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Parking garage won’t profit for decades by samantha cossick staff writer

Despite being open for a year in October, the Mountaineer Station Intermodal Facility will not turn a profit for another 29 years.

The building is being financed by a 30-year bond payment worth $16 million, said Hugh Kierig, director of the Department of Transportation and Parking at West Virginia University.

The 500-space parking garage costs $22,000 per parking space to build in 2009, he said.

This means the University would have to charge at least $733 a year in parking permits to everyone in order to make up the cost, Kierig said.

“I’m not so sure most people would want to pay that amount,” he said.

Instead, the University sells permits to staff and faculty for $612 a year or $51 a month.

Students and the general public pay a rate of 75 cents an hour, Kierig said.

At this rate, “it’s going to take a lot of hours to pay that $16 million off,” he said. However, the garage is on average

about two-thirds full during the week.

“There’s plenty of parking available for students or the general public who would like to use the facility,” Kierig said.

The University has begun promoting the facility, which features bicycle storage, lockers, a commuter student lounge, a bus stop for Mountain Line Transit Authority’s buses and connects to the Health Sciences PRT station.

“There has been a significant growth in usage since we started promoting it last year but we want to fill the darn

thing up,” Kierig said.

The University has reached out to various apartment complexes with residents that would be attracted to parking at the facility instead of parking at the Coliseum or downtown, he said.

“People find it very convenient to park here and then ride the PRT to either the campus or their downtown destination,” Kierig said.

Students have mixed opinions on the convenience of the facility though.

Danielle Davidov, a public Matt Sunday/THE DAILY ATHENAEUM health graduate student, said A car pulls into the new garage that is part of the recently opened Intermodal Facility.

Morgantown’s future walkability AlcoholEdu fees help fund class, prevent abuse by jessica ann compton staff writer

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Sophomore exercise physiology major Rachel Lantz, left, and sophomore acting major Erin Scarberry, right, cross University Avenue Tuesday afternoon. A new pedestrian safety plan has been formed by the Pedestrian Safety Board, and its projects have been ranked in importance by City Council for future construction projects.

Pedestrian Safety Plan will be used as a guideline

BY SAMANTHA COSSICK ASSOCIATE CITY EDITOR

The Pedestrian Safety Plan, adopted as a guideline for future City Council legislation, provides a detailed ranking of improvements needed around Morgantown.

Walkability enhancement projects were ranked by several different factors, including pedestrian usage, project feasibility, potential pedestrian volume, safety characteristics and additional factors, such as a nearby bus route or no sidewalk at all. The projects could receive a total of 53 points.

“There was a methodology developed by Kane County, Illinois that they had used to determine the priority of their pedestrian safety projects,” said Bill Reger-Nash, vice chair of the Pedestrian Safety Board.

The rankings began by going through previous complaints by residents and then reaching

out to neighborhood associations, he said.

“Over the years, people in the neighborhood and certain individuals have raised issues about many different pedestrian hot spots, so there was an extensive record of what conTara Mayle/THE DAILY ATHENAEUM cerns people in Morgantown had about pedestrian issues,” City Council ranked projects proposed by the Pedestrian Safety Board to determine which ones would be important to include in future building and construction projects.

Reger-Nash said.

The board then ranked the projects in two ways, one for the neighborhood and one for the entire city, he said.

The number-one project in Morgantown is to install an enhanced pedestrian crossing at the Burroughs Street, Van Voorhis Avenue and Chestnut Street intersection, receiving 48 points, according to the plan.

The next high project, receiving 47 points, is to install thermoplastic crosswalks with actuated signals on Beechurst Tara Mayle/THE DAILY ATHENAEUM Avenue at the Campus Drive Traffic backs up on Patteson Drive on the Evansdale campus Monday afternoon. Future projects on busy roads such as Patteson Drive will include elements proposed by the Pedestrian Safety Board based to make them safer for pedestrians to cross. see projects on PAGE 2

University offers free Arabic language, Islam class

by Melissa Candolfi STAFF WRITER

West Virginia University students interested in Muslim culture can participate in a free Arabic language and Islam religion class.

The class is offered by the Muslim Student Association and aims to introduce a language and religion that is foreign to American students, said Sohail Chaudhry, professor of the class.

The class began eight years ago to help tear down some of the myths regarding Islam and Muslims that began after Sept.

11, 2001, he said.

“The American media propagates and promotes these misconceptions,” Chaudhry said.

“The Arabic and Islam class started as an effort to bring light and knowledge regarding Islam’s peaceful disposition.”

Bob Jones, a student in the class, said it gives students a chance to see the miscon-

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ceptions of the religion and culture.

Jones agrees with Chaudhry that the media misinformed the public about the religion and culture.

“I wanted to have accurate information on these Islamic views,” Jones said.

The class is conducted like normal college courses and graded as such, Chaudhry said.

Students are asked to complete short homework assignments, memorize letters and

short phrases as well as put together Arabic sentences, he said.

The Arabic language portion of the class is divided into two parts, he said.

“The first part deals with pronouncing, reading and writing Arabic,” Chaudhry said.

“The second part is learning short phrases and learning to speak the language with proper grammar.”

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Students taking the online AlcoholEdu course that have not completed part one by Sept. 25 will be charged $50 to their student account.

Of the 5,580 students instructed to complete the course, 5,343 have completed the first part, and 237 have not done so yet.

Although the class does not affect a student’s GPA or appear on their transcripts, the money generated goes into alcohol education programming at West Virginia University, said Missy Pfor, director of Alcohol Education at WVU. “The money that we charge to students accounts will go back to the alcohol education budget to provide more alcohol education activities,” Pfor said.

Some of these activities include alcohol-free parties and programming in the residence halls, she said.

“We try to provide activities, whether during the day or evening, that provide students with a way to spend time without alcohol,” Pfor said.

The course has helped students become more educated about alcohol and their

drinking habits, she said.

“From the students I’ve talked to, they’ve learned things they didn’t know before and they’ve applied it to their lives, and hopefully, it’s helped them to make better and healthier choices,” Pfor said.

Colleen Harshbarger, director of Student Wellness Programs, agreed, saying she has heard students talking about the course and hopes the program will continue to change things for the better.

“We hope to see a lot fewer negative consequences from drinking. We want to teach students to be more responsible drinkers,” Harshbarger said. “Everyone talks about responsible drinking, but no one teaches students how to do that.”

Even the smallest changes are good changes, she said.

“If we can even eliminate just one student death from irresponsible drinking, that’s fabulous,” Harshbarger said.

WVU purchased the online program for $150,000 and will use it for the next four years.

“In four years, we’ll look at student violations and infractions to see if those things have improved,” Pfor said.

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Panel addresses minority student issues on campus

BY NICK ASHLEy STAFF WRITER

A panel was formed Tuesday night to discuss issues that some West Virginia University students may be facing on campus.

The event, held in the Gluck Theatre in the Mountainlair, was themed, “WeUsOursTogether.” Education, culture, respect for women and other topics were discussed by the panel and the audience.

“This is a place where students can discuss the issues that they may be facing at the University,” said Stephen Allison, Iota Phi Theta fraternity member. “We want to learn how to solve some of these issues, and more things will get done with unity and a common ground with others.”

The panel was comprised of organizations such as the Black Student Union, NAACP, Alpha Kappa Alpha, Omega Psi Phi, Zeta Phi Beta, the WVU Gospel Choir and C-PASS (College of Physical Arts and Sciences Minority

Faculty Members).

The event was organized by the Zeta Phi Beta sorority and the Iota Phi Theta fraternity. The panel is hosting events up until Sunday.

“Anyone who attends should leave with an openmind,” said Katherine Morgan, president of the Eta Omicron Chapter of the Zeta Phi Beta sorority. “Also, they should be eager to try new experiences on campus and be willing to be the solution not the problem.”

Allison said the panel was a place where students could gather to discuss their issues and be enlightened.

“We look forward to seeing more students attending the forums,” said Adrian Ferrera, a third-year sport and exercise psychology doctoral student. “People should learn more that goes on at the University and use that exposure to help out others” Future panels are planned for Sept. 15 to Sept. 19 in the Mountainlair. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

HOGAN IS SUSPENDED West Virginia starting cornerback Brandon Hogan was suspended indefinitely from the team following a DUI arrest.

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Lawmakers hear West Virginia technology worker outsourcing fears CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A House-Senate committee voted Tuesday to seek an audit of the state Office of Technology after hearing from state workers who believe their jobs are destined for privatization.

The interim Joint Committee on Technology wants an independent review of the agency’s exploration of outsourcing computer-related positions.

The action followed a public hearing attended by more than 50 information technology workers. Several warned lawmakers that the agency seeks to privatize the writing and maintenance of computer programs.

One, Jennifer Ayers, questioned the cost savings from such a move. She estimated that private contractors charge between $65 to $150 an hour, while the average rate for a state worker is below $30. She also said that the state pays one firm, Deloitte Consulting, $12 million annually to run one large accounting-related computer program. Several hundred state workers, meanwhile,

manage 500 other applications for around $21 million a year.

“I think the (program) outsourcing is successful for Deloitte, but not for the taxpayers of our state,” Ayers said.

Gladys Sasser asked the committee to consider the state trooper who performs a late-night traffic stop. The trooper is having trouble accessing the computer system that would reveal that the vehicle has been stolen, and the driver’s license suspended.

Sasser said a state technology worker now is on call around the clock to help him.

She asked lawmakers to consider what support he might receive if the system was outsourced.

“He is at risk for not having the information available,” Sasser said.

The state’s chief technology officer, Kyle Schafer, also spoke at the hearing. He said his agency is considering several options to address rising costs and an aging computer infrastructure.

Continuing to handle programming in-house remains an option, Schafer said, but

he noted that replacing two major applications recently cost the state a combined $36 million.

“I think that’s a viable option, but quite honestly that’s going to be a fairly expensive option,” Schafer said.

Schafer told the committee that he wants to solicit basic information from wouldbe vendors to weigh whether outsourcing is an alternative option.

“We don’t have information about what third-party providers can offer,” he said.

“My proposal is to get an expression of interest out on the street.”

The West Virginia Public Workers Union Local 170 has sued Schafer and his office to block such bid requests. Lawyers for the state have sought the Kanawha Circuit lawsuit’s dismissal, arguing that it was not filed properly.

That lawsuit alleges that Schafer has failed to submit several reports required by a recent reorganization of his agency. He told the committee that his office filed some of those reports Monday.

Schafer also estimated that

the average state computer application is 12 years old.

Some are too old to accept modern security upgrades, leaving them vulnerable, he said.

But technology worker Bob Bryant told the committee that he manages advanced software at the Division of Labor, allowing an almost paperless office at that agency.

He also cited examples of contractors shipping their technology jobs overseas, and of such contracted data falling into the hands of identity thieves.

Several of Wednesday’s speakers criticized Schafer and his overall handling of the technology office. One, Craig Cotsmire, called on Gov. Joe Manchin to demand Schafer’s resignation.

The audit would also examine other states’ forays into outsourcing computer services. West Virginia workers have noted costly problems with privatized systems in Texas and Virginia. The review would also address the fate of technology workers if Schafer’s agency was to pursue private contractors.

W.Va. miners head to DC to rally for coal jobs CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Hundreds of West Virginia miners, their families and other boosters headed to Washington, D.C., Tuesday to urge congressional support of the coal industry.

About 200 of them stopped at the state Capitol on their way to Wednesday’s rally.

Gov. Joe Manchin, House Speaker Rick Thompson and Senate President Earl Ray Tomblin were among several state officials seeing them off.

The Stand Up for Coal Jobs rally aims to attract thousands of miners and supporters from coal-producing states.

An advocacy group, Citizens for Coal, the Federation for American Coal, Energy and Security, and the West Virginia Coal Association are among those involved.

“This is an educational trip, to educate members of the Congress and Senate about the importance of coal to this nation’s economic viability and our national security,”

said organizer Rick Horton, founder of the group Citizens for Coal. “That’s what this is about, and to celebrate the American coal miner.”

Miner Ronald Nelson is making the trip from Lincoln County with his son Tyler, a Marshall University student.

The elder Nelson sees proposals targeting the mountaintop removal method of surface mining as a first step toward abolishing all coal mining.

The 54-year-old said he’s worried whether the Patriot Coal surface mine where he works will be able to get the permits it needs several years down the road, given the handling of recent permits by federal regulators.

“We want to tell Washington, ‘We don’t a bailout, we don’t need a stimulus. We just need a work permit,’” he said.

Nelson said he believes Manchin and other state leaders are doing the best they can for the industry. But he has not decided whether to

support Manchin, the Democratic nominee, in this year’s special U.S. Senate race, he said.

Nelson does plan to vote for Rep. Nick Rahall, who represents the southern coalfields in the state’s 3rd U.S. House District. Like Manchin, the Democrat faces a GOP challenger who has sought to make coal an issue in their race.

“He’s doing an excellent job,” Nelson said of the 33year incumbent.

Manchin, Rahall and the rest of West Virginia congressional delegation are expected to speak at Wednesday’s rally, organizers said.

State Sen. Mike Oliverio, D-Monongalia and his party’s candidate in the 1st U.S. House District, also attended Tuesday’s send-off. The Legislature is meeting this week for its monthly interim study session.

Opponents of mountaintop removal are planning a coun-

ter-rally featuring country music performer Big Kenny.

They have filed lawsuits and conducted numerous demonstrations on and around mining sites to decry the practice’s environmental toll.

Mountaintop removal involves blasting away ridgetops to expose the coal seams beneath, with the leftover soil and rock dumped into the valleys below. The industry considers it highly efficient.

Foes include Jesse Johnson, the Mountain Party candidate for U.S. Senate. Johnson has campaigned on making products from coal instead of burning it for energy.

Johnson said miners like Nelson have been misinformed by their employers.

“Mountaintop removal is actually a job killer,” Johnson said. “You could put many more miners to work (at underground mines) by doing away with it.”

W.Va. launches online state encyclopedia CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — An encyclopedia containing information on West Virginia’s people, places, culture, science and art is now available online.

The West Virginia Humanities Council launched the

online version of the West Virginia Encyclopedia on Monday.

Humanities Council Executive Director Ken Sullivan told the Charleston Daily Mail that the online encyclopedia contains features that

weren’t possible in book sion will be sold on the webform, such as videos and in- site, along with a DVD film history. teractive maps.

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At West Virginia University, the top five projects include: zz Installing a pedestrian bridge at Monongalia Boulevard and the Creative Arts Center. zz Increasing handicap accessibility to Stansbury Hall. zz Creating grade-separated pedestrian crossings at Grumbein’s Island located in front of the Mountainlair. zz Installing refuge island with curb cuts on University Avenue at the South Alumni Drive intersection. zz Reconfiguring pedestrians crosswalk and sidewalk connectivity at the bus turning circle at the Engineering Complex on Evansdale Drive .

Some students at WVU feel they can easily get around campus by walking, though.

“I don’t think it’s a big deal getting around Morgantown walking,” said Marcus Demaiolo, a sophomore advertising major.

However, with construction taking place downtown and sidewalks being closed, Demaiolo feels that traffic lights should stay red longer to let pedestrians cross.

Senior public relations major Nikki Cannon said she walks everywhere since she doesn’t have a car.

Upgrading things like crosswalks and lights may not help walkability around Morgantown though, she said.

“For the most part, I feel like there’s so many people trying to get around that it’s kind of pointless because nobody uses them,” Cannon said. “Vehicles are generally pretty considerate of the fact that you’re trying to

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Continued from page 1 During the class, students also learn Arabic phrases that are related to the culture and religion of Islam, he said.

“It is the most misunderstood religion in the world,” Chaudhry said. “It helps them see that there are other points of view out there which need to be explored.”

Jones said he was surprised to see that WVU offered the class since it is a controversial topic.

“I think that some universities might have been frightened off, so I’m pleased to see that West Virginia University offers it,” Jones said.

facility

Continued from page 1 although the facility is nice, it’s too expensive when she only has one class on the Health Sciences Campus.

“It’s not worth it for me to buy a parking pass if I only have one class,” she said.

Instead, Davidov chooses to find a ride from a friend or walk to her class on the campus.

Stacey Neil, a junior psychology major, said she only parks at the facility once a week.

Neil, who lives at The Dis-

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25 to complete the first part.

The second part must be completed by Oct. 25, she said.

The first part of the course gives students information about drinking and has them

get to class.”

Will Hollar, a junior criminology major, said the crosswalks and lights in Morgantown are alright and hasn’t really noticed any problems with them.

“I’ve never had an issue with safety or anything,” Hollar said.

Natalie Juliana, a freshman communications major, said she lives at Towers and generally takes the bus or PRT rather than walking because it’s easier to go places.

“When you’re on one of the campuses, things are pretty easy,” she said.

Although City Council has not committed to financing or seeing these projects through, they will use the plan as a guideline.

“It’s an excellent, systematic plan. It’s very comprehensive,” said Morgantown Mayor Bill Byrne. “In fact, it has various ways to make a vision, to make sidewalks more easily accessed and safer.

The councilors have endorsed the plan and will use it to manage priorities and meet the goals of future projects, he said.

Reger-Nash said the board is happy with City Council’s support and that they continue to address pedestrian issues.

“We’re an advisory board, so that’s about the best we can do. We can ask City Council to adopt our recommendations and use that in their deliberations,” he said.

Addressing pedestrian issues will help to decrease traffic and pollution problems within the city, Reger-Nash said.

“This is the year 2010, and it’s obvious that building more roads is not going to alleviate traffic congestion problems,” he said. samantha.cossick@mail.wvu.edu

The class is an opportunity for students, faculty and staff to learn about the culture, language and religion, he said.

On average, Chaudhry has eight to 10 students in the class.

This semester he has nine and hopes that the class will give them a chance to relate to their Arabic friends.

The classes are offered every Thursday in the Shenandoah Room of the Mountainlair in two parts. From 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. is the Arabic language portion and from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. is the Islam portion.

Students have the option of moving onto advanced sections after completing the semester-long class. melissa.candolfi@mail.wvu.edu

trict Apartments, has a class until 8:50 p.m. on Tuesday and the District buses stop running to the Life Sciences Building at 8:30 p.m. but continue to High Street until 2:45 a.m.

She finds it convenient to park at the facility during her one class, but not during the rest of the week.

The facility is the most convenient parking in the area because you pay per hour, said Charles Miller, a third year pharmacy major.

“I know I can come any time day or night and not incur monthly charges,” Miller said. samantha.cossick@mail.wvu.edu

fill out surveys to learn more about their own drinking habits.

The second part will include videos and strategies designed to help students manage their time and drinking habits based on their answers in part one. jessica.compton@mail.wvu.edu

W.Va. candidate warns of outside group’s TV ad CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A national conservative group known for attacks on Democrats is weighing in on West Virginia’s 1st Congressional District race.

Democratic candidate Mike Oliverio says the American Future Fund has bought $325,000 worth of TV ad time on at least a half-dozen stations serving the 20-county district.

The ad buy exceeds the last reported campaign balances of either Oliverio or Republican candidate David McKinley.

The group’s members were behind several well-known ads attacking Democrats, including 2004’s Swiftboat Veterans for Truth campaign against presidential nominee John Kerry.

The Iowa-based group says it

promotes conservative and free market principles. It did not respond to requests for comment Tuesday.

The race has already taken a negative tone. McKinley has sought to link Oliverio with President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats, who are considered unpopular in West Virginia. Oliverio has cited allegations of mismanagement during McKinley’s 1990s tenure as state GOP chairman.

Oliverio has also released his tax returns while calling on McKinley to do the same. Oliverio campaign spokesman Randy Coleman likened McKinley’s refusal the American Future Fund’s ability to keep its donors and spending from the public.

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Immigrants measure could come before Senate WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Tuesday he wants to attach an amendment to an upcoming defense policy bill that would help young people in the country illegally become legal U.S. residents.

The Nevada Democrat said at a Capitol news conference that the legislation known as the DREAM Act is long overdue.

But he wouldn’t say whether he has the votes for the amendment.

The act allows young people who attend college or join the military to become legal U.S. residents.

The young people must have come to the country when they were under 16 years of age and have been in the country five years.

They have to serve in the military at least two years and complete two years of college.

Democrats have also promised gay rights groups an end to the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Policy.”

That is in the bill that Reid said he’ll try to take up next week.

Republicans oppose both measures.

Asked whether he had the votes for the DREAM Act, Reid responded: “I sure hope so.”

President Barack Obama has been under fire in the immigrant and Hispanic communities because Congress has failed to move an immigration reform bill despite his promise to address the issue in his first year in the Oval

Office.

Some critics say Democrats’ end-of-the-year push on immigration reform is a political move.

Reid is facing a tough reelection challenge from tea party favorite Sharron Angle, who supports tougher immigration laws. Hispanics make up a quarter of Nevada’s population.

A spokesman for the Nevada Republican Party declared Reid’s announcement a campaign stunt.

“Nevada voters will overwhelmingly reject these desperate political parlor games that could only come from a 28-year establishment Democrat seeking a fifth term in the U.S. Senate,” Jahan Wilcox said in a statement.

Reid blamed Republicans for the inability to pass a sweeping immigration reform bill.

“I’ve tried to. I’ve tried so very, very hard, but those Republicans we’ve had in the last Congress (who backed

immigration reform) have left us,” he said.

Minutes before Reid announced his plans, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell described the defense policy bill as “needlessly controversial” because of the inclusion of the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” measure and plans to add the DREAM Act. “I can’t tell you right now how easy it will be to move forward with that bill,” said McConnell, R-Ky.

NAACP backs pardon for couple serving life sentence for robbery JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The head of the NAACP urged Mississippi’s governor on Tuesday to pardon two black women who are serving life in prison for their role in an $11 armed robbery.

Jamie and Gladys Scott lured two men down a road in 1993 in central Mississippi, where they were robbed by three teenagers who struck both men in the head with a shotgun and took their wallets, according to court documents.

The Scotts were convicted of robbery with the use of a deadly weapon and have been in prison ever since.

“We’re looking for the governor to be a humane person in the situation. It is a hideous event in the history of Mississippi,” said Ben Jealous, president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

A spokesman for Gov. Haley Barbour said a meeting was scheduled Wednesday between attorneys for the Scotts

and the governor’s office.

However, a decision about a pardon would come after the parole board considers the request and makes a recommendation, spokesman Dan Turner said.

Momentum for the pardon has been building through blogs and because of reports that Jamie Scott, 38, is gravely ill with kidney failure, though a prisons spokeswoman described her condition as “medically stable.”

Supporters have written letters to the parole board and planned to march and rally Wednesday at the state capitol.

The three teenagers who were charged in the case made plea deals and served several months behind bars, said Choke Lumumba, an attorney for the Scott sisters.

Mark Duncan, who was an assistant district attorney in Scott County when the Scott sisters were tried, doesn’t understand the NAACP’s interest.

“My position on this is they were tried and found guilty and sentenced by a jury. I don’t know what else there is to say about it,” Duncan said.

At the time of the crime, Jamie Scott was 20 and Gladys Scott was 19, and they were both mothers, Lumumba said.

“Regardless of what happens, there’s no way that the crime fits the time. Nobody was hurt and only a meager amount of money was taken,” Lumumba said.

Lumumba noted that Barbour, a Republican, has pardoned convicted murderers in the past.

“It won’t make sense if he doesn’t pardon Jamie and Gladys,” Lumumba said.

The Mississippi Supreme Court refused to hear their appeal in 1997.

The first pardon request was made to then-Gov. Ronnie Musgrove, a Democrat, shortly after the sisters were sentenced, Lumumba said.

Years after Midwestern floods, homeowners await FEMA buyouts SEELYVILLE, Ind. (AP) — Karen Niece loves her idyllic bungalow in the Indiana countryside, but when storms dumped nearly a foot of rain on her 19-acre property in 2008, flash floods left mold in the foundation – and gave Niece a lung infection she will have the rest of her life.

After the water receded, Niece and thousands of other flood victims around the Midwest stayed in their damaged homes, despite health risks, because they had pinned their hopes on a federal program that helps buy flood-damaged properties. Two and even three years later, many are still waiting for relief.

“I really don’t want to leave, but I don’t want to get sicker,” the 66-year-old homemaker said, sitting at her kitchen counter about 60 miles southwest of Indianapolis. “But I haven’t heard anything. I don’t know what they’ll do or if they’ll do anything.”

The Federal Emergency Management Agency helps local governments purchase floodprone properties to save on future cleanup costs. But the buyouts are not automatic, nor are they quick, which is raising questions about whether the program is worth the limbo it creates for homeowners.

“The last thing you need when recovering from a disaster is wondering whether FEMA is going to have the money to pay what they owe,” said Rep. Earl Pomeroy, a Democrat from North Dakota, another state where the buyout process bogged down after FEMA’s disaster aid ran dry.

More than $13 million was on hold in North Dakota alone, delaying the buyouts of more than 100 homes affected by floods last year.

Communities that participate in the program must agree to take the properties off the tax rolls and maintain them as green space. Homeowners must decide whether to accept the government’s offer. The process can take months in the best cases.

In western Indiana’s Vigo County, time has virtually stood still since June 2008, when storms dumped up to 10 inches of rain on parts of the state. The floodwaters killed three people and caused hundreds of millions of dollars in damage. President Bush declared 39 Indiana counties disaster areas.

FEMA still has not approved any of Vigo County’s seven buy-

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In this July 16 photo, Ronald Niece looks over a boat that he and his wife keep close to their home in Brazil, Ind. The home has been flooded several times since the couple purchased the property and they have used the boat to escape the flooded property. They are seeking a buyout for the flood-prone home. out plans.

“There are days when it’s just really hard to think about,” said Honnalora Hubbard, Niece’s former neighbor. “Two years later, you’re still not able to put a traumatic experience behind you.”

The delays in Indiana have created “a big, long line of black holes of people waiting,” said Dean Bruce, a member of the town board in the southern Indiana community of Spencer, where 23 flooded properties still don’t have FEMA approval.

Congress passed a war funding bill July 27 that included $5.1 billion to replenish FEMA’s disaster-relief fund, but there’s been little improvement.

Spokeswoman Rachel Racusen said the agency has a backlog of “thousands of projects” from floods and other disasters.

“Though FEMA provides funding for this program, the decision to participate in the program and a large part of the application process takes place at the state and local level,” Racusen said Tuesday.

Homeowners in Wisconsin, where floods in 2007 and 2008 caused extensive damage, are experiencing similar delays.

In Gays Mills, a village about 80 miles northwest of Madison, FEMA purchased 25 homes after the floods.

But Michelle Engh, a housing specialist with a Wisconsin

nonprofit group called CouleeCap, said none of her clients are in new homes yet. And many homeowners who did receive buyouts did not get paid enough to buy new homes, with lots of their properties appraised for around $40,000.

“There’s this gap that exists between what people received and the cost of the new home,” Engh said.

In Indiana, some homeowners affected by the floods have moved to new homes where they pay rent or second mortgages while still paying off the old properties.

Kellie and Darrin DeVault still do not know how much they will get for their waterlogged house about 15 miles south of Indianapolis.

Floodwaters from the June 2008 storms bubbled up from drains into a bathroom, bedroom, family room and fireplace on the first level. When the water receded, the DeVaults hired a contractor to remove damaged drywall and seal off the basement with a new door at the top of the stairs. They continued living on the other two levels.

It was their third flood in about six years. So when the county offered a buyout, they jumped at the chance. In August, they moved into a new home on higher ground several miles away.

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Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell makes remarks, prior to Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine, not pictured, at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Wednesday, Sept. 8. Kaine was in Philadelphia to talk about the party’s efforts for the upcoming midterm elections.

‘Appalled’ Pa. governor shuts down reports on protests HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — An embarrassed Gov. Ed Rendell apologized Tuesday to groups whose peaceful protests or events, from an animal rights demonstration to a gay and lesbian festival, were the subject of regular anti-terrorism bulletins being distributed by his homeland security director.

Rendell said that the information was useless to law enforcement agencies and that distributing it was tantamount to trampling on constitutional rights. Bulletins also went to members of Pennsylvania’s booming natural gas industry because of several acts of vandalism at drilling sites.

A Philadelphia rally organized by a nonprofit group to support Rendell’s push for higher spending on public schools even made a bulletin, as did a protest at a couple of Rendell news conferences in recent weeks as he pressed for a tax on the natural gas industry.

“This is ludicrous. This is absolutely ludicrous,” Rendell said. “And I apologize to any of the groups who had this information disseminated about their activities. They have the right to protest.”

Rendell said he was “deeply embarrassed,” and said the fact that the state was paying for such rudimentary information was “stunning.”

Rendell said he ordered an end to the $125,000 contract with the Philadelphia-based organization, the Institute of Terrorism Research and Response, that supplied the information, but said he was not firing his homeland security director, James Powers.

The 12-page bulletin included a list of municipal zoning hearings on Marcellus Shale natural gas drilling, a forestry industry conference and a screening of the documentary “Gasland” as

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events likely to be attended by anti-drilling activists.

Aside from the drilling-related events, the bulletin mentioned other potential security concerns that it said could involve “anarchists and Black Power radicals.”

It listed demonstrations by anti-war groups, deportation protesters in Philadelphia, mountaintop removal mining protesters in West Virginia and an animal rights protest at a Montgomery County rodeo.

It also included “Burn the Confederate Flag Day,” the Jewish high holidays and the Muslim holy month of Ramadan as potential sources of risk.

Rendell said he learned of the matter from a story in the Patriot-News of Harrisburg on Tuesday morning, and was appalled that aides did not notify him before inking the contract a year ago.

“I think I would have said ‘no’ to this contract before we ever spent a dime and before we sent out any information that was wrong and violative of, in my judgment, the constitution,” Rendell said.

Mike Perelman, a co-director of the institute, would not respond to questions about the contract or the bulletins, saying by telephone Tuesday that he does not discuss client matters.

Rendell said the bulletin was being used – wrongly– as a way to satisfy a federal requirement to protect “critical infrastructure” and notify law enforcement of credible information about real threats.

He said he has asked several top aides, including state po-

lice Commissioner Frank Pawlowski, to come up with a way to satisfy the requirement.

Powers did not respond to interview requests Tuesday.

The bulletins, which went out multiple times a week, were not intended for public distribution.

But someone who received the Aug. 30 bulletin gave a copy to Virginia Cody, a retired Air Force officer who lives in Factoryville and is concerned about the rapid expansion of Marcellus Shale drilling in northeastern Pennsylvania.

“The idea that my government thinks that what I’m doing is worthy of anti-terrorism interest goes against everything I stand for and everything I ever stood for,” Cody, 54, said.

Cody gave the document to a friend, who posted it on an online forum largely read by drilling opponents in the area, Cody said.

She would not say who gave her the bulletin, just that the person works for a private company and was an intended recipient of it.

After it was posted online, Powers sent Cody an email saying that the bulletin was intended for owners, operators and security personnel associated with the state’s “critical infrastructure and key resources.”

He closed by saying, “We want to continue providing this support to the Marcellus Shale Formation natural gas stakeholders while not feeding those groups fomenting dissent against those same companies.”

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Ban on social media could help students focus A Pennsylvania University’s decision to banish Twitter and Facebook for a week from its students’ lives may provide a disturbing insight into how much we are consumed by social media.

Students at Harrisburg University in Pennsylvania will not be allowed to tweet, update or communicate with their friends via those mediums on the school’s network.

Provost Eric Darr got the idea while watching his daughter juggle multiple text messages and online updates at the same time.

The point of the ban was to see how students are able to

cope without the constant updates bombarding them on a constant basis.

No activity on those sites will be permitted on campus.

Part of the exercise is to examine how they will be able to cope without being able to check updates on campus.

They will, however, still be able to communicate via smart phones, which have the ability of using cellular networks to communicate via those programs.

“If someone feels the need to borrow their friend’s phone to go check Facebook, it’ll be interesting to ask the question at the end of the week: Why did

you feel the need to do that?

What compelled you to do that?” Darr told NPR. Though we are intrigued by the results this study could produce, we by no means condone the technologies used to block access to such sites.

While it’s often frustrating to run into students checking Facebook in the library during the busiest hours, students should have a free and open connection to communicate online.

Such research could have been conducted in a more controlled environment where no access was allowed, forcing students to go cold turkey

– and only affecting students who agree to go into it.

This would allow deeper examination of any correlation between the absence of access to social networks and class participation, focus and grades.

A recent collaborative effort by Paul A. Kirschner of the Centre for Learning Sciences and Technologies at the Open University of the Netherlands and Aryn C. Karpinskib of Ohio State University found students who used social networking heavily experienced 20 percent lower grades than their peers.

By control groups – perhaps

even three with no access, limited access and full access – more details could emerge.

Still, the details will be interesting.

It’s not uncommon to see many students at WVU peering under their desks, acting if instructors can’t see them as they fire off a sneaky tweet.

Such data could prove influential in modifying classroom behavior policies at WVU and other institutions.

Even more terrifyingly, it could force us to look at just how much of our own time is wasted.

Tweet your heart out.

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It’s time to remove politics from global climate change omar ghabra correspondent

As I was sitting in my organic chemistry class of almost 200 one day last semester, my professor asked the class how many of us believed that human beings were contributing to global warming.

I immediately raised my hand, then proceeded to look around, fully expecting the vast majority of the class to also have their hands raised.

As science majors, I was sure they had been exposed to the same convincing evidence as I in the various biology courses they too must have endured.

I was shocked when I realized I was one of two people in the entire class who had raised their hand.

This scenario underscores a problem I have since tried to

understand. Why do so many people fail to recognize that human activities are contributing to global warming when the evidence is so conclusive?

A recent poll conducted by the Pew Research Center may have the answer. It found that 50 percent of Democrats agreed there was “strong evidence” for global warming due to human activity while only 18 percent of Republicans felt the same way.

Both numbers are way too low, but the stark contrast between the two groups reveals the troubling reality that seems to be the root of this problem. Global warming is perceived to be a partisan political issue.

It’s not.

The facts are there for all to see. How does one’s belief in small government or large entitlement programs have any bearing on how one feels about preserving life on our planet?

This is an issue that tran-

scends partisanship.

It is a fact that since the industrial revolution, the concentration of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere has increased by 38 percent due to human activities, mainly the burning of fossil fuels.

It is a fact that greenhouse gases trap heat in our atmosphere; therefore, increasing the concentration of these gases will lead to more heat being trapped and higher temperatures on Earth.

The ten hottest years on record have all been since 1998.

The global temperature has increased 1.4 degrees Celsius in the last century. West Virginia just experienced one of its hottest summers on record.

These facts, along with many others, are why anthropogenic climate change is overwhelmingly accepted by the vast majority of scientists.

According to a recent study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 97 to 98 percent of climate scien-

tists who publish on the topic of climate change agree that human activities are contributing to global warming.

These are people who have dedicated their lives to this topic and know more about it than anyone else.

There is an overwhelming consensus on this matter because the evidence is clear.

We’ve reached a point in this country that people with differing opinions can’t even agree on unequivocal facts.

This has resulted in a deep division.

There is an America where opinions are rooted in facts and reason.

And there is an America where opinions are dictated by passion and rhetoric.

This is an America where man and dinosaur coexisted 5,000 years ago, the president is an illegal alien, and climate change is an elaborate international hoax concocted by the “elitist” scientists seeking to profit off green technologies.

Politicians and the media are to blame for politicizing this vital issue, distorting the facts and fueling skepticism about climate change.

Why anyone would take the word of an opportunistic politician over that of a qualified expert on this vital issue is beyond me.

It isn’t too late to reverse the damage that we are doing.

According to West Virginia University biology professor Dr. William Peterjohn, leveling off our emissions of greenhouse gases at the rates they are currently at will not be enough.

We have to reduce our emissions enough so that the levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere will be reduced. He believes that there is a shortterm and long-term solution to this problem.

The short-term solution would be increasing our energy-use efficiency.

The long-term one would involve “changing the way we

get our energy and the way we practice agriculture.” Modifying our lifestyles and behaviors to accommodate these solutions is a small price to pay for preserving our environment.

Being a liberal or a conservative has nothing to do with acknowledging fact. Climate change is real. We must act as soon as possible to mitigate the problems we have created and curb green house emissions.

Rising temperatures result in more precipitation and more extreme weather patterns. Failure to act will put the entire world at increasing risk. It’s impossible to solve a problem without even accepting that one exists.

This is not about the right or the left. It is above the petty politics and trashy celebrity gossip that dominate our 24hour news cycle. This is an issue of vital importance.

Until we accept that it is a reality, the problem of global warming will only continue to grow.

To speed recovery, Bush era tax credits must be renewed AJ Warne correspondent

There is much controversy on Capitol Hill about the “Bush Era” tax cuts that are set to expire in 2011.

These tax cuts refer to the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 and the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003.

They are crucial to the wellbeing of the retail market and keeping the US on track to recover from this downturn.

Additionally, from a purely political standpoint, Democrats have to renew these tax cuts in order to have any chance from a complete catastrophe in the upcoming November elections.

They can continue with the status quo by extending the

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current tax structure; they can return to the tax structure of the 1990s and the year 2000; or they can conjure up their own version of how they believe the American people should pay for living in this country.

Together, these cuts have helped save the average American household around $2,200, but President Barack Obama’s Office of Management and Budget is condemning these tax cuts, estimating that extending them will increase the national debt by $3 trillion by 2020.

The EGTRRA and the JGTRRA significantly affect income taxes, estate taxes, marriage penalties, child tax credits and a number of other taxes.

The federal income tax brackets were altered by the EGTRRA, ultimately creating a new tax bracket for those earning less than $7,000 and

reducing most tax bracket rates by 3 percent to 5 percent. This does not seem substantial, but it equates to $50 per every $1,000 earned.

These tax cuts affected people in every tax bracket. For instance, someone paying taxes on $45,000 saves $2,250 at a 5 percent cut.

For the tax year of 2010, estates are not taxed, but before, the EGTRRA and JGTRRA estates were taxed 55 percent for all values above $675,000.

Therefore if in 2001 your grandfather died and left you his life savings of $2 million, you would pay $728,750 in death (estate) taxes, leaving you with $1,271,250 of the original life savings of your grandfather (That’s almost 40 percent).

These taxes were reduced by the tax cuts of the Bush Era, and the same inheritance would have been tax free from 2006 until today (that’s

0 percent).

In 2001, the tax bill for a married couple filing jointly would have been higher than if they filed separately as single individuals, effectively creating a government imposed penalty for getting married. The EGTRRA and JGTRRA eliminated this penalty.

Lastly, the child tax credit for dependents will be cut in half by the expiration of these tax cuts.

Currently, these tax credits are valued at $1,000, but they will not only be worth $500 less than before, but the eligibility standards for them will change, providing them to less people.

The Office of Management estimates that the extension of these tax cuts will increase the national deficit by $3 trillion in nine years.

This only tells half of the story. They must have slept through Economics 101, be-

cause revenue minus expenditures equals a loss or gain.

That does not mean that revenue remaining constant alone will create a loss, but only if the expenditures are greater than the revenue.

Which seems to be the case as Americans have a mentality that says, “It is alright to run a country that consistently runs up a larger bill than it can pay.”

Without this flawed mentality, taxes could actually be reduced and the deficit decreased, if the spending weren’t so out of control.

Obama’s proposed plan of action for the 2011 taxes would include: • Reinstating of the death tax. An increase in the top rate of estate taxes to 55 percent and a reduction of the exemption to $1 million. Therefore, the estate tax on a $2 million dollar inheritance went from $0 in 2006 to $550,000 in 2010.

• Cutting the child tax credit in half, and eliminating it entirely for some individuals • Increase the income tax paid by many Americans.

President Obama has increased spending goals, and the current tax structure is not able to support his spending habits.

In addition to his efforts to alleviate the fiscal crunch created by his spending, Obama is searching for an identity and does not want to extend something with his predecessor’s namesake attached to it.

The economy is bad and we know it.

Letting these tax cuts expire will be devastating to the economy in a time when Americans have less to spend.

It is simple, Obama needs to swallow his pride and push for an extension of the tax cuts that have kept our country afloat through this economic downturn.

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BEN GAUGHAN SPORTS WRITER

Women’s soccer needs better focus Coming off a weekend road trip to Florida, in which the West Virginia women’s soccer team went 1-1, head coach Nikki Izzo-Brown stated afterward her team lost focus during some points in the games.

This was highlighted by the two goals the Mountaineers gave up in seven minutes late in the second half against Miami (Fla.) in the 2-1 loss.

The game against the Hurricanes was the second time this season the Mountaineers managed to lose a onegoal lead in the second half on the road – not something a team looking to win the Big East Conference and make it to the NCAA Tournament for the 11th-straight year should be doing.

Granted, the team is battling injury problems right now.

That’s forcing some of the younger players to play larger roles than the coaching staff would like right now.

However, WVU is only a third of the way into the regular season, and many of the young guns have stepped up in tremendous ways off the bench.

Sophomore Caroline Szwed has stepped in at midfield and forward while playing valuable and effective minutes for the Mountaineers so far this season.

She scored her first goal of the season against Bowling Green Aug. 27.

Frances Silva, a freshman out of Overland Park, Kan., has played in all six contests thus far.

The 5-foot-4 forward recorded her first collegiate goal against Bowling Green, as well, and has provided good speed and decision making off the bench.

The play of defender Mallory Smith, West Virginia’s tallest player at 5-foot-11, has been very encouraging as of late.

The sophomore has already scored two goals this season and compiled a team-high five shots-on-goal in Sunday’s game against Florida Atlantic.

The Mountaineers’ defense and midfield has provided a strong showing so far this season, adjusting to opposing team play and mixing in its depth at many positions.

The defensive unit has done a good job of attacking up the field and putting shots on net, resulting in many defenders and midfielders scoring the bulk of the goals thus far.

Forwards Megan Mischler and Blake Miller have gotten off to a slow start, combining for just three goals, zero assists and six points.

The two will need to get on the score sheet this weekend when Pittsburgh comes to town Thursday night for the team’s first Big East game of the season.

No team wants to lost its first game in conference play, and the Mountaineers have got to stay composed for a full game, especially against a rival like Pitt.

West Virginia has owned its series with the Panthers in recent years and has an 112-1 series advantage over the Panthers.

The team has never lost at home to Pitt (6-0), and the Mountaineers last loss came in 2005 in Pittsburgh.

Friday is a pivotal game for the Mountaineers at Dick Dlesk Stadium. The game kicks off at 7 p.m.

Not just because of the rivalry, but it is a test at this point in the season to see if this team can be focused and stay focused for 90 minutes and not make mistakes that will cost them. It will also be a test to see if the promising youth continues into conference play.

If they can do that, they will gain more confidence, along with their first winning streak of the season.

It will also go a long way toward capturing the team’s goal of winning its first national title. ben.gaughan@mail.wvu.edu

Hogan suspended indefinitely Jenkins, Miller, Bowser battle for starting spot against Maryland

BY TONY DOBIES SPORTS EDITOR

West Virginia will be without its starting cornerback Brandon Hogan against Maryland this weekend.

Hogan was indefinitely suspended today by WVU head coach Bill Stewart for breaking team rules.

Hogan, an NFL prospect at corner, was arrested and charged for driving under the influence Sunday morning. He was found driving the wrong down a one-way street in Morgantown.

“I and I alone with handle the discipline for the punishment in a fair, firm and strict manner,� Stewart said. “He will rejoin the Mountaineer team when I deem fit.�

It is likely sophomore Pat Miller or redshirt freshman Brodrick Jenkins will start in Hogan’s place Saturday when the Mountaineers take on the Terrapins at noon in Milan Puskar Stadium. Stewart said senior Brantwon Bowser will also be in the mix for the starting spot, but it will be up to cornerbacks coach David Lockwood to decide.

Hogan, who is also a punt returner, will likely be replaced in that spot by receivers Tavon Austin or J.D. Woods, Stewart said.

West Virginia will be without Hogan, its lone shutdown corner. The other starter, Keith Tandy, was the cornerback who was beaten by Marshall’s Aaron Dobson for a 96-yard touchdown. “You’ve got to put some guys in that don’t have as much experience, and you try to put them in situations where they can have success,�

Lockwood said. “It’s time for

them to grow up.�

West Virginia senior starting linebacker J.T. Thomas said the loss of Hogan will affect the defense. “He’s probably the best player on our defense,�

Thomas said. “We are definitely going to look for someone to step up and fill his shoes.

Thomas said he has tried to keep Hogan’s spirits up since his suspension. “It’s a family, and just because your brother gets in a

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Volleyball ends trend, beats Herd Mountaineers end nine-game losing streak to Marshall

Volleyball notebook

by sebouh majarian sports correspondent

The “Let’s Go Mountaineers� chant resonated throughout the WVU Coliseum, louder than it has all season, as the West Virginia volleyball team ended a nine-year skid against instate rival Marshall.

The Mountaineers (8-3) took back the Golden Ball Trophy, which has been in Huntington, W.Va., since 2001. WVU handed the Thundering Herd (4-5) its first lost in three games in front of about 600 fans, as the Mountaineers swept the sets 26-24, 25-21 and 25-23.

Bonnie West, the Mountaineers’ senior captain and libero, was thrilled to beat Marshall in her final attempt. “We had a big audience,�

West said. “It’s my senior year, and we beat Marshall. I really couldn’t ask for more.�

Though the sets were all close, the Mountaineers came through when it mattered. WVU pulled away in a crucial second set, as it had a blistering .429 hitting average. The Mountaineers never trailed in the final set after jumping out to an early

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West Virginia volleyball coach Jill Kramer high fives Mountaineer fans who attended WVU’s three-set victory over Marshall Tuesday night at the Coliseum.

5-2 lead.

In her first match against rival Marshall, coach Jill Kramer called it the biggest win for her team, yet. “This has got to be the biggest because there was a lot behind it,� Kramer said.

In the first set, neither team gave an inch as the

teams exchanged ties and slim leads no greater than two points. After trailing 1816, the Mountaineers went on a quick 3-0 run to take the lead. They would end the set on a Michelle Kopecky kill and a block by senior Abby Norman and junior Serinna Russo. Kopecky finished the

zz West Virginia improves to 8-3 and stands sixth in the Big East Conference. zz Marshall dropped to 4-5 and is seventh in Conference USA. zz WVU is ranked No. 1 in digs and No. 3 in service aces in the Big East. zz Ten of the 11 matches have been decided in three sets this season. The only non three-set match was the second game against Buffalo. zz The Mountaineers are 6-3 in three-set matches. zz Junior outside hitter Michelle Kopecky is No. 1 in the Big East in service aces with 20. She also leads the team with 98 kills through 11 matches. zz Marshall had more kills than WVU in two of the three sets. zz West Virginia only had 15 errors compared to the 26 errors the Thundering Herd committed. zz Serinna Russo and Michelle Kopecky lead the Mountaineers in sets played with 31 a piece. zz WVU remains undefeated at the Coliseum this season. — Compiled by Sebouh Majarian set with seven kills and one block.

West was fueled by the fans, as she moved closer to breaking Michelle Domas’ 19-year record in digs. West finished the match with 15 digs, which gives her 1,603

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West Virginia cornerback Brandon Hogan.

WVU close to naming tennis coach

By Tony Dobies Sports Editor

West Virginia University expects to finalize the hiring of its new head tennis coach this week, Associate Athletic Director Michael Fragale said.

According to multiple players’ Facebook pages, a coach had been selected. Fragale said the Athletic Department would not officially announce the hire until it was finalized.

The tennis team is in the middle of its fall season. Last weekend, it took part in the Martha Thorn Invitational without a head coach. Graduate assistant coach Monique Burton led the team throughout the weekend’s tournament action.

When former head coach Marc Walters abruptly resigned Aug. 20, the Athletic Department had already spoken to prospective replacements.

Associate Athletic Directors Terri Howes and Keli Cunningham were temporarily put in charge of overseeing the team when Walters resigned.

WVU Athletic Director Oliver Luck did not return a phone call regarding the coaching search. However, Luck told The Daily Athenaeum early last week the list of candidates has been trimmed to five finalists.

The Mountaineers take the court next Sept. 24-26 at Army.

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Pitt’s Wannstedt knows Lewis will step up by matthew peaslee sports writer

Pittsburgh head coach Dave Wannstedt said the Panthers “cleaned up� in their 3816 victory over New Hampshire last Saturday, but there is a more pressing issue – Dion Lewis.

Tabbed as a Heisman candidate in the preseason, the reigning Big East Conference Offensive Player of the Year has seen a decline in numbers from his freshman to the first two games of his sophomore season.

In the win versus New Hampshire, Lewis earned just 27 rushing yards. “Defenses are zeroing in on him,� Wannstedt said. “It’s not going to be easy any week. It’s not going to be any different.�

To compensate for lack of ground game, the Panthers have looked to the air. Sophomore quarterback Tino Sunseri has completed 40-of-62 pass attempts of the season including 275 yards against New Hampshire.

Wannstedt said in years past, Pitt has had better throwing threats at quarterback but does not rule out a quality season from Sunseri. “Last year, having a more veteran quarterback in Billy Stull, we had more of a better passing game attack,� he said. “Teams probably respected Dion and honored him, but I don’t think they were willing to sell out and say, ‘OK, we’re going to stop the run. If you

can beat us throwing the ball, go ahead.’ We’ve gotten a little more of that early on because of inexperience.�

Lewis rushed for 1,799 yards in 2009. The Albany, N.Y., native surpassed Pittsburgh great Tony Dorsett for the most rushing yards in a freshman campaign.

The previous record was 1,686 yards set in 1973.

Although he has not gotten off to the stunning start he did a year ago, Wannstedt is not concerned that Lewis’ year is headed to the tank. “He is such a high-character, solid individual,� Wannstedt said. “He is looking forward to a good week. He’s ready to go, and he’s focused on what he has to do and what he needs to accomplish and improve on. That’s what makes him a special guy.�

Lewis went through an extensive weight training program this offseason and added a considerable amount of weight to his 5-foot-8, 195-pound frame.

Wannstedt calls the extra mass “good weight.�

The Panthers have a week off to prepare for a Thursday Sept. 23 showdown with No. 17 Miami.

Coming off a 36-24 loss at No. 2 Ohio State, the Hurricanes rank second in the Atlantic Coast Conference in total defense, but have allowed 116 rushing yards through their first two games.

This week will be Wannstedt’s attempt to find a balance

and protection for Lewis to run wild.

He said his team is “a work in progress� and hopes to fix the team’s basic fundamentals before facing Miami.

Rutgers The Scarlet Knights snuck out of the Sunshine State with a 19-14 win over Florida International last Saturday.

That’s not all they came out with, however, as defensive back Joe Lefeged won the conference’s Defensive and Special Teams Player of the Week honors. “Joe played a tremendous game,� said RU head coach Greg Schiano.

Lefeged blocked a pair of punts and downed a punt inside the five-yard line. On defense, he made six tackles and returned an interception 29 yards. “Thank goodness he did,�

Schiano said. “He and a lot of seniors, which we don’t have a lot of, steeped up defensively and allowed us to stay in the game and have a chance to win at the end.�

Rutgers goes into its first bye week of the season standing at 2-0 on the season.

Louisville Despite his first win as Louisville head coach, Charlie Strong is not yet satisfied. “I felt like our team played well, but we still have a long way to go,� Strong said.

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8:15 p.m. in the Bloch Learning and CHAMPION TRAINING ACADEMY Performance Hall in the Creative Arts is offering free tumbling and stuntCenter. ing practice from 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. for those interested in competing on a Co-ed Open International Level 5 Cheerleading Team.

Sept. 16 For more information, call 304MORGANTOWN POETS will fea- 291-3547 or e-mail CTA at ctainfo@ ture Poet Leslie Ann Mcilroy and comcast.net. musicians Don Bertschman and Danny Morrow at the Monongalia Continual Arts Center at 7 p.m.

MON GENERAL HOSPITAL needs BROWN BAG LUNCH FILM & DIS- volunteers for the information CUSSION SERIES will be show- desk, pre-admission testing, hosing “Seeing Through The Sand” at pitality cart, mail delivery and gift 11:30 a.m. in the Gluck Theatre in shop. For more information, call the Mountainlair. This event is free Christina Brown at 304-598-1324. and open to the public. Pizza will WELLNESS PROGRAMS on topbe served on a first-come, first- ics such as nutrition, sexual health served basis. For more informa- and healthy living are provided for tion, visit http://studentlife.wvu. interested student groups, orgaedu/multiculturalprograms.html. nizations or classes by WELL WVU THE MORGANTOWN SONG- Student Wellness and Health ProWRITER CIRCLE will meet at the motion. For more information, visit Monongalia Arts Center from 7 www.well.wvu.edu/wellness. p.m. to 9 p.m. For more informaWELL WVU STUDENT HEALTH is tion, e-mail songs@jimsavarino. paid for by tuition and fees and com is confidential. For appointments or more information, call 304-293Every Wednesday 2311 or visit www.well.edu.wvu/ WVU FIRST BOOK ADVI- medical.

SORY BOARD meets at 7 p.m.

NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS meets in the Kanawha Room of the nightly in the Morgantown and Mountainlair. Students and faculty Fairmont areas. For more informaare welcome to attend and get in- tion, call the helpline at 800-766volved with First Book and the WVU 4442 or visit www.mrscna.org.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS Advisory Board. For more informameets daily. For help or a schedtion, e-mail wvu@firstbook.org.

CYCLING CLUB meets at 8 p.m. ule, call 304-291-7918. For more in the Bluestone Room of the information, visit www.aawv.org.

CARITAS HOUSE, a local nonMountainlair. For more informaprofit organization serving West tion, visit www.WVUcycling.com.

THE STUDENT GOVERNMENT AS- Virginians with HIV/AIDS, needs SOCIATION meets at 7:30 p.m. at donations of food and personal Hatfields in the Mountainlair. For care items and volunteers to supmore information, stop by the SGA port all aspects of the organizaor SOS offices in the Mountainlair. tion’s activities. For more informaWVU ULTIMATE CLUB/TEAM tion, call 304-985-0021.

CONFIDENTIAL COUNSELING meets at 5 p.m. at the WVU Intramural Fields and is always looking SERVICES are provided for free for new participants. Experience by the Carruth Center for Psychoplaying ultimate frisbee isn’t nec- logical and Psychiatric Services. A essary. For more information, e- walk-in clinic is offered weekdays mail Zach at wvultimate@yahoo. from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Services include educational, career, individcom or visit www.sugit.org.

WVU-ACLU meets at 6 p.m. ual, couples and group counseling. in the Monongalia Room of the Please visit www.well.wvu.edu to find out more information.

Mountainlair.

SCOTT’S RUN SETTLEMENT TAI CHI is taught from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Other class times are HOUSE, a local outreach organiavailable. For more information, zation, needs volunteers for daily programs and special events. call 304-319-0581.

CATHOLICS ON CAMPUS meets For more information or to volat 8 p.m. at 1481 University unteer, contact Adrienne Hines Ave. For more information, call at vc_srsh@hotmail.com or 304-599-5020.

304-296-8231.

WOMEN, INFANTS AND CHILESL CONVERSATION TABLE will meet at 6 p.m. at the Blue Moose DREN needs volunteers. WIC proCafe. All nationalities are welcome. vides education, supplemental The table is sponsored by Monon- foods and immunizations for preggalia County Literacy Volunteers, a nant women and children under member of the United Way family. 5 years of age. This is an opporFor more information on Literacy tunity to earn volunteer hours for Volunteers, contact Jan at 304-296- class requirements. For more information, contact Michelle Prudnick 3400 or mclv2@comcast.net.

WVU FENCING CLUB will host at 304-598-5180 or 304-598-5185.

FREE RAPID HIV TESTING is advanced fencing practice from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the Stansbury available on the first Monday of Hall Gym. For more information, every month from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. e-mail wvufencing@gmail.com or at the Caritas House office located visit www.encingclub.studentorgs. at 391 Scott Ave. Test results are available in 20 minutes and are wvu.edu.

AIKIDO BEGINNERS CLASS will confidential. To make an appointbe held at 6 p.m. at 160 Fayette ment, call 304-293-4117. For more St. Student rates are available. For information, visit www.caritasmore information, e-mail. var3@ house.net.

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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.

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 304983-2823, 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 allvolunteer nonprofit that promotes spay/neuter to reduce the number of homeless pets that are euthanized every year. M-SNAP needs new members to help its cause, as does ReTails, a thrift shop located in the Morgantown Mall. For more information, go to www.m-snap. org.

THE CONDOM CARAVAN will be in Room G304 of the Health Sciences Center on Mondays and the Mountainlair 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, email Daniel at ivcfwvu@yahoo. com or visit the IVCF website at www.wvuiv.org.edu.

THE ASSOCIATION FOR WOMEN IN SCIENCE meets on the second Monday and fourth Tuesday of every month at noon at Hatfields in the Mountainlair. All students and faculty are invited. For more information, e-mail amy.keesee@mail. wvu.edu.

THE CHEMISTRY LEARNING CENTER, located on the ground floor of the Chemistry Research Laboratories, is open Monday through Friday 9 a.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 often find yourself challenged both personally and in dealings with others. Though you might want to throw your hands in the air, resolution comes from focusing on what works for both your professional image and your community status. Put that extra effort into your work, and you will see rewards. If you are single, you might meet a lot of people, though it might be difficult to develop a relationship that goes past the dating phase.

If you are attached, you might not be very happy with some of the choices of your significant other. Know that this is a phase, not grounds for separation. CAPRICORN provides ideas.

ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19) HHH You keep coming up with questions that you pose in order to find solutions. If you are not comfortable with various elements, you veer in a new direction. Too many potential fields of quicksand might point to a new direction, and with good reason. Tonight: Discuss and take the lead in a key issue.

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20) HHH Just when you thought you were in the winner’s circle, you discover there might be reason to back off. Though disappointed, you can opt to move forward in a new direction or explore your options.

Tonight: Let your imagination choose a favorite pastime.

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20) HHHH Keep pushing for answers. Others seem to balk at the present leadership and issues. You cannot make someone lis-

ten. Let this play out, and remain an observer. You will be happier. Tonight: Say “yes” to an offer. It is nearly too good to be true.

CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22) HHH Stay focused, even if you see many reasons a current project simply cannot draw the support of others. Take news with a grain of a salt. You might find that letting others figure this issue out is the best way. Stay clear. Tonight: Why, where and when? You have many options.

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22) HHHH You want to allow greater creativity and understanding. Listen to forthcoming information. It is interesting to see the conflict in details and information from various sources. Your imagination could kick in. Tonight: Follow the trail with the least conflict.

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22) HHH The instinct to withdraw is not all that abnormal. The real issue is determining the most effective way to stay out of an impending conflict between key elements in your life. Understanding will evolve given time. Tonight: Let your imagination rock and roll.

LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22) HHHH Keep communication active. Take news that comes forward with a grain of salt. Focus on accomplishing as much as you can. Be aware that an expenditure might be necessary. A family member proves to be supportive. Tonight: Head home early.

SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21) HHH Watch a tendency to go to extremes.

Hold off on making any financial commitments. You are coming to a point of view that isn’t necessarily grounded to others. Be careful with making any agreements today. Tonight: Meet friends.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21) HHHH Forging ahead on a set path could be a problem, as there is an enormous amount of flak coming from someone close. You care about peace on the home front. Hold off, if possible, to see a situation open up. Give yourself time. Tonight: Your treat.

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19) HH You might want to pull back and listen more.

Questions and conversations point to a snafu. Give yourself time to figure out which is the best path. You know where you want to go. Tonight: Feeling re-energized.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18) HHHH You focus on the basics. Listen to friends, but realize you might have to say no to the expenses. At times you might want to say yes, but you simply can’t afford to do so. Tonight: Take some much-needed personal time.

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20) HHH You take a stand that is long overdue. Investigate an opportunity a boss presents. Understanding evolves to a new level between you and those in charge.

You could be in a no-win situation. A late meeting sees resolutions. Tonight: Where the gang is.

BORN TODAY Mystery writer Agatha Christie (1890), actor Jackie Cooper (1922), director Oliver Stone (1946)

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ACROSS 1 “Mamma Mia!” group 5 Social rebuff 9 Tunesmith Porter 13 Hang glide, say 14 RL and TL automaker 15 Top 16 What b.i.d. means, in prescriptions 18 Masters champ between Fuzzy and Tom 19 ___ spill 20 When Good Friday occurs 21 Like citrus juices 23 Many a realty deal 25 North African port 26 Some rear entrances 32 Garage, perhaps 35 Minuscule bits 36 Dover is its cap.

37 Feudal laborer 38 “__ clear day ...”

39 Beatles girl who paid the dinner bill 40 __ de vie: brandy 41 Singer K.T. 43 Eye or ear follower 44 The first official one was November 11, 1919 47 Detective fond of aphorisms 48 Stranded at the ski lodge, perhaps, and a hint to this puzzle’s hidden theme 52 Deep bow 55 Wild party 57 Transfer __ 58 Dubai leader 59 Many are German shepherds 62 Pull-down item 63 Still-life subjects 64 Seat of Allen County, Kansas 65 Tees off 66 Like morning grass 67 Kadett automaker DOWN 1 Fur giant 2 Knife named for a frontiersman 3 Gets water out of 4 Softball pitch path 5 CAT procedure 6 Jour’s opposite 7 Link letters 8 San Francisco and environs 9 Vegas attraction 10 Page with views

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11 __ Johnston, former fiancŽ of Bristol Palin 12 Corp. VIP 14 Like __ in the headlights 17 Sitcom with a coming-out episode 22 Slimeballs 24 Dating from 25 Pump figure 27 Benny’s instrument 28 Greek column style 29 Chief Valhalla god 30 On Soc. Sec., maybe 31 Off, so to speak 32 On the briny 33 Letter starter 34 19-Across holder 39 Martha of comedy 41 Workers’ protection gp.

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women’s soccer

Corroto balancing soccer with studies by brad joyal sports writer

When Chelsey Corroto was making the drive to Morgantown to check out West Virginia for the first time, the junior had no idea what she had gotten herself into.

Driving way out through the hills of West Virginia, she realized the school may be far from civilization. She hadn’t a clue what West Virginia had to offer her as a potential student-athlete, but once seeing the campus, she knew Morgantown would be the place for her to spend her time in college.

“I was nervous to see what West Virginia was all about,” Corroto said. “I knew I wanted to do journalism, so when I came here I knew I had the journalism program in mind.

I fell in love with the school, the team and coaches, and decided WVU was the place for me.”

Corroto isn’t one of those athletes who goes to school only for the opportunity to compete in athletics; she saw the bigger picture and wanted to go to a place where she could take her studies seriously. After being a member of the National Honors Society in high school, Corroto’s academic mind-set carried over to WVU. In her time at West Virginia, the junior has compiled multiple semesters with a flawless 4.0 GPA. In 2009, she was

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for her career – 27 shy of Domas’ record.

“The crowd was overpowering. In tight situations when we were starting to lose our edge, the crowd got us back in and we regained our focus,” West said.

After a WVU timeout during the second set, a service error by Marshall’s Laura Der sparked the Mountaineers on a 3-0 run, which tied the score at 13.

Kopecky finished her evening with 12 kills and seven digs.

Following a tie at 13, the teams continued to battle it out as they exchanged onepoint leads. With the score

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West Virginia’s Chelsey Corroto plays in a game against Penn State last season. named to the ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic AllDistrict second team. Although she has been keeping up in the classroom, her play on the field hasn’t fallen off. She was voted the team’s most improved player last year.

Still, balancing a college education with being a member of a competitive Division I sports team is no easy task, and Corroto stressed the importance of balancing both at the same time.

“Organizing my time has been a top priority,” Corroto said. “Between having classes only a couple hours each day and having soccer all day, it’s sometimes difficult to meet with teachers and getting studying done late at night.”

This past summer, Corroto had the opportunity to intern for the local channel 5, WDTV,

where she worked as a part of the media. Three days each week, Corroto worked at the station, or with the WVU football team, getting the opportunity to hold a microphone in front of a camera and learn the trade of broadcast journalism.

As if balancing the internship with summer practices and workouts was not enough, Corroto is still balancing the internship this semester, where she works each Monday, with her busy schedule of classes and the women’s soccer team.

“I really like it,” Corroto said.

“It’s been fun to experience the journalism lifestyle throughout the summer and now once a week. It’s definitely an experience I’ll take with me after WVU.” Corroto said the biggest challenge of being a studentathlete was the traveling. When

the team goes on the road, she misses classes and needs to put in extra work to make sure she obtains the academic goals she sets for herself.

“Playing on the road makes it tough because every spare minute needs to go to studying,” Corroto said. “When we play on a Thursday night on the road, we leave on Wednesday morning. That’s three days of classes I miss, so I have to really study hard.”

With most of her time invested in soccer and studying, Corroto said she has to make some adjustments to her lifestyle that the normal student has the luxury of having.

“On the weekends it’s tough, because sometimes I want to just relax and hang out with friends or go out,” Corroto said.

“But, I can’t, because that’s the time when I have to study.”

Corroto is keeping her options open for life after WVU. After participating in the internship this summer and throughout this semester, she is surely on track with her dream to work for CNN. She is a minor in Political Science, because somewhere down the line she said she might want to attend law school.

No matter what career path Corroto chooses, it’s apparent she’ll succeed, just like she has done both on and off the field in her first three years at WVU. brad.joyal@mail.wvu.edu

club sports

Cycling looks for members

By Zac Cameron Submitted

The West Virginia University men’s and women’s club cycling team has encountered recent success since the program’s inaugural year in 2000.

Since then, the club has won 10 conference championships in the Atlantic Coast Collegiate Cycling Conference. Most recently, team members Duncan Oliver, a petroleum engineering major, and Emily Moy, a second-year law student, won races at the cycling club’s meet at College of William & Mary this past weekend. Oliver and Moy won the men’s and women’s A Class, respectively.

The team also won the cross country event Saturday, and Moy went on to win her race as well, Sunday at Virginia Commonwealth University.

With all the success the team has accomplished, coach Ryan Post said the team’s members are dwindling.

“Every person matters in a cycling meet,” Post said. “When our main rival Virginia Tech has 38 members and we have 10, it’s tough to compete sometimes, even with our high quality of riders.”

WVU competes in a conference with rival Virginia Tech, N.C. State and recent Division II National Champion Appalachian State. Appalachian State made the jump to Division I this season.

HOGAN

tied at 20, the Mountaineers went on a 5-1 run to end the set. Again, the set was capped off by a team block, only this time it was by Norman and junior outside hitter Kylie Armbruster.

Kari Post recorded a double-double with 36 assists and 11 digs.

Kramer was excited about the turnout and environment at the Coliseum.

“I do think we’re going in the right direction,” Kramer said. “We’ve got the video board going on and a lot music going on, and I really like the atmosphere.”

As the team looks for more support and publicity, it has created a new WVU volleyball fan club page on Facebook.

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West Virginia’s Lauren Evans tries to manage a Marshall block attempt. matt sunday/the daily athenaeum

West Virginia’s Bonnie West digs a ball during the Mountaineers’ match against Marshall Tuesday.

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QUESTIONABLE CALLS If you could develop a realistic non-conference schedule for West Virginia, what would you choose?

little bit of trouble, it doesn’t mean you’re going to discard him. You wouldn’t throw your kid out, right?” Thomas said.

“He just has to move on, and he understands what he needs to do to get back, so he’ll be fine.”

Miller said if he were to start in place of Hogan Saturday, he would be prepared.

“I have a mindset to come in and help out this defense,” Miller said. “It’s a big opportunity to show people that I can play, and that I can come in and fill Hogan’s shoes.”

The Mountaineers will try to deal with Hogan’s loss as it faces a Maryland offense that is averaging 39.5 points per game through two games this season.

It may help West Virginia that Maryland is one of the worst passing offenses in the country. In the team’s season opener, the Terrapins threw for just 11 yards against Navy in the team’s 17-14 win. Maryland threw five passes in the game.

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If I were West Virginia Athletic Director Oliver Luck, I would try to bring back its rivalry with Virginia Tech.

In addition, I would continue the Marshall series as a West Virginia home game only if it’s at all possible. One change I would make would be to start the season out each year with the in-state rivalry instead of throwing it in during the season.

After that, WVU would face off against a FCS opponent – similar to Villanova, Liberty or Coastal Carolina like the Mountaineers have played before. A team like Delaware, who has faced Maryland and Navy in the past, would jump at the $350,000 or so to play at Milan Puskar Stadium.

Following that matchup, West Virginia would head to the road for the first time and face off against one of its border state rivals – Virginia Tech or Maryland.

I would keep both rivalries every year. The games are close enough to where the Mountaineers could save money by bussing and would boost interest in early season rivalries.

When WVU took on the Hokies each season, it was a marquee matchup. That is reason enough to bring it back.

A dream scenario would be to bring back the rivalry with Penn State – but, that won’t happen anytime soon.

After the battles with the Hokies and Terrapins, West Virginia would finish off its nonconference schedule with a relatively winnable game.

WVU could take on Bowling Green for a solid – and maybe much-needed – victory heading into Big East Conference play.

Every team usually starts its season with an obviously lesser opponent, so why not make that opponent a little interesting?

Why not Miami (Ohio)?

The RedHawks are about five hours away and have a program with decent football history. Plus, it’d give West Virginia a chance to revenge its tie against the RedHawks in 1992.

In-state opponents should always be played, no matter the size of the two schools.

This year, Marshall showed it should be a solid staple on the Mountaineers’ schedule.

Maybe WVU doesn’t get much out of the matchup, but it’s usually a win for WVU. Maryland has the third most games all-time against WVU among teams not in the Big East Conference. Yet, in the 46-game series, West Virginia holds just a two-game advantage. It’s also the second-closest Division I school to WVU behind Pitt.

It has all the makings of a memorable rivalry game. With the help of a recent series extension, it should become one.

As the Mountaineers have played the likes of Auburn and LSU in the past, and Florida State and Michigan State in the future, a matchup with Penn State could be West Virginia’s most anticipated game of the season.

Additionally, WVU has played the Nittany Lions the second-most times of any team in the country.

As much as I’d like to add Miami, Virginia Tech or Ohio State in this final slot, I decided to go with Kentucky.

The Wildcats are a fairly close program while the two teams haven’t played each other since 1992.

As it currently stands, West Virginia’s schedule includes five non-conference games due to the fact that it has just seven conference titles.

If I were Athletic Director Oliver Luck, I would continue to use the opening game of the season as a tune-up by playing the likes of Coastal Carolina, Liberty, Norfolk State or even William & Mary.

These games help both teams, in that the I-AA team gets an opportunity to play some superior competition, and WVU gets a chance to see who can play outside of practice.

With the four remaining games, the Mountaineers should have contests against the following teams: Marshall, Penn State, Notre Dame and Kentucky.

A game against the Thundering Herd was a toss-up, but after watching this weekend’s game, there was no doubt in my mind Marshall is a program on the rise. Also, the bad blood that exists here could make this game more interesting.

Penn State, who last battled against WVU in 1992, is an obvious geographic rival. Furthermore, a game against the Nittany Lions will be a test each year that will have a nostalgic feel to it.

Although Notre Dame is an independent, it is a Big East team in many ways. This is a rivalry in other sports, so why not battle it out on the gridiron?

With my last choice, many may be scratching their collective heads, but the Wildcats and the Mountaineers have had a history. Kentucky leads the alltime series with an 11-8-1 record, and this game could be a border war between the two teams.

Wasn’t last Friday’s game exciting, or was it too close for comfort? It showed that the Mountaineers’ series against Marshall can be competitive.

The Friends of Coal Bowl battle is not a classic rivalry, although both schools owe each other a chance to showcase football in the Mountain State year-in and year-out.

WVU has rebuilt their border rivalry with Maryland, why not try out the western border with Kentucky? The Wildcats may be described as bottom feeders in the Southeastern Conference, but any member of the SEC is always portrayed well. The two programs last faced off in 1983.

A powerhouse in the FCS subdivision of college football in the 1990s, now Ohio State head coach Jim Tressel led Youngstown State to three national championships. It kills some to see a D-IAA team on the schedule, but the opening game of the season should act as a de facto preseason game.

WVU last faced a team from the Big 10 Conference in 2003 when it played Wisconsin. Iowa is a team that mirrors well with West Virginia in terms of program status and state recognition.

It may be unconventional, and Ohio State and Penn State may seem more attractive, but those prima donna schools are likely to be lightyears away from signing up to play WVU. Along with YSU and presumably Marshall, Miami (Ohio) will be an ideal springboard for the rest of the season. It took Florida four quarters to put the RedHawks away, so it would not be a cake walk.

The lower level opponents are necessary, and will be scheduled yearly, like it or not.

The Cardinals defeated Eastern Kentucky 23-13 in their home opener. Strong wants to see his offense click more in the first half as it didn’t score until the start of the second quarter on a FCS division team.

He did applaud his team’s effort in the second half.

“We missed some wide receivers and didn’t make the right read, but we have to get better overall as a football team,” Strong said.

Defensively, the Cardinal unit earned eight sacks.

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Post went on to discuss why cycling is beneficial for more than just competition.

“Cycling is a life-long activity you can participate in if you are 18 or 80,” he said. “Plus, we have a lot of fun and the team camaraderie is great”.

Team member James Braswell agreed with the many benefits of cycling.

“It’s a fun hobby, good for recreation and you can commute anywhere on a bike instead of dealing with traffic,” he said.

Post wants everyone to know all interested individuals are welcome to join the team.

“It’s not necessarily about quality, but more about quantity,” Post said. “We are just being really outnumbered right now.”

In the fall, the team participates in mountain biking, while the spring is dedicated to road courses. Cycling is open to all full-time undergraduate and graduate students. There are three weekend meets left with WVU hosting the conference championship in a few weeks.

The next meeting for the cycling club will be held Wednesday at 8 p.m. in the Mountaineer Room of the Mountainlair.

Anyone with questions can e-mail the club at wvucycling@ gmail.com or by going to www. wvucycling.com. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

Last weekend against Morgan State, the Terrapins’ two quarterbacks – Danny O’Brien and Jamarr Robinson – completed 11 of 25 passes for 149 in the 62-3 blowout victory.

“Not only are there two quarterbacks, but there are two, good, winning quarterbacks,” Stewart said. “They’re 2-0, their system is working for them and we’re going to have our hands full.”

While West Virginia should be fine without Hogan against the pass, the Mountaineers’ defense will have to prepare for one of the nation’s best rushing attacks.

Robinson is a dual-threat quarterback and has 128 yards so far this season. The Terrapins have a stable of running backs to contend with, as well.

Davin Meggett and Da’Rel Scott have combined to rush for 255 yards so far this season.

Meggett is averaging nearly 10 yards per carry.

“At running back, they’ve got two dandies,” Stewart said. anthony.dobies@mail.wvu.edu

Cincinnati UC head coach Butch Jones will not have much time to enjoy his first victory as head coach of the Bearcats. His team knocked off Indiana State 40-7, but turns around to take on N.C. State Thursday.

“We found out that in college football every win is sacred,” Jones said. “We’re going to be challenged (Thursday).”

Offensively, the team may have lost a step from last year with the departure of quarterback Tony Pike and receiver Mardy Gilyard. The Bearcats time of possession was 11 minutes in the first half. matthew.peaslee@mail.wvu.edu

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8 | ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Wednesday September 15, 2010

‘A CELEBRATION OF SILLINESS’

Monty Python’s Broadway production of classic film comes to Morgantown by david ryan A&E EDITOR

The sounds of medieval mayhem and coconuts clacking will fill the air of the Creative Arts Center Sept. 27 as Monty Python’s “Spamalot” comes to Morgantown.

The play is based on cult-classic ’80s film “Monty Python and the Holy Grail.” It was adapted for the stage by original Python member Eric Idle.

The play, like the movie, features King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table embarking on a quest for the Holy Grail.

“All of the original stuff – the best of the original stuff – is still in there,” said Adam Grabau, who plays noble Knight Sir Lancelot in the play. “All the classic scenes are left in for the Monty Python purists.”

Adapting the movie to a Broadway production meant some changes had to be made.

“You have to add something for the Broadway people,” he said. “Where (the play) is really clever is that it left a lot of original comedy and has a lot of clever spoofs on a lot of popular Broadway themes.”

Musical numbers help transition the comedy pieces and set changes, Grabau said. These also poke fun at features of many plays.

One such musical interlude is a song called ‘A Song That Goes Like This,’ which references

TICKETING INFORMATION: Ticket prices range from $40, $45 and $50, depending on seat location. Student seating available for $25 with one discounted seat per valid WVU ID. Tickets are available from the Mountainlair Box Office and the Creative Arts Center Box Office.

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The cast of Monty Python’s ‘Spamalot’ performs on stage. The production will visit Morgantown Sept. 27.

“Phantom of the Opera” and large, power ballads.

One of the movie’s major staples – the use of clacking coconuts to simulate the sounds of horses – will be featured, Grabau said.

An entire scene is called “Coconanigans” and is another parody of Broadway music.

“The Knights come out gallantly riding about the stage clanging the coconuts together and stop to do a dance combination from some other popular shows,” he said.

Another much-loved char-

acter, the Black Knight, will also feature an appearance. However, his wounds won’t be as graphic as they were in the movie, Grabau said.

The Knight’s scenes don’t disappoint, he said. “They kind of enhance it for the stage.”

Grabau plays Sir Lancelot, the character immortalized by John Cleese. He also plays many of Cleese’s characters, including the nasty French guard taunting the English invaders.

Grabau said though Cleese is most associated with his roles, his performances are all about

striking a balance between homage and his own – much like the play itself.

“That’s really the trick with something that’s so well-loved and so well-known,” he said.

“You can’t just do a poor impression of the characters and get away with it.”

His character is described in the show as “homicidally brave.”

“He’s just homicidal to a fault. He thrives on violence, even though he’s not particularly proud of it,” Grabau said.

“He has a lyric early on at the top of the show: ‘To kill I will, it gives

me such a thrill.’”

Grabau, who has been acting since he was in high school, said the range of characters he plays and their accents is something that comes naturally to him.

“As a little kid, I picked up on accents really quickly,” he said.

“As I got into acting as a young man, I had that gift and it was getting me first among my talent. So I worked on it.”

Grabau and his fellow actors have also worked on accents for the show, including variants of Scottish and more rural English accents.

“As soon as we become Knights it switches to Queen’s English,” he said. The transition is explained comically as the characters become knights, their accents suddenly change to fit their new, elite status.

Grabau said the play should appeal to all audiences, given its well-known film background and its musical features.

“That’s really the brilliance of the show,” he said. “It’s the right balance between the homage to the movie and a big Broadway production.”

The movie is a cult-classic for anyone living through the ’80s, Grabau said, adding it is hard to find anyone who hasn’t seen the movie or liked it.

For those who haven’t seen it, he had an easy sell.

“I’ve just been telling people it’s a big celebration of silliness,” he said. david.ryan@mail.wvu.edu

Students find escape from Morgantown in nearby areas

Fashion Kings is a new clothing store on High Street offering a wide genre of clothing styles.

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Fashion Kings offers unique offerings of all fashion genres by brittni mcguire a&e writer

Fashion Kings is the newest addition to shops on High Street.

The high-end boutique opened earlier this week and offers an assortment of styles for men and women.

“Fashion Kings is a unique store in the sense that we carry all genres of fashion,” said owner Rohan Chandra. “We have everything from urban styles, American Eagle, Polo and styles for casual, club, formal and school wear.”

Fashion Kings carries a variety of brands such as Apple Bottom, True Religion, Ralph Lauren, Affliction, Ed Hardy and Laguna Beach Jean Co. The fashions vary from classic, casual wear like Ralph Lauren polos and True Religion jeans, to more unique pieces for those who like to make a statement, like Ed Hardy and Affliction.

“We carry a wide variety of name brands that are not catered to a specific demo-

graphic, you just have to be young and hip to wear them,” Chandra said.

Prices range from $15 dresses to $198 jeans.

Fashion Kings is sure to have something to fit a variety of budgets, but is geared toward buyers with expensive tastes.

Chandra said West Virginia University has a “very diverse student population,” and Fashion Kings hopes to “bridge the gap between students from the city and urban areas.”

Chandra is a WVU graduate and got his start in retail more uniquely than most.

“I started out selling shoes to basketball players out of the trunk of my car, then moved to a kiosk in the mall, then a small store in the Morgantown Mall and finally to High Street which was my goal all along,” Chandra said.

Chandra said he has ties to the music industry, including rapper Young Jeezy who will be performing at Mylan Park Saturday and plans to stop in to visit the shop.

“I have a lot of friends in the music industry, and I hope to do more things like this, but Young Jeezy will be stopping by our store on Saturday, and we are hoping to gain shoppers and give them something to wear to the concert,” Chandra said.

Chandra plans to have the grand opening of the store at the end of the month, but has already had a boom in business.

“Business has been crazy, and we’ve only had a soft opening and we still have a lot more clothing to come,” Chandra said.

Chandra expects his store to do well with the help of WVU students looking for clothes that they cannot find anywhere else for reasonable prices.

“I want my buyers to feel confident in whatever they are doing, and our clothes will hopefully provide that for them,” Chandra said.

Fashion Kings is located at 422 High St. brittni.mcguire@mail.wvu.edu

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The scenic overlook of Coopers Rock State Forest is pictured above. The destination is popular among hikers.

by alexis vaughn correspondent

Whether you are a local resident student or an out-of-state student from New Hampshire, we all need to get out of Morgantown once in a while.

Thankfully, there are many getaways nearby which offer full weekend activities to suit any student’s idea of a good day off.

West Virginia University students agree the place to go for some rest and relaxation while enjoying the outdoors is Coopers Rock State Forest.

The state forest is located 13 miles East of Morgantown off I-68.

Coopers Rock has over 50 miles of trails winding through the woods. Trails range from one to 5 miles – some of which include steep hills and scenic outlooks.

“When I need to get away just for the day to clear my head, I always take a trip up to Coopers, especially now with fall coming it’s really pretty,” said Elli Tondreau, sophomore occupational therapy major.

Coopers Rock also has campsites for students looking to get away all weekend.

There are 25 campsites with electric hookups that are available until Nov. 30.

One tent is permitted at each site and hot showers are available at the communal shower house.

For those looking for more of an urban atmosphere, students can take a trip to Pittsburgh.

Pittsburgh is located 70 miles north of Morgantown and can be easily accessed by I-79 North.

Nightlife is one aspect of Pittsburgh that attracts WVU students who are 21 and over.

With over 55 bars in a 12-block radius, the South Side is Pittsburgh’s number-one hot spot for nightlife.

“I go to Pitt very often,” said sophomore accounting major Jeremy Munza. “Pittsburgh is just far away enough to escape the college scene, but just close enough for a late-night trip.”

If you prefer to shop, Pittsburgh also has several malls and shopping areas in the surrounding neighborhoods of the city.

“My favorite would be Ross Park Mall,” said Molly Matala, junior communications major.

“It’s got every store I like, and it’s close to the city so you can go into town after shopping or dinner.”

Ross Park Mall is located 9 miles north of Pittsburgh and has over 150 specialty stores.

For shopping within the

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city, South Side is an outdoor shopping center on East Carson Street with several boutiques, department stores and restaurants.

For a more educational experience Pittsburgh offers many museums, including the Carnegie Museum of Natural History and Art in Oakland, and the Carnegie Science Center across the Allegheny River on the city’s North Shore.

Of course, there’s always lots to do even if you don’t have a plan.

“My advice for a student wanting to go to Pittsburgh is to just go up and explore the city,” Matala said. “It’s pretty easy to navigate through and has so much to do.”

For a smaller city experience, the city of Fairmont is also an easy drive from WVU campus.

Fairmont, nicknamed “The Friendly City,” is located 20 miles south of Morgantown.

Fairmont has many restaurants, and its Main Street is lined with coffee shops and specialty stores.

In Spring 2010, Fairmont will become the home of Volcano Indoor Water Park and Conference Center. The 50,000 sq. foot indoor water park will hold several slides and a water coaster. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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The Den reopens after recent closure by david ryan a&e editor

After an unceremonious closure over Memorial Day weekend, Morgantown convenience store and local favorite The Den reopens today.

The store, located between The Book Exchange and Maraney’s Hair Center, returns with new ownership and a new look.

“We’ve been here the last two months cleaning everything out,” said Melanie Stahl, manager of The Den. “We got all new shelving, all new counters.”

Perhaps most importantly

to the college community – the store is expecting the return of its alcohol license.

Stahl, who has worked at the store for five years under different owners, wasn’t sure when the final approval to sell alcohol will come, but added it will be soon.

“It’s definitely in the works,” she said.

The store was unable to sell alcohol for more than a year, Stahl said, but added inspectors have been in and the final approval should be coming.

The store has been reorganized, getting rid of many of the fixtures it was known for.

Gone are the posters and

display boards. Also gone is the vast collection of used and new CDs and DVDs. “There’s not much of a market for CDs anymore,” Stahl said.

The store previously sold local musicians’ albums on a consignment basis, but will not continue to do so.

Gone, too, will be postings for local shows on the brickwork beside the steps leading to the store’s entrance.

Other Den favorites will be returning, however, including cheap fountain drinks and cigarette supplies.

“The sodas here are the same price” as they were be-

fore, Stahl said. “So, after tax, 84 cents and $1 for the big guys. We’ve still got our full smoke shop with all the goodies.”

The store will continue to sell magazines and a wide range of incense.

Despite its recent closure, Stahl said the store’s location and offerings should regain foot traffic lost from its recent closure and loss of alcohol license.

“I think a lot of people will be coming back. It’s super convenient being right next to campus.”

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The interior of the Den. The store recently closed Memorial Day weekend.

English professor Smith to give reading Visiting pianist to play by rachel duryea correspondent

The West Virginia University Department of English will host a public reading by Assistant Professor Ethel Morgan Smith tonight at 7:30 p.m. in 130 Colson Hall.

Smith will be reading two of her original pieces.

One will be a nonfiction excerpt from an essay titled “Outside of Dreams,” and the other will be a chapter of her fiction novel “The House of Flowers.”

“The House of Flowers” is a novel in progress and is centered around growing up in rural Alabama in the 1960s as an African American.

The first book Smith wrote is titled “From Whence Cometh My Help: The African American Community at Hollins College.”

Smith said everyone is encouraged to come out for the reading, not just creative writing and English majors and

said her audiences are typically well educated in literature or eager to learn.

“Morgantown has a sustainable writing community.

We have a pretty well-known MFA program, and anyone generally interested in writing comes out,” Smith said.

Smith wants to share with others her past experiences through her work and hopes it is as enjoyable of an experience for her audience as it is for her.

“I hope the audience is engaged in the work and learns something about my life. The audience is the audience. I can only read and hope they enjoy it and learn something,” Smith said.

Smith has a Master’s degree in creative writing and English from Hollins University.

She specializes in creative nonfiction and has published works nationally and internationally.

“I have been doing readings for 20 years, and I do

them all over the country and in other countries as well,” Smith said.

She has received awards including the Fullbright Fellowship to Germany, a Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship in Bellagio, Italy and a Dupont Fellowship at Randolph-Macon Woman’s College.

Smith discussed the importance of a passion for reading in order to become a successful author and said reading many books has helped her to critique her own work.

“What made me start writing was the love of the language and the love of reading. I also had good teachers throughout the years,” Smith said. “As soon as I started reading I started formulating ideas, and I’ve been publishing for 25 years now.”

Though Smith has produced several novels, she said she enjoys the journey more so than the end product.

“My favorite thing about writing is staying in the pro-

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WVU Professor Ethel Morgan Smith.

cesses and not trying to get to the end and not rushing for a deadline,” Smith said. “Writing is my life. It has allowed me to experience life through literature and language.” daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

Renowned pianist Gregory Partain will be performing a guest artist recital at the Bloch Learning and Performing Hall in the Creative Arts Center at 8:15 tonight. Partain is a professor at Transylvania University in Kentucky.

“I hope people find it entertaining to hear, exciting and moving,” said Greg Partain, calling the performance “a soulsearching experience.”

Partain got his start in his grandmother’s basement when he was four years old.

He said that he was drawn to the sound and touch of the piano. His grandfather was a pianist in a dance band. Partain said he has been playing the piano for 46 years and has been a professor of Music for 23 years.

He has performed regionally and nationally in such places

as Russia, Greece, Poland and Germany.

The pieces he creates are for orchestral piano. He is a classical pianist who is drawn to Beethoven and the 19th century romantics.

The recital will include works from Beethoven and Chopin.

They are for a solo piano and they are the best works of these composers.

“The composers have marvelous imaginations and they seems to unlock the secrets of sound.” Partain said.

When choosing pieces to perform, Partain looks for profundity and a revel in art.

Partain invited people who attend his concerts to join him for a couple of minutes after the show to share their reflections and reactions to his music. That time is also open for any questions the audience may have. ashlie.walter@mail.wvu.edu