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SGA delivers first State of Student Body

by Erin fitzwilliams Staff Writer

Students at West Virginia University need to establish a closer relationship to the Morgantown community, said Student Government Association President Chris Lewallen.

Lewallen and other SGA members delivered the first State of the Student Body Address on Tuesday to Morgantown City Council and Mayor Bill Byrne.

Lewallen spoke about the relationship between SGA and City Council as well as the community service that stu-

dents had devoted over past years, with a promise to devote more.

“Two years ago, former Student Body President Jason Parsons pledged $100,000 of service hours to the city of Morgantown and Sunnyside Up,” Lewallen said. “We are nearing the $90,000 mark, and we plan on pledging that once again.”

Nelson France, SGA liaison to City Council, spoke first about the newly announced Community Relations Team.

The members of the Community Relations Team will attend various city board,

commission and committee meetings, France said.

“This week, members will be writing the CR Team into the bylaws of SGA,” he said.

He also said he wanted City Council members to regularly attend SGA meetings.

“If each member on the Council can agree to attend one meeting per semester, we would be very appreciative,” he said.

France listed goals that SGA plans to accomplish within the city which include: zz Continuing support of Sunnyside Up. zz Improving transporta-

tion options for students and residents. zz Promoting better fan behavior and improving student conduct. zz Conducting a comprehensive study of parking and traffic in Morgantown. zz Striving to better coordinate WVU’s master plan with the city’s strategic plan. zz Developing better signage throughout the city. zz Building a lasting relationship between SGA and City Council.

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Student Government Association President Chris Lewallen presents the State of the Student Body Address to City Council at its session Tuesday evening.

Second annual Student Organization Fair Pedestrian Safety

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Junior sports management major and Student Government Association Gov. Rashad Bates, right, talks about the roles of the SGA and its activities with freshman pre-pharmacy major Ellen Lunak at the Student Organizations Fair on the Mountainlair Green Tuesday afternoon.

Student Organization Fair ‘pretty slow,’ still attracts students

BY SARAH O’ROURKE CORRESPONDENT

Students were invited to learn more about the different student organizations at West Virginia University on Tuesday.

About 25 organizations were represented at the Student Organization Fair hosted

by Student Organization Services and Student Government Association, said Kim Harrison, assistant director of SOS. Organizations ranging from political clubs such as Amnesty International and the Young Democrats to sports clubs such as the WVU Snowboarding club and the WVU Fencing club were featured at the fair.

Michael Lindon, president of WVU’s Fencing Club, said he found the fair very effective for his organization and met eight students interested in joining.

Though, he wished the fair had been held earlier in the school year, such as during the

first week of classes.

Some student organizations thought the fair was not well advertised though.

Rebecca Posa, community service chair of Catholics on Campus, said she thought the fair helped her club a little, but it was not advertised enough to attract a lot of students.

Posa said next year she thinks the fair will be more organized.

The fair was “pretty slow” because it was not advertised as much as it could have been, said Sarah Lemanski, president of the Women’s Ultimate Frisbee Club.

“I think during the first month of school there should be student organization fairs once a week to show students and get them interested,” she said.

Young Democrats member Sam Creeger, said she worked the fair from noon to Chelsi Baker/THE DAILY ATHENAEUM 3 p.m. and saw seven students Senior social work major Caitlin Sussman, left, explains the Young Democrats organiinterested in attending Young zation’s activites and goals to junior criminology and philosophy major Cliff Knowles, right, at the Student Organizations Fair Tuesday.

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New video game student organization formed By tim saar correspondent

Kelly Cecil wanted to give West Virginia University students interested in video games an outlet to share their ideas.

Cecil, a computer science graduate student, founded a student chapter of the Independent Game Developers’ Association.

“The group exists to be an educational community, not just programming,” Cecil said.

“We’re here to give students experience working with a group.”

Founded late in the spring semester, the group did not get some of their projects realized.

Cecil, along with Tim McGraw, assistant professor of computer science and electrical engineering, have revived the group for the new school year.

“In the video game industry,” Cecil explains, “it’s very important to have experience with a project. We serve as a meet-up, to make connections.”

McGraw, who serves as the group’s advisor, has worked in the game industry before and

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is currently doing research in computer graphic areas. He is looking to improve development of textures and graphics in games.

“We give students exposure to top professionals in the field, as well as access to documents and literature about developing games, from box art to technical things,” McGraw said.

“As a student group, they have discussions about games they’ve played or designs they’ve thought of. The goal is to do professional development and be entertaining at the

same time.”

The group does not only deal in entertainment software. The group also participates in interactive simulations and training that can be used in a lot of other industries, such as dentistry simulations, developing strategies for political interactions, scientific visualization and interactive techniques for navigating through medical data.

In addition to game design discussions and interactions with professionals, Cecil plans

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The Morgantown City Council adopted the Pedestrian Safety Plan as a guideline to future city codes pertaining to walkability in the city.

The plan does not address how walkability improvements will be funded in the city. It provides instead an idea of what needs to be addressed, said City Manager Dan Boroff.

The Council will use it as a “directional plan,” since walking is an “extremely important” aspect of neighborhood life, said Councilor Don Spencer.

Councilor Jenny Selin suggested that the various boards and commissions in Morgantown should look to the plan when working on the roads or putting in crosswalks.

For instance, at Kroger on Patteson Drive, when a pedestrian has the light to cross, a car also has the arrow to turn, Selin pointed out.

Using data and recom-

mendations from the plan will help to improve situations like this around Morgantown, she said.

George Lilley of the Pedestrian Safety Board said the plan was a “comprehensive approach” to make Morgantown safer.

The plan is the result of three years of thinking, said Stan Cohen of the Pedestrian Safety Board.

“This represents what we feel to be the best practices,” Cohen said.

Cohen pointed out that all people walk, even if they drive, because they must walk from where they parked their car.

Adopting the guidelines in the plan will make walking around Morgantown easier and encourage more people to do so, he said.

“If we do not have the infrastructure, we will not have the change in behavior,” Cohen said.

Public transportation around the city will also benefit from the Pedestrian

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Resident Hall Coordinator sheds pounds through gastric bypass surgery by ann compton staff writer

Two-hundred and sixty pounds. Two Justin Biebers.

That’s how much weight Jeremiah Kibler said he has lost since his gastric bypass surgery last summer.

Kibler, the resident hall coordinator for Honors Hall, once topped the scales at 520 pounds before deciding to have the weight loss surgery on June 3, 2009.

“I’d been big all my life,” Kibler said. “But it was after my dad die. He was overweight, and he had diabetes, and he was a double amputee, that I really started to think seriously about it.”

With a family history of diabetes and heart disease, Kibler said he was, in some ways, lucky because even at his biggest, the only health problem he suffered was high blood pressure.

“He was on one medication for high blood pressure and within a week of the surgery, he was off of it,” said Keisha Kibler, Jeremiah’s wife of six years.

Jeremiah said his doctor always warned him that his “luck” would run out eventually.

The surgery, known as the

Duodenal Switch, was performed by Dr. John Husted, in Sumerset, Ky. The surgery generates weight loss by restricting the amount of food that is absorbed into the body through a re-routing of the intestines.

The Duodenal Switch is considered one of the more drastic forms of gastric bypass and is only performed by a minority of bariatric surgeons.

Jeremiah said that for someone who was as overweight as he was, it was really the only option and that any other procedure would not work as well.

After the surgery, Jeremiah spent four days in the hospital and was on restricted activity for the following 10 weeks, with a liquid diet for the week after surgery and a blended diet for two weeks after that.

The surgery was not covered by insurance and cost $32,000.

“It was very frustrating, dealing with the insurance,” Keisha said. “But everything worked out, and now when we pay the bills, that’s one check that I don’t mind writing because we’ve gotten so much from it.”

Before his surgery,

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MARSHALL AWAITS WVU The West Virginia football team travels to Huntington, W.Va., Friday to face a familiar foe: Doc Holliday.

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Gov. Manchin appoints new Higher Education Policy Commission member Jenny Allen, from Shepherd University, was appointed to the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission Tuesday.

Gov. Joe Manchin said in a press release he appointed Allen to the Commission for her work in raising the economic growth of the Shepherd University community.

Allen has served as vice chair of a $20 million campaign for Shepherd University, the institution’s first comprehensive fundraising initiative. She is also vice president of the board of

the Contemporary American Theater Festival. In the past, she has served on the West Virginia Public Broadcasting Foundation board.

Allen joins nine other Commission members; six of whom are appointed by the Governor and three exofficio members including the Secretary of Education and the Arts, State Superintendent of Schools and Chair of the West Virginia Council for Community and Technical College Education.

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MedExpress offering flu shots West Virginia University students can begin preparing for the flu season today by receiving a flu shot.

Flu shots will be given at MedExpress Urgent Care, located along Don Knotts Boulevard, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.

The shots will be offered

seven days a week while supplies last.

The vaccine will protect against three different flu viruses: the H3N2 virus, the Influenza B virus and the H1N1 virus.

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Farmers’ market today in Lair West Virginia University farmers’ market from 11 students can buy fresh, farm- a.m. to 2 p.m. in front of the grown fruits and vegetables Mountainlair green. today at the Mountainlair.

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Coal king in W.Va. 3rd District House debate BLUEFIELD, W.Va. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Nick Rahall and Republican challenger Elliott “Spike” Maynard clashed repeatedly over who’s a bigger supporter of coal Tuesday in the first debate between the two candidates for the state’s 3rd Congressional District.

Maynard and Rahall, a veteran Democrat, made it clear the election centers on coal mining and jobs in the state’s southern counties. While they seemingly agreed on the need for stronger safety laws following the Upper Big Branch explosion that killed 29 miners in April, they clashed over the Obama administration’s efforts to curb surface mining in the region.

Maynard portrayed Rahall as one of the industry’s attackers during the debate televised by WVVA-TV in Bluefield.

“He’s a longtime Washington insider. He is a member of the team that is waging war on coal,” Maynard said, lumping Rahall in with President Barack Obama, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson. “I won’t be.”

Rahall countered that his congressional record as a supporter of surface mining dates to 1977 and as a veteran Democrat he has leadership positions on key committees to fight off efforts to eliminate the practice.

“I also know very well that there’s a growing movement in Congress to eliminate this practice,” Rahall said. “Guess who’s stopping the bill?”

Maynard is a former Democrat and justice of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals. He switched parties last November after los-

ing his bid to be re-elected to the state’s highest court as a Democrat.

Maynard agreed that unsafe mines needed to be held accountable but that the industry shouldn’t be constrained.

“We’ve got to focus first, always in coal mining, always on safety,” Maynard said. “But we have to mine coal.”

Rahall urged new mine safety legislation.

“These tragedies beg out for justice and for a response and they cry out for stronger mine health and safety laws,” he said.

The pair also traded shots on health care – Maynard attacked Rahall for supporting Obama’s reform legislation – and mundane issues such as roads.

“If I were chairman of roads and transportation, my district wouldn’t have the worst roads in the United States,” Maynard said. “I’d just like to get the potholes fixed on Route 52.”

Rahall, vice chairman of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, chided Maynard for supporting road construction despite his promises of less government spending.

“Now you’re saying we ought to be spending money on roads,” Rahall said. “Which way is it, Spike?

Which way is it?”

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Continued from page 1 Jeremiah’s diet consisted of Chinese food, buffets and soda.

“I could really pack it away.

I could drink a case of Coke a day,” Jeremiah said, adding that he was in denial about a lot and didn’t think that he had an eating problem.

“We would spend anywhere from $20 to $30 a week on soda,” Keisha said.

For two weeks before his surgery, Jeremiah was put on a liquid protein diet.

“Looking back, those two weeks before the surgery were probably the hardest part of this whole journey,” Jeremiah said.

Keisha agreed, saying that unlike some protein shakes that people add peanut butter to, Jeremiah was not allowed to do that.

“I don’t eat as much now.

I eat much smaller portions, now. Keisha and I will share meals a lot,” Jeremiah said.

“I can’t drink coke anymore, nothing carbonated, which might be one of the things I miss most.”

The surgery not only changed Jeremiah’s physical appearance, but changed every aspect of his life.

“He has a lot more energy now,” Keisha said, adding that he’s happier with himself and it has made his personality better.

Allison Miller, a second year graduate student in education, has worked with Jeremiah for five years in the Hon-

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Continued from page 1 Safety Plan’s guidelines, said David Bruffy, general manager of the Mountain Line Transit Authority.

Mountain Line had more than 1 million riders last year, 250,000 of which were made up of senior citizens, citizens with disabilities or citizens using wheelchairs, all of whom may not be able to drive, he said.

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ors Hall. She said the surgery only brought about positive changes.

“He was a great boss before the surgery but now he’s got a lot more energy,” Miller said.

“He’s able to be even more involved. He always had a lot of energy, but now it’s out there for everyone to see.”

For Jeremiah, the changes

have come in many ways.

“This summer, I rode my first rollercoaster since I was probably 12,” Jeremiah said, adding that it’s the first rollercoaster he has ever ridden with his wife.

Before Jeremiah’s surgery, he had to have special accommodations when traveling to conferences for work, such as two airplane seats.

“This summer I went to a conference, and I only needed one plane seat. I was really excited,” Jeremiah said.

“They’re so many things that people take for granted that I’m able to do now. I’m like a little kid in a candy store. Except without the candy bar.”

“I believe that the way we treat the less fortunate ... that’s really a big measure of who we are and what we are,” Bruffy said.

The Council adopted the plan unanimously.

In other business, the Council approved changes in the city’s health insurance program.

Under new laws, the city must account for all costs of retired employees working for the city, which would cost the city an additional $1.3 million

a year, Boroff said.

To help offset this amount, the city is going to put away an additional $350,000 a year, he said.

The city will now increase employee’s deductible by $1,500 and offer them $1,500 in a Health Reimbursement Account that can be used or saved, Boroff said.

Starting Jan. 1, 2011, all new employees of the city will not receive health insurance upon retirement, but can use the saved HRA money to buy

their own, he said.

The Council also was presented with a $15,000 grant for the construction of a new Farmers’ Market pavilion.

The grant was presented by several West Virginia representatives such as delegate Charlene Marshall and Senator Mike Oliverio.

“We’re very fortunate to have delegates that work so corroboratively with the city,” said Mayor Bill Byrne.

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comes SGA to work with them.

Having a “shared respect” among the students and community is needed, Ganz said.

She also suggested that the community have a representative on the WVU Board of Governors so the relationship works both ways.

“The University truly is a benefit not only for the city, but also the state,” said Wes Nugent, president of the Wiles Hill-Highland Park Neighborhood Association.

The community appreciates Chelsi Baker/THE DAILY ATHENAEUM the pledges from SGA, Nugent said, adding that action is now Student body vice president Ron Cheng speaks to City Council members at the City Council meeting Tuesday evening. needed from both parties.

Ken Gray, director of Student Affairs, said the speech went very well, and he was very supportive of a relationship between SGA and the city.

Committee members and chairpersons from various businesses from Morgantown, as well as University officials, were in attendance in an audience of nearly 40.

after events like football or basketball games, have also been on our agenda,” said SGA Vice President Ron Cheng.

“SGA is looking at proactive ways of celebration.”

Students will take a stance on being proactive with community development, such as snow removal during winter months, Cheng said.

Byrne welcomed SGA members and students to future meetings and said he would encourage members of the Council to attend SGA meetings.

All of the councilors thanked the members of SGA for the presentation, and many welcomed them to get involved in their neighborhoods.

Councilor John Gaddis said they provided great information to the Council, and Councilor Jenny Selin said she accepted the commitment of coming to one of the SGA meetings. erin.fitzwilliams@mail.wvu.edu Nancy Ganz, president of Chelsi Baker/THE DAILY ATHENAEUM Samantha Cossick contrib- Mayor Bill Burns, center, and other City Council members listen to the State of the Student the Suncrest Neighborhood Association, said she wel- uted to this report.

Body Address during their meeting Tuesday.

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fair thought it was helpful in learning more about organizations on campus, though.

Sophomore political science major, Zach Cochran, attended the fair and said he was surprised how specific certain organizations are.

“A lot of these club’s purposes match what I am trying to find here,” he said.

Without events like this students wouldn’t have their eyes opened to everything WVU has to offer, Cochran said.

Mercedes Lewis, a junior philosophy major, said she would not have found the clubs she was interested in if she did not attend the fair.

Although SOS and SGA partnered to host the fair, it

was SGA’s idea, Harrison said.

“SGA Governor Jason Bailey was very interested in getting the word out about the different types of WVU student organizations,” she said. “He put together a committee for the fair, and it was his desire to inform students.”

workshops,’ where we discuss topics related to video games, Continued from page 1 like artificial intelligence,” he said. to have more interactive activ“We have an ongoing video game development project, ities for the members.

“Part of what the group does where we all work together to is to try and do ‘video game create a game, sitting down

from start to finish – concept art, prototyping, development.”

Last year, there were not enough members or enough time to complete simulation projects.

“This year we would like to see it from start to finish,” Cecil

said. “We’re always interested in fresh minds to give us ideas we’ve never thought of.”

The Independent Game Developer Association does not have an official meeting time.

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“I think it should have been more organized to get more people involved,” she said.

“But even just one more member is a lot of help.”

Students who attended the

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Report finds many W.Va. kids don’t get dental care all this week This Friday, September 10th by 4:00pm

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — A Marshall University program that offers free dental care at school found that more than 43 percent of the children seen during the first year had untreated dental decay.

It also found that lack of insurance was not to blame: Nearly nine in 10 children had some form of coverage.

The West Virginia School Community Partnership, now in its second year, offers ex-

ams, cleanings, fluoride treatments and sealants. Marshall’s Center for Rural Health runs the program, which is funded by a grant from the Appalachian Regional Commission and the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation.

Last year, 10 counties got grants to treat more than 2,300 children.

West Virginia Public Broadcasting reported Tuesday that nearly half of those children

failed to see a dentist regularly, even though 62 percent were on Medicaid, 8 percent were in the Children’s Health Insurance Program and 8.3 percent had private insurance.

The outreach program is aimed at changing generational attitudes about oral health by reaching children earlier.

“I truly believe it’s an educational thing,” said Mar-

shall oral health coordinator Bobbi Muto. “... I don’t think we place a value on dental care and dental services like we should.”

Children can’t get to dentists on their own, she said, so it’s up to their families to see that they get regular care.

The Mid Ohio Valley Health Department in Parkersburg screened more than 400 students in Wood County last year.

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US expects to spend big in Afghanistan for years

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government’s financial commitment to Afghanistan is likely to linger and reach into the billions long after it pulls combat troops from the country, newly disclosed spending estimates show.

The United States expects to spend about $6 billion a year training and supporting Afghan troops and police after it begins withdrawing its own combat troops in 2011.

The estimates of U.S. spending through 2015, detailed in a NATO training mission document, are an acknowledgment that Afghanistan will remain largely dependent on the United States for its security.

That reality could become problematic for the Obama administration as it continues to seek money for Afghanistan from Congress in a time of increasingly tight budgets.

In Brussels, a NATO official said Monday that alliance commander Gen. David Petraeus had asked for 2,000 more soldiers, with nearly half to be trainers for the rapidly expanding Afghan security forces. The NATO official requested anonymity because he was not authorized to speak on the subject.

The training mission document outlines large-scale infrastructure projects, including a military hospital and military and police academies, aimed at “establishing enduring institutions” and “creating irreversible momentum.”

Spending for training is projected to taper off from $11.6 billion next year to an average of $6.2 billion over the following four years. Much of the reduction reflects reduced spending on infrastructure.

The Obama administration

recently announced that it intends to ramp up the total Afghan army and police force from nearly 250,000 today to more than 300,000 by late next year. The mission will be largely paid for by the United States, with smaller contributions from NATO allies. The projected multibillion-dollar cost of maintaining those forces would be inconceivable for Afghanistan’s small economy without foreign aid.

One of the arguments against dramatically increasing the size of Afghan security forces, even during George W. Bush’s administration, was that the Afghan government would be unable to pay for them for the foreseeable future. The NATO document shows that the U.S. will end up footing most of the bill.

The Obama administration has boosted the training mission in preparation for next year’s drawdown. The United States spent over $20 billion on training between 2003 and 2009 and expects to spend about the same this year and next alone.

The head of the NATO training mission, U.S. Lt. Gen. Bill Caldwell, said bolstering Afghanistan’s security forces is cost-efficient.

“It will always be more expensive to have a coalition force doing something than an Afghan counterpart,” Caldwell said in a written response to questions from The Associated Press.

Caldwell said he is sensitive to the concern that the United States is creating dependence and is looking for ways of cutting costs.

“This dependency is something that we think about all the time,” he said. “We know

NEW YORK (AP) — Officials hoisted a 70-foot piece of World Trade Center steel at ground zero Tuesday and vowed to open the Sept. 11 memorial by next year, although they acknowledged that the ongoing construction at the site would limit where and how the public could visit.

The memorial, with reflecting, waterfall-filled pools set above the footprints of the fallen towers, its wall of victims’ names, its trees and green spaces, is expected to open by the 10th anniversary of the 2001 attacks. Officials have said it would be open to the general public after that.

But the public will only be able to enter the memorial from the western edge of ground zero, while fenced boundaries that surround the site on three other sides of the 8-acre plaza will still be there, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Tuesday.

“Every once in a while they’re going to have move a beam or something and they’ll close off a part of it,” the mayor said, but said visitors would be able to still walk through the cobblestoned plaza and pause by the memorial pools, which have been built up to street level.

“You’ll be able to come, walk the plaza, sit, contemplate, the fountains will be working, look at the names, you can reflect,” he said.

Thousands of visitors come to peer inside the fenced construction site or visit two adjoining museum sites a day.

Once the official memorial is open, officials estimate 7.1 million people will visit it in the first year.

Bloomberg said a northeast section of the plaza would be closed at some point while a transit hub is being built underneath it, and said other parts of the plaza could close as needs warrant. Several of the 400 trees that are planned at the plaza – including 16 that were planted this summer – will still need to be installed after the 10th anniversary passes.

Bloomberg and other officials described progress at the memorial and at half a dozen other projects underway at the 16-acre site, including the signature, 1,776-foot skyscraper meant to replace the fallen trade center towers. It was followed by the hoisting of a salvaged 50-ton steel column that was once part of the

An original piece of the Twin Towers, known as a ‘trident,’ is lowered into its permanent location at the 9/11 Memorial Museum at ground zero in New York, Tuesday. Behind the ‘trident’ is One World Trade, still under construction.

the sooner the Afghan systems are up and running the sooner coalition forces can transition responsibilities to the sovereign government.”

Todd Harrison, an analyst with the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, said it will be difficult to wean the Afghan security forces quickly.

“We really do have a long way to go before this winds down,” he said.

Caldwell has said he aims to have Afghan security forces at sufficient numbers by Oct. 31, 2011, three months after President Barack Obama’s deadline to start U.S. withdrawals. The mission has had to deal with illiteracy, corruption and desertion among Afghan forces.

Caldwell has said he aims to have Afghan security forces at sufficient numbers to begin a U.S. withdrawal by October 2011. The mission has had to deal with illiteracy, corruption and desertion among Afghan forces.

With much skepticism in Congress, the levels of financing outlined in the document are not guaranteed. While the roughly $6 billion annual cost would not be an enormous line in the defense budget, the administration is facing pressure to shrink the federal deficit.

Even Caldwell has predicted that desertion and injury rates are so high among Afghan forces that NATO will have to recruit and train 141,000 people to ensure it has the 56,000 additional personnel needed next fall.

As money for infrastructure tapers off, most of the projected spending is to retain forces by paying salaries, food and housing.

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north tower’s facade to mark what will be the entrance of the memorial museum.

“I think there had been doubts, there had been concerns but we are here today to truly acknowledge what has happened recently,” said Chris Ward, executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which owns the site.

Thirty-six stories of 1 World Trade Center, formerly known as the Freedom Tower, are rising from the northwest corner of the site. It is scheduled to open in 2013, along with a second office tower.

The column put in place Tuesday was part of that.

The 70-foot structure, with its three-pronged trident top, was salvaged from the rubble after the Sept. 11 attacks.

A second column is expected to be raised Wednesday. The columns will be at the entrance of the museum, which will occupy space underneath the site and is scheduled to open in 2012.

Officials cited an agreement reached with developer Larry Silverstein in recent months that they said

would speed up the financing and construction timetables of up to three towers the private developer hopes to build.

The Port Authority agreed to put up to $1.6 billion in public financing towards two of Silverstein’s towers, including one where it plans to rent office space.

The Port Authority is also building a transit hub expected to be close to the size of Grand Central Terminal for commuter rail lines to New Jersey and connections to a dozen subway lines. The hub is expected to be finished in 2014.

Plans for two other towers are uncertain and dependent on market conditions. A performing arts center is also planned for the site, but its design, financing and construction schedule are not complete.

But once the towers, memorial and hub open, Silverstein said, the area known as ground zero would transform into something else.

“It will be an extraordinary dimension to this neighborhood in terms of what it will have created,” he said.

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Rev. Terry Jones at the Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, Fla., Monday, Aug. 30, 2010. Jones plans to burn copies of the Quran on church grounds to mark the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States that provoked the Afghan war.

Pressure increases on Florida pastor who wants to burn Quran GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The government turned up the pressure Tuesday on the head of a small Florida church who plans to burn copies of the Quran on Sept. 11, warning him that doing so could endanger U.S. troops and Americans everywhere.

But the Rev. Terry Jones insisted he would go ahead with his plans, despite criticism from the top U.S. general in Afghanistan, the White House and the State Department, as well as a host of religious leaders.

Jones, who is known for posting signs proclaiming that Islam is the devil’s religion, says the Constitution gives him the right to publicly set fire to the book that Muslims consider the word of God. Gen. David Petraeus warned Tuesday in an e-mail to The Associated Press that “images of the burning of a Quran would undoubtedly be used by extremists in Afghanistan – and around the world – to inflame public opinion and incite violence.” It was a rare example of a military commander taking a position on a domestic political matter.

Jones responded that he is also concerned but is “wondering, ‘When do we stop?’”

He refused to cancel the protest set for Saturday at his Dove World Outreach Center, a church that espouses an anti-Islam philosophy.

“How much do we back down? How many times do we back down?” Jones told the AP. “Instead of us backing down, maybe it’s to time to stand up. Maybe it’s time to send a message to radical Islam that we will not tolerate their behavior.”

Still, Jones said he will pray about his decision.

State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley said the administration hoped Americans would stand up and condemn the church’s plan.

“We think that these are provocative acts,” Crowley said. “We would like to see more Americans stand up and say that this is inconsistent with our American values; in fact, these actions themselves are un-American.”

Meeting Tuesday with religious leaders to discuss recent attacks on Muslims and mosques around the U.S., Attorney General Eric Holder called the planned burning both idiotic and dangerous, according to a Justice Department official. The official requested anonymity because the meeting was private.

Crowley said Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton may address the controversy at a dinner Tuesday evening in observance of Iftar, the breaking of the daily fast during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

At the White House, spokesman Robert Gibbs echoed the concerns raised by Petraeus.

“Any type of activity like that

that puts our troops in harm’s way would be a concern to this administration,” Gibbs told reporters.

Jones said he has received more than 100 death threats and has started wearing a .40-caliber pistol strapped to his hip.

The 58-year-old minister said the death threats started not long after he proclaimed in July that he would stage “International Burn-a-Quran Day.” Supporters have been mailing copies of the Islamic holy text to his church to be incinerated in a bonfire.

Jones, who has about 50 followers, gained some local notoriety last year when he posted signs in front of his small church declaring “Islam is of the Devil.” But his Quranburning scheme attracted wider attention. It drew rebukes from Muslim nations and an avalanche of media interview requests just as an emotional debate was taking shape over the proposed Islamic center near the ground zero site of the 2001 terrorist attacks in New York.

The Quran, according to Jones, is “evil” because it espouses something other than biblical truth and incites radical, violent behavior among Muslims.

“It’s hard for people to believe, but we actually feel this is a message that we have been called to bring forth,” he said last week. “And because of that, we do not feel like we can back down.”

Muslims consider the Quran to be the word of God and insist it be treated with the utmost respect, along with any printed material containing its verses or the name of Allah or the Prophet Muhammad. Any intentional damage or show of disrespect to the Quran is deeply offensive.

Jones’ Dove Outreach Center is independent of any denomination. The church follows the Pentecostal tradition, which teaches that the Holy Spirit can manifest itself in the modern day. Pentecostals often view themselves as engaged in spiritual warfare against satanic forces.

At first glance, the church looks like a warehouse rather than a place of worship. A stone facade and a large lighted cross adorn the front of the beige steel building, which stands on 20 acres in Gainesville’s leafy northern suburbs.

Jones and his wife, Sylvia, live on the property and also use part of it to store furniture that they sell on eBay. A broad coalition of religious leaders from evangelical, Roman Catholic, Jewish and Muslim organizations met in Washington on Tuesday and condemned the plan to burn the Quran as a violation of American values.

“This is not the America that we all have grown to love and care about,” said Rabbi Steve Gutow of the Jewish

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Council for Public Affairs. “We have to stand up for our Muslim brothers and sisters and say, “This is not OK.’” FBI agents have visited with Jones to discuss concern for his safety. Multiple Facebook pages with thousands of members have popped up hailing him as a hero or blasting him as a dangerous pariah.

The world’s leading Sunni Muslim institution of learning, Al-Azhar University in Egypt, accused the church of stirring up hate and discrimination, and called on other American churches speak out against it.

Last month, Indonesian Muslims demonstrated outside the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta, threatening violence if Jones goes through with it.

In this progressive Florida city of 125,000 anchored by the sprawling University of Florida campus, the lanky preacher with the bushy white mustache is mostly seen as a fringe character who doesn’t deserve special attention.

At least two dozen Christian churches, Jewish temples and Muslim organizations in Gainesville have mobilized to plan inclusive events – some will read from the Quran at their own weekend services – to counter what Jones is doing.

A student group is organizing a protest across the street from the church on Sept. 11.

Gainesville’s new mayor, Craig Lowe, who during his campaign became the target of a Jones-led protest because he is openly gay, has declared Sept. 11 Interfaith Solidarity Day in the city.

Jones dismisses the response of the other churches as “cowardly.” He said even if they think burning Qurans is extreme, Christian ministers should be standing with him in denouncing the principles of Islam.

All the attention has caused other problems for Jones, too.

He believes it’s the reason his mortgage lender has demanded full payment of the $140,000 still owed on the church property. He’s seeking donations to cover it, but recently listed the property for sale with plans to eventually move the church away from Gainesville.

The fire department has denied Jones a required burn permit for Sept. 11, but he said lawyers have told him his right to burn Qurans is protected by the First Amendment, with or without the city’s permission.

The same would hold true, he said, if Muslims wanted to burn Bibles in the front yard of a mosque.

“Of course, I would not like it,” Jones said. But “I definitely would not threaten to kill them, as we have been threatened.”

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City, University must maintain accountability Members of the West Virginia University Student Government Association delivered the first State of the Student Body Address Tuesday at the Morgantown City Council meeting.

The speeches were meant to stand as the initial step in improving relations between the University and city; however, if this is to happen, SGA members need to remain accountable in keeping their promises.

Action is needed for WVU and Morgantown community

members to believe SGA and City Council will work cooperatively together.

SGA Liaison to City Council Nelson France pointed out seven areas to improve the relationship: continuing with the Sunnyside Up partnership, transportation options, fan behavior and student conduct, a comprehensive study of parking and traffic in Morgantown, coordination of the WVU and city of Morgantown’s strategic plans, better signage and a lasting relationship.

France represents all students to the council currently, and he needs to attend every meeting possible, open forum and discussion, that would affect any part of the University – faculty and staff included.

SGA President Chris Lewallen and Vice President Ron Cheng also spoke of the importance of a lasting relationship between the city and University.

Lewallen cited issues both the city and University would like to see addressed, such as

drinking problems and drinking and driving.

He also included ways students have contributed to the city with the United Way Campaign Drive and Sunnyside Up, in which students have donated $90,000 worth of community service hours working.

SGA, representing the student body, should reach out to City Council. It should get input from faculty, staff and students.

While forums may not be well attended by their constituents, hosting focus groups or

online surveys is another way to gain opinions.

The Council should take appropriate measures to get to know those within the University who can relate to subjects it deals with.

For instance, if an issue rises with housing, a Council member should be able to contact the Off-Campus Housing director within the University as well as the one within SGA. The most important thing is in improving this relationship for the president, liaison and

mayor to keep in contact during all times of the year.

Problems in the past have risen from ordinances implemented during the summer, Lewallen pointed out in his speech. For that to end, the University needs to be represented all year round.

If all parties work together, keep promises and are held accountable, there should be fewer future problems between the city and University. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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Protestors rally against a proposed Islamic center and mosque near ground zero in New York.

Muslim-Americans can celebrate Ramadan while mourning Sept. 11 omar ghabra correspondent

Muslims all over the world mark the end of the month of Ramadan with a celebration called Eid-al-Fitr. During this month, Muslims refrain from eating, drinking and any form of sexual activity from dawn until dusk.

They view it as a time for reflection, patience, community and charity. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, which is based on the lunar calendar.

The lunar year is typically 10 to 12 days shorter than the 365 day Gregorian year. This means that each year, Ramadan begins about 10 days earlier than the year before. Last year, Ramadan began on Aug. 22 and ended Sept. 1.

This year, Ramadan began Aug. 11 and will end Sept. 9.

Eid-al-Fitr will be celebrated on Sept. 10, one day before the ninth anniversary of the Sept.

11 attacks.

This has proven to be an unfortunate coincidence for American Muslims who have been thrust on the defensive for the past several months as rising anti-Islamic sentiment stemming from the outrage over the proposed Park 51 complex near ground zero has become a national political issue.

In an election season where politicians on both sides of the aisle are desperately clamoring to score cheap political points, Islam in America has become one of the most controversial issues.

This debate, like most in modern politics, has been plagued by misinformation and a troubling detachment from facts or reason.

In recent days, it’s further escalated as a number of incidents have demonstrated what happens when politicians and political talk show hosts sow hostility and fear of “the other” for short-term political gains.

A Muslim cab driver in New York, Ahmed Sharif, was stabbed multiple times by his passenger Aug. 24 after the passenger asked him if he was a Muslim. The next day Sharif told

a journalist that “before yesterday, I never felt like I didn’t belong here.”

In another incident, a drunken man entered a mosque in Queens shouting “terrorists” as he proceeded to urinate in the area where people were praying. Most recently, federal authorities in Tennessee have determined that a fire at a mosque that is under construction was arson.

It is this dangerous climate that Muslim communities all over the country find themselves as they prepare to celebrate the end of their holy month.

Many of these communities, including the one right here in Morgantown, are taking special precautions due to the fear of being harassed or worse.

They fear people will mistake the timing of the celebration of Eid with the anniversary of Sept. 11 and further inflame the bigoted sentiments that have rapidly grown in recent months.

According to Sohail Chaudhry, imam of the Islamic Center of Morgantown, this year’s Eid prayer service was originally planned to be held

outdoors, but security concerns prompted them to move it indoors.

Additionally, a community dinner was moved from Saturday to Sunday to avoid any confusion regarding the motives behind the celebration.

Chaudhry also mentioned that the WVU Police Department was notified of these events and will be providing security for them.

It’s a sad day in this country when a minority group has to ask for police protection just to practice their faith.

Many signs indicate this could just be the beginning.

According to a recent poll conducted by TIME Magazine, only 55 percent of Americans would approve of a mosque being built in their community.

This growing animosity is undoubtedly linked to the inflammatory rhetoric being spewed by right wing politicians on a daily basis.

They create an environment that is becoming increasingly conducive to violence and they are showing no signs of stopping. Sept. 11 will be marked with a number of Islamopho-

bic gatherings this year.

These events range from Pastor Terry Jones’ “Burn a Quran Day” to the anti-Islam rally at ground zero featuring former UN ambassador John Bolton and the Dutch fascist parliamentarian Geert Wilders, who advocates banning all mosques from being built and wants to stop all Muslim immigration to his country.

Many of these people tend to propagate their ignorant beliefs based on the false notion that America was founded as a “Christian nation.” Thus people from a Judeo-Christian background are more “American” than Muslims or people who aren’t religious at all.

This, of course, could not be further from the truth.

To say that this is somehow a “Christian nation” is to rewrite history. The following, taken from a treaty signed by none other than John Adams, explicitly refutes this distortion: “the government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion ... The United States is not a Christian nation any more than it is a Jewish or a Mohammedan

(Muslim) nation.”

It couldn’t be any clearer.

Being American has nothing to do with one’s religious beliefs. Being American is about acknowledging the rights of all people, including those we disagree with. Anyone who tries to stir up fear and hatred of another group they disagree with is un-American.

But with their hateful rhetoric, they are endangering the lives of innocent people and spitting on the freedoms so many have fought to protect.

Despite the intimidation and fear mongering, Muslims will celebrate their holiday later this week. And on Saturday, they will mourn the tragedy of Sept.

11 with millions of their American brothers and sisters.

Those who seek to benefit from the divisions they are creating in our society will come up empty-handed because they are on the wrong side of history.

America is and always will be a pluralistic society, where people of all faiths are welcome.

If you have a problem with that, then you have a problem with the ideals this country was founded upon.

Differences of religion can be reconciled with mutual understanding jeremiah yates columnist

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.”

It was necessary to start this week’s column with an excerpt from the First Amendment of the United States Constitution, because it seems that so many of my American brethren have forgotten exactly what it means.

Our forefathers stood for many of the same ideals that have been written throughout numerous religious texts, but they were especially careful not to favor any religion when addressing our freedom.

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Late in John Adams’ political career, he once wrote to Thomas Jefferson that, “This world would be the best of all possible worlds if there were no religion in it.”

The First Amendment represents the origin of our nation.

Immigrants from all walks of Earth traveled to this land in search of religious freedom. By interfering with another’s right to worship, you strip away their rights as an American and as a civilized human being.

Yet we see hate crimes and discrimination toward Muslims portrayed in the news just about every day.

USA Today recently reported a cab driver suffering multiple stab wounds in Manhattan Aug. 24 for mentioning to his passenger that he was a Muslim.

The driver, Ahmed H. Sharif, said that of all things the event made him sad, saying, “I have been here more than 25 years.

I have been driving a taxi more than 15 years. All my four kids were born here. I never feel this hopeless and insecure before.”

Around the country, Muslims are the targets of violent and despicable acts that jeopardize their Civil Rights.

In Murfreesboro, Tenn., there has been controversy for weeks concerning plans for a Mosque to be built. Following heavy protest from residents, the construction equipment on site was set ablaze and later declared as arson, according to CNN. The arson of a mosque in Tennessee makes one think the debate about the mosque

in Manhattan isn’t just about being close to ground zero, but just the fact that a mosque is being built in the United States.

Political figures aren’t able to escape the American fear of Islam, either.

A recent CNN poll reported that one in five Americans think President Barack Obama is a Muslim. Which is not true, but why should it matter?

In 2006, Rep. Keith Ellison became the first Muslim to be elected to the U.S. Congress.

His election caused turmoil when fellow Rep. Virgil Goode of Virginia spoke against Ellison’s choice to put his hand on the Quran instead of the Bible when he was sworn in.

The examples continue. The Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville Florida has

plans to burn copies of the Quran on the anniversary of 9/11. Local officials have denied the church’s permit for the bonfire, but the group insists they will go ahead as planned.

Education and understanding are the only ways to settle the differences among the American people. A group labeling themselves the “Dove” World Outreach Center should present messages of peace, not hate and violence.

It may be true that the 9/11 terrorists were deep followers of Islam. But organizations such as the Ku Klux Klan claim to be God-fearing Christians and few seem to associate the KKK with that religion’s majority.

All nations and religions have their own form of extrem-

ists, but the acts of a few cannot represent the whole.

Yet, terrorism is a real threat to the American way of life and has to be dealt with on foreign soil. If more individuals would educate themselves, MuslimAmericans would be able to worship anywhere with much less opposition.

Not many people seem to get a real picture of what it really means to be a Muslim.

The differences that separate Christianity, Judaism and Islam are not that extreme. Islam accepts the same prophets as the others (including Jesus Christ); they just interpret the words of God differently.

Fear is stopped only by education and understanding. A child is scared of the dark because he is ignorant to the fact that he is safe.

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Blue Moose Cafe holds Open-Mic Nite by mackenzie mays

The Blue Moose Cafe, located at 248 Walnut St., is holding an ‘Open-Mic Nite’ tonight at 8.

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The Blue Moose Cafe will host an Open-Mic Nite tonight, just as it’s been doing every Wednesday for the past 15 years.

Gary Tannenbaum, owner of the cafe for the past eight years, stopped to appreciate the variety of local talent and community support that comes out each week.

“Morgantown has an amazing amount of musical talent from all aspects of life,” Tannenbaum said. “I’m amazed with the people who show up for Open-Mic. They’re not just here to make noise – they are serious performers.”

These performers include Indie singer/songwriters, soulful pianists, poetry readers and stand-up comedians.

“We have Indie singer/ songwriters come out, as well as Dave Matthews Band cov-

in a brighter and cheerier atmosphere outside of the bar scene,” Tannenbaum said.

Though the talent is at the center of Open-Mics at the Blue Moose Cafe, Tannenbaum, who opens each OpenMic with his own set of “Old Delta” blues and ragtime, said another component is equally as important : the crowd’s support.

“Our Open-Mic crowds are different from other concert audiences in that they’re actually here to listen to and appreciate the music,” Tannenbaum said. “We support aspiring musicians here and we’re patient and enthusiastic for the newcomers.”

Open-Mic Nite at The Blue Moose Cafe begins tonight at 8 p.m. There is no cover charge, but purchases are encouraged.

Cracker Stackwell will also serve as host of the event.

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WHERE: Blue Moose Cafe, 248 Walnut St. WHEN: 8 p.m.

WHO: Cracker Stackwell hosts HOW MUCH: Free, anyone allowed to participate in open mic ers and even Hula-Hoopers,” Tannenbaum said. “Anything goes. But we like to keep a ‘kick back’ environment here no matter the set.”

This relaxed, but enthusiastic, weekly crowd is what sets the Blue Moose Cafe apart from other venues/bars, in addition to its unique menu of food, coffee and beer and no smoking policy.

“Musicians not only enjoy playing their music – they want people to hear it. And that’s what we’re able to do here, with no strings attached,

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David Bello returns to Morgantown

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Writer, artist returns to venues that launched career Danny Trejo stars in ‘Machete,’ the latest action venture from director Robert Rodriguez.

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‘Machete’ delivers deadly action JAMIE CARBONE CAMPUS CALENDAR EDITOR

Danny Trejo is not a household name.

People may know him as the uncle from “Spy Kids” or the bartender from that one scene in “Anchorman,” but he is usually a face, not a name.

“Machete” may be the movie that finally turns that around.

Directed by Robert Rodriguez and Ethan Maniquis, “Machete” tells the story of a Mexican federal agent, aptly named Machete.

The movie starts as he decides to take the law into his own hands and rescue a federal witness from druglord Torrez, only for his whole world to crumble around him.

Three years later, he is working as an illegal worker, where, one day, instead of doing yardwork, he is hired to assassinate United States Senator John McLaughlin.

The assassination attempt fails, and soon, Machete is brought into a world of corruption and illegal immigrants, a mess which only he can clean up.

Based on the movie trailer from 2007’s “Grindhouse,” “Machete” is cut from the same

cloth as movies “Planet Terror” and “Death Proof.”

This of course means it is completely ridiculous while being pretty cool at the same time.

The movie features quite a few over-the-top moments, such as the title character decapitating three men at once, disemboweling a man and then using his intestines to bungee out of a window and riding in a legion of low-riders, all using their hydraulics.

There are few more worth mentioning, but, since the movie is rated R, it wouldn’t be appropriate to mention them in a college paper.

The movie also features an all-star cast, from Robert DeNiro as the senator to Michelle Rodriguez as Luz, a taco stand owner who smuggles immigrants into the country.

Rodriguez also cast his usual friends, actors who don’t appear in enough films, people like Cheech Marin and Tom Savini.

The film also features a noteworthy appearance by Daryl Sabara, better known as Juni from the “Spy Kids” films, and he seems to have successfully conquered puberty.

However, the movie seems to suffer from having too many bad guys.

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The film’s plot is also a little weak, but, honestly, that was kind of expected for what is clearly an action film.

My biggest complaint, though, is that I expected a more lively performance from Trejo.

Perhaps it was how the character was written, but Machete just isn’t a very interesting person.

Even during sex scenes, he is just kind of there.

The only time he is interesting is when he is killing people.

Again, though, I think this problem belongs to the script, as I know Trejo has the ability to play exciting characters.

His character, Umberto Robina, from “Grand Theft Auto: Vice City,” is all the proof I need of that.

“Machete” is in theaters now, and, for those who like ridiculous action and sexy women, this is the movie for you.

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by derek rudolph CORRESPONDENT

A staple of the Morgantown music scene for the past few years, David Bello has resurfaced this year as an almost biweekly showcase of hardworking talent.

After living out of state, writing freelance and attending graduate school, Bello is back in Morgantown living in an oddly polygonal house with his Black Label beer and songwriting skills.

Bello got his start in Morgantown by playing open mics at 123 Pleasant Street.

After much persistence, Bello was given a shot at a show at 123 when an open spot arose.

“Play a bunch and you’ll get better,” Bello recommended to other musicians.

Recently, Bello has been featured mainly as a solo act at 123 Pleasant Street, rarely playing with his band David Bello and his God Given Right.

One such performance was opening up for seminal out of town acts Turbo Fruits and Surfer Blood in February using only a microphone and a loop pedal.

“Andrew Bird was the first guy I saw doing that,” Bello said, “it sounded like a full band.”

Bello first started making music and recording it on anything he could find.

He has made around nine “digital records,” and most of his stuff is available for download on his website DavidFBello.com.

As far as new music, Bello said he has “a record almost ready” with songs written between a few years ago and this year.

“This one is definitely more produced and not as lo-fi,” Bello said.

Bello just about never passes up the opportunity to play a show with somebody. Without a car, he can only go on tour with friend’s bands. Just last

week, he played a show with local groups Oveda and Captain Catfeesh.

“It takes about 20 minutes to a few hours for me to write,” Bello said.

Bello shares a jam space with his friends in Librarians, another key Morgantown music group.

Bello first started playing a lot of pop punk early in his music playing days. One such album he loved to play along with when learning the instrument was Green Day’s breakthrough album “Dookie.”

Other favorites of his developing years were the music of At the Drive In and the Afgan Whigs album “The Gentlemen.”

You can check out David Bello with other local acts at an upcoming benefit show at 123 Pleasant Street on September 11th.

Proceeds from the show go to help out the Morgantown Area Youth Services Project. daae&mail.wvu.edu

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For more information, e-mail wvu@ CARITAS HOUSE, a local nonfirstbook.org. profit organization serving West CYCLING CLUB meets at 8 p.m. Virginians with HIV/AIDS, needs doin the Bluestone Room of the nations of food and personal care Mountainlair. For more information, items and volunteers to support all visit www.WVUcycling.com. aspects of the organization’s acTHE STUDENT GOVERNMENT AS- tivities. For more information, call SOCIATION meets at 7:30 p.m. at Hat- 304-985-0021.

CONFIDENTIAL COUNSELING fields in the Mountainlair. For more information, stop by the SGA or SOS SERVICES are provided for free by the Carruth Center for Psychologioffices in the Mountainlair.

WVU ULTIMATE CLUB/TEAM cal and Psychiatric Services. A walkmeets at 5 p.m. at the WVU Intramu- in clinic is offered weekdays from 9 ral Fields and is always looking for a.m. to 4 p.m. Services include edunew participants. Experience play- cational, career, individual, couples ing ultimate frisbee isn’t necessary. and group counseling. Please visit For more information, e-mail Zach www.well.wvu.edu to find out more at wvultimate@yahoo.com or visit information.

SCOTT’S RUN SETTLEMENT www.sugit.org.

WVU-ACLU meets at 6 p.m. HOUSE, a local outreach organizain the Monongalia Room of the tion, needs volunteers for daily programs and special events. For more Mountainlair.

TAI CHI is taught from 6:30 p.m. information or to volunteer, contact to 8 p.m. Other class times are avail- Adrienne Hines at vc_srsh@hotmail. able. For more information, call com or 304-599-5020.

WOMEN, INFANTS AND CHILDREN 304-319-0581.

CATHOLICS ON CAMPUS meets needs volunteers. WIC provides eduat 8 p.m. at 1481 University Ave. For cation, supplemental foods and immore information, call 304-296-8231. munizations for pregnant women ESL CONVERSATION TABLE will and children under 5 years of age. meet at 6 p.m. at the Blue Moose This is an opportunity to earn volCafe. All nationalities are welcome. unteer hours for class requirements.

The table is sponsored by Monon- For more information, contact Migalia County Literacy Volunteers, a chelle Prudnick at 304-598-5180 or member of the United Way family. 304-598-5185.

FREE RAPID HIV TESTING is availFor more information on Literacy Volunteers, contact Jan at 304-296-3400 able on the first Monday of every month from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the or mclv2@comcast.net.

WVU FENCING CLUB will host Caritas House office located at 391 advanced fencing practice from 7 Scott Ave. Test results are available p.m. to 9 p.m. in the Stansbury Hall in 20 minutes and are confidential.

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information along with instructions for regular appearance in the Campus Calendar. These announcements must be resubmitted each semester.

The editors reserve the right to edit or delete any submission.

There is no charge for publication. Questions should be directed to the Campus Calendar Editor at 304-293-5092.

To make an appointment, call 304293-4117. For more information, visit www.caritashouse.net.

BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS, a United Way agency, is looking for volunteers to become Big Brothers and Big Sisters in its one-onone community-based and schoolbased mentoring programs. 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. 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 e-mail 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 all-volunteer 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.

THE CONDOM CARAVAN will be in Room G304 of the Health Sciences Center on Mondays and the Mounlair on Thursdays from noon to 2 p.m. The caravan sells condoms for 25 cents or five for $1.

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, email 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 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Monday through Wednesday.

THE M-TOWN MPOWERMENT PROJECT, a community-building program run by and geared toward young gay or 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.

THE MORGANTOWN FUN FACTORY, a nonprofit organization, is looking for volunteers to work at the Children’s Discovery Museum of West Virginia. For more information, go to www.thefunfactory.org or e-mail CDMofWV@gmail.com.

HOROSCOPES

BY JACQUELINE BIGAR BORN TODAY This year, you open up to new possibilities; you can manifest much of what you desire. Creativity marks your days, actions and words. Others simply enjoy working with you. Those in your personal life enjoy you more than ever. If you’re single, your charm and energy could attract an exotic personality.

Take your time getting to know this person. You will relish being with him or her a lot. If you are attached, defer to your sweetie and remain sensitive to him or her. You could become quite me-oriented. A fellow VIRGO can be like you used to be – nit-picky and critical.

ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19) HHH New beginnings involving diet, health and work become possible. A resolution made this morning could work. Your positive attitude and optimistic approach draw others closer. A partner opens up.

Tonight: Relax at home.

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20) HHHHH A new beginning becomes possible for single and married Bulls. Your instincts come into play and mix with an innate ingenuity. You might wonder what a boss really means. This person is routinely vague. Tonight: Be naughty and nice.

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20) HHH Anchor in, knowing what it is you want.

Whether at home or at work makes no difference – you make a decision. Others support you in the process, though there could be a holdout. A boss, once more, becomes aware of you. Tonight: Kick back at home.

CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22) HHHHH Keep conversations flowing. You have a question or inquiry that could impact a decision. You might want to check in with an older friend or boss who generally has plenty of good advice. Scurry for an expert if need be. Tonight: Off to a favorite haunt.

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22) HHH Be aware of how much you have to offer. Often, you give away too much, be it time, effort or even money. You forget just how much you bring to the table. Having a good sense of self-worth is important.

Reach out for those at a distance. Tonight: Invite a friend over.

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22) HHHH A New Moon in your sign allows a new beginning wherever you would like it.

Charm, ingenuity and energy all mix to help you along. A partner who doesn’t always get you wants to be helpful and tries at any cost. Tonight: Others respond to your wishes.

LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22) HH Know when to pull back and make better decisions for you and for others. Something that has been nagging at you in quiet moments needs resolving. Trust a partner who might be overly nurturing at times but cares. Tonight: Take some much-needed personal time.

SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21) HHHH A meeting points out the path to success or a long-desired goal. You have the energy to make this idea work, though others will pitch in. You could be uncomfortable with a family member who often confuses matters. Let this person be. To-

night: Where the action is.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21) HHH A boss can be demanding, but you see a new beginning occurring. You don’t want to mess this up, as your imagination goes haywire. Prioritize, trying to stay centered. Tonight: Burning the candle at both ends.

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19) HHHHH You want to break past restrictive thinking, most likely yours. Can you understand where someone else is coming from? Open up to an unusual solution that you would have deemed impossible a year ago. Tonight: Let your mind relax to a favorite piece of music.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18) HHHHH A key partner in your life makes it his or her pleasure to tune in and get closer. At first, you might not know how to handle this situation, even if it is professional.

You are smart enough to know what is appropriate. Tonight: Go with another’s suggestion.

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20) HHHH Others appear to be empowered. You might wonder what you need to do in order to change a difficult situation. As you open up, what was originally your goal might no longer be. Good will flows between you and several associates. Turn the situation into a better working relationship. Tonight: Sort through suggestions, and choose one.

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High Street offers local bargain, high-end fashion

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Julianne Moore hires Amanda Seyfried to seduce her husband and catch him in the act in ‘Chloe.’

‘Chloe’ shows different side of Seyfried, offers scandal, drama Ashlie walter a&e writer

UniversiTEEs offers West Virginia University clothing at a cheap price and is one of the many shops High Street has to offer.

by brittni mcguire a&e writer

Morgantown offers a variety of local clothing shops for students looking for the latest fashion trends.

High Street is home to many local fashion boutiques that offer clothing different from that of the Morgantown Mall or local retailers, such as Target and TJ Maxx.

These stores are more geared toward students and young shoppers, providing fashions that are unique around campus.

Figleaf is a fashionable dress boutique located on High Street where many female students find the right outfit for a perfect night out or lunch with friends.

The boutique specializes in unique dresses and accessories that are hard to find among bigger retail stores.

“Our clientele tends to be young, female students looking for dresses,” Figleaf staff member Kylie Harris said.

“We have noticed a lot of floral print selling through the summer months that will probably continue into fall, not only in dresses, but also blouses and rompers.”

Trends go in and out of style quickly and Figleaf not only offers the latest trends, but also classic pieces.

Classic pieces such as black dresses can be worn over and over again by adding a trend piece to put together a styled look, but with a piece that can be worn on its own.

Figleaf is also known for selling formal dresses and accessories that would be a great idea for a student’s next sorority formal or event.

If you are looking for a more designer piece for a wedding or a pageant, Coni & Franc is the perfect place to shop.

Coni & Franc, located at 422 High St, is a high-end dress boutique that specializes in formal wear for pageants, formals and weddings.

This boutique carries designer gowns by Nicole Miller and La Femme, and also sells accessories and shoes.

Clothing stores that specialize in West Virginia University gear, such as UniversiTEES, are more likely to attract students looking for something to wear to the football games or to class.

“The amount of customers we have in here daily has tripled since summer months, and that is because students came back into town and are always looking for the latest tees to sport to games or to class and we try to offer a variety of different styles for everyone to enjoy,” Crystina

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Sowell said, a UniversiTEES employee.

UniversiTEES is a clothing store that specializes in WVU attire and accessories for both men and women.

It offers reasonably priced T-shirts compared to other stores that sell school tees, such as The Book Exchange.

The store is the newest WVU specialty store in Morgantown, having opened last year.

UniversiTEES offers a variety of styles of T-shirts ranging from blue and gold to just about any color a buyer could want.

The specialty shop also sells patterns such as leopard print, as well as WVU’s traditional gold and blue.

Bigger clothing stores such as Sears and Forever21 are located in the Morgantown Mall and are therefore a common place for buyers other than students.

These shops offer style that is geared toward everyone and not necessarily style that is unique.

Whether it’s local fashion trends or school-spirited attire, local clothing shops are the best places to find the cheapest deals and trends to fit the active lifestyle of a student. brittni.mcguire@mail.wvu.edu

Walters, Letterman talk heart surgeries NEW YORK (AP) — Barbara Walters is feeling wonderful after heart surgery in May – and has practically no scar, she added proudly Tuesday as she returned to active duty on “The View” after taking the summer off for recovery.

“I would like to say, once and for all, to all the people who say, ‘How are you?’: I’m FINE!” she told viewers as the audience gave her a rousing welcome.

Joining the welcome party was David Letterman in his first visit.

The “Late Show” host had open-heart surgery a decade ago, and he and Walters spent much of his appearance gratefully comparing notes.

“It’s plumbing, really. You’re talking about pipes, valves and pumps,” said Letterman, who underwent an emergency quintuple bypass in January 2000. When the surgeons go to work, he marveled, “amazing things are accomplished.”

“It’s more than a miracle,” he said.

Letterman recalled when he got the post-surgery good news from the doctor.

“He puts his hand on my shoulder and he said, ‘Everything went great.’ And that was the best part of the whole thing – that and, later, the sponge bath,” he cracked.

In mock one-upmanship in his exchange with Walters,

The film “Chloe” pulls viewers into a sensual world of seduction and sex but also serves as a dramatic thriller that keeps your attention and ends with a twist.

The movie centers around Catherine Stewart (Julianne Moore), a gynecologist, who has doubts about her husband’s love and her lack of power at home.

In the beginning, there are no obvious signs of David Stewart (Liam Neeson) cheating on his wife – only clues, such as him not coming to his own birthday party because he had to stay late at work.

Catherine seems to be losing control of her household when she discovers her son, Michael (Max Theriot), has had a girl sneaking in the house and sleeping over.

As Catherine’s suspicion grows and she realizes her husband is popular and a little too friendly with his students, she decides to hire Chloe (Amanda Seyfried) to seduce her husband.

After the first encounter with Chloe and David, we see that Chloe is quite adept at seducing other people’s husbands.

After ward, preceding many more encounters, Chloe reports back to Catherine to tell in excruciating detail what they did.

Such detail that it is hard to doubt what she is describing.

Catherine becomes convinced that her husband doesn’t love her anymore and falls into the trap that is Chloe’s plan.

Chloe begins to set her sights more on Catherine than her husband, who she is being paid to seduce.

When Catherine rejects Chloe and tells her it was merely a “business trans-

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action,” Chloe spirals out of control and begins to pose a great danger to Catherine’s family.

Though the plot is full of twists and turns, the movie fails to glamorize the life of a prostitute.

However, Chloe insists she is good at her “job,” and refuses to ever change.

T h i s m ov i e p rov e d to be a good choice for Seyfried because most films featuring the innocent-looking young star are sappy, predictable romance movies.

Viewers will appreciate Seyfried in “Chloe,” who plays a cool, sexy escort and seduces a husband, and almost his wife.

The ending leaves the viewer with a question of how much of Chloe’s story was real.

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Thursday, Sept. 9 from 6-8:30 pm in the Gold Ballroom of the Mountainlair

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- Strategies to Gain Admission to Highly Competitive Ph.D. Graduate Programs Topics covered:

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In this publicity image released by ABC, talk show host David letterman, third left, joins from left, Whoopi Goldberg, Barbara Walters, Joy Behar, Sherri Shepherd and Elizabeth Hasselbeck, co-hosts of the daytime talk show, “The View,” Tuesday.

Letterman declared: “I had coronary artery disease. You just blew out a valve.”

To which Walters retorted: “I have a pig valve. YOU don’t have a pig valve!”

“I have other pig parts on me, though,” Letterman joked ruefully, in an apparent reference to a scandal a year ago involving revelations about his affairs with co-workers.

Then, when talk turned to his flop as host of the Oscars in 1995, Letterman pretended to have chest pains. Asked whether he would ever host the Oscarcast again, he said no.

“I had my shot, I screwed

it up – and almost put an end to the Academy Awards,” he joked. “They were nice enough to ask me to do it again, and I said, ‘What, are you drinking?!’”

Letterman redeclared support for Conan O’Brien, the short-lived “Tonight Show” host who was unseated by Jay Leno, his predecessor, when Leno reclaimed the job during last season’s late-night turmoil at NBC. “It was fun to see Jay squirm,” said Letterman, hinting that Leno’s nice-guy image doesn’t tell the whole story.

“We got to see a little bit of the real Jay Leno in action here.”

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Donald Asher is one of the nation's foremost authorities on the graduate admissions process. He is the author of twelve books, including Graduate Admissions Essays, the best-selling guide to the graduate admissions process, and The Best Scholarships for the Best Students. He has been the featured speaker for numerous conferences and the keynote presenter for over ten years for the Professional Development Series of live teleconferences and webinars, where he has three times hosted the National Teleconference on Graduate Admissions.

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DOBIES

Continued from page 10 Stewart. West Virginia was crisp on defense and consistent on offense. For a season opener, it was a solid performance. No, it wasn’t 72-0 like Oregon’s win over New Mexico, but it was a win.

To be honest, the Mountaineers could’ve beaten Coastal Carolina by 72 if they wanted.

But, WVU kept it about as basic as possible. If you go back and look, rarely did the Mountaineers do anything out of the ordinary. If Smith threw a pass, it was a short crossing route.

The only play worth mentioning as some sort of “unconventional” would be the reverse to receiver Tavon Austin.

Otherwise, West Virginia ran right, ran left, ran right, ran left and threw it short occasionally.

And it was enough to put up 31 points and solidify a 1-0 record.

On defense, it was much of the same. The Mountaineers knew their speed would give the Chanticleers trouble. And boy did it.

Coastal Carolina’s offensive line was overwhelmed by WVU’s defensive speed. It’s a lot easier to be bland when an opponent is overwhelmed.

It was a scrimmage for WVU. The coaches won’t say that, but it sure looked like it. It was a nice time to challenge the right side of the offensive line. It was also a nice time to get some true freshmen and younger players into the game, too, particularly at wide receiver, linebacker and defensive back.

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Continued from page 10 tough environment to go into with the rededication of the stadium and all,” Edsall said.

“Maybe if we had played that game at home, it would be a different story.”

The Huskies will play host to Texas Southern this Saturday.

Pittsburgh Pittsburgh head coach Dave Wannstedt was disappointed that his team opened the season with a loss against Utah, but he also realized the Panthers have tough games ahead of them and they must stay focused.

“Our kids will learn from the Utah game,” Wannstedt said.

“We plan on taking the positives and correcting the negatives as we go forward.”

Wannstedt also drew a positive from the play of sophomore quarterback Tino Sunseri, who made his first career start against Utah.

“Every week Tino is going to improve, just like he did throughout the game,” Wannstedt said. “I was pleased

COACHES

Continued from page 10 running to the ball relentlessly,” he added.

Marshall has never beaten the Mountaineers in nine tries.

“It’s very important, especially to the in-state guys, to not be the first team to lose to Marshall,” said WVU’s backup fullback and Parkersburg, W.Va. native, Matt Lindamood. “The in-state guys from Marshall know we’re coming, and we know they’re coming. I wouldn’t expect anything less.”

In last year’s meeting in Morgantown, West Virginia

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This Friday, everything changes.

It goes from scrimmage to the real deal. Marshall might not be Ohio State, or even Maryland, who WVU will face in two weeks, but the Thundering Herd is a step up in competition from the Chanticleers.

Friday’s game will truly test how West Virginia will play in 2010. It will be a crazy atmosphere with familiar coaches on the sideline.

The Mountaineers will have to use their speed and the coaches’ creativity to win on the road – a place Stewart and staff have struggled in the past.

WVU has struggled in the past against Marshall. Three years ago in Huntington, W.Va., the Mountaineers went into halftime down four. Last year, WVU was down four again heading into the half.

Marshall has the talent to challenge West Virginia. The Mountaineers are superior in almost every aspect, but for some reason, the Thundering Herd have found a way to get to WVU for a half.

This year, WVU doesn’t need to mess around. It’s business time in Huntington, W.Va. It will be the first chance in 2010 to prove WVU is ready to “leave no doubt.”

A 20-point win in front of a hostile crowd on national TV might not signal the return of WVU’s program to the national spotlight, but it might give fans an idea of what is expected from the Mountaineers this season. anthony.dobies@mail.wvu.edu

that he progressed through the game and never went backwards.”

Cincinnati The Butch Jones era in Cincinnati did not begin the way many had hoped, as they opened the season with a 2814 loss to Fresno State.

Despite the rough opener, Jones is positive he can get his team back on track, as it takes on Indiana State this weekend.

“We made mistakes in all three phases of the game,” Jones said. “The good thing is that they are all correctable mistakes, and we have 11 opportunities left this season.”

Jones was asked about the impact former West Virginia head coach Rich Rodriguez had on his career while he was the wide receivers coach for the Mountaineers during the 2005 and 2006 season.

“The two years spent at West Virginia with Rich taught me so much about how to run a program, the building of a family atmosphere and competitiveness,” Jones said.

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QUESTIONABLE CALLS If Boise State goes undefeated, do the Broncos deserve a chance to play in the national championship game?

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Boise State is one of the best programs in the country. But, when it comes to playing for the national championship, college football should stick to a Bowl Championship Series conference.

The Broncos were tested Monday night and came away victorious. It was a solid win for the program and one that will likely lift them into prime national title talk through December.

But, for the talk to be a reality, Boise State needs to play a real schedule. The Broncos will be truly tested once more this year – a midseason game against Oregon State on the blue turf.

Whereas, a team like Texas that is below the Broncos in the polls, will face six teams that are receiving votes in this week’s top 25 poll. That’s a true test.

Boise State has proven to be a contender against top 25 teams with ample time to prepare. The Broncos upset Oregon to open the season last year at home, TCU in a BCS bowl last year and Virginia Tech this year.

In all of those situations, Boise State had a month or an entire offseason to prepare for those games.

In a BCS Conference, Boise State would not have the opportunity to do that.

I would love to see the Broncos try to play an entire BCS Conference schedule and check their results at the end of the season. My bet would be that Boise State wouldn’t be undefeated.

While the Broncos are definitely a talented team and deserve the national praise they are garnering right now, that program doesn’t deserve a chance to play in the national title – that is, unless all other BCS teams’ resumes don’t even compare.

We’re just one week into the 2010 NCAA Football season and we’re talking about its end already.

Get used to it, though. If Boise State runs the table and finishes the regular season undefeated, who has the right to play in the NCAA Championship game is going to be heavily discussed throughout the year.

The Broncos beat No. 20 Virginia Tech in both teams’ season-opener Monday. It will be Boise State’s toughest game of the year in an otherwise weak Western Athletic Conference.

But, despite the Broncos’ strength of schedule, an undefeated season is still impressive. Boise State still has 12 games to play just like every other Division I team in the NCAA. If they passes all their tests, there’s no reason why the Broncos shouldn’t play in the National Championship.

And there’s no excuse why the NCAA should keep them from doing so, especially if Boise State is the only team in the country to finish unbeaten.

But it’s not Boise State’s championship to lose, as the Broncos’ fate also depends on what other teams around the country do.

If other teams from more accomplished conferences such as the SEC, Big 12, Big 10, ACC or even the Big East finish without any losses, those undefeated teams should be chosen over Boise State, simply because of the competition they have faced.

It’s a situation that will likely last to the season’s end. A Boise State loss would solve it all.

Yes. A resounding yes to be exact.

If Boise State runs the table during the regular season, the Broncos should have a spot in the national title game because they have done everything necessary to be there.

They will have beaten two highly regarded programs, as well as surviving an unpredictable season of college football.

If this were two or three years ago, I would say no.

At the time, the Boise State program was beating big time BCS programs by trickery and deception.

It seemed that, at that time, they were winning nationally spotlighted games by miracles and luck.

Now, it is a completely different story.

A great example of how legit the Boise State program is currently was its Monday night showdown against Virginia Tech – a 33-30 victory.

The Hokies are considered a national title contender year after year, and they looked to have Boise State put away.

However, the Broncos were able to pull out a comeback in the closing minutes of the game.

The Broncos showed that they now possess the size and talent to compete with any team in the country – even the Alabama’s and Texas’ of the NCAA. Boise State also has shown the ability to recruit players who fill the needs of its program despite its relatively smaller size of school compared to some of the other BCS giants.

Boise State’s record over the past 10 years is 112 wins and 17 losses, which is the best over that time span.

As the cliché goes, their record speaks for itself, and they deserve a shot.

Contrary to popular belief, Boise State plays a rigorous schedule. The nation bore witness to its stunning defeat of No. 10 Virginia Tech, and in two weeks, the Broncos will face No. 24 Oregon State. That is more than could be said of West Virginia’s schedule.

With that fact alone, and if the team can go undefeated, it surely will earn the right to play in the national championship under one exception: if there is only one undefeated team from a BCS school.

The Broncos face Hawaii, Utah State and Fresno State.

That is a crop of formidable opponents, they just do not compute to the caliber of even the lowest level BCS program.

In the most exciting college football game played in the opening weekend, Boise State silenced all critics by jumping to a 17-0 lead before pulling off the close win.

The poise displayed by quarterback Kellen Moore to lead the Broncos final drive may be rivaled only by that of former Bronco quarterback Jared Zabransky in the 2006 Fiesta Bowl win over Oklahoma.

The thing about games involving Boise State and other lower tier teams, such as Utah and TCU, is that the storylines are often sugar coated.

Pundits assume that games spotlighted, such as the Virginia Tech game from Monday night, will be indicative of how Boise State will play the rest of the year.

There are 11 games to be played. It is way too early to assume anything. If the Broncos can go undefeated, they do deserve the chance to play the best. However, there very well could be two or three more teams that deserve that chance more, based on seniority.

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came away with a 24-7 victory despite going into halftime down by four points.

WVU’s starting quarterback Geno Smith played in his first game against the Thundering Herd in 2009 when last year’s starter Jarrett Brown suffered a concussion early in the contest.

It will be his first road start.

“They have some good athletes. They have talent,” Smith said. “We just have to stay patient as an offense and as a team and not try to press things because we’re so talented.”

There is also a distinct opportunity for the Thundering Herd – the game is at home.

The last time the Mountain-

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“A lot of people look at our program as one that has been solid but not spectacular,” Luck said. “There is some upside.

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eers played in Huntington, W.Va., WVU had to come from behind to beat Marshall 48-23.

At halftime, though, Marshall had a 10-6 lead.

“It’s a great opportunity to showcase our program,” Holliday said. “It will give us a chance to show how passionate our fans are about football here.”

Despite Marshall’s 45-7 loss to No. 2 Ohio State to open up the season, Stewart said the Thundering Herd “played hard.”

“It will be a tough game, an emotional game,” Stewart said. “Anything can happen in an in-state rivalry.” anthony.dobies@mail.wvu.edu

ville and DePaul, who are taking some steps up.

“I think a lot of people look at the Big East and say there is no reason we can’t be on that same level.”

Walters resigned Aug. 20 to take a position with the Mountaineer Athletic Club. Walters finished his four-year career at his alma mater with a 54-46 record. scott.cahoon@mail.wvu.edu

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A new game for true WVU football fans

GameDay Predictions The inaugural week of WVU Football GameDay Predictions was a success.

Some contestants were a little more successful than others.

Here’s the leaderboard: 1. Kevin Knepp (7) 2. Ryan Ruben (5) 3. Tyler Colton (2) 3. Patrick McDermott (2) 3. Mark Nesselroad (2) Congratulations to Knepp and McDermott for correctly predicting a question exactly right. Knepp guessed Noel Devine would have 111 rushing yards. McDermott expected WVU to win by 31 over Coastal Carolina. *Completed responses must be answered in order and include your name and e-mail address.

Send your completed responses to WVUGameDayPredictions@mail.wvu.edu

by Friday at 5 p.m. to enter.

Here are this week’s questions: 1. What will WVU’s time of possession be?

2. How many yards rushing will Marshall have?

3. How many carries will West Virginia running back Noel Devine have?

4. Which team will score the first touchdown of the game?

5. How many sacks will WVU’s offensive line give up to Marshall?

6. How many penalties will be accepted on West Virginia?

7. Which player will make the first tackle on defense for WVU? 8. What time and in what quarter will the first fumble occur?

9. How many interceptions will the WVU secondary have against Marshall?

10. What will the halftime score be?

11. How many catches will Marshall tight end Lee Smith have in the game?

12. What time in the game and in what quarter will a team lead by 10 points for the first time?

13. How many yards passing will Geno Smith have?

14. Who will lead WVU in tackles along the defensive line?

15. What time will the game end?

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tony dobies sports editor

WVU’s first true challenge comes Friday

Did you like what you saw Saturday from the West Virginia football team? Did you hate it?

Well, rid yourselves of those thoughts, because it doesn’t mean much.

The Mountaineers may have shut out Coastal Carolina 31-0 in the 2010 season opener, but they did so in a very bland fashion.

There weren’t, as head coach Bill Stewart would say, “bells and whistles.” It was basic football that won the game and was all that was needed to do so.

If you expect the Mountaineers to play like that Friday night in Huntington, W.Va., against in-state rival Marshall, you’ll be in for a surprise.

Look back at WVU’s season openers over the last three seasons. It’s not a good sign of what’s to come.

Last year against Liberty, then-quarterback Jarrett Brown showed he could be efficient by going 19 of 26 (73 percent completion) with no interceptions.

He went on to throw almost as many interceptions (nine) as he did touchdowns (11).

The year before, the Mountaineers looked like the team that might finally learn to pass with the best of them. Thenstarting quarterback Pat White threw five touchdowns in a 4821 blowout. However, White threw just under one-fourth of his touchdown passes in that game for the season.

This year’s season opener was by far the best under

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Marshall head coach Doc Holliday cheers on his team against Ohio State last weekend.

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Last year at this time, Doc Holliday was wearing the Old Gold and Blue and roaming the West Virginia sidelines coaching against Marshall.

Holliday, a WVU graduate and former Mountaineer linebacker, will be on the other sideline Friday night.

This year’s Friends of Coal Bowl has a distinctive Gold and Blue feel.

“Doc and I have known each other for almost 40 years. He did a great job at West Virginia,” said West Virginia head coach Bill Stewart.

“We’re tremendous friends. I wish him the best of luck, but I want to beat him, and I want

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Marshall (0-1)

When: Friday at 7 p.m.

Where: Huntington, W.Va. (Joan C. Edwards Stadium) TV: ESPN Tickets: The game is sold out WVU coach: Bill Stewart (third year, 20-8) MU coach: Doc Holliday (first year, 0-1)

to beat him as good as I can beat him.

“I think that’s what you do in the business. I wish Marshall’s program nothing but absolute success, except when we play them.”

Both coaches made it known Monday that they

aren’t the storyline or the difference in this week’s game.

Instead, they said it was the players on the field who will decide the game.

“This game is not about Bill Stewart and Doc Holliday,” Stewart said. “The playing is done by the men in the arena.

The guys on the sideline have direction, but when it comes down to blocking and tackling, guys playing hard and straining, it’s usually handled by the guys on the field.”

Holliday knows the challenges that come with playing West Virginia.

“They’ve got the best talent in the Big East Conference.

Offensively, they’ve got three skill guys with Noel Devine, Jock Sanders and Tavon Aus-

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tin … so offensively they’re going to create a lot of issues,” Holliday said. “They’ve also got a veteran defense, so we’ve got our work cut out for us.”

Holliday said the fact that he is familiar with WVU’s program and its coaching staff won’t give his team much of an advantage heading into Friday night’s contest.

“It will help a little bit,” Holliday said. “But, you know what? ... Our guys are going to have to go out there and make plays.”

Holliday said the key to stopping West Virginia’s offense is to have “great pursuit.”

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West Virginia is unsure whether starting middle linebacker Pat Lazear will play against Marshall. He is still recovering from a bone bruise he suffered in the final week of fall practice.

Lazear missed the season opener against Coastal Carolina with the injury.

“We are just going to see how he progresses at the end of this week,” said West Virginia head coach Bill Stewart.

Stewart said Lazear will travel with the team to Huntington, W.Va., even if he is unable to play because of the injury.

Stewart said other players like receiver Brad Starks and safety Sidney Glover, who were limited in the Coastal Carolina game, should be back to full health against the Thundering Herd. The Mountaineers’ full injury report for this week’s game will be released Friday afternoon. zz Last season, WVU’s now-starting quarterback Geno Smith saw his first action against Marshall. He came on for an injured Jarrett Brown in the first quarter and played the remainder of the game to lead the Mountaineers to a 24-7 comeback victory.

Stewart said that experience helped Smith grow into the starter he is today.

“Geno is a year older, though he is not a season older playing,” Stewart said. “He will get better each and every outing.” zz The team practiced on Labor Day because of the short week. It’s unconventional for the Mountaineers to practice on a Monday. Usually, that’s the team’s day off. The Mountaineers will travel to Huntington, W.Va., Thursday for the Friday game.

New South Florida head coach Skip Holtz made his debut with a 59-14 victory over Division I-AA Stony Brook Saturday.

This week, however, the competition will ramp up for the Bulls as they travel to Gainesville for a matchup against No. 3 Florida.

Holtz thinks the team’s contest against Stony Brook will be an effective predecessor to his team’s game in “The Swamp”.

“Stony Brook is a quality team,” Holtz said. “They won the conference championship a year ago. Their players play hard, they play physical, they ran the ball, they did what we thought they would do coming in.”

Holtz also drew satisfaction from the fact his young, inexperienced team was exposed to a game with packed stands before playing the Gators.

“You cannot duplicate people in the stands, being out there on that field and playing in a game-like environment,”

Holtz said. “I would much rather Bobby Eveld, BravoBrown, Marcus Shaw, Mark Joyce and those guys have an opportunity to get their feet wet here at home than get baptized into college football in Gainesville at Florida Field next weekend.”

Despite its performance this weekend, Holtz knows his team must get better and correct its mistakes if they want to pull an upset over Florida.

“This is a journey of 12 weeks and we have to keep getting better each and every week,” Holtz said. “Those mistakes are going to be things that are going to cost you, not only in just a (University of ) Florida game, but they are going to cost you in any close football game.”

Connecticut After losing to Michigan 30-10 Saturday, Connecticut head coach Randy Edsall talked about what impact the record crowd of 113,090 had on his team. “(Michigan) was a very

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TENNIS

Coaching search down to 5, decision by middle of month

By Scott Cahoon Sports Writer

West Virginia has shortened its list of candidates to replace outgoing head tennis coach Marc Walters to five candidates, according to Athletic Director Oliver Luck.

Two candidates have already visited campus and interviewed for the position. Luck expects the remaining three to arrive in Morgantown today and Thursday.

Luck said he expects a decision to be made by the middle of the month. The Mountaineers begin their season Sept.

10 when they host the Martha Thorn Invitational.

In the meantime, new Associate Athletic Director of Com-

pliance Keli Cunningham has been overseeing team activities and Graduate Assistant Monique Burton remains on staff.

Luck has consulted with Cunningham, Associate Athletic Director of Sports Development Terri Howes, Deputy Director of Athletics Mike Parsons and several upperclassmen student athletes about potential head coaching candidates.

“My sense is the student athletes and the university wants a quality coach with experience in Division I women’s tennis,” Luck said.

“All the coaches we’ve interviewed have been quality coaches with good track

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