, Collin discusses the
science of filling out your brackets.
Collin brennan
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It was Sunday night and I was heading back to my dorm.
As soon as I walked in the door I noticed a giant bracket
staring me in the face. Hanging up on the wall in all its
glory, I realized it was that time of year. It was my roommate’s bracket, for he had already filled one out.
For those who don’t know, my roommate is a huge
college basketball fan and probably one of the few who
watches college basketball in months that aren’t named
March. I could tell he thought long and hard on his
bracket. Knowing plenty about most of the 68 teams, his
bracket will probably be one of the more intelligently
thought-out ones. As for most of the population that will
fill out brackets in the next few days, very little thought
(if any) will go into making their brackets. Some will pick
teams based off their names; some will pick teams based
off colors or mascots. Others will just go with their gut
feeling, knowing in their hearts that New Mexico and
Vermont are real contenders this year (yeah right). The
ironic truth of it all is that those people will have as just
as good a chance of getting their brackets right as my
expert roommate. When it comes to March Madness no
one is an expert.
In the history of college basketball there has never been
a person that has successfully predicted every outcome
of the tournament. I mean, how can you? There are 68
teams and 34 games. The amount of possibilities is mindboggling. Many experts of college basketball will go in
overthinking the matchups or possibly playing too close
to the vest, not wanting to pick anyone that could make
them look stupid. For a casual college basketball fan like
myself, I use a combination of my limited knowledge on
the subject mixed with gut feelings, and the mentality
of picking teams with superstars (the ones I know from
watching Sportscenter). This strategy did well for me
last year as I successfully predicted a Kentucky- Kansas
matchup in the finals; as for the rest of my bracket… let’s
not talk about it.
The reason it is so unpredictable (besides the fact that
it’s 68 teams) is that on any given night any team can win.
I know that sounds cliché, but it is never truer than it is
in college basketball. We have become so used to seeing
big state universities dominate in college football that we
expect to see the same in basketball, but that is so far from
the truth. Just three years ago we had Butler and Duke in
the finals. The populations of those schools compare favorably to CNUs. Schools such as George Mason and VCU
have also defied the expectations and made the Final Four
as mid-majors. The reason is that smaller sports schools
are able to invest almost as much as the bigger sports
universities in their basketball programs, considering
basketball teams consist of only 12-15 players. That is why
you see so many schools that you would probably never
hear of make national headlines. Every year big name
schools fall to one of the smaller mid-major universities,
and nobody can successfully predict when these upsets
will happen. Who knows, maybe one day CNU can be…
I’m getting ahead of myself.
When you go to fill out your bracket in the next few
days just have fun with it. You know you are going to
be wrong so just go with your gut feeling and take some
risks. Maybe JMU can be in the Sweet 16! Maybe Indiana
loses in the first round! Maybe Belmont wins it all. The
only thing I can predict with certainty is that there is no
certainty. So when the games tip off this weekend and the
madness begins, sit back and enjoy the festivities knowing
full well that your bracket will be busted. n
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Campus| CNU’ s acapella group shows off their vocal talents by bringing a new sound to popular songs.
March 22
Relay for Life, 7pm-7am.
Freeman Center
March 23
CAB presents: “The Hobbit”
Drive-In 9p.m. The Great Lawn
concerts
March 22
The Remedy ,7p.m., The Norva
Boombox, 10p.m., The National
March 23
Slightly Stoopid, 8p.m., The
Norva
Soja, 8p.m, The National
March 26
Modestep, 8p.m., The National
movie releases
“Admission,” Rated PG-13
“Olympus Has Fallen,” Rated R
“The Croods,” Rated PG
“Come Out and Play,” Not Rated
“Gimme The Loot,” Not Rated
“The Happy Poet,” Not Rated
“The Sapphires ,” Rated PG-13
“Love and Honor,” Rated PG-13
Photo Courtesy of USounds
The members of USounds were invited to perform at the Acappella Sing Off held at Busch Gardens this past December.
BY emily Rudy
Em i ly,ru dy.10 @ cn u.edu
University Sounds, or USounds as we know them, was founded at Christopher
Newport University in Fall 2008 by CNU student Becca Morton, who graduated
in 2010.
USounds has expanded in the last few years, working diligently to make a
name for themselves while working hard with plenty of practice to create beautifully unique sounds for their audiences.
Together they have established themselves within the CNU acappella community as well as the collegiate acappella world. USounds is currently made up of a
total of 18 members, eight young women and 10 young men.
They practice twice a week on Sunday and Wednesday, for about two hours, as
well as other practices before major events and performances. In order to become
a member of this wonderfully talented group, you must audition. Auditions are
held annually, in which interested individuals are asked to prepare two songs.
Participants will perform small clips of the songs they choose and may be
asked to hear their range. Members may also play their notes on the piano for the
participants to follow along with. Once the audition is complete, members initiate “call backs.”
This is a method used to see how well the participants interconnect with the
group vocally. Once all steps have been concluded, the group will vote, and new
members are welcomed into the group.
Sophomore Kirsten Holley says, “I Love being a member of USounds here
at CNU. Not only is it an outlet for me to have fun singing, but I am also a part
of a close knit family full of amazing people, who too share a common love for
music.”
“Hunky Dory,” Not Rated
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Sophomore Kayleigh Poulin says, “I have been a part of USounds since my first
week here at CNU and have loved every minute of it. I honestly could not be more
thankful. USounds has provided me with great friends of all ages, and a chance
to not only get involved on campus but to also do what I love. USounds is truly
an amazing group, full of peers who share the same goals and ambitions, which
makes it a great place to be.”
As a group, they have accomplished quite a lot since the beginning of the
semester. They performed at Alpha Sigma Alpha’s Rockathon, Where is the
Line’s “Fear 2 Freedom” event as well as their shadowbox event. They also performed at Glow in the Darkappella, the grand opening of Water’s Edge Church on
CNU campus, Alpha Phi’s Red Dress Gala, the acappella sing off at Busch Gardens (in which they won fan favorite) and Bluesfest hosted by Reach Out.
As for upcoming events in the near future, they plan to perform at CNU’s biggest event of the year Relay for Life, the Food and Dance Festival, A Night of
Homelessness, the Launch Party hosted by Currents Magazine and the Concert
for Tommy put on by the Communications Department here at CNU. n
Alpha Rev- ‘Bloom’
Andre Obin- ‘The Arsonist’
Billy Bragg- ‘Tooth & Nail’
Brian McKnight- ‘More Than
Words’
Clutch-’Earth Rocker’
Fol Chen- ‘The False Alarms’
Gin wigmore- ‘Gravel &Wine’
Heavy Hawaii- ‘Goosebumps’
Josh Rouse.- ‘The Happiness
Waltz’
Heidi Happy- ‘On The Hills’
Low - ‘The Invisible Way’
Marnie Stern- ‘The Chronicles of
Marnia’
Brandt Brauer Frick- ‘Miami’
Lydia- ‘Devil’
Lordi- ‘To Beast or Not to Beast’
Lotus - ‘Build’
Justin Timberlake - ‘The 20/20
Experience’
Palma Violets- ‘180’
The Members of USounds
dvd releases
Sopranos: Kayleigh Poulin, Alli Pritchett, Lauren Lee, Barb Ballve
Altos: Jennifer Pluchinsky, Katie Hanley, Kirsten Holley, Kaylee Hansen
Tenors: Bret Ramkey, Scott Fairbairn, Chris Reilly, Robbie Rubio
Basses: Ed Hughes, Zach Stettler, Keenan Angel, Tyler Jarrett, Dante Perry
Beatboxer: Julian Rosen
“Hellgate”
“Bachelorette”
“Rust and Bone”
Photo Courtesy of Jennifer Pluchinsky
The group circles up before their Spring concert in the Gaines Theater.
“Price Check”
“The Hobbit: An Unexpected
Journey”
“Parental Guidance”
“Easy Money”
“Killing Them Softly”
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Justin Timberlake album is Witches and wizards
bringing the rhythm back and mediocrity, oh my
Review| Disney’s “Oz the Great and Powerful” explores the
histories of the classic characters who live in the Land of Oz.
Review| Justin Timberlake released his third solo album.
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The character of Glinda the Good Witch, played by Michelle Williams uses her magical powers.
BY Kelsi Ponton
RCA RECORDS/Billboard
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BY Ebony Brown
ebon y.brow n.0 9 @ cn u.edu
After a long seven-year musical hiatus to
star in mediocre movies, boy band turned solo
star Justin Timberlake streamed his entire
new album entitled “The 20/20 Experience” on
iTunes to the public a week before its release
date.
Within a few hours of free play the internet
was abuzz with reviews, illegal download links
and gifs to describe exactly how they felt about
the 10 tracks that Timberlake gifted to the
masses.
The album, which was produced in its
entirety by legendary beat maker Timberland,
with whom Timberlake worked exclusively
with on his previous two projects, is a smooth
cohesive piece of artwork.
It distinctly shows to the entire world what
we have all been missing from music, and that
everyone we tried to replace him with over the
years--be it Justin Beiber, Ne-Yo, Robin Thicke,
Chris Brown, etc. --doesn’t even compare.
After seven years since his “SexyBack” days,
Timberlake really delivered. The album begins
with the track “Pusher Lover Girl” that sets
the mood and tone for the rest of the album.
If Timberlake brought sexy back seven years
ago, he is bringing romance back in 2013 with
lyrics such as “Hop into my spaceship coupe…
we’ll cruise around land and make love on
the moon,” which really describes this lover’s
anthem of an album.
It’s romantic and intimate with quirky beats,
yet still fun and something you can dance to
with tracks like “Let the Groove In” and “That
Girl.” Don’t expect songs like “Cry Me a River”
or “What Goes Around,” this album is all
about love, being in love and keeping it.
This could be a reflection of the singer’s own
life, he recently married actress Jessica Biel.
Timberlake mixes pop and the smoothness of
old school R&B, like the suaveness of Al Green
and the coolness of big bands from the Frank
Sinatra era.
“The 20/20 Experience” is a 10-track album,
each song is about 7 or 8 minutes long, and
often toward the end of the song, the second
part will start, with a beat change and Timberlake will rap a little or switch gears somehow with his voice, which surprisingly is not
annoying, and you don’t even realize the song
is longer than usual.
Each song flows into the next and it all just
comes together. The lead single “Suit and Tie”
really doesn’t show the greatness of what this
little disc has in store. The writing, mainly
done by the Star and a few others isn’t a
thought-provoking work of art-in fact it’s quite
the opposite, but not in a stupid way.
With song titles like “Strawberry Bubblegum” and lyrics like “Aren’t you something to
admire, ‘Cause your shine is something like a
mirror…” it’s kind of questionable and cheesy,
but it doesn’t seem out of place. Justin Timberlake’s “The 20/20 Experience” may arguably
be the best thing since Usher’s 2004 “Confessions.”
If it takes the singer another seven years to
come up with something like this again, we all
should be happy to wait. n
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Going into Disney’s new film “Oz the Great
and Powerful” this reviewer only had two
expectations: 1) it would be pretty and 2) there
would be f lying monkeys. Let’s just say that
it’s a good thing those two things were my
only expectations.
The film follows Oscar “Oz” Diggs, played
by James Franco, a small-time circus magician and con man as he is whisked away in a
hot air balloon from black-and-white Kansas
to the colorful Land of Oz.
There he is believed to be the Wizard, destined to bring peace to the Land of Oz. He
meets three witches, Theodora (Mila Kunis),
Evanora (Rachel Weisz) and Glinda (Michelle
Williams), who are not completely convinced
that he’s the great wizard that everyone’s
expecting.
As he is drawn into the power struggle in
the Land of Oz, he must help the citizens using
his magic and illusions to save the day.
“Oz” is visually stunning. Disney really
outdid themselves with the CGI, and the costuming for the characters was excellent. Plus,
for “The Wizard of Oz” lover, there are many
well-placed references to the 1939 film to enjoy.
From the gorgeous world of Oz to the design
of its inhabitants, a viewer can really see
the amount of time and effort that went into
making this film look so wonderful. That
being said, the amazing visuals serve only to
attempt to distract the viewer from the multitude of obvious flaws in the film.
The narrative of the film was inconsistent;
the numerous plot holes were excused by a
vague prophecy. The editing was jarring and
jumpy. The writing attempted to be witty;
sometimes it worked, but more often it failed.
The characters were never fully fleshed out;
they almost always had a single dynamic and
lacked character development. This was coupled with disappointingly flat performances
by many of the actors.
James Franco made no lasting impression
and didn’t connect with anything or anyone on
screen with him. Williams was able to divorce
her rendition of Glinda from the one audiences
know, but although Kunis was decent as naïve
Theodora, she failed in the iconic role of the
Wicked Witch of the West.
Weisz, on the other hand, did a great job
giving life to a character that audiences only
know as a pair of feet under a house.
Despite the amount of powerful witches,
misogyny practically drips from this film.
A lmost all the female storylines revolve
around how Oz affects them. For example,
Theodora becomes the wicked witch only after
she is stood up by Oz.
The only redeeming qualities of the women
in this movie are their competence and
strength. But these positive traits are overshadowed by the fact that at the end of the day,
they are all waiting around for a man to come
and save them.
The morals found in this film were cringeworthy. Is it just me, or is it screwed-up to
think that children’s films really shouldn’t
have messages about the positive effects of
lying?
At the end of the film, the only message that
managed to stand out was that it’s okay to lie
and cheat as long as it works out in the end.
The biggest issue was that they made a
‘hero’ movie about the least heroic character
in “The Wizard of Oz” mythos, the Wizard
himself.
Based on prior knowledge, we all know that
the Wizard of Oz is nothing more than “the
man behind a curtain,” a weak man who uses
illusion and trickery to rule of the Land of Oz.
From the early parts of this film, we are
shown that Oz (the person) has a litany of
character defects, and his only redeeming
qualities are that he’s smart and gains a moral
compass by the end of the film.
All the characters seem to know his faults,
but the story never goes anywhere with that.
Yes, he saves the Land of Oz with his tricked
out zoetrope and fireworks, but let’s not forget
the giant pile of gold and throne that’s awaiting him, thanks to the gullible people of Oz
that he’s going to be fooling until Dorothy
comes along.
The problem that all prequels of major
culturally significant films must face is that
the audience knows how the story will end
and therefore has certain expectations from
the film in accordance with their precedent
knowledge.
Oz falls very flat in terms of meeting those
expectations and, to this reviewer, did not hold
enough merit on its own. So unless you just
want to see amazing special effects and pay
attention to literally nothing else in the film, I
would advise you to save your money.n
Star Rating
A positive take on the
musical ‘Chicago’
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the same production of ‘Chicago’ that last week’s reviewer did.
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The one question that I and many of my
fellow Captains had to ask after reading last
week’s review of TheaterCNU’s production of
Kander and Ebb’s “Chicago” was, did Alyson
Lamb go to the same show that I did?
The cast and crew of TheaterCNU’s “Chicago” dazzled a sold out audience for six
incredible performances filled with murder,
sex and deception.
The married jazz singer Rowxie Hart,
played by sophomore theater major Nichole
Naccash, is arrested and brought to an allfemale correctional facility to await trial
after murdering her lover. She’s caught with
his dead body by her loving husband, Amos
Hart, played by freshman theater major Sam
Jones, whose heart-wrenching performance
as the naïve and lovestruck husband was best
shown in his adorably sad musical number,
“Mr. Cellophane.”
At the jailhouse Roxie meets Mama, the
matron and wise guardian played by senior
theater major Jessie Croke, and Velma Kelly,
jealous inmate played by senior theater major
Ashley Payne. Her cocky lawyer, Billy Flynn
(played by senior communications major
Steven Moeslein) and cross-dressing reporter
Mary Sunshine (played by sophomore theater
major Brandon LaReau) round out the principle roles for the musical.
Payne played the dark and devious Velma
Kelly flawlessly. I could barely recognize the
strong, aggressive and dominate woman that
Payne portrayed on stage, commanding an
entire audience with a powerful demeanor
and booming, deep voice that I was not at
all prepared for. Naccash’s performance was
fantastic because she was able to develop her
character as the play went on, and we could
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really see Roxie Hart coming out of her shell
and exploding onto the scene. Naccash lead
the cast in the second act with a powerful and
nerve-wracking performance.
Both the female and the male ensemble
roles in this show stood out in their own
respect. The level of commitment and confidence displayed by the female dancers was
incredible. Not only did they shake their stuff
in very little clothing in front of a packed
house, but they took their dedication to
their characters to the next level, all cutting
their long hair into short bobs to fit the time
period. In the male ensemble, freshman theater Major Ben Brackley stood out among the
rest with his quirky dance moves that lightened the mood and provided comedic relief.
As a musical salute to Professor George
Hillow the set designer for the show, the set
featured an intricate two-story scenic platform with rooms that served as both jail cells
and a nightclub backdrop, creating a seductive and dangerous prison within a nightclub
atmosphere. The set had a central staircase
and metal poles at either end of the set to
allow the actors to move freely throughout
the large set. The orchestra was uniquely
featured the orchestra at the top of the set,
transforming the Music and Theater Hall
into a nightclub in the height of the “Roaring
20s.”
When working on such a well known play,
it can be difficult to live up to the original
and it’s impossible to match the grandeur of
a multi-million dollar budget, but TheaterCNU’s production was not lacking. Each thespian brought something new and tantalizing
to the classic musical, and the show-stopping
dance numbers like “All That Jazz” and “Cell
Block Tango” brought all the intensity of the
original to the M&T hall stage.n
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International Women’s Day honors
women from all walks of life
by jack ie da r das
jacqu ely n.da r das.12 @ cnu.edu
Recently on March 8, a holiday passed that
seems to have little known about it. This
holiday is known as National Women’s Day or
rather International Women’s Day.
According to the United Nations website,
“International Women’s Day is celebrated
in many countries around the world. It is a
day when women are recognized for their
achievements without regard to divisions,
whether national, ethnic, linguistic, cultural,
economic or politic a l. It is a n occ asion
for looki ng back on past st r ugg les a nd
accomplishments, and more importantly, for
looking ahead to the untapped potential and
opportunities that await future generations of
women.”
This day first occured on Feb. 28, 1909, in
order to celebrate the women fighting for
better working conditions in the 1908 Garment
Workers’ Strike in New York.
The holiday continued to evolve over the
years. In 1910, the Socialist International
She also brought up the point
that women are not a l lowed
i n combat whi le ser vi ng i n
t he mi lit a r y. M a le mi lit a r y
Generals tend to worry that
women will have more feelings
about killing, but this character
trait can occur in men too.
“Women are just as capable as
men,” said Blankemeyer.
Freshman Martha Platenkamp
said that being a woman is not a
defining element but a piece of
her identity.
Platenkamp a lso said that
she is proud of women because
women have been able to knock
dow n ba r riers a nd t hat t he
female gender does not stop her.
S h e s a i d t h a t t h e m aj o r
inequality for women lies in
the workforce. Being a woman
should not be the final factor for
determining whether a woman
gets a job or not. Her work ethic
should be.
Junior Shantel Hudgins said
that being a woman means being
strong, confident and taking
care of yourself.
Hudgins said that she is proud
of the women in her family that
went before her and showed
her how to achieve and make
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opportunities for herself.
She also said that jobs and education are the
established a Women’s Day to honor the
movement for women’s rights and to build fields of inequality for women. Women are paid
support for achieving universal suffrage for less and convinced that they should not go for
certain degrees, etc., when actually women
women.
Also, in 1913 and 1914, Women’s Day was should be encouraged to go over and beyond to
used to protest World War I, and as part of the achieve what they dream.
peace movement, Russian women observed the
Sophomore Melissa Peters said that being a
first International Women’s Day on the last woman means having the responsibility to be
Sunday in February. Elsewhere in Europe, stronger and smarter than men and break out
on or around March 8 women held protests of the “weak” female limitations.
Peters has been discriminated against for
against the war or to simply bond with the
wanting to play baseball with the boys. Softball
other protestors.
Freshman Molly Carter said that women was for the girls and she did not belong with
bring life into the world and that she is proud the boys.
She adds that the inequalities for women lie
of women because they have become a tough
in health rights such as the choice to take birth
gender.
“It takes as much strength to be a woman as control and unequal pay. A male politician has
no right to tell a woman whether she should
it does a man,” said Carter.
Freshman Tracy Blankemeyer said that or should not take birth control and “as a
bei ng a woma n mea ns givi ng bi r t h a nd woman I work just as hard as a man in every
circumstance,” said Peters.
generally being more complex in nature.
Sophomore Kayla Noel says that being a
Blankemeyer said that she is proud of women
because they have become more independent, woman means having power and dominance
do not always need a man, and continue to if used wisely. She also said that she has been
discriminated against here on campus at the
raise women that are independent.
Google Glass: The new frontier for
technology
Google Glass will be released sometime in the next year, and CNU students are skeptical.
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Google Glass users can access the Internet hands-free through the lightweight “glasses.”
by emily rudy
em ily.rudy.10 @ cnu.edu
Google Glass is a project currently being
developed by Google in the Project Glass
research and development project.
P roject Gl ass is a step towa rd f ut u re
computer usage, which is t he idea t hat
Internet will and can be accessible anywhere
at a ny ti me ha nds free. P roject Glass is
introducing the idea of hands-free technology
like we have never seen it before. Essentially,
it is a wearable headset-mounted computing
device that fits over your eyes in the shape of
small glasses. Similar to other technological
inventions, it allows individuals to use and
take technology with them everywhere they
go. Though it displays information in a smart
phone format, it is far different from any cell
phone, tablet, or laptop.
Google Glass is completely voice-activated
and virtually carries out any task at your
command. It appears to be user-friendly and
surprisingly simple.
Say goodbye to turning your phone screen
on or distorting your wrist to catch a glimpse
of the time. Now, all you have to do is simply
say “time” and it will show up right in front
of your very eyes. The same goes for taking
pictures or recording videos. One simple word
such as “picture” or “record” will do. Not only
can you photograph and record, you can also
share what you see in live action. Share it with
as many individuals as you would like. The
options are endless.
Wit h Gl a s s, one c a n r e c eive a nd s e e
directions in record time. Like Apple’s “Siri,”,
one can speak to, send a text or email to ask
Glass whatever desired, or don’t and just have
Glass answer without being asked. This is an
amazing feature that enables Glass to supply
you with detailed information based on your
current location, without even having to ask.
Textbooks and Rosetta Stone are no longer
necessary. Let Glass not only teach you but
translate your voice into any language across
the globe. Aside from all these amazing features, the
product itself is durable, light, and fitting. It
comes in five evolutionary colors; charcoal,
shale, tangerine, cotton, and sky.
Co -fou nder Serger y Bri n suggests t he
release date for consumer availability to be
sometime in early 2014, with a price around
that of a current smart phone. What are Christpher Newport University
st udent s sayi ng i n rega rd s to t hi s new
development?
Junior Christopher Lane said, “I think this
product will ultimately become an immense
benefactor in today’s society. It will allow
unlimited access to information, connectivity,
and entertainment, which is something we
all yearn for on a daily basis. However, this
product could have its downsides as well.
Now, more than ever, we will be constantly
connected to our devices, enabling more access
into our life from outsiders and more stresses
involving work.”
Junior Kristina McLaughlin agreed, “I
definitely think “Glass” will be an amazing
product. Most technology is. I also think it will
be quite successful. It seems as if all we are
trying to do it, connect online and with people,
and it appears that this is the best way to do
it.”
Like Lane, McLaughlin speculates that
this will cause people to be too reliant on
tecchnology.
“I do, however, fear that it will invoke
laziness. I feel that this is already enough of
a problem as it is with current technology. I
cannot imagine how bad it is going to get with
a device that literally does everything for you
on command, hands free,” said McLaughlin.
It seems that some CNU students agree
that this product will generate positive and
negative factors along with it.
While asking students if this product is
somet hi ng they wou ld be i nteresting i n
preordering or consuming, many similar
responses were recieved.
Junior Brandi Evans said, “I know for a fact
this product will be immensely successful,
especially among college students. It seems
as if we are constantly racing to buy the next
best iPhone or the latest iPad. I don’t see why
this would be any different. If I had money like
that to spend right now, I would definitely be
interested in ordering it. From what I have
read, it seems like something that is destined
to become a huge phenomenon.”
Senior Laura Ott said, “You can bet I’ll be
preordering Glass. It may be expensive but I
think it is completely worth it. Not only will it
save time, but it will make many aspects in life
more efficient and stress-free as well.”
Based of f of resea rch a nd ma ny
conversations with CNU students, it appears
that Glass will be quite the success. You all
know the release date, and not to mention
Google is currently taking preorders online.
Do your research and ask around, and see if
Glass is something you would be interested
in. n lateiner/Wikimedia commons
Ferguson ticket office where she works. Older
people bypassed her in order to speak to a male
manager about selling them tickets.
Sophomore Autumn Moody said that being
a woman means strength, having to go above
and beyond to keep the standard high and
being proud of accomplishments.
Moody said that she is proud of women
because they give life and that women do lots
of important undercover work. She has been
discriminated against for being an AfricanAmerican woman. She was told by her high
school counselor that she should go to a black
college because it would be easier for her to get
in, receive scholarships, etc.
Moody adds that in the fight for equality,
women should be willing to risk everything
but know that what they do will benefit the
future of female society.
Senior Lamia Robinson said that being
a woman means being somewhat fearless
because women have to live up to a lot of
standards.
She is proud to be a woman because they are
the givers of life She claims no one would be
here without women.
Robinson also said that in the world of
inequality, women should break boundaries,
have more confidence in themselves, and have
higher standards so that society in general
will treat women differently.n
Campus
Curiosities
with A.J. Jelonek
The Ferguson Center is the
oldest academic building on
campus. Opened in 1956 as
Warwick Junior High School,
it became Homer L. Ferguson
High School in 1961 after the
consolidation of the cities of
Warwick and Newport News
in 1958. It graduated its last
senior class in 1996, when CNU
purchased the building.
Are you a Writer?
Do you have an imagination the
size of the unbounded Sun? Do
you awaken from the twilight of
your slumber with tales of lust,
love, and life’s luminescence
enveloping your soul? Are you
good with punctuation;
The Captain’s Log wants
your Short Stories!
If you’d like your work featured in the
Lifestyle Section, submit your 400-550
word story to Stephanie Alexander at:
[email protected].
Avast!
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Meet Your Captains
Who’s the lucky Captain this week? Meet a fellow CNU student here every week. Maybe next time, it will be you.
by sally Grace Holtgrieve
sally.holtgr i ev e.11@ cnu.edu
What’s your name?
Emma Chronister
Where do you see yourself in ten years?
Married. Kids. House. Dogs, plural.
Devoting my free time to helping sea
turtles.
What are you involved in on campus?
Zeta Tau Alpha Fraternity, which has
by far been the most rewarding experience of my life.
The Comedy
Column
Stephen Bolles writes his most
shocking and offensive column
yet.
by stephen bolles
If your life was a song, what song would
it be?
What’s your year?
Sophomore
“Call Me Maybe,” because every
g uy I l i ke end s up bei ng gay.
Totally kidding, “Into The Wild”
by LP, because I love adventure.
What’s your major? Double major in Biology
and Neuroscience.
If you only had five days to live, what
would you do?
W hat is t he f i rst t hi ng you
notice about people?
In all honesty, probably get my
closest friends and family to go to
Paris and eat gourmet food with
me.
Their teeth. I have a thing
for teeth. If you have gross
teeth, I’m going to notice.
Night or day? Why?
What is your most prized possession?
Night. Everything exciting happens at night.
I can’t believe I’m revealing this
in the newspaper…but…three blankets and two stuffed animals that
were in my crib the day I was born.
Now I have them in my bed here at
school.
What/Who is your inspiration
and why?
My Dad. He had a really
rough childhood and built
his own company and just recently
became really strong in his Christian
faith, which is inspiring to me.
Finish this sentence. I wish I were...
A fish. So I could breath underwater
and see what the bottom of the ocean
looks like. And meet Nemo.
photo by Stephanie Alexander/the captain’s log
What is your most embarrassing moment?
One time I leaned in for a first kiss and
ended up head-butting a guy so hard he
teared up. He told his whole beach house
group about it…so that’s cool.
What did you do for Saint Patrick’s Day?
If you could have dinner with one person
(dead or alive), who would it be and why?
Marilyn Monroe. She was very intelligent in life but also knew how to have
fun. She was also confident, which I
admire.
Went out with my best friend. Also, I
looked at this guy, asked him for his grizzly bear shirt, and he took it off and gave
it to me! I wore it the rest of the night…
and the next day.
‘Going Green’
for St.
Patrick’s Week
by emily rudy
em ily.rudy.10 @ cnu.edu
St. Patrick’s week is upon us, which makes
it a great time to stress the importance of
“going green,” not only for our environment
but for the health of ourselves as well. The
healthier our environment, the healthier we
are.
There are many benefits to being economically friendly. One such benefit that will
surely appease all college students is this:
practicing green alternatives means practicing good economics. There are steps that
each and every one of us can take in and out
of our homes to play a part in reducing landfill waste, preserving natural landscape and
habitats, and cleansing the air.
Here are a handful of simple “green”
choices to make this year, and hopefully for
many years to come.
My challenge to you is this: Choose some
tasks that you are not currently practicing in your home, residence hall, or apartment, and make it a point to start practicing
them this year. My hope is that these tasks
become second-nature habits that will stick.
We want to keep and create a healthy and
beautiful world to live in, not only for ourselves but also for our future generations
to come. Many CNU students have already
begun participating in this worldwide phenomenon. Junior Erik Ost said, “I have been
engaging in ‘green’ methods for a while now,
and I wouldn’t have it any other way. Some
ways I help out are by recycling, walking
and biking versus driving, conserving electricity when I can, and using reusable bags
instead of disposable ones.”
For starters, the most obvious way to “go
green” is to recycle. This is probably one of the
easiest tasks to do and maintain. If you live
in a residence hall or apartment on campus,
there are recycling bins located right beside
the dumpsters. Aside from recycling, you can
also purchase reusable bags at practically any
store now. Most of these are under a dollar.
Stop using disposable bags, and if you find
yourself just not able to let go, try returning
them to the store from which they came or
reusing them as mini trash bags in your room
or bathroom.
Purchase a Brita filter or any brand of water
filter. As the Brita label says, “For every Brita
filter purchased, over 300 water bottles are
saved.” Think of how many bottles could be
saved if all the students at CNU purchased
a water filter. Even an inexpensive reusable
water bottle would suffice. Wean yourself away
from wasteful plastic water bottles.
Junior Sam Watts said, “My roommates and
I actually just purchased a Brita filter because
we figured it would be better than buying a
24-pack of waters each week. So far so good!”
Speaking of water, turn it off while you are
brushing your teeth. This is a terrible habit
that many of us have. Remember to fix your
leaky faucets, and if you live on campus and
are just too lazy to do this yourself, call maintenance. They would love to do it for you.
Another easy way to “go green” is by washing laundry in cold water instead of hot (this
helps with color fading too). If possible, try
air-drying your clothes instead of putting
them in the dryer. Put your shirts on hangers after they’re washed and drape them from
your doorframes.
Do not leave lights on when you leave the
What makes you angry?
People who walk slow and people who
talk slow.
If you met God, what would you ask/say?
I’d probably just say I’m sorry, and
thank you.
Give a shout-out to someone on campus.
Congrats to the new member class of
Zeta Tau Alpha, Spring 2013! It has been
an honor and privilege to be your new
member coordinator, and I am blessed to
have met you all. n
room, and try and use natural light for as long
as possible. “I’m cautious of wasting electricity. I always make sure to turn lights off when
I leave the room,” said Watts.
Shut down your computers and laptops fully
at night, and unplug any unused chargers or
appliances. This conserves energy as well.
Freshman Ashley Keene agreed, “My roommates and I never really were cautious of
conserving energy and electricity, or really
‘going green’ at all. However, we have been
much more involved lately. We bought a water
filter. We reuse disposable bags as trash bags
in our rooms. We recycle, and we do our laundry in cold water as well. I am the only one of
my roommates that air-dries clothes, but I’m
working on converting them!”
Try your best to drive the speed limit. Not
only will it help to save you gas and money
over time, it is also better for the environment.
Walking or riding a bike is an even better
alternative.
You can help to support the local economy
by shopping at local farmers’ markets. There’s
even a farmers’ market here at CNU.
Donate unwanted appliances, clothes, and/
or home goods to local thrift stores or Goodwill. By doing this you are recycling perfectly
reusable items, and helping others save money
as well.
Lastly, educate yourselves and your peers
on the importance of “going green,” and stress
just how imperative it is for our lives here on
Earth. All these “green” methods may not seem
substantial or worth the effort. Many of them
do not require much effort in the first place. If
everyone can practice several of these alternatives for the rest of the year, and hopefully
many more to come, a difference can and will
be made.
Sophomore Erica Walsh said, “I am a huge
supporter of ‘going green.’ I already do a lot
of these methods listed above! A few things I
would like to try more would be to walk or
bike to more places; sometimes I get a little car
happy. I also would like to visit our Farmer’s
Market here at CNU more often. I have only
been a few times so I would love to change that!
But I do agree that it is important to educate
people on the importance of being eco-friendly.
After all it is our world.” CNU students agree
that going green is the healthier, more efficient
option. Not only does it save us money, but it
saves our environment as well, and that is the
most important lesson we can walk away with.
So come on everybody, let’s all “go green” for
St. Patrick’s week!n
Between the Sheets
st eph en.boll es.11@ cnu.edu
It’s been two months since my column got
a lot of attention for being “foul” and “offensive,” and quite frankly, I miss the attention. I’ve given you tamer articles in the
aftermath of “Columngate,” but I think it’s
about time I rock this small little campus
once again. My editors have me on a shorter
leash since Columngate, but hopefully they
won’t edit too much out of this column
since it isn’t profane. In this column I want
to talk about God and religion. I know this
is a very religious campus, particularly for
a public school, but I think we can have an
adult conversation about it and still meet
my editors’ criteria. With all that being
said, I am not religious, and I want to talk
about how there is no God.
Weight Back When” was created by bodybuilder God who said he was tired of expensive work out trends like P90X and Crossfit.
Programs like these usually cost over $100,
not including workout equipment. “I really
is wanted to make a cost-effective way for
people to get fit. You shouldn’t have to pay
for a body like mine.” He said as pointed
to his washboard abs, while you probably
dropped a cheeto on your massive gut that
was once home to a respectable 4-pack
in your college days. “One of the reasons
‘Weight Back When’ is so awesome because
you don’t have to buy any food from us.
We recommend all of the foods you should
buy that are cheap, and available at almost
any grocery store. The foods you usually
skip puppies to buy the frozen mozzarella
sticks,” Harper explained as you’re probably wiping melted cheese off of your face.
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created by bodybuilder Kyle Harper who
said he was tired church work out trends
like P9 0X and Crossfit. Programs like
these usually cost over $100, not including
workout equipment. “I really just wanted to
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of expensive work out trends like P90X
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equipment. “I really just wanted to make a
cost-effective way for people to get fit. You
shouldn’t have to pay for a body like mine.”
He said as pointed to his washboard abs,
while you probably dropped a cheeto on
men your massive gut that was once home
to a respectable 4-pack in your college days.
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is so popular is because you don’t have
to buy any food from us. We recommend
all of the foods you should buy that are
cheap, and available at almost any grocery
store. The foods you usually skip over to
buy the frozen mozzarella sticks,” Harper
explained as you’re probably wiping melted
cheese off of your face. n
CNU’s Girl Next Door gives advice on what to do during a breakup.
by the girl next door
CN Usgi r ln extdoor @ gm ail .com
Ending relationships is never easy, especially when you have invested so much of
your time and effort into someone else. It can
be really hard to make the decision to break
up. However, it is a necessary evil and can
allow for you and the other person to meet
new people.
After your relationship has left the honeymoon phase and everything your partner does isn’t adorable anymore, you will
become aware of things they do or say that
really bother you. At this point you have to
ask yourself if these are issues that you two
can talk about and work through or if they
are deal breakers. Keep in mind relationships require compromise, and your significant other will have a list of grievances with
you too.
If you aren’t going to be able to work
through it, here are some tips to make sure
you can avoid a messy break up at all costs.
Break ups shouldn’t appear spontaneous.
You need a clean break. Planning out when,
where, and what you are going to do and
say ahead of time will help the situation go
smoother than if you are going into the situa-
tion unprepared. Things you also have to consider are your partner’s reactions and feelings
to what is happening.
Be Honest. Don’t lie or avoid telling them
the reasons for the break up because it’s easier
than telling them the truth. Lies and excuses
will probably be seen right through by your
partner. If you want an amicable break up,
you have to give them the common decency
of honesty, especially if there have been trust
issues in the past.
Don’t play the blame game. When you are
explaining why you want to break up, share
how you feel when your partner does something that bothers you. Avoid “you” statements
at all costs. They will just make your partner
defensive and start blaming you for things.
“You forgot our anniversary” or “You never
remember anything” is different from “I feel
like special occasions are not important in our
relationship. It really hurt when our anniversary was forgotten.”
Don’t linger. When you break up with someone, there is no reason to sit around for hours
talking about it. This just runs the risk of your
now ex either getting angry or trying to fix the
relationship so you don’t actually break up.
This is why breaking up in a relatively neutral
and public place can make things easier. However, the other person could be very embarrassed by this, so you have to choose where
you do it wisely. Just make sure you can get
out of there quickly.
Stop talking to them. It can be really difficult
to cut communication with someone who you
saw all the time, or acted as a support system,
but in order to get over your partner, you have
to get space away from them. Do not call, text,
or visit them unless you absolutely have to. If
they are in a class with you, be polite, but don’t
interact unless necessary.
Don’t mess around with each other after the
break up. For some reason, people will still
hook up with their exes, make their exes their
booty calls, or think they can have sex with no
strings attached. News flash: The strings are
there. Most likely one or both people will still
have feelings and being physically intimate
can make them think a new relationship has a
chance.
I f you f i nd you rsel f i n a n u nexpected
breakup, following these tips can also help
give you closure. While obviously you did
not plan for this, remember this is a growing
experience and you want to find someone who
embraces your quirks.n
gianinna otoya/The Captain’s Log
The opinions
expressed in this
column do not
necessarily reflect
those of The
Captain’s Log staff.