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The first Rotary club in West Virginia was established in Charleston on December 1, 1915. Rotary now divides West Virginia into two districts, District 7550 (essentially south of the Kanawha River, including Charleston), having as of 2005, 1,500 members in 32 clubs; and District 7530, in the north, having 1,300 members in 31 clubs. Seven clubs in the Eastern Panhandle are part of another, multi-state district. PHOTO VIA WEST VIRGINIA AND REGIONAL HISTORY CENTER Rotary clubs meet for a meal, usually Rotary Club member James Fredlock recieves a plaque. lunch but in some cases dinner or breakfast, each week. Regular attendance is required.

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NEWS According to Shook, there are other solutions to downtown health problems that should coincide with the shortening of bar hours: • To make it more difficult for bars to be labeled as “private clubs,” which can serve alcohol later than other businesses.

• Training bartenders to identify when a patron has had too much to drink and help the person find a way home.

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Morgantown City Council and residents discuss the possibility of bars and clubs closing early in a city council meeting on Nov. 28.

Morgantown City Council discusses changing last-call hours at bars, clubs

BY DOUGLAS SOULE ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR Morgantown City Council created a public discussion about whether downtown bars should be closed early.

“Let’s have this conversation and see where it goes,” said City Councilor Ryan Wallace. “The topic was brought up as a way to improve High Street by limiting some of the bar-related incidents, alcohol-related incidents that happen late at night.”

On Tuesday, City Council held a back-to-back regular meeting and Committee of the Whole meeting. Committee of the Whole meetings are where City Councilors discuss future ordinances.

During the Committee of the Whole meeting, City Council discussed changing the “last call,” the hour in which bars have to stop serving alcohol.

According to the West Virginia Alcohol Beverage Control Administration, on Saturday nights businesses listed as private clubs must stop selling alcohol by 3 a.m. On weekdays, private clubs must stopping selling alcohol by 3:30 a.m.

City Council did not propose any changes to last call.

Instead, the task of investigating whether an earlier last call

would keep the community safer was handed to the Morgantown Health and Wellness Commission, which was created during Tuesday’s regular meeting by a unanimous vote.

Health and Wellness Commission members still need to be appointed by City Council.

Deputy Mayor Mark Brazaitis said, “It seemed to me ultimately that the Health and Wellness Commission would be a great place where ideas could be gathered and information could be discussed and viewpoints could be shared.”

“Maybe the conclusion is that it would be safer for our community to keep bars open till dawn,” Brazaitis said. “[We’re] open to all kinds of possibilities.”

Brazaitis, who put the last discussion in the Committee of the Whole agenda, said he had heard concerns from Morgantown residents and WVU professors about alcohol-related injury and sexual assault.

WVU Police Chief Bob Roberts said the later last call attracted a lot of people from out-of-state.

For example, since Ohio has businesses that stop selling alcohol an hour earlier than West Virginia, Ohio residents might visit Morgantown for the clubs and later hours.

“A lot of those individuals who come here don’t have a

vested interest in our community and quality of life here,” Roberts said. “The ones who are creating what I would call physical injuries and other kinds of issues that we’ve seen of late have not been WVU students.”

“What I think changing [last call] would do is it would prevent some of those people from coming in,” Roberts said.

Daniel Shook is the Director of West Virginia University-Greater Morgantown Safe Communities Initiative, which is an effort between WVU, Morgantown and Monongalia County to make the area safer.

Shook agreed that Morgantown bars should close earlier to keep the community safe.

Shook said Monongalia County has the most alcohol-related deaths and the highest rate of binge drinkming than any other in West Virginia.

“You could be a very innocent family coming home from University Town Centre from a movie, a night out, the likelihood of that family being killed or members of that family being killed in that county are much greater than any other county because of an alcohol-related driver,” Shook said.

“I’m all for [bar owners] making money,” said Shook.

He said the bars should take “social responsibility to

help with the problem that we have, that the patrons who leave are not going to be a risk to themselves or to the rest of the public.”

Michael Cardi, an attorney representing the Morgantown Retailers Association, spoke against any change in last call during the Committee of the Whole meeting.

The Morgantown Retailers Association “is an organization of restaurants, bars and real-estate owners in downtown Morgantown,” Cardi said during the public portion of the meeting. “I believe many representatives and friends of the organization are here tonight. Would you please stand up?”

After about 20 people stood up, Cardi said, “These individuals are here to express their vehement opposition to any ordinance that would require these bars to close earlier.”

One person who stood up, Kevin Dennis, owns the Morgantown businesses Whisper Nightclub and Lounge, Playoffs Sports Bar and Grill and KD’s Pub & Grub.

“I could see it impacting food sales, alcohol sales, cover charges, you name it and it will affect it,” Dennis said. “I just had a kid a few years ago, so I’m doing what everyone else is doing, trying to make a living.”

Burke Manning owns the

Let’s Taco Bout It food truck, which can be found from 11 p.m. to 4 a.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays in downtown Morgantown.

Manning said shortening last call by even an hour could cause his food truck to earn less money.

“Most of my business will come between 2 a.m and 3:15 a.m.,” Manning said. “Some places don’t do the late night business because they can do good enough during the day to not need it, but a significant portion of us need that late night business.”

Cardi said while there are questions about the connections between bar closing times and Morgantown resident safety, there was no question about “the damaging effect it would have on restaurants, bars, real estate, in downtown Morgantown.”

This is not the first time the matter of an earlier last call has entered council chambers.

In 2012, former Morgantown City Councilor Bill Byrne suggested downtown bars should close at midnight.

“It’s important to keep in mind that while things like this are not going to be popular, especially with students, they are important and necessary to their safety,” Byrne said to The Daily Athenaeum in 2012.

• Reduce underage drinking.

• Fining bars to pay for police officer overtime and damage to public property.

Students react to bars and clubs possibly closing early: • Mike Zarro, senior political science student from Long Island, New York: “I’d probably keep it the same, but then again I could see where people are coming from with the whole what it adds on to the city, adding on another hour of hectic partying.”

• Brandon Mason, sophomore criminology student from New Martinsville, West Virginia: “The way I see it, people are going to the bar no matter what time and do the same things, whether they are out late or early.”

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FRIDAY DECEMBER 1, 2017

SGA announces campaigns for 2018

BY DOUGLAS SOULE ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR

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The Federal Communications Commission is where they will vote on whether or not to end net neutrality.

After several years of uncontested presidential elections, three intentions for presidential campaigns were announced during Wednesday’s Student Government Association meeting.

“It’s encouraging to see that our competition is back up,” said SGA President Blake Humphrey.

The intended candidates for president and vice president are listed below: • Michael Quinlan and Riley Keaton Quinlan is a brother of the Sigma Nu Fraternity and the Campus Coordinator for the WVU chapter of Turning Points USA. Keaton is the current SGA Legislative Affairs Officer.

•Isaac Obioma and Abbi Yachini Obioma is cuurently studying abroad, but was the SGA events director last year.

Yachini is the current SGA Chief Operations and Admin-

istration Officer.

•Tyler Brewster and Sydney Luther Tyler Brewster is the current SGA President Pro Tempore.

Luther is the current SGA Constituent Affairs and Services Officer.

Wednesday’s meeting was also the last assembly meeting for Senator Brenna Leasor, who will be graduating after the fall semester.

WVU SGA approved these grants for student organizations: •$1,363.06 for the WVU Print club to go to a national conference in April.

•$600 for the registration of two Chi Epsilon members going to the National Chi Epsilon Conclave in March.

•$1,500 for the WVU German Club for masquerade ball in February.

•$900 for WVU Swing Dance Club for the registration of 25 people to attend a workshop in January.

•$1,836 for the Powerlifting Club for registration and lounging to attend the USPA Collegiate Nationals.

WVU community reacts to the International possible end to net neutrality Students prepare

BY JOE SEVERINO CORRESPONDENT

WVU students and faculty are responding to a Dec. 14 vote by the Federal Communications Commission that could end net neutrality.

Current FCC chair, Ajit Pai, spoke against net neutrality rules by claiming it causes governmental overreach into private business interests.

Pai, a former lawyer for Verizon, defended a repeal of net neutrality on the grounds that it would open markets and increase competition, which would eventually lower the total cost of internet.

Curtis Ward, Stephen Eckels and Nicholas Hill, all WVU students, caught national attention after their protest of a repeal in front of the Mountainlair made the front page of Reddit earlier this week. The post was labeled “Seen on the campus of West Virginia University.

Thank you to anyone who’s taking the fight for net neutrality offline!”

As of Thursday night, the post had more than 12,000 upvotes, which is Reddit’s version of “likes.”

Ward said a repeal would increase competition, but the burden would be placed on websites, not internet ser-

“It’s essentially a decision whether or not you want competition in the ISP market or in the internet services market because the ISP’s really control access.”

- Curtis Ward, WVU student vices providers, or ISP’s.

“It’s essentially a decision whether or not you want competition in the ISP market or in the internet services market because the ISP’s really control access,” Ward said.

Ward said he used the protest to raise awareness on campus of the possible repeal of net neutrality.

Elizabeth Cohen, an assistant professor in the communication studies department who specializes in media psychology, said, “Without net neutrality, there’s absolutely no obligation that the internet service providers would have to treat websites equally.”

One important aspect in repealing net neutrality is the power monopoly ISP’s could hold over smaller websites. While major websites like Netflix, YouTube and Facebook could certainly afford to stay compet-

itive if net neutrality is repealed, start-ups and small businesses would be significantly disadvantaged.

“If ever another Mark Zuckerberg wanted to start another social network site, this could potentially be a barrier to that,” Cohen said.

“They might not have the resources needed to buy the type of access they need to be competitive.”

“I’m pretty sure it’s going to be repealed because there are more Republicans on the FCC right now,” Cohen said.

The commission that will vote on the matter currently has three Republicans who oppose net neutrality and two Democrats in favor. A 3-2 vote along party lines is expected.

Cohen said if it is repealed, the sky won’t necessarily fall.

“It’s not like there’s going to be some collapse of the internet, it just means things aren’t going to have to be

equal anymore,” Cohen said.

Joshua Fershee, a law professor at WVU, said net neutrality may need a second look, but not necessarily by means of a repeal.

“I don’t think that the existing rules are the right model, but I’m also skeptical that the proposed rule is the right model,” Fershee said.

Fershee also questioned which model might better protect the first amendment.

“The free speech implications, to the extent they’re real, are concerning and need to be protected,” Fershee said. “But right now, it’s not clear to me that either rule is protecting free speech better than the other.”

At an SGA meeting Wednesday night, Senator Brenna Leasor said that a repeal could affect students’ ability to access the internet, including educational sites.

“Making access to the internet based on financial situation really widens the divide of information access,” Leasor said.

SGA President Pro Tempore, Tyler Brewster, said students who feel passionate about the matter should contact their lawmakers.

“I would urge all of you to contact your representatives,” Brewster said. “Obviously, this impacts all of us as college students, but also in

for winter break

BY GEORGIA BEATTY STAFF WRITER

WVU international students discuss if they will go home or not over winter break.

For many like Hadeel Hejazi, a senior aerospace engineering student from Amman, Jordan, and president of the International Student Organization, flying home is a financial impossibility.

“Ever since I came to Morgantown, I haven’t traveled much at all, actually,” Hejazi said. “International students, unfortunately, don’t have much offered to them from work or financial aid, so I must always try my best to stay focused and earn money to at least help my parents financially.”

But Hejazi prefers the peace and quiet over the holidays, when campus dissolves into somewhat of a ghost town.

“I always try to figure out ways to have fun, like see who is around, go to the gym as much as I can-- swim, even-- and read books. It’s very empty around any holiday in Morgantown,” Hejazi said. “It makes me think I’m on this spa vacation for rejuvenating my brain.”

Abdul Almassrahy, a junior biology student, will journey home to Saudi Arabia this year.

Morgantown in December is

just too cold for him.

“It is warm and nice back home, and I get to see my family and friends,” Almassrahy said. “Whenever I have a break, I tend to travel and explore what is around me. If I am in the USA, I usually travel to places I have never been to. If I go back home, I like to visit family and friends who live in different cities other than my hometown, so that way I get to explore new places.”

When he does stay on campus for breaks, Almassrahy connects with other international students remaining on campus for coffee, traditional food, movies and outdoor activities-barbecuing, camping and hiking among them.

For Abdullatif Abdullah, a freshman civil engineering student from Saudi Arabia, this holiday is a momentous occasion.

It will be his first home visit in over two years.

Before coming to WVU this past spring, he didn’t have time to return to the Middle East due to travel.

While visiting his sister in Tucson, Arizona, is fun, he admits there is always the drawback of homesickness.

“Staying here for break makes you feel really bad,” Abdullah said. “Because if you didn’t see your family especially for a long time, you’ll miss them even if you have a good time in the U.S.”

FRIDAY DECEMBER 1, 2017

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CULTURE

Sensitive Santa provides an accommodating holiday experience for all

BY CLAIRE O’NEIL CORRESPONDENT

The Morgantown Mall will host an event for local children with disabilities and their families to get in the holiday spirit in a safe, accommodating environment.

“First thing you consider with an event for people with disabilities is the physical accessibility of the space,” said Diane Williams, training coordinator for the Center for Excellence in Disabilities.

“Then you begin adapting to different sensory needs.”

The Sensitive Santa event will return from 9-11 a.m. on Dec. 3 at the Morgantown Mall. for children and their families to experience the classic holiday tradition of taking a photo on Santa’s lap.

“Sensitive Santa is really well received by local families,” said Sarah Shaffer, marketing director of the Morgantown Mall.

Last year, Sensitive Santa had more than 50 families come out and take part in the meet and greet. Even more are expected to attend this year’s.

The event was created for the many parents who want to bring their kids to meet Santa, but tend to struggle when their children have disabilities such as autism or sensory-disorders.

Children with autism and sensory-disorders experience difficulties with social skills, speech and nonverbal communications. However, these children also tend to experience unique strengths and stronger skills in specific

areas, such as memory, compared to their peers.

The bright lights, loud noises and the long lines can be a traumatic experience for children with disabilities.

Children with sensory-disorders have difficulty receiving and responding to information from their environment, which makes the flashy holiday environment overstimulating for them to take in and may cause emotional distress.

“Sometimes children with autism and sensory-disorders process information different,” Williams said. “A mall situation can be loud and upsetting alone, finding a way to make it calmer and quieter will definitely make it a more manageable experience.”

Sensitive Santa, however, can make the holiday experience less stressful.

Sensitive Santa is a popular event across the country and a way for disabled children to meet Santa in a private and calm environment.

Fun holiday crafts and games will be available for children while they wait in line. Activities provide an outlet for potential anxiety that children may experience at traditional Santa visitation events.

“Having something else, something familiar to focus on, can make them less anxious,” Williams said.

“We really hope this will be a fun experience for the children and their families,” Shaffer said. “Santa will also be a great thing to see.”

The event will be held in Santa’s Workshop near the Elder-Beerman mall entrance. Santa’s Workshop

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Santa Claus visits the New York Stock Exchange before the opening bell. is open to all children from Nov. 17 to Dec.25.

Additionally, pet photos will be taken from 6-8 p.m.

on Dec. 10. Pets will be able to get a photo with Santa and their owners and receive a free special gift from event

sponsor Bark Box. All pets must remain on a leash or in a carrier.

No RSVP is required to join

in the holiday spirit. To find out more about Morgantown Mall events, visit morgantownmall. com

WVU offers self-care workshops to combat finals stress

BY EMILY ZEKONIS CULTURE EDITOR

As finals week begins, WellWVU begins programming to help students combat pressure and stress through finding a new favorite activity.

“Self-care, or taking time for yourself to generate some positive experiences, is so important to helping manage stress, either to prevent or reduce it when it’s started,” said Audrey Stefenson, Leadership and Education Graduate Assistant for WellWVU. The top concerns for college students include anxiety and depression, as reported by the American Psychological Association, so additional stress of whether a final exam will make-or-break

“Self-care, or taking time for yourself to generate some positive experiences, is so important to helping manage stress, either to prevent or reduce it when it’s started,” -Audrey Stefenson, WellWVU Leadership and Education Graduate Assistant a final grade raises concerns about how students will deal with the last two weeks of the semester.

November is also stress management month, organized by WellWVU. To combat these mental health concerns, WVU strives to provide programming for students to ensure they have an outlet for their stress.

“I started with teach-

ing the Transforming Stress Workshop in early November to prepare folks for the stress that often builds in November and then offered Self-Care workshops to halls that wanted to sign-up towards the end of November and early December,” Stefenson said. “The idea being that self-care is essential to manage our stress, and sometimes we forget to pri-

oritize it.”

Workshops will provide a variety of activities for students to take their mind off study guides and reviews.

Students will also have the chance to learn everyday strategies to combat stress.

“Otherwise we have yoga and meditation programing at our Health and Education building in room 101 through Dec. 7,” Stefenson said.

For those who cannot attend any of the in-person events, WellWVU provides a number of online resources for students to learn and practice stress relieving strategies that can be performed inside of students homes.

For more information about stress release and WellWVU’s programming, please visit https://well.wvu.edu.

Self Care Workshops Available to Students: -Mindful Coloring & Collaging at 6 p.m., Dec. 4 at Seneca Hall -Gratitude Journaling, Letter Writing, & Collaging at 7:30 p.m., Dec. 4 at Lincoln Hall -Mantra Rock at 7 p.m., Dec. 5 at Summit Hall -Mantra Rock and Gratitude Journaling at 4 p.m., Dec. 6 at Towers.

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OPINION

Special events at WVU: how could these impact our reputation?

BY KAMERON DUNCAN OPINION EDITOR

Friday’s Migos concert is the latest in a long line of events held at the WVU Coliseum.

It marks yet another major music act coming to WVU, following in a tradition that goes back to John Denver performing “Country Roads” at a WVU football game in 1980.

These events bring a great deal of revenue to the University, as students and residents alike spend their money on tickets. The events also provide a bit of big city flair to Morgantown, which despite its charm, is anything but.

These events, like the Migos concert and like the annual Fall Fest, give students the chance to see acts that are known worldwide, whether they be from the world of music or from some other form of entertainment.

Unfor tunately, these events also give WVU another chance to live up to a negative reputation. All of the parties and small gatherings that will be held before and after Friday’s concert have the potential to result in the binge drinking and property damage that some say WVU is known for. Large events at WVU have a tendency to result in bad publicity for the University.

WVU received national attention in October 2014 after riots broke out downtown following the football team’s upset of Baylor. Fox Sports

reported that the events that took place cost the University more than $45,000. Similar coverage has also been given to the tradition of “couch burning”, in which students lit couches ablaze following wins in basketball and football.

This past Halloween saw tear gas canisters fired upon Grant Avenue in order to break up a mass gathering of students downtown. The video was shared more than 1,400 times on the “WVUBarstool” Twitter account, which is known nationally.

By themselves, these events don’t cause any trouble. People come to them, have a good time, and eventually return home. The WVU police and authorities have some sort of control over what goes on inside of the events, making sure that nothing too crazy happens.

Unfortunately, their jurisdiction ends when the event does, and students are left to their own devices Some students feel these events are positive for the University despite the potential for negative events to take place. Jacob Shockley, a junior, says that it’s positive to have certain acts come to Morgantown.

“It’s good to have big artists come because it gives students something to do other than go downtown,” he said. “Of course you have things like the shooting at Mainstage, but that’s not necessarily local. You have to look at the fanbase before you bring an artist into town.”

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Kendrick Lamar, a Grammy award winning artist, was the headline performer for FallFest 2014 at WVU.

Don’t let finals ruin your mental health

BY PAYTON OTTERMAN CORRESPONDENT

Are you stressed about finals week? Finals are obviously important, and they can go a long way to determining grades in a class. But it’s important to keep your stress levels at a manageable point.

Finals week is always stressful, regardless of your major or year in college.

However, students shared their teachers’ advice for studying.

Corinne Connor is a freshman dual-degree student in history and political science who has already begun studying for her finals.

Connor, who is from Wheeling, West Virginia, said her teachers told her to study in

“To keep myself from being stressed during finals week, I make time to socialize with my friends as well as making time to study. For me, it’s all about a healthy balance.”

-Mackenzie Halliday intervals.

“Study in intervals of one to two hours, and take 10 minute breaks in between,” Conner said. “Also, study each subject a little bit each day, that way you don’t have to study the entirety of a subject all at once.”

Brooke Phillips, a freshman psychology student from Boone County, West Virginia, said her teachers told her to review previous

tests and to look over practice problems online.

“Although I’m stressed about finals, I’m confident in the study tips my teachers gave me,” Phillips said. “The repetition of practice problems helps me to understand major concepts and helps me to figure out what I know and what I don’t know.”

Although it’s important to study for finals, it’s also important to take care of your-

self. Mackenzie Halliday, a freshman business student from Washington, Pennsylvania, makes sure she spends time with friends in order to de-stress.

“To keep myself from being stressed during finals week, I make time to socialize with my friends as well as making time to study,” Halliday said. “For me, it’s all about a healthy balance.”

Just remember: you will pass your finals if you stay focused and make time in your schedule for studying and for de-stressing. Keeping your mind clear of distractions, making time for yourself and friends and staying calm are all keys to a successful finals week and a relaxed (as possible) end of the semester

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8 | FASHION

FRIDAY DECEMBER 1, 2017

ashion FStudents give advice on dressing for success

BY EMILY MATLOCK FASHION COLUMNIST

Although winter is on its way, some students are thinking about warmer days, while others are focusing on summer internships. Applications, resumes and cover letters are being sent in to large companies on a whim, but what happens after the internship rush?

It’s time to start thinking about what to wear during an interview that hopefully leads to an exciting summer internship.

Kristin Moro, a junior management information systems student from Roseland, New Jersey, believes it’s important to be confident in what you’re wearing to do your best in the interview room.

“My interview outfit that makes me feel most confident is my favorite dress suit from Banana Republic,” Moro said.

“I got it for an interview with a big company, and it definitely helped me stand out among my peers.”

Being comfortable in an outfit and wearing pieces that bring out confidence are essential to nailing any interview. A great interview suit can illustrate personal style and may set candidates apart from others.

“The reason I like that outfit so much is because it is not the typical black skirt with a black blazer, but it is a gray suit with a pattern,” Moro said. “It allows me to express my style, while still being business professional.”

When purchasing business professional wear, keep in mind that the cut of each piece reflects on both character and professionalism.

“As a woman, wearing a skirt that’s too short or too

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Industrial engineering students sport their business professional wear at a work conference. tight is a fashion faux pas.

Women should wear a low heel too, a lot of times people

forget about that,” Moro said.

Makenzee Frohlich, a junior industrial engineering student

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and WVU’s LinkedIn student ambassador from Franklin, Tennessee, says that dressing

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with style and modesty leaves a great first impression when interviewing for a company.

“Everything you do makes some sort of statement,” Frohlich said. “I’ve learned through various interviews that you never have a second chance to leave a first impression. Clothing makes a strong visual statement for others about how we see ourselves.”

Frohlich and Moro both revealed that they attribute their business style to their fathers.

Affording business professional wear doesn’t have to be expensive. The College of Business and Economics offers the Young Professional Network Launch scholarship which provides financial assistance to students who are applying for jobs, which includes affording students with business professional wear.

“Some stores I like to shop at that are not too expensive are Banana Republic, Express, New York & Company, Gabe’s and TJ Maxx,” Moro said. “One thing to remember when shopping at these stores is that you get what you pay for.”

Dressing for success in an interview shows professionalism and respect. Standing out with a clean cut, stylish interview outfit helps candidates leave a memorable impression on interviewers, and it certainly doesn’t hurt to stand out when competing against hundreds of other qualified candidates for a dream internship.

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Business professional wear do’s and dont’s • DO wear an outfit that you’re comfortable in because comfortable translates to confidence • DON’T wear a skirt that’s too short, it portrays one as unprofessional • DO wear low heals as opposed to high heels • DON’T throw together an outfit quickly, your clothes make a statement about who you are as a person whether you mean for them to or not • DO aim for modesty to make a good first impression.

• DON’T pay an arm and a leg for your professional wear, there are many stores like Gabriel Brothers and TJ Maxx that offer affordable business clothing.

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BY KELSEY KINNAMON RELATIONSHIP COLUMNIST

BOOK FACTS • In seven years, the number of people reading books on tablets increased by 11 percent • 68 percent of Americans have read a print book in the last year PHOTO BY RYAN ALEXANDER

Students are scarce in the downtown library.

Book lover or book hater?

Long gone are the days of visiting a library or bookstore and roaming the aisles searching for a book, flipping through the crisp pages, examining the carefully designed cover and walking home with a physical copy in hand.

As technology changes, we change too.

When Kindles hit the market, the reading game was changed and altered our relationship with literature forever. Thanks to Instagram’s new polling feature, I was able to get feedback from college students on this matter.

I posed two questions to college students, the first be-

ing, “Have you been to your campus library in the past month?” The second question was, “Have you checked out a book from the library in the past month?”

More than 120 college students responded and the results were quite interesting.

While 71 percent of college students said they had visited their campus library in the past month, a whopping 86 percent said they had not checked out a book.

This would come as no surprise to Marian Armour-Gemmen, an associate university librarian at WVU, who shared that last year WVU libraries

lent out 1.15 million electronic books compared to just 28,089 physical books.

“Over time, I have noticed that more and more students are seeking out electronic resources instead of physical resources,” Armour-Gemmen said. “Users want to read what they want now and not wait.”

It’s easy to understand why.

After all, we have so much available to us at the push of a button.

But could physical books be on the way out for good or are some here to stay?

When asked if an “all electronic books” future is nearing, Armour-Gemmen shared

that she believes in some situations, an electronic book would not suffice.

“Many users feel that immediacy means importance, but many older, important resources are still unavailable electronically,” Armour-Gemmen said.

It appears unlikely that we will see libraries void of books any time soon.

Do not be fooled by the millennial generation’s lack of interest in physical books however, as it does not mean that we aren’t reading. In fact, the Pew Research Center conducted a study on reading last year, which found that 18

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to 29-year-olds were the age group most likely to have read a book, in any form, in the past year.

WVU libraries will purchase more electronic books based on student wants, said Armour-Gemmen. However, that doesn’t mean book lovers of the physical kind need to fear. The options for forms of reading are abundant and should be enjoyed.

And next time someone assumes your face is in your phone or laptop reading mindlessly on social media, remind them that you might be engrossed in the greatest book of all time.

• 28 percent of Americans have read an e-book in the last year • 14 percent of Americans have listened to an audiobook in the last year • 6 percent of Americans read only e-books STATISTICS VIA PEW RESEARCH CENTER

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WVU must improve three-point shooting MEN’S BASKETBALL

BY JOEL NORMAN SPORTS WRITER

If not for a 23-6 run to conclude West Virginia’s 83-79 victory over Missouri on Sunday, then the Mountaineers would not be the 2017 AdvoCare Invitational Champions.

If WVU continues to need late, dominant stretches to win games, then it could cost it in more important games.

On Sunday, the first 35 minutes against Missouri were rough as the Mountaineers trailed 71-60. The Tigers gave an admirable effort in the wake of losing standout forward and potential lottery pick Michael Porter Jr. to a back injury.

Nonetheless, WVU had not played its best basketball to that point. The Mountaineers shot 17-of-53 from the field prior to their 23-6 run. From there they finished 5-of-7.

Senior guard Jevon Carter played a big part in the run, scoring 18 of WVU’s final 34 points on 5-of-9 shooting. He wasn’t afraid to step and take the reigns.

“If we played that hard all the time, we wouldn’t find ourselves in a hole,” Carter said.

Carter has a point. In performances against Texas A&M, American, Marist and Missouri, the men’s basketball team has looked stellar for certain stretches, but struggled at

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Sophomore guard James Bolden looks for an open shot against American University. other times.

Against Texas A&M on Nov. 10, WVU opened up a 20-7 lead

midway through the first half before ultimately losing by 23 points. On Nov. 15, the Moun-

McKoy, WVU find success in wildcat FOOTBALL

BY CHRIS JACKSON MANAGING EDITOR

Not much went exactly West Virginia’s way in Saturday’s 5931 defeat to No. 4 Oklahoma.

But WVU did find success in the run game, something that has given Oklahoma trouble in recent meetings. Last year, even though it was a 56-28 loss in Morgantown, running back Justin Crawford rushed for a career-high 331 yards.

This year, sophomore Kennedy McKoy shined when given the opportunity, going for career-bests in rushing yards (137) and touchdowns (3). And much of his damage was done in a formation that the Mountaineers have rarely used in recent years.

That formation was the wildcat, which is where the quarterback lines up outside while the running back takes direct snaps from the center, essentially acting as the quarterback.

“That was just one of the packages that we wanted to show early,” said WVU offen-

sive coordinator Jake Spavital.

“It kept hitting for us, so it was just something that we wanted to keep riding along the way because we thought that we had all the adjustments.”

Running backs coach Tony Dews confronted McKoy with the idea the Monday before the game. He told him the offense would start working out of the set.

McKoy was all for the proposal.

“That got me excited,” McKoy said. “I knew I was going to be up for the challenge.”

McKoy said the coaching staff gave him four plays out of the set. They did have receiver motions in the package, but none of the plays called for a handoff to them.

Instead, it was all for McKoy’s taking. He and the offense continued to practice those plays in practice.

And that certainly paid dividends.

“That was good enough to give me some good reps at it where I was comfortable,” McKoy said.

For much of his college ca-

reer, McKoy lined up as a regular tailback. He would trail the quarterback out of the shotgun, pistol and any other sets his coaches would throw out there.

But it was a different venture Saturday. He would be the quarterback of the offense on a number of occasions. Of WVU’s 71 offensive plays, 51 were runs.

Of those 51 runs, 19 came out of the wildcat.

It was not entirely new for McKoy, though. He said he played some quarterback his freshman in high school in North Carolina, which benefited him when the coaching staff presented him with the game plan.

“It just came back to me,” McKoy said.

Spavital said the wildcat package could continue to be apart of the plan going forward.

“Kennedy has a really good feel for that,” Spavital said. “I think we can get more creative with it. I think we can grow off that and see where it goes. We have some time with the bowl prep.”

taineers shot 12-of-32 in the first half against an American team that finished 8-22 a year ago. De-

spite 12 fewer field goal attempts in the second half, Marist outscored WVU 52-45 in the second half of their game on Nov. 23.

There’s one common theme throughout all four of those games: three-point shooting struggles.

The problem has existed in almost every game. Through seven games, WVU is shooting 32 percent from threepoint land, good for 251st in the nation. The Mountaineers have finished below that mark only three times in the last 10 seasons. WVU has shot above 40 percent only once in those seven games.

Sophomore guard James “Beetle” Bolden leads the Mountaineers with a 43.9 three-point percentage. No one else is above 39 percent from downtown.

Head coach Bob Huggins isn’t pleased and said the offense as a whole is “not very good right now.”

However, Huggins has a solution for the shooting problems and he is using prior experience to draw upon.

“In 2010, I said for about half the year, ‘do what you can do. Do what you can do to help our team,’” Huggins said. “And when Devin Ebanks and Da’Sean Butler and Kevin Jones, when I kept telling them, ‘you’re not good at that, man, do this,’ and started doing it, we became really good.”

That 2010 squad did what it could do and ended up in the Final Four.

But what does it mean to do what you can do? Huggins wants his players to rely on what makes them successful. This way, he believes each player will have a positive impact on the team.

For someone like senior guard Daxter Miles, maybe that means attacking the basket more instead of pulling up from downtown. His 23.7 percent mark from downtown is worst among WVU players with at least 15 attempts. However, Miles has attempted more free throws than any other Mountaineer (42) and his 73.8 freethrow percentage would easily shatter his previous career-best of 60.2 percent as a sophomore.

“I’ve been working on free throws a lot,” Miles said.

Right now, the Mountaineers aren’t successful from downtown, and they need to cut down on attempts.

In each game, excluding the win over American, WVU has attempted at least 20 three-pointers and averages 29 three-point attempts per game. That average is tied for 15th most in the nation and yields a below-average shooting percentage from downtown.

Too often, WVU seems to try and climb back in games by launching three balls like hail. By cutting down on attempts and attacking the basket more, the Mountaineers can be more efficient and do what they can do, as Huggins wants.

Mountaineers await first ranked matchup WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

BY JOE SEVERINO SPORTS WRITER

The 11th-ranked WVU women’s basketball team will hit the road this weekend to take on 18th-ranked Texas A&M for the Mountaineers’ first top-25 matchup of the young season.

West Virginia WVU (6-0) is coming off three wins in three days by beating Butler, Drexel and Virginia Tech to capture the Paradise Jam last weekend.

The Mountaineers currently rank third nationally in field-goal percentage (52 percent), fourth in scoring margin (31.7) and fifth in rebounding margin (17.2).

An injury-plagued roster resulted in only seven players playing in all six games for WVU, but five of those average double-digits in points.

Teana Muldrow is nearly averaging a double-double,

with 23.8 points per game (sixth in the country) and 9.5 rebounds per game. Naomi Davenport isn’t far behind, averaging 15.7 points and 8.8 rebounds.

Point guard Chania Ray averages 5.5 assists per game and has connected on nearly 39 percent of shots from behind the arc, including a 5-of-7 performance from deep against Virginia Tech.

Katrina Pardee averages 13.2 points per game and is 94 percent from the free throw line this season. Forward Kristina King blocked a teamhigh 11 shots and grabbed 7.0 rebounds per game.

WVU will continue to be without last year’s Big 12 Tournament Most Outstanding Player and leading scorer Tynice Martin, along with transfer Theresa Ekhekar due to injury.

Texas A&M The Aggies’ (6-1) lone loss this season was to then No. 10-ranked Oregon at home by 15, but they are coming off a victory 82-76 victory over Rice.

Freshman guard Chennedy Carter has led all scorers with 18.9 points per game and 5.3 assists per game this season.

Carter was the No. 6 recruit in the nation coming out of high school last season according to espnW. Junior sharpshooter Danni Williams has hit 48 percent of three-pointers this year and averages 17.0 points, while junior forward Anriel Howard averages 13.6 points and 12.3 rebounds.

The Aggies’ other two starters, Khaalia Hillsman and Jasmine Lumpkin, both seniors, help lead an experienced roster that sees seven players average more than 12 minutes per game.

Texas A&M finished 22-12 last season under longtime head coach and Hall of Famer Gary Blair after being throttled 75-43 by UCLA in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

The game will tip at 8 p.m.

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