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Mountaineer hub offers convenience by trey santorine correspondent @dailyathenaeum

West Virginia University’s student services offices began consolidation into a central hub with the relocation of several core service offices to the new Evansdale Crossing. Starting last week, students visiting various administrative offices downtown found themselves directed to the new Mountaineer Hub in the new

Evansdale Crossing. The Hub was created to consolidate various offices students often visit consecutively to resolve administrative issues. It houses the Office of Student Accounts, Office of the University Registrar and the Office of Financial Aid. Included with these offices are the offices of Student Employment, Scholarships, as well as Revenue Services. “With the offices separated downtown—the Registrar’s Office was one build-

ing, and the financial aid office was in one building, and the scholarship office and student accounts in another building—this was a way to bring all of these offices together, to one area, under one roof,” said George Yanchak, director of the Mountaineer Hub. “When students have any one concern, they will be able to call or email one central office— or hub—to help with all but the most specific questions.” Students will now be able to more easily avoid

AmeriCorps calls for volunteers to assist with summer program By Jordan Miller Staff Writer @DailyAthenaeum

AmeriCorps is seeking 500 volunteers for West Virginia University Extension Services’ 23rd annual Energy Express summer reading and nutrition program. The eight week program needs mentors and community coordinators for nearly 80 sites in up to 40 West Virginia counties, according to John Lyonett, Energy Express’ AmeriCorps coordinator. Lyonett said the program, which serves children entering first through sixth grade, is designed to prevent the “summer slide,” a pattern seen in school-aged children living in low-income or rural areas, who fall behind when school ends for the summer. The summer slide happens because low-income and rural families often do not have the same summer opportunities, like camps, vacations or access to books, Lyonett said, which would allow them to keep learning outside of the classroom from June to August. During the long summer break, these children lose both momentum and valuable ground in their learning, and quickly fall behind their peers, especially in reading and comprehension. “The kids from the lowincome families often don’t have the readiness. They’ve done nothing wrong, but they’re already behind,” Lyonett said. “Some of (these students) are just as bright, but they just fall behind because of the environment and the circumstances that they come from.” Many Energy Express participants are also eligible for free and reduced meals at their schools, which aren’t available to them during the summer. The nutrition portion of Energy Express’s program provides participants with breakfast and lunch everyday to ensure they won’t go hungry. “We give them breakfast and lunch, we give them a safe and secure environment, and we do the reading related activities. Between the three of them, instead of having them running in the streets and not having anything to eat, we try to address both components, reading and nutrition,” Lyonett said. When students graduate 6th grade and become too old to take part in the program, Energy Express often hires them as mentors, so

they can continue to benefit from the learning and free meals Energy Express provided them with before. To qualify for an Energy Express program, a county must have at least 50 percent of its school aged children needing free and reduced lunch. There were about 13 eligible counties in West Virginia when the program started 23 years ago, but now that the need has grown, there are around 46 counties eligible for the program. Energy Express’ volunteers are compensated for their service with a living allowance and a Segal AmeriCorps Education Award to help them pay tuition or student loans. An award-winning program, 74 percent of Energy Express participants either maintained or improved their achievement test reading scores last year by attending the program. Energy Express reaches about 3,000 children in West Virginia each year, and last summer they distributed nearly 18,000 books. “Our goal is just to maintain in the summer, because if they can maintain their skills then we’ve really helped them,” said Terri Collier, literacy and academic success specialist for WVU Extension Services and director of Energy Express, “but we actually see children (whose) reading achievement improves sometimes (in) as much as three or four months.” Collier said the noncompetitive environment at Energy Express is crucial for the children’s success because it allows them to learn and develop a love for books without the pressure of grades, tests and scores. “Many times in a school setting, I can say that as a (former) teacher, we’re focused on the mechanics of reading… and sometimes that can become difficult for children,” Collier said. “So, at Energy Express, we’re focusing just on enjoying it, trying to develop a desire and enjoyment for reading, which will then impact their skills as well.” Those interested in applying for a position as an Energy Express mentor or community coordinator can find more information at https://energyexpress. wvu.edu or by calling (304) 293-3855. The selection process will begin March 1, and applications will be available until all positions have been filled. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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SINGING IN THE HOLIDAYS

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the “campus run-around,” a complaint Brenda Thompson, senior adviser for strategic initiatives, said was heard frequently on campus. “By this time next year, I think that students will be thinking about the Mountaineer Hub as an effective resource where they can go to find information or resolve any issues they may have,” she said. The Mountaineer Hub will also serve to help integrate the services each office provides to students. Often is-

sues or concerns that students may face between the offices of Financial Aid and Student Accounts can overlap or be intertwined. By helping to solve each student’s issues as a whole, rather than dividing them into pieces, the new consolidated office aims to serve students more quickly and effectively. To this end, the Hub is currently hiring nine new full-time staff members that will be cross-trained to aid students with a variety of

problems. While some students expressed frustration that these offices are no longer on the Downtown Campus, the Mountaineer Hub’s location in the Evansdale Crossing is still easily accessible using the bus or PRT, and parking is available. The Mountaineer Hub can be found on the second floor of the Evansdale Crossing, across from the Engineering station on the PRT. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

ICE, ICE, BABY

West Virginia University students form a line to keep from falling on the ice skating rink behind the Mountainlair.

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WVU opens ice skating rink at Mountainlair Plaza as stress reliever for students during finals by amy pratt

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Thursday night, Fun Before Finals week brought another opportunity for West Virginia University students to chill before finals start next week. The University rented a portable ice rink for the Mountainlair plaza. Once again, the goal was to provide students with an easy, inexpensive way to have a bit of fun before hitting the books. “We were trying to think of things that would really just relax students,” said Sonja Wilson, Lair personnel administration. “That’s why we’ve had the therapy dogs. Just things that you can do on the spur of the moment, you don’t have to plan to be here, so ice skating is one of those things where you can just go out and re-

lax, clear your mind.” Even students who had no experience skating could try the rink out, such as Marissa Hovey, a psychology student. “I’ve never ice skated before,” she said. “I am always up for trying new things and I had never ice skated, so I thought, ‘Hey, ice skating, might as well try.’ I saw it on the Fun Before Finals website and I decided if I had time I would come down and try it.” While the night was cold, heating lamps were set up around the rink to keep students waiting in line warm. But the low temperatures were cause for the Lair personnel to consider moving the rink to the Student Recreation Center. “We were going to move it to the rec center when it was

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Art students sell work to raise money By Trey Santorine Correspondent @DailyAthenaeum

Students in West Virginia University’s Print Making Club from the College of Creative Arts are holding a holiday sale of student-made prints on Thursday and Friday in the Mountainlair. The sale runs from 9 a.m.-6 p.m., and all proceeds from the sale will go toward travel funding for the 2016 Southern Graphics Council International Print Making Conference in Portland, Oregon. Since 2004, The WVU Print Making Club has attended the Conference. It is one of the largest print making conferences in the world, according to a WVU To-

day press release, with attendees from as far as Australia, Europe, India and China. Print Making Club president and senior art student Jessica Poole attended the conference last year in Knoxville, Tennessee. She said that participating in the conference can help students grow artistically and professionally. “Going to the Conference helped me realize all of the different avenues for the field I’m pursuing,” Poole said. “Before I went, I didn’t know the wide variety of (things) I could really do with print making.” The Conference serves as an important networking event for up and coming artists, and students that may want to work in

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Jessica Poole sells her artwork including homemade Christmas cards in the Mountainlair. printmaking and other related arts. Students that attend the conference will have the opportunity to discover new techniques in the printmaking field, stay up to date with the

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CRYOGENICS Freezing human bodies for later reanimation is optimistic thinking at best OPINION PAGE 3

most effective equipment and exchange works from all corners of the globe. Portfolio exchanges, which are often themed,

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FINAL RIDE WVU to end regular season at K-State SPORTS PAGE 9

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FRIDAY DECEMBER 4, 2015

Lisa Gonzalez, right, wipes a tear away as she waits to return to her home near a Black SUV that was involved in Wednesday’s police shootout with suspects, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015, in San Bernardino, Calif. A heavily armed man and woman dressed for battle opened fire on a holiday banquet for his co-workers Wednesday, killing multiple people and seriously wounding others in a precision assault, authorities said. Hours later, they died in a shootout with police. SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP)—California gunman Syed Rizwan Farook had been in contact with known Islamic extremists on social media, a U.S. intelligence official said Thursday, and police said he and his wife had enough bullets and bombs to slaughter hundreds when they launched their deadly attack on a holiday party. The details emerged as investigators tried to determine whether the rampage that left 14 people dead was terrorism, a workplace grudge or some combination. The husband-and-wife killers were not under FBI scrutiny before the massacre, said a second U.S. official, who likewise was not authorized to discuss the investigation and spoke on condition of anonymity. Wearing black tactical gear and wielding assault rifles, Farook, a 28-year-old county restaurant inspector, and his wife, Tashfeen Malik, 27, sprayed as many as 75 rounds into a room at a

social service center for the disabled, where about 75 of Farook’s co-workers had gathered Wednesday morning. Farook had attended the event but slipped out and returned in battle dress. Four hours later and two miles away, the couple died in a furious gunbattle in which they fired 76 rounds, while 23 law officers unleashed about 380, police said. On Thursday, Police Chief Jarrod Burguan offered a grim inventory that suggested Wednesday’s bloodbath could have been far worse. At the social service center, the couple left three rigged-together pipe bombs with a remote-control detonating device that apparently malfunctioned, and they had more than 1,600 rounds of ammunition remaining when police killed them in their rented SUV, Burguan said. At a family home in the nearby town of Redlands, they had 12 pipe bombs, tools for making more,

and over 3,000 additional rounds of ammunition, the chief said. “We don’t know if this was workplace rage or something larger or a combination of both,” Attorney General Loretta Lynch said in Washington, echoing President Barack Obama. “We don’t know the motivation.” Investigators are trying to determine whether Farook, who was Muslim, became radicalized - and, if so, how - as well as whether he was in contact with any foreign terrorist organization, said the U.S. intelligence official, who was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity. The same official said Farook had been in touch on social media with extremists who were under FBI scrutiny. The second U.S. official said the FBI was treating the attack as a potential act of terror but had reached no conclusion that it was. The official said Farook had

communication with individuals who were under FBI scrutiny. But the contact was with “people who weren’t significant players on our radar,” dated back some time, and there was no immediate indication of a surge in communication before the shooting. The official cautioned that such contact by itself doesn’t mean someone is a terrorist. Rita Katz, director of SITE Intelligence Group, an organization that tracks and analyzes extremists, said it hasn’t found any connection between Farook and jihadi groups. But she also said that some of Farook’s social media posts seem to have been deleted before the attack. Wednesday’s rampage was the nation’s deadliest mass shooting since 2012, when 26 children and adults were slain in Newtown, Connecticut. In San Bernardino, a Southern California city of 214,000, the victims ranged in age from 26 to 60. A fur-

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It went up kind of like an inflatable because they have to inflate it,” Wilson said. A synthetic skating rink has actually been at WVU before for Up All Night, and when Fun Before Finals week was created this year, they decided to bring it back, Wilson said. O r i g i n a l l y , Wi l s o n hoped to have the rink set up in Woodburn Circle, but the ground was not flat enough. Instead, they got a life-size snow globe to give students a good place to take pictures. “It was a great opportunity for pictures for social media. When you were inside it looked like the snow was falling down on you,” said Wilson. Students were also able to go inside the Mountainlair for the usual Up All Night free food. Though the night was cold and the line for skating was long, students enjoyed ice skating, as Wiley Martin, a pre-nursing student said. “It was fun, I had fun out with my friends,” Martin said. Giving students a break before studying was important to WVU this year. “It was really good for students to, well, chill,” Wilson said. “They could just relax and let it all go and get ready to study for finals as we’re headed into the holiday season.”

Continued from page 1 cold and then we thought, ‘No, because why would you not be in the cold while you’re ice skating,’” Wilson said. The ice rink, though, was not actually made of ice. It was synthetic to make it portable. Wilson said that she contacted H and H Enterprises looking for a rink, and they were able to subcontract one to WVU. “It’s a synthetic. It’s iceless, there’s no ice in it at all. What they do is, Kristen Uppercue/THE DAILY ATHENAEUM Many students of all kinds enjoyed the ice skating rink that was located outside you have to have special skates, they were all free.

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ther 21 people were injured, including two police officers, authorities said. Two of the wounded remained in critical condition Thursday. Nearly all the dead and wounded were county employees. Authorities said the attack was carefully planned. “There was obviously a mission here. We know that. We do not know why. We don’t know if this was the intended target or if there was something that triggered him to do this immediately,” David Bowdich, assistant director of the FBI’s Los Angeles office, said as the bureau took over the investigation. Farook has no known criminal record, Burguan said. He was born in Chicago to a Pakistani family, raised in Southern California and worked at San Bernardino County’s Department of Public Health for two stints totaling four years since 2010, according to authorities and acquaintances. The Saudi Embassy said he traveled to Saudi Arabia in the summer of 2014 for nine days. As for Malik, she came to the U.S. in July 2014 on a Pakistani passport and a fiancée visa, authorities said. To get the visa, immigrants submit to an interview and biometric and background checks - screening intended to identify anyone who might pose a threat.

They were married on Aug. 16, 2014, in nearby Riverside County, according to their marriage license. Both listed their religion as Muslim. The couple had a 6-month-old daughter who they dropped with relatives Wednesday morning before the shooting. Adam Lankford, a criminal justice professor at the University of Alabama, said his review of mass public shootings in the U.S. indicates this is the first one in recent history involving a male-female team. Farook was a devout Muslim who prayed every day and recently memorized the Quran, according to brothers Nizaam and Rahemaan Ali, who attended Dar Al Uloom Al Islamiyah mosque in San Bernardino with Farook. Rahemaan Ali said he last saw Farook three weeks ago, when he abruptly stopped going to the mosque. Ali said Farook seemed happy and his usual self, and the brothers never saw a violent side. “He never ever talked about killing people or discussed politics, or said that he had problems at work,” Rahemaan Ali said. “He always had a smile on his face.” Federal authorities said Farook legally bought two handguns used in the massacre and their two assault rifles were legally bought by someone else.

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Jessica Poole sells her artwork including homemade Christmas cards in the Mountainlair.

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Continued from page 1 allow artists to share their work and see what their peers are producing. “Sometimes people express themselves in a more abstract way, or more line-art or pop-art,”

Poole said, “and it’s cool to see that and compare to it.” Prints sold during the sale are handmade by WVU students using techniques such as silk screens, etching, lithographs and relief prints. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

OPINION Gender equality in the military 3

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Women first aided the U.S. military forces by providing care as nurses and helping the wounded during the Revolutionary War. Though women have been included in each branch of the United States military since the Women’s Armed Services Integration Act was put into place in 1948, they were prevented from holding combat positions for decades. Yesterday, Ash Carter, the defense secretary of the U.S., changed this by announcing women would soon be allowed to enter combat positions across all branches of the military, and be included in infantry units. Though this is a milestone for women eager to serve their country, many have raised concerns about the ethics of this practice. An academic article from the European Journal of Applied Physiology and Occupational Physiology found that on average, women in top physical condition have roughly half the amount of upper body strength as men. They also have less dense bones, which can lead to more fre-

quent breakages, and their total endurance is less than that of men. Across all sports, men consistently surpass women’s world record times and distances. This is not to say women as a whole are weaker than men, but that the female biology is simply not designed to emphasize areas like speed and stamina. Because of this, many throughout history have not considered women to be useful assets in roles requiring frequent combat. However, the Marine Corps saw several female graduates in 2013 during a trial in which they allowed 20 women to undergo infantry training. Though none completed the training at first, opening the course to more women saw greater success: According to the Marine Times, four women completed the Combat Endurance Test in 2013, which deems them physically eligible to participate in actual combat scenarios. The Marine Corps combat training already has an annual dropout rate of 25 percent in male partic-

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Women can now serve in combat positions in all branches of the armed forces. ipants. Though this rate may be higher in eventual female participants, those who can complete the course have proven they have the right to join “the few, the proud” on the battlefield. Physical performance is just one part of being a

successful soldier. Women leading infantry units into battle may provide different perspectives or strategies that could prove to be very efficient. There is also significant evidence stating that women react to stressful situations differently than men, which may de-

termine how crisis situations are handled and lead to more lives saved. Claims that women couldn’t emotionally handle combat situations or are generally weaker overall are simply false and are based on sexist stereotypes. The women who

prove themselves physically capable are now no longer denied the opportunity to directly serve their country, and this marks a historic breakthrough in reaching true societal gender equality. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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Cryogenics: An overly optimistic solution to death kody goff columnist @retrosyk

Matheryn Naovaratpong, a 2-year-old girl from Thailand, was cryogenically frozen after she died of a brain tumor. Her parents made the decision in hopes that their daughter can be reanimated and revived at some point in the future when the technology becomes available. Though this tragic story may be touching in its optimism, I believe it may be grounded in wishful thinking. Cryogenic technology has always been the substance of science fiction. Though scientists around the world may make advances in this field, most cryogenic technology is still speculative. The parts of cryogenic sciences utilized today are very simple. The word “cryogenic” simply implies that very low temperatures are involved, and the branch of cryogenics that would encompass the freezing of a person is more properly known as “cryonics.” The field of cryonics is a somewhat turbulent one, with supporters and skeptics both making valid arguments for the practice of cryopreservation. Several people have already been cryogenically frozen, hoping one day another form of technology will revive and cure them. However, when one considers the numerous obstacles to revival, these processes look more and more like a des-

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Matheryn Naovaratpong is believed to be the youngest cryogenically frozen human after dying from a brain tumor. perate last effort in the face of death. Human tissues need many things to survive. Oxygen is vital to the survival of any organ system, and you cannot breathe when you’re dead. Tissue damage from oxygen deprivation is inevitable in frozen organisms. Not only will the lack of air hurt the body, but the chemical cocktails used to protect organs from ice crystals are very poisonous. These chemicals, referred to as cryoprotectants, have

noticeable toxicities when introduced to living things. Cryonic scientists have to contend with reviving a long-dead body as well as fix nigh-irreversible tissue damage from both cellular starvation and injection of toxins. Even if a cryogenically frozen person can be revived, there’s no telling what might have happened to their organs, least of all what could be wrong with their oxygen-deprived brain. The bottom line is the technology to revive human beings is nowhere

near ready to handle these kinds of complications. This is by no means a reason to give up hope in the field of cryopreservation. One never knows when a major breakthrough will occur, and perhaps this technology will surface as early as tomorrow. However, I personally think a family placing their trust in a field which has few practical applications may be an unhealthy way to grieve for their daughter. Science is about making use of the knowledge at our

disposal, and the knowledge necessary to revive a cryonically frozen person just is not there. If we do achieve this in the future, what kind of world would the frozen person come back to? Everyone they know may be long gone. I ask the reader which is more preferable: Giving your loved one a life in a strange future and most likely never seeing them again, or moving on and accepting the inevitable? Death is both inevitable and tragic. A toddler’s life

ended by a brain tumor before it could truly begin is a horrible injustice of nature, but it is unfortunately the reality of human mortality. Perhaps instead of holding out invalidated hope for a miracle of science to bring a loved one back to life, it’s best to honor their memory and move on. It’s not giving up, and it’s certainly not pessimism; it’s simply acceptance and pragmatism, and it’s how humans move forward. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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West Virginia University Choral Concert to spread holiday cheer through music Hannah Harless A&E Writer @dailyathenaeum

The West Virginia University School of Music and Community Music Program will celebrate the holiday season with the University’s seasonal presentation of “O Holy Night.” The performance will take place at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Lyell B. Clay Concert Theatre located in WVU’s Creative Arts Center. The concert will feature WVU’s Women’s Choir, WVU’s Men’s Chorus, WVU’s Chamber Singers and the West Virginia Community Choir, all under the direction of WVU Director of Choral Activities, Kym Scott. Prior to taking her posi-

tion at WVU, Scott, an Australia native, graduated from the Queensland Conservatorium of Music in 1997 with a Bachelor of Music for Piano Performance. “My experience working with the WVU Choirs has been very rewarding. I enjoy working with a variety of students from voice performance majors with a variety of students from voice performance majors, to non-music majors, to members of the Morgantown community,” Scott said. “ There is a place for everyone in the WVU Choral Program, and I very much enjoy the diversity within each ensemble.” Junior mechanical engineering student, Sabrina Ridenour, is a third year so-

prano in the WVU Chamber Choir. Since joining the ensemble as a freshman, she has toured through the nation and performed alongside the West Virginia Symphony Orchestra. Ridenour found a family in the choir, something she wasn’t expecting. “Overall, WVU’s choral program is such a rewarding experience for me, and WVU is very fortunate to have a director like Professor Kym Scott, who has so much talent and passion to share with us,” Ridenour said. The program will also feature special guests, including the Morgantown Children’s Choir under the direction of Helen Comber. The Morgantown Children’s Choir

is composed of the local youth of community ages 7 – 15. The WVU choirs have been practicing for the event since early October. Students and community members alike take part in weekly rehearsals in order to prepare for the event. Members must work together to perfect a uniform sound, insync with all musical sections. “There is a great deal of potential within the choral department at WVU,” Scott said. A selection of Christmas songs will be performed throughout the program making for a festive atmosphere. This includes favorites such as ‘O Magnum Mysterium,’ ‘Hodie’

and ‘Rise Up Shepherd and Follow.’ “We have a combination of music. Some pieces are festive and fun, others are more reflective. But all music aims to capture the magic of the holiday season,” Scott said. Tickets for the concert can be purchased at the WVU Box Office and are priced at $10 for adults and $5 for children. Concessions at the event are $6 per person. “There will be something for everyone at this concert,” Scott said. “The audience members will hear some new songs as well as many of their seasonal favorites.” daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

Bituminous Coal Institute paintings rediscovered

‘To Make Dream Homes Come True’ is a painting from a series commissioned by The Bituminous Coal Institute to sell America on the benefits of coal.

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One of the 10 famous 1940s paintings commissioned by the Bituminous Coal Institute is currently held at the Art Museum of West Virginia University. “To Make Dream Homes Come True,” can be viewed in the museum’s opening exhibition, and will be the topic of conversation in art historian Dr. Eric Schruers’ presentation, “Rockwell Kent’s Lost Bituminous Coal Series Rediscovered.” The “Art Up Close!” event begins at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday in the Museum Education Center Grand Hall. The large oil painting was created by Rockwell Kent, an American painter, printmaker, illustrator and writer. A transcendentalist and mystic in the tradition of Henry David Thoreau and

Ralph Waldo Emerson, Kent found most of his artistic inspiration in the wilderness. The Bituminous Coal Institute, along with the Benton and Bowles Advertising Agency, asked the popular 20th century realist to create a series of paintings for advertisements demonstrating the promise of coal as the energy source for postwar America. With each painting in the series depicting a scene showing the benefits deriving from coal, Kent’s artwork was a glorification of the coal industry and the contributions it made to modern civilization. “Every work in the series is a unique image. Each features the ‘spirit’ of coal, referred to as the ‘Coal Genie,’ hovering over some aspect of American life that was seen as benefitting from the industry,” Schruers said. “There is nothing

comparable to the series in American art at that time. It’s essentially a blend of social realism and perhaps surrealism.” In 1945, Kent painted “To Make Dream Homes Come True,” which was number six in the series, and promoted coal for home heating. The masterpiece helped strengthen the reputation of the coal industry, appearing in magazines such as The Saturday Evening Post. In the painting, a figure resembling an ancient Greek God holds a lump of black coal glowing with a whitish light. The coal in the figure’s hand illuminates a future housing development. After the series was completed, each painting was donated to a university noted at the time for its mineral industries programs. In 1948, WVU received “To Make Dream Homes Come

True,” although the painting was not always stationed in WVU’s campus. Schruers is highly qualified in the field of art, currently serving as temporary assistant professor of art history at Fairmont State University and also as instructor of art history and gallery director of the Martha Gault Art Gallery at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania. “I received my MA and Ph.D. from Penn State and have been teaching art history at the university level since 1992,” Schruers said. “I have taught every period of Western Art from Prehistoric to Contemporary, and many areas of World Art as well.” Schruers is co-author of the book, “Wonders of Works and Labor: The Steidle Collection of American Industrial Art” and has published widely in the area of industrial art, particularly

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in the relation of the coal industry. “Art Up Close!” events present WVU faculty and guest artists from various disciplines discussing a single work of art, and is co-sponsored by the Art Museum of WVU and the Friends of the Museum, a membership group for people who enjoy the arts and social, educational and cultural activities revolving around art. WVU students are encouraged to attend the presentation and visit the museum to view the rich historical painting pertaining greatly to West Virginia. A question-and-answer session and light refreshments will follow the presentation. For more information, contact the Art Museum of WVU at (304) 292-4359. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

Starting this weekend, when you “Make a Date with Delicious,” you won’t break the bank with this year’s weeklong Morgantown Eats. “The Culinary Crawl this year, is a kick off to the to the Morgantown Eats to Restaurant Week,” said Geah Pressgrove, the professor for the event planning class that created Morgantown Eats. Tomorrow will be the first day of Restaurant Week starting with the Culinary Crawl tours. For the crawl here will be two tours, and tickets are required. This year for Restaurant Week, restaurants are offering specials and deals all week long for everyone. The best part of the week is that there are no tickets necessary. All you have to do is mention that you are there for restaurant week to secure the deal. “They are set up completely different,” Pressgrove said. “The culinary crawl lets you go into 10 different businesses, but you will just get bites of things. During Restaurant Week there are actually almost 20 businesses that are offering.” During Restaurant Week, there will be 19 restaurants offering different specials and sales. Businesses such as Cafe Bacchus, The Vintage Room, Tin 202 and The Montmartre are offering special three-course menus at a discounted price. Other places such as Sargasso, Sugar Bear’s Wall St. Grill and Mountain State Brewing Co. are offering simple 20 percent off everything. Places like Yama and Soul Brothers are offering a buy one get one or free desert with purchase, respectively. Other businesses participating include Black Bear Burritos, Chico’s Fat, The Cupcakerie, Garcia’s Latin Market, High St. Pasta Co., Iron Horse Tavern, Morgantown Brewing Co., Table 9, T.K.’s Fruit, Produce & Bubble Tea and Zaytun. “If you can’t go on the culinary crawl, definitely try to come out during Restaurant Week,” said Hannah Toney, a junior strategic communications student at WVU. “I would say, because of the deals and the specials, pick a restaurant that you wouldn’t normally go to and try it because you don’t really have much to lose.” The class this year has added an improved map. The map is interactive and mobile friendly. Now, you can see exactly where you are and landmarks around you. It is also color-coded and has pop-ups to tell you where parking is, price, time limit and a description of each restaurant. The map is available use year round. “It’s a part of our community. So it is a chance for these students to do something for a community that they have been eating in, working in, whatever, and so they want to do things to support their downtown,” Pressgrove said. “They are excited and have a lot of pride to be able to give back to their community as part of this downtown West Virginia University. I have a whole list of restaurant that I would like to try, but you end up getting in a rut and going to the same places over and over again so this is the perfect opportunity to try all those places,” Toney said. “Go to a couple this week. It is a great value, so you might as well take advantage of it.” Restaurant Week begins tomorrow with the Culinary Crawl and continues through Dec. 12. For more information on the event, visit http://

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With finals week fast approaching and an ever shortening dead week, students are beginning to feel the all-too-familiar pressure of final exams. Finals are often the makeor-break point for a student’s grade in a class. Perform well and a high GPA awaits. Perform poorly and maybe working for underthe-table pay at your uncle’s used car dealership isn’t so unattractive anymore. Yesterday 100 students in the Mountainlair were polled on how prepared they felt in regard to their upcoming final exams. They were given three options to choose from: very prepared, somewhat prepared and “Oh God, Jesus take the wheel’. The last option is a tongue-in-cheek way of signifying that they were terrified, unprepared and possibly in need of some supernatural intervention to save their delicate grade point average. By just the slightest margin “Oh God, Jesus take the wheel” was the most pop-

ular option with 46 percent of the responses. This is to be expected as many students still have some lingering papers and projects to finish up before the true final reviews begin next week. Second place by only two percentage points was the “somewhat prepared” option with 44 percent of the responses. Students either chose this option because they felt confident about some classes but not others, or because they have begun studying for every class’s final but haven’t gotten too in depth with the reviews yet. Only 10 percent of students polled said they were very confident about their final exams. A few were self-confessed preparation freaks who have begun studying well in advance of their peers. Others had only one or two finals to worry about. How are you feeling about your upcoming finals? Tweet us at @dailyathenaeum and let us know. -WT

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Kanye West gives rambling shoe event speech NEW YORK (AP) — Kanye West skipped the red carpet at a footwear industry event where his Adidas Yeezy Boost was honored as shoe of the year. Instead, he stood just feet away from waiting media, sipping a drink and chatting before he slipped into the ceremony crowd nearby. When it came time to collect his statue Wednesday night at the Footwear News Achievement Awards, he gave a rambling, 20-minute speech that was good as gold. Some highlights: --“I completely, you know, have absolutely no plans for what I’m going to say. This could land completely wrong, but it doesn’t really (bleeping) matter, does it? ... You can go to the bathroom.” “Basically as I talk, it’s just a mood board. That’s my new style of speeches. It’s very unorthodox. It’s vibes, you know. You guys are designers. You know how to put it all together at the end of the night. Or you feel free to just talk (bleep). It’s good to have someone to talk (bleep) about. Everybody’s so, like, I just don’t want people to talk (bleep) about me. I don’t give a (bleep), you know.” “As a creative, it doesn’t matter how big the house is, how big your name is,

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Kanye West gave an off-the-hip speech at a shoe event. how much money you have, your job is to create while you’re here, and if anyone is in the way of that, if anything gets in the way of that, if anything is stopping that or slowing it down, you’ve got to burn it to the (bleeping) ground. You have to die. This is me talking to you. I’m not giving you any suggestions. You have to die for what is in you because that thing might inspire someone.” “The (Adidas) contract said 25 (pieces) in the clothing collection. I was supposed to do a fashion show with 25 SKUs - I don’t know how that was supposed to happen. And

the original talent budget was $500,000 - I don’t know how I was supposed to put a design team together for that, but luckily I was a multimillionaire rapper and I covered the rest of it. ... Hooked you guys up, you know.” “When I was at Fendi ... we’d visit Stockholm, you know, on the weekends. That was in my single days. It was fun. ... My exile (after cutting off Taylor Swift on stage) was pretty fun. You know, what does Kanye do when he pisses every white person off on the planet? He goes to Stockholm and dances with more white people!”

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“I look at you guys and think, like, raise your hand if you got a private plane. Don’t be embarrassed. There’s definitely some people with some private planes tonight. ... We’re here to make amazing product that we love that also sells, that makes money. We really like nice things. ... I want a house equal or better than Calvin Klein’s house in the Hamptons.” “I’m trying to take it full ‘Will Ferrell level drunk brother at the wedding’ level. Have I reached that level yet? Have I (bleeped) it up? Good. Here’s to (bleeping) everything up!”

Nielsen data shows phones are killing television LOS ANGELES (AP) — The use of Internet-ready devices like smartphones appears to have seriously cut into the time Americans spend watching traditional TV, new Nielsen data show, potentially undermining the notion that mobile devices merely serve as “second screens” while people are plopped in front of the set. Data provided to The Associated Press show an increase in the number of 18-to-34-year-olds who used a smartphone, tablet or TV-connected device like a streaming box or game console. That grew 26 percent in May compared with a year earlier, to an average of 8.5 million people per minute. Those devices, which all showed gains in usage, more than offset declines in traditional TV, radio and computers. In the same age group, the demographic most highly coveted by advertisers, use of those devices fell 8 percent over the same period to a combined 16.6 million people per minute. It’s not a one-to-one tradeoff, though. Sometimes people are using smartphones while watching TV, or using them outside the home where it wouldn’t cut into TV time. In addition, some mobile device use is, well, to watch TV shows. Nielsen’s inaugural “Comparable Metrics” report for the first time presents data on average use per minute, making it pos-

Data suggests that our smartphones may be aiding in the decline of cable television. sible to directly compare various devices. The study counts all apps, Web surfing and game play but not texts or calling. The results confirm a trend in other Nielsen data that found viewing of traditional TV - through a cable or satellite connection or an antenna - peaked in the 2009-10 season. “It’s pretty clear the increased use of mobile devices is having some effect on the system as a whole,” said Glenn Enoch, Nielsen’s senior vice president of audience insights. The audience for TV viewing alone fell by 10 percent, to 8.4 mil-

lion people a minute, in the 18-to-34-year-old category. The new Nielsen data also looks at time spent watching video on various devices, but not for TVconnected devices, where users were clocked playing games as well. However, even excluding TV-connected devices, the shift in video watching away from the TV is pronounced. For the young group, viewing on TVs fell 10 minutes to an average of 5 hours and 43 minutes a day. That’s more than compensated for the 33-minute gain in viewing video on

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computers, smartphones and tablets, which rose to 3 hours and 43 minutes. Since Nielsen inaugurated its tracking service in 1949, average daily TV viewing has grown steadily, from 4 hours and 35 minutes a day to a peak of 8 hours and 55 minutes in 2009-10. That increase coincided with growing numbers of TV sets sold and the proliferation of programming on cable channels. But viewership has been declining ever since. From late September until midNovember this year, daily TV watching accounted for only 8 hours and 13 minutes, Nielsen said.

‘Hitchcock/Truffaut’ outlines the relationship between two great movie-makers. NEW YORK (AP) — “Hitch- saw directors -- good ones, cock/Truffaut,” one of the at least -- as the authors of most essential books about their films, even when workmoviemaking and a his- ing within the confines of the toric tete-a-tete between two 1940s and ‘50s studio system. of the greatest filmmakers For Jones, “Hitchcock/ (one a Hollywood veteran, Truffaut” was ultimately the other a rising star of the about the emergence of film French New Wave), began as its own cultural realm, with a letter. not in comparison to litera“There are many directors ture or anything else. In the with a love of cinema, but conversation of two titans what you possess is a love of of filmmaking -- each from celluloid itself and it is that wildly different backgrounds, which I would like to talk to speaking through a translayou about,” Francois Truffaut tor but united by a comwrote to Alfred Hitchcock. mon obsession -- lie many of What followed was a week the things that makes movof interviews in a windowless ies movies: how shots edHollywood office that culmi- ited together make a scene; nated in 27 hours of record- how space is used; how obings in which Truffaut dis- jects take on a hyper, dreamcussed Hitchcock’s artistry, like significance; what Cary film by film. The new docu- Grant and Ingrid Bergman mentary “Hitchcock/Truf- can do together. faut” by critic, filmmaker and “It’s the sensuality and the New York Film Festival head tactility and the danger and Kent Jones, is about that ex- the ecstasy and the modertraordinary meeting and its nity all at once,” says Jones. long reverberations through “That’s cinema.” cinema. Jones’ passion for the “It was the birth of an idea book, and the conversation of cinema and film culture it began, is easily apparent. as a world unto itself,” says The film, too, continues the Jones. conversation, with filmmakIt also had really cool pic- ers like Richard Linklater tures. Shot-by-shot photo and Wes Anderson still teasmontages of scenes, like the ing out the craftsmanship of infamous shower stabbing of Hitchcock. “Psycho,” were what first capIt’s easy to see the book tivated Jones as an already (Truffaut called it a “livremovie-crazy 12 year-old. film” or his “Hitchbook”) as He was far from alone. The a bridge between two eras of book, published in 1966, four movies: Hitchcock’s classical years after the interviews, is period, with its careful comroundly considered a kind of positions and classical perbible for cinephiles and film- formances; and the coming makers, alike. In the film, shift of more brazenly perDavid Fincher (who is cur- sonal filmmaking and actrently remaking Hitchcock’s ing, and self-consciously ar“Strangers on a Train”) re- tistic movies. calls pouring over the images “Hitchcock/Truffaut” as a kid. Martin Scorsese de- connects those eras, not so scribes the book’s celebration much marking the distance of Hitchcock as “like a weight between them than their commonality of pursuit. The taken off our shoulders.” “It conclusively changed book was a sizable event in people’s opinions about the lives of its two particiHitchcock,” says Peter Bog- pants, too. Initially planning danovich in the film. “Hitch- to do it in a few months, Trufcock began to be taken much faut spent nearly four years more seriously.” on it, effectively pausing a Though Hitchcock is now red-hot career kicked off by among the most revered di- “The 400 Blows,” ‘’Shoot the rectors ever (his “Vertigo,” ini- Pianist” and “Jules and Jim.” tially received coldly by crit- Hitchcock, who would go ics, currently ranks as the on to make a handful more top film of all time in Sight & films, remained friends with Sound’s poll), Truffaut’s book Truffaut. The two wrote frewas the first full apprecia- quently afterward, often extion of his genius. A post-war changing ideas on various cultural exchange between projects. Hollywood and France (the Hitchcock was touched by birthplace of cinema) was Truffaut’s interest from the then stoking a new appraisal start. “Your letter brought of studio films and film- tears to my eyes,” he remakers. Led by the Cahiers sponded to Truffaut’s invidu Cinema (for which Truf- tation, “and I am very gratefaut wrote before becoming ful to receive such a tribute a filmmaker), French critics from you.”

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Pixar is unlocking exactly how Lightning McQueen runs in a new museum exhibit. The animation studio is showing off what’s underneath the “Cars” character’s metal body at the newly overhauled Petersen Automotive Museum. The exhibit features a lifesize version of Lightning McQueen, original art by “Cars” production designer Bob Pauley and several displays with real-world renditions of the character’s engine, suspension and other running parts. Pixar teamed with the Pe-

NEW YORK (AP) — The new documentary “Hitchcock/Truffaut” delves into one of the most beloved movie books there is. Few match the conversations between Alfred Hitchcock and Francois Truffaut, but there are others, from interview-based books like “This Is Orson Welles” by Peter Bogdanovich, to great biographies like Elia Kazan’s “A Life.” And there are more being written all the time, like last year’s “Five Came Back,” an account of post-World War II Hollywood by Mark Harris. Here are five others that should find a place on any cinephile’s bookshelf: - “Making Movies,” Sidney Lumet. The great New York filmmaker goes through how he makes movies with the same straight-forward clarity as his films. Nuts and bolts from a master. - “Negative Space: Manny Farber on the Movies,” Manny Farber. Some might prefer a collection of another critic, say Pauline Kael or Andrew Sarris. There are many vital ones, but Farber remains foundational, especially when it comes to his fondness for what he called “termite art.” - “Easy Riders, Raging Bulls,” Peter Biskind.

tersen to create its first museum exhibit to teach families about the interworking of automobiles. How will children feel about seeing a dissected rendition of the beloved animated race car voiced by Owen Wilson? “It was tricky,” said Jay Ward, creative director of the “Cars” franchise. “We were very careful about not showing a cut-away of McQueen. For all the parts, we’re only showing vignettes. We didn’t want the character’s head open or anything like that. It is a living character who hap-

pens to be a car, but when you watch the films and these characters fly through the air, all that stuff is under there.” Ward said the creators at Pixar wanted to plot an exhibit that was both educational and fun but didn’t feel like a rehash of the “Cars”-themed land at Disney’s California Adventure theme park in Anaheim, California. “I didn’t want this space to feel like a preschool,” said Ward during a Thursday preview. “I didn’t want it to feel like a place where you would just drop your kids off. I wanted it to be place where the whole family can engage. We came up with some-

thing where you can hopefully walk away from it and feel like you learned how your car runs.” The exhibit also includes an augmented reality experience voiced by “Cars” actors that drives visitors through the second floor of the museum, which features exhibits on motorcycles, hot rods and alternative power. Besides the “Cars” injection, the Petersen underwent a $90 million makeover that added a new floor of exhibition space, steel ribbon exterior and an upscale restaurant, as well as several “Forza MotorSport 6” driving simulator stations and vehicles featured in films and TV shows, such as rides from “Batman,” ‘’Spectre” and “Magnum P.I.” The updated Petersen Automotive Museum reopens to the public Dec. 7.

Among the many colorful histories of Hollywood, few match Biskind’s tales of the wildness, on screen and off, of the ‘70s. - “A Biographical Dictionary of Film,” David Thomson. First published in 1975 but frequently updated since, Thomson’s is a singular attempt to appraise each significant director and star of movie history. Though it’s alphabetized like a dictionary, it’s no simple reference book. Thomson’s definitions are his own: provocative, thoughtful and distinct. - “Film Noir: An Encyclopedic Reference to the American Style,” Alain Silver and Elizabeth Ward. This is a straight-ahead reference book, but it’s one of the most exhaustive and beautiful: the only way to hold the greatest movie genre right in your hands.

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Shell-shocked smuggler pleads guilty An un-bearable situation in Denmark ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — A Canadian man caught at a border crossing with 51 turtles taped to his body pleaded guilty Tuesday to smuggling or attempting to smuggle more than 1,000 of the reptiles out of southeastern Michigan. Kai Xu, 27, would order turtles online and travel to the U.S. to pick them up and then ship them to China or return with them to Ontario, Canada. He pleaded guilty to six crimes in federal court in Ann Arbor and faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison. It’s illegal to export wildlife from the U.S. without a permit from the government. Xu “regularly deals in turtle shipments worth $30,000, $80,000 or $125,000,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Sara Woodward said in a court filing. “In China, the turtles he smuggles are worth two to three times the amount he pays here.” Defense attorney Matt Borgula declined to com-

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A turtle smuggler has plead guilty. ment after the guilty plea. Xu has been in custody since his arrest in suburban Detroit in September 2014. He describes himself as an engineering student at the University of Waterloo in Waterloo, Ontario, although the university said he wasn’t enrolled at the time of his arrest. In summer 2014, weeks before his arrest, Xu was under surveillance in Detroit. After picking up a box at a United Parcel Service

site, he hid behind trucks and emerged with “irregularly shaped bulges” under his sweat pants, wildlife agent Ken Adams said. Xu returned to Ontario but was stopped by Canadian border authorities who found 51 live turtles in plastic taped to his legs, including box turtles and terrapins. Despite the bust, “he did not cease smuggling turtles. He did not even slow down,” Woodward said.

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A man jumped inside a polar bear pit Wednesday at the Copenhagen Zoo, forcing zookeepers to fire rubber bullets at the 621-kilogram (1,369-pound) bear so they could rescue him. The man leaped into the enclosure shortly after noon as guests, including children, were watching the 10-year-old bear. Zoo staffers at first yelled to distract the animal from his potential prey before others with firearms arrived, firing rubber bullets to get the huge animal to back off. Once the bear returned to its cage, zoo employees entered the enclosure to rescue the intruder. “He walked up to the male bear of his own free will” but was able to get away with “only superficial wounds,” said park manager Steffen Straede, who was visibly upset at the incident. The man, reportedly in his twenties, was not iden-

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A man was rescued after jumping inside a polar bear pit at the Copenhagen Zoo. tified and his motive for 21-year-old Afghan-born entering the enclosure man inside an enclosure was unclear. He was taken at the same zoo. The Coto a hospital for treatment. penhagen Zoo also made The zoo has no plans international headlines to make any changes to last year when it killed the enclosures following a giraffe for inbreeding Wednesday’s incident, reasons, then dissected Straede added. it and fed it to lions in In July 2012, Siberian front of visitors, including tigers fatally mauled a children.

Scientists convene to discuss ethics, implications of genetic engineering WASHINGTON (AP) — A tool to edit human genes is nowhere near ready to use for pregnancy - but altering early embryos as part of careful laboratory research should be allowed as scientists and society continue to grapple with the ethical questions surrounding this revolutionary technology, organizers of an international summit concluded Thursday. “It would be irresponsible” to edit human sperm, eggs or early embryos in a way that leads to pregnancy, said No-

bel laureate David Baltimore of the California Institute of Technology, who chaired the summit. Tools to precisely edit genes inside living cells, especially a cheap and easy-to-use one called CRISP-Cas9, are transforming biology - and potential treatments created by them promise to do such things as cure sickle-cell anemia or fight HIV and cancer. But depending on how it’s used, it also could alter human heredity - maybe create “designer babies” - rais-

ing ethical questions that triggered three days of debate by scientists, policymakers and ethicists from 20 countries. This so-called germline editing - manipulating sperm, eggs or early embryos - wouldn’t affect just one sick person but his or her descendants. The question gained urgency after Chinese researchers made the first attempt to alter genes in human embryos, an experiment that showed scientists don’t yet know how to do that safely

and effectively. The summit’s organizers endorsed treatment-related gene editing research, and said lab research on germline issues “is clearly needed and should proceed” with appropriate oversight as international debate continues. The panel offered what geneticist Eric Lander of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard called “a framework for deciding if and when” the reproductive use of gene editing ever moves forward.

“As scientific knowledge advances and societal views evolve, the clinical use of germline editing should be revisited on a regular basis,” the committee concluded. It urged the sponsors of this week’s summit - the scientific academies of the U.S., Britain and China - to create an international forum to help “establish norms concerning acceptable uses of human germline editing.” Here are some takeaways from the high-profile summit:

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SPORTS

FRIday DECEMBER 4, 2015

MANHATTAN PROJECT

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Junior running back Wendell Smallwood runs in a touchdown in this season’s win over Kansas.

West Virginia looks to finish 8-4 record on the road at Kansas State by nicole curtin sports editor @nicolec_WVU

The West Virginia University football team looks to finish its regular season with a win over Kansas State. The Mountaineers have never beaten the Wildcats since joining the conference; with this goal in mind, they are also looking to finish with the best record West Virginia’s had in the Big 12. Kansas State comes into the matchup with a 5-6 record, 2-6 in the overall and a series lead of 4-1. The losses include some close games like the 36-34 loss to Oklahoma State in Stillwater in October. The Cowboys are averaging 357 passing yards per game, seemingly went off against

the Wildcats completing 441 yards in the air, but KState hung in the game until the end finishing with 207 itself over its 174 season average. Oklahoma State ran away with the win in the end, kicking a 37yard field goal with 32 seconds left, and that’s not the only team K-State has kept up with. The Wildcats took on TCU while they were posting 50 points per game and also blowing every team out for the exception of Texas Tech, and scored 45 points themselves. Along with the close losses though remains the 55-0 dismantling from Oklahoma immediately following that TCU game. Needless to say, this Kansas State team is one to be prepared for and head coach Dana Holgorsen knows it

might not be an easy win for the taking. “When you put on the video, it still looks like a very competitive football team,” Holgorsen said. “They had Oklahoma State beat at Oklahoma State, they had TCU beat. They were up 10 late in the game, and they didn’t quite get that finished. The guys play hard, the guys care, they will be playing as well as they have all year this Saturday.” West Virginia needs win number eight to have the most successful season thus far in the Big 12. The 20 seniors who finish their season this weekend and eventually in a bowl game in a few weeks have a dream to not only achieve that for themselves but for the team as well. Senior tight end Cody

Clay said accomplishing the eighth win, instead of finishing at 7-4, is something they have been preparing for since the middle of the season. “Say it out loud and you can tell the difference between the two,” Clay said. “The seniors met with Dana earlier in the season and our goal was to win out. We wanted to leave West Virginia football a better place than we found it as a senior class.” K-State’s junior quarterback Joe Hubener is averaging 159.3 passing yards per game and running the ball about 55 yards per game himself, contributing to the teams 170 rushing yards per game. Taking on the fourth best defense in the Big 12 in West Virginia, Hubener is going to

have a task on his hands as well. WVU ranks third nationally in interceptions with 21, No. 15 nationally in third down defense, No. 3 in turnovers gained and No. 11 in turnover margin. In the last four games alone the defense has forced 13 turnovers and scored 48 points off of those turnovers gained. After facing Kansas two weeks ago and takings its first Big 12 shutout, and holding Iowa State to 93 rushing yards last weekend, which is the seventh time in the last two years a WVU defense has held its opponent to under 100 yards, this defense is talented and strong enough to win out. Holgorsen as well as other coaches mentioned the discipline at Kansas

State and how the Wildcats have always been that kind of team. With the tough season West Virginia had, including four straight losses in October, taking on this team is a challenge to cap it all off. The Mountaineers have definitely bounced back from the negative talks last month and come away from those losses. “Everybody just comes to work every day,” said senior corner back Terrell Chestnut. “We have a lot of people that have played a lot of ball here. Everyone has been honed in on techniques, and coaches have really been harping on us about it. It’s really about preparation and going out there and executing.” ncurtin@mail.wvu.edu

men’s basketball

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Junior forward Devin Williams dribbles past a Stetson defender in last week’s game.

WVU looks to keep momentum going against Kennesaw State BY DAVID STATMAN ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR @DJSTATMAN77

After its smashing success in the Las Vegas Invitational, the West Virginia University men’s basketball team is back home for the first time in nearly two weeks, as the Mountaineers attempt to continue their undefeated start at 12:30 p.m. tomorrow against the 2-7 Kennesaw State Owls. The No. 20 Mountaineers (6-0) knocked off Richmond and San Diego State out west, winning the tournament final against the Aztecs 72-50 last Friday behind a smothering defensive effort. But while West Virginia stepped up and knocked

off the best competition it’s faced this season, head coach Bob Huggins can’t help but look back to the last time his squad played at home, a 97-44 win over Bethune-Cookman on Nov. 23. “We have to keep winning,” Huggins said. “They’ve tried to get better. My frustration with them in the Bethune-Cookman game was that they were just out there. We weren’t really working at our craft, and we’ve got so much more upside. We’ve got to continue to work hard at it, and this gives us an opportunity to do that.” With all the talk of working on their craft and improving themselves, one could easily see the Kennesaw State game as a tune-

up for Tuesday’s bigger test against Virginia at Madison Square Garden in New York City. West Virginia’s players and coaches got a glimpse of this team’s full potential in their rout of a strong San Diego State team, and after getting more than a week of rest after returning from Las Vegas, the team’s focus is on sustaining that effort. “We saw what the team can be like when we actually come together and focus,” said junior center Devin Williams. “That’s what we’re trying to get every day. We’re going to get it as the games pick up.” Williams has been the center of West Virginia’s world as the team has raced

off to a 6-0 start, beginning his season with five straight double-doubles, and missing a sixth by only a single rebound against San Diego State. Williams was the first Mountaineer to pull that feat to start a season since Rod Thorn in 1960, and he looks to have established himself as one of the top big men in the Big 12 Conference. If Williams wants to start another double-double streak, he’ll have a great opportunity against Kennesaw State, a team that lacks a big man with the size to match the 6-foot-9, 255-pound junior. The second member of the Atlantic Sun Conference that WVU has faced in its non-conference slate – the

Mountaineers dispatched Stetson by 41 points on Nov. 20 – Kennesaw State has faced several power conference opponents in its 2-7 start to the season. The Owls began their season with losses to SEC opponents Alabama and LSU, with Tigers freshman phenom Ben Simmons putting up 22 points and 9 rebounds in the latter game. Three days later, Kennesaw State lost to the Pac-12’s Arizona State by 38 points – KSU has gone 2-4 since, with its only wins coming over IUPUI and on Wednesday against Florida A&M. It’s been a rough start for new head coach Al Skinner, who came to Kennesaw with a strong resumé. The 2001

National Coach of the Year, Skinner is the winningest head coach in Boston College history, and guided the Eagles to seven NCAA Tournament appearances and the 2001 Big East Tournament title. Kennesaw State is Skinner’s first head job since he was fired by Boston College in 2010. Now, Skinner takes over a Kennesaw program that has won just 19 games in the past three years combined. Bob Huggins is no stranger to Skinner’s teams, having coached against him many times in the Big East, and he’ll look to get on the upper hand of this reunion at 12:30 p.m. tomorrow. djstatman@mail.wvu.edu

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

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West Virginia’s Olivia Seggie reads the defense last month against Coppin State.

After record-breaking night, WVU looks to take out Fairleigh Dickinson BY ALEC GEARTY SPORTS WRITER @dAILYATHENAEUM

The West Virginia women’s basketball team will attempt to continue its home-court dominance on Sunday, as the team welcomes the Fairleigh Dickinson Knights to the WVU Coliseum. The Mountaineers are coming off a historic win against Morehead State that saw head coach Mike Carey become the all-time wins leader at WVU and Bria Holmes move into ninth place on WVU’s alltime scoring list.

Fairleigh Dickinson holds a record of 1-4 going into Friday, its most recent win coming against Grand Canyon at the Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame Challenge, a tournament the Mountaineers also competed in. Much like Morehead State, the Knights’ scoring primarily relies on its two star players. Senior Kelsey Cruz leads the Knights in scoring with 19.6 points per game, which ranks her inside the NCAA top 50. Along with Cruz, redshirt senior Erika Livermore is the only other Knight who averages dou-

ble-digit scoring with 14.4 points per game. It appears that the same approach the Mountaineers took against Morehead State will be in place on Sunday. However, Carey reiterated his fear of falling into holes early on. “The problem is when we play a good team, we’re not going to come back,” Carey told wvusports.com. “We’re not going to turn it on and off, because we’ll be so far behind.” While Holmes and other veteran players have led the team thus far in the season, it appears the freshmen and newcomers

finally understand what their coach expects from them. Freshman Olivia Seggie, who joined the team as a walk-on, is establishing herself as one of the team’s top playmakers. The Morgantown native recorded a career-high nine assists against Morehead State, which was the ninth-most by a WVU freshman in a game, and ranks ninth in assists in the Big 12. “I can remember one play, she dove on the floor and saved the ball. We tipped it out and scored on the other end,” Carey said. “She makes those plays,

and that’s why she’s on the floor.” Early in the season, WVU is showing it will be hard for an opponent to rattle the team on its home court. The Mountaineers average 89.0 points at WVU Coliseum, while their opponents are held to an average of 51.3 points. The Mo u n t a i n e e r s hold a 2-0 all-time record against Fairleigh Dickinson. Their most recent win came last season, where Holmes led with 25 points and Lanay Montgomery had a then-career-high eight-rebound performance, which helped ig-

nite her dominant play from there on. Sunday’s tip-off will be at 4 p.m., and fans who bring a new, unwrapped toy to the game will receive a free ticket to a future game. WVU has only a handful of games before Big 12 conference play begins, so the remaining non-conference matchups down this stretch will serve as tuneup for what could be a dogfight to the end. “They think they can just show up,” Carey said. “We have a lot of work to do.” dasports@mail.wvu.edu

wrestling

WVU set to take on top foes at Cliff Keen Invitational BY JOEL NORMAN SPORTS WRITER @DAILYATHENAEUM

After a two-week hiatus, the West Virginia University wrestling team is back in action. The Mountaineers head to Las Vegas, Nevada today for the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational. West Virginia will be one of 40 schools participating in the Invitational. Head coach Sammie Henson acknowledged that the Mountaineers will be facing off against some of the best teams in the country. “At this Las Vegas Invitational you have a collective group of teams from different conferences that are really tough,” Henson said. “I’ve been to this tournament every year when I’ve coached and every year it’s pretty solid, but this year it seems like everyone is coming back. We have a lot of quality teams this year

that are going to challenge us.” That stiff competition includes No. 3 Ohio State, No. 6 Virginia Tech and No. 7 Oklahoma. West Virginia opened the season ranked No. 21 in the National Wrestling Coaches Association Poll. After sweeping the Mountaineer Quad, the Mountaineers moved up to No. 19, but two losses at the Northeast Duals dropped them to No. 24 in the latest poll. Henson made it clear that these rankings are not of any concern, but that West Virginia has “some work to do.” “I don’t worry about those rankings. For me it’s more about the NCAA Tournament. The rankings are just rankings until the end of the year,” Henson said. “The schedule we have (is difficult); Vegas is going to be real tough, Southern Scuffle isn’t going to be any easier, Lock

Haven between that. Our schedule is set up for us to be prepared for the end of the year.” Henson has a point. Each of the three previous events was against more than one opponent. While it provides the Mountaineers with a challenge, it can be exhausting. However, from Jan. 15 until the end of the season, West Virginia faces a single opponent in all but one of their 10 events. The early tests could prove fruitful in the long run. After three straight weekends of matches, the Mountaineers did not face any opponents on Thanksgiving weekend. Instead, they used that extra time to their advantage. “We turned up the intensity a lot this week. We were here all break and every single one of us was going hard,” said senior Bubba Scheffel. “Sammie had us working on a lot of things that we strug-

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WVU senior Bubba Scheffel defends a takedown at the Mountaineer Quad earlier this season. gle with, things that we do climb the rankings again. those losses and get better well, and where we want to “What we have to do is from them.” get better with.” just wrestle,” Henson said. WVU’s drive for consisScheffel stood out from “We’ve got to continue to tency begins Friday mornthe pack at the Joe Parisi believe and be consistent ing at 9 a.m., more than Open on Nov. 21 by cap- in what we do and have a 2,000 miles away from turing the 184-pound ti- short term memory. We’ll Morgantown. tle. West Virginia will need have some tough losses, similar efforts on Friday to but we’ll fight through dasports@mail.wvu.edu

Let’s get ready for class. Here’s what you need to do for spring semester.

4 STEPS TO GET READY FOR SPRING SEMESTER. 1. Check MIX for your account balance. 2. Double check any expected financial aid awards. 3. Have any questions or concerns? We’re here to help. Call us at (304) 293-4006 or email us at OSA@mail.wvu.edu. 4. Pay your account balance in full by December 18, 2015. Need a monthly payment plan? We can help with that! You can enroll through TuitionPay at https://tuitionpaymentplan.com/wvu. We want you to be ready when classes start in January. So if you have questions regarding your account balance, or need assistance in paying your balance, please call us at (304) 293-4006. You can also visit the Mountaineer Hub at Evansdale Crossing: your connection to the offices of Registrar, Financial Aid, Scholarships, Student Employment, and Student Accounts.

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Kansas State vs. West Virginia No. 12 Baylor vs. Texas No. 17 Houston vs. No. 20 Temple No. 2 Alabama vs. No. 18 Florida No. 7 Stanford vs. No. 24 USC No. 4 Iowa vs. No. 5 Michigan State No. 1 Clemson vs. No. 8 North Carolina San Diego State vs. Air Force Georgia Southern vs. Georgia State Western Kentucky vs. Southern Mississippi LAST WEEK SEASON RECORD

SWIMMING AND DIVING

Mountaineers get underway at Winter Nationals BY ROGER TURNER SPORTS WRITER @dAILYATHENAEUM

West Virginia University swimmers Nate Carr, Ross Glegg, Andrew Marsh and Jaimee Gillmore represented the Mountaineers during the first day of competition at the AT&T USA Swimming Winter Nationals, while three more Mountaineers are set to compete in events during the weekend. Junior men’s swimmer Nate Carr opened for the Mountaineers in the 200-meter individual medley, competing in heat seven of 10 during the Thursday morning prelims. Carr fin-

ished 32nd overall with a time of 2:05.74, which was a few seconds off his 2:03.83 qualifying time. Carr will lead the Mountaineers at Winter Nationals, competing in six events over the three-day meet. WVU short-distance swimmers Ross Glegg, Andrew Marsh and Jaimee Gillmore all competed in the 50-meter freestyle event to conclude the Mountaineers’ first day of preliminary round action. Gillmore represented the women’s team as the only swimmer to make the trip and touched the wall in a time of 26.74 to finish sixth in the first heat of the women’s event. Gillmore placed 67th overall,

and fell short of qualifying for the final in her only race of the weekend. Marsh placed sixth in his heat for the 50-meter with a time of 23.73. The senior from Bemus Point, New York finished 1.5 seconds behind Josh Schneider’s top time of 22.23. Glegg touched the wall in a time of 24.18 to tie for 94th overall and seventh in his heat. Marsh and Glegg will have a chance to reach the finals during the weekend, as the two are also set to compete on Friday and Saturday. Marsh will race four more times while Glegg will compete twice. Senior men’s swimmers Jay Hickey and Max Spencer will have a chance to earn

Olympic qualifying times with strong swims in Friday and Saturday’s events. WVU coach Vic Riggs anticipates the weekend events to prepare the swimmers for competition in the Olympic Trials, and also the NCAA Championships later in the year. “For Jaimee, Max, Jay, James and Ross, along with having to swim fast in prelims, this gives them another opportunity to earn an Olympic Trial qualifying time,” Riggs said. “For Andrew and Nate, it will be great for them having to swim fast in prelims to earn a second swim in the finals, which they will need to do at the Olympic Trials

and hopefully the NCAA Championships.” Carr will again dive into the pool first for the Mountaineers competing in the second day of events in Federal Way, Washington. Carr is set to swim in the 400 individual medley, 200 freestyle and 100 backstroke on Friday. Along with Carr, Marsh and Glegg will also compete in the 200 freestyle, which will be the final race of the weekend for Glegg. Marsh will swim in three events Friday, ending the second-day prelims in the men’s 100-meter backstroke along with Carr. Sophomore distance swimmer James Koval and senior Jay Hickey compete

Saturday in the final day of the AT&T USA Swimming Winter Nationals. Hickey and Carr will start the day off in the 200 backstroke, and Marsh and Glegg will follow up as competitors in the 100 freestyle. Max Spencer and Carr will swim in the 200 breaststroke prelim, and Koval will end the day competing in the 1,500 freestyle for his only event of the weekend. Prelims for Friday and Saturday’s events will commence at noon, while finals will be conducted at 9 p.m. at the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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Feds indict 16 more in probe of soccer corruption WASHINGTON (AP) — As members of FIFA’s executive committee prepared to vote on reforming soccer’s scandal-plagued governing body, Swiss government agents swept into a luxury hotel before dawn for a second wave of arrests on corruption charges in the wake of another sweeping indictment by U.S. prosecutors. Five current and former members of FIFA’s ruling executive committee were among 16 additional men charged with bribes and kickbacks in a 92-count indictment unsealed Thursday that took down an entire generation of soccer leaders in South America, a bedrock of FIFA and World Cup history. “The betrayal of trust set forth here is truly outrageous,” U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch said. “The scale of corruption alleged herein is unconscionable.” Led away by Swiss fed-

eral police at Zurich’s Baur au Lac hotel were Juan Angel Napout of Paraguay, president of the South American confederation (CONMEBOL), and Alfredo Hawit of Honduras, head of the North and Central American and Caribbean governing body (CONCACAF). The arrests - at the same hotel where initial raid occurred in May - came just before FIFA’s executive committee met to approve reform and transparency measures long resisted by soccer’s top leaders but ones that gained traction in the aftermath of the scandal. Rafael Callejas, Honduras’ president from 1990-94, was indicted, as was Hector Trujillo, a judge on Guatemala’s Constitutional Court. Also among those charged was Ricardo Teixeira, the president of Brazilian soccer from 1994-2012. Teixeira is a former son-in-law of

Joao Havelange, who was FIFA’s president from 1974-98. In addition, guilty pleas were unsealed for former CONCACAF President Jeffrey Webb and former executive committee member Luis Bedoya. The 236-page indictment was handed up by a grand jury in New York on Nov. 25. Eleven current and former members of FIFA’s executive committee have been charged in the investigation, which alleges hundreds of millions of dollars in illegal payments. The last three presidents of CONCACAF and CONMEBOL have been indicted. “The message from this announcement should be clear to every culpable individual who remains in the shadows, hoping to evade this ongoing investigation: You will not wait us out and you will not escape our focus,” Lynch said. Fourteen men were

charged in May, when four additional guilty pleas were unsealed, with prosecutors alleging bribes involving the media and marketing rights for the Copa America, the CONCACAF Gold Cup, World Cup qualifiers and other competitions. Eight more guilty pleas were unsealed Thursday, including three by men indicted in May: Webb, marketing executive Alejandro Burzaco and Jose Margulies, described by prosecutors as an intermediary. Webb, a Cayman Islands citizen who has been released on bail and is largely restricted to his home in Stone Mountain, Georgia, pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy, three counts of wire fraud conspiracy and three counts of money laundering conspiracy. He agreed to forfeit more than $6.7 million. One woman pleaded guilty. Zorana Danis, co-

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founder and owner of New Jersey-based International Soccer Marketing Inc., admitted to wire fraud conspiracy and filing false tax returns, and agreed to forfeit $2 million. FIFA President Sepp Blatter, elected May 29 to a fifth term running through 2019, said June 2 he would leave office when a successor is chosen. Blatter was provisionally suspended by FIFA on Oct. 8 for 90 days as part of a separate investigation into a $2 million payment in 2011 to European soccer head Michel Platini, who hoped to succeed him when FIFA’s 209 member nations vote Feb. 26. Blatter also is under Swiss criminal proceedings. Blatter and Platini face lifetime bans from soccer at ethics hearings expected this month. Lynch would not respond directly to Blatter’s allegation that the inquiry resulted from U.S. anger at

losing to Qatar when the executive committee chose the 2022 World Cup host. “I think he’s probably spending a lot of time reading through” the indictment, she said during a news conference. The indictments list a who’s who of soccer executives. “We still have a number of avenues under investigation,” Lynch said. Among those charged were Marco Polo del Nero, a Brazilian who served on the executive committee from 2012 until last week; Rafael Salguero, a Guatemalan who left the executive committee in May; former South American confederation secretary general Eduardo Deluca; former Peru soccer federation president Manuel Burga; and current Bolivian soccer president Carlos Chaves, already jailed in his own country for embezzlement.

Air conditioning for athletes’ village hit hard by Rio 2016 budget cuts RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The 10,500 athletes at next year’s Olympics will feel first-hand the deep budget cuts buffeting the Rio de Janeiro Games: they won’t have air conditioning in their bedrooms unless someone pays for it. Charging for air conditioning is part of what games organizers call finding “fat” and cutting it. Mario Andrada, spokesman for the Rio Games, said in an interview that organizers have found up to 2 billion reals ($520 million) that needed to be cut as part of balancing the operating budget of 7.4 billion reals ($1.9 billion). Asked specifically about the need for AC in the bedrooms, Andrada replied: “We don’t think it’s going to be critical (to have air conditioning) there.” Though the games take place in the South American winter - Aug. 5-21, 2016 - it could still be hot. This year on Aug. 19 the temperature soared to 35.4 degrees C (95.7 degrees F). Andrada said national federations might pay for some athletes, though it’s unclear if poorer federations could handle the added costs. Rio Olympic organizers are being hit by a deep recession, a steep fall in the value of the local currency against the dollar, and 10 percent inflation. There is also a spreading corruption scandal involving state-run oil giant Petrobras that has been part of triggering impeachment proceedings against Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff. This wasn’t the mood in 2009 when Rio won the bid, setting off wild celebrations on Copacabana beach. “We are discussing with our partners, especially the IOC, what kind of levels of service we can reduce,” Andrada said. Rio officials say most of the cuts involve “behind-the-scenes” facilities, unseen on television or by ticket-paying customers. This could involve organizers buying cheaper products and services, reducing signage, or using more temporary structures. “It (cutting) hasn’t been painful so far,” Andrada said. “It will be painful from now on because we need to finish the process.” The games were to have 5,000 employees when they open in eight months. That’s been scaled back by 500. “Some of them are going to be unhappy,” Andrada said. “That’s normal.” The cuts will be welcomed by those asking why Brazil, with poor schools, under-funded hospitals and high taxes, has spent more than $20 billion to organize last year’s World Cup and the Olympics. The image of thrift suits International Olym-

pic Committee President Thomas Bach, who has tried to change a perception the games are too expensive and benefit only a few. In a reply to an email, the IOC congratulated organizers “for working toward a balanced budget.” The IOC contributes about $1.5 billion to the operating budget. Fernando Meirelles, the famous Brazilian filmmaker of “City of God” who is working on the opening ceremony, accepts the austerity. “A country that doesn’t have basic sanitation can’t spend the fortune that was spent in London or Beijing,” he said. Andrada said the cuts would not affect the sports themselves. “As long as we don’t compromise the games, the quality of the competitions, the experience of the public - then we have to look for efficiencies,” he said. The operating budget is for running the games themselves with income from the IOC, marketing, tickets sales and local sponsorship sales. A separate capital budget of about 39 billion reals ($10 billion), a mix of public and private money, is being used to build sports venues, roads and other facilities needed to stage the games. Andrada said a $700 million “contingency fund” backed by the federal government in the original bid document could still be used as a bailout. The IOC requires host countries to make up for any budget shortfalls. “We haven’t been told that they (government) won’t put up the money,” Andrada said. “The $700 million is a commitment the government made in the contract, so it’s for the government to decide.” Unrelated to budget cuts, Andrada said organizers had yet to sign a contract with a private energy company to supply electricity for the games, meaning that power may come only from temporary generators. “We do have a concrete plan,” Andrada said. “The plan is being executed but we haven’t got the final solution for the problem.” Andrada termed using only generators the “B Plan” and said the responsibility to provide energy belonged to the national government. The IOC said “we expect the Brazilian organizers to deliver” on energy provision. Andrada acknowledged delays were tied to Brazil’s bureaucracy, particularly with the politics and corruption scandals upstaging the Olympics. “This is a problem that should have been fixed a while ago,” he said. “We will have energy. Don’t get scared.”