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Joe Manchin and was sworn in as senator on November 15, 2010. Joseph ‘‘Joe’’ Anthony Manchin III was born August 24, 1947, in Fairmont. He grew up in the Marion County town of Farmington, where he worked in his grandfather’s store, Manchin Grocery, and his father’s furniture store.

After graduation from Farmington High School in 1965, Joe Manchin went to West Virginia University on a football scholarship, but a knee injury ended his

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Nov. 13 7:48 A.M. | INACTIVE University Place Assist EMS/police - Report of a female subject having a panic attack. Subject refused EMS.

Nov. 13 5:48 P.M. | INACTIVE WVU PD Vehicle accident - Complainant reported that her vehicle was hit while parked in the Coliseum parking lot.

Nov. 13 8:06 A.M. | INACTIVE Engineering Sciences Building Fire alarm - Report of a fire alarm. MFD responded, alarm was replaced.

Nov. 13 8:12 P.M. | ACTIVE Brooke Tower Harassment - Complainant reported being harassed in her dorm room.

Nov. 13 7:29 A.M. | INACTIVE WVU PD Vehicle accident - Subject reported he backed into a parked vehicle in Area 1.

Nov. 14 12:40 A.M. | ARREST Stalnaker Hall Drug incident - Citation issued for posession of a controlled substance. CITED: Jonathan William Wilson, 18, Springfield, Virginia.

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WVU SGA senator creates ‘Unite for IX’ campaign with Planned Parenthood

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Gun shop owner Tiffany Teasdale-Causer poses for a photo with a Ruger AR-15 semi-automatic rifle.

Sabraton shooting range will be the first to allow machine gun rentals in West Virginia

BY JAZ BROWN CORRESPONDENT

Defense in Depth, the new shooting range opening in Sabraton, will be the first in West Virginia to allow customers to rent and shoot machine guns.

Individuals on the membership plan will be allowed “one free machine gun rental” on their birthday, according to its website.

DID will open its “stateof-the-art, $10 million indoor shooting range” on Dec. 1. The range has been in the works for more than a year and has received letters of recommendations — in email format — from both Monongalia County Sheriff Perry Palmer and WVU Chief of Police Bob Roberts.

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Palmer, met with local police to hear their thoughts on the upcoming range. Both Palmer and Roberts approved.

When asked why they chose to endorse the shooting range, Roberts and Palmer agreed that it was a good idea for similar reasons.

“My theory is that if people are going to carry firearms, they need to be trained more than 40 hours,” Roberts said.

“The 40-hour hunter’s training program is not sufficient, in my opinion.”

Palmer agreed, saying the facility will “have safety precautions in place” for those who want “to go out and shoot handguns that you own.”

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, West Virginia had 286 deaths by firearms in 2014 and 278 deaths by firearms

in 2015. This year, according to the Gun Violence Archive, West Virginia has had more than 300 reported firearm related incidents.

DID officials were unavailable to comment more on the types of atmosphere and perks that will be available within the range.

However, its website features a list of membership benefits, including express lane check-in, one free firearm rental per year rifle or pistol and one free machine gun rental on your birthday.

The website also states that their “firearm rental selection is the best in the state” and “whether you are looking to test a handgun or want to take a turn with our machine guns, we have the best selection in the area. Test it at our facility before pulling the trigger.”

The types of machine guns offered for rental are: FN P90, HK MP5, HK MP5K, AK-47 and SCAR 16.

According to West Virginia’s legislature code 61-7-9, it is considered “unlawful” for any person to “carry, transport, or have in his possession” any type of “machine gun, submachine gun or any fully automatic weapon” unless they have fully complied with federal U.S. statutes and other applicable rules.

About DID’s machine gun option, Roberts said, “There are some guns I don’t support, particularly after this [Las] Vegas incident. Bears don’t carry automatic weapons. Deers don’t carry automatic weapons. I have some issues with those, but that’s just a personal thing.”

West Virginia University Student Government Association senator Shannon Cawley will be hosting an event alongside Planned Parenthood on Wednesday.

The event will act as a press release for the “Unite for IX” campaign being funded by Planned Parenthood. The campaign is designed to resist the changes for Title IX proposed by Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos. Cawley, a second year English and political science student from Weirton, West Virginia, takes issue with DeVos’ policy change and hopes this event will help provide awareness and a platform for those impacted by sexual assault.

“This event is taking place in order to spread awareness of our campaign to the media, and answer any questions anyone may have about our plans moving forward,” Cawley said.

The reform proposed by DeVos was announced earlier in the year during an address at George Mason University.

DeVos’ changes included adding a “both sides” approach which focuses on both survivors of sexual assault and those who have been accused.

“There is no way to avoid

the devastating reality of campus sexual misconduct: lives have been lost. Lives of victims. And lives of the accused,” DeVos said in regard to the change in policy.

Cawley doesn’t feel this is enough, and believes the Obama-era regulations shouldn’t be discarded. She believes the issue is pressing and should be handled immediately to aid survivors.

“Sexual assault is prevalent not only at WVU, but across the country at college campuses everywhere,” Cawley said. “We want to change rape culture and we want it done in a way that is powerful.”

Cawley said that the campaign will create a platform for survivors to feel supported, and give them the strength to come forward.

“I am so thankful for the opportunity to partner with Planned Parenthood in order to combat an issue that is so personally important to me, I am excited to advocate for survivors at WVU and hopefully will be able to foster a community that believes, supports and uplifts its survivors as well as continue to provide preventative education,” said Cawley.

The event will be taking place at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 15 at the WVU Women’s Resource and LGBTQ+ center.

WELLWVU hosts stress workshop for students

BY ALI BARRETT NEWS EDITOR WELLWVU gave students an opportunity to learn how to transform their stress.

Audrey Stefenson, graduate assistant for the Office of Wellness and Health Promotion, or WELLWVU, said November is their stress management month.

“So I’ve been doing transforming stress workshops,” Stefenson said. “[I’m] going to do self care workshops after Thanksgiving break.”

On Monday, Stefenson began the workshop by passing out a piece of paper with markers.

“Within this first frame, we are just listing or drawing any stressors,” Stefenson said. “I feel like that might not be hard this time of year.”

After the student’s wrote down their stressors, Stefenson had them meditate for a few minutes.

“Finding a comfortable seat,” Stefenson said. “If you’re

comfortable closing your eyes, I invite you to do that. If you’re not then you can just sort of look out in front of you.”

Stefenson then had the student’s focus on breathing.

“Just do a quick scan of your body from head to toe,” she said. “Just observing the overall quality of your body.”

At the end of the meditation, Stefenson said, “Now that you’re a little bit more relaxed and perhaps in tune with yourself, try to draw your attention to a sense of gratitude for something within you.”

On the paper, students wrote or drew the opportunities they had within the challenges or stressors they listed above.

Also on the paper, students took part in a self care plan.

They circled three words that resonated with them to focus on for the next month. At the bottom, they listed specific examples on how they would stick to this plan.

“Sometimes it’s easy to come up with ‘Oh, I need to take care of myself physically,’”

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WELLWVU graduate student, Audrey Stefenson, leads meditiation during the stress workshop.

Stefenson said. “We just sort of say that, but we don’t name exactly what that is.”

She said studies show that top stressors for college students are intrapersonal challenges, changes in sleeping and eating habits, vacations/ breaks, increased workload and new responsibilities.

In order for students to

cope with stress, Stefenson said, it involves a combination of things.

“One is preventing it in the first place,” Stefenson said. “So if you have a chance to kind of manage your time well, then you can prevent stress and also doing a self care, so taking care of yourself can prevent stress.”

If someone has stuff building up, Stefenson said, then either they haven’t managed their time or they have too much going on.

“Separating the things you can control versus the things you can’t and then doing exercises like we just did [can help],” Stefenson said. “Thinking about all the things that are

going on and reframing them as opportunities instead of stressors that are coming at you.”

Stefenson said reframing can be challenging for some people, but the more you practice it, the easier it gets.

“When it gets really stressful, reach out to people.” Stefenson said. “Don’t go at it alone, reach out to a trusted adult, friend or go to the [Carruth] counseling center.”

Stefenson said WELLWVU does tabling events called ‘Chill with Us’ as a form of educational outreach.

“We have a lot of different information,” Stefenson said.

“We have a spin wheel and people can sort of engage. We have giveaways, mindful coloring and pass out tea.”

The next ChillFEST Tabling is Thursday from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday in Summit Hall.

For more information on programs WELLWVU holds, student’s can visit https://well. wvu.edu.

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Study abroad gives students more than a chance to see the world

BY EMILY ZEKONIS CULTURE EDITOR Prospective world traveler, Hunter Moreland, came to WVU with a desire to study abroad. The study abroad program not only helped her travel the world on five different trips, but was a crucial her earning early-decision spot in the WVU School of Pharmacy program.

“I had a pretty average GPA and a pretty average PCAT score, so the interview portion of the application process is what was going to determine if I got into pharmacy school or not,” said Moreland, now a first-year pharmacy student.

“At my interview, the very first question I was asked was ‘Tell us about this research project you completed in Central Europe’.”

The year before Moreland applied to pharmacy school, she took a month long summer trip to Central Europe where she was able to complete a major-focused independent study. Moreland spent her time not only seeing the site, but comparing and contrasting retail pharmacies in America with those in Europe. “the entire interview was about me studying abroad and the different experiences I’ve had doing so,” said Moreland.

“The interview went so well, that I stayed about 45 minutes over my interview time just chatting with the professors.”

Moreland came to WVU

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Hunter Moreland poses for a photo in Central Europe on her study abroad trip, which led her to acceptance into the WVU School of Pharmacy. knowing she wanted to see the world, taking her first study aboard trip her freshman year during spring break to Greece.

“It was a small group, about seven or eight of us, all WVU students,” said Moreland. “I didn’t know any of the other students beforehand. I think we may have met once, but I really went in to the experience blind.”

Despite never being out of the country before, Moreland jumped head in to her Greece trip and absolutely loved it.

For the rest of her college experience she continued to seek international experience, traveling to Spain, Nicaragua, Ireland and, finally, Central Europe.

For some, STEM major curriculums may make it seem

like study abroad experiences are nearly impossible to fit in, but Moreland’s experience and advice make it seem quite the opposite.

“As scary as it sounds, as scary as the cost may seem, don’t let anything hold you back,” said Moreland to those on the fence about jumping in to an international adventure. “Study abroad has been best experience of college career and I encourage everyone to do it.”

As Moreland goes further in her pharmacy education, she continues to look for experiences to see even more of the world.

“I am currently applying for international internships,” said Moreland. “I want to specialize in global health.”

Moreland also serves as an education abroad student ambassador. This job allows her to go around campus and share her experiences with the study abroad program, promote trips she has previously been a part of and help other students through the study abroad application process.

“I am extremely grateful for being able to participate in this study abroad trip,” said Moreland. “It has opened up so many doors for me in my career, not to mention all the great friends I have made along the way.”

For more information about the study abroad programs available through WVU, please visit https://studyabroad.wvu. edu.

Morgantown native donates $1000 to Morgantown Youth Area Services Project

BY CAYLIE SILVEIRA CORRESPONDENT The Morgantown Youth Area Services Project received a donation of $1000 in the recent weeks from a previous client.

A 39-year-old woman, who wishes to remain unnamed, traveled all the way back to Morgantown, from her new home in Florida, to make a donation back to the organization that was a big part of her life growing up.

Drug use had a large impact on this young woman’s life. She began with smaller, less addictive drugs in her teen

years, moving to harder drugs in her early 20s. Her drug addiction and family life caused he to start working at age 15 and she was put on probation around the same time.

The organization tried several times to help her, but she would bounce back into drugs every time. However, the group never gave up hope on her. Eventually, she was able to recover and moved to Florida, where she now has her own landscaping company and she is happily married.

The recent donation was made because she claims that the organization saved her life; that if it weren’t for all their

help she wouldn’t be where she is today.

“She’s always trying to give back,” said Morgantown Area Youth Services director Danny Trejo. “I believe this is due to her taking a lot in the old days when she was struggling herself.”

The Morgantown Area Youth Services Project has dedicated the past 25 years to helping teens and young adults battle drug and alcohol addictions. The group supports around 100 kids per year on average and has been a key player in battling underage drinking in the Morgantown area.

Since West Virginia University has made Morgantown a college town, it is more likely for young kids to get into alcohol and drug use, due to substances being easier to access. MAYSP has successfully brought down the percentages of kids who have been impacted by this and they also have brought down the influence of gangs in the area.

The Morgantown Area Youth Services Project is located in downtown Morgantown at 160 Chancery Row, right across from the Walnut PRT station. If you have any question or inquires, they can be reached at 304-284-7321.

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The “Thankful Tree” is located just inside the Mountainlair close to the front desk.

“Thankful Tree” displays WVU students’ gratitude

BY JORDYN JOHNSON CORRESPONDENT Thanksgiving is a time to express love and admiration for family, friends and significant others, as well as a multitude of things in someone’s life. Surrounded by loved ones and lots of delicious food, we come together to serve as a reminded that we’re all grateful for each other.

So, what are you thankful for?

On Monday, the Daily Athenaeum’s annual Giving Tree Project was put up inside the Mountainlair. This year it is present by the DA, as well as WVU Up All Night.

With fall break just a few days away and the Thanksgiving holiday nearing, students are expressing their gratitude for different aspects of their lives. Family, friends and pets have been some of the top reasons Mountaineers are thankful.

The tree, bare when originally put up, will be filled with the various leaves students are using to write what they’re thankful for. By the end of the project on Thursday, the tree will be in full autumnal bloom.

Juan Martinez, a new member of the Morgantown community, grabbed a leaf and wrote what he’s grateful for.

“Being alive, man and having my family,” said Martinez. “Just thankful for all that, because without them I wouldn’t be anything, wouldn’t be able to keep going. I’m new to the area and

being around meeting new people, I’m always thankful for that.”

“I have a great family and a great boyfriend and the best dogs ever!” said freshman, Rachel Svites. “They’re just great.”

Darnell Chatmann, another giving tree participant, said, “I’m thankful for my son, Aidan, and my grandmother, and just thankful because someone always has it worse.”

The “Thankful Tree” was started last holiday season, and WVU students filled it with everything they were grateful for. It helped spread some Thanksgiving cheer right before students left for break, and this year’s tree hopes to bring the same sense of joy.

Will Fenton Jr. helps run the “Thankful Tree” table where he gives students leaves and pens to write their thoughts. Fenton thinks that the tree is a great way for students to show their appreciation for things in their lives.

“I think it just kind of makes people realize everyday you know what they take for granted and what to be thankful for” said Fenton.

“I kind of think that it just puts everyone’s perspective together and kind of brings everyone together on a tree that shows what everyone is thankful for.”

Fenton is thankful for his opportunity to get his education at WVU as well as having the money to pay his bills and live a happy live overall.

The “Thankful Tree” will be in the Mountainlair until Thursday, Nov. 16.

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OPINION Could America fall behind in learning foreign languages? Letter to the editor To the congressional representatives of West Virginia,

BY JOCELIN LEON CORRESPONDENT In today’s working business world it’s important to always try to renovate and improve oneself in order to remain ahead of the game.

Many employers are no longer settling on hiring people with a bachelor’s degree but are insisting they have a masters, as well. Besides having completed higher education, another quality employers look for in a potential employee is fluency in a foreign language.

Economist Albert Saiz from MIT found that bilingual college graduates make an average of 2 percent more than those who only speak one language. An article published in The Economist showed that over time the extra earning could amount to an additional $67,000 in retirement savings.

With studies like these it’s incredible to find that only 7 percent of college students in America are enrolled in a foreign language course. Reports done by the American Academy of Arts & Sciences revealed that with most of the population being monolingual our country could face an incredible amount social and economic disadvantages.

Learning another language can not only improve your competitiveness in the job market but also help with your health in the long run. A recent research by the American Academy of Neurology showed that multilingualism allows information to pass through a greater number of channels by increasing neural pathways.

This leads to an improved function in the brain’s executive roles and attention abil-

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Foreign language skills can prove to be an invaluable skill throughout many aspects of life. ities. As well as delay the onset of the effects of Alzheimer’s and dementia.

I know when I would travel to countries outside of the United States I always noticed there are so many more language accommodations for the tourist compared to the U.S. From tour guides to street vendors most of them knew as many as five languages.

Learning a different language doesn’t only help your health, finding employment,and increase your pay but also opens up the opportu-

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nity to interact with new people of different cultures.

Being a bilingual student myself, I have found that knowing two languages has helped me in numerous ways.

Whether it be school, work and even internships, I have found the skill to be very useful.

Ethan Taitt from Parkersburg, West Virginia said it’s a form of relationship between people.

“Communication is important for forming relationships so in a place as diverse as the United States language learn-

ing should be just as important as learning math,” Taitt said.

Foreign language studies should be encouraged more, if not enforced, towards students. In many European countries language learning is mandated by law and is introduced to children at a very young age. The United States is at risk of falling behind other countries in the future if language isn’t taken more seriously in school curriculums.

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We write to you with serious concern for the future of graduate education in West Virginia and the US more broadly. The tax plan recently outlined by the House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee would impose new taxes on tuition waivers for graduate students (Section 414.t.2, item 117.d). Tuition waivers are not transferable income; they cannot be used for anything other than reducing payment for enrollment in courses. Yet the proposed legislation would treat the waivers as if they were realized money.

As is the case at many universities, at WVU, tuition waivers are our primary means of recruiting students to graduate programs. Since many applicants are already carrying a substantial debt burden from their undergraduate education, we do not expect or advise students to undertake graduate education if it requires tuition payments.

In the English Department, our graduate students teach nearly all of WVU’s writing courses, for which each is paid a maximum of $17,400 in annual salary. This is barely enough to live on as is. If the students’ tuition waivers were taxed in addition to the taxes they already pay on their actual salary, they would be required to pay as much as if they made $44,559 a year.

This would result in their losing $6,903 (IRS Tax Table, 2016), or 27 percent, of their take-home pay, putting them in one of the nation’s highest tax brackets.

Even if our graduate programs in English were to survive such a reduction in student resources - and they very well may not - we would see a limiting of enrollment to only

the most affluent of college graduates. Our capacity to serve our undergraduate population would be profoundly impaired, and our ability to offer needed classes in writing would suffer the most. Our graduate students themselves are predominantly from our nearby geographic region, including our home state.

On finishing our MA, PhD, and MFA programs, they become not only educators but also managers, administrators, technical writers, authors, small business owners, literacy advocates, and employees of national and international non-profits, corporations, and government. They contribute vitally to our regional and state economy, bringing with them creative ideas for its diversification and the skills to facilitate productive change.

Recent studies show the educational achievement gap between rich and poor to be 30-40 percent larger than it was 25 years ago, with difference in family income corresponding to a 30-60 percent larger difference in achievement (S.F. Reardon, 2011). Historically, graduate school has been one of the main vehicles for class mobility in the United States, but taxing tuition waivers would simply put graduate education out of reach for a large segment of our state’s population. By supporting this proposed tax, you would be putting the majority of your constituents at an even greater disadvantage than they already are.

We urge you to oppose the proposed tax on tuition waivers and similar barriers to educational access.

Sincerely, the faculty and graduate students of the English Department

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Hides to seek PHOTO STORY BY COLIN TRACY

In an age of industrialization overtaken by machines and automation, one man believes in the quality and craftsmanship that goes into the creation of handmade goods. Charlie McEuwen, the owner of Tanner’s Alley Leather Design Studio located on High Street in Morgantown, West Virginia prefers the personal touch and rustic process that is leather-making. Through his current location that opened in 1988, McEuwen specializes in obscure leather hides that is not found in most shops. Customers can choose from alligator, zebra or even stingray leather to further set apart their custom piece. These pieces over time will develop their own natural patina and character that that truly makes them one-of-a-kind. This artisan craft is a lost skill in today’s society, and McEuwen plans to keep it alive and well into the coming future. Against all odds; he feeds his passion day by day, piece by piece, and hide by hide.

Charlie McEuwen sews together a custom alligator leather handbag.

The various shades of alligator hides that hang in the shop.

Stingray leather has a unique, almost plastic-like feel.

Keychains forged from recycled 12-gauage shot shells are a testiment to McEuwen’s creativity and sophistication.

Ready. Set. Go Vegan.

PHOTO STORY BY WREN DOWNS

The Mountain People Co-Op is a community owned and operated store that provides natural, organic, fair trade and local products. The Co-Op is a part of the Shop Small Movement, a cause that supports local economies and small businesses to promote thriving communities. All the profits are reinvested into the store. The Co-Op offers three tiers of membership that all include different benefits, including up to a 10 percent storewide discount every day and exclusive access to members-only sale items. Becoming a member also means becoming a partial owner and having a voice in the local business.

Memberships to the Co-Op are offered at different tiers and prices and members have special perks like store discounts.

The Venerable Bean Bakery and the Co-Op are connected on the inside and share a kitchen, but have two separate entrances.

The Venerable Bean Bakery’s vegan chocolate chip cookies have been featured in a Cosmopolitan Magazine article about the best chocolate chip cookies from each state.

The Co-Op offers a wide variety of products made in West Virginia, as they believe in supporting local economy and local producers. They get weekly deliveries of high-quality produce from West Virginia farms.

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Ready. Set. Sweat.

PHOTO STORY BY CAYLIE SILVEIRA

West Virginia University offers many places for students to have fun, relax and adventure in. One of those places is the Student Recreation Center located on the Evansdale Campus. The Rec Center is a place where students, faculty and friends can gather to use the facilities in a fun, healthy way. Membership is included for every WVU student and can be up for purchase by spouses of students, faculty, staff and their spouses.

The Rec Center has many different cardio machines available for use. These students and faculty enjoy running on the treadmills while listening to music.

The Aquatics Area is home to indoor swimming pools and jacuzzis for all ages to enjoy. Here, young children and adults enjoy the leisure area of the pool.

There are many different classes that the Rec has to offer.

This is the room where several early morning spinning classes take place everyday.

The Rec Center has a large indoor rock climbing structure for the adventurers at WVU. Any student can participate in this activity while under supervision of the Rec employees.

Lights. Camera. Action.

PHOTO STORY BY KRISTEN DAVIS

Originally started as a film appreciation society, the WVU Film Club has become a place where students can learn about the art of filmmaking and create their own movies in the process. Sam Thompson, who just stepped down as president, said the club is acting as the University’s de facto film program, since the school doesn’t have a film major of its own. The club offers a flexible yet professional atmosphere for students to pursue their passions for moviemaking. Students can also work with equipment seen in everyday sets, such as boom mics and drones. In last week’s meeting, members said goodbye to Thompson and participated in a workshop about one of the many components of film making: creating sound.

Olivia Loy gives her first introduction as president of the club. Although their leadership styles are different, Thompson said, “I could not think of a better person for this position.”

Mary Comerci, senior, speaks with Thompson about her experiences in the club. Thompson tells Comerci about different internships available to her.

Students Jeffrey Scott, sophomore, and Olivia Loy, junior, try to recreate the sound of a heavy door opening while Wesley Ford uses a glass jar filled with silverware to mimic a chain lock.

In a process known as foley, members used everyday objects to try and recreate sounds from the movie “Django Unchained.” Foley is used in post-production as a way to enhance audio in movies. “When you are shooting on set, all they pull is the dialogue,” said Sam Thompson, former president of the club.

“It’s a foley artist’s job to go through each scene and recreate what you hear.” This can be anything from footsteps, wind or waves crashing on a beach.

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Pipe it up

PHOTO STORY BY RYAN ALEXANDER

Thousands of high school seniors tour West Virginia University every week, and almost all of them are told to go to Tailpipes.

Tailpipes is a restuarant that specializes in burgers, fries and milkshakes. It opened in 2009 and has quicky become a muststop place for Morgantown visitors.

“We get a lot of business throughout the day,” said Lauren Collin, General Manager. “We also do delivery and pick up, so business is great for us.”

Tailpipes is growing at such a rapid rate that they plan to open a second location in Morgantown soon.

The Fruity Pebbles milkshake is one of their most popular milkshakes.

Tailpipes is set up to look like a 1950s diner with a modern twist. It opened its doors in 2009, and business has been booming ever since.

The Camaro is one of their well-known signature burgers. Every week they offer a specialty burger that is different from their everyday menu.

Evan Tauber [left], co-owner, and Lauren Collin [right], general manager love their customers. “We get great business, and not just college students come here,” said Collin. “People from all over Morgantown come here to enjoy our food.”

The walls are riddled with metal signs to give that classic auto shop look.

Tailpipes is located on 417 High Street. Over the past eight years it has become a popular hangout spot for college students.

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Food

WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 15, 2017

BY TIMOTHY MALLOY FOOD COLUMNIST

From lunch deals to free vacations, you’ll always score at Scorers A good burger is only as good as the sides it comes with. Most people go with fries, but some opt for something a little different.

At Scorers Bar and Restaurant over in Westover, your burger comes with a chance to win a trip to Las Vegas; and so does your beer and whatever else you may purchase.

A trip to either Las Vegas, Atlantic City or Cancun is given away every week at Scorers and a chance to win that trip comes with every purchase made at the restaurant.

It may sound absurd, but this promotion has flooded the restaurant with customers looking to try their luck.

Whether they come for the promotion or the food, they stay for the food.

Scorers has fantastic burgers and better deals. They’ve teamed up with the Hooked app to offer deals to students every day.

Their two most popular deals, 60 cent wing night on Wednesdays and $6 burgers on Thursdays, make those two days their busiest of the week. Through Hooked, Scorers also offers half-priced drinks, drafts and appetizers every day until 7 p.m.

It’s pretty obvious that Scorers has some of the best deals around Morgantown.

The deals are great and the chance to win a luxurious trip inspires hope for everyone who walks in. They’ve truly cornered the marketing side of the business, and back it up with some of the best burgers in the state. Their rodeo burger, which is topped with an onion ring and loads

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Scorers offers $2 taco and margarita deals on Tuesdays.

The cheesesteak is one of Scorers popular sandwich options.

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is the mastermind behind the deals offered by Scorers.

“Every week we give away

a trip to Vegas, and if it’s a game day, we give a trip away to Cancun,” Glymph said. “It gets people in the door and they come back for the food — it’s a win-win for everyone.

Using the Hooked app for our daily deals, the combination of the promotions has really increased business.”

With all these opportunities to save money and the possibility to win a sumptuous trip, why wouldn’t you take the trip to Scorers? If it’s a Wednesday, get some wings. If it’s a Thursday, get a burger. If it’s the weekend, drink one of their famous $4 fishbowls. But whatever you do, make sure you get your ticket for your chance to win that trip to Vegas

Gamer

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Does seeing these logos make you hype?

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Students play board games at the Extra Life charity event for sick children held in the Gold Room of Bennett Tower by senior Jacob Woods.

Extra life charity hosts gaming marathons to help sick children For those of us who normally spend our Saturdays playing video games for 12 hours straight, the charity group Extra Life is a philanthropic dream come true.

Extra Life Origins Founded in 2008, Extra Life has raised more than $30 million with it’s gaming marathons, where participants pay an entry fee and play games together for upwards of 24 hours. Inspired by the story of 15-year-old leukemia patient and avid gamer Victoria Enmon, all funds raised are donated to Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals.

When Jeromy Adams — at the time a local radio broadcaster — got wind of Enmon’s disease, he asked the country to send her video games help pass time in those dull

months spent in the hospital.

Before long, boxes of video games from around the world showed up on the Enmon’s doorstep, so many that they donated many to other sick children.

Sadly Enmon passed away from her illness in 2008, after a four-year battle with leukemia.

Finding a passion in charity work, Adams decided to found Extra Life in her memory.

“It was as a result of Tori’s death, sitting at her funeral that I realized in my mind that I need to be doing this, not just a couple days a year as a radio-thon, but that I need to be doing this with my life,” Adams said in an emotional extra-life. org video.

Extra Life in Morgantown WVU held it’s own Extra Life marathon on Nov. 12, bring-

ing out dozens to play video games and card games, as well as raise money for a good cause. Held in the Gold Room of Bennett Tower, the marathon stretched from noon to midnight, with many staying the entire time.

The event was run by senior WVU student and former “Magic: The Gathering” Club president Jacob Woods.

“I know about Mountaineerthon, and I know that’s something that always raises a lot of money, and I wanted to offer an alternative that involved gaming,” Woods said.

“I know we have a lot of students who like gaming. I think it’s been a big success.”

For people who would rather roll a pair of dice than run a 5K, Extra Life provides a way to promote their passion for a good cause.

“It makes me feel good that doing something I love helps children in need,” said Joseph Kulasunad, a 19-year-old aerospace engineering student who attended the event.

Kulasunad, an avid “Magic: The Gathering,” “Dungeons and Dragons” and video game player, spends most Saturdays gaming with his friends. For him, getting to raise money for charity is a nice bonus to his existing schedule.

“It’s just a really good cause,” Kulasunad said. “And everyone has a lot of fun.”

For anyone who’d like to join the Extra Life community or run their own event, instructions are available at Extra-life.org. Direct donations are also accepted.

Visit Extra-life.org for more information

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Family tradition: White brothers’ road from Lackawanna to WVU and beyond

BY CHRIS JACKSON MANAGING EDITOR

FOOTBALL What the family of Ka’Raun, Kevin and Kyzir White is doing is almost unheard of.

All three got the chance to play college football at a major school like West Virginia, where Ka’Raun and Kyzir White are both seniors --- Ka’Raun is a starting wide receiver, Kyzir is a starting SPUR safety. Kevin White was a wide receiver for two years in 2013 and 2014, eventually developing into a first round pick to the Chicago Bears in the 2015 NFL Draft.

All three were also not your prototypical recruits. Ka’Raun and Kevin White were overlooked. Neither had opportunities right out of high school.

Both needed junior college.

So did Kyzir White, but almost everyone knew his name.

He was a hard-hitting safety that could do anything.

The three of them started off their college careers at Lackawanna College in Scranton, Pennsylvania, which was only just the beginning of their wild rides.

Ka’Raun White Nobody knew what to expect out of Ka’Raun White when he started his college football career at Lackawanna.

Ka’Raun White used to be just 5’10” and 165 pounds. He missed his senior year of high school at Emmaus and did not see much playing time.

There were doubts about his football future.

“In high school you could say that I didn’t even touch the field,” Ka’Raun White said. “I kind of gave it up, but I was going to Kevin’s games at the time at Lackawanna College and giving me some motivation to get another shot, so I did that.”

Lackawanna head coach Mark Duda gave him a chance.

He saw what Kevin White did. Maybe Ka’Raun White could put up similar types of production.

“He gave me a shot with little to no film,” Ka’Raun White said. “He just went off the strength how talented Kevin was. I thank him for everything he’s done for us.”

Ka’Raun White underwent a growth spurt. The receiver who was once undersized and small is now 6’2” and 216 pounds.

He saw his game translate.

So did the Lackawanna coaching staff.

“As we watched him in his first spring go through his first spring, he was big and fast and he could catch the ball,” Duda said.

During his redshirt freshman season in 2014, Ka’Raun White totaled 522 receiving yards and three touchdowns.

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Ka’Raun White powers through two Texas Tech defenders on his way to a WVU touchdown. ally solid player,’” Duda said.

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Wide reciever Kevin White catches a ball in the endzone against Alabama in the Chick-Fil-A Kickoff Classic in 2014.

Schools started to show interest, but there was only one school he wanted to go to.

If West Virginia did not offer, he would stay at Lackawanna for his redshirt sophomore season. If West Virginia did offer, he would follow in Kevin White’s footsteps to Morgantown.

“I figured if I followed Kevin to Lackawanna and was successful there, I would follow him to West Virginia and hopefully be successful there,” Ka’Raun White said. “That was the plan.”

Akron and Idaho offered. So did WVU. Ka’Raun White committed to the Mountaineers, and the rest was history.

He played in nine games as a redshirt sophomore --- his first year at WVU --- in 2015.

His final game of that season resulted in a 116-yard display in a thrilling victory over Arizona State in the Cactus Bowl.

Ka’Raun White then went for 583 receiving yards and five touchdowns as a redshirt junior in 2016, but sustained a leg injury against Iowa State that sidelined him for the regular season finale versus Baylor and the Russell Athletic Bowl loss to Miami.

He then missed the spring due to the leg injury, which halted his ability to develop more chemistry and connection with quarterback Will

Grier on the field. He would show flashes in the early going, but it took time to become one of the Big 12’s top receivers.

Those chances came against TCU and Texas Tech. Ka’Raun White went for 138 yards and 114 yards, respectively, in those two games, and since then, he’s currently nearing 1,000 yards on the season.

In the last two games, Ka’Raun White set career-highs with 167 yards against Iowa State and 168 at Kansas State Now, he’s at 907 yards on the year.

“He’s been there for a long time, so it’s kind of cool to see a guy like that come out of nowhere and become a really, re-

Kevin White Kevin White was simply overlooked.

The former West Virginia star wide receiver did not get much attention before arriving in Morgantown. He was an unknown commodity out of Emmaus High School in Pennsylvania. He also did not have the grades to qualify for a Division I scholarship at the time.

So, Kevin White went the junior college route, becoming the first of the three White brothers to play for Duda at Lackawanna.

“Came to us as a walk-on situation, a guy who wanted to give himself another opportunity to play and then of course came to our place,” Duda said.

After problems with registration, a shoulder injury and a redshirt year, Kevin White only competed in one season at Lackwanna. And he made the most of it.

During his sophomore year, he hauled in 36 catches for 535 yards and six touchdowns.

The college interest started to come.

Texas Tech offered. The Mountaineers offered, with former WVU offensive coordinator/receivers coach Shannon Dawson and current offensive coordinator Jake Spavital --- who was also with the program from 2011-12 as the quarterbacks coach before stops at Cal and Texas A&M from 2013-16 ---- helping recruit him.

Spavital saw Kevin White box jumping. He could not believe his athletic abilities. He also could not believe that Texas Tech was the only other school to extend an offer.

“He’s just a freak,” Spavital said. “I was like ‘Who’s recruiting this guy?’ And they’re like ‘Surprisingly no one, except you and Texas Tech.’ We had to beat Texas Tech. That was it.

I was so shocked on that one. I was just being in the right spot at the right time.”

Kevin White committed to WVU. He would be close to where he grew up.

It was a day Duda would never forget, with nothing but pure elation for the Lackawanna coaching staff and the White family.

“He was just so damn happy that he was going to go there and was fairly close to home and his mom and everybody knew that they were going to get to watch him play,” Duda said.

Once he reached WVU, Kevin White started to develop even more.

His first year at WVU resulted in 507 yards, starting in nine games. He showed flashes of his booming potential, and that potential showed itself in 2014, which was his final year of college football.

Kevin White became one of the top receivers in college football. The first game of his senior year was a 143-yard display in a 33-23 loss to Amari Cooper and No. 2 Alabama.

He reached 100-plus yards in eight other contests that season, including a 132-yard and two-touchdown performance as WVU upset No. 4 Baylor. He finished the year with 1,447 receiving yards and 10 touchdowns, becoming a Biletnikoff Award finalist (nation’s top receiver), which was won by Cooper, who he played against in the first game of his senior year.

The Chicago Bears then selected Kevin White with the No. 7 overall pick in the first round of the 2015 NFL Draft.

Spavital said that was exactly what they expected and told Kevin White during the recruiting process with him.

“It’s kind of like we had it all mapped out already,” Spavital said.

Since then, however, he’s gone through a multitude of injury issues. He missed his entire rookie season with a shin injury and then fractured his scapula in the 2017 season opener.

He’s been on injured reserve three times during his threeyear NFL career. He’s tallied a total of 193 receiving yards.

Duda has talked to him since the injury and offered encouragement for the former first round pick. Duda knows just how much talent and potential Kevin White has.

“I said, ‘when you get your opportunity again, make the very, very most of it and play as long as you can,’” Duda said.

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WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 15, 2017 Kyzir White Kyzir White’s talent was seen right away.

He’s a 6’2,” 216-pound safety. He’s a big, physical force that can cover, can blitz and let his presence be known with his hard-hitting capabilities.

Yet he needed to start out at the junior college level. Duda said he did not have the grades necessary to go where he wanted at the Division 1 level.

Many different junior college programs wanted him, but if he was going to go that route, there was only one school that he would go to.

“So by the time we got to the third one to Kyzir at the end, Kyzir was coming to Lackawanna,” Duda said. “If he was going to junior college, he was coming to Lackawanna because Kevin and those guys made sure that he did.”

Once he arrived at Lackawanna, he was everything the coaching staff made him out to be. He was a 2014 All-Northeast Conference Football Third Team selection as a freshman.

Kyzir White then registered 37 tackles and three interceptions as a sophomore. ESPN ranked him as the No. 20 junior college prospect in the 2016 class. 247Sports tabbed him as the No. 12 player and No. 1 safety.

“The one guy said, ‘Coach, I think he’s the best safety in the country in junior college,’” Duda said. “You know what, he probably was. He proba-

bly was.”

Almost every program was calling for him, with offers ranging from Oklahoma to Penn State to USC to West Virginia. Duda said he was the “worst kept secret in America.”

“If you could name a school, they recruited Kyzir,” Duda said. “He was basically recruited by everybody under the sun.”

But going to West Virginia was not a guarantee, according to Duda. It was not the same as Ka’Raun White, where he was just waiting on that WVU offer.

USC was recruiting him hard.

They wanted him to come out west. Every school wanted him to be apart of their program.

WVU did everything it could to bring him to Morgantown.

It won the battle, and Kyzir White became the third White brother to be a Mountaineer.

“They recruited him as doggedly as anybody that they’ve ever recruited from my place and they never assumed anything,” Duda said. “That makes a difference. They made a difference. All those guys busted their tail, gone up to Scranton and visited him and all those things. They didn’t take it for granted. That is commendable.”

It did not take long for Kyzir White to make a similar impact at WVU, either.

He recorded the second-most sacks (3) and thirdmost tackles for loss (7) as a junior in 2016 - his first year at WVU. He also delivered the

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Kyzir White’s teammates embrace him after catching a game-sealing interception against Texas Tech. biggest play of the game in a Nov. 12 victory at Texas, sacking and forcing Longhorns quarterback Shane Buechele to fumble the ball when they were driving down the field, which ended in a 24-21 Mountaineers win.

“It was a huge play because it more than likely kept three points off the board, which would have tied the game,” said WVU head coach Dana Holgorsen after that Texas

game. “Great play. We’ve seen him make plays like that a lot.”

As a senior, Kyzir White continues to be a driving force on the Mountaineers defense.

He has 61 tackles, which is the second-most on the team, six tackles for loss and team-highs in interceptions (3) and forced fumbles (2).

“You never have to coach him on effort, whether it’s practice or a game,” said WVU safeties coach Matt Caponi.

“Sometimes I’ve got to slow him down a little bit, but he’s been as advertised. Plays his butt off. Does what he’s supposed to do. Makes plays in big time situations.”

For Duda, seeing Kyzir White and his brothers excel after playing at Lackawanna is one of his most rewarding experiences. He’s never coached a family like them before.

It’s especially remarkable to see all three go to the same

school and play big roles at West Virginia.

“I think that is just really the cool part of all of that, that those three guys are a major part of West Virginia football,” Duda said. “It just does our heart well to see those guys doing and playing at such a high level when they were there. I think that’s wonderful.”

WVU prepares for home opener after season-opening loss

BY JOEL NORMAN SPORTS WRITER

MEN’S BASKETBALL After a troubling season-opener, the West Virginia men’s basketball team looks to right the ship against American University at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the home opener.

WVU returns to Morgantown after falling to Texas A&M, 88-65, this past Friday.

The Mountaineers led by as many as 13 points with 12:02 remaining in the first half, but the Aggies outscored WVU 81-45 the rest of the way.

For American, this is its second time in as many games facing a Big 12 opponent. The Eagles fell to Kansas State, 85-43, on Friday night in Manhattan. American has had back-to-back seasons with a losing record, including losing 22 of 30 games last season. In the 2017-18 Patriot League Preseason Poll, the Eagles were picked to finish ninth out of 10 teams in the conference.

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Point guard James Bolden drives in for an open lay up.

American struggled more than WVU did on Friday,

making 30.4 percent of its field-goal attempts. Despite

only committing one more turnover (18) than Kansas State (17), the Eagles lost the points-off-of-turnovers battle, 22-11.

The Mountaineers are looking to shoot more effectively from the field than they did on Friday. The Mountaineers shot a dreadful 34 percent on field goal attempts and 30 percent from threepoint range. The last time that WVU had a worse shooting performance was three years ago against Monmouth, when the Mountaineers shot 26.1 percent from the field.

To pick up a win against American, WVU needs to take smarter shots. Forty of WVU’s 70 shots attempted were three-pointers, and by only making 12 of them, Texas A&M won the rebound battle, 47-35. With the long rebounding opportunities created by so many missed threes, the Aggies outscored the Mountaineers 22-6 in fast break points.

The matchup to watch for in Wednesday’s game is WVU forward Sagaba Konate versus American forwards Jesse Little and Matt Cimino. Konate

struggled defensively against Texas A&M, often being forced away from the paint thanks to consistent screens set by the Aggies. The 6-foot-8 sophomore still recorded four blocks, but allowed center Tyler Davis to score 23 points.

Little and Cimino, both 6-foot-10, combined to score eight points in Friday’s loss.

All eight points came from Cimino in only six minutes of action. Little was held off the scoresheet despite starting and playing 26 minutes.

After an off week defensively, look for Konate to step up against Little and Cimino with a stronger performance.

Another thing to keep an eye on is how head coach Bob Huggins manages his bench.

Huggins has admitted that he is still trying to figure out his rotation. “(I’ll) just reach down there and yell get in and whichever one of them gets up, I figure he wants to play more than the rest of them,” Huggins joked when asked about who he figures to contribute the most off the bench.

Kidding aside, Huggins did say that he doesn’t think he

will have a set rotation at any point this season. Rather, he will bring players in when the situation dictates it. Friday, Bolden was WVU’s best player offensively, but Chase Harler was actually the first guard off the bench. Bolden checked in shortly afterwards, but it further proves that Huggins is still experimenting with his bench.

Just because players are starting, doesn’t mean that they will play more than anyone else either. Bolden didn’t start, but played more minutes than anyone besides Jevon Carter and Wesley Harris.

WVU carries a 13-game win streak in home openers.

The last time the Mountaineers lost at the first game of the season at the WVU Coliseum was to Northeastern in 2003. Additionally, WVU hopes to avoid losing backto-back non-conference regular season games for the first time since dropping consecutive games to Missouri and Gonzaga in December 2013.

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Wesco, Hardy follow pipeline from Lackawanna to WVU limited number of snaps on Saturday’s, his readiness and selflessness has stood out according to Spavital.

“He’s getting coached hard,” Spavital said. “He accepts it. He goes out there and he keeps aware on the sidelines so when we get into these tight end sets, he comes running in and knows that he may be there for one snap, he may be there for 10 snaps. He’s ready for the occasion so very pleased with where he’s at.”

BY PATRICK KOTNIK ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR

FOOTBALL Two former junior college football players are well on their way to making their own marks at West Virginia.

Since the mid 1990’s, West Virginia has served as a pipeline for junior college football players at Lackawanna College in Scranton, Pennsylvania.

Redshirt junior tight end Trevon Wesco and junior offensive lineman Isaiah Hardy recently followed others’ footsteps in that pipeline from Scranton to Morgantown.

“Everybody seems happy, but everybody will find their place,” said Lackawanna head coach Mark Duda. “Everybody will find their place as they go along. To be apart of something like West Virginia football or any major university like that is an awesome experience for those guys and that’s why they came to junior college.”

At the end of the day, Duda believes that the junior college experience has served beneficial for both Wesco and Hardy as they further career academic and athletic careers at West Virginia.

“My hats off to them all the time,” Duda said. “You came to junior college to make sure that at the end of the day they can get something special and have themselves a chance to have a really, really good career and a great education, and that’s what they’re getting.”

Trevon Wesco Growing up in Martinsburg, West Virginia, playing football for the Mountaineers was Wesco’s goal from day one.

“That was his dream school

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Trevon Wesco warms up before the Iowa State game. since the day he was born,” Duda said. “Trevon wanted to go to West Virginia when he was five years old. He wanted to go there when he was 10 years old. He wanted to go there when he was 15 years old.”

As a three-star recruit out of Musselman High School, Wesco excelled at both football and basketball, earning all-state honors in both sports.

After graduating from high school, Wesco attended Lackawanna and caught five passes for 47 yards during his freshman season with the Falcons.

However, during his sophomore season Wesco suffered a knee injury and missed the entire season as the Falcons finished the year with an 8-2 record.

“Wesco was just an athletic dude who when he first got there, too, basketball guy, dual-sport guy,” Duda said. “But he hurt himself. He hurt a knee when he got to our place when he was really going to take off.

We really never got to see the best of Wesco as far as that.”

Despite the knee injury, Wesco still wound up at WVU and wasted no time committing to the team and university of his dreams.

“When he went to our place and it was time to go there, he signed,” Duda said. “I don’t think he thought twice for where he wanted to be. There was no question for him.”

In his first season with West Virginia last season, Wesco played 256 snaps between offense and special teams and

caught a 6-yard touchdown pass against Iowa State for his only reception so far as a Mountaineer.

Wesco is now in his second year with the Mountaineers and has had to undergo a transformation due to West Virginia’s offense not focusing its tight end position to be a receiving threat. As a result, Wesco had to adapt to blocking more and increasing his weight.

“Wesco gets better every single day,” said West Virginia offensive coordinator Jake Spavital. “Just the transformation he’s had from spring on, he’s put on 20-25 pounds.”

Spavital has seen Wesco improve on his blocking and playing in space.

Although Wesco plays a

Isaiah Hardy Hardy enrolled at Lackawanna after graduating from Timber Creek Regional High School in Laurel Springs, New Jersey, and made an immediate impact, earning a starting position on the offensive line as a freshman.

“He was a true freshman starter on the offensive line for us, which is unheard of for us,” Duda said. “We just don’t have freshmen starters.”

As a 6-foot-7, 340-pound offensive guard, Hardy helped the Lackawanna offense average 250 rushing yards per game which ranked eighth in the country.

“Ended up having a great year and the following year was really, really good, too, so he was a big, strong, good football player for a long time,” Duda said. “He was an easy one to predict that he was going to go someplace special.”

Last year, Hardy dominated again and helped Lackawanna’s offense to a No. 3 ranking in scoring (515) and rushing touchdowns (36).

Following his two years as a starter for the Falcons, Hardy became one of the most sought after junior college prospects.

“Isaiah was a big, physical junior college All-American kind of guy,” Duda said. “He

had choices all over the place, too, but once again, he had a connection at West Virginia because some of our guys were there.”

The connection between Lackawanna and West Virginia helped lure Hardy to the Mountaineers.

“Kyzir played with Isaiah when Isaiah was a freshman,” Duda said. “Those guys played together, so when he went on his visit, they were like, ‘hey, big fella, you’re coming.’”

Hardy signed with West Virginia and joined former Lackawanna teammates in Wesco, along with Ka’Raun and Kyzir White.

“It made it to home for him,” Duda said. “Now all of a sudden he knew he had support.

He had people there that he had played in junior college with. It was a good choice for him because he felt comfortable. If you get a few kids, the next thing you know you have a pipeline sort of speak to a place that have some wonderful kids.”

Hardy has appeared in five games this season for West Virginia and has shown both progress and the ability to be flexible, playing more than one position the offensive line.

“He’s gotten better and better throughout the course of the year,” said West Virginia special teams coach Mark Scott. “We’ve had him at guard. We’ve had him at tackle. You’re going to need some guys that have that position flexibility.”

Duda believes that Hardy has a bright future as he continues his career as a Mountaineer.

“We love him,” Duda said.

“Super strong guy. Just really, really powerful. Naturally powerful kid. We think he’s going to be a heck of a player for those guys, too.”

Examining WVU’s long, steady relationship with Lackawanna

BY CHRIS JACKSON MANAGING EDITOR

FOOTBALL West Virginia’s relationship with Lackawanna College dates back over two decades.

It all starts when the program first began in 1993, when current Lackawanna head coach Mark Duda was the defensive coordinator, who then took over the head coaching duties the following year in 1994 and still leads the program today. It’s gone all the way back to when Don Nehlen was the head coach of the Mountaineers.

“It’s always been excellent,” Duda said. “It was excellent even before Dana was there.”

Players like offensive tackle Brock Holland started at Lackawanna before coming to WVU. There was also defensive back Shawn Hackett, who started at Lackawanna then attended WVU from 200001, totaling 228 tackles and three interceptions during his Mountaineers.

Then there was Mark Glowinski, an offensive guard from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, which is just less than 20 miles away from Lackawanna College in Scranton. He went to Lackawanna then played for WVU, where he became a fourth-round pick by the Seattle Seahawks in the 2015 NFL Draft.

Ka’Raun, Kevin and Kyzir White followed suit, as did offensive lineman Isaiah Hardy

and tight end Trevon Wesco.

The list goes on and on.

“The recent years of course have been incredibly good, where a whole bunch of really good football players have gone from Lackawanna to West Virginia and hopefully have made them a better program I hope,” Duda said. “I think they have.”

What makes the connection between the two schools so great? Maybe it’s because both coaching staffs trust each other. Duda has seen nothing but positive things from head coach Dana Holgorsen, defensive coordinator Tony Gibson, Director of Player Personnel Ryan Dorchester and others on staff.

Duda said Gibson is a straightforward individual.

He appreciates that. He also appreciates Holgorsen’s ability to “tell it like it is.”

“All those guys have been successful at West Virginia, and they’ve all graduated from the college. They’ve all had good lives, and they’ve all played a lot of football when they were there,” Duda said.

“We haven’t really had anybody who regretted going.

That makes us feel good.”

WVU’s coaches have seen just what Lackawanna’s coaching staff does, too. Relationships are very important when it comes to recruiting, whether it’s with high school or junior college coaches.

Offensive coordinator Jake Spavital has always been impressed with what Lackawanna does on a yearly basis.

“It’s been a really good pipeline,” Spavital said. “That school has treated West Virginia really well.”

Spavital recruited a lot of the northeast during his first stint at WVU when he was the quarterbacks coach under Holgorsen from 201112. He helped recruit Kevin White out of Lackawanna, as well as current WVU star linebacker Al-Rasheed Benton out of New Jersey, who now leads the team in tackles.

He’s seen a number of good players roll through that area, especially out of Lackawanna.

Not all of them went to WVU, though.

When Spavital was the offensive coordinator at Texas A&M until 2015, he was able to coach offensive guard Jer-

maine Eluemunor, who came out of Lackawanna. Eluemunor played for Texas A&M, where he became a fifthround selection in the 2017 NFL Draft.

Spavital loves what Duda has done with the Lackawanna program, where he has coached more than 350 Division I players. Spavital also raves about the player development and the culture Duda has instilled.

“It’s like a whole family ordeal that they take care of these kids and it’s not just about football,” Spavital said. “It’s also about becoming better men and doing the right thing and getting better academically.”

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WVU helps Lackawanna land players from Morgantown

BY CHRIS JACKSON MANAGING EDITOR

FOOTBALL Lackawanna has not only helped West Virginia land players, but it’s also been the other way around.

The Lackawanna program has two freshman players from Morgantown High School on its roster— cornerback Camron Henderson and defensive back Ben Waibogha.

Both played with now-junior quarterback Logan Holgorsen, who is committed to North Texas and is the son of WVU head coach Dana Holgorsen. They both also played with fullback/linebacker Maverick Wolfley, who has a family legacy within the WVU program, where he originally signed and played for a few months before transferring to Akron.

Wolfley’s family has deep ties with Lackawanna head coach Mark Duda. Ron Wolfley — who played at WVU, like

Maverick Wolfley’s father, Dale Wolfley, along with Craig Wolfley — was roommates with Duda when they were both in the NFL;Ron Wolfley was in the NFL from 1985-95 (Cardinals, Browns and Rams), while Duda played for the Cardinals from 1983-87 “We go back a long way,” Duda said. “He said, ‘There’s these two guys from Morgantown and both are really good football players,’ and they both are.”

Duda was first recruiting Waibogha, who starred during his time at MHS. He originally committed to WVU as a preferred walk-on, but opted to go the junior college route at Lackawanna said.

Then Dana Holgorsen found another player for Duda, which turned out to be Henderson, who played receiver and cornerback for MHS. “He said ‘There’s this corner there, too, who’s a heck of a player,’” Duda said.

Duda visited Morgantown and recruited both Henderson and Waibogha, both who

would wind up at Lackawanna, where they are now earning early playing time.

In seven games played, Henderson has registered 19 tackles and an interception.

Waibogha has appeared in five games and recorded 20 tackles.

“Both of those guys have proven to be really, really good players for us,” Duda said. “They’re doing a fantastic job. They’re playing as freshmen. We’re pleased to have them both and so we kind of got ourselves a nice entrée to those guys.”

Duda said both could turn into Division I players. He does not know whether they would return to Morgantown and play for the Mountaineers, but he sees the abilities for both of them to bounce up to the next level, especially with what they have shown in their first years as college athletes.

“They are both great kids,” Duda said. “They work super hard. We love them both, and we think they’re great players.”

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