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Nonprofit hosts first-ever pride festival in Morgantown history BY GABRIELLA BROWN STAFF WRITER A few hundred residents showed up to Morgantown Pride’s first-ever block party on Saturday in South Park. Morgantown Pride, a local nonprofit, was created just ten weeks ago with the goal to establish more LGBTQ representation in Morgantown. The block party was their first major event, but many more are in the works, according to organizers. “What we are trying to do is give back more to the community,” said Johnny Perry, the social media and events coordinator for Morgantown Pride. “We want to do more LGBTQ+ teen nights, family events and different fundraisers throughout the year so we can we can have a nicer pride festival next year.” With limited time to put the event together, Morgantown Pride still managed to bring in 50 performers from around the state. Along with live music throughout the day, there was
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Various artists of wide-ranging genres performed live music throughout the day. face painting, drag-queen story time and vendors scattered throughout. Perry said putting all this together was no easy task, but well worth the effort.
“All of us have full-time jobs within the community and some board members are students, so it was working together every evening and waking up early before work,” Perry
said. “It was just a lot of effort and a lot of support from our friends and loved ones.” Because of the hard work of the board members, the block party was
an eye-opening experience to how diverse Morgantown really is for many in attendance. “I didn’t realize how important events like this were until I actually came,” said Sarah Cooper, a world languages graduate student at WVU. “So many different people from so many different backgrounds and walks of life are just here having fun.” Along with uniting hundreds of community members of all ages together, Danielle Walker, a Democratic representative of District 51 in the West Virginia House of Delegates, said the event had an even deeper meaning that represents what Morgantown Pride and the LGBTQ+ community stand for. “Events like this bring inclusion, events like this bring education, but most importantly, events like this bring love,” said Walker. “I see a sea of rainbows where everyone can just be who they are and no one is judgmental, no one has hate in their heart, because hate has no home here or anywhere.”
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WVU tuition increase lowest in 20 years, up 1.4 percent for residents, non-residents BY JOE SEVERINO NEWS EDITOR The WVU Board of Governors voted Friday to increase resident and non-resident tuition and fees for the 2019-20 academic year, but by the lowest rate in more than 20 years. WVU SGA President Isaac Obioma was the only no vote on the proposal. The following tuition and fee increases per semester will be in effect next year: • Undergraduate residents: $60 or 1.36% • Undergraduate non-residents: $180 or 1.44% • Graduate residents: $72 or 1.44% • Graduate non-residents: $189 or 1.47% • WVU Medicine residents: $72 or 1.44% • WVU Medicine non-residents: $189 or 1.47% The increases across the board are the lowest since 1998, according to
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WVU President E. Gordon Gee and the WVU Board of Governors listening to SGA annual report on Friday. the Chronicle for Higher Education. The next lowest rate increase was in 2010, when the University raised tuition 1.9% for in-state residents and 3.7% for non-residents. Total University tuition and fee rates per semester for the 2019-20 academic year are now as follows: • Undergraduate residents: $3,828 • Undergraduate non-residents: $12,000
• Graduate residents: $4,410 • Graduate non-residents: $12,420 • WVU Medicine residents: $4,410 • WVU Medicine non-residents: $12,420 For all non-medical undergraduate colleges at WVU, all total tuition and fees increases did not reach more than $75 for West Virginia residents and $200 for non-residents.
Student health insurance rates per year increased to $1,086, up from $1,000. Application, orientation and most other student fees did not see an increase. A new late registration fee has been created for students who register for the fall or spring semesters after the first assessment date, which will cost $50. A $100 international student fee for the summer semester has also been created. For freshmen housing, rate increases per semester average around 3%, or about $100. Meal plan rates also increased by an average of 3%. Paula Congelio, vice president and chief financial officer for WVU Health Sciences, said the meal plan rate increase is due to new plan options being rolled out next year. The University will begin its second year with Sodexo, a private company that operates WVU Dining Services. WVU apartments, such as College Park and University Place, will see their rent increase from $40 to $70
a month. Congelio added that WVU is expecting around 4,900 students in the 2019 freshman class. Tuition increases over the last six years for undergraduate students (resident and non-resident): • 2014: 7.8% and 4.0% • 2015: 9.7% and 4.9% • 2016: 4.7% and 4.9% • 2017: 4.8% and 5.0% • 2018: 5.7% and 5.6% • 2019: 1.4% and 1.4% In an interview with the DA on March 24, WVU President E. Gordon Gee said because the state legislature did not make cuts to higher education funding this year, he thinks if there are any tuition hikes at all, he expects the increases to be “very moderate” ones. “I think with the stability of our budget, I think the expectation would be that if there is any, it will be very, very modest,” Gee said.
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Morgantown celebrates Pride block party on warmest Saturday of the year A few hundred residents showed up to Morgantown Pride’s first-ever block party on Saturday in South Park.
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CAC celebrates its 50th birthday and art exhibit opening BY ALAYNA FULLER ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR Faculty and students celebrated the Creative Art Center’s 50th anniversary and the opening of the new art exhibit titled “Collective Insight: The Harvey and Jennifer Peyton Collection” at the WVU Art Museum on Friday. The Creative Arts Center opened in 1969 when then-Music Dean Richard Duncan decided to pull all the arts together in one location and since then, thousands of students have earned their education there. “The CAC has really been a centerstone of [the] Evansdale campus since it was dedicated in the late 60s,” said Jennifer Jordan, director of development for the College of Creative Arts. “Every student who has come through WVU over many decades recognize[s] the CAC, they’ve been to the CAC, they’ve experienced performances, they’ve performed in
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People in attendance of the CAC’s 50th birthday party celebration enjoying a meal. the CAC.” WVU alumnus Marcus Jackson said his favorite part about the CAC is the comradery between the students and the faculty. Also at the event, the WVU Art Museum welcomed more than 60 new paintings, prints
and drawings that represent some of the most important artistic movements of the 20th century — including American modernism, social realism and mid-century abstraction, courtesy of Harvey and Jennifer Peytona. The new exhibition can be found in the Mc-
Gee Gallery. “I love our new art museum,” Jordan said. “I would strongly encourage anyone to visit the art museum who hasn’t visited yet. It’s something to truly see for yourself.”
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WVU cricket team wins national championship after six years of falling just short BY CODY NESPOR CULTURE EDITOR Spring Break for many students means a time to relax away from the stresses of school and maybe even a chance to travel somewhere they’ve never been before. The WVU club cricket team, however, was in a familiar setting, facing the same tough challenge all too familiar with. For the first time in six years, the WVU club cricket team attended the American College Cricket national championship, defeating the New Jersey Institute of Technology in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Team captain Sai Satish Guda said this was the highest achievement a university cricket team can have in the United States. Guda, a mechanical engineering doctoral student from Visakhapatnam, India, has been a member of the WVU cricket team since 2012, making it to the national tournament for each of the last six years, losing before reaching the finals each time. Despite finally winning the title after six years of disappointment, Guda said just being able to represent WVU on the biggest stage was special enough. “Whenever we watch football games or basketball games, you have the feeling, it would be nice to represent WVU for any special thing,” Guda said. “We are the cricket team for this university and we have represented us at the highest level; that makes it super special. It’s an honor to represent West Virginia in the first place and, on top of it, the icing on the cake is winning the championship.” Coming from India, where cricket is “like a religion,” Guda said that he did even expect to see cricket in America. “Once I saw cricket in Morgantown, I was shocked for the first time because I
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The cricket club team in the locker room in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. never expected cricket to be played in the United States. That was one thing I left back at the hometown airport before I came to the U.S.,” Guda said. “The kind of craze that cricket has is unbelievable in India. Everyone wants to be a cricketer in India, you play on the streets, on the roads even though you have traffic. If you go to India, you’ll find people playing cricket everywhere.” Guda said that the cricket competition in India is so intense that you basically have to dedicate your life to it if you want to be able to play. That means that people like him and the rest of the team, who have focused on their education do not have an opportunity to play in their home country. “Cricket is something which runs as a fire in us.
Even though we are good, we cannot devote our entire time towards cricket so we have chosen this path, but we wanted to keep that passion and hobby going on,” Guda said. “If our family is at one important level in our life, the cricket team and the club is immediately on par level because we have so much attachment to the club. We have always strived for the no. 1 spot and it’s a dream of seven years that finally we achieved, winning this — nationals.” The championship was streamed live on Sling TV and the team was able to host a watch party in Gluck Theater once they got back to Morgantown. Guda said being able to see himself playing cricket on TV was a dream come true. “That is like a super big
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The cricket club team after they won the American College Cricket national championship. achievement,” Guda said. “This is something that is special, because you can never imagine yourself on TV in India playing cricket because the competition is super high. Coming to the U.S., representing the University and being on television is something on a totally different level.” Since winning the championship, Guda said the team has been flooded with positive messages online from the WVU community. “I think that even though people don’t follow the sport that much, it’s that connection to WVU, that WVU has won something,” Guda said. “They’ve had amazing words for us, and I’d like to thank
all of them for their encouragement and beautiful things they have said to us. I think, regardless of the sport if you’re a Mountaineer, you get total support.” Even after winning the title, Guda and the others have not stopped working to improve the team. In an upcoming meeting with WVU President Gordon Gee, Guda said the team plans to ask to use WVU’s old baseball stadium, Hawley Field, as their cricket practice field, instead of having to use the rec fields. WVU played at Hawley Field starting in 1971, but it has not been used since the team started using Monongalia Country Ballpark in 2015.
Guda also wants to work to get better equipment for the team. He said the team only has a handful of helmets and bats they share amongst the 15 players and that many players pay out of their own pocket to help the team. Guda said anyone interested in making a donation to the team can contact him at vguda@mail.wvu.edu. In the meantime, Guda is content having achieved something he has been working his entire life towards. “Once you have checked this box, it’s done,” Guda said. “I don’t think there’s anything else for me left in cricket in the United States. This is the ultimate thing for me.”
Award-winning Native American leader gives lecture BY OLIVIA GIANETTINO STAFF WRITER This concept was explained by esteemed Native American leader William Gollnick when he gave a public lecture in White Hall on Wednesday. His lecture, “Traveling the
Red Road: Defining the Map,” was a history that reflected on the past of Native Americans and their choices, how he used that as a guide for his own life and how the past gives him hope for the future of his people. Gollnick gave his lecture in three pieces in order to define the “red road.”
He began by discussing the importance of symbolism and tradition in Native American culture. Gollnick’s talk, given in three parts, was full of personal anecdotes and childhood memories. He told stories of growing up and witnessing young Native American people being encouraged
to stray from their culture and adapt with the rest of American society. The event started off with an offering of tobacco gifted to Gollnick. The award-winning tribal administrator of the Tejon Indian Tribe is a Harvard University alumnus. Throughout his career of service, he
has been appointed a presidential delegate to the White House Conference on Indian Education and a member of the National Advisory Council on Indian Education. Being appointed WVU’s elder-in-residence meant more than a public lecture opportunity fro Gollnick. As elder-in-residence, he
spent the entire week guest lecturing in academic halls for WVU’s Native American studies and Leadership studies students. W V U a d m i n i s t rat o r s expressed their excitement to have Gollnick as elder-in-residence.
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Staff Shorts are tidbit writings by our editorial board. They’re mostly meant to be light-hearted, but we sometimes touch on more serious, important topics. They aim to express the many student voices of the University.
eCampus is so PDF friendly, and yet some of us still have to download Word files to read our syllabi.
Don’t make me download my syllabi every day Whenever a student needs to check up on a due date, eCampus conveniently offers access for syllabi of each class. Unfortunately, some professors upload those as a
Word document that downloads each time you click on it, instead of the more sensible option of having a PDF document open a new tab on your browser. Since it’s far easier to find the syl-
labi on eCampus than in your downloads folder, some students have 20 syllabi taking up space on their computers. Please don’t give your students 20 syllabi. Make a
Don’t be THAT person In almost every large STAFF PHOTO
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Students hangout at a past year’s hog roast. Yee haw!
Hog Roast: Grundy County Auction karaoke on full volume please Alpha Gamma Rho’s annual Hog Roast is not an event for the weak. It is an all day endeavor that you must mentally prepare yourself for, or you will find yourself sinking into the oblivion of country music and heaping masses of roasted pork. The preparation for this event must be done weeks in advance. You have to purchase your ticket and assemble an outfit that can comfortably include cowboy boots and a straw hat. After this is all said and done,
lecture hall, there is THAT
you are only partially ready for the best spring event of the year. The day before Hog Roast is comparable to Christmas Eve, if we’re being honest with ourselves. The thoughts of live music, fresh food and the hot sun is the threesome of the semester that nobody knew they needed to include themselves in. The day of the event is full of good times and memories in the making. Attendees smile from ear-to-ear with pulled pork sandwiches
in hand and “Dixieland Delight” karaoke being sung by the masses. The day always holds a special place in my heart because it serves as some of my favorite memories when I think about my college career. I will always be thankful for Alpha Gamma Rho and this event. It brings people together while raising money for a cause. What could be better than that?
While the majority of the class would prefer THAT person to be quiet, and who make it clear when they sigh each time THAT person talks, THAT person still tries to be funny by talking out of line and saying something that is, at best, unamusing and unneeded. Don’t be THAT person. If your remarks to the class and professor don’t contribute to what’s being discussed in the lecture, then don’t say it.
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Defense high four tackles and was part of the Blue team linebacker unit, which recorded 15 tackles and two tackles for loss, while holding the Gold team to just 2.5 yards per rush. “I think we did a decent job stopping the run today, for the most part for the whole spring,” WVU defensive coordinator Vic Koenning said. “We’re gonna have to get better at not giving up big plays, again, that showed up a little bit today.”
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FOOTBALL Quarterbacks Austin Kendall was the first quarterback to take the field as he received the start for the Gold team. With a strong read, the Oklahoma transfer was able to connect with TJ Simmons for a 60-yard touchdown toward the end of the first quarter. Kendall ended the afternoon going five for eight passing for 109 yards and one touchdown. He added another score on a 1-yard quarterback keeper. Jack Allison, starting for the Blue team, was able to counter with a 16-yard touchdown to Randy Fields Jr. on the very next possession. Allison completed 11 of his 24 passes for 112 yards, one touchdown and one interception. Trey Lowe III came into the game with around four minutes remaining in the second quarter. After returning to the field in the fourth quarter, Lowe connected with Dillon Spaulding for a 28-yard touchdown pass as time expired at the end of the game. Trent Jackson saw limited playing time toward the end of the game, completing two of his four pass attempts for two yards. “It’s really hard, at quarterback, when you’re splitting it as evenly as we split it, for one guy to really just step up when it’s his first time in the system,” co-offensive coordinator/offensive line coach Matt Moore said. “You’re going to see a lot of improvement from those guys whenever we get back on the field in August.” Running Backs Martell Pettaway received the first snap for the Gold team while sophomore Leddie Brown also saw time in the backfield. Brown was Gold’s leading rusher with 34 yards in 11 attempts. “Leddie [Brown] had a really nice day and showed what he has shown us all spring,” head coach Neal Brown said. “He has been really consistent, and when I use that word consistent, I think that is one of the best ways I can describe someone on our foot-
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The Blue team’s offense lines up against the Gold team’s defense during the spring game on Saturday. ball team, and he has been consistent.” For the Blue team, Alec Sinkfield led the way with 12 yards on eight carries. “Running game is still not what we want it to be,” Moore said. “A lot come a long way since that first scrimmage but still not where we want it to be.” Wide Receivers/Tight Ends Receiving the start for the Gold team were redshirt junior TJ Simmons and redshirt freshman Sam James, while the Blue team featured redshirt freshman Randy Fields Jr. junior Tevin Bush and redshirt sophomore Ricky Johns. James led the way for the overall wide receiver unit, hauling in four receptions for 85 yards. “He’s a guy that needs to be a playmaker for us,” Brown said about James. “We’re obviously young at the position and lost a ton of production at that position. I’m excited about him. He’s talented. To see him, with people in the stands, make plays was defi-
nitely encouraging.” Bush led the Blue team in receiving with 44 yards on four receptions. Offensive Line With the departure of Yodny Cajuste to the NFL, the Mountaineers are hoping that 2018 right tackle Colton McKivitz can move over to the left side and still be effective. McKivitz received the start at left tackle for the Gold team, while Josh Ritchie, Chase Behrndt, Josh Sills and Tyler Thurmond started at left guard, center, right guard and right tackle, respectively. For the Blue team, Junior Uzebu and Eric Sjostedt started at the tackle positions, Zach Davis and James Gmiter started at the guard positions, and Adam Stilley started at center. “I feel really good about the first five guys — maybe the sixth guy — but we gotta find some depth,” Moore said. “What I challenged these guys with today was ‘you gotta show you belong.’”
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FOOTBALL Defensive line Playing much of the game for the Gold team and helping the squad to five sacks and nine tackles for loss were two reserve defensive linemen from last season — Stone Wolfley and Brenon Thrift. Wolfley finished the day with the Gold team lead in tackles with three, while also recording two sacks and two tackles for loss on Blue team quarterback Jack Allison. Thrift, just like Wolfley, registered two tackles for loss and helped hold the Blue team to minus-17 rushing yards. “All spring, I’ve seen a lot of development out of them because they haven’t got a lot of playing time, but I feel like they need to get more playing time,” Dante Stills said of Wolfley and Thrift. “Their development in the program has got really good, so I feel like they’re gonna have big roles coming up
this season.” Leading the Blue team was Reese Donahue and Darius Stills, two possible starters for next season, who aided by Dante Stills, who registered only one tackle on the day before limping off the field to end the first half. Linebackers Joining Wolfley and Thrift on the Gold team was Exree Loe, who played in 11 games in 2018 and finished with eight total tackles. On Saturday, however, Loe had two sacks — both on Allison — and finished with two tackles for loss. “Exree Loe, I thought he really showed out today,” WVU head coach Neal Brown said. “He’s a guy that plays with great energy all the time, but he was really productive.” Both sacks happened at critical times as the first came on third down and forced the Blue team to punt, while the second happened with the Blue team in the red zone and trying to score. Lining up for the Blue team was newcomer VanDarius Cowan, who tied for a game-
Safeties Receiving the start at safety for the Gold team was Kwantel Raines and Kenny Robinson, with the two combining for four tackles and helping to limit the Blue team to only 114 passing yards. Leading the Blue defense and receiving a bulk of the snaps in the first half was Derrek Pitts, who tied for a gamehigh four tackles. “I thought Derrek Pitts has really grown,” Brown said. “He is one of our most improved players this spring” Also playing for the Blue team were Deamonte Lindsay and Sean Mahone, who compiled three tackles apiece. Cornerbacks There were two interceptions on the day — one from Jordan Adams on Allison and one from Keith Washington Jr. on Trey Lowe. Before Adams’ interception, he was beat by Randy Fields for a 16-yard touchdown, the Blue team’s only touchdown of the game. “We gotta win those oneon-one matchups,” Koenning said. “It doesn’t matter if you’re in man or zone, when [quarterbacks] drop back and just chuck it as far as they can, it’s one-onone. You can’t really double too many guys in that situation.” Adams was on the Gold team, being joined by walkons Naim Muhammad, who had two tackles and one tackle for loss, and Devan Wade, who finished with a pass breakup. Josh Norwood and Hakeem Bailey joined Washington in the Blue team’s defensive backfield, with the duo combining for three tackles and two pass breakups.
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Mountaineers’ youth is bright spot for future BY SEAN TANSKI STAFF WRITER
TENNIS The West Virginia tennis team may be losing three seniors, but there is plenty of reason for optimism with the positive showing from its underclassmen. Seniors Paula Goetz, Abigail Rosiello and Kirsten White are all in their final season at WVU and were the first generation of players that helped get the tennis program off the ground. They have seen first-hand the progress made with the program slowly getting better each year. “Paula, Abby and Kirsten have all been building blocks each in their own way of the program that we have been able to establish so far,” said WVU head coach Miha Lisac. “I know they all have amazing opportunities moving forward.” Usually with the departure of senior leadership, it would be tough to replicate that culture for the next season but, with the mixture of upper and lower classmen on the
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Miha Lisac has been the head coach for WVU tennis since 2013. roster, West Virginia will look to replicate that culture and build on the successes and progress made last season. West Virginia increased its
win total from their 2017-18 campaign, mostly because of the impressive play of the underclassmen. The incorporation of the experienced
seniors teaching and helping the underclassmen has helped the team improve their play both in home and road contests. This years’
team has improved its home record and doubled its road record from last year’s team. In singles play, the Mountaineers were led by sopho-
more Anne-Sophie Courteau, who has compiled a 12-6 record on the year, freshman Anastasiia Bovolskaia, who has a 10-8 record, and Nicole Roc, who has a 10-5 record. Sophomore Giovanna Caputo compiled an 8-5 record, junior Sofia Duran boasted a 5-5 record, while fellow junior Christina Jordan finished with a 3-10 record. In doubles play, WVU’s combination of Courteau and Rosiello has put together a 6-3 record. The duo of Bovolskaia and Duran is second in total wins with a 4-5 record on the year, and the sophomore duo of Caputo and Courteau, in their brief matches played together, amassed a 1-2 record. With another offseason to continue to grow and develop, these teammates can help continue to improve the program. While the Mountaineers’ regular season may have ended, they have a chance to continue to improve upon their already-successful season when they compete in the Big 12 Championship, beginning on Thursday.
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