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SGA to give first State of Student Body

BY ERIN FITZWILLIAMS STAFF WRITER

For the first time in West Virginia University history, members of the Student Government Association will deliver a State of the Student Body Address.

The address will be given Sept. 7 during a meeting of the Morgantown City Council.

One of the main reasons for the address is to announce a partnership between SGA and the city, said SGA President Chris Lewallen.

Lewallen said he will be announcing the formation of a Community Relations Team.

Members of the team will be assigned to attend various city board, commission and committee meetings.

The members will then communicate issues raised within the meetings to SGA, said Nelson France, SGA liaison to City Council. The team will be launching this fall, he said.

“The CR team will also volunteer in the community, es-

pecially when it comes time for snow removal,” France said.

The City Council meeting Sept. 7 was chosen as the place to deliver the address, because SGA desires a better partnership between the two, Lewallen said.

“We just need to partner with council and anyone else we can to make sure that the student voice is brought into those decisions,” Lewallen said.

He plans to discuss the relationship between the city

and students at the inaugural address.

In the past, he said the council has made decisions that do not reflect the will of the students.

For example, the council passed an ordinance in July requiring no more than two unrelated individuals to occupy a residence within city limits.

France said the ordinance was typical of the council’s activities while students are on break.

“The city has a tendency to

propose and implement ordinances during the summer months, at a time when the majority of the student body is out of town,” he said.

Thanks to the formation of the Community Relations Team, France said if the student body had an issue with any ordinance proposed, SGA would present those concerns to the Council.

Morgantown Mayor Bill Byrne said he is excited for chelsi baker/the daily athenaeum SGA to speak at City Council. Student Government Association President Chris Lewallen will speak at the Morgantown City Council meeting tonight. see relations on PAGE 2

Student Support Services

Diversity increases throughout campus by ann compton staff writer

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Freshman general studies major Chris Linden, right, discusses class options and possible choices for majors with adviser Cyprien Lokko, left, Friday afternoon in the Student Services Center.

Program assists more than 200 lower income, first-generation students by nick ashley staff writer

A program that supports tutoring and financial aid assistance has been granted another five years of funding.

Cindy Drumm, director of Student Support Services At West Virginia University, said her program has been helping undergraduate students for many years on campus.

“For me, I love dealing with students, to help guide them on a daily basis in any way,” said Vivian Lama, educational outreach counselor for the program.

“I know the struggles of being a student, and it is good to know you have people that will guide you in the right direction.”

The main services offered to students include tutoring, Tara Mayle/THE DAILY ATHENAEUM financial aid assistance, acaThe Student Services Center is located across from Oglebay Hall. Undergraduate ad- demic advising, social activvising takes places in this building. ities and computer worksta-

FOR MORE INFORMATION Students interested in Student Support Services can register online at http://sss.wvu.edu/ or fill out an application at the Gaskins House at 709 North High St. tions, Drumm said.

Students who are of lower incomes, first-generation students or those who have documented learning or physical disabilities are eligible for the program, she said.

Currently there are 200 students in the program. The program also serves 40 to 50 additional students each year on campus, she said.

“I love this group because you build many close bonds with students,” said Kayla Dawson, program member for

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Website allows users see who is in classes, dorms

BY MELISSA CANDOLFI STAFF WRITER

A new version of CampusLIVE, a website to help students navigate campus, will launch next week.

After six months of updates, CampusLIVE’s new version will allow students to access campus restaurant menus, view who is in their classes, who is in their dorm, find a tutor or even talk to a professor, said Ryan Durkin, chief operating officer of CampusLIVE. “It allows you to see who is in your class, in your dorm. If you wanted to know what the hot chick down the hall was

doing on Friday night, you are able to,” Durkin said.

The website will continue to combine various sites like Facebook, Google, weather, news and movie sites into one, he said.

CampusLIVE is not trying to create a new form of Facebook or compete with it, Durkin said.

“We are building a website where students are able to go find out information without being friends with the person or even knowing them,” he said.

Durkin said CampusLIVE eliminates the “awkwardness” of friend requesting or search-

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The website tells you who on campus is using the site and what their plans are, he said.

“We are breaking it down,” Durkin said. “We don’t want to focus on the events. We want to show who’s in the class, who is in the dorm and then make some discussion from that.”

The site aims to get rid of the “clutter,” he said.

“CampusLIVE will gear toward what is actually happening, the more important things on campus,” Durkin said.

West Virginia University junior Curt Middleton, pre-business and economics major, thinks the site is a good idea

for large college campuses.

“I just transferred here, so I really don’t know a lot of people,” Middleton said. “I feel like if I register for CampusLIVE, it will tell me the best places to go and maybe even let me meet some people.”

Middleton said the site takes Facebook to the next step by making it easier to talk to and meet people in your class.

“Everyone is shy when they don’t know anyone in class,” Middleton said. “If someone is on CampusLIVE and doesn’t know the homework assignment, they can find a

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Minority enrollment has been steadily increasing at West Virginia University over the past few years.

As of fall 2009, minority enrollment was close to 10 percent, including students who identified two races, said Elissa Evans, program coordinator for multicultural recruitment.

Evans’ position is devoted full time to reaching out to prospective minority students.

“I work with underrepresented students, including African Americans and Latinos,” Evans said. “I travel to different high schools around the country.”

A lot of recruitment takes place in Washington, D.C., neighboring Maryland communities, Pittsburgh and northern Virginia, she said.

Evans has even traveled to Puerto Rico to recruit students.

“I go to these high schools, and I talk about what we have to offer to underrepresented students,” she said. “We have great programs in place, such as the Center for Black Culture and Research and other student organizations.”

When talking about diversity at WVU, Evans said she is always up front with the students.

“Obviously, by the definition of underrepresented, we are a predominantly white campus, and I always tell students that,” she said.

She stresses the programs that celebrate diversity on campus to prospective students, which includes STARS, Students Achieving and Reaching for Success, conducted by the Center for Black Culture and Research prior to a student’s first year at WVU. Brenda Thompson, associate vice president for Student Affairs and Enrollment Management and Services, agrees with Evans.

“We’ve been very successful in attracting students from Puerto Rico, and we hope to continue to raise minority enrollment here at WVU,” she said.

The University works in different ways to attract students, such as working with alumni and conducting research in high schools with a minority presence, Thompson said.

“This past spring, we had a special recruiting event called

see diversity on PAGE 2

Student group petitions for legalized marijuana

BY SARAH O’ROURKE CORRESPONDENT

A West Virginia University student organization is collecting signatures for a petition in support of legalizing marijuana in the country.

The Students for Sensible Drug Policy have joined in a movement across college campuses in support of Proposition 19, California’s legalization measure being voted on in November.

Drew Stromberg, president of WVU’s SSDP chapter, said his group has joined a challenge called, “Just Say Now Campus Challenge: Legalize Marijuana.”

The aim of the challenge is to collect signatures in support of legalization of marijuana, Stromberg said.

The signatures will be sent to President Barack Obama to let him know how popular the issue is, he said. More than 1,000 college chapters are participating.

“This gives students a chance to participate in what’s going to be happening in California in November,” Stromberg said.

“Even though we are not in California, we can still have an effect and influence on it.”

If passed, the proposition would allow the government to tax the sale of marijuana in California. The measure could set a precedence in how other states deal with the legalization of mar-

ijuana, he said.

The campus challenge has only been going on for a few weeks now, but WVU does not have many signatures so far.

SSDP will be holding awareness events throughout the semester to get signatures for their petition, said Justin Lawrence, business liaison and promotions manager of WVU’s SSDP. This past weekend, SSDP held its first event at the Fletcher’s Grove concert at 123 Pleasant Street on Saturday night, Lawrence said.

“We feel that crowds at shows like this would be interested in participating in the petition and be in the same line as the ‘Just Say Now’ campaign,” he said.

SSDP plans to have similar live music events and shows to gather signatures.

“We’re just trying to get an idea about what events will work and experiment at different events,” he said.

This is the first year the petition is being carried out, Lawrence said. He hopes students will get active and participate in the challenge by providing signatures.

“Students’ voice on this campus is very important,” he said.

“They need to go out in the community and educate themselves on some of the issues going on in the government.” danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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WVU receives money to research dead stars in space BY kayla grogg correspondent

West Virginia University received a grant from a national foundation to host an international research project on the study of space pulsars.

The National Science Foundation gave WVU a $6.8 million grant to host the project.

By working with colleagues all over the world, physics students and other members of

the project are hoping to directly detect gravitational waves in the universe, which was a key prediction in Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity.

“Pulsars are dead, exotic stars,” said Maura Mclaughlin, assistant professor of physics at WVU. “We like to study them because they emit radio waves, and they’re very accurate.”

The team will use radio tele-

scopes around the world, including the Green Bank Telescope in Green Bank, W.Va., and the Arecibo telescope in Puerto Rico.

The project will open up new windows of study for students, because science students generally don’t have the opportunities to study abroad.

But now they will.

“The grant is really good for West Virginia,” Mclaughlin said. “Because it is only

Activists invite Obama to join rally against mountaintop removal mining WASHINGTON (AP) — Activists from the Appalachian region called on the Obama administration Monday to end the practice of mountaintop removal coal mining, saying it is destroying their land and harming their water quality.

Although the administration has set out to curb the practice, activists said at a news conference near the Capitol said that it hasn’t done enough.

The group plans a Washington rally on Sept. 27 and is inviting President Barack Obama to attend.

In mountaintop removal mining, forests are clear-cut, explosives blast apart the rock, and machines scoop out the exposed coal. The earth left behind is dumped into valleys, covering intermittent streams.

Matt Sherman, a Blackfoot Indian and spiritual leader from Lancaster, Ohio, said that while efforts are under way to restore the Gulf of Mexico following this year’s oil spill, “the mountains will not come back.

The mountains are gone.”

“No more blowing our mountains to smithereens!”

demanded Mickey McCoy, a former mayor of Inez, Ky. He called mountaintop removal mining “environmental terrorism.”

Coal operators say it’s the most efficient way to reach some reserves, and that it supports tens of thousands of jobs and provides coal for electric power plants across much of the South and East.

In a lawsuit filed against the administration last month, the coal industry challenged the Environmental Protection Agency’s new surface mining policy which tightened water quality standards for valley fills at surface coal mines in West Virginia, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Virginia and Tennessee. EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson has said the goal is a standard so strict that few, if any, permits would be issued for valley fills.

Bryan Brown, West Virginia state coordinator for the industry-backed group Faces of Coal, said coal advocates and miners from Appalachia will have their own Washington gathering Sept. 15 to highlight

federal regulations that he said are having a negative impact on mining jobs.

Brown declined to respond to the complaints by activists about the environmental toll of mountaintop removal mining, saying, “That’s an argument that has no end.”

Melissa Waage, campaign director for the Natural Resources Defense Council, said in an interview that the EPA has taken a “baby step in the right direction, but this is still happening. The administration really does have it within its power to end this practice.”

In a statement issued to The Associated Press, the EPA said that it has significantly strengthened and improved protections for the public by reducing the environmental and water quality impacts of coal mining.

“And, at the request of members of Congress, mining companies, states and others, EPA issued further clear guidance to assure that mountaintop mining permits fully protect local waters and coalfield communities,” the agency said.

Raese hints at bruising campaign against Manchin in US Senate battle MORGANTOWN (AP) — Two things are certain about the looming U.S. Senate battle between Democratic Gov. Joe Manchin and Republican businessman John Raese: A lot of money will be spent, and the GOP will try to make President Barack Obama look like the unofficial running mate of the otherwise popular and well-liked governor.

Manchin, 63, and Raese, 60, won their respective primaries Saturday and will face off Nov. 2 for the seat that belonged to the late Sen. Robert C. Byrd for more than half a century. Mountain Party candidate Jesse Johnson, 51, is also running.

In the month before the special election Raese consistently invoked the president’s name, and he did the same at his victory party at the Hotel Morgan.

He then went a step beyond his habit of calling the governor a liberal, using the word “leftist.”

“In September we’re going to give him something he’s never seen before,” Raese said. “It’s called a clear vision and a clear picture of what a liberal has done in West Virginia and what a leftist possibly can do if he is elected to the United States Senate. Because that’s Mr. Manchin.”

The remarks earned a laugh from Manchin on Monday.

“They’re going to have to find other things to call me. I don’t think that is something anyone can take seriously,” the governor said. “They’re reaching. I understand that. I’ve been around the system long enough.”

Neil Berch, associate professor of political science at West Virginia University, said Raese’s game plan is clear: He will “try to convince West Virginia that Manchin’s first name is Barack” and argue that while Manchin may have followed a moderate path in West Virginia, Manchin will vote with his party in the Senate.

“I think that’s an uphill battle,” Berch said, who believes the “leftist” label won’t stick because of Manchin’s long track record.

“If the Democrats fall apart nationally, then the West Vir-

ginia election gets closer,” Berch said. “But I think there’s an awful lot of states where you’d see a Republican win before West Virginia.”

Manchin cruised to an easy primary victory with little advertising. He noted that labor and business groups continue to endorse him – as they did when he first won the governor’s office in 2004. He said he has shown a knack for crossing party lines and other divides to improve the state, adding that “Washington could use a good dose of West Virginia.”

“Anybody who does not think I’m fiercely independent has not paid attention. West Virginia Democrats are different,” Manchin said. “We’ve shown results in six years. Who would have thought that we could have maintained an economy in such trying times? We did not cut services. We did not raise taxes ... and we all worked together to do that.”

Manchin, who is constitutionally barred from seeking a third term as governor, has won seven consecutive statewide elections, while Raese has lost four campaigns. But Raese, who emerged from a pack of 10 GOP candidates in the primary, is confident his consistently conservative message and reputation as a job creator will resonate with voters when his campaign begins in earnest around Labor Day. He won’t say how much he plans to spend, but it’s likely to be significant: Raese invested more than a half-million dollars in the primary, and $2.3 million in an unsuccessful attempt to unseat Byrd in 2006.

“Anytime that you have a political race you ought to have enough money and enough support to get your message out,” he said.

But he expressed disdain for candidates who spend tens of millions, noting Florida Republican Rick Scott used at least $38 million of his own fortune to win his gubernatorial primary last week.

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That, too, is likely.

Manchin remains the money leader coming off the primary.

Federal Election Commission records show his campaign had raised at least $1.3 million as of Monday morning, including $136,000 reported in filings posted over the weekend.

Through traditionally Democratic, West Virginia is now considered a red state. It backed John McCain in the last presidential election, and George W. Bush in the two before that.

Obama’s environmental policies and his Environmental Protection Agency’s stricter stance on mountaintop removal coal mining have not helped his popularity in the nation’s second largest coal producing state.

Raese and national Republicans seek to capitalize on that by portraying Manchin as being in step with national Democrats.

But Manchin opposes capand-trade legislation despite suggestions to the contrary, campaign manager Sara Payne Scarbro said. He has long had the support of the coal industry.

He has also offered mixed views on both the 2009 federal stimulus program and the sweeping health care overhaul passed earlier this year.

Raese would like to see three debates, one in each congressional district, before November.

None have been scheduled yet.

If elected, he wants to be sworn in Nov. 3.

“And if I go in, there are going to be a lot of people in the Republican Party and a lot of people in the Democratic Party in the United States who are going to take notice there’s a new gun in town and not the same old stuff that we keep sending up to Washington from West Virginia,” he said.

for five years, but the studyabroad programs and experiences it will open up for students hopefully will create a legacy.”

If there are moving massive objects in space, they can distort “space time,” causing gravitational waves.

To prove these exist, astrophysicists will look at pulsars and watching for blinks, she said.

“When (pulsars) blink, they

let out pulses of radio waves that can be seen from a telescope,” said Duncan Lorimer, assistant professor of physics at WVU. They spin rapidly – at about the same frequency as a kitchen blender – but they spin very predictably. So they can be used like clocks.

“They’re like our very own timepieces in the universe,” Lorimer said.

If the fabric of space time is

distorted, it will be noticed by the times of the pulsars, which would prove the existence of gravitational waves.

“The grant will pay for the research exchanges and study abroad programs of the study,” Mclaughlin said.

“We can’t just observe the sky here. We need to observe pulsars all over the sky,” she said. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

Chestnut Construction

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Construction workers unload equipment from their truck to start work on the new drainage system that will installed on Chestnut Street. The parking lot is still open, but the sidewalks have been taped off and closed to pedestrians for several days due to construction.

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Sidewalks beside the Chestnut Street Parking lot are boarded up and blocked off while a new drainage system is being installed.

The parking lot is still open, but the sidewalks have been closed for several days due to construction.

diversity

ity enrollment will continue to rise at WVU. “We will continue to work with a variety of groups, and some of it will occur naturally because of the changing demographics,” she said.

Evans agrees but said she sees things differently.

“What drives us more is the

diversity that these students bring to the classroom and the community,” Evans said.

“It is possible for every student at WVU to have a sense of community and belonging no matter where they’re from.”

cally be updated, Durkin said.

New users who register for Continued from page 1 the website will have information taken from Facebook classmate, and now they have and be asked questions about a friend in class.” classes or housing, he said.

Once the site is updated, Unlike Facebook, Camcurrent users will automati- pusLIVE will stay restricted

only for college students, Durkin said.

“The network is for students not to worry about anything and keeping it within college limits,” he said.

Continued from page 1 ‘Hype Day’ where we invited African American students to come and tour campus and learn about the special programs we offer,” she said.

Thompson believes minor-

campuslive

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Continued from page 1 two years.

“It provides counselors that truly care about their students and offers tutoring, free books and great housing.”

The members of the program are a big extended fam-

ily, said Kaitlyn Snyder, program member for three years.

“They help simplify everything for the students,” she said.

The program is a federally funded grant program established under President Johnson’s administration in 1964.

All new students who join the group must take an equiv-

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alent of University 101.

“The staff here really cares about the students. It provides a connection on campus for them,” Drumm said.

“Knowing that you have people you can turn to and the relationships gained from it are beneficial and lifelong.” danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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ing with the student govern- council.”

Lewallen, France and SGA ment this year,” Byrne said.

Continued from page 1 “They seem particularly Vice President Ron Cheng interested this year in main- will each speak at the event.

“We’re really looking for- taining good contact with ward to working, collaborat- and relationship with city erin.fitzwilliams@mail.wvu.edu

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State must improve its college graduation rate One of the strongest signs of economic health for any state is the rate of adults who have received a bachelor’s degree. Numerous studies have shown, time and time again, that attaining a college degree equates to higher lifetime earnings.

States with high rates of post-secondary education – Delaware, New Jersey, Massachusetts and Virginia, to name a few – tend to have higher per capita Gross Domestic Product and ultimately higher incomes,

as well as more diverse and dynamic economies.

And as we all know, higher incomes lead to a better standard of living.

Not surprisingly, West Virginia has the lowest rate in the nation of adults with bachelor’s degrees or higher.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, only 18.75 percent of West Virginia adults hold a bachelor’s degree. The national average is 27.5 percent.

The state, however, has shown improvement in this

area. In 2000, only 14.8 percent of state residents held a bachelor’s degree.

But it’s not enough. West Virginians, by and large, already suffer from a self-inflicted inferiority complex.

The fact that so few residents have graduated college only furthers such feelings and hurts the state’s business opportunities – as a highly educated workforce is more adaptable and attractive to investors.

The state of West Virginia must work diligently to in-

crease higher education accessibility and affordability.

The college tuition freeze proposed by Gov. Joe Manchin last January is one such step.

Increasing the number of high school graduates is another, where, once again, the state lags behind the rest of the nation. U.S. Census Bureau statistics show that only 75.2 percent of West Virginia residents age 25 and older hold a high school diploma, compared to 80.4 percent nationwide.

More high school graduates

means more potential college graduates, especially since Education Secretary Arne Duncan told ABC News earlier this month that 70 percent of high school graduates enroll in college.

If the state is ever meant to climb from the bottom of the economic heap, it must address the educational attainment of its citizens.

We hope the state continues to make that a priority.

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Guilt should be certain in capital punishment cases michael levy columnist

Our country is dangerously polarized.

For eight years, the left proclaimed that the Bush administration was destroying the country.

For the last 20 months, the right has said the same about President Obama.

Last year, the president was blasted for speaking to school children, telling them that the responsibility for their education rested on them and that they should work hard.

We are dangerously polarized, indeed.

In times of such great division, it is critical that we find issues on which we can come together.

The death penalty may

seem like an unlikely candidate for such a reconciliation.

But one particular death penalty case offers an opportunity for Americans to come together and show the spirit of justice that is so foundational to our republic.

However you feel about capital punishment, everyone must agree that no innocent person should ever be executed.

That we are presumed innocent until proven guilty is one of the most deeply held beliefs in our judicial system. And given the finality of the death penalty, that standard should be applied with extra rigor in cases of capital punishment.

Yet a man in Georgia awaits his execution, despite very likely not being guilty of the murder for which he was convicted.

Troy Anthony Davis was a former coach in the Savannah

Police Athletic League and a recent Marines enlistee.

In 1991, he was convicted of the murder of Savannah police officer Mark Allen MacPhail.

The murder weapon was never found, and there was no physical evidence tying Davis to the murder. He was convicted solely on witness testimony.

Since the trial, seven of the nine non-police witnesses who testified against Davis have recanted their stories.

Many of them said the police pressured them into testifying against Davis. Besides those testimonies, there is no evidence to suggest that Davis was the murderer.

One such witness is Darrell Collins, who was 16 at the time, when more than a dozen police officers showed up at his house.

“I told them that ... I didn’t

see Troy do nothing. They got real mad when I said this and started getting in my face.

They were telling me that I was an accessory to murder and that I would pay like Troy was gonna pay if I didn’t tell them what they wanted to hear. They told me I would be lucky if I ever got out, especially because a police officer got killed. After a couple of hours of the detectives yelling at me and threatening me, I finally broke down and told them what they wanted to hear. I am not proud for lying at Troy’s trial, but the police had me so messed up that I felt that’s all I could do or else I would go to jail.”

Another witness used to convict Davis is Dorothy Ferrell, a mother of four, who was on parole at the time. She has since said, “I was scared that if I didn’t do what the police wanted me to do, then they

would try to lock me up again.

From the way the officer was talking, he gave me the impression that I should say that Troy Davis was the one who shot the officer ... I told the detective that Troy Davis was the shooter, even though the truth was that I didn’t see who shot the officer. I had four children at that time, and I was taking care of them myself. I couldn’t go back to jail. I felt like I didn’t have any choice but to get up there and testify to what I said in my earlier statements.”

Seven of the nine non-police witnesses have similarly disowned the testimony that was used to convict Davis. Of the remaining two witnesses, one is the other principal suspect in the crime.

Last year, the Supreme Court took the unusual step of forcing a district court in Georgia to hold a special ev-

identiary hearing to consider this new evidence in Davis’ case.

Last week, U.S. District Court Judge William T. Moore Jr. ruled that the hearing had failed to prove Davis’ innocence.

You read that right. In the technicalities of the U.S. legal system, Davis’ attorneys now have to prove his innocence in order for him to avoid execution.

Amnesty International, Pope Benedict XVI, the NAACP and former President Jimmy Carter have all called for Davis’ execution to be stayed.

Let’s take this opportunity to come together as citizens of a country founded on the lofty notion of justice for all, and insist that legal technicalities never allow a person to be executed for a crime he didn’t commit.

There’s a darker side to the US unemployment story Marley hughes central florida Future (UWIRE) University of central florida

I doubt that it’s news to anyone that we are in pretty dismal economic times here in the U.S. Everyone is constantly looking at economic data to argue for or against the possibility of a double-dip recession. Statistics are thrown around constantly.

The most looked at statistic by everyday Americans is the U.S. unemployment level, currently at 9.5 percent. It’s the statistic they quote on the evening news and the quote that all of your co-workers gripe about at the water cooler.

However, that unemployment level statistic is a pretty deceptive figure.

I use the word deceptive not only because it is published by a branch of government – the Department of Labor – but also because it truly is a misleading figure. So what is so deceiving about the unemployment level that we all take for granted?

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The answer: The government likes to include and not include certain numbers in their statistics so the “best” statistic is ultimately achieved.

Even with the rough economy, Washington bureaucrats have managed to hold the proverbial sheet over ordinary Americans’ eyes when it comes to the true health of our economy.

Wa s h i n g t o n i a n s l ov e to point to the decreasing monthly unemployment level when the statistic moves in favor of a rebounding economy.

What those spinmasters don’t tell us is that the unemployment level that most Americans take as fact actually isn’t more than a really bad solution to a convoluted mathematical equation.

You see, there are actually two employment statistics ordinary Americans should follow. The second being the unemployment claims statistic.

The unemployment claims number is published weekly rather than monthly, which gives investors a more upto-date and detailed report of what is truly happening in the labor markets.

Throughout this recession,

AP

Dabura Karriem, 60, of Bloomfield, N.J., reacts upon hearing there is a job availability for exactly what she’s looking for – a file clerk at a bank – while attending a career fair in Newark, N.J. Karriem’s was previous laid off after 38 years of employment. we have had instances where the unemployment level decreases while the preceding unemployment claims were increasing.

Simpler, more people were now unemployed based on a weekly unemployment

claims, but according to the monthly unemployment level, the number of people unemployed was less.

So what gives?

Unemployed people stopped looking for a job.

Once a person is deemed

“no longer seeking employment,” the government does not include that person into the unemployment level.

That person may very well still need a job but after many months of no success has decided to just stop looking.

Those truly unemployed people are no longer a “negative” statistic according to the spin artists in Washington. So we now have a pretty large group in America that is neither “employed” nor “unemployed” in Washington’s eyes.

Currently, most experts predict that the true unemployment level, which includes “non-lookers,” is around 16.5 percent compared to the 9.5 percent that Washington claims.

With a recovering U.S. economy, we should expect those “non-lookers” to start looking for jobs, which would result in them being included into the unemployment level once again.

As a result, we should see a moderate to steep rise in the published unemployment level with any sign of a recovering U.S. labor market.

If the economy decides to strengthen, expect the unemployment level to find a nice medium between the true 16.5 percent and distorted 9.5 percent.

Washington will be pushing the best slanted statistic that is out there. It’s your job to be smarter than they think that you are.

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‘THAT’S ALL, FOLKS’ Warner Theatre to close its doors for last time after 79 years by david ryan A&E EDITOR

A poster for “Alpha and Omega” hangs in a glass case opposite the Warner Theatre concession stand. Its release date: Sept. 17.

It will never play there.

After 79 years, Morgantown’s last-remaining independent movie complex is closing its doors for good Sunday, Sept. 6.

It’s last movie: “Dinner for Schmucks.”

A combination of factors have led to the decision to close, said Ron Davis, general manager of the theater.

A rough economy and a sharp rise in competing cinemas screens put the theater in jeopardy.

“Whenever it was just us and Carmike, we were holding our own,” Davis said.

“We were doing really well. As soon as the other screens came into town, there

was a real steep decline.”

As if those factors weren’t enough, a far more expensive enemy was working against the theater.

“We have a small staff, and the staff works very hard to keep the place up and running,” he said. “Unfortunately, the building works probably harder against us a lot of the times.”

The building was originally owned by film studio Warner Brothers in 1931, expanding from one screen to three and changing owners multiple times.

The cinema was “the place to be,” Davis said. “There were lines out the door, around the block” for movies.

Costs associated with the theater’s historic building are cited as a primary reason for the locations closure, according to a press release by owners, the Round Table Corporation.

“It’s been a rough couple of weeks,” Davis said. “We just lost a part on the air conditioner. The winter season is right around the corner. The building is old, the heating system is old, they weren’t even sure the heating system was going to come back on in the winter.”

Other deteriorating factors include

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The exterior of the Warner Theatre as it was in the 1930s.

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Mountaineer Idol registration ends today by jesse tabit correspondent

Students wanting a chance to prove they can sing to something other than the bathroom mirror can audition for Mountaineer Idol Wednesday beginning at 4 p.m. in the Shenandoah Room of the Mountainlair.

Final registration will be held today between 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. at Hatfields in the Mountainlair.

Approximately 54 students have signed up so far to participate in the competition, according to event coordinator Sonja Wilson.

Host of the event, Dave

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B.o.B performs in the Mountainlair Ballrooms Monday night.

B.o.B performs in Mountainlair by mackenzie mays associate a&e editor

B.o.B proved his musical talents expanded further than rap Monday night during his concert in the Mountainlair Ballroom, in which he showed off his vocal and even instrumental skills.

Although some fans were disappointed in technical difficulties like B.o.B not appearing on stage until 9:45 p.m., instead of 8:30 p.m. as advertised, and problems with sound, the fans were quick to forgive these instances as soon as the artist hit the stage.

There were problems with feedback throughout the entirety of the concert, to the point where B.o.B himself had to address the issue mid-performance.

While the venue space may not have cooperated well with the intensity of B.o.B’s performance, senior multidisciplinary studies major Andrew Burgess said his vocals were not overshadowed by these dilemmas.

“What’s great about B.o.B is his creativity as a musician and his ability to get the crowd fired up about his music no matter where he is,” Burgess said. “He broke out instrumentals like the keyboard and guitar and proved

what all he can really do.”

B.o.B saved his hits like “Airplanes” and “Nothin’ On You” for the end of the concert and played a range of slow songs like “Lovelier Than You” and energetic beats like “Bet I.” Mandy DeFrancesco, a fifth year multidisciplinary studies major, was impressed with the singer’s versatility and enjoyed the atmosphere of the concert.

“I like how he is able to incorporate his music into different genres and does so many collaborations with other artists,” DeFrancesco said. “I liked that the concert was in the Ballroom because it’s more intimate than larger concerts in huge arenas, and it makes it more special.”

Aside from proving his skills outside of the rap and hip-hop genres by playing guitar and singing ballad-like tunes, even covering “Kids” by MGMT, B.o.B won the crowd over by his energetic and personal interactions with members of the audience.

He tossed his ADIDAS tennis shoes out into the crowd, which he sponsors, and even dove straight off the stage into the audience to crowd surf.

Ryan Cox, who has been a

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Slusarick, a second year education leadership graduate major, said he is looking forward to the variety of performers the competition has to offer.

“I’m just excited because there is always a diversity of vocal talent among the competitors,” Slusarick said.

Molly Hott, a junior secondary foreign language education major, competed in Mountaineer Idol last year, making it to the top 15, and will also be hosting this year.

“Hosting is a good way to stay connected with the competition,” Hott said.

Auditions will include a variety of a capella perfor-

mances, and five judges will decide which 15 contestants continue on.

Out of the preliminary auditions Wednesday, the top 15 will move on to the first round of the competition Sept. 11.

Slusarick said the competitors are always interesting because “amateur talent and those who have had professional training can be equally entertaining.”

After the top 15 are chosen, six rounds will follow.

Each round will feature a different genre or theme that the singers must choose a song from.

The first round will be

singer’s choice, while the second round will be music from the 1980s.

“We want to make the competition fair for everyone,” Wilson said of the choosing of themed performances.

The third round on Oct. 1 will feature oldies songs. The fourth round on Oct. 22 will be country-music themed, and the fifth round on Oct. 29 will be a mash-up of Broadway and Motown themes Three contestants will be eliminated during the first three rounds.

In the three following rounds, two contestants will

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Tuesday August 31, 2010

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WVU Women’s Ultimate Frisbee meets from 10 p.m. to midnight at the Shell Building. No experience WVU Wrestling will be is necessary. For more information, holding a mandatory meeting e-mail Sarah Lemanski at sarah_lethat all interested parties must manski@yahoo.com. attend at 4 p.m. in the Jerry The Condom Caravan, a projWest Lounge in the Coliseum. ect of WELL WVU Student Wellness and Health Promotion, will be in the Mountainlair from noon to 2 p.m.

The Caravan sells condoms for 25 Today cents or five for $1.

WVU Rowing will be holding an Pi Sigma Sigma Public Policy informational meeting at 5:30 p.m. Studies Honorary will meet at in the Shenandoah Room of the 5:15 p.m. at Woodburn Hall.

Mountainlair. For more information, Continual e-mail tina.griffith@mail.wvu.edu.

Kendle will be recruiting stuMON GENERAL HOSPITAL needs dent workers in the Mountainlair volunteers for the information desk, Commons from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. pre-admission testing, hospitality cart, mail delivery and gift shop.

Sept. 1 For more information, call ChrisWVU Rowing will be holding an tina Brown at 304-598-1324. informational meeting at 5:30 p.m.

Wellness programs on topin the Room 102 of the Student Rec- ics such as nutrition, sexual health reation Center. For more informa- and healthy living are provided for tion, e-mail tina.griffith@mail.wvu. interested student groups, orgaedu. nizations or classes by WELL WVU WVU archery club will host Student Wellness and Health Proits first meeting of the semester motion. For more information, visit in the lobby of Percival Hall at 7 www.well.wvu.edu/wellness. p.m. For more information, e-mail Well wvu STUDENT HEALTH is mmalon12@mix.wvu.edu or ebe- paid for by tuition and fees and is atty08@hotmail.com. confidential. For appointments or History Department Wel- more information, call 304-293-2311 come Back Reception will be from or visit www.well.edu.wvu/medical.

5 p.m. to 7 p.m. in E. Moore Hall. All NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS meets History majors and interested per- nightly in the Morgantown and Fairsons are invited. mont areas. For more information, call the helpline at 800-766-4442 Every Tuesday or visit www.mrscna.org.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS MOUNTAINEERS FOR CHRIST, a student Christian organization, meets daily. For help or a schedule, hosts free supper and Bible study at call 304-291-7918. For more inforits Christian Student Center. Supper mation, visit www.aawv.org.

CARITAS HOUSE, a local nonis at 8:15 p.m., and Bible study begins at 9 p.m. All students are wel- profit organization serving West come. For more information, call Virginians with HIV/AIDS, needs do304-599-6151 or visit www.moun- nations of food and personal care items and volunteers to support all taineersforchrist.org.

WVU SWING DANCE CLUB meets aspects of the organization’s acat 8:45 p.m. in Multipurpose Room tivities. For more information, call A of the Student Recreation Center. 304-985-0021.

Confidential counseling No partner needed. Advanced and beginners are welcome. For more in- services are provided for free by formation, e-mail wvuswingdance@ the Carruth Center for Psychological and Psychiatric Services. A walkgmail.com.

SIERRA STUDENT COALITION in clinic is offered weekdays from 9 meets at 7 p.m. in the Mountain a.m. to 4 p.m. Services include eduRoom of the Mountainlair. The cational, career, individual, couples group is a grassroots environmen- and group counseling. Please visit tal organization striving for tangible www.well.wvu.edu to find out more change in our campus and commu- information.

SCOTT’S RUN SETTLEMENT nity. For more information, contact HOUSE, a local outreach organizaKayla at kmedina2@mix.wvu.edu.

The Chemistry Learning Cen- tion, needs volunteers for daily proter is open from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. in grams and special events. For more Room 408 of Clark Hall. The lab will information or to volunteer, contact not be open on University holidays Adrienne Hines at vc_srsh@hotmail. com or 304-599-5020. or during the last week of classes.

Women, Infants and ChilEcumenical Bible Study and Charismatic Prayer Meeting is dren needs volunteers. WIC proheld at 7 p.m. at the Potters Cellar vides education, supplemental of Newman Hall. All are welcome. foods and immunizations for pregFor more information, call 304-288- nant women and children under 5 years of age. This is an opportunity 0817 or 304-879-5752.

MCM is hosted at 7:37 p.m. in the to earn volunteer hours for class reCampus Ministry Center at 293 Wil- quirements. For more information, contact Michelle Prudnick at 304ley St. All are welcome.

BCM meets at 8:30 p.m. at the 598-5180 or 304-598-5185.

Free Rapid HIV Testing is availFirst Baptist Church on High Street.

The Carruth Center offers a able on the first Monday of every grief support group for students month from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the struggling from a significant per- Caritas House office located at 391 sonal loss from 5:30 p.m. until 7 p.m. Scott Ave. Test results are available on the third floor of the Student Ser- in 20 minutes and are confidential.

To make an appointment, call 304vices Building.

Amizade has representa- 293-4117. For more information, tives in the common area of the visit www.caritashouse.net.

Big Brothers Big Sisters, a Mountainlair from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. to answer questions for those inter- United Way agency, is looking for volunteers to become Big Brothested in studying abroad.

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ers and Big Sisters in its one-onone community-based and schoolbased mentoring programs.

Community-based mentors pick up a child at his or her home and do activities the two of them choose together on a weekly basis. Schoolbased mentors meet with a child at an area elementary school during the after-school program for one hour, one day per week for homework help and hanging out. To volunteer, contact Sylvia at 304-9832823, ext. 104 or e-mail bigs4kids@ yahoo.com.

Rosenbaum Family House, which provides a place for adult patients and their families to stay while receiving medical care at WVU, is looking for service organizations to provide dinner for 20 to 40 Family House guests. Although the hospital cafeteria is only steps away, guests enjoy a home-cooked or restaurant-donated meal. People may, individually or as a group, provide the food, serve and clean up on a regular basis or as a onetime event. For more information, call 304-598-6094 or e-mail rfh@ wvuh.com.

Literacy VolunteerS is seeking volunteers for one-on-one tutoring in basic reading and English as a second language. Volunteer tutors will complete tutor training, meet weekly with their adult learners, report volunteer hours quarterly, attend at least two in-service trainings per year, and help with one fundraising event. For more information, call 304-296-3400 or email MCLV2@comcast.net.

Catholic Mass is held at St. John University Parish at 4:30 p.m. on weekdays.

Mountaineer Spay/Neuter Assistance Program is an allvolunteer nonprofit that promotes spay/neuter to reduce the number of homeless pets that are euthanized every year. M-SNAP needs new members to help its cause, as does ReTails, a thrift shop located in the Morgantown Mall. For more information, go to www.m-snap.org.

InterVarsity Christian Fellowship is an interdenominational student-led organization that meets weekly on campus. Everyone is welcome to attend events.

For more information, e-mail Daniel at ivcfwvu@yahoo.com or visit the IVCF website at www.wvuiv. org.edu.

The Association for Women in Science meets on the second Monday and fourth Tuesday of every month at noon at Hatfields in the Mountainlair. All students and faculty are invited. For more information, e-mail amy.keesee@mail. wvu.edu.

The Chemistry Learning Center, located on the ground floor of the Chemistry Research Laboratories is open Monday through Friday 9 p.m. to 5 p.m. and 7 to 10 p.m.

Monday through Wednesday.

The M-Town Mpowerment Project, a community-building program run by and geared towards young gay, bisexual men 18 to 29, are creating an environment in the Morgantown community where young men can feel empowered to make a difference in their lives. Mpowerment also focuses on HIV and STD prevention education. For more information, call 304-319-1803.

Horoscopes

BY JACQUELINE BIGAR

Tonight: Feeling your Wheaties.

Visit over dinner.

born today This year, look past the obvious. Finally, you will learn to trigger less and allow greater give-and-take between you and others. Empathy increases with understanding. Sometimes you will have to flow with a loved one’s unpredictability. You cannot control this person; grow with him or her. If you are single, don’t count on any relationship being long term until you pass the year mark. You will meet someone quite exotic through your commitments. GEMINI expects a lot from you.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHH Use the daylight hours to the max. You might have difficulty determining which way to go with a child or loved one, though clearly someone is full of ideas. A brainstorming session could be worthwhile.

Doors open. Surprising insights head your way. Tonight: Take some muchneeded one-on-one time.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHH Pace yourself, knowing everyone does have limits. Though you can be fiery and energetic, you also need some downtime. Do what you must, and eliminate the frivolous. Suddenly you will be energized. Tonight: Making your mark on the social world.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHH There is always a negative and a positive. As a result, you wrestle with an issue to find a resolution. Don’t deceive yourself about what is going on here; otherwise, you’ll be making a situation even more difficult. Make a point of scheduling a key meeting late in the day. Tonight: Chatting away.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHH Use the daylight hours to the max. You might feel as if someone isn’t getting your message, even though you feel your actions are in sync with your feelings. Confusion surrounds the best of intentions. Stay centered and open. Tonight: Treat yourself to a new item.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHH Much that occurs might be on a subconscious level. You might want to rethink a situation more carefully than in the past.

Sometimes too much advice can be bad.

First, you need to personally process what is going on in this matter, even if you are dealing with a professional issue.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHH A must appearance could open up new possibilities. Responsibilities could be overwhelming, especially as a close associate develops a case of the flakies. Don’t delude yourself – you are carrying the weight. Tonight: Where the crowds are.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHHH Your creativity could define your success or failure. You need to allow more brainstorming, especially in work-related environments and problematic settings. You like to be in control, but at what cost? You could be killing an element of productivity in others. Tonight: Where the action is.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHH If you can distance yourself from difficult situations, you will see a new path. Emotions cloud even the most intellectual thinkers.

Go for your bottom line, and don’t cause yourself any stress. Revitalize your energy through a talk with a like mind. Tonight: Working late.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHH If you can, work from home. You often feel pressured by events. You allow yourself to feel responsible in some way, but you might not be. Think positively about the possibilities of not doing so much. Allow others to clean up their own messes! Tonight: Let the good times roll.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHH How can you relate on a one-on-one level with everyone you know? What a challenge others present! Insight comes from a sudden change or reversal. You will be able to deal with any issue that arises. Trust in your abilities. Tonight: A favorite pastime.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHH Reach out for others, and don’t stand on ceremony. You will be able to renew a special relationship if you follow your inner voice. Communication could be quite sudden and might surprise you. Flow with a change of plans. Tonight: Happily head home.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHH Others keep seeking you out. You might feel harassed, or you could feel extremely popular. The interpretation you choose speaks about who you are. Pace yourself.

Tonight: Make time for a special person.

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27 Florida theme park acronym 28 Place to play 29 Dodgers manager Joe 30 Viking in the comics 31 Chorus from the pews 32 Flourless cake 33 Ecol. watchdog 35 Apt. parts 38 Ten: Pref.

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Built to Spill, Chikita Violenta play 123 Pleasant Street by derek rudolf correspondent

Boise, Idaho-based indie band Built to Spill plays tonight at 123 Pleasant Street.

Built to Spill is in the middle of a North American club tour, playing small bars across the states.

Chikita Violenta, an indie group from Mexico City, Mexico is opening up for the band.

Violenta continues their tour later this year with Ra Ra Riot, and the band recently was signed to the indie label Arts&Crafts.

Students expressed their excitement to see the classic ’90s alternative rock

band Built to Spill play Morgantown.

Senior Jeff Orsburn is excited to see how the band will fit on the small stage that 123 Pleasant Street has.

“I’m stoked,” Orsburn said. “I’ve seen them twice already.”

Carly Parana, a senior geology major, is looking forward to see the band play. “‘Keep it (Like) a Secret’ is my favorite album by them,” Parana said.

Built to Spill’s seventh album “There is No Enemy” was released in October reached new heights for the band.

The album peaked at No. 50 on the Billboard charts,

the highest the band has ever reached.

“I think it’s exciting for a band as big as Built to Spill to come to town,” Parana said.

Louis Giuliani, the owner of 123 Pleasant Street, is ready for the show.

“It’s going to sell out,” Giuliani said.

Built to Spill signed with Warner Brothers record label in 1997 and has opened for Kings of Leon.

“They’re the godfathers of indie music,” Giuliani said.

Giuliani has been the owner of 123 Pleasant Street since 1998.

The bar has lots of history dating back into the early

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The Warner Theatre as seen in 1931.

WARNER

Continued from page 5 worn seats, screen curtains that won’t open and many others.

Many of the building’s problems stem from a lack of upgrades in the buildings infrastructure.

While watching a movie three weeks ago, Ken Tennant, city fire marshal, noticed chains around theater emergency exits.

Under state code, exits must be kept clear at all times. The theater complied with the order to remove them, Tennant said, though noted it had been cited several times in the last few years for the same issue.

Due to the age of the doors,

chains were the only way to keep the doors shut, he said.

The theater was also told it must comply with a decadesold requirement that theaters with occupancy of 300 or more have a working fire alarm and sprinkler system.

Davis said the code inspection visit “was just another thing that happened in a whole series of events.”

“There’s just so many expenses to keep a historic building like this up and running,” he said.

When Round Table purchased the building in 2004, Davis said the intention was to bring it back to its former glory.

Improvements the company made included a new sound system and new projectors.

“It’s like buying a used car,”

Davis said. “OK, I gotta replace the fanbelt. That’s $10.

Then oh, the motor’s gone.

That’s even more. Whenever we would fix one thing, something bigger would happen.”

The corporation has even tried several times for grants but have ended nowhere, Davis said.

The announcement has seen a community outpour of support, Davis said. Previous visitors have shared their memories and wishes for the theatre to remain open.

“Please don’t close, please don’t close,” Davis said of the response he’s heard.

“The harsh reality is, we just don’t see those people on a week-to-week basis.”

One side effect of the theater’s closure is the stories

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Indie group Chikita Violenta will open for Built to Spill tonight at 123 Pleasant Street.

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The view of the Warner Theatre Monday. shared by customers.

“We had a lady this evening.

She drove in from Clarksburg.

She said that her and her husband had their first date here.

And he gave her a stick of gum and that she still has the stick of gum in her jewelry box,” he said. “Well he died. When she heard the news the theater was closing, she came all the way down here to say goodbye to the theater and pay her respects to him.”

Davis himself has ties beyond his years as general manager.

“I saw ‘Star Wars,’ here,” he said. “I had my first date with my now-wife here.”

To survive this long against cinema chains, the Warner adopted a motto of “Be different.”

While other chains had new

releases, the Warner took more independent and lesser known films – something that will leave a hole in Morgantown, Davis said.

“One of the harder things to take about the closing is that there really is no outlet for independent films in town anymore,” he said. “We used to have people come from all over – Bridgeport, Pennsylvania, etc. – because we were one of the few places that would get things.”

Among the recent independent releases: “The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia,” a documentary about the infamous White family in Boone County.

Twenty-six year old Morgantown resident Ryan Brown joined the theater a month and

a half ago.

“Working here, I see the attendance,” he said. “The lowest attendance I’ve seen here is maybe five people. This isn’t coming out of left field,” he said of the closure.

As for the fate of the building after the final credit rolls for “Dinner for Schmucks” Sunday night, Davis said there are no solid plans.

“They’re just going to close the doors on Sunday and see what happens,” he said.

As for whether or not another corporation could come in and attempt to revive the theater, Davis had a quick response.

“Have them call me,” he said. david.ryan@mail.wvu.edu

English department to host book swap

B.o.b

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by chelsea henshey

fan of B.o.B’s since his first release of his mixtape two years ago, was left more than satisfied with the performances of the night.

“He has such a unique sound. It’s like a futuristic but silky smooth flow,” Cox said. “I’m pleased that he sang both old and new songs, and it was altogether off the chain.” mackenzie.mays@mail.wvu.edu

1980s when it was called the Underground Railroad.

“We get new bands when we can get them,” Giuliani said.

Giuliani said that “local music is (the bar’s) bread and butter,” but is always excited to bring new bands into Morgantown.

Giuliani said the show should attract a wide range of fans ranging from young college kids to classic fans in their 40s.

The show will be an early one for 123. The doors open at 8 p.m. Tickets are $20 at the door.

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B.o.B dances along with his dance team and back-up vocals.

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RIGHT: B.o.B serenades the WVU crowd as he opens his sold out show in the Mountainlair Ballrooms.

FAR RIGHT: Playboy Tre gets the crowd involved immediately by bringing energy to the stage as the crowd cheers.

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The final round will be Nov. 14 and will feature three contestants.

Each of the final three contestants will sing three songs: a song he or she has sung before, a song he or she has never performed and a song chosen

T.I., Wale to play at WVU Rap artist T.I. will perform at the West Virginia University Coliseum Sept. 26.

Artist Wale will also perform.

Tickets go on sale Sept. 1 at 9 a.m. and range from $32 to $44 per ticket.

Tickets are also available through Ticketmaster. com and are available in the Mountainlair Box Office.

Students are eligible for

by the hosts.

Wilson said the judges will be different each round, with the exception of Provost Administrative Assistant Shirley Robinson, who will be present for every round.

Mountaineer Idol and sponsor Coca-Cola will also be helping to support “Jessi’s Pals” throughout the competition.

“Jessi’s Pals,” founded by one discounted ticket per WVU ID card.

T.I. is currently working on his seventh studio album titled “King Uncaged” and was recently released from prison.

Prior to his incarceration his single featuring Rihanna, “Live your Life,” climbed the Billboard Hot 100 from No. 80 to No. 1.

Wale’s recent album, Attention Deficit, reached No. 21 in the charts. The album featured an appearance by Lady GaGa. For more information, visit www.events.wvu.edu.

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veteran Jessica Lynch, helps to ensure the happiness of children in the West Virginia University Children’s Hospital by giving them stuffed animals through charity.

Contestants can donate stuffed animals to help support the foundation.

Participants can also bring in empty Coca-Cola cans and Coca-Cola will send $5 per can to the WVU Children’s

The West Virginia University English Club will kick off the fall semester with a book swap.

Wednesday from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. club members and guests are asked to bring a book of their choice, describe the book to the group and swap their books with another attendant.

Sarah Nason, a junior philosophy major and member of the English Club, described the event as a unique way to promote the club and socialize with current and perspective members.

“English Club just started at WVU last semester, so an interactive activity like a book swap is a way to generate more interest for those already involved and to hopefully recruit new members,” Nason said.

Nason will be bringing Hospital.

Wilson and the other Mountaineer Idol coordinators are also planning to work out a sponsorship with the Mountaineer Maniacs, where game attire would be worn on homecoming day.

Homecoming Day and the fourth round of Mountaineer Idol are both Oct. 22.

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“Poor People” by Fyodor Dostoevsky to the book swap and is looking forward to the opportunity to read new material.

“I usually end up reading the same things over and over, so I’m always looking for something I haven’t read before,” Nason said. “Preferably, I hope to find something I haven’t heard of before, though I’m open to anything.”

Andy Ryan, a junior computer science major, will also be attending the book swap.

Ryan said he joined the English Club to “discuss interesting and talented authors outside of the classroom.”

Ryan described the book swap as a way to spark interaction between members and guests and introduce fresh perspectives.

“The book swap will give the readers common ground together and help stimu-

late some people into new genres,”Ryan said.

He will be bringing “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?” by Philip K. Dick, and hopes to find “people with common reading interests and a few good books to read during the year.”

The book swap will take place on the Downtown Library lawn, or if the weather does not permit, in the Mountainlair Copy Center Lounge. The WVU English Club is open to all those interested in English, and the book swap is free and open to the public.

For more information about this event or other opportunities associated with the English Club, visit the club’s or the WVU English Department’s Facebook page. chelsea.henshey@mail.wvu.edu

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Bitancurt ‘more comfortable’

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West Virginia kicker Tyler Bitancurt is hoisted into the air after kicking the game-winning field goal over Pittsburgh last season.

Sophomore kicker has already made his name for the Mountaineers

BY Brian Kuppelweiser Sports Writer

West Virginia kicker Tyler Bitancurt will forever be known as a legend.

For most West Virginia fans, it doesn’t take much for a player to endear themselves to one of the strongest fanbases in the country.

If a player makes a great play – or, say, a game-winning field goal – he goes down in history.

If that big play is made against a rival as hated as Pittsburgh, that player is deemed a legend.

Redshirt sophomore Tyler Bitancurt did just that last season, as he nailed a gamewinning 43-yard field goal as time expired, along with three other field goals, to put away the Panthers in the 102nd edition of the Backyard Brawl.

Now, Bitancurt finds himself heading into the 2010 season as confident as ever.

“I feel more comfortable, that’s for sure,” said Bitancurt when asked about what is different from last season at this time.

The road to this season was not quite as easy, though, as the Springfield, Va., native had

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offseason surgery to fix a bone spur in his kicking foot. That injury kept him out of spring practice.

“I have recovered well from the surgery,” Bitancurt said.

“It took me a little while in the offseason, but I took my time with it, and it has not affected me at all right now.”

Two players that have been key to the recovery of Bitancurt are his best friends on the team, holder Jeremy Kash and long snapper Cody Nutter.

“It’s an important time to have them on my side,” Bitancurt said. “Because, coming into camp, you never know how stressful it is going to be – especially coming off a surgery.”

Immediately following the surgery, it was recommended Bitancurt rest the foot so he didn’t aggravate the injury.

“For a couple of weeks up until a month after the surgery, I wasn’t even worried about touching a football,” Bitancurt said. “I was just trying to get my strength back.”

With Bitancurt out for all of spring practice, it allowed West Virginia head coach Bill Stewart to realize just how much of a luxury having the

all-Big East kicker was to his team.

“We have a fine field-goal kicker in him and a fine placekicker as well,” Stewart said.

Bitancurt was 13-for-15 on field goal attempts and 41-for42 on extra point tries during the 2009 campaign.

After Bitancurt was cleared to begin kicking again, he said much of his work came with former Mountaineer kicker Paul Woodside.

“I didn’t go to any kicking camps from around the country,” Bitancurt said.

Bitancurt did say he worked during the offseason to condition one part of his body that is the key to kicking in clutch situations – his mind.

“I strengthened my whole body basically, so that makes me stronger mentally,” Bitancurt said.

With the regular season opener against Coastal Carolina five days away, Bitancurt said he feels fortunate to have regained last season’s form.

“I am hitting the ball really well right now,” Bitancurt said. “It’s like I never even had a surgery.” brian.kuppelweiser@mail.wvu.edu

“There were a couple of encouraging things,” McMichael Continued from page 10 said. “Those kids really want to be good at this.” handling any kickoff duties.

With that being said, the “I will not let Tyler Bitancoaching staff is still looking curt kickoff unless it is an abfor who will be covering the solute emergency situation,” kicks.

Stewart said. “We do not want “We are looking for 10 to disrupt anything there headhunters to make plays (with his injury).” and get after the ball,” Dunlap said.

With all of the good attention the WVU special teams Lastly, Stewart and his coaching staff are still decidunit received last season, it also received some bad attening who exactly will return tion due to the struggles of its kicks and punts.

As it stands now, sophocoverage units.

The Mountaineers ranked more receiver Tavon Austin No. 104 out of 120 teams in will be returning kicks, but the kickoff return yardage destarting running back Noel fense and No. 61 in punt reDevine, receiver Jock Sandturn yardage defense. ers and cornerback Brandon Hogan could all see time at “Some of the problems we had were that they were not the position. taking angles on drops in or“They are all good athletes, and if you give them a crease, they have the ability to make a safety or kicker miss,” McMichael said.

Austin returned 17 kicks last season with a 25.1-yard average. The Baltimore native had one return for a touchdown last season that went 98 yards.

Returning punts for the Mountaineers will be Hogan and Sanders, but as with kick return, Austin and Devine could also have an opportunity to return punts.

Sanders returned 17 punts last season with a long of 35 yards, and Hogan reEvery Thursday turned seven punts with a Shenandoah Room in Mountainlair long of 49 yards. der to get inside out on their people,” said assistant coach David McMichael.

The first change head coach Bill Stewart made was to hand over his special teams coaching duties to assistant coaches McMichael – who came to WVU in the offseason from Connecticut – and Steve Dunlap.

Secondly, Stewart went to other programs across the country to find improvements to make to his coverage units.

“We went out, searched and got some new wrinkles from other teams,” Stewart said. “We also did stages of drills on how to cover the kicks.”

From early indications, the coaches have been happy with the changes, but the transition has not been easy.

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A new game for true WVU football fans

GameDay Predictions Do you think you really know the West Virginia football team?

Well, now you have a game to play to truly tout your knowledge.

Each week, The Daily Athenaeum sports staff will select 15 categories for the week’s upcoming game.

You will answer those questions and return it to us. The player with the most “correct” or “closest to” answers at the end of the season will win a prize.

You’ll also be up against DA Sports Editors’ Tony Dobies and Brian Gawthrop.

Test your luck today!

Send your completed responses to WVUGameDayPredictions@gmail.com

by Friday at 5 p.m. to enter.

Here are this week’s questions: 1. How many pass attempts will WVU QB Geno Smith have against Coastal Carolina?

2. How many rushing yards will WVU RB Noel Devine have?

3. How many players will catch a pass for WVU? 4. How many yards will WVU’s longest play from scrimmage be?

5. What time and in which quarter will WVU’s backup quarterback come into the game for the first time?

6. How many points will WVU score?

7. How many of Tavon Austin’s touches (rushes, receptions) will go for more than eight yards?

8. Who will lead WVU in tackles?

9. How many sacks will WVU have?

10. Who will be the first WVU player with an interception?

11. How many first downs will the WVU defense give up to Coastal Carolina?

12. What color vest will WVU head coach Bill Stewart wear Saturday?

13. How many fans will attend the game?

14. What will be the length of WVU’s longest successful field goal?

15. Who will win the game and by how many points?

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Rowing needs members for novice team

By Tony Dobies Sports Editor

The West Virginia rowing team is looking for members to join its novice team for the 2010-11 season.

Novice coach Tina Griffith said she is looking for around 45-50 women to join the team – which is treated as a junior varsity team.

“You will get the same type of benefits as the varsity team, but it kind of works as a JV team,” Griffith said. “Some people don’t realize the perks you get for being a student-athlete.

You get academic support, athletic support, we have a training room, gear, and you get to schedule early.”

The team will have infor-

mational meetings today and Wednesday. Today’s meeting will be held at 5:30 p.m. in the Shenandoah Room of the Mountainlair. The Wednesday meeting will be held in Room 102 of the Student Recreation Center.

Griffith said a good rower is one who is tall and has strong legs.

“Most people think it’s an upper-body sport,” Griffith said. “But it’s not at all. The seat is not fixed, it’s moveable.

So you actually move with your legs.”

Almost every member of the novice team who finished the season last year made the varsity roster in 2010, Griffith said.

Griffith said women interested do not need to have pre-

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mind.

Less than a week later, Wallace is gone.

And as fate would have it, he transferred to WVU’s in-state rival, Marshall. The Thundering Herd, of course, plays West Virginia in two weeks in one of the rivalry’s most anticipated games.

Wallace won’t be playing, though. Because of the NCAA’s late ruling, he now has to sit out an entire season, which could count toward a redshirt only if he graduates in four years.

Now, Wallace is at a school he didn’t want to be at, playing for a coach and team he didn’t want to play for.

He has to be wondering if playing college football is even worth the pain anymore.

It wasn’t just Wallace that the NCAA fooled with this preseason. Fellow offensive lineman Quinton Spain missed the entire first week of fall camp due to eligibility issues.

It was just one week, but it may have cost him his freshman season.

Because Johnson had already spent a week with the players who were in camp, he said it would have been hard to

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Former West Virginia offensive lineman Marquis Wallace. get Wallace caught up without cutting corners, which Johnson said he is completely opposed to. He cited there’s no point in skipping steps now when he’d have to go back and teach them later.

The result: Spain is listed with the third-string on WVU’s depth chart. A redshirt likely awaits him.

Maybe he wouldn’t have played as a freshman. We’ll never know now.

All of this could have been prevented if the NCAA would have handled both of these cases quickly and efficiently.

Whether it means staffing more employees or starting on cases earlier, the NCAA must find a

vious rowing experience.

“Out of all the kids on the team, we always have a few that have no rowing experience,” Griffith said. “If they’re athletic, they shouldn’t have a problem walking onto the team.”

Last year’s novice 8+ team earned a bronze medal at the Grand Finals of the ECAC Regatta in May. The same team placed fourth at Big East Championships in April.

The team starts its fall season Oct. 9 with the Head of the Ohio race in Pittsburgh. The Mountaineers have four fall tournaments before a full Big East Conference season in the spring. anthony.dobies@mail.wvu.edu

way to make a decision on an athlete’s eligibility before the first day of his team’s practice.

The aforementioned cases have only made the NCAA look like a joke. More importantly, the association is treating its players like a joke.

There’s no excuse for the amount of times Wallace was ruled eligible and ineligible.

These cases happen way too often. In the NCAA’s defense, tracking down the proper academic credentials and doublechecking test scores can be a prolonged process. But there’s surely a better and quicker way of completing the process.

If there isn’t, players should at least be allowed to practice with their team while their case is under review. If the player is ruled ineligible, as in Wallace’s case, the player is done and transfers to another school, if possible.

If the player makes the academic qualifications, he hasn’t missed any time and hasn’t been punished for doing nothing wrong.

The NCAA took two WVU offensive linemen, who had an outside shot of playing minutes this season and ruined their freshman seasons.

He also ruined Johnson’s depth chart. brian.gawthrop@mail.wvu.edu

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During the uniform’s creation, Assistant Athletic Director for Marketing and Sales Brad Howe, worked closely with Nike to infuse elements of WVU’s football tradition into the design.

“We’re elated to be working with Nike,” Howe said. “We are very excited for the uniform’s release on Wednesday.”

WVU and Nike expect the jerseys to be an overwhelming success with players and fans.

“I’ve seen some renderings,” Luck said. “I’m not sure if they were the final product, but what I saw was pretty cool.”

Nike debuted the Pro Combat uniform last year, selecting many of the same schools that were chosen this year. Last year’s edition included Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana State, Missouri and Florida State in place of WVU, Pitt, Boise State, Oregon State and Alabama.

Nike said feedback from participating schools has been strong.

“Last year, it was very positive – in fact, TCU was so pleased with their design, they chose to wear their uniforms again in their championship game against Utah,” Hamilton said.

Pro Combat replica jerseys and T-shirts will be available for purchase shortly after the release date of the jersey. scott.cahoon@mail.wvu.edu

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Tuesday August 31, 2010

WVU FOOTBALL POSITION PREVIEW: SPECIAL TEAMS

BRIAN GAWTHROP ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

Former West Virginia star Da’Sean Butler was signed by the Miami Heat Monday.

According to the Miami Herald, Butler signed a twoyear contract He was a second round pick in the 2010 NBA Draft by the Heat.

NCAA needs to address eligibility issues No, Dave Johnson, the NCAA doesn’t hate you.

Yes, they may slightly dislike your players.

Don’t blame Johnson, though, if he is looking over his shoulder every now and then.

After all, West Virginia’s offensive line coach has likely had a monthlong headache since the Mountaineers’ fall camp started Aug. 7.

Not only has he had to deal with trying to plug in two starters on the right side of his offensive line, but the off-the-field issues with his two standout freshmen have seemed like a never ending process.

That was, however, until the NCAA ruled 6-foot-5, 290-pound Marquis Wallace academically ineligible to play at West Virginia last week. Sure, these types of verdicts are usually common, but tomorrow is Sept. 1 – nearly one month since WVU’s fall camp began.

Wallace practiced with West Virginia for most of fall camp, minus the three days midway through, which he missed because the NCAA was reviewing his case. He was later cleared and even played in the Mountaineers’ final scrimmage of fall camp.

Then, the NCAA changed its

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West Virginia kicker Tyler Bitancurt boots the game-winning field goal through the uprights against Pittsburgh last season.

Spots still open in kicking game

By Brian kuppelweiser sports writer

The West Virginia football team returns one of its two all-Big East Conference specialists in 2010.

Last year’s special teams unit gained much notoriety for its play, as the group helped the Mountaineers to a 9-4 record.

Then-freshman kicker Tyler Bitancurt was named an all-Big East performer after hitting 13-of-15 field goals and 41-of-42 extra points.

Along with Bitancurt, punter Scott Kozlowski was also selected to the all-Big East squad after averaging 44.4 yards per punt in 2009.

With Kozlowski lost to graduation, the punting position is up in the air for the second-straight season. Currently, redshirt senior Gregg Pugnetti and junior Corey Smith, who transferred from Alabama in 2009, are battling for the starting job, but Stewart believes Pugnetti has the advantage.

“Gregg Pugnetti would be

listed as the No. 1,” Stewart said. “But if I had to do it today, I would let them both do it.”

Smith, however, is the leader for the open kickoff spot after Josh Lider graduated. Smith has the advantage over redshirt freshman John Howard, Stewart said.

Stewart did make it point to emphasize that Bitancurt, who has recently fully recovered from offseason ankle surgery, would not be

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Always complimentary of his opponent, West Virginia head football coach Bill Stewart applauded Coastal Carolina head coach David Bennett for his off-the-field endeavors.

“He’s a great father, a great man and has a lovely family,” Stewart said in his first weekly conference call. “I’ve known him a long time. He’s a very proud South Carolina man, as I am a West Virginia man.”

Stewart also gave Bennett credit for his work in another sport.

“He’s a lot better golfer than I am,” Stewart said, laughing.

Stewart said he and Bennett have been close friends for many years, but that companionship will take a halt Saturday at 3:30 p.m., when West Virginia hosts Coastal Carolina at Milan Puskar Stadium.

“I wish him nothing but the best – except in this game Sept.

4,” Stewart said with a laugh.

“Then, I will forget that I like him.”

When it came down to discussing Saturday’s opening day tilt with the Chanticleers, the third-year head coach was quick to acknowledge the Coastal Carolina program as one of the top in the FCS. “They have some weapons on both sides of the ball as well as special teams,” Stewart said.

“You never know what’s going to happen that first game, so we just have to prepare.

“They did not have a great season last year, but they have had great seasons in the past.

Coach Bennett always has their players ready to go.”

Stewart talked at length about this game being a “measuring stick” for the upcoming season.

“If people think this is a walk in the park, they have no idea what college football is all about,” Stewart said.

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Stewart is unsure of who will be handed the backup role behind starter Geno Smith. A pair of freshmen, Barry Brunetti and Jeremy Johnson, are in the mix.

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“These guys are still being evaluated,” Stewart said.

“We have practice Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

Right now, they are pretty much even and neck and neck.”

When asked if Smith would get some time off toward the end of the game, banking on a Mountaineer blowout, Stewart quickly responded by saying that scenario had not even crossed his mind.

“I haven’t even thought of that,” Stewart said. “I don’t agree that this is going to get out of hand early. You never know what is going to happen, so we’ll just play it by ear.

We have a plan, and we’ll just see how the game progresses.

We may get into that thinking around halftime or the third or fourth quarter.” zz Stewart also touched on another roster spot at the offensive line position. True freshman Quinton Spain has only been in Mountaineer camp for two weeks, a time frame Stewart feels is not long enough to allow him to become an impact player right away.

“At this point he’s not in the two deep,” Stewart said. “He’s getting a lot better, but he just hasn’t been here long enough.”

Spain stands at 6-foot-5 and weighs 360 pounds. It took the Petersburg, Va., native a few weeks to be admitted at WVU. He faced NCAA Clearinghouse allegations regarding his grades. As of Aug. 16, Spain arrived in Morgantown and within that week began being acclimated to the WVU program.

“We’ll bring him along,” Stewart said. “At this point he’s on the scout team.” matthew.peaslee@mail.wvu.edu

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Butler led the Mountaineers to a Final Four in his senior season earlier this y ear.

He is continuing to rehab his knee from an injury stemming from his last career game at WVU against Duke in the Final Four.

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The Daily Athenaeum will have a sports writer in New York City for the unveiling For at least one game this of the Nike uniforms. Check out www. year, the Old Gold and Blue thedaonline.com and Wednesday and will look a little different than Thursday’s print edition for more . fans are traditionally used to seeing it.

West Virginia was selected pretty good schools there,” said as one of 10 schools to wear WVU Athletic Director Oliver Nike’s new Pro Combat Sys- Luck. “It’s a select group of tem of uniform this season. schools, and honestly it’s sort The uniforms incorporate el- of an honor we were on their ements of the University’s tra- short list.” dition with a futuristic design.

Teams were chosen to wear Both the design of the uni- the uniforms based on the visform and the date WVU will ibility and relevance of their wear them will be revealed at college programs, Hamilton a press conference Wednesday said. in New York.

“We look at those proAccording to Nike spokes- grams and their schedules for woman Cindy Hamilton, the key matchups, either rivalry uniforms are “engineered to games or against other highly provide superior protection regarded teams, that can be a and durability, while utilizing great stage to showcase our inadvanced fabrics and tooling novative, specially designed that reduce weight.” uniforms,” she said.

WVU was selected to wear Luck said he thinks WVU will the uniforms along with Al- wear the special uniforms for abama, Boise State, Florida, the Backyard Brawl this year.

According to Nike, the comMiami (Fla.), Ohio State, Oregon State, Texas Christian pany and University decide University, Virginia Tech and which game the team will Pittsburgh. wear the Pro Combat uniform “As you can tell from the list see NIKE on PAGE 8 of participants, there are some