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Frontiersman Michael Cresap died on October 18, 1775. In the early 1770s, Cresap led Virginia frontiersmen in their opposition to Pennsylvania’s assertion of authority in the area south and west of the Monongahela River. This action established him as a leader in the region. In 1774, hostilities were renewed between whites and Indians in the upper Ohio Valley. Cresap had begun to clear land near Wheeling, where he was chosen by frightened settlers to lead an armed band to the Shawnee villages in Ohio to take
Cresap’s gravestone at Trinity Church Cemetery, New York.
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City Council passes Morgantown Nondiscrimination Ordinance BY DOUGLAS SOULE ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR
The Morgantown City Council unanimously approved a Morgantown Nondiscrimination Ordinance on Tuesday. This “yes” vote added disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, familial status and veteran status as protected classes in Morgantown. “I am a proud, gay, HIV positive Morgantown resident,” said Roger Banks, who spoke at the public portion of Tuesday’s city council meeting. “This ordinance will begin to build a home that’s safe for LGBTQ young people, so they will not experience the hate that I have
experienced.” More than 40 people spoke during the public portion about the nondiscrimination ordinance. Only five people spoke in opposition. Allen Whitt, president of the Family Policy Council of West Virginia, was escorted out of council chambers by Morgantown police before the meeting began. According to those present, he allegedly attempted to shove himself through the crowd to get into council chambers. Whitt, who lives in Charleston, West Virginia, returned to speak during the public portion to voice his disagreement of the ordinance. “The ordinance will not
prevail in a very likely legal challenge,” said Whitt. Councilor Barry Wendell was not worried about these threats. “Coming in from Charleston, and speaking for two minutes and threatening us with a lawsuit; bring it,” Wendell said. Ellen Heintz, a Morgantown resident, also asked council to vote no for the ordinance. “If I don’t want to do something as a Christian, I should not be made to do something because I’m Christian,” Heintz said. According to the ordinance, if a complaint is filed to the Morgantown Human Rights Commission, the Commission will investigate
and, if an unlawful discriminatory practice is found, “issue and cause to be served on such respondent an order to cease and desist from such unlawful discriminatory practice.” These discriminatory practices include “discrimination in employment, housing, and public accommodations on account of actual or perceived race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, familial status, or veteran status.” Jan Derry, the chair of the Commission, said this ordinance “send the message that this city is committed to fairness and equal opportunity for all.”
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Residents gather inside Morgantown city chambers waiting to speak on LGBTQ+ protections.
WellWVU representative talks stress BY JOE SEVERINO CORRESPONDENT
If you find yourself struggling to cope with stress, you are far from alone.“ Studies show that top stressors for college students are intrapersonal challenges; changes in sleeping and eating habits, vacations, breaks, increased workload and new responsibilities,” said Audrey Stefenson, an education graduate assistant with WellWVU, which promotes wellness and health among students. Stefenson said that there are multiple ways to battle these stressors and manage your time more effectively. “Choosing a schedule that is manageable and then organizing your time within that, so that you can meet your responsibilities and have time for self-care is key,” Stefenson said. If eating healthy, exercising and getting adequate
“Studies show that top stressors for college students are intrapersonal challenges; changes in sleeping and eating habits, vacations, breaks, increased workload and new responsibilities.” -Audrey Stefenson, Graduate Assistant with WellWVU sleep sound like too simple of ways to relieve stress; they aren’t, according to Stephenson. They are essential and the most proven ways to ease stress. Stefenson added that socialization and relaxation can be more everyday ways to relieve stress. Long nights in the library can seem a lot longer when there are a million things on your mind, and stressing about assignments that are due soon can severely damage your mental health. “If working in the library for many consecutive hours prevents you from getting
enough sleep, exercise and eating healthy then that kind of behavior could very well add to your stress levels,” Stefenson said. The Carruth Counseling Center offers students individual, couple and group counseling to deal with wide-ranging issues that weigh heavily on the minds of students. The Carruth Center is located in the Health and Education Building on Evansdale. The Collaboration, Assessment, Response and Engagement, or CARE, Team addresses concerns about safety and managing risks for stu-
dents. The CARE Team has seven members on staff that deal with advising and building successful student habits. WellWVU also offers drop in yoga and meditation classes for students looking for physical methods to manage stress. If someone is stuck in the library at 2 a.m. with a pile of assignments, Stefenson recommends simple exercise to keep the brain functioning healthy. “Look up some gentle stretches you can do in the library or take a little walk in between tasks,” Stefenson said.
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PolitiFact meets with WVU College Republicans.
PolitiFact’s “bridge the gap” meets with WVU College Republicans BY GEORGIA BEATTY STAFF WRITER
PolitiFact, a national fact-checking website, istouring several red states to “bridge the gap.” Their latest stop: Morgantown, West Virginia. Monday evening, journalists Louis Jacobson, John Kruzel, and Milka Domanovi represented PolitiFact in a Mountainlair conference room. Seated across from them were WVU College Republicans David Coram, Riley Keaton and Jillian Kinder. From the onset, Jacobson revealed some Gallup polling numbers: 88 percent of Trump supporters consider the media untruthful. The College Republicans said this was due to concealed or biased facts and journalists’ inability to empathise with the Mountain State. “The facts are obfuscated, and you have to take what they [the media] give you,” said Keaton, a sophomore economics student from Spencer, West Virginia. “And we’re worse voters for it.” Kinder, a junior civil engineering student from Charleston, West Virginia, said that after the 2016 presidential election, many journalists swarming into Appalachia “were only focusing on the decline of coal and the opioid epidemic.” “They weren’t really painting a great portrait of West Virginia,” Kinder said. “They live in the big cities, and they come here and they try to write about something without recognizing our background and where we come from.” Keaton agreed, stressing the importance of cultural coverage and a West Virginia mentality. “You can’t just get the political story,” Keaton said,
“Whenever these people hear the president, they hear someone who’s for them, at the end of the day. That’s something I don’t think gets reflected in a lot of journalism.” And while Keaton feels that, in his opinion, PolitiFact shows a lot of goodwill, he acknowledged a broader issue. “Whenever we are unknowledgeable about something, whenever we don’t really understand a subject through and through, that’s when our cultural biases come out and our backgrounds start to reflect in our work,” Keaton said. Jacobson said PolitiFact’s mission of this tour is to both understand the reasons for the media bias, as the College Republicans detailed, and to dispel any misconceptions. Kruzel said journalism is the first draft of history, but fact-checking is the second. “We’re like the people walking in the park with the pointy sticks cleaning up the trash,” Kruzel said. “We’re here to declutter the public record.” While most of the discussion explored explanations, the conference did reach a consensus: West Virginia needs more grassroots journalism. PolitiFact hopes its tour will encourage more common-ground communication between red states and the media they distrust. “Of course we can’t solve every problem, but having these face-to-face conversations is so important because it puts a face to a view,” said Jacobson. “What we hope is by coming out and doing this and having these free-flowing conversations, we’ll plant the seeds of goodwill.” Poltifact’s next stop is Charleston, West Virginia.
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WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 18, 2017
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The apartments in the south tower of University Place crams furniture into students’ bedrooms, yet they cost nearly double the price of units in the north tower, which have enough space for a full bed, desk and walking room.
WVU faces controversy over price inequities and maintenance at new student housing BY ERIN DRUMMOND MANAGING EDITOR
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Fallon Mowles, a senior from Mansfield, Massachusetts, has nothing good to say about her experience living in the newly built University Place apartments. She paid a premium price of $750 a month last year, but says management routinely ignored maintenance requests and other problems. “Management would blow us off and not take us seriously because we were 18-years-old,” Mowles said. “The place “was poorly managed,” according to Mowes. Mowles’ parents got a lawyer involved after multiple complaints about the apartment went unanswered. Only after their lawyer threatened legal action did the management at University Place agree to meet with Mowles and her roommates, she said. Mowles is just one of many WVU students who have expressed disappointment with the newly constructed campus housing in Sunnyside, including University Park and University Place. While the properties are owned by the University, they were built by a private, for-profit company, WV Campus Housing. The University has managed to fill most of the apartments in the buildings but only by moving an expensive
dorm into the south tower of University Place (now called Seneca Hall) and substantially lowering the price for apartments in the north tower of University Place. In 2017, the University decided to close down the residential hall Arnold Hall and convert the south tower of University Place into a student dorm named Seneca Hall. A parking pass for University Place and Seneca Hall costs $75 per month and is not included in the current rental price per semester. Some students are particularly upset that the Seneca Hall rooms are much more expensive than the University Place apartments, even though they are much smaller and more cramped than the apartments next door. For instance, freshmen pay $4,100 for the semester to live in a small four-bedroom studio in Seneca Hall, while students living in a larger four-bedroom apartment in the north tower pay $550 a month or $2,750 a semester. “That’s crazy because that’s a lot for student housing,” said Mykal Manswell, a senior sports psychology student who lived in the north tower of UPlace during the 20152016 academic year. “Now that they decreased the rent over at North, I’m sure they have a lot more people re-signing. But [almost] doubling it at South is ridiculous.” In the north tower, where apartments are cheaper, renters can fit a dining room table and two couches into the main living area. But in the more expensive south
tower, which is now Seneca Hall, there is no room for a dining table or more than one couch. Renters in the north tower can also fit a full-sized bed and desk in the bedrooms, while only a twinsized bed will fit in the apartments in the south tower. Prior to becoming a student dorm, the south tower was priced at $450 a month (or about $2,250 a semester) per tenant in 2016. The rent skyrocketed to $4,100 a semester when south tower became known as Seneca Hall. That is about a 35 percent increase in rental price per person. WVU officials note that the new University housing is both closer to the downtown campus and better maintained than many privately owned apartments. “I think families and students ultimately have the sense of comfort with housing experiences that are affiliated with the University, versus off-campus properties,” said Chris MacDonald, the WVU executive director of Housing and Residence Life. In 2012, the University announced its $70 million plan to build University Place in Sunnyside. The plan included the demolition of some houses in order to build two apartment complexes: the north and south tower. WVU purchased the land and leased it to WV Campus Housing to construct the projects. According to court documents, the contract between WVU and WV Housing allows the two entities to split the net cash flow generated from
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The rental price for University Place South, now known as Seneca Hall, skyrocketed during the transition of student apartments to a University dorm in the fall 2017 semester. In the meantime, rent for the apartments at University Place North decreased significantly this year, even though the units have much more space than the Seneca Hall units. Credit: University Place flyers and documents. the leasing of the apartments and stores on the ground level, while WVU controls and manages the residential housing units. WVU officials declined to release any information about how the University splits profits from the deal with the for-profit company and how much money each entity has made from the new housing. While some students say they enjoy living in Seneca Hall, others complain they’ve had a rocky start. “For the first week, our toilet didn’t flush,” said Liana Chapman, a sophomore currently living in Seneca Hall. It took maintenance five or six days to fix the toilet, she added. She also had problems with her bedroom door and could not initially close it.
A few years ago, several private developers sued the University and WV Campus Housing, arguing that since a private company built the housing, it should have to pay business and occupational taxes, and other city fees required for the registration and inspection of residential housing units. Because WVU is a state institution, it does not have to pay property and other taxes on the land it owns. In 2017, a circuit court judge ruled that city ordinances do not apply to University housing. However, the private developers appealed and the case is now before the West Virginia Supreme Court, according to the Dominion Post. In October 2016, WVU began making a voluntary contribution of $175,000 an-
nually to Monongalia County to “equal any would-be property taxes from private commercial establishments operating on University property,” according to WVU Today. Fallon Mowles, who moved out of the north tower of University Place, says she was essentially bribed by management to keep quiet about her apartment’s problems. She now lives in a house on Locust Avenue and has cheaper rent. “We ended up getting a $300 Visa card to shut us up and stop pointing out things any person paying $750 a month would be mad about,” Mowles said. “There was one day we found out at 9:30 a.m. they were shutting our water off at 10 a.m. for the entire day.”
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Being an LGBTQ Mountaineer: Students share their experiences BY MARINA FERGUSON CORRESPONDENT
There is no better time to shine a light on the experiences of WVU’S LGBTQ community than October, which is also known as LGBTQ History Month. LGBTQ History Month celebrates the achievements of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer icons. The month-long dedication began in 1994 when Rodney Wilson, a Missouri high school teacher, decided that a month should be dedicated to the celebration and teaching of LGBTQ history. WVU offers many resources to LGBTQ students, including the LGBTQ Center, located in G-06 Hodges Hall. In honor of this month, students share their experiences about being in the LGBTQ community at WVU. Wendy Pilcher — freshman exercise physiology stu-
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The LGBTQ Center located in room G-06 inside of Hodges Hall. dent from Salisbury, Maryland Wendy Pilcher believes that while the university is making strides towards being more LGBTQ-inclusive, the actions of the students are what will inspire change. “They seem to be making effort, but only because people within the college are making effort,” Pilcher said. Pilcher feels that forcing change may actually hurt the LGBTQ community rather than help it and that change must come naturally.
“Forcing people to learn about LGBT issues is a really good way to make people think, ‘This sucks, I don’t care about this’,” Pilcher said. Ollie Lehk — freshman physics and mathematics student from Morgantown, West Virginia While Lehki grew up in the Morgantown area, they said that the campus environment is much more inclusive than what they are used to. “At my high school, we
LGBTQ studies minor promotes life-long diversity and inclusion BY EMILY ZEKONIS CULTURE EDITOR
October celebrates LGBTQ history month, a time dedicated to the achievements of LGBTQ icons. But LGBTQ education can be found on WVU campus everyday. “The minor in LGBTQ studies is meant to introduce students to thinking about how diverse people have lived, and organized, to improve their own lives,” said Cris Mayo, director of the LGBTQ Center, “but also how such civil rights struggles have also meant thinking intersectionality.” The 15-credit minor in LGBTQ studies is open to students of all majors. The courses for the minor include three required women and gender studies courses and three upper-division electives in English, social work, geography, political science, women and gender studies or foreign culture. “Many of the courses have
been offered for a long time, but the LGBTQ minor was approved within the last few years,” Mayo said. “We regularly hear from students who just took a course out of curiosity, or convenience, that they never knew LGBTQ people had a history of struggle, or that diversities among LGBTQ people, like race, class, gender identity, disability and gender, had shaped their experiences so distinctively.” The knowledge covered in LGBTQ studies classes and the minor apply to nearly all career fields. The courses are interdisciplinary with topics in history, political science, literature, sociology, geography, education and law all covered in course material. “We especially encourage people who will be working with diverse co-workers, students, clients and so on to take a class with us,” Mayo said. “Corporations have actually been at the forefront of encouraging LGBTQ equity in
their own staff and in terms of working with clients and designing advertising, so there are many good reasons for students in all sorts of majors to consider this minor.” Topics covered in the minor include how the role trans people have played in the movement for LGBTQ equality, how sexuality is shaped and the issues facing those in the LGBTQ community today. “We’d welcome the people who steal our signs or deface our advertising to take a course and learn a little bit more about the people they seem to disrespect,” Mayo said. “The great thing about being at a university is that we all know we’re here to learn from one another, even if sometimes that prospect seems uncomfortable or challenging.” For more information about the LGBTQ studies minor visit https://womensgenderstudies.wvu.edu/students/ undergraduate-programs/ lgbtq-studies-minor.
could not be out,” Lehki said. “Now I’m in a place where I can at least can be gay without being ridiculed.” Lehki agreed that what is needed for WVU to become a more inclusive environment is a culture change. “It’s not the University that needs to change, it’s the general public,” Lehki said. Bre Cline — freshman pre-veterinary student from Morristown, Ohio Cline said that the WVU
LGBTQ Center is an important resource. “I’ve been there several times and it’s really nice,” Cline said. “It’s nice to meet other people in the LGBTQ community.” Cline agreed that WVU’s LGBTQ inclusivity is a major improvement from her hometown, which was religious and conservative. “WVU is much more inclusive,” said Cline. “A lot of people in my town really just hated the LGBTQ community.” Julia Durbin — senior chemistry student from Chicago, Illinois Durbin said that moving to Morgantown, from her hometown of Chicago, was a big change in terms of LGBTQ acceptance. “It was a culture shock first coming here,” Durbin said. As a senior, Durbin said that the university has made progress in her years here. However, there are still things WVU could be doing better.
“One of the major things is more gender-inclusive bathrooms,” Durbin said. “We do have some, but they can be hard to find.” Durbin is also president of Spectrum, WVU’s LGBTQ organization. Spectrum meets at 7 p.m. every Thursday in the Laurel Room of the Mountainlair. Jojo Slider — freshman undecided student from Arthurdale, West Virginia Slider agreed that WVU is, overall, an inclusive environment for LGBTQ students. “I think that WVU has a lot of programs for LGBTQ students that help them feel more included, safe and at home,” Slider said. Slider also noted that living in the True Colors Community, WVU’s gender-inclusive housing, has been particularly helpful for him. “The gender-inclusive dorm is great,” Slider said. “And the LGBTQ Center is fantastic.”
Need-to-Read calls attention to literacy crisis BY EMILY ZEKONIS CULTURE EDITOR
While WVU students may spend their days with their heads in their books, one in five adults in West Virginia could not imagine reading a single printed word. “Fifteen-thousand adults in Monongalia and Preston [Counties] cannot read above a fourth grade reading level, and 73 percent of third graders read below grade level,” said Sam Donato, representative of Literacy Volunteers of Monongalia and Preston County. The nonprofit Literacy Volunteers of Monongalia was created in 1983 by a group of volunteers and tutors who gathered in people’s homes to exchange resources and promote the increase of literacy rates across the community. In 2012, the organization merged with the Preston County chapter. The organization now offers a variety of services to increase literacy to those of all ages. Over the last 30
“Other events we do include a sit-in reading event where we go to a local school and work with students on their literacy skills.” -Sam Donato, representative for Literacy Volunteers of Monongalia and Preston County years, Literacy Volunteers of Monongalia and Preston County have provided more than 4,500 hours of literacy support through workshops, group classes and tutoring. “Other events we do include a sit-in reading event where we go to a local school and work with students on their literacy skills,” Donato said. Since the organization is run by a nonprofit, the success of these events and the resolution of the current literacy crisis in West Virginia depends on contributions by donors. Donations go directly to purchasing learning materials such as work-
books, visual dictionaries and audiobooks. All events and tutoring efforts are also run by the donation of time from local volunteers. The Need-to-Read event will include the help of “sit-in” volunteers to fill Woodburn Circle and read quietly to raise questions about the cause. The Need-to-Read event will take place from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Oct. 18 in Woodburn Circle and is free and open to the public. For more information about the event and Literacy Volunteers of Monongalia and Preston Counties visit http://lvmpc.org.
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WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 18, 2017
Twitter going to 280 characters - good or bad? BY KAMERON DUNCAN OPINION EDITOR
For years, Twitter has been a place of brevity. One of the hallmarks of the immensely popular social media platform is the 140 character limit. Users of the site can only send status messages with 140 characters, known as “tweets.” However, a recent update to the site and various mobile apps has made that limit a thing of the past. Twitter users now have access to 280 characters per tweet. This effectively doubles the limit that users were required to adhere to before the decision to change. Ac c o rd i n g t o Tw i tter product manager Aliza Rosen, the change was made after tweets in different languages were analyzed and compared with one another. Twitter found that tweets in languages like Japanese, for example, required fewer words to convey the same amount of information as languages like English and Spanish. In a company blog post, Rosen wrote that “...in all markets, when people don’t have to cram their thoughts into 140 characters and ac-
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The logo of Twitter on an iPhone. tually have some to spare, we see more people Tweeting - which is awesome!” While Twitter itself seems to only see the positive side of the change in format, others are more skeptical of the decision to up the limit. Tanner Ballard, a dual-degree student from Charleston, West Virginia, believes that the decision is something of a double-edged
sword. “In theory, it’s a great idea, but there are a lot of pros and cons,” Ballard said. “People would be able to finish their points more effectively and there would be fewer grammatical errors,” Ballard said. “If it were to be extended even further, like to 300 characters, that’s when I think you’d start to have some problems.”
Ballard also believes that those who dislike the change won’t be as affected as they may think. “In the long run, you still have 140 characters,” Ballard said. “Now you have the option to go above that if you want, or you can do what you’ve always done.” Joanna Roller, a journalism student from Akron, Ohio, wasn’t as receptive to Twitter’s decision. She believes that it ruins the intended purpose of Twitter itself. “Twitter makes it very important to be concise,” Roller said. “140 characters forces people to use their best and most thoughtful words.” Roller also believes that Twitter has more pressing issues to deal with than an arbitrary decision to change the character limit. “Twitter should be focusing on the systematic racism that exists on its platform, and Russian bots and fake accounts,” Roller said. “That’s a way bigger problem than doubling the character limit. Whether you agree or disagree with the decision, Twitter is changing. Time will tell if that change is a positive one or a negative one.
Support for LGBTQ Individuals growing in America BY LOGAN WILSON CORRESPONDENT
The thought that someone would be discriminated against based on factors outside of their own control may seem like a problem of the past, but for many, that simply is not the case. In 2015, Steward Butler, a college football player in West Virginia was convicted for attacking two men who were kissing in downtown Huntington. While Butler was charged with two counts of battery and two felony civil rights violations, the latter charges were later dropped. The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals ruled that sexual orientation is not covered under current non-discrimination legislation. Gallup Poll reported in May that support for same-sex marriage was 64 percent, which is an all time high. If public support for LGBTQ individuals is at an all time high, then why has it taken so long for them to receive it? The answer lies in local government. It is easy to discount the actions of city government
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President Gordon Gee and Cris Mayo pose for a photo after the opening of the LGBTQ+ center in Hodges Hall. when characters like the president and federal legislators have the majority of the political spotlight. However, real change is being made at a grassroots level. The Morgantown City Council successfully voted last night to amend non-discrimination legislation in the city to include “sexual orientation” and “gender identity”, which protects
people previously unprotected by federal and state laws. In 2016, Huntington City Council unanimously approved a resolution that urges West Virginia Legislature to amend state codes to include the protection of individuals for their actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity. Ten other cities have already made such changes, accord-
ing to Fairness West Virginia Executive Director Andrew Schneider. This is proof that local action can pick up the slack left behind by larger government bodies. “You show that small town, [grassroots] action is a little bit more achievable than that federal, top-down approach,” said Garrett Burgess, a senior political science and russian studies student from Elkview, West Virginia, describing what he thinks might be the effects of actions in these local governments. “And maybe they might think to consider doing something similar”. Burgess said. This gives citizens an amazing opportunity to make a difference. Local government is where you see the party divisions break down and start seeing people as neighbors. It stops being “us” versus “them”. You speaking at your city council meeting makes an impact on not only the counselors, but the person that lives down the street from you, and their neighbor too. Attend your city counsel meetings, get involved, stay informed.
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WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 18, 2017 PHOTOS BY JEFFREY SCOTT
BY JEFFREY SCOTT GAMER COLUMNIST
Cartridges Galore provides four decades of gaming fun The Atari 2600, often called the first video game console, came out in 1977 — 40 years ago this year. Cartridges Galore, a video game store in Morgantown, just so happens to have several Atari’s in stock, alongside nearly every game-playing doodad that came after it. Located at 40 High St. Plaza since March 2015, Galore sells everything from modern systems like the PS4 to old-handheld devices like the Gameboy Color. T-shirts, statues and toys fill every inch that isn’t stuffed with cartridges and discs. The store’s love of retro gaming is evident from the moment you step through the doors. There’s even an old video game console from the 90’s, the SNES, loaded up with Super Mario World, ready to play for anyone walking by. “[A good game] won’t get old,” said Andy Carter, the manager of Cartridges Ga-
lore. “It’s like a favorite movie. A well-crafted thing is a wellcrafted thing.” Carter, a 38-year-old local, has played video games his entire life. Now he’s happy to introduce the games of his youth to a new generation of players. “Kids instantly gravitate to these games,” Carter said. “They know what to do, and they can’t get enough of them.” Unlike films, which often see re-releases on updated technology (think how “The Lion King” went from VHS to DVD), video games can often only be played on the device they were originally made for. If you want to play “Ice Climbers” for the NES, you’ll have to own an NES. That’s part of what makes stores like Cartridges Galore so critical. Without places buying and selling vintage products, a huge part of video game history could easily be lost. After all, no one is manufacturing new copies of 30-year-old
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games, or updating 20-yearold hardware. Retro gaming takes you back to a simpler time, where are no downloads, updates or bad internet connections. You just slap the game in the system and get to playing. It’s gaming in it’s purest form, when the industry was just getting it’s start, an entirely new medium of entertainment. In addition to all the retro games, Cartridges Galore has plenty of t-shirts, plush toys, books and other gaming goodies to scratch your nostalgic itch. And if modern games are more your thing, Galore has those too. Really, for anyone who’s ever loved a video game, there’s something to be had at Cartridge’s Galore. Even if it’s just walking past case upon case of classic games, Galore provides an old school pleasure that’s increasingly hard to come by.
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Rocka Poke Noodle Bar opens on Chestnut Street Poke bowls are swiftly becoming a commonplace all across the United States, and the Hawaiian cuisine has finally found a home here in Morgantown. Poke, which means “to slice” in Hawaiian, is a rice bowl salad traditionally constructed with fresh fish and seaweed; but the cuisine can have many variations depending on the restaurant in which it is served. Rocka Poke Noodle Bar offers not only traditional Hawaiian Poke bowls, but many variations including a Morgantown Original, called the M-Town bowl. The M-Town bowl, made with ahi tuna, salmon and an incredible amount of vegetables topped with a spicy mayo sauce, is a favorite of owner Ton Sittichaimanee. Sittichaimanee has been in the restaurant business in Morgantown for more than 25 years, and has finally achieved his dream of owning and operating his own restaurant. He prides himself on four qualities of his restaurant that he believes will set him apart from the rest of the restaurants in Morgantown. Sittichaimanee says the cornerstones of what will make Rocka successful are the “quality of food, tasty food, friendly staff and a trendy atmosphere.” The Hawaiian bowl was incredibly fresh and exceedingly filling, which made it an incredible, healthy meal that was worth all of the $13 it cost to enjoy. Rocka Poke Noodle Bar is more than just a restaurant, but an incredible bar with well-trained bartenders. There is an extensive cocktail menu that offers American classics along with fantastic fruity Hawaiian spirits. Officially, Rocka is open, but the grand opening will be in two weeks when the staff is
fully trained and can handle the expected rush that will come after word of its exceptionality gets around. After the grand opening, the official hours will be from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. for the kitchen, but Ton hopes to keep the bar crowd until 2:30 a.m., long after the kitchen closes. Rocka is quickly going to become a popular eating establishment and, eventually, getting a table will be a battle. The freshness of the food makes it a clean, healthy eating experience that will definitely fill anyone up. The prices are very reasonable, even with drinks included; and the atmosphere is that of a trendy establishment that makes for an overall great dining experience. Just make sure you try it before the grand opening, or you’ll be fighting for a table. The restaurant is located on 467 Chestnut St., across from Mainstage Morgantown.
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Rocka Poke Noodle Bar offers a varitey of fish-based cuisine, from their signature Poke bowls to sushi burritos and tacos.
Rocka Poke Noodle Bar also offers a variety of specialty alcoholic drinks, including a colorful “Paradise Sunset” cocktail.
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The Hawaiian Classic Bowl is a combination of Ahi tuna, cucumber, carrot, edamame, avocado, green onion, sweet onion and spicy mayo sauce.
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Ahi tuna sushi tacos are one of the restaurant’s most popular appetizers.
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WVU gearing up for postseason run BY JOSEPH SEVERINO CORRESPONDENT
The 29th-ranked WVU cross country team is sitting in a similar spot based on year’s past just less than two weeks ahead of the Big 12 Championships. WVU Head Coach Sean Cleary has taken six of the 10 teams he’s coached to the NCAA Championships during his time at the helm. He draws some comparisons from his most recent team to make it to nationals back in 2014. “There are a lot of similarities; we’ve got a lot of West Virginia kids on the team like we did in that era,” Cleary said. There were six runners from West Virginia on both this year’s squad and in 2014. Standout seniors Jill Forsey, Maggie Drazba and Amy Cashin were all sophomores on the 2014 team. Cleary also credits those seniors for helping lead the younger WVU roster, again drawing a comparison to 2014. “We’ve got great team chemistry and we have leaders that are really setting great examples,” Cleary said.
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Maggie Drazba runs in the Penn State National Open with a 20th place finish. WVU finished eighth overall nationally in 2014. The Mountaineers have dealt with multiple injuries to some key runners this season. One of the most notable injuries was to Forsey, who has been sidelined all
season. But she and Cleary have been working hard all year to get ready for the Big 12 Championships. WVU also sawDrazba miss the Spiked Shoe Invitational at Penn State earlier in the season. Cleary says that
sophomore Olivia Hill is also battling the injury bug. If Forsey is unable to run in the Big 12 Championships, Cleary still sees his team near the top of the conference. “I think sitting with the team we have right now
and just moderate improvements, we’d be happy with a top-three finish at the Big 12’s,” Cleary said. “Of course, we’re not going to go in looking at that as the goal; we want more.” WVU has finished in the
top three at the Big 12 Championships each of the past four seasons, so that is always the baseline goal for the Mountaineers. WVU’s most important race comes in just less than a month when the team travels to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, for the Mid-Atlantic Regionals. In order to get WVU back to the NCAA Championships as a team, it will need to beat some tough competition. Cleary sees No. 10 Penn State, No. 15 Villanova, No. 22 Georgetown as the top dogs, and WVU, Pittsburgh, Bucknell and Princeton are potential challengers for a national bid. “I think there’s four or five teams that are really looking from the outside to try and knock off one of those top three,” Cleary said. The top-two region finishers automatically qualify for nationals, but the third team to finish has a chance for an at-large bid based on the team’s season performance. The Big 12 Championships take place Oct. 28 in Round Rock, Texas, and the Mid-Atlantic Regionals begin Nov. 10, with the NCAA Championships following a week later.
Carter brings leadership, experience to young WVU team BY PATRICK KOTNIK
ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR
Nearly seven months have passed and the agony of defeat is still fresh in the mind of West Virginia senior guard Jevon Carter. Following WVU’s season-ending loss to Gonzaga in the Sweet 16 last March, Carter and the Mountaineers entered the offseason working towards their shot at redemption. Carter says the disappointment from last year’s narrow loss to Gonzaga isn’t going away until the Mountaineers reach their ultimate goal. “It won’t change till I win the championship,” Carter said. “I’m just ready to get back out there.” The offseason grind is something that Carter has embraced head-on. Throughout this past offseason, Carter worked on improving every aspect of his game and also worked out with NBA star and current Houston Rockets point guard Chris Paul. “(Jevon’s) playing at a really, really high level right now,” said WVU head coach Bob
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Jevon Carter shoots a contested 3-point shot in the Big 12 Championship against Iowa State. Huggins. “The game slowed down for him. If he’s not the best on the ball defender in the country, he’s right up there.” According to Carter, he usually dedicates about 20 hours per week to basketball and has put in as much as 10 hours in
a single day, but the motivation strikes more during days in which he feels doubt. “When I feel like I can’t do it, that’s when I feel like I need to come in here the most,” Carter said. “So that’s why I just never stop.”
Along the way, Carter also took a glance at his future and the chance at a potential professional basketball career. In April, Carter entered his name into the NBA Draft lottery, but withdrew his name in May. The point of this move
was to have the opportunity to workout for NBA teams and see what he needed to improve upon in order to improve his draft stock after he graduates. This move is one that Carter recommends to college basketball underclassmen. “It can only help you,” Carter said. “You go and learn things you didn’t know. You get to show your face around NBA guys. You get to see who you have to go against to get to that level. It’s just a lot of stuff you can learn.” Not once did Carter ever think about going through the draft process and leaving WVU. “I always knew I was coming back,” Carter said. If Carter’s game has shown anything, it’s that he’s well on his way to a career at the next level. As a junior last season, Carter was named the NABC Defensive Player of the Year and led the Mountaineers in scoring and assists. His success last season earned him a unanimous selection to the Preseason AllBig 12 team, but he knows he can’t read too much into a preseason honor. “It just goes to show that
hard work can get you where you want to be,” Carter said. “But that’s just a preseason award. I can’t really get much off of that. I still got to go and produce this year.” Carter is just one of two seniors returning to WVU for this upcoming season, joining guard Daxter Miles Jr. The Mountaineers possess a young team that consists of some returning talent, but mostly underclassmen. Out of WVU’s 13 players, nine of them are either freshmen or sophomores. Carter believes his leadership will be a necessity for this young WVU team during the upcoming season. “We’re young,” Carter said. “We definitely need my leadership now more than ever.” That leadership may prove to be a critical part of WVU’s season as Carter and the Mountaineers look to surpass last season’s Sweet 16 appearance and play for a national championship. “I feel like you always got something to prove no matter who you’re playing against, where’re you’re playing at,” Carter said. “It’s always who’s the best or who’s the best that day.”
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2. Two home games, two ranked opponents The WVU men’s soccer team will play their second top 10 team in as many home games, as they will host No. 8 Western Michigan (11-2-1, 2-0 MAC) on Friday night at 7 p.m. “We’re going to have to play as good, if not better than we did on Wednesday night against Michigan State,” said WVU Head Coach
3. Upset gives LeBlanc and the Mountaineers RPI boost With a 1-0 upset over then-No. 6 Michigan State on Oct. 11, the WVU men’s soccer team saw a significant boost in their RPI (rating percentage index), rising from 73 to 47. Unlike the women’s soccer NCAA Tournament, the men’s soccer NCAA Tournament only involves 48 teams and just 24 at-large bids. This makes competition in the Mid-American
Conference all the more important for LeBlanc and the Mountaineers.
when Izzo-Brown’s squad beat then-No. 20 Princeton, 2-0, on the road on Sept. 15.
4. Totally in their hands After a 1-0 loss at Texas on Sep. 24, the Big 12 regular season championship was out of the Mountaineers’ hands for the first time since 2014. To begin October, the Longhorns picked up two draws and a loss to give the Big 12 regular season championship West Virginia’s to lose yet again. The Mountaineers only have three games left in the regular season, hosting Texas Tech and TCU this weekend before heading to Kansas on Oct. 27.
6. Five wins away The WVU women’s soccer game against TCU will be Senior Day at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium. Izzo-Brown’s 2017 senior class includes Michaela Abam, Heather Kaleohi, Carla Portillo, Amandine PierreLouis and Alli Magaletta. This class currently has a record of 70-10-7 and would become the all-time winningest class with five more wins. The earliest that would be possible would be with a win in the Big 12 Tournament semifinals on Nov. 3. “They just keep setting the tone of what we want to do here and what the program is all about and that’s winning and winning championships, not only in the classroom but also on the field,” Izzo-Brown said of her class. “I can’t speak enough about the seniors and how much they’ve given to this program. Obviously, all the wins but it’s more than that.”
5. National attention The WVU women’s soccer team will have a national television audience for the second time this season when they host Texas Tech on Thursday. ESPNU will air the match starting at 5 p.m. from Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium. The Mountaineers’ only other game on national television came last month,
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The West Virginia volleyball team will look to snag another win against No. 22 Iowa State in Ames on Wednesday. Iowa State is 12-4 on the year and 3-3 in the Big 12, so this will be a great road test for a 13-6 West Virginia team that defeated Oklahoma for the first time in program history last Friday. Iowa State leads the series against West Virginia 12-1. “We just have to keep doing what we are doing,” said WVU Head Coach Reed Sunahara. “We have to keep
working hard, individually and collectively. That’s what we are going to do for the next couple days to get ready for Wednesday’s match vs. Iowa State. It’s a tough week. It’s tough any time that you travel or are out of town. You just have to make the best of it.” The Cyclones have plenty of seasoned players on their roster, including setter Monique Harris, who averages 8.42 assists a set. The team also features Jess Schaben, who leads the team with an average of three kills per set. ISU is currently second in the Big 12 in blocking, sitting
just one place ahead of the Mountaineers. Overall, the Cyclones are ranked fourth in the league and WVU is ranked sixth. Last week, WVU rose to the occasion to snag a 3-1 win over Oklahoma after a loss in its first set. Despite the Sooners’ last place rank in the conference, it was an important win for a building program. Against Oklahoma, four Mountaineers ended the night with a hitting percentage of .300 or better. Payton Caffrey led the team with 19 kills. Mia Swanegan had a .375 hitting percentage and
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1. Izzo-Brown’s troops drop in new rankings The WVU women’s soccer team dropped in the United Soccer Coaches Poll from No. 7 to No. 8 despite their 4-0 thrashing of the Iowa State Cyclones on Friday. Two other Big 12 schools joined the Mountaineers (123, 5-1 Big 12) in the national rankings. Texas (12-1-2, 4-12), who handed head coach Nikki Izzo-Brown and her team their only loss, came in at No. 10. Oklahoma State (12-2-2, 5-1), who currently leads the Big 12 standings, came in at No. 24.
Marlon LeBlanc in an interview with WVUSports.com’s Amanda Mazey. “Western Michigan’s a top team this year, they’ve proven it over and over again (by) beating some good teams. We’re definitely going have to be at our best to find a result.” The Mountaineers (7-34, 0-0-2) will try to bounce back in conference play after opening up with draws against Northern Illinois and Bowling Green. The Broncos can clinch a spot in November’s MAC Tournament with a win over West Virginia on Friday.
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