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Rise in ICE protests elevates local voices

By EMMA NOTARNICOLA The Breeze

It’s a scene that’s become familiar — standing on street corners with voices and signs raised, Friendly City’s community members march in droves. Hundreds of protesters have gathered since January to make one thing clear: They’re against ICE.

Harrisonburg and JMU have seen an influx of these anti-ICE protests each week. Over the last two months, at least five protests have occurred, sparking anti-ICE sentiments throughout the community and on social media.

For one group, Harrisonburg/Rockingham County (HR) Indivisible — the local chapter of a nationwide organization with the goal of protesting authoritarianism — this year marks a return, said Michaela Blosser, HR Indivisible’s leadership board chair.

“We’ve taken it up again. Now we’re in full force, that’s why you’re seeing more of us now, because we kind of built from the ground up,” Blosser said.

HR Indivisible was met with a surge of community participation and garnered significant support in its various protests, Blosser said. These protests include collaborations with other organizations to come together in solidarity — for example, the bike protest at Court Square on Jan. 29 as well as a march to Rep. Ben Cline’s (R) office Feb. 20.

“The community is … very much more engaged,” Blosser said. “They’re reaching out, they want to do something. We’re getting messages all the time asking how they can get involved.”

Additionally, on Feb. 14, the Mennonite Action in Harrisonburg — a Christian group which advocates against oppression — held a 150-person protest in the Harrisonburg Target. Attendees spoke out against the company’s compliance with ICE, said Holly Herr Stravers, the group’s coordinating team member.

Additionally, two weeks ago, over 150 JMU students voiced their opinions on ICE, marching

to Harrisonburg City Hall, holding up signs, and platforming pro-immigration speakers and antiICE chants.

The streets aren’t the only place that have seen an uptick in engagement; social media across these groups has seen rising interaction.

“There were thousands of views … of the videos that were shown on Instagram of our Target action,” Herr Stravers said. “[Social media] is definitely one of the predominant ways our actions are viewed, publicized and noted by local, regional and national communities.”

JMU freshman political science major and student led Anti-ICE JMU organizer Madeline Barbee Doerfler said social media was the crux of getting students involved, and it has also kept their attention with posts alleging ICE was staying in various hotels throughout Harrisonburg.

“I do think social media was the biggest contributor because a lot of college students are on it, and it’s a really good way to spread the word,” Barbee Doerfler said.

Rise in community engagement

Everyone has a different reason bringing them out on chilly afternoons to stand through ripping winds or on warm days beneath sunny skies to march and chant their beliefs advocating for change.

For HR Indivisible, Blosser said she believes the increase in engagement comes from the killings of two Minneapolis residents — Alex Pretti and Renee Good, both of whom were shot by ICE agents — as well as the rise in ICE-related violence throughout the nation.

The Guardian reported, as of the end of January, eight individuals have been killed in interactions with ICE. Along with this, according to another Guardian article, 2025 marked the deadliest year to be in ICE custody with 32 deaths.

“[People are] seeing the actual threat of knowing that these things can happen in America that we didn’t think could happen,” Blosser said.

Herr Stravers said Mennonite Action in Harrisonburg had similar reasons for its protest.

The Target protest was initiated by an initiative from the Minnesota chapter of Mennonite Action, while also focusing on ICE’s actions within the Harrisonburg community.

“We know that ICE is also in Harrisonburg and Rockingham County and that there are people who have been detained while driving to work or were dropping their kids off at school or while going out to their mailboxes,” Herr Stravers said. “[The protest] was both to protest against ICE’s lawless actions of brutality and the actions that terrorize our own community.”

For Barbee Doerfler, her call to action was a combination of the increased violence, deportation and coverage of ICE.

“Last semester, it was less so an issue on the mainstream level, and I think the media has been reporting on it a lot more,” Barbee Doerfler said. “It just feels like they’re not being [kept in check] by the government, and so they have to be checked by something, so they’re being checked by the public.”

Harrisonburg Mayor Deanna Reed said Harrisonburg’s expansive immigrant population is part of the driving force for protests increasing.

“We say we’re a welcoming city. We say our different diversity is our strength. We say we welcome our immigrants and refugees with open arms, and anybody who comes against that, we are here to say, ‘no,’” Reed said. “Those protests support who we say we are as a community.”

Harrisonburg can’t control ICE

Local government officials don’t have any control over whether ICE has access to Harrisonburg due to the federal management of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and thus ICE, Reed said.

“We don’t have the authority to control ICE at all,” Reed said. “That’s why they can do what they do, because they don’t have to answer to the local government.”

Currently, the city has barred the Harrisonburg Police Department from working with ICE, with the Harrisonburg City Council

issuing letters to national and state elected officials about its disapproval of ICE’s presence and support of protests.

“[My goal is] making sure that people who are protesting are being heard and that they are safe,” Reed said. “Sometimes it’s just best, as an elected official, to just be on the supportive side, because we really want people’s voices to be heard, and we don’t wanna take away from that.”

The impact of protesting

As protesters look left and right, surrounded by peers supporting the same cause, hearing the blast of the collective chants boom throughout the street, they find a community, and for Blosser and HR Indivisible, community is the biggest impact of all.

“I have found that it is a way to channel that frustration and anger in a somewhat constructive way,” Blosser said, “and so if you’re feeling stuck, get out there, realize there are people in the community that feel the same way as you do … I know it’s hard, it’s scary. But come out, be with us. We will welcome you with open arms.”

Herr Stravers said no one is excluded, adding that uniting in support of a marginalized community and exercising their First Amendment rights for those who can’t are all major reasons why she encourages protesting.

“If ICE can act in a lawless way and with impunity toward one group of people … it means that the government can act with impunity and in a lawless way toward anybody and everybody,” Herr Stravers said.

Herr Stravers continued, saying that protesting is a way to show lawmakers and other elected officials what their constituents care about.

‘We are honored to serve’

How homeless shelters keep the community warm

By SIXUAN WU The Breeze

The morning sky was overcast when Kristen Brown pulled her Jeep into the parking lot. She got out of the car, hurrying through the cold before stepping into Valley Open Doors, a local low-barrier homeless shelter.

It was 7 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 24. In less than 15 hours, heavy snow would begin to fall, blanketing the shelter, the city and the Shenandoah Valley.

Brown knew the winter storm was coming. Everyone in town was waiting with bated breath after the local news announced the weather alert. Her two children, aged 5 and 7, were excitedly anticipating a playday in the snow. Her husband waited as well — perhaps with less excitement — for the moment when he had to venture out into the cold and plow the sidewalks.

As the operations & administrative coordinator for Open Doors, Brown prepared for the snowstorm differently — meeting with the organization’s leaders to discuss the game plan, packing an overnight bag and a cot for her extended shift at the shelter, and asking her neighbor to look after her pets while she’s away from home.

“When you’re on call, and you’re in leadership, you kind of already know you’re going to do it,” she said. “We all knew that we were going to be here. The three leaders … we all knew that we were going to have to take turns.”

With the storm bringing about a foot of snow and frigid temperatures throughout the end of January across the Valley, this winter has proven to be a different type of beast, with shelters like Open Doors experiencing the impacts first-hand.

Open Doors, which usually offers 80 overnight beds for its emergency shelter, expanded its capacity between November and early February to fit 100 people, Executive Director Nate Riddle said.

“I’ve been calling it a winter ‘whirl-land,’” he said. “We are lucky — we like to be in this position. We are honored to serve this way.”

Additionally, the organization operated a 24-hour shelter between Jan. 24 and 27 in response to the snow, ice and cold — the longest consecutive all-day shelter he believes Open Doors has ever offered in its 18 years of operation, Riddle

said. And Brown stayed with the residents at the shelter the entire time.

“It’s really hard,” she said. “It’s good to know that you’re helping everybody, but it’s also hard to know your kids are at home and enjoying their snow day, and you don’t get to sit at home and watch them play.”

On Saturday, Jan. 24 — the first of the four days being snowed in — Brown began her day by handing out breakfast to the residents. She made tea and ensured they had hot water at the ready, then counted the towels and blankets in supply. As the day went on, she passed out lunch, then dinner, then did some housekeeping as the sun set and the snowstorm carried on.

“We’re making sure they have everything they need … anything to make them comfortable,” she said.

In addition to maintaining operations at the shelter, Brown also took up the responsibility of transporting staff members between their homes and the shelter in her Jeep.

For an organization that has a relatively small staff, Riddle said the biggest challenge during the storm was balancing the staff’s well-being with providing the best service they could.

“The real work is being done by the 15 folks on the frontlines,” he said. “Over this past winter storm especially, I have to highlight the five or so staff members that slept on site … to make sure that they were here for the guests that needed them the most in the most significant time.”

During the height of the storm, Open Doors filled all the additional bed spaces it offered — housing its highest number of 98 people at one time.

“I love to see our team stepping up to meet the values,” Riddle said. “To me, that speaks very highly and very favorably of the culture and the mission that we are serving here.”

Along with Open Doors, other shelters in the area also experienced a spike in the number of people needing food and shelter during the cold. Our Community Place, a community center that provides food, daytime shelter and other services, has had several homeless people come in to warm up by the fire after snow destroyed their tents, Executive Director Matt Tibbles said.

“You could tell that the weather had taken a tremendous toll on their bodies,” he said.

Mercy House, an organization that provides 90-day shelters to unhoused families, prepared for the storm by stocking up

on supplies to ensure residents had what they needed during the snow, Shelter Manager Sabrina Herron said.

“Because we are not staffed 24/7 … [and] the snowstorm was coming over the weekend, we wanted to try and prepare as much as we can,” she said. “I tried to make sure they go to the pantry before the weekend started, just so if we did get snowed in for a few days, they would be good on food and stuff like that.”

Employees across the different shelters said their organization’s goal is to provide help to those in need, emphasizing the importance of treating residents without judgment and preserving their dignity.

“We believe in honoring the dignity of everybody, no matter who you are, what your current situation is, or even what your past is,” Tibbles said. “If you walk through our doors, [we] can guarantee you that we’re going to love you and value you to the best that we can do.”

As the weather started getting warmer, things at Open Doors began slowing down. But the work is far from done — there were still food supplies that needed restocking and rooms that needed cleaning after housing nearly 100 people. There were also donation bins to collect and paperwork to catch up on.

Things were slowly getting back to normal, Brown said, and already, the organization is planning its next big event — its annual Coldest Night of the Year fundraising walk on Saturday.

“There are a lot of homeless people in our community, and without us, they wouldn’t have a place to go,” she said. “I can go home every night to my warm house, and they don’t have that ability, so it’s nice to be here and make sure that we were the open doors for them and make sure that they had that ability.”

Brown returned home on Tuesday, Jan. 27, excited to greet her children after not seeing them for four days. Outside, snow banks sentinelled the sides of the streets, and the sun was peeking through the clouds.

Tomorrow, she will head off to work again, not unlike the many days that have come before, or the many more that will follow. Just another day of opening doors.

CONTACT Sixuan Wu at thebreezeweb@gmail.com. For more coverage of JMU and Harrisonburg news, follow the news desk on X @TheBreezeJMU and on Instagram @BreezeJMU.

storms. Landon Shackelford / The Breeze

Dukes push for sustainability

By EMMA BROWN The Breeze

Many Dukes have noticed the lack of recycling — specifically plastic recycling — available on campus, leaving them wondering how they can live more sustainably as college students; an uncertainty a new JMU program is responding to.

What JMU is doing

The wrong materials are constantly placed in plastic receptacles, which leads to a significant decrease in their availability, according to JMU Facilities Management’s website.

Facilities Management is currently curating a plastic pilot plan to collect certain plastics — beverage bottles, single-use food containers, personal care bottles — only in certain areas (outdoors near Varner House, Mr. Chips, in select East Campus residence halls, across from the Physics and Chemistry Building and in front of the Athletic Performance Center), said Jason Rexrode, Integrated Waste Management manager.

“The pilot program will grow slowly as operations and markets allow,” Rexrode said.

The finalization of the program is unknown as Facilities Management continues to refine it. The original recycling program was designed to recycle glass, aluminum cans and plastic together, Rexrode added.

“When the world market changed around 2018, we had to change our program and eliminate that commingled stream of recycling (which ended our ability to recycle plastic and glass). Rexrode said,” after that, with some time, we were able to start trying to re-incorporate plastic recycling with limitations back into our operations.”

Currently, the pilot only allows some plastics to be recycled, but there’s potential to expand the materials accepted in the future.

“We have had discussions with various vendors, and one seems promising, but market conditions and operations internally will affect that,” Rexrode said.

JMU is committed to improving sustainability and recycling on campus through composting, decreasing waste and

reducing water consumption , according to the Facilities Management website.

Outside of recycling, Dining Services composts most food waste, and reusable containers are available at Market 64.

Both D-Hall and E-Hall compost food scraps and preparation waste, and have previously partnered with Black Bear Composting — an organic recycling company that turns organic materials into products for soil — to accomplish this, according to the JMU Dining Services Sustainability website.

In addition, Facilities Management’s sustainability plan, listed on its website, lists the organization’s goals for 2024-26, which include the plastic pilot plan and the composting plan.

To recycle batteries and plastic bags — which are not accepted for recycling on campus — students can visit the Harrisonburg Recycling Center on Beery

Rexrode also said students off campus can participate in sustainability too.

“Use a refillable bottle when possible. Try to recycle and reduce as much of your own waste stream that you can,” Rexrode said.

What students are doing

The Student Government Association (SGA) is consistently working to improve on-campus sustainability and recycling, senior and SGA Speaker Kieran Fensterwald said.

JMU and Valley Open Doors to open new mental health facility

By SARA PAGET AND MAYA PEREZ contributing writers

JMU’s Suitcase Clinic at Valley Open Doors Navigation Center is collaborating with the Community Counseling Center (CCC) to launch a new Shelter Mental Health Partnership (SMHP). It will provide new mental health services to complement the Suitcase Clinic’s existing physical health services.

Dubbed the Suitcase Clinic because of its mobile services brought to those in need, this JMU program established its

first immobile health center in Open Doors’ Navigation Center — a low-barrier overnight shelter in Harrisonburg with a capacity of 80 individuals experiencing homelessness — in December 2024.

Currently, the Suitcase Clinic offers services for physical care provided by JMU undergraduate and doctoral students, including nursing and physicians assistant students, Suitcase Clinic Co-Director Erika Sawin said.

Launching in March, the Shelter Mental Health Partnership will provide on-site mental health care services from CCC

— a non-profit organization whose main goal is to promote affordability for people who are seeking mental and emotional health care, CCC Executive Director Brian Martin said.

Martin added that the clinic plans to send one or two licensed clinicians on-site in the evening about twice a week.

Clinicians will start off with a handful of clients — about 10 or fewer sessions a week — with the goal of later working with a bigger clientele at the shelter, Martin said.

The CCC works to help those who can’t afford regular session fees by offering a “sliding scale” payment method, Martin said. The scale is typically used if their insurance doesn’t cover sessions.

“$25 is the lowest we go, but we’re willing to go even lower than that if need be,” Martin said. “The financial barriers, we want [them] to be low.”

Emphasizing the need for integration of mental and physical health services to promote holistic health care for the unhoused population, Sawin said this program will provide necessary support for the community. Sawin added that the program is both a necessary and exciting collaboration.

The current services in the Navigation Center services include free, public amenities like Wi-Fi, computers, charging stations, showers, laundry and resource navigation. Along with these amenities, they have partners — some are on-site daily and others rotate — who provide health care, case management, referrals and other forms of support for those who need it.

SGA prepares for upcoming elections

By ALEXA NEWSOM contributing writer

The Student Government Association unanimously allocated $2,500 to the Intelligence Analysis Club and $5,000 to the African Student Organization (ASO), as well as reviewed the responsibilities of SGA roles in preperation for the upcoming election March 31.

Future Analyst Association receives $2,500

The SGA unanimously approved a $2,500 funding request from the Future Analyst Association for its Promoting Intelligence and Lifelong Achievement and Recognizing Students award ceremony (PILLARS).

Junior and Future Analyst Association President Jason Clark said that 15 students and one educator will be recognized with an award after a nomination process during the PILLARS award ceremony.

Clark added that the organization aims to support students pursuing careers in intelligence analysis and bring them together with skill workshops, professional development and networking opportunities. The club also recently surpassed 100 members following Student Org Night in the spring.

“We are trying to make attendance as much as possible,” Clark said. “How people bring their plus ones really makes it something to remember and celebrate those people.”

African Student Union receives $5,000

ASO also received $5,000 after a unanimous vote for its annual Taste of Africa event.

Taste of Africa is a banquet-style culture showcase and show with African food, clothing, dance and music, senior and ASO President Bubuney Havi said.

The event will be open to all JMU students, faculty and friends, with around 200 people in attendance, Havi added.

Every Taste of Africa event has had a theme and this year’s theme is “a celebration of Africa.”

The theme of the event is to “celebrate African unity, education, heritage and storytelling,” and to share it with other people, Havi said.

Executive Leadership Team presentation

The SGA executive leadership team outlined their role’s responsibilities and perks with respect to the upcoming election March 31.

Elections will be held for student body president, student body vice president and executive treasurer.

Senior and Student Body President Charlotte Bronaugh said the role of student president is like “acting as a bridge” between the students and administration.

Bronaugh said the student body president oversees the SGA, meets with the Board of Visitors throughout the year, speaks at the Student Affairs Committee meeting, and comes with perks such as getting to attend special events and access to faculty parking.

The Student Body Vice President primarily does event planning and works with the Alumni Association to coordinate events and the Executive Treasurer mainly oversees the finance chairperson and manages budget hearings, junior and Student Body Vice President Grace Treml said.

The speaker position presides over the Senate and handles mass communication, senior and SGA Speaker Kieran Fensterwald said. The speaker is elected internally and will have its own election in late April, he added

CONTACT Alexa Newsom at newsomaa@dukes.jmu. edu. For more coverage of JMU and Harrisonburg news, follow the news desk on X @TheBreezeJMU and on Instagram @BreezeJMU.

The SGA allocated $2,500 to Future Analyst Association. Jack O’Dea / The Breeze

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Harrisonburg’s first ‘Hot Dog Hop’

By EDISON VRANIAN

The Breeze

Decked out in ketchup and mustard, JMU students embarked on a bar crawl along Downtown Harrisonburg’s streets dressed in hot dog costumes on Saturday night.

The Hot Dog Hop branched off of the Banana Bar Crawl — a recent popular event among students that came to Harrisonburg in October. During both events, students dress up as a food item and tour downtown’s various bars with themed drinks or other bonuses. Both are a organized by Mosea Marketing, which helps boost engagement on college campuses, according to its website.

The Hot Dog Hop was first announced in a Nov. 12 Instagram Reel, which said it would make its first appearance in 2026 and would travel to 70+ campuses across the United States and Canada.

The Banana Bar Crawl made two appearances in Harrisonburg in 2025, according to the JMU Barstool Instagram. Senior psychology major Presley Caroland said she had participated in a Banana Bar Crawl, and “it was super fun.”

Hot Dog Hop Co-Founder Aidan Tighe said the bar crawl was rebranded to the hot dog theme after people who missed the Banana Bar Crawl and Instagram messaged organizers to return. Tighe said organizers worried interest would decline if the event returned to the same towns.

“One thing that we worry about is if we did the Banana Bar Crawl [repeatedly] in the same markets that people would get tired of it, and they wouldn’t really want to do it anymore. Instead, we decided to come up with an idea that was similar, but different,” Tighe said.

Tighe said the Banana Bar Crawl will return. But while students wait to peel into their banana costumes again, they spent their time at the “wildest university bar crawl sweeping North America,” according to the Hot Dog Hop’s website.

The bars participating in the Hot Dog Hop include Urgie’s Cheesteaks, Finnigan’s Cove Seafood Bar, The Friendly Fermenter and Sage Bird Ciderworks.

Amberlee Carlson, who owns Sage Bird Ciderworks with her husband, said she was excited to host the atmosphere of people wearing hot dog costumes coming into the shop. Carlson added that the hot dog theme felt like a full-circle moment, as the business began as a hot dog food truck, but expanded to more than hot dogs.

“It’s perfect to have a hot dog bar crawl come to Sage Bird,” Carlson said. “We have a special place in our hearts for hot dogs.”

Carlson said Sage Bird Ciderworks has moved on from its hot dog days with a physical building and has added flatbread, paninis and corn dogs in honor of its beginnings. During the bar crawl, Carlson said there’s a $3 corn dog special.

Fireball — a cinnamon whiskey according to the Tasting Table — sponsored the event, and as such, most bar crawl stops provided a

Fireball product, including Sage Bird. The “Fire Cider” was the cidery’s unique take on the liquor, being a mix of Fireball and hot mulled or apple cider, along with Sage Bird’s regular menu.

Carlson added that while her business is “a little off the beaten path” from Downtown, she called the relationship between Sage Bird Ciderworks and the bar crawl “symbiotic,” with some of her regulars participating in the event.

Despite being in the more northern part of downtown, Carlson said she thought the night would be busy after she was told over 500 tickets were sold.

Caroland said she’s excited to travel to different bars that she has never heard of before, instead of staying inside one bar “the whole night.”

To add to a typical bar crawl, Tighe said the hot dog costume already makes the experience unique, but they try to add fun challenges to further this goal.

Senior computer science major Akash Basri said he was given a challenge card with different tasks he had to perform for a prize that included filming a hot dog review, finding a piece of a Fireball, taking a picture of it, participating in a “glizzy limbo” and hot dog conga line.

Participants received a challenge card, asking them to complete tasks such as finding a piece of Fireball. To submit their completed challenge, students took photos and filmed their “glizzy review” to be posted online. Participants who submitted their completed challenges could win prizes from the Hot Dog Hop.

Both Basri and Caroland highlighted their excitement from getting their friends together to celebrate a night dressed as hot dogs. Basri said he signed up and invited his friend when

he got an advertisement for the Hot Dog Hop. Caroland said the bar hop was an opportunity to invite all her friends together.

“It’s definitely a unique experience that brings everyone together. You see familiar faces out and [have] a fun, wacky time,” Caroland said.

Tighe said he advised first-time participants to enjoy the unique twist to the typical bar hop and join in on the “humorous side of dressing up as a hot dog.”

“The whole point of it is for people to lean into the experience and have a lot of fun,” Tighe said. “It’s important for people to come into the event with an open mind and expect to have a fun and funny night.”

CONTACT Edison Vranian at vraniawe@ dukes.jmu.edu. For more on the culture, arts, and lifestyle of the JMU and Harrisonburg communities, follow the culture desk on X @TheBreezeJMU and on Instagram @BreezeJMU.

JMU students picked up their costumes at Urgie’s Cheesesteaks earlier in the day.

The Hot Dog Hop branched off from the Banana Bar Crawl, which came to Harrisonburg twice in 2025. Photos by Landon Shackelford / The Breeze

Participants received challenges to complete during the crawl.

Snow much more than just a club: Boarderline’s shredding into winter

By BELLA ARIST

The Breeze

For JMU’s Boarderline Ski & Snowboard Club, winter doesn’t mean hibernation. This season, the club hosted a wide range of events that kept members active both on and off the mountain. From backyard rail jams to Snowshoe Mountain, the organization builds a strong sense of community centered around a shared interest in snow sports.

Junior engineering major Torin White is the terrain park chair in the club. He has been part of this club since freshman year, what drew him in was meeting people with like-minded interests.

“The mission of Boarderline is to spread the ‘stoke’ and get people excited about the sport while progressing,” White said. “We create a sense of belonging by accepting all skill levels and being supportive no matter what.”

For White, that mission comes from hands-on events that bring members together. His favorite event has been a rail jam they created in their backyard — a high-energy freestyle event where snowboarders and skiers perform tricks on rails, boxes and other obstacles.

“I have made some of the best memories of my life and met a lot of cool people since joining the club,” White said.

Sophomore engineering major Jonathan Caldwell has been a member for two years, after learning about the club from his two brothers, who also attend JMU.

Beyond the slopes, he said the club has a constant stream of different types of events, whether it’s community service or social events.

“We love being on the mountain, having fun and growing our community with all types of events or services,” Caldwell said. “I found

amazing friendships and a place I feel I belong. If students are looking to be around snowsport lovers and find a community that supports each other, they should join.”

Similarly, freshman health sciences major Addison Hobart said it was the people who convinced her to get involved. She has been an active member in Boarderline since the start of this school year. Her brother, an alumnus, introduced her to the members of the club, and she felt inclined to join because of how welcoming everyone was.

If Hobart had to describe the club to students, she would say it is a “social club that accepts all people to build a family and makes members feel safe, valued and comfortable.”

Members have a common interest in skiing and snowboarding, but she emphasized that their relationships go beyond the sport.

“My favorite event this year was the first trip to Snowshoe Mountain. It was really fun to be with a smaller group of Boarderline members to build connections and have fun on the slopes together,” Hobart said.

Hobart joined the club because she enjoys snowboarding and being connected with the community. “Other students should join this

club to meet super cool people who will make you laugh a lot and help build up your skills on the slopes.”

Another student who has a passion for snowboarding is sophomore computer information systems major Chase Steinbrueck, who has been a member for a year and a half. “There are so many ways that Borderline brings a sense of community. We have amazing events throughout the year, like our winter trips, spring break and snowshoe trips that allow you to bond with people. Everyone is so welcoming and friendly, it really takes the nerves away when meeting new people,” he said.

There are plenty of other events the club holds, like camping and tailgates during the off-season. For its winter trip, members went to Banff, Canada, which is within the Canadian Rocky Mountains.

“This was my first time snowboarding in Canada, and the views were incredible,” Steinbrueck said. “It’s hard to put into words. There’s something so cool about taking a trip out of the country with your friends and letting loose on the mountain for five straight days.”

Boarderline has built a strong reputation on campus for combining adventure, community and yearround engagement.

The main club activities are its ski and snowboard trips. Each

winter and spring semester, Boarderline typically organizes three to four weekend trips to Snowshoe Mountain, which gives members consistent opportunities to hit the slopes with their community.

Beyond the snow, Boarderline maintains an active social calendar designed to keep members connected throughout the year. Especially during the fall and spring, members coordinate gatherings that reinforce the club’s sense of community. These events allow members to build friendships and stay involved even when the snow season is months away.

The club actively welcomes skiers and snowboarders of all skill levels with no tryouts required. Rather than emphasizing competition, Boarderline focuses on fun, accessibility and creating an inviting space that mixes outdoor adventure with campus life — what many members say keeps them attached.

For Steinbrueck, for example, his parents have talked about joining a club to make lifelong friends since he was a kid. After looking at all the other clubs, he felt Boarderline was the best place to join to make meaningful connections. This semester, he is planning to run for treasurer.

“I want to leave a mark and give back to the club that has made my college life better than I could’ve imagined,” Steinbrueck said.

CONTACT Bella Arist at thebreezeculture@ gmail.com . For more on the culture, arts, and lifestyle of the JMU and Harrisonburg communities, follow the culture desk on X @TheBreezeJMU and on Instagram @BreezeJMU.

Three members of Boarderline live in the organization’s clubhouse, “where the community is welcome to gather,” Steinbrueck said. Landon Shackelford / The Breeze

‘SQUEAK HAS BEEN FOUND’

Viral Yik Yak post celebrates missing cat’s return after 29 days in freezing temperatures

By ISABEL LEWIS & BELLA ARIST The Breeze

After 29 days — some of them with sub-freezing temperatures — Squeak, a JMU student’s cat, was found with dirty paws and overgrown claws.

Squeak gained notoriety among Dukes when a Yik Yak post received thousands of upvotes.

When Colleen Dockery was notified that someone found her missing cat, she sprinted down her stairs so fast that her roommates assumed the house was on fire. Another student, Grace, posted on Nextdoor and a few people saw it then decided to spread the news to Yik Yak.

“I had such an adrenaline rush. My stomach dropped. My lips went numb,” Dockery said. She thought it must have been a joke, and there was no way someone actually found Squeak.

Dockery and her roommates, still in their pajamas, rushed out of their Copper Beech apartment to finally reunite with Squeak — a long-awaited moment they feared would never come.

“We brought her back, and we just sat in the living room with her for like two hours and cried,” Dockery said.

In the days leading up to Squeak’s return, Dockery said she started losing hope.

“The snow was starting to melt, and I was having really bad thoughts, like, ‘What if she was frozen?’” Dockery said. “I was starting to think that we were just never gonna see her again.”

Once the cat was home, it was like she had never left, Dockery said. Squeak was back to playing with her two cat siblings and knocking over her toy basket.

How it happened

On Jan. 19, Dockery found her apartment door wide open. The latch on the door wasn’t secured, and strong winds had blown it open. Living with three cats, she immediately did a headcount.

Squeak wasn’t the only cat to slip out. Cal — short for Calcifer, the roommates’ oldest cat — also ventured outside. Cal was found just five hours after leaving. Dockery said they had been most worried about Cal, as he is older. Squeak had been a rescue pet who lived on the streets before adoption.

However, their concern for Squeak grew as the weather became worrisome.

Despite January’s snowstorm creating thick sheets of ice and several days of below-freezing temperatures, the cat appeared perfectly fine upon reunification.

During Squeak’s disappearance, she gained popularity on Yik Yak — the anonymous social media app. A post announcing her return currently serves as the fourth-most-upvoted JMU post of all time on the site. However, Yik Yak wasn’t the first place she went looking for her cat.

Dockery had used the Ring doorbell app (despite not owning one), Nextdoor and Facebook. She attempted to put up fliers, but described the difficulty of doing so because Copper Beech is private property, meaning it doesn’t allow missing pet flyers. After failed attempts to reach community members, she knew where to grab students’ attention.

“That’s when I turned to Yik Yak, because that was the JMU population,” Dockery said. “I wasn’t expecting that much traction.”

Thousands of users interacted with Dockery’s posts about Squeak. Some users even posted periodically asking for updates on Squeak. She credits her cat’s ability to come home to the attention her posts received on Yik Yak.

“It makes me feel so happy that people care,” Dockery said.

The support extended beyond social media. Students searched their neighborhoods, no matter how far from Copper Beech, and one student helped Dockery set up humane traps to catch the cat safely.

After nearly a month in the cold, Squeak’s return was more than a reunion for Dockery — it was a community-wide celebration.

“You can make a new friend or best friend, you never know what kind of people you can have at these tables,” Nolan said.

CONTACT Isabel Lewis and Bella Arist at thebreezeculture@gmail.com. For more on the culture, arts, and lifestyle of the JMU and Harrisonburg communities, follow the culture desk on X @TheBreezeJMU and on Instagram @BreezeJMU.

An unlatched door led to two of the three cats in this Copper Beech complex to run loose.

Prior to being adopted, Squeak lived on the streets. Photos by Rowan Potts / The Breeze

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JMU women’s hoops improves offense with Sun Belt tournament approaching

By TOMMY GURGANOUS The Breeze

Stats accurate as of Feb. 25, before JMU played Old Dominion at 5 p.m.

Since a 74-67 road loss at Arkansas State on Jan. 25, JMU women’s basketball (21-8) has rattled off seven straight victories and is looking to maintain that momentum as the regular season winds down.

Having already played against some of the Sun Belt Conference’s top teams, the Dukes’ late-season run has guaranteed them a top-five seed for the conference tournament.

JMU junior guard Bree Robinson felt that the team was “on pace” with its preparation for the conference tournament. And the Dukes can better their seeding aspiration with a pair of wins to close the regular season.

O’Regan hones in transition defense

In what was an otherwise dominant 74-48 win for JMU on Saturday against App State, the two teams were tied 13-13 in fast-break points.

JMU head coach Sean O’Regan said his team’s set, halfcourt defense spans from “very good” to “excellent,” according to the analytics they use, but the Dukes’ transition defense is “below average.”

O’Regan says JMU’s transition defense “has to be good” in the conference tournament against teams that like to play with speed.

JMU gave up just 10 fast-break points in its loss to Arkansas State in January, but also gave up 25 points from 25 turnovers, many of which came by the Red Wolves’ fullcourt press in the second half.

In the Dukes’ 67-60 win against Georgia Southern, JMU gave up 14 fast-break points but had fewer instances of fastbreak points caused by turnovers; JMU had 11 turnovers compared to its season average of 15.5. And despite giving up 23 turnovers at Massachusetts on Feb. 8, the Dukes had a 22-8 fast-break points advantage.

O’Regan has had his junior guards, Robinson and Zakiya Stephenson, immediately back for transition defense this year rather than chasing offensive rebounds. He’s also said that having a more detailed structure regarding the team’s transition is also something key he wants to work with his staff on a per-game basis.

Efficient passing leads to efficient scoring

Averaging 73 points per game in the last four games, the Dukes have seen an uptick in their shooting over that time. They’ve hit 26 of 67 shots from 3-point range (38.8%), and 45.8% from the field overall in that stretch. Both numbers sit above JMU’s respective season averages.

“A big emphasis that we always have is just sharing the ball,” redshirt senior guard Peyton McDaniel said on Saturday. “I think the past couple of games you can really see that.”

McDaniel has hit 11 of 24 (45.8%) from 3-point range in the last six games. And, JMU has tallied games of 16, 16, 12 and 22 assists as a team over the last four contests.

O’Regan said he couldn’t recall another time in his tenure at JMU as to the level of playmaking his team has shown as of late.

“That’s why I have so much faith in how we’re playing,” O’Regan said on Saturday. “Because you’re sharing it, you’re doing it together.”

O’Regan credited Robinson’s driving to the basket for creating opportunities, and Stephenson for making decisions off of ball screens. Graduate forward Ashanti Barnes has also averaged 3.8 assists per game over the last five games, in addition to two games of scoring 20+ points.

“I’m on those two [Robinson and Stephenson] because I think they’re being really good for us, and if they’re playing well, it’s really tough to beat,” O’Regan said.

O’Regan says there hasn’t been a specific gameplan on shot selection, but the Dukes have to take what they’re being given offensively, even if a specific individual player is not the one to take the shot.

“Not many people like to be told they’re shooting a bad shot, but there’s a better shot right there,” O’Regan said, adding that it can be a tough balance for many teams.

The Sun Belt Conference Women’s Basketball Tournament begins on March 3.

Sun Belt Conference standings

1. Troy (24-5, 15-2 Sun Belt)

2. Georgia Southern (21-6, 14-2 Sun Belt)

3. Marshall (23-7, 13-4 Sun Belt)

4. Arkansas State (22-8, 13-4 Sun Belt)

5. JMU (21-8, 12-4 Sun Belt)

CONTACT Tommy Gurganous at breezesports@gmail. com. For more women’s basketball coverage, follow the sports desk on X and Instagram @TheBreezeSports.

JMU redshirt senior guard Peyton McDaniel has hit 11 of 24 from 3-point range in her last four games. Landon Shackelford / The Breeze

JMU has averaged 16.5 assists per game as a team over the past four games. Ellie Campbell / The Breeze

Analysis | JMU baseball’s offense starts 2026 season hot

Three takeaways from the Dukes’ first seven games of the season

By PRESTON COMER

The Breeze

JMU baseball is 3-4 through its first seven games. All three of its wins came in its weekend series over Le Moyne. The Dukes lost two games against No. 21 Florida State, one to Richmond and one to Virginia Tech.

Here are three takeaways from JMU’s start to the season:

JMU’s bats are sizzling

The Dukes reached double-digit runs (13, 16, 11) in each of its three wins over Le Moyne.

Junior infielder Josiah Seguin leads the way for JMU, batting .500 with an on-base plus slugging percentage of 1.349. Seguin is in his first year with the Dukes and has one home run and eight RBIs. He also leads the team with eight walks.

Junior outfielder Kyle Langley found his footing against Le Moyne, driving three runs in during each game. Langley leads the Dukes with 11 RBIs. He has formed a strong offensive duo with fellow junior outfielder Ike Schmidly.

Schmidly is hitting .435 with one home run and six RBIs.

Even during their losses, the Dukes haven’t fallen short due to lack of hitting. They’ve scored at least four runs in every loss except for the season opener. The Dukes are hitting .301 on the season.

Dukes stay perfect on the bases

Head coach Marlin Ikenberry has led aggressive base-stealing teams during his tenure with JMU. In 2023, the Dukes stole 100 bases on 130 attempts heading into the NCAA Tournament.

JMU already has 37 stolen bases through seven games — the second-highest mark in Division I. To make matters better, the Dukes haven’t been caught stealing — they’re a perfect 37 of 37.

During its second game against Le Moyne, the Dukes stole 13 bases — a program record. Freshman utility player Cameron Aycock stole four of them.

Sophomore infielder Reece Moody leads the team with seven stolen bases, with Seguin right behind him at six.

see BASEBALL, page 16

JMU men’s basketball finds its identity as regular season ends

By TYLER CHINN The Breeze

Since finding its identity midway through conference play, JMU men’s basketball (16-13, 8-8- Sun Belt) has come into its own at the right time.

After an up-and-down start to Sun Belt Conference play, the Dukes have pieced together strong performances in recent weeks, fueled by improved defense, balanced scoring and a clearer sense of identity. With the regular season nearing its end, JMU is positioning itself for a better seed in the Sun Belt Tournament.

Head coach Preston Spradlin said the timing of the team’s improvement isn’t a coincidence.

“That’s what you want — to be playing your best basketball at this time of the year,” Spradlin said. “It takes time to figure your team out, and I think we’re getting there.”

Defensive identity fueling late-season push

JMU’s biggest transformation has come on the defensive end.

Earlier in the season, the Dukes experimented with different schemes while trying to determine what best suited their roster. Now, that uncertainty has turned into results.

Spradlin said JMU’s current defensive mentality is “drastically different” from where it was earlier in the season, emphasizing simplicity, communication and protecting the paint.

“We’ve simplified what we do,” Spradlin said. “We’re guarding more as a unit, focusing on protecting the paint and not getting overly extended.”

That shift has helped JMU become more consistent, particularly in second matchups against conference opponents. The Dukes’ recent road win over Georgia State showcased this growth, as JMU executed its defensive game plan at a much higher level than in the first meeting.

With teams like Georgia Southern prioritizing pace and perimeter shooting, Spradlin emphasized discipline.

“You’ve got to guard the paint first and then the 3-point line,” Spradlin said. “And you’ve got to do it as a unit.”

Adjustment is key against Georgia Southern

As JMU prepares for a rematch against Georgia Southern, the Dukes are facing a team that presents unique challenges. Georgia Southern plays at a fast pace, relying heavily on 3-point shooting and frequent switches on defense that can disrupt offensive rhythm.

Junior outfielder Ike Schmidly has a .435 batting average. Jack O’Dea / The Breeze

JMU men’s basketball allowed just 65 points against Georgia Southern. Annabel Dewey / The Breeze

from BASEBALL, page 15

Pitching holds JMU back Freshman left-handed pitcher Tyler Lutz has carried the way for JMU on the mound. He leads them in innings pitched (8.2) and ERA (2.08).

Outside of Lutz, the Dukes have struggled to find consistency on the mound and have given up an abundance of runs.

Another freshman pitcher, Luke Alexander, has the second-most innings pitched for the Dukes with seven. He’s accumulated a 3.86 ERA. After Alexander, the Dukes see a fall off in production.

JMU allowed its opponents to hit for a .286 average and a .451 slugging percentage. The Dukes have allowed at least nine runs three times.

JMU will face College of Charleston on Friday at 6 p.m. as part of the First Pitch Invitational.

CONTACT Preston Comer at breezesports@ gmail.com. For more baseball coverage, follow the sports desk on X and Instagram @TheBreezeSports.

from BASKETBALL, page 15

“They’re going to try to speed the game up,” Spradlin said. “We’ve got to make sure we’re playing at the pace we want.”

The Dukes’ ability to adjust to their matchup earlier in the season will be critical. Spradlin emphasized that while JMU came up just short in an earlier overtime loss, the team has evolved significantly since then.

“We’re a totally different team now,” Spradlin said.

How to finish strong

JMU’s growth this season hasn’t just come from its top contributors. The program’s depth — including players who don’t appear on the stat sheet — has played a significant role.

Spradlin pointed to walk-on guard Josh Stevens as an example of the team’s culture, praising his work ethic, competitiveness and daily impact in practice.

“He raises the level of everyone around him,” Spradlin said. “He just loves basketball.”

That collective effort — from stars to role players to practice contributors — has helped define JMU’s identity heading into postseason play.

With momentum building, a clearer defensive system and a team-wide commitment to improvement, the Dukes are trending upward at the most important time of the season.

CONTACT Tyler Chinn at chinntc@dukes. jmu.edu.com. For more men's basketball coverage, follow the sports desk on X and Instagram @TheBreezeSports.

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Freshman pitcher Tyler Lutz has a 2.08 ERA.

Jack O’Dea / The Breeze

JMU is tied for second in Division I with 37 stolen bases. Annabel Dewey / The Breeze

Junior forward Justin McBride leads JMU with 16.1 points per game. Caden Burch / The Breeze

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From a student who knows this shift is no joke.

Social media is being weaponized by the elite

LUTHER COVERT contributing columnist

It feels like yesterday — opening Instagram back in 2016 and scrolling through quirky selfies from friends, harmless memes with the blocky white lettering and “epic fail” compilations.

In the blink of an eye, it’s 2026, and the average Instagram feed is filled with car accidents, bodycam footage, soulless artificial intelligence (AI) videos, incomprehensible brain rot, political fearmongering and poorly-disguised advertisements. If someone from 2016 looked at Instagram in 2026 for more than five minutes, their brain would leak out of their ears.

The question isn’t how social media got to this point, it’s why, and if its evolution from an exciting, wholesome glimpse into other people’s lives to an anxiety-inducing information overload is almost intentional.

With the recent release of around 3.5 million documents related to the late convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, a quick glance into them should make clear

that the people in the top 1% of wealth and the most powerful politicians in America are not only individually evil, but they’re all connected and in contact with one another. And they definitely don’t benefit from the majority of people waking up to the atrocities they commit.

Billionaire social media CEOs — such as Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk and Reid Hoffman — were proven to have connections to Epstein, as well as more unethical billionaires that have investments in these social media companies, such as Palantir Founder Peter Thiel, whose technology, as Responsible Statecraft reported, is being used as spyware by the Israeli army.

According to Yahoo News, emails from the Epstein files suggest that Jeffrey Epstein was introduced to Christopher Poole, the founder of 4chan, by Boris Nikolic, who was an advisor to Bill Gates. Nikolic then emailed Epstein regarding Poole and 4chan’s potential, saying, “This article describes why I find (Poole) interesting. The potential for manipulation is huge.”

In the same month, “/pol/” was established, a forum on 4chan intended for political discourse. According to New York

Magazine, it quickly became a hub for farright extremists and ultimately led to the QAnon conspiracy theory. Read more online @breezejmu.org

CONTACT Luther Covert at covertlj@ dukes.jmu.edu. For more editorials regarding the JMU and Harrisonburg communities, follow the opinion desk on X @TheBreezeJMU and on Instagram @BreezeJMU.

Rock salt is hurting Harrisonburg

SARAH HENDRIX contributing columnist

An “I-hate-trucks” dart to the guy who almost crashed into me in Grace Parking Deck.

From a student whose life flashed before their eyes.

An “unsung-hero” pat to janitors replacing toilet paper in academic buildings.

From someone who has never seen the horror of an empty toilet paper dispenser.

Everyone in Harrisonburg is aware of the snowstorm that occurred in January. Cars were buried in snow, school was canceled and everyone took a break from life for almost three weeks. We relied on plows and rock salt to remove the obstacles, but it took much longer than expected.

If your dog is anything like mine, they will kick off the snow booties before they make it out the door. I have a tiny Chihuahua full of attitude, and she refuses to entertain me with paw safety. I was completely unaware of the impacts of rock salt on pets because I have never dealt with them before. I let her

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run wild with bare paws. Next thing I know, she is yelping like I never heard a dog yelp before. Unaware, I assumed she was cold and bundled her up while rubbing her paws (she is spoiled). After some education from my roommate, who’s more familiar with the winter season, I learned the cause of my dog’s pain. This started my self-education on alternatives to rock salt.

The rock salt used by Harrisonburg Public Works was standard sodium chloride, which according to the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services, only works in temperatures down to 15 degrees. This explains the delayed disappearance of the snow. While the conditions it works in are obviously an issue, considering the low temperatures we were getting, it also negatively impacts our environments, animals and property.

Dogs are members of many Harrisonburg families. When the snow hits, as it does every year, pet parents take many precautions to ensure safety. Rock salt containing chloride can cause painful burns, irritation and dryness on all furry friends’ paws. Even if your pet doesn’t alert you to the rock salt searing their paws or if it doesn’t bother them, there is also the matter of ingesting the ice melt. When a pet licks their paws or eats noticeable chunks off the ground, they

may experience vomiting or diarrhea. If they ingest enough, their illness could lead to severe dehydration and possible brain damage. Furthermore, the ice melt affects both our furry babies and us — the National Capital Poison Center says the salt can irritate our skin as well. There is also the risk of inhaling runoff salt, leading to respiratory issues, according to Green Gobbler. This only covers the effects on living beings.

As agriculture is a huge economic factor in Harrisonburg, we also must consider the environmental effects. Harrisonburg is surrounded by and filled with local farmers, lavender farms, livestock and even nationwide agriculture providers. Rockingham County is the top agricultural county in Virginia and 19th in the entire United States, according to the Go Virginia Region 8 Council. Rock salt damages soil, vegetation and water quality throughout the region.

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(2/14/26): A previous version of the Board of Visitors’ February meeting recap mistakenly stated JMU volleyball’s progression in the Sun Belt Championship. The article has been updated to reflect the correct information online.

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