The DA 10-5-2016

NEWS

Student Life VP Bill Schafer resigns: Dean of Students Corey Farris assumes role immediately

Campus Climate Survey:

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Bill Cole and Jim Justice

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NEWS Caity Coyne Editor-In-Chief Jennifer Gardner Managing Editor Andrew Spellman Art Director Jamie Mason Web Director Lena Camilletti City Editor Rhett Zillinger Associate City Editor Chris Jackson Sports Editor

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THURSDAY

PRODUCTION Jackson Montgomery Ad Foreman

Animal Collective will perform at 8 p.m. at Mainstage Morgantown. General admission tickets are $30 and this is an all ages events, but those 18 years and younger must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Jiayao Tang Ad Foreman

DISTRIBUTION Andreas Cepeda Driver

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Brendon Periard Driver Christopher Scheffler Driver Michael Scully Driver

BUSINESS Lauren Black Business Office

The 7th Annual Brewing Company Oktoberfest will start at 11 a.m. at Morgantown Brewing Company on Oct. 8. There will be traditional German food, games and prizes, as well as t-shirts and German steins for purchase.

SATURDAY Runnin’ for Research 5K, a race to raise funds for migraine and headache research, will begin at 9:30 a.m. at Cheat Lake Park. There will be a 5K run and one-mile walk. Registration is $20.

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MONDAY Men’s soccer will face the University of Maryland at 7 p.m. at Dick Dlesk stadium.

Admission is free for students with a valid student ID.

Cover designed by Andrew Spellman. Photos by Rick Barbero / The Register-Herald.

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

STUDENT HEALTH SERVICES Health & Education Building 390 Birch Street

855-WVU-CARE Appointment is required for primary care visit.

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A breakdown of Tuesday’s gubernatorial debate

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BY CAITY COYNE EDITORINCHIEF

BY SAMANTHA HUFFMAN CORRESPONDENT West Virginia’s gubernatorial candidates met at the Clay Center in Charleston Tuesday night for their first debate, just 34 days before the national election. Moderated by Ashton Marra of West Virginia Public Broadcasting and hosted by AARP and the West Virginia Press Association, Democratic candidate Jim Justice and Republican candidate Bill Cole, both prominent businessmen in the Mountain State, discussed everything from the legalization of marijuana to broadband access and job creation within the State, but with all of this, did viewers learn anything new that could sway their vote when they go to the polls on Nov. 8?

Education Other than jobs, the second most contentious topic discussed during the debate was education. Both Justice and Cole believe solving the education crisis is instrumental in rebuilding the State’s economy; their plans for achieving that, however, are what differ significantly.

Justice accused Senator Cole of making too many cuts to education during his time as senate president while emphasizing the need for significant pay raises for all teachers throughout the state.

“We can’t cut our way out of this, we have to grow our way out of this,” Justice said.

In the last four years, West Virginia state funding for higher education has been cut four times, according to a report by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities released last year.

For the 2014-15 academic year, 37 states increased per-student higher education funding, while West Virginia and 12 others cut it. West Virginia cut funding $157 per-student, making it one of only five states to cut more than $100 per-student, the report read. The State also joined Kentucky and Oklahoma in being the only three states to cut per-student funding two years in a row.

A recent study conducted by WalletHub analysts shows that West Virginia’s education system currently ranks 45th out of the 51 U.S. states and territories.

Legalization of marijuana When moderator Ashton Marra asked the candidates about their stance on legalizing marijuana in

West Virginia, Jim Justice and Senator Bill Cole both agreed that legalizing marijuana for medicinal purposes is something they would readily support.

Both candidates emphasized the benefits of medical marijuana for cancer patients and individuals suffering with other various medical conditions such as seizures. However, when asked by Marra whether or not they would support recreational marijuana use, Senator Cole adamantly objected, calling marijuana a “gateway drug.”

Jim Justice took a more liberal approach by agreeing that legalization for recreation was something that can and should be looked into in the future, as it has the potential to bring a substantial amount of revenue to the State. Justice noted that Colorado has seen almost a $150 million increase in revenue by legalizing and taxing the sale of marijuana over a single year.

Broadband access Of the 1.85 million people in West Virginia, 608,000 do not currently have access to a wireless connection exceeding 25 megabits per second, according to the National Telecommunication and Information Agency. The Mountain State is ranked 45th when it comes to broadband connection nationally, and currently 70,000 residents live in an area where there are no Internet providers available to them.

Since 2010, about $4.8 million in federal grants have been awarded to spread the efforts of the West Virginia Broadband Program, which is working to spread connectivity throughout the State, while urging it to be as efficient as possible for users. Since 2011, the number of West Virginians with access to a broadband connection exceeding 10 mbps has almost

doubled, jumping from 45 percent to 83 percent as of 2015, according to the NTIA. During the debate, both candidates agreed that maximizing the efficiency of broadband within the State is crucial to maximizing the efficiency of the State’s citizens. With better connection comes more job opportunities and educational opportunities, which is key to bettering the State’s economy and the quality of life of those within state lines.

Justice and Cole’s approaches to accessing better broadband, however, is where they differ.

When Marra pushed the candidates to discuss their plans for funding better broadband, the answers colored a picture of each man’s broader views, as well.

“The role of government is to be a facilitator,” Cole said. “I do not advocate for the State government being invested in the expansion of broadband in all of our communities.”

Despite this declaration, Cole did not propose a secondary plan for broadband access.

Because of the advantages better Internet connectivity would bring to the State, Justice was adamant that it is the government’s job to implement these advances, in fact, the government owes it to the people.

“That’s government’s responsibility. We ought to be finding a way to deliver prosperity and jobs to our people,” Justice said.

Throughout the debate, Marra pushed both candidates several times to answer her questions with specifics, and yet each time, with few exceptions, she was still given policy goals with no solid plans or steps of how to achieve them.

This debate acted as a forum for the two candidates to discuss and lightly argue their stances with rhet-

oric we’ve come to know as familiar in the past few months as they campaigned in the primary (Cole unopposed) and around the State; new information and ideals, however, were left off the stage.

Despite broader themes and goals dominating the conversation, one thing viewers could take away from the debate is how both Justice and Cole present themselves. During the primaries, Cole, current senate president, ran the Republican side unopposed, and Justice defeated Boothe Goodwin and Jeff Kessler for his shot at the nomination.

Neither candidates have participated in debates this election season, and their individual styles and mannerisms shined where their policy efforts fell short on Tuesday evening.

Justice took a conversational approach to answering Marra’s questions, rounding out his responses with personal dialogue that separated him from his policy initiatives.

While Cole added some personal touches to his segments (a story about his mother and her illness, and how he would support medical marijuana to alleviate the pain of those in her position), he frequently made clear and concise proclamations about his stances that made Justice’s rhetoric seem almost superfluous.

The next gubernatorial debate will be held at 7 p.m. next Tuesday, Oct. 11 at the Clay Center in Charleston.

Hoppy Kercheval of MetroNews will be moderating, and the debate will be aired and streamed for citizens throughout the state.

The last day for West Virginians to register to vote for the Nov. 8 election is Oct. 18. To learn how to register, visit http://sos.wv.gov.

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WEDNESDAY OCT. 5, 2016

Schafer steps down as VP of Student Life

BY LENA CAMILLETTI CITY EDITOR West Virginia University Vice President of Student Life Bill Schafer announced Tuesday he will be stepping down from his position, effective Jan. 2, 2017, and Associate VP and Dean of Students Corey Farris will take over Schafer’s responsibilities.

Schafer joined WVU’s administration in March 2015 but had more than a decade of experience serving as Georgia Institute of Technology’s VP of Student Affairs.

“I have enjoyed my time at WVU immensely and believe we have developed a good foundation that will

serve student life well in the future,” Schafer said. “I am humbled to have had this opportunity to work with President Gee and learn from his decades of Presidential leadership.”

Though his work at WVU has been brief, Schafer spent it focused on restructuring Student Life.

Schafer supported the Collegiate Recovery Program to help students seeking help recovering from addiction. He also worked with the University and the city to create the cooperative zone for Greek housing.

He filled redesigned leadership positions in housing and residence life, Greek life, student engagement and leadership, stu-

dent media and student conduct.

According to a release

by WVUToday, Schafer will be persuing other strategic opportunities within higher education.

Jason Broadwater, director of communications and marketing for Student Life, said Schafer did not indicate his plans.

“I very much enjoyed working with (Schafer),” Broadwater said. “I think he came in at a time when the University was making a lot of changes. Schafer was the guy to help begin some of those changes, and Farris will see those things through.”

Broadwater is optimistic about Dean of Students Co-

rey Farris assuming Schafer’s responsibilities, effective immediately.

“I couldn’t think of a better replacement,” Broadwater said. “Someone who is well liked, someone who is 100 percent WVU.” “(Farris) has a ton of energy and excitement,” he said. “I think people get behind that, and excited about that.”

Farris said he is thrilled to have the opportunity to step up and lead the division.

“I’m very excited to take on the role, help students succeed, and support them,” Farris said. “We’re all here to take care of students whenever and however we can.”

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Farris to take over role of VP of Student Life

BY TAYLOR AMBROSE STAFF WRITER Corey Farris has served in various leadership roles within Student Life at West Virginia University, and now he is excited to take over the role as Vice President of Student Life.

Farris, dean of students and the associate vice president of Student Life, received his business administration degree at WVU in 1981 and began working for the University in 1991.

Since then, he has held multiple roles, all with the same goal: making students’ lives better.

“I am thrilled and honored to continue to serve not only WVU, but the students,” Farris

“ We wake up every single day thinking about (students) and how we can make your day better.

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-Corey Farris, Dean of Students said.

As Dean of Students, Farris is the primary student advocate and serves as a liaison between students, university administrators and community officials. He handles student issues such as discipline, student support and overall guidance.

In his 25 years at WVU, Farris said he has spent his career trying to help students succeed.

From 1991-96, Farris served as the coordinator for New Student Services. Then, he

was the interim director for New Student Services from 1996-99, at which point he was named the assistant dean of students for Residential Education, a post he held from 1999-2004.

Farris was the director of Housing and University Apartments from 2005 to 2013, and the assistant dean of students under the Office of Student Conduct.

This chance in position won’t change the heart of Ferris’ work, something he takes great pride in.

“We’re all here to take care of students whenever and however we can,” Farris said.

“We wake up every single day thinking about (students) and how we can make your day better.”

He will not take the title of Student Life Vice President that Schafer had. Instead, he will retain his title of Dean of Students., but report directly to the WVU President Gordon Gee. “The goal is the success of our students and that will be the mantra.”

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Results of survey on student safety yet to be released

BY JENNIFER GARDNER MANAGING EDITOR How safe do you feel on campus?

WVU students were asked nearly 50 questions about domestic violence, sexual assault, victim resources and their overall feeling of safety on and off campus last spring.

The results are ready, but after a series of cancelled and rescheduled meetings within the University, they have yet to be released.

This was the first Campus Climate Survey at WVU and more than 5,700 students participated.

“We have a chance to be

proactive instead of reactive,” said WVU Sociology Professor Amanda Hall-Sanchez.

“This is not a WVU problem, it is endemic, a societal problem.”

After analyzing the results, she believes they may concern and upset the University community at first; however, this is a step in the right direction of changing the culture at WVU. The results are not only meant to raise awareness across campus, but to help the University cultivate and continue resources for victims.

“The (Campus) Climate Survey is kind of that piece we were missing over the

summer,” said Mariana Matthews WVU Title IX specialist and peer advocate program coordinator. “You have to be aware to consider prevention programs.”

The survey was administered, collected and analyzed

by Sanchez and WVU Sociology Professors Dr.Walter DeKeseredy and Dr. James Nolan and concluded before their first scheduled meeting in July with Provost Joyce McConnell and Pres. E. Gordon Gee, when Sanchez said they hoped to release it.

“We felt it necessary to share the findings with our Dean, the Provost and the President, as we hope to be a part of the discussion on

next steps - prevention, education, awareness programming and campaigns that the University can spearhead to continue to address the important issues the survey attempted to uncover,” Sanchez said.

However, the first meeting was rescheduled, then rescheduled again, and again for the third time. Now, the meeting is expected to take place mid-October.

Though the first three meetings were cancelled, Sanchez said she is not suspicious of Gee and McConnell’s intentions.

“I know (Gee) believes it is important, and the Provost is a huge advocate for those

who need a voice,” she said. “(DeKeseredy and I) have always praised the institution for standing behind this” The Eberly College of Arts and Sciences and the Provost’s office funded the study, and more than 30,000 students were invited to participate, including every student registered in the Fall 2015-Spring 2016 semesters.

The survey received more than 20 percent participation, and Sanchez said the sample is definitely representative of the total main campus population.

The questions focused on students’ perceptions of safety on or near the campus, including personal

safety, discrimination and bias, interpersonal assault (including sexual assault), knowledge of/participation in campus programs, knowledge of campus resources and perceptions of administration’s handling of sexual assault reports.

“We are dedicated to maintaining a safe and welcoming environment for all students on this great campus,” Sanchez said. “We are excited to share the results with our WVU community, and beyond, so we can begin working with the numerous individuals on campus who share in this mission.”

Ahrens returns to WVU, gives lecture on his unexpected journey

BY ADRIANNE UPHOLD CORRESPONDENT Discovering his passion for the newspaper atmosphere, Frank Ahrens loved the feeling of being in the know through working at The Daily Athenaeum, 30 years ago.

Ahrens set his heart to start his career at The Washington Post as a journalist. After earning the position as an editor and reporter, he met his future wife, Rebekah Davis.

Not knowing his love for her would take him on an adventure that soon would change his entire life.

“My wife, Rebekah, is the reason why I went to South Korea,” Ahrens said. “She was a U.S. Foreign Service Office, a diplomat, assigned to go to the U.S. Embassy in Seoul, South Korea.”

Speaking to more than 300 students and faculty in the Mountainlair Ballrooms, Ahrens shared his life changes in South Korea.

Fearing a decline in his 18year job at The Post, Ahrens put his faith into Davis and followed her across the world.

While struggling to find a job in South Korea, he stumbled across the Hyundai Motor headquarters in Seoul. Sending in his resume, Ahrens was hopeful.

Soon enough, Ahrens was presented a job offer as the director of Global Public Relations at Hyundai Motor in Seoul, as the only American at headquarters.

“In a country like Korea, which is 97 percent ethnically Korean, it was hard to find a job that wanted a native English speaker,” Ahrens

said. “And here I was, ready to plop down into their lap.”

With zero experience in PR, Ahrens realized the most difficult part of his evolving career was becoming accustomed to a new country.

Ahrens felt lost; a new language, a new form of business attire, and even a new way to greet his superiors.

Taking a full year until Ahrens became fully adapted to his surroundings, he eventually began to grow the business globally. From the help of Ahrens, Hyundai in Seoul expanded the automobile industry into other countries.

Deans from of the College of Business and Economics and Reed College of Media, co-sponsored Ahrens lecture.

“The primary narrative of Frank Ahrens is that he has never followed a straight

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Frank Ahrens signs his book, Seoul Man, Tuesday at the Mountainlair. path,” said Dean of Reed College of Media, Maryanne Reed. “He’s a pretty amazing guy, I admire him for being

successful in any career path he continues to choose.”

Former Journalist, PR Executive, and newly found Au-

thor, Frank Ahrens shares his experiences in his memoir, Seoul Man.

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WEDNESDAY OCT. 5, 2016

Screening for Mental Health offers online assessments MPD and SGA crack down on panhandling

BY TAYLOR AMBROSE CORRESPONDENT Millions of college students will be participating in a different kind of check up from the comfort of their bedrooms on Oct. 6.

National Depression Screening Day is raising awareness for mental illnesses, and how individuals can be more aware and receptive of their own mental health and how it affects their lives.

Screening for Mental Health Inc. (SMH) is sponsoring this nationwide campaign with free, anonymous screenings on their website, helpyourselfhelpothers.org.

“The anonymous and confidential screening tool is designed to help students examine any thoughts or behaviors associated with common mental health disorders and suicide,” said SMH staff member Sue Thorn.

The screening is easy, sim-

ple and personalized for each state. Students have the option to choose their university’s specific screening test if offered, plan an in-person screening or take the general screening offered by SMH. Students will be able to recognize mental health signs and warnings in their own life as well as their friends and family’s. Being able to identify these signs early can save lives.

According to the National College Health Assessment, nearly one half of college students felt hopeless in the past year and more than 35 percent felt so depressed, it was difficult to function. With numbers on the rise, it is becoming more important to assess mental health just as seriously as physical health, experts say.

“One in four adults has a diagnosable mental health condition, but few seek help,” Thorn said. “Early recognition and treatment offer the best

opportunity for recovery from a mental health condition.”

While the screening takes only a few minutes, and cannot be a substitution for a clinical evaluation, it does give simple and forthright insight into why you are feeling the way that you are.

The screening also provides specific resources so students can take the first step in receiving help.

“It can be difficult to talk about mental health, and the idea of seeing a counselor can be daunting,” Thorn said.

“The screening results can help start that conversation, whether it’s with a friend, a counselor or a doctor. The screening results also provide local resources, including your school counseling center for more information and help.”

Thorn said five minutes online can lead to a lifetime of change. For more information visit mentalhealthscreening.org.

BY CONNOR SCHLEGEL CORRESPONDENT Homelessness is a societal problem challenging cities across the country, and it can be seen first-hand when walking down High Street in downtown Morgantown.

Recently, however, the Morgantown Police Department (MPD) has received complaints of aggressive panhandling. That prompted MPD and the Student Government Association (SGA) at West Virginia University to urge students not to give money directly to panhandlers asking for cash on the street.

“Many of the people that engage in panhandling are not, in fact, homeless people,” said MPD Chief of Police Ed Preston. “They engage in panhandling activity because they’d rather do that instead of hold a regular job. Its for various reasons, addictions,

mental defects, etc.”

Giving money directly to panhandlers gives them the ability to spend it anyway they see fit, Preston explained. This can fuel addiction and lead to public intoxication issues downtown.

“They haven’t been aggressive asking me for money, just cat-calling and that sort of stuff,” said SGA City Council liaison Brenna Leasor.

“But I have heard that some of them have started screaming at people on the street or have gotten in front of them and tried to fight and gotten in their way to make it harder to walk around them.”

“I think if this group of number one givers (students) stop giving, then they’ll be less likely to ask in general, resulting in less aggressive behavior,” Leasor explained.

Both MPD and SGA are encouraging students to donate money directly to organizations that are built to facilitate

the homeless community.

“In our town, we have a number of providers. You have United Way which is a centralized collection agency for donations, and they divvy up money and they can have money directed to certain aspects,” Chief Preston said.

“You have Christian Help.

You have Health Right. You have the Friendship Room.

You have the Salvation Army and different churches so there’s a tremendous amount of organizations there.”

Students can volunteer their time or donations at the Bartlett House, local soup kitchens or other local organizations. For small cash donations, students can donate to the gold parking meters downtown. The money is all diverted to efforts to assist the local homeless population.

If faced with an aggressive panhandler, Preston encouraged students to call police.

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WEDNESDAY OCT. 5, 2016

OPINION The Gubernatorial Debate: A vague mess

BY BRANDON RIDGELY OPINION EDITOR Speaking for millennials, the televised debate Tuesday night gave us little reason to get excited about either candidate for governor of West Virginia.

Both candidates, Lieutenant Governor of West Virginia Bill Cole and businessman Jim Justice, took predictable paths when it came to party lines. But worse, there was little to no effort to encourage anyone under 25 to vote. This is a shame, as West Virginian 18-24 year olds had

the worst voting record of any age group in any state in the country last presidential election.

We’re the low hanging fruit of this election.

What about brain drain?

What about student debt?

What about promise scholarships?

Not really mentioned.

For the topics of interest to millennials, there were very few specifics.

Take the legalization of marijuana for example. When the issue finally came up, both candidates had very weak responses, one based on an in-

correct fact.

Cole outlined the positives of medical marijuana, citing the pain his mother experienced before her recent death.

Then he went from calling it “medical marijuana” to “legalized pot,” something he adamantly opposes. Cole calls it a “proven gateway drug” that would “open a can of worms, and that would be terrible.” He went on to reinforce his argument with incorrect data, saying in Colorado after legalization, “there was a terrible unintended side effect, a huge increase in DUI’s.” In reality, vehicle-related fatalities from

2011-2013 in Colorado actually went down.

Justice didn’t handle the issue of marijuana much better. He started with strong advice, “I think again we need to listen to someone other than our politicians.” Then went on with strong anti-drug rhetoric, transitioning to our state’s drug problem instead. Justice cited the horrendous fact that 60% of the umbilical cords of newborns in our state are laced with drugs.

When he got back on topic, Justice noted that Colorado made more than $150 million dollars through legalization,

but said “it’s not going to get us out of our economic mess.”

Adding, “I don’t think it’s going to bring us this revenue (compared to Colorado).”

Perhaps the most troubling thing Justice said is that this is an issue to deal with in the future. “It’s not for me today.”

Millennials watching thought, “Okay Jim, voting is not for me today either.”

The other topic which may have lured us to the polls is statewide broadband access.

Both agreed we need it. But Cole’s strange solution was to bring the parties together and lock them in a room, saying

“the private sector will come up with a solution.”

Justice responded, “I’m just buffooned.” (And so were we.)

He said locking them in a room is actually a good proposal, but that it should’ve been done day one of Cole’s term. “You were in charge, you have got to move. I absolutely think we have wasted time.”

Is locking people in a room the official solution to broadband in our state?

Without specifics, without discussing issues that affect us, how can these candidates expect us to be motivated to vote?

Should speakers like Milo Yiannopoulos be invited to campus?

BY ALEX WEIDMAN CORRESPONDENT In an effort to open important and relevant discussions on campus, WVU’s student government is beginning a series of topics to be debated during their weekly Wednesday meetings. All students are invited to participate. We decided to get a head start.

This week’s topic, the first in the series, is whether colleges should invite a speaker like Milo Yiannopoulos onto campus.

Milo Yiannopoulos has been invited to speak Nov. 2 by WVU’s College Republicans.

Joel Stein for Bloomberg Businessweek called Yian-

nopoulos “the loudest defender of the new, Trumpled ultraconservatism.” He is a spokesman for people who are “angry about feminism… don’t like immigrants… don’t like military intervention… aren’t into free trade” and “don’t like international groups” like the European Union or NATO. You could say he’s a controversial figure.

In May, Yiannopoulos was the target of protests at DePaul University and was forced to leave. Like Yiannopoulos, most targets of campus protests are people with conservative views.

This may not be surprising considering campuses tend to be more liberal.

However, university cam-

puses are supposed to be open, protected areas of learning and discussion regardless of race, religion, class, sexuality, ethnicity and any other identity markers, let alone political affiliation.

Students are supposed to be free to experiment with and express any and all ideas.

What we’ve seen recently is students taking this and twisting it to mean they should be protected from ideas they don’t agree with.

Because of the concentration of liberal beliefs, this has generally meant the removal of conservative views.

This is the exact opposite of what college and universities should be about.

Demanding removal of a campus speaker does noth-

ing to prepare students for the real world, where it is impossible to avoid divergent opinions.

There’s nothing wrong with staging a peaceful protest against someone coming to campus, but just as protests are afforded by the beloved First Amendment, we shouldn’t forget the speaker is too.

When Mr. Yiannopoulos comes to campus, this writer would honestly be very pleased to see a protest against his close-minded, unaccepting and bigoted views. But much more than that, I’d be very proud if despite the protest he was still allowed to speak, and we still listened. Even if only to know when to boo.

Milo Yiannoupoulos speaking tour: 10/10/16 – University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 10/11/16 – Vanderbilt, Nashville, TN 10/18/16 – Clemson University, Clemson, SC 10/19/16 – Davidson College, Davidson, NC 10/21/16 – George Washington University, Washington, D.C. 10/22/16 – Yale, New Haven, CT 10/24/16 – University of Richmond, Richmond, VA 10/26/16 – University of Maryland, College Park, MD 10/27/16 – University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 11/16/16 – Columbia University, New York, NY 11/17/16 – NYU, New York, NY 11/29/16 – Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA 12/2/16 – Ohio University, Athens, OH 12/6/16 – Cleveland State, Cleveland, OH 12/7/16 – Michigan State, East Lansing, MI 12/15/16 – Minnesota State, Mankato, MN 12/16/16 – North Dakota State, Fargo, ND

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WEDNESDAY OCT. 5, 2016

CULTURE

“The Voice” winner Jordan Smith to perform at WVU

BY ERIN DRUMMOND ASSOCIATE CULTURE EDITOR

Winner of the ninth season of “The Voice,” Jordan Smith will bring his talent to WVU Oct. 30.

The televised singing competition “The Voice” is in its eleventh season, and fans of the show are keeping up with contestants by watching the weekly challenges.

Smith will bring his “Something Beautiful” tour to Morgantown as part of the University Toyota University Arts Series produced by

WVU Arts & Entertainment.

Known as “The Voice’s” biggest seller, Smith made history on the show by selling 1.5 million singles within six months.

He also landed eight of his songs from the Live Rounds of the show into iTunes Top 10, making him the first contestant to ever accomplish this. Smith also snagged the No. 1 and No. 2 spot on Billboard’s Hot Christian Songs chart.

“It’s extremely important for me to let everyone know it’s okay to be different,” Smith said. “I feel like it’s taken a long time for me

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Jordan Smith performs during the Governors Ball for the 68th Primetime Emmy Awards at the Los Angeles Convention Center on Sept. 18. to love different parts of myself. The world is hurting and searching, because we think there are flawed parts of who

we are. It’s important to accept yourself and have confidence, and then you can love others.”

His debut album with Republic Records/LightWorkers Records, “Something Beautiful,” includes collaborations with Grammy-winning producer David Foster, Céline Dion, Michael Bublé, and Josh Groban.

Academy Award nominee and songwriter Stephan Moccio and Grammy-winning artist and writer Kirk Franklin both contributed to his album, as well.

“Something Beautiful” includes classic songs like “Over the Rainbow” and “Amazing Grace,” along with covers of Maroon 5, Florence + the Machine, and Christina

Aguilera. The album also includes some of his original material, like his first single “Stand in the Light.”

The Morgantown show will he held at the Creative Arts Center and will begin at 7:30 p.m.

Tickets are now on sale and can be purchased at the Mountainlair, CAC, or online at ticketmaster.com.

For students with a valid WVU ID, tickets cost $18; $33 for those who do not attend the university. The student discount will only be given at WVU box offices and students may only purchase one ticket with the discount.

U92 On the Review: JEFF the Brotherhood Live

BY NICK KOBANHOGUE U92 MUSIC DIRECTOR “The band walked off stage in the middle of the set...”

This is every concert-goer’s worst nightmare. The booing crowd for Kanye West’s early finish at the Meadows NYC festival last week highlighted this perfectly.

Monday night at Morgantown’s 123 Pleasant St. venue left fans feeling a bit differently though. When veteran touring act JEFF the Brotherhood jumped into the crowd mid-performance, it wasn’t to end the show, but to hug the promoter who booked them last time they came through and graciously allowed them to crash on his floor afterwards.

Beautiful moments like this

are what sets apart shows at the historic venue. The small space is perfect for intimate gatherings that feel more like hanging out while old friends rehearse in their basement than anything tied to the hustle and bustle of the music industry proper.

On the bill Monday was a freshly formed local act by the name of American Teeth. Rising from the ashes of the wellloved emo act Ghost House, Teeth is a garage-pop trio of established Morgantown artists Geoff Minnear, Mason Fanning and Stephen Schrock. Although this was their first outing as a group, playing on stage was nothing new for them and it clearly showed.

The precision and energy of their performance filled the

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JEFF the Brotherhood performs at 123 Pleasant St. on Modnay night. venue with resonating vocals and beautiful melodies. The set ended in the most DIY way possible when Minnear broke

two strings and kept jamming on what he dubbed his new “electric banjo”. The loss barely carried in their sound, but ce-

mented the performance as a visceral display of the true Morgantown rock and roll spirit. It was hard to find anyone in the crowd who wasn’t thoroughly entertained by the end. Their highly anticipated debut album is scheduled for release in November.

Up next was JEFF the Brotherhood’s tour-mates, Music Band. The trio’s Jeff Rosenstock-inspired tunes felt polished, but the band’s overzealous performance felt a little too forced. It was technically sound, and didn’t spoil the mood set by American Teeth, but it was nothing to write home about.

Finally, JEFF the Brotherhood came on around 11pm.

The duo of brothers (neither named Jeff ) had an unassum-

ing look to them that perfectly matched the feeling of their music. The sound of the performance could be compared to the Melvins or early Nirvana, with sections of drawn out sludge used to break up the powerful hooks.

Despite the small size of the Monday night crowd, an amazingly fun mosh pit broke out, complete with crushed cans of PBR littered across the floor.

The headliners kept the vibe of their set jovial and communal with several interludes of unplanned crowd interaction.

The performances at this show shined, but the real star of the night was the prevailing feeling of brotherly love and inclusion people have come to expect from a show at 123 Pleasant St.

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Preparation for Mountaineer Week in full swing

BY MOLLY TITUS CORRESPONDENT Preparation for Mountaineer Week, and growing the greatest beard, is in full swing.

A meeting will be held Monday, Oct. 10, at 7:00 p.m. in the Tygart Room of the Mountainlair where students interested in participating in the Mountaineer Week Challenge Games can signup and learn about the week’s events.

Mountaineer Week is West Virginia University’s way of paying tribute to West Virginia’s heritage and traditions.

It will be held Oct. 31 to Nov. 6, and student organizations and residence halls are encouraged to take part in the large variety of activities that will go on throughout the week, including King and Queen of the Mountain, a three-on-three basketball tournament, tug of war and relay races, penny wars, Mountaineer Idol and the

PRT cram.

The first pre-Mountaineer week event will take place today beginning at noon in the Mountainlair common area.

WVU students participating in the Mountaineer Week Beard Growing Competition will shave their beards to see who can grow the best beard throughout the next four weeks.

The WVU Mountaineer, Troy Clemons, and Miss West Virginia 2016, Morgan Breeden, will host the event.

Mountaineer Idol began in early September and will be hosting round four on Saturday Oct. 8, at 8 p.m. in the Mountainlair Ballrooms.

The competition will hold its finale Nov. 6 at the end of Mountaineer Week.

Those interested should send one representative of their student organization to the informal meeting Oct. 10.

Registration for the Games began Monday.

Indian Students Association to host Tarang night for Diversity Week

BY AVERY LYONS CORRESPONDENT

The Indian Students Association will be kicking off West Virginia University’s Diversity Week in style with a night of music, dancing and authentic Indian cuisine.

Tarang is part of the traditional Indian holiday of Diwali, the festival of lights. In India, this is a five-day cultural event featuring fireworks, exchanging gifts among friends and family, and thousands of decorative lights.

At WVU, the celebration will take place in the Mountainlair Ballrooms on Sunday, Oct. 9. It will begin with a dinner catered by Mintt and Taj Mahal and will be followed by authentic cultural entertainment, including traditional and modern STAFF PHOTO dancing, dramas and songs.

A beard growing contestant finishes shaving to kick off Mountaineer Week in 2015.

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Tarang has been wildly successful in the past 20 years it has been celebrated at WVU, attracting large crowds each year.

Typically, the event attracts more than 800 attendees, including students, faculty and community members. This year, the Indian Students Association expects its biggest turnout yet due to increased interest from new students.

Dinner begins at 4 p.m. and cultural events begin at 6:30 p.m., and close at 9:30 p.m. The event is open to the public and tickets can be purchased at the door.

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Though she was born a Buckeye, Rosemary Hathaway has always considered herself somewhat of a Mountaineer at heart. When she moved to Morgantown, she realized being a Mountaineer was about more than being a football fan, it was about something closer to people’s core identity in the sense of their vaules and ideas. She became interested in what people really think it means to be a Mountaineer and started the Mountaineer oral history project.

Managing Editor Jennifer Gardner sat down with Hathaway to talk about her intrigue in the Mountaineer mascot.

Q. Can you tell me about why you decided to study the Mountaineer?

A. It’s actually really closely connected to all of that family history that we were talking about, in that I grew up listening to my parents’ stories about WVU back in the day when they were in college. I feel like I spent a lot of time in my youth hearing about the Mountaineer. The whole first semester that I was here, I realized that I’d never been on a campus where people were more passionate about their mascot and the identity they derive from the mascot of the mountaineer, and that really fascinated me.

Q. What has been interesting about interviewing the Mountaineer mascots, both present and previous?

A. They’re such different people in a lot of ways and yet, there are definitely threads that link them to each other. What I find really interesting is that I sort of expected that all of these people were going to be really extroverted and very enthusiastic, because I just figured that’s what you have to do to be the Mountaineer. But it has been really interesting because it is not about personality, persay, because I have met a number of these people who are soft spoken, humble, and who are very passionate about the State and the University, but they are not cheerleaders and they do not think of themselves that way.

Q. How do the Mountaineers stand out from other mascots?

A. What really has been most fascinating to me, is that all of them really resist the term “mascot.” In part, I think because our idea these days is that a mascot is somebody who wears a funny costume

Rosemary Hathaway Associate Professor Department of English with a big, giant foam head. Instead, they almost say ‘I was the representative of the entire State, I was sort of the personification of what it means to be from West Virginia and people.’ Obviously, they took it very seriously when they were in that role, and they still take it very seriously.

They all just have a deep commitment to the state, and its well-being, even though many of them do not live in the state anymore. That’s what has really struck me, and has kind of fit in with my own thinking that, that’s what the Mountaineer idetity is about.

Q. Has anything unexpected ever come up in your interviews?

A. They’re all a little bit rebellious, too, and almost all of them have said something like, ‘well I always figured it would be better to ask for forgiveness, than to ask for permission ahead of time.’ A lot of it involves shooting off the gun in places you aren’t supposed to shoot it off, and you know, tangling with the other team’s mascot in the middle of the game.

Q. Did you notice any differences in interviewing the male Mountaineers versus the female?

A. In some ways, it really wasn’t all that different. They both also have the same core characteristics, but both of them also really struck me in that they have much thicker skin than I ever could. In particular Natalie Tennant, she was booed, people threw things at her, they yelled names at her, they told her to go back to the kitchen. It was really incredible the kind of abuse she suffered, and not just when she was first chosen, but really throughout her tenure as the Mountaineer. It’s not that it didn’t affect her, she was just able to rise above it all. She said in the interview that in some ways that really prepared her well for being a politician.

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WEDNESDAY OCT. 5, 2016

SPORTS

Pipeline to Canada brings WVU success

MICHAELA ABAM Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week

BY NEEL MADHAVAN SPORTS WRITER

Leads WVU and the Big 12 with seven goals this season

WOMEN’S SOCCER

Leads WVU and is second in the Big 12 with 17 points this season (7 goals, 2 assists)

Over the past decade, the WVU women’s soccer team has become a recruiting destination for Canadian soccer talent.

Currently, WVU has seven players from Canada on its 25-player roster: seniors Ashley Lawrence and Kadeisha Buchanan, juniors Carla Portillo and Amandine PierreLouis, sophomores Easther Mayi Kith and Bianca St. Georges, and freshman Rylee Foster.

These Canadian players have been key for the No. 2 ranked Mountaineers’ recent successes. For example, the entire West Virginia starting defense is of Canadian nationality, consisting of defenders Pierre-Louis, Mayi Kith, Buchanan and St. Georges with Foster in goal.

According to head coach Nikki Izzo-Brown, the entire Canadian pipeline to WVU started in 2005, with the arrival of former players Robin Rushton, Amanda Cicchini, and Deana Everett. That trio had great success during their four years at WVU, and their success led to the arrival of other Canadian players throughout the years.

“That crew was the first of the Canadians,” Izzo-Brown said. “We went up to the national training center there. I really felt that Brian Rosenfeld, who was their director of

Abam tallied five points over the weekend with two goals and one assist

KADEISHA BUCHANAN Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week STAFF PHOTO

Kadeisha Buchanan looks to clear a ball before a Georgetown forward claims possession.

“ The rationale behind it was location. We felt that it was an easy fit. It’s a drive. It’s not very far. It’s six hours. ” -Head coach Nikki Izzo-Brown coaching up there, and myself, had similar philosophies. He was doing a tremendous job of developing the talent up in Toronto. It kind of made sense, and the kids just loved it here when they visited. When you get one kid that has a great experience here at the university, other kids want to come.”

“I know that Brian felt that their development was going to continue,” Izzo-Brown said.

“And we were going to optimize their potential. It had a kind of snowball effect. It just kept going and going.”

Proximity was a big part of Izzo-Brown’s recruiting pitch for Canadian players.

“The rationale behind it was location,” Izzo-Brown said. “We felt that it was an easy fit. It’s a drive. It’s not very far. It’s six hours.”

A number of WVU’s current crop of Canadians played on national teams together, which also helps. The familiarity of playing with one another has shown with their onfield successes as well.

“Players that have played with each other are going to want to come here,” Izzo-Brown said. “And we’ve been very fortunate that you have Kadeisha and Ash (Lawrence) that have played with Z (Pierre-Louis) on the na-

tional level and in world cups together, U-17s, and U-20s.

Then Z (Pierre-Louis) brings in Easther and Bianca because they’ve played together. Plus, Carla and Rylee played with them.”

“So any time in recruiting you’re going to have players helping players because they’ve played with each other and have a sense of each other.”

With the Canada to WVU pipeline in full flow, as long as the Mountaineers continue to win like they have, we should expect highly-rated Canadian talent to continue to make their way to Morgantown.

Anchored the WVU defense during shutout victories over Oklahoma and Baylor.

Did not allow a shot on goal by Baylor This is the second time Buchanan has been named Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week.

ON THIS DAY IN SPORTS HISTORY On Oct. 5, 2001, Barry Bonds hit his 71st homerun of the season, breaking Mark McGwire’s single-season record.

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Coaches impressed with running back combination

BY CHRIS JACKSON SPORTS EDITOR

FOOTBALL You can see the look in WVU running backs coach JaJuan Seider’s eyes every time he talks about his group, especially Justin Crawford.

The junior college transfer has proven his worth all season, upping his season totals to a team-high 331 rushing yards through the first four games. And if not for his key plays in the second half Saturday, including a fourth quarter touchdown, the Mountaineers would possibly be staring at an 0-1 beginning to Big 12 play.

Seider knows he only has two years with Crawford, enjoying every second he has with the former Junior College All-American.

“I’m enjoying this kid while I got him,” Seider said. “He’s a

special player and we need to take advantage of having him while we got him because he’s a difference maker.”

“He was the difference maker in the second half. He was the reason we were able to get back in that game and go win.”

But while Crawford has emerged into a reliable, and often dominating force on the offensive end, there’s another capable running back WVU can’t do without. Senior Rushel Shell hasn’t put up the same numbers as Crawford the last two weeks, except his experience and overall talent are needed in the offense.

Both also need time to rest for a few plays or an entire series, especially when playing in the high-octane spread offense Dana Holgorsen runs.

WVU averages just below 79 plays per game, ranking fourth in the Big 12.

“We don’t play an I-For-

mation team,” Seider said.

“These guys are going to sub.

They’re going to play. It might be a situation where you can go back-to-back series or maybe back-to-back-to-back series, but these guys are going to play. They’re both really talented players.”

The two often push each other and showcase their leadership. Shell has been around for a number of years, pointing things out to Crawford and other teammates.

Crawford may be younger and less experienced than Shell, but he’s also been a leader since he arrived on campus over the summer.

Just like Shell, he will provide a few tips to help his teammates.

“Him and Rush feed off each other,” said WVU head coach Dana Holgorsen. “Both him and Crawford are guys that we lean on. They’re inspirational guys. They’re strong.

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Justin Crawford breaks away from a group of Kansas State defenders during the 17-16 WVU victory in Morgantown on Saturday.

Their presence is big.”

And while Crawford and Shell have created the No. 4 running back tandem in the Big 12 in terms of rushing yards, Seider believes there’s

more room for growth, that they’re going to continue feeding off one another every game.

There is still two-thirds of the season remaining, mean-

ing at least eight more games for them to assert their will.

“I still think we’re going to get better,” Seider said. “I don’t think we’re even close yet.”

WVU finds success with junior college transfers

BY DAVID STATMAN SPORTS WRITER

FOOTBALL One day after West Virginia beat Kansas State 17-16 to stay undefeated Saturday, the Mountaineers, as is their custom, announced their weekly award winners on offense, defense and special teams.

And after WVU’s biggest win so far this season, both their offensive and defensive players of the game, running back Justin Crawford and safety Kyzir White, were both first-year junior college

transfers.

As West Virginia heads into its second bye week and head coach Dana Holgorsen prepares to travel for a weekend of recruiting, he sees their performances as a signpost.

“We probably ought to go out this weekend recruiting for a few more of junior college guys,” Holgorsen said.

“We’re on a little bit of a hot streak as far as that’s concerned. We need to find some more of those guys.”

Although listed as the backup to senior running back Rushel Shell, Crawford has broken out as West Virginia’s leader in both rushing

yards (331) and carries (60) through four games.

Meanwhile, White, younger brother of former WVU star receiver Kevin White and current Mountaineer wideout Ka’Raun White, seized the starting job at spur safety out of camp and currently sits third on the team in tackles (24) and second in tackles for loss (3).

Crawford and White have contributed as much as they have despite facing a steeper learning curve, as they arrived on campus too late to participate in spring practice.

The story is the same for cornerback Elijah Battle, who got

his first major playing time on Saturday and earned high praise from defensive coordinator Tony Gibson, who called him his defensive MVP of the game.

Holgorsen has made a habit of drawing many of his best players from the junior college ranks, but the current crop’s quick adjustment has surprised him.

“It’s very unusual,” Holgorsen said. “It’s not unusual, for Elijah Battle, for it to not make sense until now. (Mark) Glowinski needed that redshirt year. Ka’Raun White is playing pretty well for us, but he wasn’t this guy a year ago.

Kevin (White) surely wasn’t this guy his first year. Mario (Alford) didn’t make a play for six weeks. It takes those guys time.”

Now, Holgorsen seems convinced that he needs to dip even further into the junior college ranks. Holgorsen and offensive coordinator Joe Wickline made a recruiting trip to Mississippi three weeks ago specifically to scout junior colleges. They came away with two commitments: Jalen Harvey and Quandarious Qualls, both defensive linemen from Justin Crawford’s old school, Northwest Mississippi Community

College.

Holgorsen and his staff plan to once again look at junior colleges this weekend, and while WVU is currently in an evaluation period in terms of recruiting, he plans on at least being seen by the players he wants.

“I feel like we have some momentum in recruiting finally,” Holgorsen said. “You can’t go out there and talk to them, but you can be visible, talk to them on the phone, text message with them, do the Twitter thing. Just being visible and supporting guys you want at games is important.”

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WVU, Akron are favorites to win MAC championship

BY JOHN LOWE SPORTS WRITER

MEN’S SOCCER With the exception of a Monday night showdown against top-ranked Maryland on Oct. 10, the remaining opponents on the No. 24 WVU men’s soccer team’s schedule are from the Mid-American Conference.

The Mountaineers (6-21) and the Akron Zips (5-31), who were the preseason favorites, are the only two teams in the MAC ranked in the NSCAA Top 25.

The Zips still looked pretty solid through September. Akron has steamrolled through most of its schedule. Pac-12 favorites San Diego State and

UCLA took down the Zips, but that was expected. The only serious blemishes on their record are an overtime loss to SMU and a draw to VCU. Akron hosts the Mountaineers on Oct. 22, which is likely to be the game that determines the site of the MAC Tournament.

The other two dark horse teams that could host the MAC Tournament are Buffalo and Western Michigan. Both teams are 8-2-1, however, their non-conference schedules were weaker, so time will tell if the Bulls and the Broncos are legitimate contenders in the conference.

West Virginia hosts Buffalo on Senior Night Oct. 15 and will travel to Western Michigan two weeks later on Oct. 29.

The Mountaineers’ conference opener on Friday will be against Bowling Green (6-31). The Falcons, like Buffalo and Western Michigan, are relatively untested. The only real challenge Bowling Green has faced so far this season was against one of the Big Ten favorites, Michigan State. The Falcons went toe-to-toe with the Spartans until Michigan State finally scored in the 63rd minute. “(This will be a) very, very physical, very hard fought MAC battle,” said WVU coach Marlon LeBlanc in an interview with Amanda Mazey.

“They always are. But, our guys playing at home this year in front of our home crowd on a Friday night, I like our chances.”

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Sebastian Garcia-Herreros blocks a Princeton player from advancing the ball during the 1-0 Mountaineer victory over the Tigers at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium in September.

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