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Although forward Chris Agorsor failed to score during the Cavaliers’ 1-0 upset of Wake Forest Friday, the freshman wreaked offensive havoc by getting off three shots in the conference road victory. Photo by Bennett Sorbo.

The No. 20 Virginia men’s soccer team will host its second non-conference opponent of the season tonight, when it faces Atlantic-10 foe George Washington.

In light of the squad’s most recent victory — an upset win against the nation’s second-ranked team Friday night — tonight’s test may not seem overly daunting.

“The Tuesday games are tricky because they fall a little bit under the radar,” junior defender Mike Volk. “We have to stay focused and treat it just like it’s a championship game.”

George Washington is coming off a 4-0 win against Longwood last Wednesday. All four goals were scored in the second half, including two from Hermann Trophy candidate Andy Stadler. Stadler, a senior forward, has totaled six goals this season, moving him to sixth on George Washington’s all-time scoring list with 28 career goals. With Stadler leading a potent Colonial attack that has compiled 13 goals so far, the Cavaliers cannot afford to take their opponent lightly if they want to walk away with another victory tonight.

Last week, the Cavaliers marched into Winston-Salem to take on a No. 2 Wake Forest squad that had won its previous 35 home matches. Escaping with a stunning 1-0 upset victory — its first in Winston-Salem since 2005 — Virginia improved its record to 4-1 heading into a three-game home stretch that includes matches against the Colonials, Clemson and VCU.

“I think it was important for us to get that win for a lot of reasons,” Virginia coach George Gelnovatch said. “Wake’s a good team, and just getting that win on the road against them, but also what it does for us in the conference, as well. And the way we did it — the mentality that we had, the confidence that we had, the chances we created, defending a one goal-lead with 10 minutes to go on the road, those are all tough things to do. The guys did well.”

The lone goal against the Demon Deacons came from Volk, who tallied his first career goal since transferring from Rutgers prior to the 2008 season. Senior midfielder Neil Barlow’s high, curling corner kick in the 24th minute found a high-flying Volk, whose low header avoided the grasp of the Wake Forest keeper. It was Barlow’s second assist of the season, improving his team-leading points total to six.

“Coach drilled into our heads that we were determined to get a goal,” Volk said. “Neil served a great ball, and I just beat the defender to the ball and hit it near post. It felt great. It was one of the best feelings I could imagine.”

Junior goalkeeper Diego Restrepo totaled five saves en route to preserving his second complete game shutout of the year. Sophomore midfielder Tony Tchani and sophomore forward Chris Agorsor — who had three shots apiece — led a Cavalier attack that managed 14 shots to the Demon Deacons’ 13.

The win was the 199th for Virginia coach George Gelnovatch, meaning he will be eyeing a milestone 200th victory tonight when his team goes up against George Washington. The Colonials sport a 3-2 record with wins against Howard, UDC and Longwood. Their two defeats came at the hands of American and No. 11 California.

“My challenge to the team is to be the same group of guys that was getting ready for the Wake Forest game to get ready for George Washington tomorrow,” Gelnovatch said. “I want them to be the same team that we were on Friday night — a team that was hungry, aggressive, didn’t take anything lightly and really jumped on them. That’s the challenge for tomorrow.”

Virginia has not faced George Washington since the 1994 season, when the Cavaliers handed a crushing 7-0 defeat to the Colonials in Charlottesville. Virginia is 3-0 all time against George Washington.

Senior Emil Heineking captured the individual title at the Lou Onesty Invitational this weekend in meet-record time. The Cavalier men and women swept both team and individual championships during their first races of the season. Photo by Thomas Wilson, Virginia Athletics.

The Virginia men’s and women’s cross country teams opened their seasons this past weekend, hosting the Lou Onesty Invitational at Panorama Farms. The Cavaliers managed to start their seasons off on the right foot, as both squads finished first in their respective events.

The Virginia men took the title with a team score of 28, a 30-point advantage to second-place Norfolk State. UNC-Greensboro and George Mason followed in third and fourth, respectively. In an individual race for the record books, Virginia junior Emil Heineking finished nearly a minute ahead of the next closest competitor with an 8K time of 24 minutes, 4.8 seconds. Heineking’s mark was 10 seconds less than the previous meet record set by Liberty’s Josh McDougal in 2006 and helped earn him ACC Performer of the Week honors.

As a whole, the Cavaliers turned in an impressive team performance, with four runners finishing in the top 10. Such a stellar result this early in the season is a good sign for the squad, which is trying to repeat its success from last year despite graduating several top performers.

“I think our team is moving in the right direction,” Heineking said. “We have a lot of upside, and I am pretty excited for the rest of the season.”

The Cavalier women, meanwhile, fared even better than the men in their race, as all five scoring runners crossed the line in the top 10 to give Virginia an impressive team score of 19 — only four points higher than the best possible score. The hosts finished well ahead of runner-up UNC-Greensboro (67), which edged out George Mason (68) and Norfolk State (98). For the second year in a row, senior Lauretta Dezubay won the individual crown, with a time of 17:42.5.

After winning the event for two consecutive years, Dezubay has proven her consistency as Virginia’s top runner.

“It is always nice to cross the finish line first, but it doesn’t mean too much this early,” Dezubay said. “It is more of an indicator of how well summer training was and how we are doing for this point in the season.”

Crossing the line close behind her was junior Laurel MacMillian and senior Stephanie Garcia, a Cavalier Daily tableau editor.

“We were fortunate this weekend to have everyone that raced run well,” Virginia coach Jason Vigilante said. “We are hoping that as we introduce more athletes into the competition roster that we will continue to have good results.”

Although cross country is an individual sport, personal success helps determine how well the team does.

The runners who finish first receive the lowest score, and the scores for the first five runners on a team are combined to form the team’s overall score. The team with the lowest combined score wins.

Whether a squad is racing in a highly competitive invitational or a smaller dual meet, having runners finish close together in a pack pays off.

“When you are at a major championship, having someone very low is quite helpful,” Vigilante said. “If your fifth runner is going to score the most points, sometimes if you have the event winner, it is almost like scoring four individuals. Your hope, though, is that you have five really good runners.”

Having emerged victorious from their first race of the season, Virginia’s runners will look to duplicate their meet-winning performances Oct. 3 at George Mason.

I didn’t want to talk about Virginia football today. It’s a tired story. Three games, three losses. What more is there to say?

Well, unfortunately, there is a lot more to say, even if you only talk about this weekend’s collapse at Southern Miss. Like, Virginia led 34-17 with only 22 minutes left in the game, then gave up 20 unanswered points and lost. Or, the Cavaliers couldn’t do anything in the fourth quarter on offense, but Southern Miss scored two touchdowns on drives of 53 and 68 yards. And, Jameel Sewell had the game of his life — 312 passing yards, two TD passes, and 2 TD runs — but the rest of the running corps combined for 55 rushing yards on 20 carries.

In the grand scheme of things, though, Virginia’s problems run much deeper than its late-game ineptitude against Southern Miss. They go beyond the spread offense’s inability to move the ball on the ground. The Cavaliers’ problems start at the top, with coach Al Groh. In the words of many, Groh must go. The question is not if he should lose his job, but when.

I don’t know how anybody can argue that Groh is worth keeping around. For players and former players, it’s a sensitive issue: Groh is their coach, and they feel an attachment to him. But to outsiders, including fans and journalists, the case is pretty clear. Virginia is 0-3 this year, including a home loss to an FCS team and a road loss after being up 17 at the half. Last year, Virginia’s 5-7 record included a 35-point loss at Connecticut, a 28-point loss at Duke and a four-game losing streak to end the season. The Cavaliers haven’t won a game since Oct. 25, 2008.

Virginia hasn’t won a bowl game since 2005 and hasn’t beaten Virginia Tech since 2003. Since his first season at Virginia in 2001, Groh’s teams are 1-7 against Tech. If there are any benchmarks that usually allow coaches on the hot seat to keep their jobs, they are bowl wins and rivalry game wins. Groh’s track record in both regards is not good.

Although Groh has had five winning seasons in eight years at Virginia, four of those were from 2002-05. This year is set to be his second losing campaign in a row and third in the past four years. I don’t think many coaches get more leash than that. Going into this year, Groh’s record at Virginia was 56-44; fortunately for him, even a winless season this year will keep his record at .500.

So, yes, this should be Groh’s last year in Charlottesville. But, I believe Virginia needs to wait until after the season to can its coach. I simply don’t think it would do this team any good to fire him now and I don’t think there is anyone better out there to take the team for the rest of 2009. You can’t promote from within — offensive coordinator Gregg Brandon has not shown any reason to be given the reins, and Groh is the defensive coordinator. Special teams coach Ron Prince is the likeliest to get a promotion if Groh is fired midyear — as he has head coaching experience from his days at Kansas State — but I think Virginia needs to have a longer term plan in mind.

That plan starts with a phone call to the 804, to Richmond coach and former Virginia defensive coordinator, Mike London.

“Hey, Mike, how are things at Richmond? I mean, I know you went 13-3 and won the FCS championship during your first year there and you’re already 3-0 this year, including a win against Duke. I know you played at Richmond, you’re a hero there, and you just got a two-year extension through 2014. But, hey, you wanna come back?”

Sophomore Lindsey Hardenbergh won the Flight A singles’ draw at the U.Va. Fall Invitational this weekend. Although Hardenbergh is currently unranked, she managed to knock off some of the country’s top players en route to the crown. Photo by Matt Riley, Virginia Athletics.

The Virginia women’s tennis team successfully defended its turf this past weekend at the U.Va. Fall Invitational at the Snyder Tennis Center.

The Cavaliers walked away from the tournament with wins in two of three singles finals, as well as two of three doubles finals, beating opponents from Dartmouth, Marshall, Old Dominion, South Carolina, UNC Greensboro, William & Mary and N.C. State.

The tournament was organized into six flights: three singles flights and three doubles flights, with 16 players participating in each.

The flights were organized according to individual player rankings and collegiate playing history; in Flight A, more than half of the competitors were nationally ranked.

Despite her lack of such a seeding, Virginia sophomore Lindsey Hardenbergh took the singles title in Flight A.

“[Hardenbergh] definitely deserves a ranking,” Virginia coach Mark Guilbeau said. “She hasn’t received a ranking yet, but these results now will put her in that position.”

By adding pace, making frequent trips to the net and implementing both down-the-line and cross-court cycles, Hardenbergh took two matches Friday then came from behind to bring down Marshall junior Michaela Kissell — ranked 36th in the country — 3-6, 7-5, 6-4 in Sunday’s final.

“I think that the things that she’s doing are making her a little bit more of an aggressive player, which as long as she chooses well, is very positive,” Guilbeau said. “The bottom line is that this is a kid who works extremely hard and really cares about her tennis, and that should be what pays off the most.”

Freshman Erin Vierra is another Cavalier whose hard work is beginning to pay off, as she topped N.C. State senior Berkeley Brock, ranked 83rd, 6-0, 6-3 in the Flight A backdraw.

“[Vierra] is showing some of the best results that any freshman has had here, so that’s really encouraging,” Guilbeau said. “She’s now had four ranked wins in two tournaments, so I think that her ranking is just waiting to be given to her pretty soon.”

Hardenbergh and Vierra teamed up for the doubles tournament, topping fellow Cavaliers freshman Maria Fuccillo and sophomore Emily Fraser, 8-2 in the Flight B doubles final.

Fraser, who only played doubles this weekend because of an injury, said playing her teammates added another degree of intensity to the match.

“[Hardenbergh and Vierra] are a great team,” Fraser said. “I was a little more knowing of how good they were and more aware of what kind of games they have, You definitely have more motivation. We’re always pushing each other in matches and practice, and we’re always trying to keep it as competitive as possible.”

Freshman Hana Tomljanovic and senior Jennifer Stevens also added to the Cavaliers’ wins, defeating conference-rival N.C. State 8-2 to capture their second tournament title in two weeks.

Guilbeau said the Cavaliers performed beyond coaches’ expectations during the doubles matches.

“You don’t hear this too often from coaches, but we could not have expected really it to even be to the level it was,” Guilbeau said. “They went beyond themselves and really executed, implemented very well.”

The U.Va. Invitational also offered the Cavaliers an opportunity to familiarize themselves with opponents they could face later in the spring season.

“N.C. State is much-improved,” Guilbeau said. “They’ve added a couple players that are going to help them a ton. The conference, we know, is extremely tough and we’re looking forward to that; hopefully we can inch our way up a little more.”

In the meantime, Guilbeau said he is impressed with what he has seen from his team this early in the year.

“This team is just so on top of everything,” Guilbeau said. “Being organized for their matches, making sure they were hydrating, getting nutrition, all the things that usually a coach has to worry about they were tending to. So it’s becoming much more about tennis for us as a staff and I think that’s when we’ll do our best work for the kids that way.”

In the coming weeks, the Honor Committee will continue to discuss a proposal that would redefine plagiarism in the Honor Manual. Photo by Bennett Sorbo.

The Honor Committee discussed a proposal to redefine plagiarism at its weekly meeting Sunday night.

The proposed definition change, drafted and spearheaded by JJ Litchford, vice chair for community relations, would both alter and add elements to the current definition of plagiarism in the Honor Manual.

Litchford said the need to redefine plagiarism became clear after a series of cases involving plagiarism and paraphrasing, including the controversial “Semester at Sea” case in summer 2008, which indicated that the definition needed to be made more clear for students. He also noted that plagiarism is the most commonly reported honor offense.

To help create a new definition, Litchford turned to English Prof. Gregory Colomb, who has authored several books about dissertation writing and proper citation. After working with Colomb, Litchford said he drafted a proposal that includes “two essential changes” to the current definition.

The present definition begins with, “Plagiarism is using someone’s ideas or work without proper or complete acknowledgment.” To emphasize the question of whether the writer is attempting to pass someone else’s ideas off as his own, Litchford proposed the sentence: “Plagiarism is attempting to represent someone else’s ideas or work as your own original ideas or work.”

Litchford said this sort of change, though minor, would help make the University’s definition of plagiarism closer to the nationwide standard, as well as create a definition that is more applicable to all departments, not just the College.

“To center only on citation is grossly ineffective and insufficient to deal with plagiarism,” Litchford said, adding that there is more to plagiarism than proper citation.

Litchford also chose to add a sentence about paraphrasing in the new definition of plagiarism. This change, which is more extensive than the first, would be connected to an entirely new section in the Honor Manual that defines and explains paraphrasing. The section would be an explicit and detailed explanation about how to recognize paraphrasing, Litchford said, and could possibly include a definition of paraphrasing and also examples of proper and improper paraphrasing.

Some of the possible benefits of adopting Litchford’s proposal include a clearer idea about what plagiarism is, Honor Chair David Truetzel said, as well as an opportunity for the Committee to increase education about its policies and perhaps consequently decrease the number of plagiarism cases reported.

These changes will help not only new students entering the University who are unaware of the policies, but would also become an “integral resource for the investigations and trials process,” as it would create a definitive “stance on paraphrasing” for the Committee, Litchford added.

At the same time, the Committee must make the definition flexible enough to cover the variety of cases presented to the organization, Truetzel said.

“We need it to be broad enough to cover everything, but specific enough that it means something, makes sense and is clear about what a wrong act is,” Truetzel said.

Although the possible additions offer clearer guidelines, it also introduces a significant level of subjectivity that may not exist now, Litchford noted.

Additionally, the new definition would posit that accidentally citing something incorrectly would not truly pass as plagiarism, an idea with which some professors and students may disagree, Litchford said.

“I think it’s really critical to make sure we have a full clear definition because you want people to be on notice of [what is and is not plagiarism],” Truetzel said.

The next draft of Litchford’s proposal will be discussed during the coming weeks’ meetings, Truetzel said.

Representatives from the Advocates for a Sustainable Albemarle Population spoke at the Charlottesville City Council meeting last night. Photo by Iram Shaikh.

According to a study presented yesterday to Charlottesville City Council members by the Advocates for a Sustainable Albemarle Population, the city can accommodate only a 50 percent population increase before it runs out of developable land.

Principal Investigator Clair Jantz said the study analyzed the relationship between ecosystem services and population growth in the area. Ecosystem services include those that clean air, clean water and protect against excessive erosion. In addition to Charlottesville, ASAP studied seven other areas within Albemarle County, including Crozet, Rivanna, the Route 29 area and four rural regions.

Jantz said her organization first identified and quantified a set of ecosystem services in the area to research. Her team then created scenarios of county-wide population growth and associated land-use change to identify the increases’ potential impact on the environment and usable land.

As an area’s population increases, Jantz said, the amount of allowable carbon storage per acre decreases because of a loss of green space responsible for most carbon storage. Decreased carbon storage allowance poses a possible threat to the environment and is typically seen in less desirable communities.

Similarly, each scenario run by ASAP showed that local population growth could lead to an increase in areas with asphalt or concrete surfaces, which may negatively impact the environment.

“After a region reaches 10 percent impervious surface area, rivers and streams begin to suffer,” Jantz said, adding that growth also tends to cause urban sprawl. “When Charlottesville runs out of developable land, the effect it has on the adjacent communities is that they are left with spill over.”

Despite Jantz’ concerns based on the study, Council Member David Brown questioned whether developmental growth of this kind is negative or beneficial for the city’s surrounding rural communities. According to the study, Jantz concluded that when the regions are looked at individually, developed areas are in danger of negatively affecting local ecosystem services. But when examining the community as a whole, ecosystem services appear only slightly affected by development and population growth.

Jantz added that although Charlottesville appears to have experienced a less significant amount of carbon storage decline in relation to its population increase than other areas, it also has the least amount of carbon storage due to its lack of green space.

From a more positive perspective, the study also indicates that despite the country’s current economic landscape, the city is still growing.

“Even a lousy economic situation doesn’t affect growth in what has been defined as the best place in America to live,” ASAP President Jack Marshall said.

The Class Giving Committee of Fourth Year Trustees launched its Class of 2010 Giving Campaign yesterday.

The campaign will run until Final Exercises in May, by which time the organizers hope to have achieved a 70 percent giving rate, Campaign Co-Chair Matt Schrimper said.

“We always aspire to have as high participation as possible,” he said. “Our true goal is to have as many students as possible in the fourth year class give back.”

During the past few years, between 55 and 60 percent of the class have either pledged or given donations by the end of the year, said Jason Life, director of reunions and class activities. “That has been where classes have been and now obviously the class of 2010 is looking to step it up and have an even stronger showing.”

Schrimper said the organizers feel that they will be better able to reach out to students than past campaigns, in part by getting students to feel ownership of what they give back to the University.

During the fall semester, the campaign will focus on educating students about the groups and organizations to which they can donate, Schrimper said, adding that this includes any academic department, contracted independent organization, Greek organization and the athletics department.

The campaign is reaching out to more than 300 CIOs to help inform University students about opportunities to donate, Schrimper said.

“In large part, our goal is to educate students that their gift can go to virtually any part of the University that has meant something to them in their time here,” he said.

The campaign also will work to inform students about the importance of giving to the University, Schrimper said. Alumni giving rates directly impact the University’s reputation and ranking, he said, noting that they determine 5 percent of its U.S. News & World Report ranking.

Student and alumni donations also are important because the University cannot simply rely on tuition and money from the state, Schrimper said.

“Private support for the University is more important than ever before,” he said.

Life agreed that help from the state and tuition costs are not sufficient.

“The only way U.Va.’s able to provide that education is through generous philanthropic giving,” he said, adding that it is the consistency of giving — not the amount of giving — that is important.

“It’s not that the University needs major dollars out of every person,” he said, “but the University does need consistency, knowing that it can count on that money year after year.”

Because of this, the University is looking mainly for participation. “If their class achieves 70 or 75 percent, that would be fantastic for the University,” Life said.

But fourth-year College student Katrin Schulz said she will be among those students not supporting the campaign, at least for the present.

“I’m a college student and I don’t have money to donate yet,” she said. “There’s more pressing things right now for me to spend my money on.”

Schrimper, though, said he expects the campaign to be successful.

“I have very high expectations,” he said, “and I’m very hopeful that our class will step up to the challenge and respond with a great deal of pride in the University, pride in their class, and a feeling of ownership of this place that … can be demonstrated through giving back to the University.”

The Virginia State Board of Education recently enacted a policy that requires middle school students to structure their future educational plans, specifically those regarding college educations and careers.

The board approved the revision as part of its regulations that govern the commonwealth’s diploma requirements, said Charles Pyle, director of communications for the Virginia Department of Education.

“It was Gov. [Tim] Kaine’s suggestion that the board include in the revision a requirement that every student beginning in middle school to have an academic and career plan,” Pyle said.

Ultimately, the policy’s goal is to equip students with a more precise direction for their future college and career goals, he noted.

“If you have no goal at all, there’s a real tendency for people to spin in circles,” said Lisa Morales, Charlottesville High School counseling department chair. “If you have a goal — even if you change it every two weeks — it at least keeps you going somewhere.”

School counselors will help develop a focus on long-term goals earlier in a student’s life with the intent of better structuring students’ futures, Morales said.

The policy is about “getting kids to think early that it matters, and there is a step by step process to reach your goals,” Morales said.

One of the policy’s goals is to create more college-ready students, she added.

“There was a real change in philosophy,” Morales said. “Twenty to 30 years ago we were told colleges wanted well-rounded kids, but now we are told colleges want focused kids, who at least know what their first post-college job will be.”

A student’s set goals, however, will not be permanent, as it is expected that one’s plans may change as education progresses.

“The idea is not to expect middle school students to commit to a plan that is going to bind them through middle school and beyond,” Pyle said. “Far from it, we all recognize that young people are going to change their mind.”

University Dean of Admissions Greg Roberts said early planning can prove helpful during the college search process.

“I think academic preparation is crucial for students as they plan for college, even if it’s prior to high school,” Roberts said. “Often courses they take in the seventh and eighth grades dictate the types and levels of courses they can take in high school.”

The board also hopes to use the policy to direct students’ elective choices. Morales said many students choose to take electives solely because their friends are taking them, as opposed to choosing classes that will help to create a foundation for their future.

Roberts added that although he supports college preparation, he does not want commonwealth officials to put too much pressure on students too early.

“We want to be careful not to put too much pressure on students about the college application process prior to high school but developing an academic plan in middle school is a good idea in my opinion,” he said.

The new policy will go into effect for the 2010-11 academic year.