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The Year in Review: A look back at the most important events from 2016

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Most Influential Mountaineers, p. 8

Year in Review

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2016

January

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2016, according to most people, sucked.

In Hollywood, we lost Prince, David Bowie, Alan Rickman and Leonard Cohen (to name just a few of the greats).

Internationally as cyber hacking scandals and classified data dumps like the Panama Papers and WikiLeaks dominated our headlines, citizens lost unprecedented faith in their leaders. And when fake news began taking over our news feeds, we all lost the definition of truth and fact.

Americans witnessed what has been dubbed the weirdest, most outrageous political campaign in recent history, as we elected Donald Trump as president—the first person to hold executive office without any prior political experience.

Our differences abounded following these results, as in our own city protesters marched with the mantra “No Trump. No KKK. No fas-

cist USA,” and were met with death threats on social media and derogatory slurs on North High Street.

In June, Southern West Virginia was devastated by mass flooding, and the infrastructure in these areas has yet to recover. But, in the wake of tragedy, Mountaineers from across the state banded together to support those who lost the most. This in itself is what it means to be a Mountaineer.

While things have seemed a bit bleak this year, we have a lot to be proud of on our campus.

The inaugural LGBTQ+ Center opened, providing a place of support for all Mountaineers, no matter their sexual orientation.

WVU was recognized nationally for its research initiatives by receiving an R1 Research Institution classification by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.

Cover graphic by Joel Whetzel.

The Pride of West Virginia Mountaineer Marching Band represented the Old Gold and Blue to the nation in New York on Thanksgiving Day in the Macy’s Day Parade.

These are just a few examples of the things Mountaineers were doing every single day of this year that competes with the “2016 sucks” rhetoric we’ve been hearing everywhere.

2016 was a long, difficult year, but remember to pay respects to the good things as we try to move on from the bad. Help each other, support one another, and remember what is possible if we are all willing to come together.

- Caity Coyne, Editor-in-Chief

Jan. 2 - WVU outguns ASU at Cactus Bowl There were records – many, in fact – as Skyler Howard led the Mountaineers offense in a thrilling 43-42 victory over Arizona State in the Cactus Bowl. Howard set a Bowl record for passing yards (532) alongside five touchdowns en route to being named MVP. David Sills, now playing at El Camino College in Southern California, caught the game-winning score with 2:19 remaining. The victory sealed WVU’s first 8-win season since joining the Big 12 in 2012.

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Jan. 12- WVU beats No. 1 Kansas There was snow, more traffic than usual that stalled players and the Kansas basketball team, and eventually a 74-63 victory over the No. 1 Jayhawks at the Coliseum. Jaysean Paige scored 26 points, also ending the evening with a dunk before the students stormed the court. It marked WVU’s first win over a No. 1 team since Feb. 27, 1983, when the Mountaineers defeated UNLV. Kansas has now lost three straight meetings in Morgantown.

Jan. 5- Morgantown threatens Arboretum The Morgantown Monongalia Metropolitan Planning Organization’s 2040 Long Range Plan threatened WVU’s Core Arboretum. The organization’s plan was to make I-79 access easier by placing a bridge across the Monongahela River next to the Arboretum. The Arboretum is used by many professors and students as an academic resource.

Many WVU professors, students and Morgantown community members expressed concern over the possible bridge threatening the state of the Arboretum. Narvel Weese, WVU Vice President of Administration and Finance wrote a letter to the executive director of MPO expressing his concern over the looming plans for the bridge. “The Arboretum is an extremely valuable asset to

West Virginia University, as are our other academic laboratory facilities,” Weese wrote.

“In fact, the Core Arboretum is one of the University’s oldest and most recognized academic assets… (It) represents more than a century of growth of trees and plants, many of which are only found in our Arboretum.”

Richard Davis, chair of the WVU Biology department wrote “The Biology Department feels a great responsibility for the Core Arboretum. How many towns can boast about having an old growth forest inside their city limits? We love the arboretum. And I truly think our leadership at WVU also supports and uses the arboretum,” in a post on the Core Arboretum’s Facebook page on Dec. 23, 2015. Comments on the proposed bridge and its threat to the arboretum were received until the Jan. 5, 2016 MPO public meeting.

Jan. 22-24- Winter Storm Jonas Winter Storm Jonas caused the University to close for three days, Jan. 22-24, with snowfall of 20 inches in Morgantown. Only essential operations, like libraries, residence halls and dining services, remained open. On Spruce Street, students build a ski ramp and gathered to sleigh, ski and snowboard down the steep street. Students also set a couch on fire, causing Morgantown Fire Department and Police Department to have to make it to the scene in the heavy snow. Students also played in the snow on the hill located behind Woodburn Hall.

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February Feb. 1- WVU becomes R1 research-activity school

In the wake of WVU researchers revealing the 2015 Volkswagen emission scandal, the University became an R1 research-activity school in February of 2016. R1 research institutes have the highest research activity.

Schools are chosen every five years by Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. Other schools that reside within an R1 classification are Yale, John Hopkins, Princeton, Brown and Harvard. 15 other schools gained R1 accreditation in 2016. This classification was based on 2013-14 statistics on research and development spending and research staff. “I think another important thing about being an R1 University that is kind of

unique to West Virginia University is the fact that the researchers who are engaged in this high level of research are also the faculty who teach undergraduates in the classroom. That means that the result of research gets retranslated back into the classroom, so undergraduate students in various disciplines are learning what is occurring at the forefront of their discipline,” said Fred L. King, WVU vice president of research in a previous interview with The Daily Athenaeum. University E. Gordon Gee said, ““Our researchers are working to reinvent the state’s economy. They are ensuring that 1.8 million West Virginians have great health care,” Gee said. “They are creating opportunities for our people (to) thrive, not merely survive. They are tackling the problems facing West Virginia and applying their knowledge to solve them.”

Feb. 2- Dub Gee Day The WVU Student Government Association officially proclaimed Feb. 2 as “Dub Gee Day.” The day was celebrated in honor of WVU President E. Gordon Gee’s birthday with cake and selfies tagged “#DubGeeDay.” “He has shown that we mean a lot to him, and we want to do something to show that he means a lot to us as well,” said Student Body President George Capel when the decision was made.

“So this is kind of our idea of saying thanks and happy birthday.”

March

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March 1- Premier Foods Inc. contract WVU signed a contract with U.S. foods through its membership with Premier Foods Inc. The contract went into effect on March 1. U.S. Foods provides 80 percent of the food to WVU campus, excluding food courts. The deal impacted many students, as all students living in WVU residence halls are required to have a dining plan. The deal made food delivery more efficient. Previous to its partnership with U.S. Foods, the University partnered with 5-6 different food providers including Cisco, Belco, Rhinehart, U.S. Foods and Gordon, with U.S. Foods providing 50 percent of the products to WVU. University Dining Services, which runs without state funding, saved 6 to 10 percent on commodities through the shift in food suppliers. Food costs rise 3.1 to 3.5 percent annually. David Friend, director of WVU Dining Services said the deal did not sacrifice food quality, but rather created better value for students, in a previous interview with The Daily Athenaeum.“I’m really excited about it; (U.S. Foods) is the only major broad line distributor in West Virginia,” Friend said. “I’m happy that we have a locally based company.

I think it’s a very sustainable model.” Friend also said he thought the transition between food suppliers would be seamless, with students not being able to notice a change in any food product.

March 10-11- WVU Men’s Basetball advances to Big 12 championship Buddy Hield’s halfcourt shot was ruled to have left his hands after the shot clock hit zero, handing the Mountaineers a 69-67 win. It marked the program’s first appearance in the Big 12 championship before falling to Kansas the following day. Hield, a Wooden Award winner, was shutdown much of the night by the WVU defense, finishing with just 6 points on 1-of-8 shooting.

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April

March 11-12- WVU Rifle wins fourth straight national title After winning its 17th NCAA Championship in 2015, the West Virginia University rifle team set its collective aim high for the upcoming season, hoping to win a fourth consecutive title.

Going into the NCAA Championships in March, their goal looked achievable, and when they arrived in Akron, the Mountaineers delivered.

Competing against the nation’s best teams, the Mountaineers finished the smallbore competition with a score of 2338 to take a commanding lead going into the air rifle competition the next day.

2015-16 WVU Student Body President George Capel was arrested on March 17 on charges of public intoxication and trespassing. Capel told arresting officers that he was looking for a missing cell phone in a Cornell Avenue residence. He was released in Morgantown municipal court on a bond of $200. The SGA Board of Governors decided not to impeach Capel in an executive session four days before Capel’s term ended. It is illegal for a public body to make a decision in executive session according to WV State Code.

Members of the BOG would not comment on why they decided not to impeach Capel. “I think that’s up to the discretion of the board,” Capel said, on the night of the meeting, of why no member of SGA would tell The Daily Athenaeum why the decision was reached. “I told them tonight the decision was entirely up to them, it was totally in their power to do whatever they saw fit. It’s within their discretion to disclose any of that information as well.” The Daily Athenaeum attempted to retrieve minutes from the executive session through the Freedom of Information Act. The request was denied on the basis that SGA was not a public body.

April 5- WGST Time Capsule The Center for Women and Gender Studies unearthed a time capsule on April 5, and celebrated 125 years of women’s education and contribution at the University. The capsule was buried in 1991, 25 years ago, a century after Harriet Eliza Lyon became the first female graduate at WVU and won the honor of valedictorian. The capsule was reburied in November of this year, where it will remain until 2041.

Once the Mountaineers took the lead, there was no looking back. Completing the air rifle competition with a score of 2365, the Jon Hammond-led squad took home their 18th national title in school history.

Freshman phenom Ginny Thrasher led the way, sweeping both of the individual national titles, shooting a 461.5 in the smallbore competition and following it up with a 593 in air rifle.

Thrasher joined Petra Zublasing (who achieved the same feat in 2013) as the only two shooters in Mountaineer history to sweep the NCAA Championships.

She was followed by senior teammates Garrett Spurgeon, Meelis Kiisk, Patrick Sunderman, and Michael Bamsay, all of them finishing in the top-12 with scores of 590 or higher in air rifle.

March 17- Student body President Capel arrested

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April 14- Holmes to WNBA draft; Men’s basketball ears No. 6 seed in NCAA tourney Holmes selected in WNBA Draft; WVU earns No. 6 seed Earlier this year, one of West Virginia University’s premier athletes said goodbye to the program that helped her grow through the last four years, doing so in historic fashion.

The Atlanta Dream selected Bria Holmes in the first round of the WNBA draft. Holmes currently sits in third place in program history with 2,001 points and was the first Mountaineer to record 500 or more points

in three consecutive seasons.

Holmes’ selection marks the highest that a Mountaineer was selected in the WNBA Draft and is the fifth player head coach Mike Carey had selected to the pros.

Prior to Holmes’ selection, the Mountaineers had a successful season. West Virginia was selected to finish at the bottom half of the standings; however when it came time for tournament play, the Mountaineers sat in third place in the Big 12.

West Virginia began tournament play as the No. 6 seed in its region and opened up with a nine-point win over Princeton. However, in the second round, the Mountaineers had to face a high-scoring Ohio State team. West Virginia would ultimately fall to the Buckeyes, 88-81, eliminating them from their return to the NCAA Tournament.

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April 28- Mountaineers in the NFL Draft NFL Draft (Football) WVU earned a first round selection in the NFL Draft for the fourth time in five years as safety Karl Joseph was taken No. 14 overall by the Oakland Raiders. Joseph, who suffered a season-ending knee injury after four games into his senior year, is now starting for the Raiders as the team is 9-2 while securing its first winning season since 2012. West Virginia is the only program in college football to have players picked in the top 15 of the first round in four of the last five seasons.

Other Mountaineers Drafted: Cornerback Daryl Worley (Carolina Panthers, 3rd Round, No. 77 overall); Linebacker Nick Kwiatkoski (Chicago Bears, 4th round, No. 113 overall); Running back Wendell Smallwood (Philadelphia Eagles, 5th round, No. 153 overall); Safety KJ Dillon (Houston Texans, 5th round, No. 159 overall)

May

May 25-29- Baseball plays in Big 12 championship WVU Baseball makes history, plays in Big 12 championship In 2016, the WVU baseball team made program history.

After finishing the regular season in fourth place, the Mountaineers began their run in the Big 12 Tournament in Oklahoma City.

In the back-to-back format, West Virginia shutout Oklahoma in its first game and then edged Texas Tech in game two. The Mountaineer victory over Texas Tech promptly sent WVU to the semifinals of the tournament.

The Mountaineers next task was a rematch with the Oklahoma Sooners, who won the regular-season series. Kyle Davis’ 3-4 performance at

June

June 23- West Virginia Floods Flooding occurred in West Virginia on June 23 2016, taking 24 lives and leaving countless people injured and damaging or destroying 1,200 homes. 44 out of 55 counties in the state declared states of emergencies. According to The Weather Channel, the floods were the third deadliest flooding event on record for the state. WVU alumnus Ken Kendrick created a $500,000 match challenge, which raised more than $1 million in WVU flood relief funds. WVU’s Dollars for Disaster program collected money through various organizations, including United Way and American Red Cross and gave students and employees the opportunity to volunteer in affected areas.

WVU Medicine supplied 300 tetanus shots and the plate, adding a home-run in the fourth inning that cushioned the West Virginia lead; the Mountaineers advanced to their first Big 12 title game in the program’s existence.

Davis also set a program record in the Big 12 Tournament in RBI’s and hits.

The first seed of the tournament, Texas Tech, was eliminated. As was second-seeded Oklahoma State; the Mountaineers would end up playing TCU in the championship game, the school that head coach Randy Mazey’s left to coach the Mountaineers.

After being down 8-0 early on, the Mountaineers fought to take the lead in the bottom of the fifth. However, TCU would send the game into extra innings and take the championship with it.

The Mountaineers lost 11-10, but put on one of the strongest performances a team has had in tournament play, losing one game.

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July

40 medical professionals to those needing assistance. Celebrities and WV natives Brad Paisley and Jennifer Garner raised money for the state through GoFundMe and “West Virginia Strong” t-shirt sales, respectively, raising millions. The floods caused the University to extend tuition deadline to late July and offer students affected by flooding assistance. Many WVU students took place in flood recovery by collecting and delivering supplies to affected areas, notably those in WVU Student Government Association. The southern region The floods cued former Governor Earl Ray Tomblin to create RISE West Virginia, a private-public grant program which assists small businesses in affected areas to reopen.

Citizens were also able to receive government assistance from organizations like the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Jul. 19- Uber arrives in Morgantown Uber came to Morgantown on July 19. The rideshare application allows community members to drive their own vehicles and give rides to others on their own hours for a rate. It brought jobs to the community and provided WVU students and community members with alternates to taxis. Drivers and riders give one another a rating based on a five-star system.

Morgantown’s two taxi companies-- Yellow Cab and Motown Taxi were also provided with competition.

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August August- Tuition increases. Again.

WVU students saw a 4.5 percent rise in in-state tuition for the 2016-2017 year. The University has seen continuing rises since 2000. Undergraduate tuition has increased 260 percent or $251 million from 2000-2014. Resident tuition is $3,996 per semester, and $11,244 for out-of-state students. In the 2015-16 tuition cost $3,816 for state residents and $10,716 for non-residents. WVU experts have related tuition raises to recent state budget cuts. “Particularly with the state appropriation dropping, we don’t see anyway we could keep things going, to provide high quality education to students unless we do some sort of tuition increase,” said Russ Dean, WVU vice Provost in a previous interview with The Daily Athenaeum.

Aug. 16- FallFest moves to Evansdale A beloved tradition at WVU, the school welcomed its students back with FallFest, a free concert that hosts popular and upcoming musicians of various genres. This annual event was brought to campus in 1995, but experienced a large change for the 2016 school year.

Rather than being hosted in its typical location on the green turf behind the Mountainlair, FallFest was moved

August 31- WVU named No. 2 party school WVU lives up to its reputation being ranked No. 2 in the top ten party schools in the nation for 2017, by the Princeton Review.

Rated below the University of Madison-Wisconsin, WVU has come in first on the list in 2008 and 2013. WVU has been placed in the top 10 for Best Party School for the past five years.

“It’s not good for our reputation from an educational stand point,” Violetta Caruthers, a grad student at WVU, said. “but also it probably gets more kids here and once they’re here they see what we’re truly all about.”

The Princeton Review is a college service website that helps pairs students with schools

to their tastes. They calculate the schools by sending out surveys to students.

In the surveys, it asks questions about academics, college life on campus, other students lifestyles and themselves. Students fill out the survey by selecting on of the five answers across a scale, from there the website ranks the school’s bases on a metric comparing the students.

John Bolt, director of University Relations, said in a previous interview that he was not surprised, nor concerned by the rankings.

“What Dr. (Gordon)Gee has said, ‘We work hard, (and) we play hard, but smart.’ We are doing that,” Bolt said. “This is a place where you can be a complete person and not get so wrapped up into one side of yourself.”

to the parking lot of the College of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences (CPASS) on the Evansdale campus.

April Kaull, Assistant Director at University Relations/News, explained the change.

“If there are any questions about safety, we wanted to make sure we addressed that,” Kaull said in regards to the Mountaineer Plaza being reportedly not stable enough to hold the large crowd.

“Frankly because of the access to the PRT and the buses and a lot of the resident halls and the venues themselves being large, we

really think this is a good setup.” Kaull added.

Performances included FallFest returning rapper Mac Miller, electronic duo Flosstradamus and the indie rock group Cold War Kids.

During the show, a large storm rolled over Morgantown, forcing administration to evacuate students from the venue directly after Flosstradamus’ performance. Students took shelter in the Student Recreation Center, where they waited patiently for an hour before they returned for the final performance by Mac Miller.

September Sept. 2- Mylan spikes EpiPen prices Mylan paid a $465 million settlement to the Department of Justice over allegations of overcharging Medicaid for its allergy shot EpiPen. Heather Bresch, Mylan’s CEO, refused to testify in front of Congress for Mylan but recently showed up at the 2016 Forbes Hardware Summit just one day later. Bresch does not shy away from the fallout Mylan has caused, stating “We absolutely raised the price and take full responsibility for that.” Mylan’s defense for its pricing remains that the company made significant improvements to the product.

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Most Influential Mountaineers At the end of every year, The Daily Athenaeum Editorial Board collaborates on this list to honor those in our community who embody the Mountaineer spirit.

The process involves a simple conversation based on a not so simple question; who have we seen make a difference in our lives here, at WVU? The answer, like the question, is never simple.

There will always be the obvious responses, no matter the year—University president, deans of colleges and popular professors.

With a little time though, we get to the less obvious. These are the people who may not al-

ready dominate our conversations on campus, but probably should. This is where we find individuals who truly shine. They are individuals who show us what it truly means to “go first,” because they do just that.

Whether it be giving it all at Dick Dlesk Stadium, providing a welcoming atmosphere for Mountaineers of all sexual orientations, winning gold in Rio, advocating for marginalized students, educating tirelessly on equal opportunities and sexual assault prevention or restructuring the student legislature to more aptly represent its students, these are all individuals who make us proud to be Mountaineers.

1. Nikki Izzo-Brown

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Head Coach, WVU Women’s Soccer

2. Julie Merow Student Body President After serving as Vice Chair of the SGA Board of Governors for the 2015-16 school year, Julie Merow was elected as Student Body President in March.

Her first action in office?

Restructure the entire way SGA functions on WVU’s campus. This started with constitutional amendments passed in her first meeting as president, which transformed the “board of gover-

nors” to a “student senate,” and added an entirely new legislative branch to the organization made up of student representatives from nine of WVU’s colleges.

“I just always thought it was a little crazy to have 15 people represent 30,000 students,” Merow said.

Student representative elections were held in October, and while not every position was filled, it was

still a hard-worked attempt to get more students involved in SGA, an organization plagued by student apathy in the past year. This also expanded the narrative in WVU student government, as more students advocating for the specific needs of certain groups means (potentially) a more personalized and efficient governing body.

In her first month of office Merow, the first female student body president at WVU in 18 years, utilized her administration to arguably accomplish more in WVU student government than the last few administrations accomplished in their whole, complete terms.

“I think it’s important to show people that it’s possible to change things in the system if you don’t like how everything works,” Merow said. “It’s not that hard to change the system if you’re willing to put in the work necessary to do so.”

Twenty-one years ago, Nikki Izzo-Brown took over a new WVU program with big plans for the future. Twenty-one years later in 2016, she led that program to its best season in school history and a runner-up finish in the College Cup. She has guided the team to success in both the Big East and Big 12 Conferences, building the WVU women’s soccer program up into a perennial national powerhouse.

To date, Izzo-Brown’s Mountaineer squads have made 17 consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances, the seventh-longest active streak in the country.

3. Cris Mayo Director, WVU LGBTQ+ Center Cris Mayo is a scholar brought into WVU to be the director of the WVU LGBTQ Center taking on its many roles and responsibilities. It is for the opening of this center after 25 years as well as its continued impact on campus that Cris Mayo is considered one of the most influential people on campus.

Mayo’s center acts as a collection of the LGBTQ related resources on campus, but also much more. It acts as a refuge for students seeking advice and a place for incredibly important, and often difficult, dialogue that is

This year, she has led the Mountaineers to a number of program records, including most wins (23) and most clean sheets (18). WVU also captured both the Big 12 regular season and tournament championships, and had three players named as All-Americans.

Izzo-Brown is known as the mother of the program, with all 309 of the program’s wins coming under her tutelage.

With Izzo-Brown at the helm, the WVU women’s soccer program will be a force to be reckoned with for years to come.

necessary for societal change to happen.

Mayo also handles outreach programs for West Virginia middle and high schools relating to bullying and harassment. This is something the center will emphasize in the spring.

The center held one of its most important events so far just after an election that terrified millions, Friendsgiving.

Friendsgiving acted as a mediary for the WVU community to come together, eat and show their continued support for the LGBTQ community and our overall community as ONE WVU in a pivotal time to do so.

It is for this continued effort to improve campus and the state of West Virginia that Cris Mayo undoubtedly earns her spot on this list.

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5. Mariana Matthews Senior Title IX Education Specialist, Peer Advocate Director Mariana Matthews is the Senior Title IX Education Specialist and Director of the Peer Advocate program at WVU. She is a New Orleans native and WVU alumna in 2011 and 2013. Matthews beJihad D. Dixon expresses his feelings on the accessibility of student life informa- gan working at the University tion at the Student Government Association debate in March. in 2014.

She said her inspiration

4. Jihad D. Dixon Student Government Association Senator

Senior political science student Jihad D. Dixon was elected this year to the Student Government Association with a platform of “making WVU students’ voices heard.”

The Charleston native is the former president of the WVU chapter of the NAACP, a residential assistant, a Student Diversity Ambassador for the WVU Division of Diversity, Equality and Inclusion and a Peer Empowerment Leader for the WVU Successful MALE Initiative.

“I always say I found my ‘blackness’ my freshman year and I was able to realize my worth as a black man, but also to educate the struggles that people of color go through and also empower people, not just because they are people of color,” Dixon said. “I love mentoring anybody who walks my way because it’s really about empowerment and making sure that our community is together.”

Dixon actively speaks out on social justice and civil rights issues.

The 2016 Presidential Election sparked controversy and protests around the nation, as well as some at WVU. In response, SGA sponsored a “Unity Circle” where several hundred students, faculty, staff and com-

munity members gathered to peacefully promote unity and safety among all members of the WVU community.

“We are here to ensure that from this moment, and continuously, a person of color, a person of Latinx descent, a woman, a member of the LGBT community, a person with disabilities, a person of the Muslim religion, any person that has been negatively impacted in any way by the current climate of our nation knows a place to go on campus to feel comfortable, to feel safe and to be one in this Mountaineer family,” Dixon said at the event.

This year, Dixon has also participated in a panel discussing how to lead by example regarding diversity and inclusion, was presented with the Outstanding Service and Commitment Award at the NAACP Image Awards, and received the Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholarship Award at the 26th Annual MLK Unity Breakfast.

“Diversity is just different mindsets in the same place and not really anything else, but inclusivity is the action put into diversity,” Dixon said. “We can say we are a diverse community, but we are not as inclusive as we say we are.”

for her work came from misconceptions about rape and sexual assault she experienced in college.

“My passion is to make sure that students and employees know their rights by federal law,” Matthews said. “But also, what the institution has been doing to change the culture (of rape

and sexual assault).”

Matthews said her most significant accomplishment of 2016 was working with individual students in WVU’s Peer Advocate program.

“We have done almost 240 Title IX trainings to date, that’s a lot of education that we’ve done on Title IX and resources,” Matthews said.

“To me the most important thing is the amount of students or employees that have come to get help from the services, or working with

our Title IX advocates.”

Matthews said the response from advocates on the impact of the program was special to her.

“I hope that we as a WVU campus and a WVU family is that we continue to grow together and respect different ideas and different approaches on what we think is right,” Matthews said. “I strive to see (WVU as) a place for people to come to where they feel welcome, they feel like a family.”

6. WVU Olympians Kadeisha Buchanan, Ashley Lawrence, Ginny Thrasher Kadeisha Buchanan Senior defender Kadeisha Buchanan will likely go down in WVU women’s soccer lore as the most decorated player to ever come through the program.

This season Buchanan helped lead the Mountaineers to the No. 1 ranking, a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament and a spot in the College Cup. The four-time reigning Big 12 Conference Defensive Player of the Year was recently named a semifinalist for the Missouri Athletic Club (MAC) Hermann Trophy Award, which is regarded as the Heisman Trophy of women’s soccer. Also, Buchanan was named the National Player of the Year for 2016 by espnW. But what sets Buchanan apart is her success on the international level. Playing for her native Canada, she was named the Best Young Player at the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup. She also helped lead the Canadian national team to a Bronze Medal at this past summer’s 2016 Olympics in Rio.

Ashley Lawrence A native of Canada, like fellow teammate Buchanan, senior midfielder Ashley Lawrence will leave WVU as one of the most prolific and versatile soccer players to have ever dawned the Mountaineer uniform.

This season, the box-to-box midfielder leads the team with 10 assists, adding four goals as well, including the game-winning goal in overtime against TCU in the Big 12 Championship match.

Like her teammate, Lawrence was also named a semifinalist for the MAC Hermann Trophy Award.

Despite her primary position as a midfielder, Lawrence has shown the ability to play anywhere on the pitch. During the 2016 Olympics in Rio, when she and Buchanan won the Bronze Medal, Lawrence actually played in defense as a full back.

At times this season, when the Mountaineers were dealing with injuries, she slotted into the defense then as well.

In addition to her team’s triumph in Rio, Lawrence was also a starter for Canada’s 2015 World Cup squad.

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Kadeisha Buchanan, Ashley Lawrence and Ginny Thrasher are honored at the football home opener for their Olympic performances.

Ginny Thrasher Before attending West Virginia University in the fall of 2015, Ginny Thrasher was a little-known junior shooter from Springfield, VA on the verge of breaking through.

After taking home the gold medal for 10m air rifle in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio, the glass ceiling had been shattered.

Beginning her freshman season by not being on the travel team, the sophomore engineering student quickly found herself in the lineup through her tireless work and dedication to the sport.

Poised and ready, Thrasher entered the NCAA Championships in March, and after winning the smallbore competition the day before, Thrasher be-

came only the second Mountaineer ever to sweep both of the individual competitions at the NCAA Championships.

In addition to sweeping the individual contests, Thrasher, with her four senior teammates, breezed through the team competitions on their way to WVU’s 18th overall and fourth consecutive national title.

After a stellar freshman season, Thrasher took on an even bigger stage over the summer when she travelled to Rio de Janiero, Brazil to take on the best shooters in the world.

After shooting a perfect score in the first portion of the final round, Thrasher held off Du Li and Yi Siling to take home the gold medal in the women’s 10m air rifle competition.

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Sept. 9- Men’s Soccer wins 100 Despite missing out on the Mid-American Conference Tournament and NCAA Tournament, the West Virginia University men’s soccer team had plenty of exciting moments from its 2016 season.

Perhaps the finest moment came in dramatic fashion on Sept. 9. Sitting at 99 wins, head coach Marlon LeBlanc was not thinking about setting records, he just wanted his team to score a goal.

The Mountaineers were battling East Tennessee State and neither team scored a goal in regulation. The game seemed destined for a second overtime, but West Virginia got a free kick deep in Buccaneers territory.

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October

Midfielder Joey Piatzcyc found defenseman Steven James in the box, but James could not land his header on net. Instead, the ball popped up in the air and midfielder Logan Lucas one-timed the ball into the goal for his first collegiate goal and LeBlanc’s 100 career victory as West Virginia’s head coach.

“If I’m being totally honest, if (sports information director Charles Healy) didn’t put it in the article, I wouldn’t have known,” LeBlanc said. “I thought the 100th came last year against Penn State.”

That 100th win that LeBlanc referenced was as a head coach overall. LeBlanc spent the end of the 2002 season as Penn State’s head coach and went 4-3 in that time. As the Mountaineers’ head coach, LeBlanc is 105-78-28 in 11 seasons.

Sept. 28- Statue Garden opens The WVU Art Museum opened last August, and on Sept. 28 this year officially opened an outdoor extension, the 2.5-acre Joginder Nath Sculpture Garden.

WVU students played a part in the development by studying the area for landscape architecture and design projects to decide on the best use.

In the Fall 2016 semester, the garden has featured work from Americans Odell Prather and Wayne Trapp, Zimbabwe-based artists

Sept. 21- LGBTQ+ Center opens

The LGBTQ center had its grand opening in 2016 after being in progress for 25 years. Since, the center has been a united front for LGBTQ resources on campus as well as a great new resource for discussion and progress. It’s outreach also makes its way to West Virginia highschools and middle schools, speaking to students about bullying. The center is the midpoint between the University’s great policies and the students, faculty, and staff following through on these policies in a way that benefits and educates all.

Laxon Karisi, Bernard Matemara and Brighton Sango as well as a commision by Chinese sculptor He Zhenhai who works in the historic ceramics-industry city Jingdezhen where many WVU pottery students travel to learn master techniques.

The museum itself grew this year too, opening an exhibit by WV printmaker Grace Martin Taylor, another on self-taught Appalachian artists, continuing their popular Lunchtime Looks series which started in December of 2015 and also kicking off a fund for local primary schools to bring students on field trips to the museum.

One of the most important events so far?

The center’s Director Cris Mayo said, “Friendsgiving, coming so close after the election where LGBTQ people were worried that they were going to lose their rights. That was a moment for people to come together and share food, and it was really lovely. We had about 100 people down here and it was a lovely combination of allies who wanted to come out and say ‘look, no matter which way I voted I want you to know that I care for you and my community.’

Those things have been really important.”

Oct. 1- WVU (finally) beats K-State After trailing 16-3, the Mountaineers rallied to defeat Bill Snyder and Kansas State for the first time as Big 12 members. Skyler Howard rolled right, connecting with Jovon Durante for the go-ahead touchdown before Kansas State kicker Matthew McCrane missed a game-winning field goal on the next possession.

Oct. 4- Schafer steps down On Oct. 4, WVU Vice President of Student Life Bill Schafer announced he would step down, effective Jan. 2, 2017, and WVU President Gordon Gee announced Associate VP and Dean of Students Corey Farris would take over his responsibilities.

Schafer joined WVU’s administration in March 2015.

His work was focused on on restructuring Student Life.

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

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

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

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November

Nov. 9 The end of the 2016 Presidential Election, and the election of Donald Trump, sparked protests across the nation.

A group of more than 30 protesters gathered and lead a march from South High Street to Sunnyside. Aly Turner, a student from Maryland, organized the protest because she wanted to “start affirming humanity in the town.”

Oct 28 - Nov. 6 WVU hosted its annual Mountaineer Week Oct. 28 - Nov. 6, during which the university celebrated 69 years of Appalachian heritage.

After nearly two months of competing, Izzie Keim, a junior from Wheeling, was named the 2016 Mountaineer Idol. Out of the 50 students that auditioned and the top 15 that went on to perform, Keim took home the $1,000 prize and

Nov. 7 Director of Greek Life Roy Baker resigned Nov. 7 sparking a celebration by Greek students on Twitter. Corey Farris, Dean of Students, told The Daily Athenaeum that Baker did not state his reasoning for stepping down. However, it was revealed in an anonymous email sent to The Daily Athenaeum on Nov. 30 that Bak-

Following the protests, the University created an event to promote “unity against hate.” The event was a public forum for students to share stories of hate, but also stories of love, ideas and messages of hope.

“More than anything, I was surprised that Trump was elected,” said Rachel Brown, a freshmen marketing student. “The media really made it out to be that it would be a really big victory for Clinton. He could be a good president, I hope.”

an EP recording contract with the university’s recording studio, Mon Hills Records.

The 53rd annual Mr. and Ms. Mountaineer were announced during halftime of the football game facing Kansas. Layne Veneri and Julie Peng were awarded the crowns.

For the annual Beard Growing Competition, 16 contestants shaved and re-grew their beards for a cash prize. Matt Tenaglio took home first

er’s resignation may have had something to do with a Sept. 4 arrest on charges of disorderly conduct and prostitution, the latter being withdrawn during a court hearing on Oct. 24.

“This new information shouldn’t detract from the positive changes we’ve made in Greek life over the past year,” said Nick Steenson, WVU Interfraternity Council president in a previous interview with The DA.

Nov. 24 Millions watched as the “Pride of West Virginia” Mountaineer Marching Band performed in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade for the first time ever this year. The Pride was the only college band selected out of 175 applicants. The 380 band members will be performing alongside 60 feet-tall balloons, elaborate floats and many famous artists. “I think this will really put West Virginia University on the map,” said Drum Major Tayler Marrow as the band prepared. “People know us for our sports, but this will show the nation we have more to offer.”

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December

Dec. 1- Milo comes to campus Milo Yiannopoulos came to WVU by way of invitation from the College Republicans where he spoke in White Hall. The event was streamed on Youtube live but took place in a relatively small lecture hall for an audience of about 100. Yiannopoulos displayed a picture of WVU professor Daniel Brewster with the words “Fat fa**ot” over it, which he left on the screen and spoke to for some time. Yiannopoulos claimed that Brewster had incentivized students with extra credit to not go to Yiannopoulos’s event after he had planned

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it, but in reality the opposing even was the World AIDS Day vigil, a day that comes every year. There were attempts to disrupt the event, including the pulling of the fire alarm which Yiannopoulos spoke over for a significant time. Yiannopoulos has since uploaded video of the attempted protests, his attacks on professor Brewster, and Breitbart has posted articles both about Brewster himself and criticizing President Gordon Gee’s support of Brewster including the hashtag #becauseofbrewster.

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LISTICLE 2017 already looks better than 2016

We are so over 2016 and ready to celebrate a new year. Here are some things that we know we can look forward to in 2017. Bring it on.

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. The completion of the renovations to the coliseum (finally) Phase one of the $23 million renovation of the iconic WVU venue wrapped up last month resulting in wider concourses, more concessions and more bathrooms (thank you!) At the end of basketball season, phase two commences. It will consist of improving seating and is scheduled to be finished before volleyball begins in August. The seating upgrade will bring the 46-year-old facility into compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

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. WVU President Gordon Gee is Getting Married!

Gordon Gee and Laurie Erickson, of the Erickson Foundation, got engaged over the summer, so the ideal time to tie the knot will be in 2017. We keep checking the mailbox for an invitation to a big blue and gold ceremony in the coliseum filled with thousands of admiring Mountaineers (face-painting optional). But maybe the to-be Gees are planning on a small ceremony with close friends and family? (But wait, at WVU we’re one big Mountaineer family, right?) #wannathrowrice.

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. Formal Rush in the Spring Semester The big change initiated by former Director of Greek Life Roy Baker was to move formal recruitment for Greek organizations to the spring. Recruitment starts Jan. 14 and ends on Jan. 22. Fraternity recruitment begins the following week. The biggest impact of the change is an emphasis on grades earned in college. “Recruitment used to be in the fall and we would just take their high school grades, but now it’s in the spring and we take their first semester grades, which has to be at least 2.5,” said Alexa Ciattarelli, the president of Delta Gamma.

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. Snow days in late January According to the “Old Farmer’s Almanac” you can plan a snow day in late January. The almanac, founded in 1792, predicts you will be able to grab a trash can lid and sled down the hill behind Woodburn Hall from Jan. 19 to Jan. 25. But take that prediction with a big piece of rock salt. The almanac says we should be experiencing “quite mild” temperatures this week while AccuWeather says to prepare for the “coldest and most far-reaching arctic blast so far this season.” Brrr.

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. WVU Men’s Basketball Hope for March Madness Last year WVU basketball fans learned the name of a small east Texas state school. Stephen F. Austin State University had the audacity to knock the Mountaineers out of the first round of the NCAA tournament. Not going to happen in 2017. With 6 wins and only 1 loss so far this season, Coach Bob Huggin’s team is older, wiser and revenge-ready.

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