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Sororities welcome new recruits on bid day What is Bid Day?

BY RACHEL JOHNSON ASSISTANT CULTURE EDITOR Excited sisters gathered in the Mountainlair on Sunday to find out which sorority they had been invited to join. “I am very proud of the work of the Panhellenic leadership over the course of the last two weeks,” said Matthew Richardson, director of Greek Life at WVU. “For the first time in many years, all of our chapters matched to the maximum number of women per new member class. We also had less women released from the process than in recent years. Our retention numbers are up, and our community is growing in a more intentional manner. Erin Bradley, a senior from Grafton, West Virginia studying public health and child development and family studies, is a member of Alpha Omicron Pi and serves as the president of the Panhellenic Association, the umbrella organization for sororities on campus. “Bid Day is always so exciting for everyone involved,” Bradley said. “For new members it’s the first time they get to meet the women who they’ll hopefully call their sisters upon initiation. It’s really just like coming home. It’s a giant celebration of sisterhood and just shows how happy everyone is to have another new member class.” Kendra Lobban, a senior finance student from Morgantown, serves as the vice president of recruitment on the Panhellenic executive board. Last year, she served as the president of Chi Omega. Lobban said bids were extended to 300 women, and each chapter got 3040 new members. Sunday marked the end of primary recruitment, which has been going on since Jan 19. Lobban said on Sunday that those who had been rushing were taken to

Bid Day is the conclusion to the week-long recruitment process, informally called rush week. For sororities, once a bid has been extended, there is a four week new member period where new recruits can get to know their new sorority sisters. After that, new members are initiated into their sorority.

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The Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority celebrating after bid day 2019. the Mountainlair and given an envelope inviting them to a sorority by their Rho Gamma, a woman who has disassociated from her sorority to help guide new recruits through rush week. They were then released onto the Mountainlair Green where they got to meet their new sororities. “It is something that is hard to understand if you’re not a part of it, so I don’t fault anyone for that,” Lobban said. Lobban said she was grateful for all of the leadership opportunities provided to her through her involvement with her sorority. “It’s not just meeting new people and making friends. Once you join, it can open a lot of doors for you. It really brings out the best in people,” Lobban said.

Rush week for the Interfraternity Council began Jan 27 and will continue until Feb 2. To rush, one must have 2.75 GPA and a minimum of 12 credit hours. According to WVU’s Oﬃce of Fraternity and Sorority life, “The Interfraternity Council (IFC) is the governing body for the 16 social and social-professional men’s fraternities at West Virginia University.”

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The rush week process is diﬀerent for each fraternity, but students can expect to see various IFC recruitment activities throughout rush week.

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2018 top base salaries for WVU employees These are the top 20 paid employees at WVU as of October 2018. The full PDF ﬁle of all 6,796 employees is available on our website at thedaonline. com. This information was obtained through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request. These salaries only include base salary. WVU basketball coach Bob Huggins and football coach Dana Holgorsen were the highest paid employees of the University in 2018. However, only $250,000 came in base salary; the rest came in supplememntal and incentive-based income.

1. Clay Braden Marsh: $938,000 Vice President & Executive Dean for Health Sciences

2. Anthony Lamont Gibson: $900,000 Associate Head Football Coach

Quick Notes: • The top 20 paid employees earn a total of $9,033,209.88, an average salary of $451,660.49

• There is a total of 6,796 paid employees at WVU • 4,279 WVU employees make more than $44,061, the average yearly income in West Virginia in 2017 (U.S. Census Bureau)

• 858 WVU employees make more than $100,000

• 102 WVU employees make more than $200,000

6. Laura F. Gibson: $423,500

3. Shane Lyons: $820,000 Director/Associate Vice President of Athletics

Senior Associate Vice President for Research & Graduate Education; Associate Dean for Research, School of Medicine

7. Joyce E. McConnell: $491,316.16 WVU Provost & Vice President for Academic Aﬀairs

8. Scott Michael Galster: $400,000

4. E. Gordon Gee: $800,000

Professor, Department of Neuroscience

• Five of the top 15 paid WVU employees are involved in athletics • The highest paid WVU professor is Scott Galster, a professor in the Department of Neuroscience.

13. Paula R. Congelio: $315,650 Vice President and Chief Financial Oﬃcer for the University

14. Bruce Jayson Tall: $312,500 Assistant Football Coach (Defensive Line)

15. Larry D. Harrison: $309,000 Associate Head Coach, Men’s Basketball

16. John Patrick Campbell: $305,000 Vice Provost

9. James Robert Alsop: $367,361.40 President of the University

Vice President for Strategic Inititives

10. Michael P. Joseph: $365,000 Assistant Athletic Director for Strength & Conditioning

5. Randy Joe Nelson: $475,000 Professor & Chair; Hazel Ruby McQuain Chair for Neurological Research; Director of Basic Science Research

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17. Allie Karshenas: $304,399.82 Associate VP of Clinical Operations & Institutional Advancemen for Health Science Center

18. Gregory W. Bowman: $300,000 Dean, College of Law

19. William Irving Brustein: $300,000 Vice President for Global Strategies and International Aﬀairs

20. Anne Courtney DeVries-Nelson: $300,000 Professor, School of Medicine

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Ojeda ends presidential bid, mulling next move

Senate advances bill legalizing charter schools, deterring future strikes BY JOE SEVERINO NEWS EDITOR

STAFF REPORTS Former state Senator Richard Ojeda announced on Friday that he’ll end his bid for the presidency after just 12 weeks in the running. Ojeda, who resigned from his state senate seat 11 days ago to focus on his presidential run, said in a statement to The Intercept and The Young Turks that he didn’t think his chances going forward were high. “I don’t want to see people send money to a campaign that’s probably not going to get off the ground,” he said. In the 11 weeks Ojeda was a presidential candidate, he made numerous appearances in Iowa on campaign visits and on media talk shows and even took to the streets with striking public school teachers in Los Angeles. In the statement, Ojeda thanked his volunteers and supporters for their work on his campaign. “The indications were very positive from an overwhelming response to our videos, to thousands of volunteers and a level of grassroots fundraising support that grew every day,” he said. “However, the last thing I want to do is accept money from people who are struggling for a campaign that does not have the ability to compete.” Ojeda wrote in a Facebook post on Friday that an announcement concerning his future would be on the way soon. “I want you to know, though, that my fight does not end! I may not have the money to make the media pay attention but I will continue raising my voice and highlighting the issues the working class, the sick and the elderly face in this nation,” he wrote. “I expect to have an announcement very soon about what my next steps will be.” In the 2020 election, a U.S. Senate seat and the governorship will be on the ballot

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Richard Ojeda in West Virginia. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., will likely seek a second term in office, and Gov. Jim Justice, R-W. Va., announced his re-election bid Jan. 7. A run for the Senate seat would complete the political trifecta for Ojeda, who before failing at a presidential bid, lost a U.S. House of Representatives election to Rep. Carol Miller, R-W.Va., in the 2018 election. Ojeda lost by about 13 points in a district President Donald Trump carried by 49 points in 2016. In Ojeda’s resignation letter from the state Senate, he asked Justice not to appoint a friend or lobbyist to fill his seat. The governor, however, appointed Sen. Paul Hardesty, D-Logan, a registered lobbyist that has worked for multiple organizations owned by the Justice family. Numerous West Virginia media outlets reported Ojeda was upset over Justice’s selection and that he called Senate Minority Leader Roman Prezioso, D-Marion, and asked if there was any way to rescind his resignation. Justice, who ran as a Democrat in 2016, will now have to face one in the general election if he is not beaten in a primary battle. So far, just one Democrat, Stephen Smith, a community organizer from Kanawha County, has announced a challenge to Justice.

The West Virginia Senate Education Committee quickly advanced a massive bill on Friday aimed at legalizing charter schools and increasing teacher pay, making it harder for teachers to strike and giving tax credits to teachers who pay out of pocket for school supplies. Just one day after the 144page bill was available to the public, the education committee voted 7-5 to advance it, all present Republicans voting for and all Democrats voting against it. The bill now heads to the Senate Finance Committee. West Virginia is currently one of the few states in the country that still does not permit charter schools, which are publicly funded schools but are run independently. Monongalia County Commissioner Tom Bloom posted on Facebook Sunday that seven schools in Monongalia County; Cheat Lake Elementary, Mason Dixon Elementary, Mylan Park Elementary, North Elementary, Skyview Elementary, Suncrest Middle School and Clay Battelle High School, would be eligible to receive charter status if

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West Virginia teachers filled the state Capitol for 14 days in the spring of 2018, advocating for higher pay. this bill would pass. Fred Albert, president of the American Federation of Teachers-West Virginia (AFT), the state’s largest teachers union, told the Huntington Herald-Dispatch earlier this month that the AFT would strongly oppose the legalization of charter schools. “These kinds of things get in the way and divert attention from what really needs to be focused on, and that’s

the support of our public schools,” he said. The AFT, along with many other West Virginia teachers unions, are holding a news conference at 11 a.m. Monday in response to the bill, according to WV MetroNews. The bill does include Gov. Jim Justice’s promised 5 percent pay raise to public school employees. It also gives more leeway to counties in distributing pay to its

employees. And as a deterrent to future work stoppages, the bill states that if schools are closed for a strike, which happened for 14 days in the spring of 2018, pay would be suspended until schools reopened. The bill also contains a nonseverability clause, which means every provision in the bill must pass, or it ultimately fails.

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WVU Voices showcases diversity on campus BY RACHEL JOHNSON ASSISTANT CULTURE EDITOR The Instagram page WVU Voices hopes to do more than just highlight interesting students. It also wants to promote diversity and inclusivity. The page, which has been up and running for four months, was created by Jana El-Khatib, a senior psychology student from Hurricane, West Virginia, and Aishwarya Vijay, a senior biomedical engineering student from Morgantown. El-Khatib and Vijay are close friends who met at a science camp eight years ago. El-Khatib said WVU brought them together. Vijay said the two had always been interested in the diversity of WVU’s campus and really wanted to showcase that on social media. “A lot of times at the University you see the same faces showcased, and we re-

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Jana El-Khatib and Aishwarya Vijay, co-creators of WVU Voices, an instagram account promoting diversity and inclusivity on campus, aim to showcase the diﬀerent faces of WVU and their stories. ally wanted to get people of different backgrounds,” Vijay said. She continued by saying that oftentimes people can be judged by their appearance rather than their background and story.

“We wanted to take that judgement away before a person even sees a face and kind of bring the idea that with everyone’s different story you can realize that there is more to a person than just the exterior,” she said.

The WVU Voices was inspired by the project “Humans of New York,” which, like WVU Voices, features a picture of someone along with a little backstory about them. “The goal of Voices is to

WVU students give back through clubs BY OLIVIA GIANETTINO STAFF WRITER A new service-based club on campus made its debut at the student organization fair held in the Recreation Center on Wednesday. The WVU Medicine and the Arts club is coming to WVU this spring and is looking for members. “We’re about educating and fostering undergraduate participation in narrative medicine within clinical practices,” said Ty Bayliss, junior and president of the Medicine and the Arts club. “Narrative medicine

includes anything from using storytelling, music or art to supplement clinical practices when, say, drug administration and therapy might not be enough.” WVU Medicine will be using the organization's services, particularly in the cancer center, Bayliss said. Bayliss also said the club plans to meet with speakers, take part in service and hold art galleries. Many other charitable organizations were in attendance at the fair. A Moment of Magic is a nonprofit organization that provides “creative programing to

kids who need a little bit more magic,” according to Marra Sigler, president of AMOM. Group members dress up as princesses, fairies and superheroes and visit children, especially those in hospitals. Not all members have to act, though. Upon joining, each member is a “magic maker,” or someone who helps characters get dressed, introduces them and helps save a situation if something goes wrong. After a semester in the club, magic makers can choose to audition to become a character or continue to stay behind the scenes. Before auditioning, charac-

ters-in-training must have 40 hours of shadowing and raise $400, Sigler said. “It’s a lot of fun,” Sigler said. “It’s totally worth it.” Both the Medicine and the Arts club and AMOM are engaging students in hard work that comes with a big reward: giving back to the children in the community. To join, AMOM WVU can be contacted through any of its social media pages. The Medicine and the Arts club will be holding its first informational meeting at 7 p.m. on Thursday in Ming Hsieh-126.

Who to call if you slip and fall BY CODY NESPOR CULTURE EDITOR It seems like winter has finally come to Morgantown, and with it comes all the added health risks that cold weather and icy conditions can cause. Lower temperatures increase the risk of contracting an illness, and icy roads or sidewalks can sometimes cause serious physical injuries. Living away from home at college, it can be hard for a student to know what to do or where to

go if they are sick or injured. They might not always be sure what resources are available or where to find them. Carmen Burrell, the medical director for student health services, said students need to be more careful during the colder months in order to stay healthy. "You definitely have to be more careful with the cold and icy conditions," Burrell said. “The easiest and most important things are to wear appropriate footwear and to dress warmly." Burrell said the health cen-

ter sees an increase in cases of common cold, influenza, strep throat and even pneumonia every year when the temperature drops. The best prevention methods are covering your mouth when sneezing or coughing, avoiding others when they are sick, isolating yourself if you are sick, eating well and sleeping eight hours a night. Burrell said the health center accepts both appointments and walk-ins, so it is a great first option for students if they start to feel ill. "We do have testing abil-

ity and can do blood work. We also see a lot of injuries and do have x-rays available," Burrell said. "We're also included in the [Ruby Memorial Hospital's] system, so it's very easy to do referrals." Visits to the health center are billable to insurance, but there may be a co-pay depending on the type of visit and what the insurance covers. Students can also make appointments for friends and family that may be with them. Appointments can be scheduled by calling 304-285-7200.

target different people,” ple,” ElKhatib said. The page has grown own anfrom only being manb aged by El-Khatib m and Vijay to a team of about 10 people. The two hope that the page will continue on even after d they have graduated and moved away from m Morgantown. If a student wants ts to be featured they can n direct message the page, orr talk to Vijay or El-Khatib. The duo said they find people to post about on the page through social media or different organizations at WVU. The first post came from the international festival, and people were very receptive to the idea of a social media account that showcased a variety of students. WVU Voices recently started a Facebook page to continue to promote its vision of inclusivity. The team also wants to start introducing

some giveaways to the page. Vijay and El-Khatib are proud to have their Instrgaram page reach more than 1,000 followers. “We’re going above and beyond,” El-Khatib said. She hopes the future holds more than they can even imagine for the page. To see the diversity showcased on their page, visit WVU Voices on Instagram and Facebook.

The DA Eats MEET THE DA’S NEW FOOD CRITIC, RYAN MAIDEN BY RYAN MAIDEN FOOD CRITIC Food, glorious food. In the life of a college student there are always key characteristics one can single out and call distinctive. Whether it be the lack of sleep from last night’s rush to catch up on all the work you’ve put off for half a week, or, in the case of every Mountaineer ever, the impatient wait for a PRT. While these are two things a lot of us share in common, I would argue that the one universally surefire way to describe a college student is through their love of food. My name is Ryan Maiden, a freshman here at WVU. As a tried and true West Virginian, I grew up eating around a big table with all of my family reaching over one another to taste the amazing food my grandma brought to us. Despite this food usually being a different type of pasta or potato, I grew to love the feeling of togetherness that a good meal could bring into life. Now a college student myself, I have found that feeling in the 1 a.m. trips to Sheetz or after-class lunches at Tailpipes with my buddies, and though it’s nothing compared

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Meet Ryan, the DA’s food writer! to any of my grandma’s cooking, food still manages to be an integral part of my life. Here at WVU, students flock in droves to the Mountainlair and the Crossing to take advantage of some great and some not-so-great places to eat. We wait in 30-minute-long lines to eat at “Chick” or fork up dining dollars to get a box of fresh, handmade sushi. It’s amazing the time we spend as college students eating. In light of this time spent thinking about, finding and eating food, I have made it my job to bring to light some of the treasures we have in our own backyard. Over the rest of this year, I will be profiling local eateries to highlight the amazing food and drinks Morgantown has to offer. At the risk of sounding cliché, (but with no shame whatsoever) bon appétit!

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I’m sorry for driving here I’m sorry for driving here on sorority Bid Day. Wait, no I’m not. This is a road, made for cars, one of which I am currently in. Yes, I see you. How could I not with your glitter-covered hair and flashy outfits? You look great. I’m serious; you do. And I’m happy for you, this is YOUR day! Yes, I hear you. How could I not with your music blaring, screaming at the top of your lungs. I love the hype, I really do, and I will scream and sing with you. Like I said, this is YOUR day, and I’m happy for you! I love all of your cute outfits, artistic banners, catchy music and, most of all, the camaraderie I see among you all. In fact, I’m half tempted to join in just for the sake of how fun it looks! I also love my job, and I really wish I could get to it, but I can’t. You’re in the middle of the road. And I get it. Space is limited and this is a public street— you deserve to be here just as much as I do. I want you to have fun and take lots of

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Leftovers from 2019 sorority Bid Day. cute pics, in fact, I am actually looking forward to seeing them on Instagram and will probably give them all a “double tap.” Once again, this is YOUR day, not mine. But, this is MY street, too. So please don’t give me dirty looks, throw up your hands and get pissed at me for simply trying to go to work, which I am now five minutes late for. I’m sorry I had to rain on

your parade by driving my car on a road, OUR road. But please, spare yourselves the trouble of yelling at me, an innocent citizen, and just part yourselves like the Red Sea for 0.2 seconds, and then carry on. This is YOUR day, and I hope it goes as planned, if not better. Silly me for driving here and ruining all the fun.

Taziki’s should drop plastic foam To get a lid and straw at the Mountainlair and Evansdale Crossing Taziki’s, customers now have to specifically ask for them. This is a great way to prevent waste. Plastics account for 95 percent of the waste in the open sea, according to the World Wide Fund for Nature. Yet, despite this step in the right direction, Taziki’s is still using plastic foam for its cups and take out containers. While cheap, the amount of waste created by plastic foam alone is extraordinary. New York City banned certain plastic foam products several weeks ago. City officials said the 60 million pounds of styrofoam thrown away each year clogged up landfills and posed other environmental problems, according to ABC7 News. Taziki’s, as well as every restaurant on campus, should work to reduce plastic foam waste.

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A campus vaping ban is clumsy and counterproductive SUBMITTED BY JAY ZALESKI Smoking is terrible for one’s health, there is no doubt about this. Vaping isn’t good for one’s health either — but the difference between the two is massive. There is a strong medical consensus that vaping is better for one’s health than smoking, and that smokers would be better off to start vaping. This makes sense when one considers that vaping is essentially a different method of consuming nicotine — the addictive drug that has made smoking so pervasive. Yet, it doesn’t involve the tar and carcinogens that makes smoking so extraordinarily unhealthy. This doesn’t mean its toxin free, but that isn’t necessary for it to be a social good. When the Tobacco Free Task Force at WVU decided it wanted to ban vaping at the start of Fall 2019, a plan that will come up again during the Feb. 8 WVU Board of Governors meeting, it said it was merely expanding the definition of tobacco products to include e-cigarettes. But it ignores completely the differences between tobacco products — instead handing down a policy based on semantics, not public health. A smarter tobacco policy at WVU would recognize the difference between e-cigarettes and normal cigarettes, recognize the potential health benefits of the former and regulate them differently. We should be strict in our ban of cigarettes on campus, considering the extraordinary health concerns, and especially second-hand smoke. WVU staff should be permitted to confiscate cig-

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arettes from people found smoking on campus and take further action if they are repeatedly caught. However, the proposed website where students can file a complaint is excessive, even for regulating traditional smoking. Smoking on campus is simply too low-level of a violation to warrant “investigations,” as Rocco Fucillo, chairman of the task force, suggested there could be in a December DA article. This would only work if students recorded smokers and reported the footage — but we shouldn’t encourage this type of atmosphere at WVU. If students are concerned, they should ask the person to stop themselves. E-cigarettes should have some regulations to keep them from becoming distractions or bothersome to people around them. This can mostly be dealt with by the staff at WVU separately (libraries, residence halls, dining halls, Mountainlair, etc.). By having a stricter policy on cigarettes relative to e-cigarettes, WVU would recognize the substantial difference between the two, and encourage peo-

ple to shift to the harm minimizing practice. This would make for a healthier campus. But there is also a bigger question at play here. Fucillo called this a “cultural change” and merely said that he’s confident most students will be on board with it. But is it really appropriate for a University task force to dictate what the culture of WVU looks like? Especially when it gets so little democratic input from the student body itself. The Administration views itself more and more as a local government, with a role in policing the culture of WVU — not just running academics. But, at the same time, it is becoming more dismissive of the student body, and as a result, its policies are becoming more hamfisted and unwieldy. But there is also a bigger question at play here. Fucillo called this a “cultural change” and merely said that he’s confident most students will be on board with it. But is it really appropriate for a University task force to dictate what the culture of WVU looks like? Especially when it gets so little democratic input from the student body itself. The Administration views itself more and more as a local government, with a role in policing the culture of WVU – not just running academics. But, at the same time, it is becoming more dismissive of the student body, and as a result, its policies are becoming more hamfisted and unwieldy. Jay Zaleski is a senior economics student from Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. Zaleski is intending to run for Student Government Association president.

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Grier, Jennings shine in Senior Bowl BY JOHN LOWE SPORTS EDITOR

FOOTBALL It’s easy to say that West Virginia was well represented at the Senior Bowl. Will Grier, David Sills, David Long, Gary Jennings and Trevon Wesco were the five Mountaineers all playing in the 70th edition of the Senior Bowl, all representing Team South, led by San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan. Five WVU players in the Senior Bowl is the most in program history. Grier got the start under center for the South and made an immediate impact, finding South Carolina’s Deebo Samuel for 15 yards and a first down. A few plays later, Grier found another wide receiver from the West Virginia, Marshall’s Tyre Brady for 11 yards and another first down. Slippery Rock running back Wes Hills closed out the drive

with a couple of runs to get Team South down to the goal line and Temple’s Ryquell Armstead punched it in for a touchdown. On the next drive for Team South, Grier made another impression on the NFL scouts in attendance, finding Brady on an incomplete pass but got 28 yards off of a pass interference call. A couple of plays later, Grier scrambled to find Clemson’s Hunter Renfrow for 34 yards to set up a Team South field goal to put Shanahan’s team up 9-0, a score that would hold until the end of the first quarter. Grier would only see action in the first quarter, replaced by Washington State quarterback Gardner Minshew in the second quarter. He finished with four completions of eight passes for 61 yards. “It felt great to get out there and play,” Grier said to NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero. “I was just kind of settling in. It’s weird having to come out. I had a good time

and enjoyed it.” The Mountaineers’ wide receivers made their presence felt in the fourth quarter, starting with Jennings. On the first play of the final quarter, Buffalo quarterback Tyree Jackson found Jennings for a 54 yard reception. Two plays later, Jackson found Jennings again for a 10-yard touchdown pass. Those were Jennings’ only two receptions on the day, but he would still be Team South’s leading receiver with 64 yards and a touchdown. On the next Team South drive, Sills would get a catch from Jackson on a 13-yard catch. The drive would end in an interception. In the game’s final drive, the South would put together a scoring drive led primarily by West Virginia wide receivers. With two minutes left, Jackson found Wesco for 5 yards to set up a 24-yard Renfrow reception on the next play. Jackson found Wesco again a few plays later for seven yards to get the South

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Gary Jennings celebrates after a touchdown in the fourth quarter of the Senior Bowl. in the red zone. Wesco finished with two receptions for 12 yards. On the game’s final legitimate play, Jackson found Sills for his last touchdown with a West Virginia helmet on from 15 yards out. Sills finished with two receptions for 28 yards and that score.

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Will Grier throws a pass for Team South during the first half of the Senior Bowl in Mobile, Alabama, on Saturday. Team North, led by Oakland Raiders coach Jon Gruden, would take the win over the South, 34-24. Grier, Jennings, Sills, Wesco and Long, along with other departing WVU football players, will have two

more chances to show off their skills before the NFL Draft, starting with the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis in late February and early March and then with WVU’s Pro Day, likely taking place in late March or early April.

Mountaineers reliant on a mix of contributors BY QUINN BURKITT SPORTS WRITER

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL In a successful season headlined by injuries and a lack of depth, the West Virginia women’s basketball team hopes to reach their fifth NCAA tournament appearance in the past seven years behind a mix of freshmen phenoms and veteran contributors. With an ankle injury continuing to sideline senior guard Katrina Pardee, the Mountaineers will rely on a mix of freshmen and veterans to step up and lead West Virginia to March.

Freshmen Kari Niblack, Madisen Smith and Jala Jordan have all impressed throughout their freshman campaigns. Niblack leads the freshmen in scoring with 9.2 points per game, followed by Smith with 6.8 points per game and Jordan with 1.7 points per game. Although the Mountaineers hold a strong freshman class, veteran leaders Tynice Martin, Naomi Davenport and Lucky Rudd continue to lead West Virginia in points scored with 17.2, 13.8 and 9.8 points per game, respectively. With a solid mix of freshmen and veteran players, head coach Mike Carey believes his team is doing exactly what they need to do to be successful. “I just think [you] give the credit to the players. Give the

credit to the players," Carey said. "It's not like we're really practicing hard right now because we really can't practice hard right now. They're staying focused, and they're coming out and giving everything they have. I'm very proud of them. It takes a lot of heart to do what they're doing right now.” The ability to not practice as hard is mainly due to the lack of depth Carey’s team carries with them and the risk of injury he can’t surrender. The ability to not practice as hard may also be due to the fact that the eight players Carey has to work with have all averaged double-digit minutes per game. Davenport leads the Mountaineers in minutes with 32.7, while senior Theresa Ekhelar holds the lowest dou-

ble-digit minutes per game at 19.8 minutes. Besides the sidelined Pardee, the lone player on the Mountaineers’ squad who has truly gotten a taste of the NCAA Tournament as a Mountaineer is Martin who, in 2016-17, led the team in scoring with 18.6 points per game. That season, the Mountaineers exited the tournament with an ugly defeat against No. 4 Maryland in College Park, 83-56. Since then, Carey has had to deal with two of his most key players going down with injuries for a whole season (Martin) and a majority of the season (Pardee). "We've seen it for two years. People get hurt, and you just don't have the numbers," Carey said.

"It's not like we're really practicing hard right now because we really can't practice hard right now. They're staying focused, and they're coming out and giving everything they have. I'm very proud of them. It takes a lot of heart to do what they're doing right now.” - Mike Carey, women’s basketball head coach Perhaps the injury bug isn’t the thing everyone should be focusing on but instead how Carey, as well as his mix of veterans and freshmen, have been able to go 74-33 since 2015. Sitting at 14-5 overall and 5-3 in Big 12 action, West Virginia hopes to close out their

final ten matchups on a high note. The toughest tests remaining will be on Jan. 28 when the Mountaineers travel to take on the Longhorns in Austin, Texas, and then when Baylor visits WVU Coliseum on Mar. 4 to wrap up regular season play.

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WVU tops GW, Kent State in tri-meet BY COLE MCCLANAHAN ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR

GYMNASTICS The West Virginia gymnastics team picked up a pair of wins in its home opener on Sunday as they beat the George Washington Colonials and the Kent State Golden Flashes in a tri-meet. WVU (8-2) posted a 194.925 score to come in first place in the meet, while Kent State came in second with a score of 194.45 and George Washington was third at 194.125. The Mountaineers were successful early in the meet as they won the vault with a score of 48.875, their second-highest vault score of the season. WVU was led by senior Kirah Koshinski’s 9.90 average to defeat the Colonials and Golden Flashes in the event. Koshinski didn’t only help West Virginia in the vault, though, as she again posted a 9.90 average on the floor to lead the Mountaineers to victory. West Virginia scored the highest total of any team in any event on the floor when they out-scored the Golden Flashes and Colonials 49.250-48.675 and 49.25048.750, respectively. “Our floor lineup is amazing and nationally ranked,” WVU head coach Jason Butts said. “I knew we could make up some tenths on that event. They turned in some amazing performances – all six of them – to give us this win.” Although the Mountaineers were able to secure victories on vault and floor, they were unable to win on bars or beams, both of which were won by Kent State. WVU came in last for bars at 48.525, behind the Golden Flashes’ meet-leading 48.850 and the Colonials’ 48.625. After their last-place fin-

ish on bars, though, the Mountaineers were able to make up some ground with a second-place finish on the beam. Kent State won on the beam with a final score of 48.525, but West Virginia trailed with their score of 48.275. Despite having a second and third-place finish, the Mountaineers were still able to pull out a pair of wins for the meet, and now prepare to continue their conference schedule. “Today was great,” Butts said. “We were a little tentative, which surprised me a bit, but once we got on a roll we got going. There were still some little mistakes, so we need to come out next weekend and not be as tentative. It’s always good to get the nerves out of the way and get a win at home.” West Virginia remains at home for their next meet, a tri-meet against Big 12 opponents Denver and Iowa State, which is set for 7 p.m on Saturday.

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WVU’s Zach Moore battles with an Oklahoma State wrestler on Jan. 18.

Wrestling team falls to Wyoming BY CHARLES MONTGOMERY CORRESPONDENT

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West Virginia traveled to Laramie, Wyoming, on Sunday to take on 11th-ranked Wyoming. The Mountaineers struggled throughout the afternoon and lost 33-15. The loss dropped West Virginia to 4-12 on the season with two matches remaining. It didn’t take long for Wyoming to send the Mountaineers home Sunday as the match lasted less than an hour. Wyoming won a match by forfeit and both of the ranked-versus-ranked bouts. Only three West Virginia wrestlers won their matches. Zach Moore and Noah Adams each won 6-0, while Christian Monserrat won 3-0. James Wujek and Jackson Moomau both continued their struggles from Friday night, each losing 6-0. Arguably the most highly anticipated match of the evening was when Nick Kiussis and Branson Ashworth

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battled at 165 pounds. Ashworth won the match by decision, 2-0, to add three points to Wyoming’s total. It was a tough loss for Kiussis, who, according to Intermat, is ranked No. 19 in the nation in the 165 pound weight class. “We are getting better,” WVU head coach Tim Flynn said. “Noah had a big win today, and Christian and Zach also wrestled really well. We are excited to come back home and wrestle in front of Mountaineer Nation at the Coliseum on Friday.” With this win, the Cowboys have won eight straight. Five of those victories have come by double-digit points. West Virginia has had a tough season, as Wyoming was the tenth-ranked team that they have faced. The loss against Wyoming dropped WVU’s record to 0-10 against ranked teams this season as well. West Virginia returns home this Friday as they host their final home match of the year against Army. It will be Senior Night for Joe Wheeling and Christian Monserrat. The match is scheduled to start at 8 p.m. at the Coliseum.

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Poor offense leading to poor defense for WVU “They kind of started off slow, we were hot, but the tides kind of changed and we went kind of stagnant, and they were just getting everything they wanted. We didn’t take anything away.” - Esa Ahmad, senior forward for WVU

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MEN’S BASKETBALL After their emotional and much needed win over then No. 7 Kansas, the West Virginia men’s basketball team has suffered back-to-back disappointing losses. The two losses, at home to Baylor and on the road against No. 1 Tennessee, both saw the Mountaineers struggle to run offense and create any scoring chances. West Virginia had severe scoring droughts in the first half of both games, an eight-minute field goal drought against Baylor, and they scored only two points in the final 11 minutes against Tennessee, creating insurmountable leads that led to the losses. In both games, the Mountaineers became lethargic on offense despite having early success. WVU’s passing worsened as each game went on, and the Mountaineers were unable to make shots or score because of it. “I think the main thing was

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Senior forward Esa Ahmad passes to freshman guard Jordan McCabe during WVU’s loss to Tennessee on Jan. 26. we just had a hard time scoring,” said junior guard Chase Harler following WVU’s loss to Tennessee. “We were running stuff early and getting good looks out of it, and then kinda got away from it and

kinda got comfortable within the offense instead of being mentally tough enough to continue running it.” The Mountaineers lost intensity while running their offense against Tennessee

and, as a result, the Volunteers were able to get back in the game and finish the first half on a 24-2 run. As West Virginia struggled to execute plays on offense against both Baylor and Ten-

nessee, it led to a loss in momentum and a struggle on the defensive end as well. “They started hitting shots,” said senior forward Esa Ahmad about Tennessee. “They kind of started off slow, we were hot, but the tides kind of changed and we went kind of stagnant, and they were just getting everything they wanted. We didn’t take anything away.” West Virginia has fed so much off the energy and quality play it creates from its offense this season that when it goes on those scoring lapses, it’s unable to perform on the other end of court as well. Having its defensive play be that dependent on offensive output has lost the last two games for WVU, and it’s new territory for the veterans on the team, such as Harler

and Ahmad. “During that scoring drought, we really didn’t play any defense either,” Harler said on WVU’s more than nine-minute scoring drought against Tennessee. “My first two years here with JC [Jevon Carter], Dax [Daxter Miles Jr.], Tarik [Phillip] and Tey [Teyvon Myers], we’d have scoring droughts, but at the same time, the other team wasn’t scoring.” West Virginia needs to get back to its old ways of getting defensive stops regardless of how it’s playing on offense if it has any hope of postseason play. Otherwise, the losses will continue to mount for the Mountaineers, and their season could end at the Big 12 Tournament.

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