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Politician Antonio James Manchin died on November 3, 2003. He was born in the United Mine Workers barracks at Farmington. He was the fifth child of an Italian immigrant family. In 1948 at age 21, he was elected as a Democrat to the House of Delegates.

In more than a half century as a public official, Manchin would be chided as a flamboyant opportunist and hailed as a champion of the people. As a first-term delegate, he championed civil rights causes.

That may have cost him reelection in 1950. He left office to become a schoolteacher. In the 1960s, President Kennedy named Manchin director of the state Farmer’s Home Administration. Later he was special assistant to the national director of FmHA.

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NEWS WVU students react to New York terrorist attack Dylan Moon, Sophomore Biomedical engineering student Garret County,Maryland “This is terrible that these things happen, but at the same time it almost doesn’t surprise me anymore. I bascially spent my entire life in the wake of 9/11, it’s always been like this.

Based on what I’ve heard so far, I can’t say that [immigration] is the main issue. What I know about ISIS, even if they weren’t responcible, they still would have taken responsibility of this act if they knew it would leave a big enough impact.”

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A New York biker pays his respects at a memorial for a victim of the New York terrorist attact.

Morgantown residents react to the terrorist attack in New York

BY ALI BARRENTT NEWS EDITOR A man drove a truck into a crowded bike path five blocks north of the World Trade Center on Tuesday.

Sayfullo Saipov, 29, an Uzbekistan native currently liv-

ing in New Jersey, is charged with federal terrorism offenses of providing material support to ISIS and violence and destruction of motor vehicles, according to CNN. The attack left eight dead and 11 injured.

New York Times reports Saipov rammed into a school

bus. He jumped out waving a pellet and paintball gun around while yelling “Allahu akbar,” the Arabic saying for “God is great.” Saipov was shot by an officer and remained in critical condition on Tuesday evening.

President Donald Trump tweeted, “NYC terrorist was

happy as he asked to hang ISIS flag in his hospital room.

He killed 8 people, badly injured 12. SHOULD GET DEATH PENALTY!” According to CNN, officials said Saipov started planning the attack last year, but decided to use a truck two months ago. He wanted to

inflict the most damage on civilians and decided to do it on Halloween because of the amount of people on the streets.

CNN also reports Saipov cell phone contained 90 videos relating to ISIS propaganda.

History, politics following the 2016 election discussed during panel

BY DOUGLAS SOULE ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR

Two West Virginia University professors discussed on Wednesday teaching history and politics following the 2016 election.

Joshua Arthurs, associate professor of history, and Erik Herron, an Eberly family professor of political science, spoke to an audience of around 20 people at the Mountainlair.

“The 2016 elections and the first year of the Trump administration have disrupted many longstanding norms and conventions, and altered the way that Americans engage with politics, culture and one another,” Arthurs said in a press release before the event.

The result of the election “was a necessary reminder that there are things that we don’t know,” Arthurs said during the Wednesday discussion.

Arthurs said he was open with his students about his beliefs, taking the question of

personal politics off the table.

“I think often what students have resented is the feeling that faculty are presenting as incontrovertible truth what are merely the faculty member’s subjective outlooks,” said Arthurs.

“For some of them, I might be the controversial speaker invited to campus, as a self-identified liberal professor that Fox News warned them about,” Arthurs said. “I say as much because I think it would be a violation of their trust to pretend that I, as the omniscient, neutral professor, had no stake in anything.”

Regardless of personal beliefs, Arthurs said that disagreement can be productive if “it’s based on verifiable evidence.”

“We’re historians, we’re students of history, we look at sources, we ask questions of our sources,” Arthurs said.

In contrast, Herron said while he has political positions, he chooses not to reveal them to his students.

“I’m glad you don’t know,” Herron said. “It means I’ve been pushing buttons in both directions.”

Attending Wednesday’s event, Taylor Bocka, a WVU freshman from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with an undecided major, said his two history professors this semester were “very good at keeping their political views aside.”

“I’m not saying one is better than the other, but I prefer not knowing a teacher’s political affiliation,” Bocka said.

“I want to be able to form my views.”

Herron said there has been a recurring mistrust toward higher education throughout history.

“There’s this notion that professors are going to sway the opinions of young people who come to their classes, or indoctrinate them,” Herron said. “My take on that is if I had powers of mind control, I would have them show up to class.”

Herron said partisanship affected students’ ability to learn. With an abundance of information through the internet, people are not digging deep to find facts, instead searching for content that reaffirms their beliefs “The thing that’s con-

“There’s this notion that professors are going to sway the opinions of young people who come to their classes, or indoctrinate them.”

- Erik Herron, Eberly family professor of political science cerned me is how partisanship has affected the way that all of us consume information,” Herron said. “There are partisan approaches to fact, and that concerns me.”

In some of his courses, Herron assigns students to a defend a side of a controversial topic in a debate, regardless of that student’s own beliefs.

“When you have to think about the issue from the perspective of a position you don’t naturally or personally agree with, I think that helps you at least view those who hold another viewpoint not as evil or hostile,” Herron said.

In class discussions, Herron said he found himself concerned about how information was “obtained, con-

sumed, processed and used in discourse and discussion.”

Herron said while students have been careful with online information, there have been moments when he saw them citing material that might not have been reliable.

“It’s very challenging right now to make sense of it all,” Herron said.

Comparing modern day politics to sports team allegiance, Arthurs agreed that partisanship was affecting learning.

“What’s important is winning, not problem solving,” Arthurs said.

About whether or not this can be fixed, Arthurs said, “I’m too pessimistic to say we’ll fix everything.”

Samuel Sluss Freshman Political science student Beckley, West Virginia “I’m always going to disagree with the death penalty because I don’t find it morally right, but i think his statement was made emotionally at the time, you have to take a while to let those kinds of things settle before you speak on something so brashly.”

Peyton Sims Freshman Biochemistry student Hurricane, West Virginia “This is a bit disconcerting considering we had a large shooting not too long ago with the [Las Vegas] incident. Let’s say that if they found out that his motives were purely isolated to himself, he was a terrible person, then the death penalty is an option. If there is no benefit to keeping him around, like getting information from him, then they probably will get rid of him in that regard. If he does have some sort of value, then they will keep him around until he doesn’t have any more information to give.”

Kayla Gibson Freshman Engineering student Pocahontas County,West Virginia “It sucks, obviously, it’s sad to see people’s lives lost, but it happens, If I knew someone closely then I would probably be more upset about it.”

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Acid mine drainage in Deckers Creek.

Friends of Deckers Creek receives $3.3 million grant to help remove pollution

BY MEGAN BSHARAH STAFF WRITER

Acid mine drainage, or AMD, is the most common pollutant in the Deckers Creek Watershed in Morgantown.

Recently, the Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) awarded a $3.3 million grant to the Friends of Deckers Creek (FODC) association to treat Richard Mine, the worst polluter for Deckers Creek.

The FODC executive director, Holly Purpura, said thousands of pounds of iron and aluminum flow through the streams at Richard Mine, causing the waters to change color.

“It’s a nasty source of acid mine drainage and the NRCS now has funds to work towards treating it,” Purpura

said. “Over the next ten years, hopefully, we would see Deckers Creek through Morgantown not be bright orange.”

According to the Friends of Deckers Creek website, natural minerals from the abandoned coal mine such as pyrite, which is made up of aluminum and iron, combined with water and oxygen form sulfuric acid, creates the orange color of the water.

Water and energy specialist at Downstream Strategies, Evan Hansen, said the high acidity in the water are detrimental to the area’s ecosystems right down to the organisms which fish feed on.

“It’s a problem for aquatic life,” Hansen said. “The fish can’t reproduce and be healthy there.”

Purpura said the grant

might not even be enough to fix Richard Mine.

“Because of how nasty Richard is, it’s probably going to require additional funds to treat it,” Purpura said. “And then additional funds to line up for operation and maintenance into the future.”

FODC holds clean-up events throughout the year with the help of volunteers.

They have picked up more than 66,000 pounds of trash since 1995.

Senior art student Mallory Burka from Charleston, West Virginia, said she’s been there several times.

“Deckers Creek is nice,” Burka said. “It’s a little bit of a drive, but it’s cool that Morgantown has it.”

Purpura said there are many, fun outdoor activities

one can do at Deckers Creek.

“There’s kayaking in the upper stretches of Deckers,” Purpura said. “There is a rail trail that actually runs 19 miles up from Morgantown along Deckers Creek into Preston County.”

“It’s a beautiful fly fishing stream for any sportsman out there,” Purpura said. “And it’s right in our backyard.”

The Friends of Deckers Creek’s mission is, “To improve the natural qualities of, increase the public concern for, and promote the enjoyment of the Deckers Creek Watershed.”

To learn more about Friends of Deckers Creek, AMD or volunteering, visit http://deckerscreek.org.

WVU Police says number of cars towed on campus remains the same as previous years

BY JOE SEVERINO STAFF WRITER According to WVU Police Chief Bob Roberts, the number of cars towed on-campus hasn’t fluctuated since last year.

Towing costs can range up to $200. Paying parking fees every day can add up.

Roberts said that generally the towing problem arises when students don’t pay their tickets.

“We’re just doing a task parking asked us to do,” Roberts said. “What [students] should understand is if you get a parking citation, you need to take care of it.”

Roberts added that unlike what most students believe, parking is monitored 24/7 by city parking enforcement and University Police takes care of calling the towing companies.

“A lot of the time, it’s the parking enforcement staff who write the tickets,” Roberts said.

“When they spot [illegal parking], they call our officers and

that’s when they do the tows.”

Apartment complexes in Morgantown, like Metro Properties, tow on the first illegal parking offense, unlike WVU and the City of Morgantown.

Automatic towing by WVU only occurs when a car is parked in a fire lane or an American with Disabilities Act, or ADA, space. Cars parked in a short-term or permit lots are only towed if the license-plate check shows a large accumulation of unpaid parking tickets.

Cameron Lane, a sopho-

more business student from Beckley, West Virginia said that availability and expenses are what makes parking on campus difficult.

“There’s never anywhere to park, and having to pay $1.50 per hour every day is too expensive,” Lane said.

“The Mountainlair is too expensive, and you have to pay the full hour, regardless,” Lane said. “I’d like to be able to pay just a few minutes’ worth, like a meter, if I only needed to be on campus that long.”

BY CAITY COYNE STAFF WRITER

The new batch of College Representatives took their seats for the first time at this week’s Student Government Association meeting, marking the end of term for the inaugural class of representatives.

Coinciding with the swearing in was much discussion centered on accountability, and specifically the creation of a system to help hold SGA legislators and executives accountable to their policy initiatives and efforts within the organization.

President Pro Tempore Tyler Brewster, along with the rest of SGA’s Accountability Committee, introduced the idea of a point system which would be based on current protocols utilized by the organization’s intern program.

In its current form, the proposal calls for elected officials (the Student Assembly, along with the president and vice president) to earn eight points each month, and executive members to earn five.

An executive would be appointed with the sole responsibility of tracking attendance at events and staying on top of individuals’ reports.

Points would be earned by attending SGA meetings and events and giving reports on initiatives, among other things. If members fail to meet the minimum number of points each month, they will be put on a probationary period.

If they still are unable to meet the requirements, executives are subject to be removed from the organization and legislators could be put up for impeachment by the Student Assembly.

“This sounds really harsh, and it’s meant to be harsh,” Brewster said during the meeting.

The proposed changes are not ready to be voted on yet, and upon hearing comments from organization members Wednesday evening, Brewster said he and the rest of the Accountability Committee will tweak language and policies as appropriate.

“A really important thing to note is that this would be like a trial run,” Brewster said. “This will be everchanging and evolving. If we see a lot of people struggling to meet the requirements, we’re going to talk about that.”

Brewster hopes to have a version of the proposal voted on within the next two weeks, and have the policies in full effect by the beginning of next semester.

Also Wednesday: - College Representative Vinnie Amato was voted as the “College Representative of the Year.”

- The Student Assembly unanimously approved the following student organization grants: •$968 to the Women’s Club Basketball team to cover lodging and registration expenses for a tournament at James Madison University •$1,560 to the Society of Explosive Engineers to help send members to an annual conference in San Antonio, Texas. The money will go toward lodging and travel.

•$1,775 to the Women’s Club Volleyball team to help pay for lodging and registration for the National Volleyball tournament in St. Louis •$1,400 to CRU to cover registration and lodging for seven students to attend the regional winter conference SGA meets at 7:30 p.m. every Wednesday at Hatfields in the Mountainlair.

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Nonprofit M-SNAP fi xing pet homelessness one voucher at a time

BY JORDYN JOHNSON CORRESPONDANT

The number of cats and dogs euthanized in Monongalia County went from 1,947 in 2007 to 778 in 2016 all because of one organization’s dedication to man’s best friend.

“It’s all about the animals,” said community outreach volunteer, Nancy Young.

Mountaineer Spay Neuter Assistance Program, a Monongalia County non-profit, has been tackling pet homelessness since 2008 through paying the full price of sterilization surgeries for cats and dogs.

M-SNAP was formed when 22 animal advocates were looking at the numbers of animals coming into Monongalia County Canine Adoption Center and realized that the best way to combat the issue was to be at the front end of control.

This meant making sure stray animals were fixed so they could not add to the problem with more litters.

Before M-SNAP’s voucher program started, there was only one other program in existence that helped cover surgery costs; however, this group, unlike M-SNAP, did not pay for the full cost of the surgery.

The organization spent its first year writing policies and procedures, while surveying local veterinarians to find those willing to cooperate.

Finally, the program agreed with the vets on the cost they would pay them to perform the surgeries. The first voucher was issued in October of 2008, ten months after formation.

“Our voucher program pays for the entire amount of that spay and neuter plus a rabies shot since rabies is a require-

“There are too many resources in this town right now for there to be any indiscriminate litters of puppies and kittens.”

- Nancy Young, community outreach volunteer ment of this state,” Young said.

The voucher program is open to anyone who lives in Monongalia County, and truly needs the free cost of a sterilization surgery.

M-SNAP has policies surrounding who can receive the vouchers. Animals that have been purchased, either through adoption or breeders, do not qualify to receive a free sterilization surgery.

“The people that we’re trying to reach are the people who have four cats and two dogs and suddenly the mother cat shows up on their back porch and has a litter of kittens,” Young said. “We want to work with people who are managing feral colonies or stray populations in their areas, because those populations can be controlled and through attrition can go away.”

Young says that the stray and homeless pet problem in Monongalia County is “bad”, and sometimes college students contribute to the problem.

Stray pets will come to students’ residences and cry for help. Young says that, most of the time, students cannot resist helping the animals out.

“If you feed it, you own it,” Young said.

By keeping the animal alive, it will most likely breed if not fixed, which makes the problem worse. This is where M-SNAP takes initiative to stop strays before they start.

Since 2008, M-SNAP has issued more than 8000 vouchers to residents of Monongalia County and has spent $675k on surgeries for cats and dogs.

Without volunteers and donations, M-SNAP would not be possible.

The organization is run entirely by volunteers and makes money to fund the vouchers through fundraising, grants and programs through Kroger and Amazon where customers can choose to donate a percentage of their total costs to the organization.

Additionally, M-SNAP runs a pet thriftshop in the Morgantown Mall called ReTails.

M-SNAP also has a membership program that costs $10 to join.

Young says that M-SNAP can never have too much help or too many donations. They are always looking for more volunteers to help work at ReTails and answer phone calls through its voice mailbox system.

“There are too many resources in this town right now for there to be any indiscriminate litters of puppies and kittens,” Young said.

For more information about Mountaineer Spay Neuter Assistance Program or to donate or become a member visit www.m-snap.org, email m-snap@m-snap.org or call 304-985-0123.

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Homeless animals and strays qualify for vouchers for free sterilization surgery, courtesy of M-SNAP.

Mountaineers for Recovery offer sober game day celebration

BY EMILY ZEKONIS CULTURE EDITOR WVU students and Morgantown community members are invited each week to cheer on the Mountaineers with a few fans who are supportive of more than just their team.

“We really want students to feel welcome,” said Cathy Yura, director of the WVU Collegiate Recovery Program.”No one says anything about why you are there. They welcome you with a big ‘hello’ and make it an upbeat place.”

The WVU Collegiate Recovery Program offers a safe environment seven days a week

for students in recovery from substance abuse to relax, focus on school work and build relationships without the presence of alcohol or drugs.

“Back in 2002, when I was in undergrad and active addiction, we didn’t have anything like this,” said Andrew Caryl, a graduate assistant for the WVU Collegiate Recovery Program, studying rehabilitation and counseling. “It was me dealing with this by myself. Having a group there, a place to go makes all the difference.”

Caryl now helps run the sober tailgate event out of the Serenity House, the new “place to go” for students in recovery, those impacted by substance abuse and students and community members looking for a “Game Day” experience free of

alcohol and drugs.

Each week, whether home or away, a crowd of 20-30 students and community members gather in Serenity Place to cheer on the Mountaineers.

They enjoy the company of allies and food prepared by, executive chef, Seth Foutz.

“Football is so big when you’re a student, but it’s tough if you’re a student in recovery,” Caryl said. “You don’t wanna miss out on that experience.”

While the sober tailgate is the largest event held by the organization, there is something going on at Serenity Place nearly every day of the week. Other programs include yoga, meditation, art workshops, book studies and movie nights, all offered to help recoverings students de-stress

and focus on their health.

“College can be a tough place for students to stay in recovery,” Caryl said. “As a person in recovery, connecting with people in a recovery group is one of the best assets I can have. I can see that I can get together and have fun without being around any alcohol or drugs.”

The recovery program and the serenity house are just a few resources available on campus for making WVU a safer, substance-free campus. All students are invited to stop in and check out the programs.

“I think our work is really important,” Yura said. “President Gee has really spoken very publicly having a change in environment at WVU, this is

It’s easy to stay addicted. Nobody wants a substance abuse disorder, no one wants it to be them. If it’s not in your life, most people know someone who has.”

- Cathy Yura, director of WVU Collegiate Recovery Program just part of the change.”

Serenity Place is open seven days a week to all students. All events and programming are free and all are welcome to the tailgates on the days of football games.

“Recovering students should be very proud,” Yura said. “It’s easy to stay addicted.

Nobody wants a substance abuse disorder, no one wants it to be them. If it’s not in your life, most people know someone who has.”

For more information about the WVU Collegiate Recovery and Serenity Place please visit https://recovery.wvu.edu/ home.

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OPINION More men accuse Kevin Spacey of sexual assualt; why is sexual assault on men often ignored or kept hidden?

BY PAYTON OTTERMAN STAFF WRITER

According to 1in6.org, an organization dedicated to helping men who have experienced sexual assault, one in six men have been sexually assaulted before the age of 18.

Sexual assault is a rampant topic lately in the news. After the recent Harvey Weinstein allegations, news of Kevin Spacey allegedly sexually assaulting actor Anthony Rapp, nearly 30 years ago when Rapp was 14, surfaced.

After Spacey issued a Twitter apology to Rapp on Oct. 30, Spacey’s hit Netflix show, “House of Cards,” canceled its next season. However, this does not and will not make up for the crime committed.

According to the New York Times, more men have come forward against Spacey, and an anonymous former co-worker of Spacey’s at London’s Old Vic theater claimed employees were involved in the cover-up.

Actor Roberto Cavazos told the Guardian he and other young men had experiences with Spacey that bordered on harassment.

He said, “Had I been a woman, I probably would not have hesitated to identify it as such, but I suppose that the

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Anthony Rapp was the first to come forward with allegations of sexual assault by Spacey.

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Kevin Spacey is the latest of a series of Hollywood’s elite to be accused of sexual assault. lack of a more specifically direct or aggressive action led me to justify the incident as ‘one of those things.’”

The anonymous former coworker told The Guardian, “We were all involved in keeping it quiet. I witnessed him groping men many times in all sorts of different situations.”

How can witnesses of a crime so heinous just watch and not report the crime at hand? How do we become so succumbed in our self-interests that we watch just allow these crimes to happen over and over again?

Why is sexual assault on men often ignored? Why are

sexual assaults on women taken more seriously than sexual assaults on men?

“I feel like the Kevin Spacey is publicized because it’s male on male violence,” said Madison Cope, a music therapy student from Charleston, West Virginia. “If this case involved female on male vio-

lence, it wouldn’t be talked about. I didn’t hear anything about Emma Roberts assaulting Evan Peters on any major news networks, but the Kevin Spacey case is all over the news and the internet.”

“I feel like the Kevin Spacey case is a big part of the current outpour against violent perpetrators,” said Mikaela England, a freshman English student from Hurricane, West Virginia. “People are now becoming more comfortable about

speaking out against male perpetrators. I feel as if it isn’t socially acceptable for men to speak out about female perpetrators of violence because people still don’t believe it happens.”

The Spacey situation and others like it speak to a dark truth that we often ignore: men can be victims of assault too.

The sooner we realize that and encourage men that they can speak out against abuse that they face, the easier it may be

Trump, the media, and public perception; how are they related?

BY KAMERON DUNCAN OPINION EDITOR

America’s 39th President, Jimmy Carter, recently made controversial remarks regarding the media treatment of current President Donald Trump.

In an interview with Maureen Dowd of The New York Times, Carter said that he feels the coverage around the 45th President is much worse than the coverage of other commanders in chief.

“I think the media have been harder on Trump than any other president certainly that I’ve known about,” Carter told Dowd. “I think they feel free to claim that Trump is mentally deranged and everything else without hesitation.”

Carter’s comments come at a time where President Trump’s approval ratings sit at 38%. That approval rating, according to Gallup, is far lower than several other presidents at this stage of their presidency.

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President Trump has been the subject of intense public scrutiny throughout the entirety of his short time in office.

These two factors could have some potential correlation or relation. Are Trump’s

approval numbers at a low point because of the media’s bias, or is the media sim-

ply reporting the statements and actions of him and his administration?

An example of media influence could be the highly publicized golf outings that President Trump has frequented during his term.

Philip Bump of The Washington Post published an article in August entitled “By end of August, Trump will have spent three times as many days at leisure as Obama.”

The article examined Trump’s many golf trips and vacations in painstaking detail, and compared them to those of past presidents.

To many, Trump’s golf outings are newsworthy. Readers and viewers may not care about his score on the course, but they may have questions about the amount of time he spends golfing, especially after criticizing President Obama several times for the same thing.

This is simply a case of the media presenting factual information that happens to paint the president in somewhat of a negative light. People can choose to digest the information any way they see fit, but articles like the one in

the Washington Post have no clear bias to support or smear any particular candidate or official.

Jeffrey Moser, a teaching assistant professor of interactive design media at WVU, believes that Carter’s comments on Trump were an astute observation.

“I think he has been criticised, but for good reason,” Moser said.

Moser also believes that while Trump is worthy of criticism, the media does have the ability to influence viewers and readers. “The media has a lot of power to change or mold people’s minds,” he said.

“They’ve been developing that skill for a very long time.

Trump’s comments and actions have been scrutinized from the moment he decided to run for president with just cause, and it’s very likely that this will continue throughout his term.

The media has a responsibility to report on what he does and doesn’t do without bias and without personal convictions.

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FASHION | 9

Fashion

BY EMILY MATLOCK FASHION COLUMNIST

What to wear this chilly November While November brings in the colder weather, don’t let the chill in the air keep you from having fun with fashion. This month is the perfect time to bring out cozy sweaters, oversized tops and vintage denim.

One major distinction between early and late fall lies in the detail. Trade in dainty, delicate accessories for fuller pieces like plaid ponchos and structured jackets.

“Fall is the most exciting few months for fashion because layering really spices up any plain outfit,” said Kendall Turney, a sophomore marketing student from Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. “Whether it’s a warm-colored infinity scarf or a vintage denim coat — which is my favorite fall accessory.”

Even though the temperature is dropping, bundling up for the cold doesn’t mean style has to be forgotten. Styling over-the-knee boots with dark denim skinny jeans will keep you warm all day and night.

“My favorite fall outfit would be my Free People poncho with some skinny jeans and nude colored thigh-high boots,” said Katelyn Jeffery, a senior multidisciplinary studies student from Morgantown, West Virginia. “It’s a simple but trendy look. It’s comfortable, and a poncho can be styled with a skirt or jeans.”

The chill of the fall air doesn’t turn away fashionistas from wearing their favorite pieces.

“I’m excited to wear my black faux-fur vest this month

How to transform a daytime outfit into a nighttime outift 1.Wear an oversized sweater and skinny jeans to class, complete with chestnut brown or black booties. An oversized sweater will add warmth and comfort during the walk to class, all while looking trendy.

2.To go from day to night, throw on a plaid or knit poncho over top an oversized sweater.

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Students show off their trendy November outfits.

— vegan, of course — and style it with some black, ripped jeans and a mauve-colored long sleeve top,” Jeffery said.

“Being cozy yet comfy is key during cold weather.”

Turney has fun styling her outerwear, too, because some of her favorite pieces provide her with a special family connection.

“I got my coat from my mom, so it’s worn and cozy with some trendy rips here and there. It’s from Levi’s in

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the 80s, so it’s ironically in style again today.”

Vintage wear creates a time capsule for its owners, and those who are lucky enough to have a story attached to their pieces have a deeper connection to history.

“I think it’s really fun that history repeats itself with style,” Turney said. “And I have the chance to rock the same pieces my mom did in college 20 years ago.”

Reds, oranges and yellows are a few of the classic fall col-

ors found in many stylists’ wardrobes. This year, mauve and olive are stealing the spotlight in terms of fall fashion’s best colors.

“I added burnt orange into my wardrobe this past month for fall,” Jeffery said. “It was subtle, yet a new color for me.”

Rather than sticking with an all-neutral-colored wardrobe, Jeffery and Turney agree that experimenting with color can elevate a season-specific wardrobe.

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Style doesn’t have to suffer when the temperature drops.

Whatever trend you are following this month, don’t forget to add a structured, functional outerwear piece to your wardrobe to keep you warm from cool mornings to chilly nights.

3.Trade in daytime booties for over-the-knee boots in nude or black. Over-theknee boots add height and are instantly slimming by making the leg appear longer.

4.Add either a bold necklace or earrings to bring attention to the face.

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5.Exchange a lip balm for a dark, matte lipstick in a purple or mauve hue.

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BY KELSEY KINNAMON RELATIONSHIP COLUMNIST

Living with a roommate: how’s your relationship?

The slob, the clean freak, the mooch, the one that never sleeps, the one that never speaks, the one that’s always drinking, the one that always has guests over without permission.

Chances are, you or someone you know has had one of these people as a roommate, or maybe you have even been one (we don’t judge here).

Whatever the case, College Choice reports that who you live with in college can directly affect your academic achievement, social life and health.

Yet, not everyone agrees on how to have the best relationship with your roommate or roommates, or on what constitutes a good roommate.

Micah Beachy, a junior BFA acting student from Ridgeley, West Virginia, works at the Domain housing complex with the roommate matching process.

When asked what common trends she sees among people living together, she said, “As surprising as it may sound, I think the most problems occur when people decide to live with their friends rather than opting in for the roommate matching.”

Perhaps those we know best don’t always make the best roommates, as it can be often hard to bring up and resolve issues with those we care about.

However, Jake Satterfield, a sophomore engineering student from Apollo, Pennsylvania, found a balance this year when choosing to live with a previous roommate, as well as two strangers.

Explaining that living with a previous roommate who shares the same major is ex-

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Roommates Morgan Straight and Bre Lewis show some love with Lexi McDermott, their friend from across the hall in Oakland Hall. tremely beneficial, he also stated, “The new roommates was at first weird because we knew so little about them. Our schedules were so different at first that it was hard to find time to talk to them, but over a few weeks, the time came.”

Yet, some choose to opt for change and need time to explore what kind of person

makes the best roommate.

“You have to remember we all come from such different places, so everyone I’ve lived with has been so different,” Alison Tolbert, a junior public health student from Huntington, West Virginia, has lived with different roommates for her past three years at WVU. “It’s a growing experience try-

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Adjusting to a roommate and creating a supportive and comfortable relationship with them is just that, a growing experience.

“I think the biggest chal-

lenge of first year residents living in the dorms is adjusting to a shared space,” said Alexis Popa, a residential advisor and graduate student studying clinical rehabilitation & mental health counseling from North Lima, Ohio.

Popa added that first-year students often feel hesitant to voice their concerns to their roommate for fear of creating a bad relationship with them, assuming that they just need to move out and find a new roommate.

She advises that students approach their resident advisor for help if they are in a stressful or uncomfortable roommate situation. They are there specifically for such problems and can help resolve issues or seek other options.

“Students should feel comfortable in their dorm rooms,” Popa said.

Gillian Debick, a sophomore nursing student from Saltsburg, Pennsylvania, shared her transition experience of spending her first year at WVU living alone, to living with three roommates now.

“Living alone had its perks and I think is the right choice for certain people, but having roommates really has given me a new type of friendship and understanding of others,” Debick said.

Regardless of the current relationship you and your roommates have, remember that you are not stuck.

“We fight, we disagree,” Micah Beachy said. “It’s when people cannot let things settle that the tension builds up.”

PHOTO BY HANNAH WILLIAMS

A colorful dorm room in Oakland Hall.

How you and your roommate affect each other: • For every point a student’s GPA increases, their freshman roommate’s increases by 0.11 • Female student’s GPAs drop on average 0.12 when paired with a roommate who drinks frequently • Male student’s GPAs drop on average 0.28 when paired with a roommate who drinks frequently • There is an 8.6 percent increase in likelihood of you binge drinking if your roommate does • Student’s with roommates that play video games spend half an hour less studying and have GPAs .2 lower INFO VIA COLLEGECHOICE.NET

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SPORTS

WVU looks for answers on defense

BY PATRICK KOTNIK

ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR

Defense has not been one of West Virginia’s strong suits this season.

Through eight games this season, the Mountaineer defense has allowed an average of 460.2 yards and 31.6 points per game.

The unit ranks ninth in the Big 12 in total defense and gave up 50 points for the first time this season during last Saturday’s loss to Oklahoma State which all but knocked the Mountaineers out of contention for an appearance in the Big 12 Championship Game in December.

“It really hurts especially since we were in a good position to take care of our business,” said WVU redshirt sophomore defensive end Reese Donahue. “We did everything we needed to do to take care of business, but at the end of the day, we didn’t come out and play the way we wanted to or anticipated. That ultimately led to our loss.”

After having to replace eight to nine starters on defense coming into this season, the Mountaineers have been forced to play multiple inexperienced underclassmen, giving the unit a mix of young talent and experience with the few starters that returned.

According to Defensive Coordinator Tony Gibson, only three players are playing up to his standard on defense, with

PHOTO BY JOHN LOWE

Senior linebacker Al-Rashid Benton readies himself for the next play against Baylor. those being linebackers Al-Rasheed Benton and David Long, along with safety Kyzir White.

The trio has started a combined 56 games in the gold and blue.

“They’re talented players,” Gibson said. “They work hard and do everything right. They have played a lot of football; they’re good players. Not everybody is blessed with the tal-

ent that they have.”

In the meantime, Gibson and Head Coach Dana Holgorsen are looking for more defensive players to step up and make an impact.

“You can’t play defense with one or two guys,” Holgorsen said. “There’s nine other positions out there that if those nine other positions don’t play like that, we’re go-

ing to give up 50. That’s about the bottom line.”

One of the defensive position groups that Holgorsen is looking for to step up is the defensive line.

The defensive line was one of the biggest question marks for WVU coming into this season, with the Mountaineers losing all three of last year’s starters.

This season, WVU has mixed in a variety of fronts that include young underclassmen, like true freshman Lamonte McDougle. It has also used those who saw playing time last season, including Donahue and Adam Shuler.

WVU has a lot of young depth at the defensive line position, which has been a challenge for Holgorsen and

the defensive coaching staff, but the need for improvement isn’t just limited to the defensive line.

“Everything starts up front; we have some young kids that need to not be young anymore, which is unfortunate and it’s hard to have to play with young guys,” Holgorsen said. “It starts up front, but then we need the back-end to play better as well. There were way too many missed tackles, way too many guys stuck on blocks.”

WVU’s struggles on defense can also be attributed to injuries.

The unit has been hit with numerous injuries this season and that continues this week with safety Toyous Avery, linebacker Xavier Preston and defensive lineman Jalen Harvey, who are all day-to-day this week.

“It would be nice to be healthy,” Gibson said. “You just have to keep preparing and keep coaching. Get these guys going.”

One goal that can help get the Mountaineers going in the right direction is one they’ve had all season, according to Benton.

“Well, our goal all year was always that 13th game, so that’s still what we’re focused on, making whatever that 13th game is the best game it could be,” Benton said. “We know it won’t be easy with the games we have left on the slate. We just have to get prepared and be ready.”

WVU golf seeks strong fall season finish at Ka’anapali Classic tournament “We’ve never played the course, so we’re not sure what to expect,” Sean Covich, head coach

BY JOSEPH SEVERINO CORRESPONDENT

The West Virginia golf team will be looking to finish the fall portion of the season on a high note this weekend when it travels to Lahaina, Hawaii for the Ka’anapali Classic Nov. 3-5.

The 20-team tournament consists of seven top50 ranked programs, including No. 6 LSU, No. 16 Kent State, No. 18 California, No. 41 South Carolina No. 42 Wyoming, No. 43 Kansas and No. 50 Pepperdine.

California won the stacked Tavistock Open a week ago, an event where the Mountaineers finished 16th.

This will be the program’s first trip to the Aloha State.

WVU Head Coach Sean Covich is excited, but also anxious to see how his team handles unfamiliar territory.

“We’ve never played the course, so we’re not sure what

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Max Sears attempting to read the lie of his next put. to expect,” Covich said.

WVU typically holds an intrasquad qualifying match to determine who plays in the

upcoming tournament, but for this trip, Covich is selecting the top five based on season resume.

“Really, in essence, the guys have been qualifying the whole semester for this trip to Hawaii,” Covich said. “So, ev-

erything you do in qualifying leads up to this point.”

Covich said that Max Sear, Etienne Papineau, Philipp Matlari, Tristan Nicholls and Matt Sharpstene will make up the top five this weekend for WVU. Avery Schneider is also traveling to compete in the tournament as an individual.

This will be the last tournament WVU will play before a nearly three-month hiatus.

Covich said that a successful showing in Hawaii will give the Mountaineers a boost of confidence they need heading into the break.

Covich drew comparisons from a trip to East Carolina late last year that he believed carried his team into this season.

“That East Carolina trip was very big for us, and it rolled over into winning at VCU and having a good performance in our home tournament,” Covich said. “Even as we went on that trip, the whole vibe was good.”

Covich also credited his upperclassmen for bringing a positive vibe to the program.

He said that the team has been able to grow with seniors Schneider and Drew Dewald, and juniors Sear and Nicholls leading the way.

“My first recruiting class; now they’re juniors, and they’re starting to be able to help the freshmen,” Covich said. “Where the freshmen my first year didn’t have anyone to lean on.”

The 54-hole match is slated to begin at 8:30 a.m. HT (2:30 p.m. ET) all three days of the tournament. WVU will resume play next spring when it travels to Orlando, Florida to compete against Penn State on Feb. 4.

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FRIDAY NOVEMBER 3, 2017

WVU men’s basketball preview: Forwards

BY JOEL NORMAN SPORTS WRITER

Tipoff in Ramstein-Miesenbach, Germany, against Texas A&M is just over a week away.

The Daily Athenaeum’s 201718 West Virginia University men’s basketball season preview rolls on today with a look at the team’s forwards.

Unlike the guard position, Head Coach Bob Huggins has a plethora of forwards at his disposal. Eight forwards litter the roster space as opposed to only four healthy guards and create a conundrum for Huggins: can they mask the lack of guard depth?

The Starters Gone are Elijah Macon and Nathan Adrian, but in are Sagaba Konate and Lamont West. As freshmen last year, Konate and West both im-

pressed in spurts — Konate stood out defensively with 1.4 blocks per game, while West impressed offensively offensively by scoring in double figures in seven games. Now, the task is to get both to improve on the other side of their respective games.

The forward depth is hurt because Esa Ahmad is ineligible to play any games until January. Ahmad averaged 11.3 points per game last season and has started all but two of his 68 career games at WVU. The schedule until January adds few challenges besides Texas A&M (Nov. 10) and Virginia (Dec. 5), so it’s not as if the Mountaineers will disintegrate without Ahmad this fall.

Nonetheless, they need a placeholder. If this past Saturday’s exhibition against Albany is any indication, freshman Wesley Harris could be the man. In his first game as

a Mountaineer, Harris scored seven points and grabbed eight rebounds in 15 minutes.

Harris, a sophomore transfer from Lawson State Community College, hasn’t played since the 2015-16 season when he was at Northeast Mississippi. That season, he averaged 18.2 points per game and scored 20 or more points in eight games.

If it isn’t Harris, then Teddy Allen could step up as the other starting forward. On Saturday, he scored 15 points in 15 minutes off the bench. Allen attempted a team-high 13 free-throws and made seven of them.

The freshman from Boys Town, Nebraska, averaged 31.6 points, 12.8 rebounds and 3.3 steals per game in his senior year of high school.

Allen and Harris figure to battle for the other spot in the starting lineup. Harris fig-

ures to be the early favorite because he’s already played at the collegiate level. Nonetheless, there will be plenty of non-conference games to determine who is more deserving of a spot before Big 12 play.

The Bench With Harris and Allen fighting for the starting lineup, the bench needs to be sorted out.

In September, Huggins mentioned that the Ahmad suspension would create opportunities for others and brought up one specific player unprompted.

“What it does is it gives Logan Routt an opportunity to play meaningful minutes,” Huggins said. “But he’s worked hard at it. He’s much improved.”

Routt scored one point and grabbed six rebounds on Saturday and was with the Mountaineers last year. However,

the sophomore only played in 11 games last year and never played more than five minutes. At 6-foot-11, Routt best projects as a backup to Konate.

After Routt, sophomore Maciej Bender and junior D’Angelo Hunter round out the rest of the forwards on the roster. Bender played 23 games last season and averaged 1.6 points in 6.4 minutes per game. Hunter transferred to WVU after spending a year at Navarro College, where he averaged 15.8 points per game.

Both have the potential to earn significant playing time or start, but right now figure in as those coming off the bench.

Depth Huggins has plenty more options at the forward position than he does at guard. The biggest question is deciding who will play with Konate and West in the starting lineup. Whoever

can step up and prove himself as a short-term starter will be invaluable off the bench.

Ahmad’s suspension isn’t favorable, but it might inadvertently improve the depth.

When Ahmad comes back, Huggins could have an improved roster. The schedule won’t punish the Mountaineers when Ahmad is suspended, so WVU should remain a ranked team entering conference play.

The biggest thing to watch with the newcomers is how they play defensively in the press. Huggins rewards hard-workers, and defensive success is the most certain way to gain playing time.

The forwards have a tall task ahead with how few guards are on the roster. How they fit into the lineup and step up off the bench is one of the biggest x-factors to the 2017-18 season.

WVU prepares for tough, physical Iowa State WVU sits in tough

situation entering regular season finale

BY NEEL MADHAVAN SPORTS WRITER

A week after falling to the No. 11 team in the country, the Big 12 Conference slate doesn’t get any easier for West Virginia.

On Saturday at 3:30 p.m., the Mountaineers will host one of the biggest surprises of the college football season in No. 15 Iowa State. The Cyclones defeated two top-five ranked teams in October in No. 3 Oklahoma in Norman and No. 4 TCU at home last week.

“They’re well-coached,” said WVU Head Coach Dana Holgorsen. “They’re disciplined with what they do; Iowa State has always kind of been that team. They’ve always kind of been a hard-working, disciplined, over-achieving bunch.

You add that with some topend players, you add that with really good coaching, a lot of fifth-year seniors, you have the makings of a really good football team.”

For years, WVU has taken pride in its toughness and physicality on the football field.

However, the Mountaineers have struggled with that at times this season. The WVU coaches have lamented the lack of physicality from the Mountaineers over the past couple weeks, and as a result, have been preaching it in practice this week.

“The way that we approach practice, the way we go through practice, it needs to be better moving forward,” Holgorsen said. “I don’t think that we’re far off, we’ve had that mentality a lot here over the last three, four years, and we did earlier in the year as well. We have to get

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Elijah Battle and Kyzir White bring down the Baylor ball carrier who also lost his cleat on the play. it back now.”

The Cyclones have built their success this season on being disciplined, tough and physical, especially on the defensive side of the ball.

Iowa State is allowing just 18.8 points per game, which is second in the Big 12 and No. 21 nationally.

Ubiquitous linebacker Joel Lanning has been the heart and soul of this Iowa State team, but the Cyclones have a trio of fifth-year senior defensive backs that have been crucial to the team’s success in Evrett Edwards, Kamari Cotton-Moya and Reggie Wilkerson.

Cotton-Moya has three interceptions on the year thus far, while Wilkerson has tallied 57 tackles.

“Their safeties are all fifthyear seniors – Edwards and Wilkerson, and the one every-

body wants to talk about Cotton-Moya – they are all three the same; they are sure tacklers and are tough and cover well,” Holgorsen said. “They aren’t giving up many yards or points, so that’s that.”

For the Mountaineers, Offensive Coordinator Jake Spavital spoke at length about the struggles the offense had with poor timing and miscommunication after the loss to Oklahoma State. He said that he felt that on any given play there was at least one player on the field that wasn’t on the same page with what was going on.

“We ended up watching (the tape) together as a unit, and they can tell that they weren’t on the same page,” Spavital said. “That’s something that we’ve got to get better at this week and get back out there because this is the ultimate

team game and we need to get 11 guys on the same page if we’re going to have any success against Iowa State.”

The lack of success in the run game continues to be a concern for WVU, especially as it prepares to face a stout Iowa State front-seven. In their first four games this season, the Mountaineers averaged 231 rushing yards per game, but are now averaging just 91.5 rushing yards over their last four games.

“We have some work to do, and we have to play well,” Holgorsen said. “We have to improve on the things that we didn’t do well last week if we want to win this game.”

Heading into their regular season last match of the year, Head Coach Marlon LeBlanc and the WVU men’s soccer team are still looking for that first conference win.

The Mountaineers sit at fifth in the Mid-American Conference standings with a record of 0-2-2 heading into their game at SIU-Edwardsville on Saturday.

Standing at 57 in the NCAA RPI, an at-large appearance in the NCAA Tournament is very unlikely. Virtually the only shot West Virginia has of making a postseason run is winning the Mid-American Conference Tournament next weekend in Kalamazoo and clinching the automatic bid.

In order for the Mountaineers to finish with a top four standing in the MAC and qualify for the postseason tournament, they would need to not just beat SIU Edwardsville, but 5th-ranked Western Michigan would have to either beat or tie Bowling Green.

It is not an ideal situation for a West Virginia team that was ranked as high as 14th in the United Soccer Coaches Poll in September.

The one feather that LeBlanc and the Mountaineers hold in their cap, however, is

that West Virginia has been able to find success on the road. WVU has won four of its seven road games, losing games only to UMBC and Pitt, along with tying Bowling Green.

“We’ll go on the road, where we’ve found great success so far this season and beaten some good teams and hopefully we’ll be able to do the same out in Illinois this weekend,” LeBlanc said in an interview with WVUSports.com’s Amanda Mazey.

This will be the first-ever meeting between the Mountaineers and the Cougars.

SIU Edwardsville joined the MAC this year as an affiliate member to replace Buffalo who discontinued four varsity sports, including men’s soccer last year.

With the mission known to LeBlanc and his team, the time has come to “survive and advance.”

“At the end of the year (every win is a must-win) for everyone,” LeBlanc said. “It’s survive and advance. We’re in playoff mode right now a week early and hopefully we can go out and get the job done.”

West Virginia’s game at SIU Edwardsville will kickoff 8 p.m. ET on Saturday at Korte Stadium on SIUE’s campus. The match will be available to be streamed on SIUE’s Cougar Network.

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Patrick Kotnik Iowa State 34, West Virginia 24.

Iowa State enters the matchup on a hot streak while West Virginia comes in still looking for answers.

The Mountaineers have shown the ability to respond positively to losses, but the task will be difficult this week with Iowa State’s physicality on all three sides of the ball.

Winning the turnover battle and protecting the ball will be key for both teams in this contest, but in the end, the Cyclones will extend their winning streak to five games given their defense’s ability to force turnovers and their offense not losing a single fumble this season.

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