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Doll display ‘not one of intended black face,’ WVU says

BY DOUGLAS SOULE EDITORINCHIEF A WVU investigation into its chapter of Alpha Phi after an allegation of a black-faced doll seen in the sorority house determined that the doll displayed was “not one of intended black face,” according to a University news release.

The University initially received a complaint that a black-faced doll was found hanging in the Alpha Phi sorority house. University officials held a meeting that evening with more than 100 members to discuss the incident, according to the release, which was sent to the DA on Sunday night.

The University deemed the incident one of impact rather than intent, according to the release.

On Friday, WVU and the local chapter reached an agreed resolution that lifted an interim suspension that had been placed on the sorority after the complaint was received.

It was agreed that the chapter would participate in the following, according to the release: •Various awareness trainings, including microaggression, implicit bias and race •Community service each semester through the end of the 2019-20 academic year • Regular meetings with the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life.

The Alpha Phi national executive office is conducting its own investigation, according to the release. The office added the requirement that the chapter conduct a mandatory bystander workshop.

Dakotah Lindsay, director of marketing and communications for the international sorority, sent the DA a statement on Saturday that said the WVU chapter had been placed “under immediate suspension based on

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Someone wearing a shirt labeled with WVU’s chapter of Alpha Phi holding a baby doll with a blackened face. This person’s features have been blurred by the DA.

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A baby doll with a blackened face hanging from a ceiling by the neck. the highly inappropriate action from some members.”

“Regardless of their intention, these young women expressed disregard for the racist nature of their behavior, and they are no longer members of Alpha Phi,” Lindsay wrote.

However, WVU spokesman John Bolt said on Sunday night that the University has no indication that anyone has been dismissed from the chapter due to this incident.

Lindsay’s statement came after the DA emailed the international sorority three images it obtained of a baby doll with a blackened face.

One picture shows the doll being held by someone wearing a shirt labeled with WVU’s chapter of Alpha Phi. Two images show a doll with the same

clothing as the other picture hanging from the ceiling by its neck.

Lindsay did not respond to additional requests for information by publication.

WVU’s chapter of Alpha Phi did not respond to a request for information by publication.

A walkthrough of the timeline On Feb. 12, the DA first reported that Alpha Phi had been placed on interim suspension.

“We are aware of a concerning incident that did not involve physical harm to any individual at Alpha Phi sorority and we are conducting an investigation into the events,” Bolt wrote in an email the next day. “The sorority has been placed on interim suspension pending the outcome of the investigation.”

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By Feb. 17, there was still no new information provided about the incident.

“I double checked and nothing new at this point on Alpha Phi,” April Kaull, a WVU spokesperson, wrote.

The international sorority did not respond to requests for information beginning on Feb. 13 until Saturday evening, when the doll images were emailed to the international sorority by the DA and information about them asked for.

A Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request sent to the University for information about the Alpha Phi suspension was denied on Feb. 22 because “subject matter concerning on-going student and/or employee investigations are exempt at this time,” according to the WVU FOIA officer.

On Saturday, the DA reported the status of the chapter had been changed from “Interim Suspension of Recognition pending Investigation” to “Recognized- Educational Measures Required due to violations of the Student Conduct Code” on the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life website.

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SGA Presidential tickets announced as polls open Tuesday It is SGA election week.

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• Three pairs of presidential and vice presidential candidates, 24 Senate candidates and one athletic senate candidate have filed to run and have been proved by the SGA Elections Committee.

• Mountainlair (Tuesday - Wednesday) • Rec Center (Tuesday - Wednesday) • Health Sciences Center on Tuesday • College of Law on Wednesday • Polls are open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

• One pair of presidential and vice presidential candidates will be elected, and 15 Senators will be elected total.

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Campus carry bill introduced in Senate, final week of session starts Monday

BY JOE SEVERINO NEWS EDITOR With one week remaining in the legislative session, the campus carry bill is now in the hands of the West Virginia Senate after the House of Delegates advanced the bill late last Wednesday.

“The Campus Self Defense Act” was introduced in the Senate last Friday. But before going to the floor for a full vote, the bill must pass both the Senate Judiciary and Finance committees.

WVU Vice President for Strategic Initiatives Rob Alsop said in an interview Thursday that the bill has backing in the Senate and it likely has the votes to pass it.

“I think there’s a lot of sup-

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WVU Vice President for Strategic Initiatives Rob Alsop. port for it,” Alsop said.

The bill might also have bipartisan support, Alsop said.

He said he did not want to get into the prediction game, but “my suspicion is there are some Democrats that will vote yes, and they’ll be a lot of Re-

publicans that vote yes.”

The Senate is currently made up of 20 Republicans and 14 Democrats.

Sen. Corey Palumbo, D-Kanawha, said last Thursday that “the Senate is going to get our chance to reclaim our place as the more rational body,” when referring to the highly-emotional debate in the House over the campus carry bill the night before, according to the Charleston Gazette-Mail.

Alsop said he hasn’t received much word from the Senate about the campus carry bill, and that WVU put more emphasis on working with the House to work on particular exemptions and amendments.

He added that senators probably wanted to wait until the bill actually passed before going to work on it.

“A lot of our time has been focused on the House. We have spoken with Senate leaders; I haven’t heard specifically from any Senators about any particular amendments or subject matter areas moving forward,” he said.

“Just like we were engaged with House leadership, we will be engaged with Senate leadership on the legislation,” he added.

Before the House voted 5941 to send the bill to the Senate, lawmakers voted on a series of amendments, including 10 or 11 sponsored by House Judiciary Chairman John Shott, R-Mercer, the most outspoken Republican opponent of the bill. All but one were rejected.

Delegates traded jabs throughout the process, accusing legislators for blindly

following NRA guidelines and doubting that colleges would accurately report gun statistics.

And for a brief moment last Wednesday, the campus carry bill was dead. The House Rules Committee voted Wednesday morning to not let the bill go to the floor for a vote, but later that evening the same committee voted to send it to the floor.

“I think everybody was surprised,” Alsop said about the vote. “Everybody we had talked to were not anticipating that the Rules Committee would move it to inactive calendar.”

Alsop said the University did have a feeling, however, the bill would resurface.

“We thought that the advocates for the bill would try to find some way to dislodge it or convince others to move it back to the active calendar, which is

what ended up happening,” he said.

He said the supporters of the bill voted against most of Shott’s amendments because they thought some of them would undo the major policy purposes of the bill.

“The overall tenure was that it would have broadened the legislation beyond what the supporters of the bill were willing to go,” Alsop said.

But he said the 12 exemptions that were included in the bill were the product of WVU and the supporters of the bill working together.

“Those are a direct result of University leadership expressing its concerns about the legislation and the supporters of the bill being willing to accommodate our concerns about the bill,” he said.

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SGA works with members of Congress during trip to nation’s capital

BY GABRIELLA BROWN AND IRELEND VISCOUNT STAFF WRITERS After an eventful week in Washington D.C., members of the West Virginia University Student Government Association returned home from the Big 12 on the Hill Conference.

“There are two Big 12 trips every year, and one is Big 12 on the Hill, which we just got back from,” SGA President Isaac Obioma said. “We go there and lobby for specific causes that we find to be important.”

This year, SGA chose to discuss mental health awareness, the higher education legislation and sexual assault issues on campus.

The organization was able to present their ideas to West Virginia and other national government officials, including Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W. Va., which SGA Chief of Staff Bryan Phillips said was good experience for the group.

“It’s great training to be able to interact with lawmakers and advocate for students,” he said.

“We met with chief of staffs, legislative directors, [members of Congress].”

Obioma said he believes

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SGA Vice President Abbi Yachini and President Isaac Obioma pose with Sen. Joe Manchin.

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Pictured left to right: Sydney Luther, Brooke Hirst, Abbi Yachini, Isaac Obioma, Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, Aishwarya Vijay, Bryan Phillips, Thanh Le and Roark Sizemore. visiting this conference does make a big difference and hopes to see important changes in policies be put into place.

“I think it is something that has a real impact when you bring up important issues,” Obioma said. “I think our of-

ficials genuinely care and listen, and hopefully that translates later to real policies being put in place to initiate change.”

Specifically, Obioma said he hopes to see more funding going toward the issues they chose to discuss at the conference.

“We are hoping to see more funding being put into mental health awareness and programs on college campuses,” he said. “We are also hoping to see more money put into our Title IX offices.”

Phillips said one of the things he found most benefi-

cial for attending these meetings are creating relationships with students at other Big 12 schools and looking at how they conduct their government. “[We are] forging partnerships with other Big 12 schools, and it’s good to see what everyone else is doing and to make sure our practices are the best,” he said.

Although Obioma believes big changes will come from the conference, he also believes these changes don’t have to be handled strictly by

SGA. “A lot of people tend to think because they aren’t involved in SGA or just aren’t more aware about politics, they can’t get involved in this process, but that is not true,” Obioma said. “At the end of the day you simply can get in front of your elected officials, call them and email them.”

Last Thursday, when SGA came back from Washington, they had a meeting to discuss constitutional changes, Phillips said.

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Meet Timmy Eads, the 2019-2020 Mountaineer

BY RACHEL JOHNSON ASSISTANT CULTURE EDITOR Timmy Eads, a sophomore public relations student from Buffalo, West Virginia, has been named the new Mountaineer.

“During my time as the Mountaineer, I hope to share my pride and love for both the University and state with the great people that I meet throughout the year. With that being said, I also look forward to hearing from those I meet as well,” Eads said.

Eads hopes to bring passion and pride to WVU. Currently, Eads serves as the alternate Mountaineer with Trevor Kiess serving as the current Mountaineer.

“I’ve learned so much from Trevor during my time as the alternate. He has definitely been one of my greatest role models throughout the year. From watching him in the buckskins to talking with him and asking him questions, he has always been someone I could look up to and learn how to truly be a Mountaineer,” Eads said.

Eads said his family and friends are just as excited as he is for him to be the Mountaineer.

“The town of Buffalo has had

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Timmy Eads celebrates being named the 2019-2020 Mountaineer. my back every step of the way.

Growing up in a small town, the community watches you grow up and everyone truly wants to see you succeed and reach your goals,” Eads said.

Eads is no stranger to the concept of embracing Appala-

chian culture. He grew up with a background in agriculture and interns with the WVU Extension Service Small Farm Center.

“West Virginia is a state where agriculture is very popular, and I truly believe there is a future in the field for this state.

By being involved in the agricultural field, I feel that it has better prepared me in so many ways for both the Mountaineer position and for my life in general.

My involvement with [the Future Farmers of America] really laid the groundwork for lead-

ership, public speaking and so much more,” Eads said.

Along with being an intern with WVU extension, Eads also serves on the Mountaineer Mmaniacs executive board, WVU Collegiate Farm Bureau, and he is a presidential student

ambassador.

Eads credits his decision to major in strategic communications to his days in FFA. “Although Strat Comm isn’t specifically an agricultural field, there were many things I learned in the FFA that helped me realize that it was the right major of study for me. Through multiple competitions in marketing, business and public speaking, I saw that public relations was something I enjoyed and I felt I could thrive in,” Eads said.

After graduation, he plans to pursue graduate school at WVU. While being the Mountaineer is a huge time commitment and a tremendous amount of work, it is not without its benefits. The position comes with perks such as a tuition waiver, a parking pass and a stipend.

“The biggest perk of being the Mountaineer is the opportunity to represent Mountaineers all across the nation on a daily basis,” Eads said.

He hopes that next year’s students will respond to him in a positive manner. Eads said he is looking forward to leading students at sporting events and interacting with them around campus.

Dancers shimmy their way to the mirror ball trophy

BY CODY NESPOR CULTURE EDITOR The Mountianlair ballroom turned into a lively, competitive dancefloor for WVU’s annual Dancing with our Mountaineer Stars this Saturday night.

The friendly dance-off brought many people out to the Mountainlair, the ballroom was overflowing with people waiting to see the dancers take their place on the dancefloor and put on a show.

Though the competition was fierce with 16 teams, only one team would shimmy their way to first place to grab the mirror ball trophy. However, the couples also competed for first and second runners-up, the People’s Choice award and the Most Humorous award.

At the end of the night, after a night full of energetic, hilarious and groovy performances, they all lined up on the dancefloor. Some couple were handin-hand, while others were nervously laughing, awaiting the results.

It was announced that Sierra Davis, a former member of the WVU Hip Hop Club and her partner Anderson Small,

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Ashton Marra was all smiles on Saturday.

Winners Sierra Davis and Anderson Small posing for a picture after Dancing with the Mountaineer Stars on Saturday.

a current member of the Hip Hop Club, had taken first place.

“I was so surprised,” Small said in an email. “I kept telling Sierra, let’s just be ourselves and have fun, and we ended up winning. I’m just happy I got to perform with Sierra and dance to Michael Jackson.”

Though not every team ended the night with an award, one of the contestants was

thrilled to be there.

“It was amazing,” contestant Anthony Kist, Marketing and Communications Graduate Assistant said. “It was a packed house tonight. It brings out the community.”

For eight years, the American Red Cross and Dancing with Our Mountaineer Stars have worked together to col-

lect blood donations. Each week leading up to the dance off, a blood drive is held.

“This year, we collected 65 units of blood to help save over 190 lives, which is incredible,” Red Cross representative Lauren Thomas said.

All teams were encouraged to donate. The team with the most blood donated in their

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Second runners up Hunter Trowbridge and Trevor Kiess busting a move. name received a prize.

“It’s all for a great cause, but we were out of town and couldn’t donate,” Isaac Obioma, competitor and SGA president, said. “We texted all our friends and told them to come donate blood. Hopefully they did.”

“The whole point is to get blood donated to the American Red Cross, and they ac-

complished that and they do every year,” tabulator Jennifer Watkins said. “It’s a huge thing for our community, too. Every couple that is competing, when they have friends donate, and say I’m donating in support of this couple, then that couple gets extra points for their dance. So the final scores are affected a little bit by the blood drive.”

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Morgantown’s next underground arts scene

BY KRISTEN MOHAMMADI STAFF WRITER Author and filmmaker Ezra Mars turned his Morgantown home into an open mic night where 15 writers from across the state read their work for his jam-packed audience.

This event kicked off Friday, Feb. 22, and was Mars’ first house show in Morgantown.

Despite this being his very first show, the event was at maximum capacity.

“For a bit, I was worried that not everyone would fit in the space, but it worked out,” Mars said. “There was at least 70-ish people who made it out, more than I anticipated, but it was a great turnout and everyone was supportive and responsive to the readings.”

In the attic of his home stood a single chair in the front of the room that served as a stage.

Bustling laughs and some somber tones illuminated the room. The readings were very personal and raw—some sad, some funny. The readers consisted of people from The Travelin’ Appalachians Revue, seasoned open mic poets and some who had never read be-

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Fifteen writers from across the state met for an open mic night on Friday, Feb 22. The artists read in front of around 70 people. fore a crowd.

“I think doing it in a house makes it more intimate and puts a sense of trust in the people that come through and that

he’s inviting,” Lou Richardson, student supervisor of the West Virginia University Art Museum, said. “ It felt very loving being at his house.”

Mars, who is from Morgantown, drew inspiration for Eraser Haus, the name of his show, from his years in Chicago where he attended Co-

lumbia University and went to many DIY Houses. Upon moving back to Morgantown, he knew he had to use his space as a haven for artists to immerse

into an art-driven community.

“Growing up here and not really being part of the arts scene until after arts school, I really want to make sure that I can give back to the arts community in any way that I can,” Mars said. “That isn’t just me going around reading my poems.”

Mars plans to host an art show once a month catering to different genres of art such as visual artists, musicians and vintage fashion venders. He also plans on doing a weekly workshop for artists to meet and assess their work with others in the community.

“I have high hopes for Eraser Haus, and it’s not even the space. It’s really just the collective that I can be anywhere, and I can make a space for artists to thrive in the community and just be a part of it,“ Mars said.

Mars released three poem books this year that all sold out within a short period time. His next book of poems features photography from West Virginia University student Emily Dodson and should be released within the next month, Mars confirmed.

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SGA’s fish rots from the head down SUBMITTED BY RILEY KEATON JUNIOR ECONOMICS STUDENT I hoped for, though did not expect, better from the SGA Administration led by the only President in recent memory convicted of outright election fraud. Recent events have rendered that optimism clearly misplaced.

For those unfamiliar with the culture of corruption permeating the SGA, allow me to bring you up to speed on the history.

While preparing his run for President, Isaac Obioma disregarded the rulings of the Elections Chair and defrauded the signature process – the means by which candidates qualify for the ballot. After committing multiple offenses, the Elections Chair asked if he had defrauded the signature process more than once. He lied to her and was then convicted by the Judicial Board for seeking to “corrupt and undermine our system of elections.”

If the lying and election

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Riley Keaton fraud weren’t corrupt enough, let’s dive deeper into the circumstances surrounding that hearing. Earlier in the school year, the law school had attempted to defraud the SGA of thousands of dollars to cover the cost of their Barrister’s Ball. The SGA rejected the scheme and clarified their rules to prevent it. Mr. Stephen Scott, a law student recently named Mr. Mountaineer, agreed to represent Isaac Obioma at the judicial hear-

ing. What was Obioma’s first real move as President? He proposed and passed a constitutional amendment providing the law school two voting members on the SGA. There’s an old saying that should have foreshadowed the petty corruption of the Obioma Administration: the fish rots from the head down.

A brief overview of the Elections Committee sheds some light on just how bad off this election might be. The Elections Committee consists of Obioma-appointed Elections Chair Stephen Treadway, Obioma-appointed Attorney General Miguel Fortney-Henriquez, Obioma’s Vice President Abbi Yachini, Obioma-appointed Chief of Staff Bryan Phillips, former Obioma-appointed Elections Chair Brooke Hirst, Obioma-appointee Sydney Luther and College Representative Vinnie Amato.

The naked pettiness, partiality and corruption of the elections process administered by President Obioma has shined through.

John Zaleski and Mikalaa Martin were the only two an-

nounced pre-candidates for President. Zaleski and Martin were both candidates on tickets that opposed Obioma’s Unity Ticket. Kate Dye, a member of the Unity ticket, announced her intention to take part in this year’s SGA election as a presidential candidate.

Upon Dye’s announcement, Obioma-appointed Elections Chair Stephen Treadway submitted an elections complaint to himself alleging that the Zaleski and Martin campaigns had violated the elections code by giving interviews to the DA about issues on campus.

There is an investigation process to be followed by the Elections Chair, including providing the complaint to the Zaleski and Martin campaigns.

A respectable investigations process was cast aside in favor of rogue electioneering by the Elections Committee.

Instead of supplying the complaint to the Zaleski campaign, the Obioma-appointed Elections Chair leaked information about an ongoing investigation to the Daily Athenaeum in the context of trying

to censor the article in which the Zaleski and Martin teams provide their views on campus issues and don’t ask for a single vote.

The outcome desired by the Obioma-appointed Elections Chair, possibly triggered by the entry of a third candidate associated the former Obioma campaign, was to 1) censor the DA article on two precandidates and 2) leak the existence of elections complaints against the Zaleski and Martin campaigns to the press, consequently generating a negative news story.

This sort of rogue electioneering on the part of the Obioma-appointed Elections Chair is in clear violation of every student’s right to a fair and impartial election.

The story, however, gets worse. The Obioma-appointed Elections Chair did not act alone.

Fortney-Henriquez, the SGA Attorney General appointed by convicted election fraudster Isaac Obioma, announced to the DA that it was he who actually *wrote* the email pushing censorship

on the DA and leaking the details of an ongoing elections violation investigation. The Obioma-appointed Elections Chair colluded with the Obioma-appointed Attorney General, who is also a member of the Elections Committee, to corrupt and undermine our SGA election.

With this admission of collusion and egregious breach in the election’s integrity rendering dismissal or resignation, the only viable remedy for the Elections Chair and Attorney General, the only question left to answer is this: What did Isaac Obioma know about his senior elections officials planning to do to corrupt and undermine the upcoming election and when did he know it?

The naked corruption – coupled with the crippling incompetence commonplace in this SGA – is too much to bear. This week, elect an SGA to topple the status quo. Elect a President with vision and integrity. If we don’t, the fish will rot from the head down.

Fact-checking Keaton’s ‘fishy’ claims

BY ISAAC OBIOMA SGA PRESIDENT In the words of Kendrick Lamar, “I’m mad, but I ain’t stressing.”

I’m not here to grandstand or anything, so I will get straight to the point.

I ran against Riley Keaton in an SGA election, and since his defeat, he has gone out of his way to attempt to discount any achievement and/ or progress my administration has made. However, his allegations are clearly from a place of hatred and a general lack of knowledge. I am also not interested in giving him the “political fight” he clearly wants, but I believe it is important that people know the truth.

Let’s take a look at Riley’s claims and break them down in a way that is clear and factual.

First, I was found guilty of violating our elections code.

You can find the full story posted here: http://www.thedaonline.com/news/sga-presi d e nt i a l - c a n d i d at e -p u n ished-by-judicial-cour t/ article_6514116c-20c7-11e88838-e3136aa58857.html.

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Isaac Obioma However this was based off a misunderstanding, one in which I take full responsibility. This also took place prior to campaigning and played no role in Unity’s sweeping victory. The students heard our story and voted us in. Even after this article was blasted out, we beat our opposition fair and square, leading by a substantial amount, and anyone who tells you that Unity won based off anything other than our platform and quality of campaigning is lying to you.

Second, have I appointed a biased elections committee?

The elections committee has

always been appointed by the sitting administration, as established by precedent. After confirming with the past three administrations (MADD, Forward, Let’s Talk), every single one of their chosen elections chairs have been appointed internally. This year, Student Engagement and Leadership recommended Steven Treadway’s appointment, as the current elections code requires (a decision made by the administration Riley served on last year). I decided to recommend Steven to the Assembly because I believe he is fully competent of the job and has the ability to remain impartial.

What Riley fails to mention is that I actually ran against him in the previous election.

Treadway, the current elections chair and Chief Operations Officer, had enough drive and respect for the student body and the future of SGA to continue being part of the association after losing the election - this respectful doing is something that Riley and many of his team members chose not to do after an invitation was extended. Other than the appointments to election committee, I have been

completely absent from the elections process.

Third, the accusation that I expanded our assembly to include law school representation as a favor to one law student is arguably the farthest reach in his claims. As a vital part of this University and the only law school in the state, law students deserve to be represented in SGA, and I will not apologize for giving them a seat at the table. The addition of law school representation to the Assembly was not sparked by any motive to acquire larger grant funding. In regard to the law school’s “attempt to defraud the SGA”, Keaton is well aware that these two events occurred in different administrations, one that he was a part of, and his attempt to conflate the two is an active attempt to mislead the public. In fact, the multi-organizational grant tier was a bylaws provision proposed and passed by the Humphrey-Smith administration to prevent this scheme and happened before any law students took their seat on the assembly during the Obioma-Yachini administration. SGA did award a grant to Law School organizations on December 5, 2018

on Financial Bill 2018-17 (Title V) for their annual Barrister’s Ball under the specially considered, multi-organizational grant tier to include the Class of 2021, 2020, and 2019 and the Student Bar Association.

Unlike the debate that surrounded Law School organizations’ grant application under the Humphrey Smith administration, their grant application under the Obioma-Yachini administration passed smoothly through the Bureau of Finance and then the Student Assembly.

All in all, let me assure everyone that I am not attempting to bend the election to my will. To be perfectly transparent, elections stress me out, and I have chosen to stay away. The Realists have laid out a plan that include a tutoring marketplace, Focus has laid out a plan to continue efforts on pedestrian safety and SGA accountability, and Connect has made it clear they will prioritize service and sustainability. I’m telling every student to look into each group and make the decision they think is best. Whoever wins will have my full support, and I will remain at their disposal

to make the transition as easy as possible as my predecessors did for me.

As Student Body President, I make it a point to meet with my biggest critics because I believe they add value. After slamming me online, Keaton agreed to meet up with me, his tone wasn’t the same as the “tough politician” routine on social media. I tried to see if he could offer any means to achieving the goals he believed I should be meeting.

He couldn’t offer much more than “give the University a PR nightmare” to achieve change.

As a proud Mountaineer and someone who has now been advocating for students in every area of this University since I stepped foot on this campus, this is something I cannot stand behind but will agree to disagree on, and let’s be clear that Riley’s article is an attempt to confuse the public and fulfill his agenda.

It insults the intelligence of our student body.

In closing let me say to Mr. Keaton, don’t publish falsehoods in order to besmirch my character and our hard work. I will fact-check you.

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Huggins praised for crafting people, not just basketball players

BY JARED SERRE ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR

MEN’S BASKETBALL Despite his intense and aggressive demeanor on the court, West Virginia men’s basketball coach Bob Huggins is more than a strong basketball mind. Just ask his players.

Darryl “Truck” Bryant played under Huggins as a guard at West Virginia from 2009 to 2012.

“It’s funny because everybody thinks that he’s this and he’s that—whatever they think,” Bryant said in a phone interview. “The one thing I will tell you is, of course, he’s hard on you on the court for sure—court, practice, games, everything.

Something that people don’t know about him is that he’s one hell of a guy—one hell of a guy—and will do anything for any one of his players.”

The notion that Huggins is a “player’s coach” is understandable, considering that he was once a player himself.

Huggins played the guard position for the Mountaineers under then-head coach Joedy Gardner from 1975-77.

Huggins kicked off his coaching career in the 197778 season as a graduate assistant under Gardner after his playing days were over.

Following a stint as an assistant coach at Ohio State, his head coaching career began when he was tapped to lead the then-Walsh College Cavaliers in the 1980-81 season.

After three seasons at Walsh and a season as an assistant at Central Florida, Huggins was hired as head coach at the University of Akron in 1984. Since then, he has made stops at Cincinnati and Kansas State—writing his name into head coaching record books in the process.

When then-Mountaineers coach John Beilein departed Morgantown for the University of Michigan following

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James Bolden making his way down the court to try and find an open teammate. the 2006-07 season, Huggins jumped at the opportunity to work as the head coach of his alma mater.

In order to pick up the success Beilein left behind, Huggins had to hit the recruiting trail. As a part of the 2008 recruiting class, Huggins’ first at WVU, Bryant was one of the first players that Huggins recruited upon his return to West Virginia. Also a member of that recruiting class was Kevin Jones, a forward who also donned the gold and blue from 2009 to 2012.

While at WVU, Bryant and Jones were a part of a team that won 94 games over four seasons. The success of the program during the 2009-10 season—statistically, one of the most successful seasons in program history—led to an appearance in the 2010

Final Four.

“The experience was great, I enjoyed every single minute of it,” Jones said about his time playing for the Mountaineers. “The big games, obviously, our Big East championship run, and our NCAA Final Four run was great. All of the times playing in [Madison Square] Garden were great. I just have a whole bunch of experiences from there that I’ll never forget.”

After graduation, both Bryant and Jones departed for professional careers overseas. While Huggins may have no longer been their head coach, the relationships that he develops and keeps with his players make him more than just a basketball figure in their lives.

Bryant said that he speaks to Huggins multiple times

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West Virginia coach Bob Huggins smiles at his players during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Iowa State Saturday. during the season and hangs out at his house when he returns to Morgantown while Jones, who lives in Morgantown when he is not playing professionally, sees Huggins on a weekly basis.

“That relationship now is like a father-son thing — not even a coach-player thing anymore,” Bryant said, despite not having suited up for the Mountaineers in seven seasons. “Sometimes we talk about basketball, but most of the time we don’t. We just hang out.”

Huggins attributes his mantra of caring about the person first and the player second to his upbringing.

“It’s how I was raised,” Huggins said. “It’s sort of like

Christmas, you know what I mean? I get a whole lot more fun out of opening presents when I give them than when I open the presents that they gave me. I think it’s more fun to give than receive.”

Now in his 12th season at the helm of the Mountaineers, more than 100 players have run out of the tunnel and taken to the court at the WVU Coliseum under Huggins. Yet, where players come and go, Huggins and his mentality remain.

In turn, his players make strides on and off the court for the better. “[The West Virginia basketball program] showed me hard work,” Bryant said.

“Honestly, that’s why a lot

of guys leave from playing for Coach Huggins, because they can’t take it mentally. You have to be mentally strong here to play for Coach.

He wants the best out of you and won’t let you cheat yourself.”

Jones agreed, citing Huggins’ resume and experience.

“I can honestly say it was great to be coached by him,” Jones said. “It was tough— definitely tough—at times, but it was a privilege because you know he knows what he’s talking about, he genuinely cares about his players and he looks out for his players. You can’t really ask for more of anything else from a coach.”

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Mountaineers set to begin Big 12 Tournament

BY NICK KREMER STAFF WRITER

WRESTLING The Mountaineers finished the regular season with a dismal 4-14 record in duals in coach Tim Flynn’s first year.

However, the team went 3-6 in what the NCAA sees as the second toughest conference in wrestling, based on the qualifier allocations, the Big 12 was given 53 automatic qualifying spots, second only to the Big Ten with 78.

Five Mountaineers were ranked in the most recent coaches poll including three underclassmen. The poll ranks the top 33 wrestlers in each weight class, which is the same number of wrestlers that make the national tournament from each class.

The highest ranked Mountaineer is redshirt freshman Matt Schmitt at No. 16. Wrestling in the 133-pound weight class, Schmitt has 14 wins on the year. Schmitt is the only Mountaineer in this group to have qualified for the NCAA National Tournament before.

Coming up next is redshirt senior Christian Monserrat ranked at No. 17 in the 149-pound weight class. Monserrat is also the team leader in total wins with 20 this season.

West Virginia has two young wrestlers both coming

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125 pounder Devin Brown locking up arms with West Point wrestler. in ranked No. 26 with Nick Kiussis in the 165-pound weight class with 18 wins, the second most wins on the team.

Kiussis was the only wrestler to score points for the Mountaineers against No. 3 Oklahoma State and No. 16 Iowa State in late January. The other young wrestler ranked at No. 26 is Noah Adams the redshirt freshman wrestling in the 197-pound weight class. Adams and Schmitt are tied with

14 wins, the third most on the team.

The final Mountaineer is the heavyweight junior Brandon Ngati, ranked at No. 30. Ngati has 11 wins on the season.

Of the five Mountaineers, Brandon Ngati is the only wrestler that is ranked lower in his conference weight class than the number of automatic bids given. Ngati is the No. 7 heavyweight in the Big 12, but only the top six will make it

to the national tournament.

However, he can still make it by placing in the top six or being chosen as one of the 44 at large selections.

As for the rest of the Mountaineers, Schmitt is No. 5 in the Big 12 at 133, a class that will only be taking five wrestlers. Monserrat is ranked the highest for his weight class in the Big 12 coming in at No. 4 in the 149-pound class, which will take the top seven wres-

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197 pounder Noah Adams preparing to throw West Point wrestler near the end of the match. tlers. Kiussis wrestling at the 165-pound weight class is No. 6 of six that will make it from the conference. Finally, Noah Adams is No. 7 of seven at the 197-pound weight class.

The Big 12 tournament

starts Saturday and goes through Sunday. Brackets and seedings for the NCAA Tournament in Pittsburgh will then be released at 6 p.m March 13 on the NCAA website.

WVU eyes upset of No. 1 Baylor in regular season finale

BY JARED SERRE ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Looking to generate added momentum before the Big 12 Tournament begins, the WVU women’s basketball team will take on the No. 1 Baylor Lady Bears on Monday night in Morgantown.

The two teams met earlier in the season on Jan. 20. At home, Baylor emerged victorious, winning in a 79-47 blowout.

Currently in the midst of a 19-game winning streak, Baylor is led primarily by strong performances on both ends of the floor. After defeating Oklahoma State by 32 points on Saturday afternoon, Baylor currently has an average scoring differential of 26.4 points over their opponents.

Key to Baylor’s offensive efforts is senior center Kalani Brown, who leads the team with an average of 15.7 points per game. Shooting 62.5 percent from the field, Brown leads the Big 12 in field goal percentage.

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Lucky Rudd looks down court while being pressured by a Texas Tech player.

Defensively, junior forward Lauren Cox leads the conference in total blocks with 68 in her 28 games played this season. With 51, fifth-year guard Chloe Jackson is tied for fifth in the Big 12 in steals.

In order for West Virginia to depart the WVU Coliseum with a victory, they will need smart play and few mistakes from the team’s leaders.

Senior forward Naomi Davenport, who scored 19 points in Saturday’s matchup against Kansas, has scored 15 or more points in nine of West Virginia’s last 10 games. Junior guard Tynice Martin, who leads the team in minutes, has scored 21 or more points in four of her last five games.

Another stat to watch is the battle for rebounds as Baylor is

PHOTO BY JAMES KNABLE

Senior guard Katrina Pardee driving through the middle of the court during a Coppin State game. currently averaging 16.7 more rebounds than their opponent per game. Brown, who is their

leading rebounder, is averaging 8.1 per game while Davenport tops WVU’s list with 7.8 per game.

The matchup, tipping off at 7 p.m. from Morgantown, will be broadcast on Fox Sports 1.

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Grier, Cajuste highlight Mountaineers at 2019 NFL Combine

BY COLE MCCLANAHAN ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR

FOOTBALL The West Virginia University football program has continued its historic success at the NFL Combine into 2019.

WVU ranks among the top schools in the country for most participants, sending six players to the event, and second in the Big 12 Conference, behind only Oklahoma with eight attendees.

The West Virginia offense, which ranked top 10 nationally in yards per game, passing yards per game and points scored per game in 2018, was responsible for five of the six Mountaineers in attendance.

Representing the WVU offense at the Combine was quarterback Will Grier, offensive tackle Yodny Cajuste, wide receivers Gary Jennings and David Sills and tight end Trevon Wesco.

Reigning Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year David Long was the only West Virginia defensive player selected to participate.

Although he is not the first Mountaineer expected to be drafted, Grier headlines the group after coming off a twoyear career at WVU where he threw for 7,354 yards and 71

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Former WVU quarterback Will Grier preparing during the 2019 NFL Combine.

touchdowns, was named to the All-Big 12 Second Team and finished fourth in voting for the Heisman Trophy as a senior.

He is an expected first or second round pick, and he displayed his athleticism by ranking second among quarterbacks in the vertical jump and top five in the three-cone drill and 20yard shuttle.

Cajuste will likely be the first Mountaineer off the board come April and is a projected

improved his draft stock the most was Jennings, who ranked top 10 among wide receivers with a 4.42 40-yard dash time.

He started 22 career games at WVU, finishing with 2,294 yards and 17 touchdowns, and put up 20 repetitions on the bench press, the fifth most of all wide receivers.

Joining Jennings in representing WVU wide receivers was Sills, who is coming off a three-year career at West Vir-

Struggles continue as tennis team falls to Old Dominion

BY CHARLES MONTGOMERY STAFF WRITER

TENNIS The West Virginia tennis team continued its struggles on Sunday with a 6-1 loss to No. 29 Old Dominion.

WVU could not bounce back from its loss to VCU on Saturday as team is now 6-3 on the season with only two non-conference matches remaining.

“It was a good battle today, and the credit goes to ODU,” said head coach Miha Lisac. “This weekend is a great opportunity for us to learn as we are preparing for the Big 12 season.”

The Mountaineers struggled in doubles play as they lost all three matches. Christina Jordan and Sofia Duran were defeated 6-1 in the top seeded match against Holly Hutchinson and Brooke Pilkington.

WVU’s Anne-Sophie Courteau and Giovanna Caputo lost 6-3 in the No. 3 seed match to Natalya Malenko and Nataliia Vlasova.

Paula Goetz and Anastasiia Bovolskaia’s match was cut short at 2-5 as Old Dominion had already secured the doubles point.

West Virginia continued to struggle in singles play as ODU

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Former WVU offensive tackle Yodny Cajuste at the 2019 NFL Combine.

continued their dominating play.

Jordan picked up the only win for WVU as she won the No. 2 seed match against Oleksandra Andrieieva, 6-3, 7-6. Goetz was defeated as the No. 1 seed

by Old Dominion’s Hutchinson, 6-2, 6-2.

In the No. 3 seed match, Sofia Duran lost to Yulia Starodubtseva 7-6, 6-1. Bovolskaia had a difficult match against ODU’s Brooke Pilkington in the No. 4 spot as she lost 6-2, 6-4. Mountaineer Courteau could not get a win either as she dropped the No. 5 seed match 6-4, 6-2, to Alesya Yakubovich.

In her singles bout, WVU’s Caputo started with a 6-4 victory in the first set before losing the second set 4-66-4, forcing a tiebreaker in the No. 6 seed match against Louie McLelland. McLelland took the win as she defeated Caputo 1-0 in the tiebreaker.

The Mountaineers return home next weekend as they host Binghamton on March 9 and Marshall on March 10.

These are the final non-conference matches of the season for WVU as they begin conference play against the Red Raiders of Texas Tech on March 15.

first round pick. He measured in at 6-foot-5, 312 pounds, but was limited to participating in just the bench press due to an injury sustained during his senior season.

Despite only being able to bench press, Cajuste still impressed as he finished fourth among all offensive lineman with 32 repetitions, the most ever for a WVU player at the combine.

The Mountaineer who likely

ginia and will be viewed as a red zone threat in the NFL. Sills finished his career with 2,097 yards and 35 touchdowns, was a two-time All-Big 12 First Team selection and has the second most receiving touchdowns in WVU program history.

To accompany his 6-foot-3 frame, Sills had a 37.5 inch vertical jump and a top 10 showing in the three-cone drill.

The final offensive player at the Combine for WVU was

Wesco, who led all tight ends at with 24 repetitions on the bench press. Wesco also registered top-10 finishes among tight ends in the broad jump, threecone drill and 20-yard shuttle after ending his senior season by being named to the All-Big 12 First Team.

The lone Mountaineer defender at the Combine was Long, who measured in at 5-foot-11, 227 pounds and was a three-year starter at West Virginia. In addition to being named Big 12 Conference Defensive Player of the Year, Long also earned All-America Second Team honors and was part of the All-Big 12 First Team as a junior.

Long ended his career at WVU with 246 tackles, 39.5 tackles for loss, 12.5 sacks and 18 repetitions on the bench press at the Combine.

After the Combine, West Virginia will hold its Pro Day on March 21 to continue showcasing its NFL Combine Participants, while also displaying all draft-eligible players who were not selected to participate in the Combine.

The Combine and WVU Pro Day both lead up to the 2019 NFL Draft, which begins with the first round of the draft on April 25.

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Call Today 304-598-3300 Friday RENT 8am– 5pm ROOMS FOR Sat 10am– 4pm

Mon-Thur 8am– 7pm

Renting for 2019 Eff. 1, 2 & 3 Bedrooms One Bedroom as low as $450 Two Bedrooms as low as $375 per person Three Bedrooms as low as $350 per person * Pets Welcome * 24 Hour Emergency Maintenance * Next to Football Stadium & Hospital * State of the Art Fitness Center * Mountain Line Bus Every 15 Minutes

Sun 12pm– 4pm

BEDROOM IN PRIVATE HOME. Close to HSC. Free bus. 304-598-0319

UNFURNISHED APARTMENTS

Office Hours Mon. - Thur. 8am - 7pm Friday 8am - 5pm Saturday 10am - 4pm Sunday 12pm - 4pm *Appointments Available*

NOW RENTING 1, 2, 3, 4, 5BR Apartments on Prospect and Spruce for 2019-2020. Contact Nick: 304-2921792

304-599-7474 Morgantown’s Most Luxurious Living Community www.chateauroyale apartments.com

2BR SOUTH PARK. W/D, renovated bathroom and new carpet throughout. $1,100/mth. Utilities included.

304-292-5714

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Furnished house for rent Evansdale Next to Towers, $1275per month plus utilities, 3BR, 2BTH, kitchen with all appliances, W/D, front and back porch, parking. Available June 2019, call 304-599-1136.

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FURNISHED HOUSES

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217, 225 & 227 JONES AVENUE. APARTMENTS/HOUSE’S. 1-4BR. $325-$395/each + utilities. Large rooms, decks, W/D, free off-street parking. NO PETS. 304-685-3457 WILLEY STREET. $800/Utilities extra. Off-street parking. Available August. 304-290-7368 or 304-377-1570

SMITH RENTALS, LLC

304-676-0930 • Houses • 1 & 2 Bedroom Apartments

HELP WANTED MCCLAFFERTY’S PUB SEEKING EXPERIENCED BARTENDERS, BARBACKS, DOORMEN. Experience preferred but not required. Willing to train. Contact owner at 304-2765073.

HIRING BARTENDERS. make $25/ hour. Contact 304-282-3200

400 FOREST AVE. NEWER CONSTRUCTION. 2&3 BD apt. 5 min. walk to downtown/campus, DW, W/D, Deck, Parking. Available May. 304-292-7171 1BR EFFICIENCY. $495 includes all utilities. Newly renovated. Short walk to campus. Private off-street parking. Westover. No pets, no smoking. Call 681-285-0687

$500 - $900 per month

Check out: www.smithrentalsllc.com

ROOMMATES Near Arnold Hall, 5 min to Mountainlair. W/D, utilities included. $400/ mth. 9mth lease. 304-292-5714

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MONDAY MARCH 4, 2019

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It doesn’t matter if they agree to do it.

It is abuse.

Don’t stand by and do nothing while people are hurt.

Go to go.wvu.edu/hazingprevention or call 304-293-COPS if you suspect hazing.

Call 911 if you see dangerous or life-threatening activity.