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Research driving force in 2020 plan by jessica leppar staff writer

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The next decade of academics, research and innovation at West Virginia University was announced during Monday’s State of the University Address.

University President James P. Clements outlined the new 10– year 2020 Strategic Plan during his annual address.

“This is a pivotal moment for West Virginia University and for higher education,” Clements said. “We have a lot to be proud of, and we have a lot to be thankful for, but we are at a time when together we must chart a course for the future of our University.”

The 2020 Strategic Plan high-

To offer feedback on the 2020 Strategic Plan, visit http://strategicplan.wvu.edu/feedback. lights five goals that will assist in creating an even stronger University during the next 10 years and beyond.

The five major objectives include: zz Engaging undergraduate, graduate and professional students in a challenging academic environment. zz Excelling in research creativity and innovation. zz Fostering diversity and an

inclusive culture. zz Advancing international activity and global engagement. zz Enhancing the well-being and the quality of life for the people of West Virginia.

The plan was developed by a 40-member Strategic Planning Council that received input from across the University.

The major area of focus in the 2020 Strategic Plan is expanding research activity, Clements said.

“We will never forget our mission of teaching, but research takes it up a notch,” he said.

In order to expand research, the University will concentrate on graduate education and will examine new doctoral programs and interdisciplinary graduate programs, Clements

said.

Research efforts will also be carried out by the University through providing compensation packages for graduate students, he said.

In addition, the University will provide affordable housing for graduate students to be built in the former College Park housing area on Newton Avenue once a partner is found to assist in the building process, Clements said.

WVU will also allocate resources for an additional 30 faculty members to be hired this year to support the research efforts, Clements said.

Lastly, several investments in

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On the campaign trail

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University President James P. Clements delivers the State of the University speech Monday afternoon.

New strategic plan to build upon 2010 plan by samantha cossick associate city editor

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The crowd cheers and holds up signs as Former United States President Bill Clinton speaks at a campaign rally held for U.S. Senate candidate Joe Manchin.

Former President Bill Clinton talks student loans, jobs at Manchin rally

BY TRAVIS CRUM CITY EDITOR

Former President Bill Clinton made an appearance in Morgantown Monday to speak during Democrat Joe Manchin’s Senate campaign rally.

Clinton spoke to participants gathered at the Hazel Ruby McQuain Riverfront Park about what qualities Manchin has over his opponents in the race to fill the Senate seat held by the late Robert C. Byrd.

Clinton mentioned several student issues as problems that need fixed or have been fixed by Congress, such as loan repayments.

He referenced the student Chelsi Baker/THE DAILY ATHENAEUM Former President of the United States Bill Clinton speaks about U.S. Senate candiate Joe aid initiative, a bill attached Manchin at the Hazel Ruby McQuain Amphitheatre Monday afternoon during Manchin’s to the health care reform bill campaign rally. that will overhaul the student

loan industry.

“You young people listen to this, every student in America can pay the loan back as a small fixed percentage of their income for up to 20 years,” he said. “Why is this important? Because we fell from first to ninth in the world in percentage of our people with four-year college degrees,” Clinton said.

America ranks first in college enrollment, but has a high drop-out rate because students are afraid they can’t borrow money or pay back their loans, he said.

“Finally, that’s been fixed, its the best bill that has been passed in the last year and half that only 5 percent of the Americans know about,” he said.

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Class to launch weather balloons into atmosphere

BY SARAH o’ROURKE STAFF WRITER

A group of industrial engineering students at West Virginia University are creating weather balloons to release into the air to capture the Earth’s curvature.

The project is a part of Michael Carr’s Introduction to Systems Engineering’s class.

“The whole project goal is to take a picture of the curvature of the Earth,” said Virginia Chambers, a junior industrial

engineering major. “We have to stay within the Federal Aviation Administration’s regulations, so most of the class decided we’re sending up weather balloons.”

Carr said he chose this project because it incorporates all the system engineering concepts he is teaching in the course.

“It’s hard to find a project that is both challenging, yet doable, that also has a high risk of failure that motivates students to do the work,” he said.

Chambers said the class is

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split up into 10 groups with seven to nine students in each group. Each group is going to send its own weather balloon into the air.

The deadline for the project is not until Dec. 13, but because of upcoming cold weather, Chambers said each group has to decide individually when to release their balloons.

The groups will have to reprogram its cameras to take pictures every five to 10 seconds on the weather balloon’s journey up and down, Chambers said.

Each group will also need a GPS system, a cell phone or a GPS watch that can be used to attach to the weather balloon to follow it once it is in the air, she added.

“When the weather balloon goes up, it have to reach at least 90,000 feet,” she said. “The camera battery and GPS that are going to go with it has to withstand the really cold temperatures because once batteries get in a cold temperature, the battery

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As West Virginia University begins to chart a new course for the next decade through the 2020 Strategic Plan, it will build off of the 2010 Strategic Plan.

The University has reimagined its mission, said University President James P. Clements at Monday’s State of the University address.

“By 2020, West Virginia University will grow in national research stature, thereby enhancing educational attainment, global engagement, diversity and the vitality and well-being of the people of West Virginia,” Clements announced as the new vision statement for WVU. With the previous 2010 Strategic Plan, the University was focused on being “a student-centered learning community meeting the changing needs of West Virginia and the nation through a commitment to excellence in teaching, research, service and technology,” as the 2010 Strategic Plan states.

In the next decade, WVU

will focus on diversity, inclusion and globalization as well as focusing on research, Clements said.

“The last plan was a great plan, but this is kind of a road map for the future,” he said.

“I think the time for this is good.”

Whereas the 2010 Strategic Plan was focused on attracting and graduating high-quality students, the 2020 Strategic Plan goal will focus on engaging undergraduate, graduate and professional students in a challenging academic environment.

The 2010 Strategic Plan hoped to accomplish this by enhancing the academic programs, expanding support networks to increase graduation rates and marketing WVU’s strengths.

The new 2020 Strategic Plan will meet the No. 1 goal by improving retention and recruitment rates, immersing students in a global and diverse environment and strongly partnering with elementary and secondary schools, Clements said.

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Faculty Senate to create committee to review textbook affordability by jessica leppar staff writer

The possible formation of a textbook affordability policy and committee was discussed at Monday’s Faculty Senate meeting.

“Textbook affordability has been an issue for quite some time,” said Russ Dean, senior associate provost for Academic Affairs.

The goal of the policy is to establish a process for the selection, adoption, use and sale of textbooks and other course materials that would comply with the Higher Education Opportunity Act and Higher Education Policy Commission, Dean said.

Although the textbook affordability committee has not yet been fully established, members of the committee will consist of faculty, students, administrators and bookstore representatives, he said.

The committee will be re-

sponsible for advising the Faculty Senate, Student Government Association, Board of Governors and administration on pricing issues and initiatives, textbook selection guidelines as well as strategies and educational opportunities, Dean said.

A part of the new policy would require that all textbooks and materials assigned each semester must be posted in a central location on campus, on the electronic course schedule or through a link to the campus bookstore’s website, according to the policy document Faculty Senate members received.

The list must also be posted in every campus bookstore and on the University’s website, as stated in the policy document.

Executive committee member Ruth Kershner said textbooks may be more affordable if they are available

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TROUBLE VS. THE BULLS The West Virginia football team has a losing record over the last five years vs.

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Once the balloon comes down, each individual group will then have to follow the balloon, using the GPS,to its final location. The balloons could travel anywhere between 20 to 200 miles, Chambers said.

“We’re hoping the balloon doesn’t stay in the air past six hours,” she said. “But it most likely will be up for five to six hours, so our camera battery life needs to be very high.”

Carr has never done this project with a class before, Chambers said. No directions or instructions were provided for the project, it is each individual group’s creation, she added.

“The purpose of this project is more for the organization of the planning aspects, such as getting the report done and then launching it,” she said.

Carr said the project has been completed by other mechanical engineering classes in the past that took an aerospace point of view rather than a systems management point

of view.

Carr said he hopes the assignment teaches students how much preparation and effort it takes to guarantee success when there are many risks involved, such as losing GPS connection, cold temperatures and cell phone service failure.

“I hope it coordinates with real-world situations students might find themselves...You don’t get a second chance to build a factory or building, so you have to do the planning,” he said. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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Continued from page 1 faculty and resources will assist the University in moving forward with research efforts, Clements said.

“By 2020, West Virginia University will grow in national research stature, thereby enhancing educational attainment, global engagement, diversity and the vitality and well being of the people West Virginia,” he announced as the new vision statement for WVU. To accomplish all aspects of the 2020 Strategic Plan, Clements made several promises to be carried out within the year, some of which include: zz Funding 30 new faculty members in strategically placed research positions. zz Funding the new student comprehensive health and recreation plan. zz Improving the grant management program at WVU to better serve faculty. zz Creating new organizational frameworks for diversity and international students. zz Identifying strong programs at WVU that focus on society’s needs and investing in their success to continue to advance research, scholarship and graduate study. zz Immediately increasing the pool for faculty development and grants by $350,000 to increase faculty research, scholarship and creative activity.

“The future will ask much from us, but it promises us much more,” Clements said.

The fact that research and

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Continued from page 1 Other goals of the 2010 Strategic Plan included: zz Recruiting and retaining high-quality faculty committed to the land-grant mission. zz Enhancing the educational environment for student learning. zz Promoting discovery and exchange of knowledge and ideas. zz Improving West Virginia’s health, economy and quality of life.

The new 2020 Strategic Plan builds off of these goals and is now a “blueprint for our future,” Clements said.

In the next decade, the University must dedicate itself to research, he said, adding that the second goal of the 2020 Strategic Plan is to “ex-

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cel in research, creativity and innovation.”

This goal ties the entire plan together, Clement said.

“A strong research agenda at WVU reinforces the education mission,” he said. “Research, creativity and innovation are the foundation for our plans for the future.”

So far this fiscal year, the University has secured $49 million for research, which puts it $21 million ahead of this same time last year, Clements said.

Other goals of the new 2020 Strategic Plan include fostering diversity and an inclusive culture, advancing international activity and global engagement and enhancing the well-being and quality of life for the people of West Virginia.

Health Science Chancellor Christopher Colenda said the 2020 Strategic Plan is more “aspirational” than the 2010 Stra-

tegic Plan.

“We aspire to something that currently is greater than what we are,” Colenda said.

“The 2010 Plan was a strategic plan for the time and in that time there were lots of things that needed to get worked out.”

The 2020 Strategic Plan reflects the current challenges to the University and also inspires members of the University to seek greater accomplishments, he said.

The 2010 Strategic Plan largely focused on the academic affairs of WVU’s main campus, said Michele Wheatly, provost and vice president for Academic Affairs.

“This plan is ‘One WVU’ so it involves partnerships with Health Sciences and also Potomac State and WVU Tech,” Wheatly said. samantha.cossick@mail.wvu.edu

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President Clements, right, gives guest speaker Holly Mitchell, left, a hug after her speech about the HSTA program. scholarship is being used as the focus for the next decade is the most important aspect of the plan, said Michele Wheatly, provost and vice president for Academic Affairs.

“The five thematic areas can all be moved forward through the lens of research and scholarship,” she said.

The health and well-being of West Virginia is the number one priority of the plan for Health Sciences Chancellor Christopher Colenda.

“Connected in that is the opportunity to develop signature research programs,” Colenda said. “It improves the lives of not only our faculty and the students we have here, but it also will impact favorably on the health and well-being of West Virginia.”

The immediate promises that were made by Clements to

carry out focus of the plan are the most urgent matters, said Nigel Clark, chair of the Strategic Planning Council and faculty representative to the Board of Governors.

For now, the 2020 Strategic Plan is a broad outline that will require a lot of work to identify all the specifics, said Alan Stolzenberg, Faculty Senate chair.

The next two months will allow for additional input from various constituents concerning the 2020 Strategic Plan, Clements said.

There will be town meetings, as well as a website set up for further input, he said.

In addition, the Strategic Planning Council will continue to meet through the fall, and will finalize the detailed plan at the end of the year, Clark said. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

Clinton added Republicans are seeking to repeal this bill and make it more expensive to go to college. Manchin would fight the repeal, he said.

There are 3 million jobs in America that are open, Clinton said, as he moved his speech to the topic of employment.

Mobility has a lot to do with this large opening, because most Americans can’t move from homes they purchased to find work.

The government should supply money in training more people for these jobs to decrease 2 percent from the nation’s unemployment, he said.

Manchin spoke before Clinton about recent campaign ads against him. He addressed how he has been called a “rubber stamp” for President Barack Obama by his opponent Republican John Raese.

“The only thing I am a rubber stamp for is for the people of West Virginia,” Manchin said.

Approximately 50 West Virginia University students attended the rally to listen to Manchin and Clinton speak.

Amber Rose, a senior animal nutritional sciences major, said she came to the rally to get more informed on the issues that could affect students.

“Students should come listen to the issues and not the crap they hear on TV or radio announcements. They should research the issues,” Rose said.

Rose said she was inter-

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Former President of the United States Bill Clinton greets the crowd before speaking at a campaign rally held for U.S. Senate candidate Joe Manchin at the Hazel Ruby McQuain Amphitheatre Monday afternoon. ested in hearing what Manchin would do for small businesses because her family owns a business.

Having a large student-voter turnout would give WVU a voice in the election, said Warren Hilsbos, a junior philosophy major.

“There’s no way we can sit back without our input,” Hilsbos said. “For this midterm (election) I would like to see more than a 25 percent voter turnout.”

Tessa Houston, a senior multidisciplinary studies major, said even though she was not registered to vote in West Virginia, she came to make herself more aware of the issues.

“It was a good experience, and I learned a lot about West Virginia,” Houston said. “WVU students should get more involved, because we all live here.”

textbooks, Dean said.

Many students are using textbooks that have been made available for rental or courses that already use online textbooks, he said.

“What is embedded in this policy is mostly everything that WVU has always been doing,” Dean said.

The new policy, though,

would just put what WVU is doing in specific language that complies with HEPC requirements and the federal law, he said.

Dean expects the policy to go to the Board of Governors for approval during the Nov. 12 meeting.

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Hospitals brace for health care law’s costs

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia hospitals face uncertainty and hefty upfront spending as the federal health care overhaul begins to unfold, the head of their state association told lawmakers Monday.

Joseph Letnaunchyn, president of the hospital group, also warned of short-term drops in government reimbursement payments to hospitals, as scheduled under the new law. The chair of the state Health Care Authority, Sonia Chambers, echoed those concerns during the interim committee meeting Monday.

“It will be difficult for many West Virginia hospitals to sustain those reductions,” said Chambers, whose agency regulates health care spending in the state.

But she and Letnaunchyn also sought to strike optimistic tones about the sweeping changes. Chambers cited its attempts to curb hospital readmissions forced by preventable infections. Letnaunchyn noted the more than 100,000 West Virginians who will eventually gain coverage, easing the hospitals’ charity care costs.

“I contend that the glass is half-full rather than halfempty,” Letnaunchyn told lawmakers. “We’re just trying to tell you what the facts are from where we see them. We supported (health care reform) going in.”

Those facts, he explained,

include the price of required upgrades to health information technology systems. While the aim is long-term savings and improved patient care, some hospitals face devoting 35 to 40 percent of coming capital budgets to meeting that provision, Letnaunchyn said. Available federal funds will help, but only some, he said.

The impact of other provisions will depend on how officials write the rules that will carry them out, Letnaunchyn said. Awaiting those regulations, he said, creates a sense of uncertainty among hospitals that he likened to driving through fog.

Senate Minority Leader Mike Hall, R-Putnam, suggested that the overhaul will increase hospital costs by requiring them to hire additional staff to ensure they follow its many provisions.

“I’m speculating that it will cost millions and millions of dollars,” Hall said.

Chambers said hospitals are already reporting information to regulators. But she noted that the overhaul could change. Among other factors, Republicans have vowed to seek the overhaul’s repeal if they win control of Congress next month.

“I wouldn’t be surprised if some of these provisions change year to year,” Chambers said. “We’re really going to have to wait and see.”

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US won’t appeal decision to ban witness in New York NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. government announced Sunday it would prosecute the first Guantanamo Bay detainee to face a civilian trial without its star witness because appealing a judge’s ruling excluding him could cause significant delay and inconvenience other witnesses and victims.

Besides, the government said in a letter to U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan, there was enough evidence without the star witness to convict Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani of conspiring in 1998 to blow up two U.S. embassies in Africa, killing 224 people, including a dozen Americans.

The decision by the government not to appeal clears the way for the trial to resume Tuesday, when opening statements are expected to begin after a jury is chosen from a pool of about 65 potential jurors in Manhattan.

In the letter, Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Farbiarz said the government disagreed with the judge’s decision and would have appealed it under different circumstances. But he said many trial witnesses had planned to come to New York based on the long-scheduled date of the trial and some might even be unwilling or unable to return

if the trial faced a significant delay.

He said many victims have already arrived in New York after a long wait to see Ghailani face trial after having traveled significant distances.

“An appeal at this juncture would obviously cause a delay – a delay of uncertain, and perhaps significant, length,” the letter said. “Weighing all of the circumstances, the government does not wish to delay the trial in order to take an appeal.”

The judge had handed the government a significant setback days earlier when he ruled that the star witness, Hussein Abebe, a former cab driver from Tanzania, could not testify that Ghailani bought explosives from him. The judge said the government learned about Abebe when Ghailani underwent a coercive interrogation at a secret CIA-run camp overseas.

“The court has not reached this conclusion lightly,” the judge wrote in his decision.

“It is acutely aware of the perilous nature of the world in which we live. But the Constitution is the rock upon which our nation rests. We must follow it not when it is convenient, but when fear and danger beckon in a different

direction.”

During that hearing, defense lawyer Peter Quijano tried to show that Abebe felt coerced to testify because he feared law enforcement, but Abebe insisted that was not so.

Another lawyer for Ghailani, Steve Zissou, said the government’s decision not to appeal was “a significant victory for the Constitution.”

“As we saw during his testimony, Mr. Abebe was hardly a credible witness,” Zissou said.

Ghailani has been accused by the government of being a bomb maker, document forger and aide to Osama bin Laden.

He has pleaded not guilty and has denied knowing that TNT and oxygen tanks he delivered would be used to make a bomb.

There was little controversy when Ghailani was brought to New York for trial in 2009, but the subject of where to try detainees from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, became heated after Attorney General Eric Holder announced last November that professed Sept.

11 attacks mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four others would be tried blocks from where the World Trade Center stood.

Holder later said he was reconsidering the decision.

District Attorney: Anti-gay NYC attack laced with hate speech NEW YORK (AP) — Gang members used an anti-gay slur to ask two teen boys and a 30-year-old man about their sexuality before brutally torturing and beating them last week in a working-class Bronx neighborhood, authorities said in court, where eight suspects stood with drooped heads at their first appearance as their relatives wept behind them.

During the proceeding Sunday, Assistant District Attorney Theresa Gottlieb said that each victim was asked prior to being beaten in the Oct. 3 attacks: “Is it true that you’re a fag?”

The defendants did not enter pleas to charges that include robbery, assault, sexual abuse and unlawful imprisonment as hate crimes. The most serious charge carried a potential 25year prison term. Police were looking for a ninth suspect, who had been expected to turn himself in but didn’t show.

The nine men, members of the Latin King Goonies gang, had heard a rumor one of their teenage recruits was gay and on the night of Oct. 3, found him, stripped and beat him and sodomized him with a plunger handle until he confessed to having had sex with a man, police say.

The gang members then found a second teen they suspected was gay and tortured him, police say.

They also invited the man the first teen had admitted having sex with to a house, telling him they were having a party, police say. When he arrived, five of them burned, beat and tortured him for hours, police say.

The man was sodomized with a miniature baseball bat by a defendant who taunted him with, “You like that. You like that,” the criminal complaint said.

Two of his attackers went to his home, court papers and authorities said, where they encountered the man’s brother.

They punched him, bound his hands with rope, put tape around his head before and threw a mattress on top of him, authorities said, and demanded money and jewelry and threatened him with death before leaving with cash and a 52-inch flat-screen television.

The suspects were identified as Ildefonzo Mendez, 23; Elmer Confresi, 23; David Rivera, 21; Steven Caraballo, Denis Peitars, Nelson Falu and Bryan Almonte, all 17; and Brian Cepeda, 16.

Bronx Criminal Court Judge Harold Adler set bail for Peitars and Caraballo at $100,000 bond or $50,000 cash; the other six were held without bail.

Two attorneys, Paul Horowitz and Fred Bittlingmeyer, represented the eight at the hearing but didn’t expect to represent all of them through the legal process.

Bittlingmeyer, representing Peitars, said his client only punched one of the complainants after the other defendants said they “were going to find out

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Gay rights activist Thomas Hutchings of Salt Lake City sits on the sidewalk near The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ temple Thursday in Salt Lake City. The demonstration Thursday night was a response to remarks from a church leader that homosexuality is an immoral condition that can and should be overcome.

Facebook campaign supports Mormon leader’s speech

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Facebook campaign launched in support of a Mormon church leader’s sermon on same-sex relationships has drawn more than 4,500 responses.

The “I support Boyd K. Packer” page was started Oct. 5, two days after the senior leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints called homosexual attraction unnatural and said gays can and should change.

By Monday afternoon, more than 4,500 people had joined the page as fans.

Packer, 86, is the secondranking leader in the church and next in line to be president of the 13.5 million-member faith. He was speaking at the faith’s semiannual general conference.

When the text of the speech was posted on a church Web page days later, Packer’s remarks had been altered.

In the speech, he said: “Some suppose that they were born pre-set and cannot overcome what they feel are inborn tendencies toward the impure and unnatural. Not so! Why would our Heavenly

Father do that to anyone? Remember he is our father.”

On the website, the word “temptations” has replaced “tendencies” and the question about God’s motives has been removed entirely.

Church public relations officials said the changed wording was part of a routine practice that allows conference speakers to edit their speeches to clarify their meaning.

National gay rights activists, including the Human Rights Campaign, have denounced the speech as factually inaccurate and dangerous, and have called on Packer to recant his remarks.

A Thursday protest of the speech in Salt Lake City drew thousands.

The Facebook page has sparked some opposing viewpoints, but most responses have praised Packer and thanked him for defending the values of traditional marriage and family and “speaking the truth.” One poster called Packer a “Christian hero.”

Latter-day Saints consider their senior leaders prophets who lead the church through direct communication with

God. A poster from the United Kingdom said those who speak at conferences “say the things we, as a Church, and the world as well, need to hear.

They speak the words that Jesus Christ Himself would say, if He were here.”

Some posters said Packer’s sermon simply restated longheld church doctrine and that people didn’t understand why it had caused such an uproar.

The HRC has said it will deliver more than 150,000 letters to the Mormon church’s downtown Salt Lake City office building Tuesday.

A second Facebook site started by a group described as LDS Young Men and Women seeks to counter the HRC effort with its own “We Love You President Boyd K. Packer” campaign. The page calls for Mormon youth to send 100,000 letters of support to Packer by Friday. “... simply tell him how much we love him and sustain him as a prophet, seer, and revelator,” the site organizers wrote. More than 6,800 people had signed on as fans

by Monday afternoon.

Feds eye suspected fraud with Guard funds

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Natty Martinez, a 16-year-old speaks in front of the abandoned home that served as a clubhouse, and allegedly a torture chamber, for a street gang accused of trapping and brutalizing three gay men Saturday in the Bronx borough of New York. who the men are in this room and who the fags are in this room.”

Bittlingmeyer said if Peitars didn’t throw a punch he would have been attacked himself. He also denied it was a scheme by a gang, describing it as people getting together on a Sunday night and “one individual let it get out of hand.”

Horowitz, representing Caraballo, said his client had not previously been in trouble with the law and denies the allegations. He said the only offense of which Caraballo was accused was hitting one of the complainants with his fist.

Falu’s mother, Caroline Falu, said her son is a “good boy.”

“I just know my son is innocent,” she said. “I know my son.

He’s not like that.”

Mayor Michael Bloomberg said he was sickened by the accusations of violence “and saddened by the anti-gay bias.” The beatings in the Bronx followed a string of anti-gay attacks and teen suicides attributed to antigay bullying.

Gay men and women live openly in Morris Heights, the largely Hispanic neighborhood where the Oct. 3 beatings took place, and while residents were disturbed by some past violent behavior blamed on the defendants, some said they hadn’t previously targeted homosexuals.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Federal authorities were investigating the suspected mismanagement of as much as $100 million in California Army National Guard funds intended for recruitment of new and returning soldiers, a newspaper reported.

Auditors suspect Master Sgt. Toni Jaffe processed loan repayments and cash bonuses to entice recruits, even though some did not qualify, according to interviews and internal documents reviewed by the Sacramento Bee in an article published Sunday.

In some cases, student loan repayments designated for combat veterans were given to Guard members – including captains and majors – who never went to war, the Bee reported.

In addition, tens of thousands of dollars more than al-

lowed by the program were allocated, the newspaper said.

Jaffe, 51, who retired last year after working as a program manager at Mather Air Force Base since 1986, denied the allegations and insisted she followed all regulations.

“They are still trying to blame me for (expletive) I didn’t do,” Jaffe said in a phone interview with the Bee. “I wish I never joined the Guard. I regret it, and I hate the Guard.”

Federal officials launched the investigation in August after Capt. Ronald S. Clark, a federal auditor who oversees funds spent by state Guard organizations, realized the scope of the problem and reported it to the FBI and Internal Revenue Service, the newspaper said.

Clark estimated that $100 million had been misspent

since 2001, and the Guard had managed to stop another $43 million in improper payments, the Bee said.

A spot check by Clark’s office of 62 individuals who received $1.2 million over the past few years found 52 problem cases, including some with falsified documents.

Jaffe’s work often went unchecked by superiors, Clark said.

Spokesmen for the U.S. Department of Justice, which is leading the probe, and the California Guard declined comment.

Federal investigators have taken over the audit from Clark, who said he decided to blow the whistle because he was concerned that officers who were recipients of the improper benefits might have tried to interfere with his audit.

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State of the University full of hope, lacks big goals When dealing with public addresses, it can sometimes be difficult to draw out the true meaning behind the cache of cliches and plethora of platitudes offered by the speaker.

Whether it’s the State of the Student Body, the University, the State or even the Union, the speaker almost always tries to do their best to say the most while revealing the least.

Monday’s State of the University address by West Virginia University President

James P. Clements was no different.

It’s become obvious that under the direction of Clements, the current administration has done its best to distance itself from the previous administration and its scandals, while focusing on the current successes of the University.

A wise path to take, but an obvious one, nonetheless.

Still, it is promising to see that in the 2020 Strategic Plan, our current leaders believe to be on a track to success.

This University is our state’s flagship institution and a symbol of pride for many. We should take pride in it, but cannot settle for mediocrity or rest on our recent successes.

The 2020 Strategic Plan aims to tackle those issues.

Major Goals: Engage undergraduate, graduate and professional students in a challenging academic environment.

Excel in research, creativity and innovation.

Foster diversity and an in-

clusive culture.

Advance international activity and global engagement.

Enhance well-being and the quality of life for the people of West Virginia.

The address covered all of the above in detail; save for how the University will specifically “advance global engagement,” as if the goal were included with little thought, solely because we live in a globalized world.

Clements continued by comparing what his adminis-

tration has accomplished with what they set out to achieve within the past year, focusing on new faculty recruitment.

One of his original goals was to hire 100 new faculty over time to keep up with student enrollment. In the past year, the University brought on 30 faculty to address that need.

The next 30 hires will take place in the coming year, concentrating on faculty who can generate increased research.

But while these hires a good

start, we still worry about current faculty retention and pay raises. How will the University respond to a changing economy with the needs of its current staff?

The University has come a long way in the past year. But there is still work to be done.

While we wish the current plan had included loftier goals, it’s a good place to start.

The University, thankfully, is moving forward. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

Geothermal reserves offer alternative future for West Virginia michael levy correspondent

The most significant geothermal energy reserves in the eastern third of the United States lie underneath West Virginia, according to a recent study from Southern Methodist University.

Currently, 2,800 megawatts of geothermal energy are captured worldwide, enough to power 98 million homes, and the U.S. captures more of that than any other country.

As we burn our way through more of the world’s fossil fuels and climate change becomes an increasingly urgent problem, it is imperative we develop forms of energy production that are inexhaustible and carbon-neutral.

The discovery of vast geothermal potential under West Virginia provides the state an opportunity to be a leader in

what will be a rapidly growing that global temperatures will rise sector of the economy. between 2 degrees and 5 degrees Celsius in the next ninety years.

The future is not in fossil Approximately 3.5 million fuels years ago, global temperatures With consumption around rose to levels about 2.5 degrees the world rising like a rocket in Celsius above current templaces such as China and India, peratures. As a result, massive energy demand is increasing at amounts of polar ice melted, and the oceans rose by 82 feet. an accelerating pace.

At the same time, oil proSay goodbye to every coastal duction has very likely already city in the world, and say hello to peaked. hundreds of millions of climate That is, the number of bar- refugees. rels of oil extracted from the The U.S. economy can adjust earth will be less tomorrow than rapidly to changing demands. it was yesterday, and that num- In the early years of World War ber will continue to decline over II, our factories turned on a dime from civilian to military the years.

There is much coal under production. the surface of the earth, but we That shift was a major factor should not, and will not, burn it in our victory, and it was also responsible for finally ending the all.

The science on climate Great Depression.

Climate change needs to be change is rock solid. It is real, it is the result of industrial ac- viewed as a similarly serious tivity. Estimates of its conse- threat. If we approach it with the quences range from frightening same sense of urgency, we might still be able to mitigate its conseto catastrophic.

The Intergovernmental Panel quences, and it could provide on Climate Change estimates a much needed boost to our

stagnant economy.

Geothermal and the future of energy production Geothermal energy has long been harnessed by capturing the energy of hot water and steam rising up from hot spots in the earth’s crust.

In the past, this has been viable in places like Iceland and California, where the heat is close to the Earth’s surface.

Enhanced geothermal systems, the first of which are just coming online, allow us to harness energy deeper in the earth.

EGS drill several kilometers down and fracture the rock where it is hot. Water is pumped through a continuous loop and brought to the surface, where its heat energy is used to produce electricity. Is is then pumped back down to be warmed again.

Geothermal energy is nearly unlimited in magnitude, it is continuously available, and it is emissions free, which means it doesn’t contribute to climate change.

Two paths for West Virginia Assuming just a 2 percent thermal recovery rate, which according to WVU Professor Brian Anderson is “very reasonable,” West Virginia has the capacity to produce 19,000 megawatts of energy from geothermal sources.

That’s more than the 16,300 megawatts the state currently produces from all other sources.

Coal isn’t working for the people of West Virginia.

A few coal operators became rich while producing a number of jobs.

But this state is among the poorest in the country, and the health effects of mining and burning coal have been disastrous.

Do we want a future of more of the same, where our mountains are leveled and streams polluted, just so we can hang on to the jobs that coal produces?

Or do we want to get out in front of renewable energy production, harness the unlimited potential of geothermal energy,

create a new breed of jobs that will last well into the future, and become a leader in renewable energy production?

The burning of coal is going to end, whether it’s sooner because of increasing climate and ecological concerns or a hundred years from now because we finally burned it all.

When that happens, we can have a state that exports electricity and renewable energy technology to surrounding areas and is home to experts in geothermal energy production, such as Anderson, who literally wrote “The Future of Geothermal Energy.”

Or we can be left with leveled mountains, impaired streams, more negative population growth and all the economic woes they bring.

We need to support national policies that will encourage the development of alternative energy production, and we need to support local initiatives that bring infrastructure, experts and technology development to West Virginia.

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Public spending not the way to revitalize the our economy tomas engle correspondent

Most of the talk lately in the TV news cycle and in the editorial pages of this paper has revolved around the issue of taxes.

Specifically, which tax policy will lead to a recovered economy and which is more ethical for society in general.

Another method of boosting the economy that has been tried recently is the spending of public money on public projects such as highways or parks.

This method is called public spending and is thought to boost the economy by keeping people employed, who in turn receive a paycheck they will then use to buy goods and services, invigorating the

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economy.

While there have been many public spending initiatives in the past, the best example is the New Deal program of the Roosevelt administration during the 1930s.

According to the Bureau of Economic Analysis, federal government spending went from $9.8 billion in 1934 to $14.2 billion in 1940, with the total cost for the period being $32 billion (or about $500 billion in today’s dollars).

Since the economy at that time was in a downturn, taxes could not pay for all of the expenditures, so the government had to borrow money, resulting in deficit spending.

This accumulation of debt peaked during that period in 1936, when the U.S. government borrowed $5.1 billion (about $80 billion in today’s money).

With last year’s stimulus bill, the Troubled Asset Re-

lief Program, totaling just under $800 billion, and 2009 and 2010 fiscal year deficits of $1.42 and $1.3 trillion, respectively, our government has met and surpassed the New Deal period.

Former Assistant Professor of Economics at West Virginia University Chris Coyne says there are common problems to all public spending programs.

“Public spending needs to be paid for through increased taxes or government debt. If it is funded through taxes, it will have the effect of reducing private spending. If the increase in public spending is funded through the issuance of debt it will influence the interest rate, which will reduce private consumption.”

The interest rate problem Coyne refers to is the need for loanable funds to match the government’s deficit spending.

With less loanable funds on the market because of the government’s need for borrowed money, the interest rate goes up to reflect the fact that supply has diminished.

Ironically, while public spending is meant to spur private investment, it simultaneously prevents it by crowding out the market private investors who now cannot afford the higher interest rates on the loan they might need to expand their business.

Coyne considers this “crowding-out effect” to be the most important facet of the debate, since no matter what funds the government uses, borrowed or tax money (higher taxes lead to less money available for private investment), the stimulus provided can never truly be compared to the scenario with no public spending.

This leads to the last problem of public spending, the

knowledge problem.

Coyne defines it as “The (assumption) that government knows how to spend money better than the citizens.”

This ties into the crowding -out effect because the reason one can never make comparisons between the two scenarios is because they both can’t exist at the same time, which means one can only calculate the benefits of the path taken.

Since in order for the government to have a public spending initiative it must negatively effect the private market in one way (taxing more, less private income) or another (borrowing more, higher interest rates, less private loans) to get its funds, whatever growth there is in the private sector is only a fraction of what it could have been, had there been no public spending.

And since you can never

calculate what could have been, and that which is seen is always more powerful in the mind (dams, highways, schools) than that which is not seen (namely all the things that people could have used their money on, but weren’t able to afford because of the government’s public spending interfering with their income), the physical is always seen as better and more efficient than the unseen in the eyes of most people.

So while public spending has a noble goal of uplifting the economy and helping those out of work, it unfortunately does neither, and actually just makes things worse.

It’s a cruel farce that not only hampers the current generation and those after it with a mountain of debt, but it also relegates its own citizens to being hosts to a parasitical state, instead of the engines of creation we know we can be.

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BY TONY DOBIES SPORTS EDITOR

If West Virginia is Superman, South Florida is the Mountaineers’ kryptonite.

West Virginia has a losing record against South Florida.

The Mountaineers are 2-3 in meetings with the Bulls. The two programs have met every year since 2005 when the Bulls moved to the Big East.

“We’ve lost three of the last four. I don’t know where everyone gets off saying South Florida isn’t a good program, because they’ve sure handed our fannies to us,” said WVU head coach Bill Stewart.

“They are good. They’ve got talent. They matchup with us for whatever reason.”

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in the program’s first meeting, South Florida has had the Mountaineers’ number.

USF has outscored WVU by West Virginia South Florida more than four points in the (4-1, 0-0) (3-2, 0-1) team’s last four meetings. The South Florida defense has had When: Thursday at 7:30 p.m.

Where: Morgantown (Milan Puskar Stathe WVU offense’s number dium, 60,000) in nearly all those meetings.

TV: ESPN WVU hasn’t scored more than Tickets: There are still tickets remaining 19 points against the Bulls in for West Virginia’s game against South Florida. Order online at www.WVUGAME. the last four seasons.

“We’ve not scored a lot of com, call the Mountaineer Ticket Office at 1-800-WVU-GAME or at the Ticket Ofpoints against them, so our fice in the WVU Coliseum. defense is going to have to Series: South Florida leads the series 3-2 play better than they ever Last year: South Florida defeated West have,” Stewart said. “I just Virginia 30-19. don’t know if we’re going to The Bulls are the only team be able to hold this team unin the Big East to have a win- der what it will take to beat us. ning record over WVU since I just don’t know.” ap 2005.

South Florida wide receiver Sterling Griffin, right, scored the game-winning touchdown After a 28-13 blowout of USF see FOOTBALL on PAGE 7 past West Virginia defenders in the team’s 2009 meeting.

“(The boat) crossed the line almost a full minute behind our winning entry,” King said.

“That was quite disappointing, because they should have been much closer.”

With this in mind, King is already preparing his team for its next event.

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With Schoenle out, freshman Flott steps up Sports Writer

It’s never easy to start in place of one of the best players in the nation – especially when he’s on the sideline watching every move.

In the West Virginia men’s soccer team’s 2-1 upset win over No. 22 Notre Dame Saturday, that was exactly the case for freshman Allan Flott. With sophomore Eric Schoenle stuck on the bench after receiving a red card in the Mountaineers’ game against Elon last Wednesday, head coach Marlon LeBlanc opted to move Flott from his usual spot in the midfield to the back line.

“Before I came to West Virginia, I played the back line for DC United (Academy), and I was accustomed to it, but at this pace and this level of play, it was definitely a challenge,” Flott said. “But I thought I did alright. I just played my role and did what I had to do.”

On a Mountaineer team that wasn’t expected to have a lot of freshmen playing big roles on it, Flott has been able to come in and contribute immediately all season long.

After seeing some time off the bench in the team’s seasonopening loss to Monmouth, the Arlington, Va., native was inserted into the starting lineup as a midfielder in

But Saturday he was able to move back to the position that he played so well in his prep career, where he led Bishop Denis J. O’Connell High School to the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference championship and played for the DC United Academy.

Against Notre Dame, Flott was part of a stingy Mountaineer defense that held an aggressive Irish offense to just five shots on goal and came just seven minutes short of its fourth clean sheet of the season, and, in the process, turned the heads of a lot of his teammates.

“It showed that we have pieces that we can slide out,” said junior defender Ray Gaddis.

“It’s nice to have significant players who can step into different roles.”

As for Flott, he just hopes his play Saturday at a position as important as the one he played on that back line will continue to help him gain the respect and trust of his teammates, as well as the Mountaineer coaching staff.

“They trust me now as a chelsi baker/the daily athenaeum player to know what’s right West Virginia midfielder Allan Flott fights for the ball with a Cal State Fullerton player during their game earlier this season. Flott and what’s wrong,” Flott said. moved back to defense for the Mountaineers against Notre Dame and played a strong game.

“At centerback, if you lose focus for any amount of the West Virginia’s game against known, scoring his first ca- career start and play 90 min- game, they can exploit it and reer goal.

UNC-Wilmington. utes. It was the perfect day,” get a goal on you.”

In that first start, he wasted “It was pretty awesome to Flott said after the Mountainno time making his presence get my first goal in my first eers’ overtime win Sept. 5. james.carvelli@mail.wvu.edu

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Mountaineers win three medals at Head of Ohio by derek denneny sports writer

The West Virginia rowing team earned three medals this weekend at the Head of the Ohio race in Pittsburgh to open up the fall portion of its schedule.

“You never know what to expect regarding results against other teams at the first race of the year,” said head coach Jimmy King. “The quality of

our rowing could have been sharper, but the race rate in all of our crews was lower than that of most of the other crews.

“We were still able to place well overall.”

The Mountaineers’ “A” boat took gold in the “open eight” race, crossing the finish line 10 seconds ahead of second place Three Rivers, a professional rowing team from Pittsburgh.

The “A” boat was led by coxswain Sarah Cartwright, along

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Women’s b-ball’s Miles out 4-6 weeks following surgery West Virginia women’s basketball senior point guard Sarah Miles will be out four to six weeks after having surgery on her right wrist after an injury, head coach Mike Carey said Monday.

“Sarah was in surgery this morning, and the doctors said it went really well,” Carey said in a release. “She is a fighter and should be back on the court in no time.”

The season opens Nov. 12 against Loyola (Md.). Based on Miles’ time frame, she could be available for the season opener. If rehab from surgery does take six weeks, she could miss six games, including the team’s tournament in the Virgin Islands.

The senior guard out of San

Antonio, Texas, was named the Big East Conference’s Defensive Player of the Year last season as she led the league in steals (95) and assists (200).

Miles was the team’s thirdleading scorer last season, averaging 10.1 points per game. She was also one of the team’s best free-throw shooters. She hit 73.4 percent of her free throws last season.

Big East honors three on women’s soccer team West Virginia goalkeeper Kerri Butler was named the Big East Goalkeeper of the Week. Teammates Erica Henderson and Megan Mischler were named to the conference’s

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with rowers Rachelle Purych, Karen Verwey, Jenelle Spencer, Shannon Gribbons, Rachel Viglianco, Courtney Schrand and Kaitlyn Brownson.

WVU also took sliver and bronze in the open doubles competition.

Viglianco and Verwey finished runners-up (17:26).

Gribbons and Jessica Kelly took bronze (17:54).

Though the Mountaineers had an impressive showing

in two events, King admits his team needs work.

“We need to be more aggressive in racing which means we need to be more aggressive in training,” King said. “More than anything, I was surprised and disappointed by the lack of energy and emotion for the first competition of the year.”

Specifically, King was disappointed with the “B” entry in the “open eight,” that finished seventh out of 17 boats.

University’s job: Win, save the Big East Could the Big East’s reputation be worse right now?

The Big East’s favorites Pittsburgh and Cincinnati are both 2-3 with no wins against a respectable opponent, and Rutgers and a struggling Tom Savage – who entered the season as “the league’s best quarterback” – lost at home to Tulane.

Connecticut has nothing to brag about except Jordan Todman and an undefeated home record – except those three victories were against Texas Southern, Buffalo and Vanderbilt.

Louisville may have the most impressive non-conference win out of the entire bunch – a 56-0 win over a horrible Memphis team.

Even Syracuse beat South Florida Saturday for the first time in the program’s history.

WVU offensive coordinator Jeff Mullen called SU’s win “shocking.”

Even more outrageous is the Orange is one of only two teams in the league that one couldn’t make an argument for the always admirable title of “worst team in the Big East.”

The other is West Virginia.

The Mountaineers have been solid this season, minus the one slipup against the current No. 12 LSU in Baton Rouge.

It was a loss that WVU shouldn’t be ashamed of.

The program should be embarrassed in the rest of its league, though. Everyone knew the Big East wasn’t going to do too many special things this year, but no one thought that entering the heart of the conference schedule, the league would be 22-15 – a winning percentage of just 59 – against out-of-conference teams.

It’s the worst mark in the nation among BCS bowl eligible leagues and the only winning percentage in the group under 60 percent.

No Big East team has impressed at any point this season. That is except for the Mountaineers.

West Virginia is clearly the most talented team in the conference and should win and go undefeated in the conference with little trouble.

I’m sure the folks at the Big East headquarters in Providence, R.I., are praying they do. WVU has to if the Big East wants to save any of the little positive reputation it may have left.

A standout, top-15 team is what the conference needs now more than ever. It needs a clear leader and one powerhouse team.

Big East teams have beaten each other up in the past, but this year the league doesn’t need its champion going 5-2 in one of the worst leagues in the country. In a conference that prides itself on competitiveness, a close race for the Big East crown would be in the

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by Michael Carvelli

BRIAN GAWTHROP associate sports editor

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ING ORGANIZATION meets in THE CONDOM CARAVAN, a projthe Room 105 of Woodburn ect of WELL WVU Student Wellness Hall at 6 p.m. For more inforand Health Promotion, will be in mation, e-mail bseebaug@ the Mountainlair from noon to 2 mix.wvu.edu. p.m. The Caravan sells condoms for 25 cents or five for $1.

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MUNICATION STUDIES STUDENTS BRING YOUR OWN BIBLE STUDY is at noon in Room 115 of Arm- AND PIZZA NIGHT will be at 6 p.m. strong Hall. at Newman Hall.

KENDLE will be recruiting paid volunteers for clinical research Continual studies from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the MON GENERAL HOSPITAL needs Commons Area of the Mountainlair. volunteers for the information desk, pre-admission testing, hosOct. 14 pitality cart, mail delivery and gift THE WVU CREATIVE ROLE shop. For more information, call PLAYING CLUB meets at 7 p.m. Christina Brown at 304-598-1324. in the Bluestone Room of the WELLNESS PROGRAMS on topMountainlair. Meetings are open ics such as nutrition, sexual health to everyone. For more information, and healthy living are provided for visit www.morgantownrp.com. interested student groups, orgaBROWNBAG LUNCH FILM & DIS- nizations or classes by WELL WVU CUSSION SERIES will show “Out In Student Wellness and Health ProThe Silence” at 11:30 a.m. in the motion. For more information, visit Gluck Theater. This event is free www.well.wvu.edu/wellness. and open to the public. For more WELL WVU STUDENT HEALTH is information, visit http://studentlife. paid for by tuition and fees and is wvu.edu/multiculturalprograms. confidential. For appointments or html. more information, call 304-2932311 or visit www.well.edu.wvu/ Every Tuesday medical.

MOUNTAINEERS FOR CHRIST, NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS meets a student Christian organization, nightly in the Morgantown and hosts free supper and Bible study at Fairmont areas. For more informaits Christian Student Center. Supper tion, call the helpline at 800-766is at 8:15 p.m., and Bible study be- 4442 or visit www.mrscna.org.

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CARITAS HOUSE, a local nonWVU SWING DANCE CLUB meets at 7:45 p.m. in Multipurpose Room profit organization serving West A of the Student Recreation Center. Virginians with HIV/AIDS, needs doNo partner needed. Advanced and nations of food and personal care beginners are welcome. For more items and volunteers to support all information, e-mail wvuswingda- aspects of the organization’s activities. For more information, call nce@gmail.com.

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CONFIDENTIAL COUNSELING meets at 7 p.m. in the Blackwater Room of the Mountainlair. The SERVICES are provided for free group is a grassroots environmen- by the Carruth Center for Psychotal organization striving for tan- logical and Psychiatric Services. A gible change in our campus and walk-in clinic is offered weekdays community. For more information, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Services incontact Kayla at kmedina2@mix. clude educational, career, individual, couples and group counseling. wvu.edu.

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SCOTT’S RUN SETTLEMENT en’s Studies Lounge of Eiesland Hall at 6 p.m. For more information, e- HOUSE, a local outreach organization, needs volunteers for daily promail rsnyder9@mix.wvu.edu.

ECUMENICAL BIBLE STUDY AND grams and special events. For more CHARISMATIC PRAYER MEETING is information or to volunteer, conheld at 7 p.m. at the Potters Cellar tact Adrienne Hines at vc_srsh@ of Newman Hall. All are welcome. hotmail.com or 304-599-5020.

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MCM is hosted at 7:37 p.m. in the vides education, supplemental Campus Ministry Center at 293 Wil- foods and immunizations for pregnant women and children under 5 ley St. All are welcome.

BCM meets at 8:30 p.m. at the years of age. This is an opportunity First Baptist Church on High Street. to earn volunteer hours for class reTHE CARRUTH CENTER offers a quirements. For more information, grief support group for students contact Michelle Prudnick at 304struggling from a significant per- 598-5180 or 304-598-5185.

FREE RAPID HIV TESTING is availsonal loss from 5:30 p.m. until 7 p.m. on the third floor of the Stu- able on the first Monday of every month from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the dent Services Building.

AMIZADE has representa- Caritas House office located at 391 tives in the common area of the Scott Ave. Test results are available Mountainlair from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in 20 minutes and are confidential. to answer questions for those inter- To make an appointment, call 304293-4117. For more information, ested in studying abroad.

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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.

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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.

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BY JACQUELINE BIGAR BORN TODAY This year, you often become creative when others are difficult or rigid. Sometimes associates pull away because they are not used to the new you. Give others the space and time to adjust. If you are single, your allure is quite intense, and others want to come in closer. You have many potential suitors to get to know and decide if you want to get to know better.

Enjoy the process – dating can be fun.

If you are attached, your relationship will benefit from adding some good old-fashioned dates. SAGITTARIUS has many ideas – and opinions.

ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19) HHH Flex with the moment and understand what is happening behind the scenes. Your creativity is high, and you demonstrate a unique ability to problem-solve. An insight, though upsetting, guides you. Relax, knowing that you need this knowledge. Tonight: Get some expert opinions.

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20) HHH Be willing to work with one other person directly. You’ll gain unusual results.

Be open to the unexpected, knowing when you have had enough of a situation. Your insight will evolve if you kick back and decide not to trigger. Tonight: Chat with a friend. Get his or her impression.

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20) HHH You could see a situation far differently from others at first. Your ability to move in a new direction depends on your willingness to work with others.

Knowing when to say “enough” could be more important than you realize.

Tonight: Meet a loved one for dinner.

CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22) HHHHH You might want to see a situation in a different light than in the past. Your sense of humor emerges when discussing a problem. You realize how trivial it might be when you consider another perspective. Tonight: Go with your instincts.

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22) HHHH Keep tapping into your creativity to find the right answer for each situation. Once more, a partner proves to be unpredictable and quite deliberate in his or her actions. You might want to give this person more space in the future. Tonight: Where the fun is.

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22) HHH If you can stay close to home, please do.

There is a lot of give-and-take between a situation and what goes on. Others tend to make a mess of plans. If you feel a need to have matters go in a certain direction, consider going out on your own. Tonight: Nap, then decide.

existing plans, you will know what to do. Realize your limits financially, and you won’t make an error. Tonight: A little self-discipline goes a long way.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21) HHHHH You can go a long way completing a project. You can handle any interference, as you are goal-directed.

Follow your instincts, and you cannot go wrong. Let your creativity open up.

Tonight: Just follow your whims.

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19) HHH Make plans; research important decisions. You won’t be on hold much longer. Your instincts could be quite out of whack with money. You might be seeing only what you want to see. Know that this type of warped perspective isn’t your norm. Tonight: Nap; decide later.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18) HHHH Use today to push any key project forward. You could be surprised by your options if you listen to several different people who don’t think like you. Don’t think in terms of wasted funds and time. Tonight: Make it an early night.

LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22) HHHHH Keep asking the same question until you get the answer you need. Phrase your words differently if you must, knowing full well where you are coming from. Tonight: Head home, then decide.

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20) HH Know that you need to make the first move in order to make a situation work. You know when you have pushed too far for too long. Take a step back later in the day to look around. Tonight: Could be late

SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21) HHHHH Your ability to home in on some basics allows for greater give-and-take. When someone torpedoes an agreement or

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TENNIS

Players continue to adjust to new coach Tina Samara

BY ETHAN ROHRBAUGH SPORTS WRITER

The West Virginia tennis team already had a fall tournament under its belt before Tina Samara was introduced as the Mountaineers’ head coach.

But even in her limited time with the team, Samara’s presence is already having an impact on her new players.

Junior Catie Wickline admits the late August resignation of former head coach Marc Walters caused things to be “a little rough at first,” but heading into their final tournament of the fall, the Mountaineers have high hopes as well as much excitement and anticipation for the upcoming spring season.

“It’s been great. We all really like her,” Wickline said of the team’s relationship with its new head coach.

“The way they coach is dif-

football

Continued from page 5 Last year was the most lopsided win for USF in Tampa. The Mountaineers’ lost 30-19 in one of quarterback B.J. Daniels’ breakout performances.

“We know what has happened in the past couple of years when we’ve faced them.

It hasn’t been pretty,” said WVU senior nose tackle Chris Neild. “We’re going to try to do something about that.”

West Virginia senior Jock Sanders said the team may have overlooked South Florida in the past.

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worst interest of the league.

West Virginia will begin its quest to become the muchneeded standout team when it hosts South Florida Thurs-

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Butler earns the honor for the second-straight week following a pair of shutouts on the road in conference play. Against

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Continued from page 5 The team will have two weeks to make the necessary adjustments before traveling to Philadelphia to participate

ferent,” said junior Veronica Cardenas of Walters and Samara. “They’re different people, and we just have to be flexible.”

For the Mountaineers, this fall hasn’t just been about getting to know new faces but also getting some on-court experience for the team’s four freshmen.

Freshman Melis Tanik says that the last month has been a good opportunity for the young Mountaineers to get some tournament experience but added it has also helped them get used to traveling and competing at the Division I level.

While winning hasn’t necessarily been the team’s main focus of the fall, multiple members of WVU’s squad have played their way into the final matches of their respective singles flights, with three titles being won by Mountaineers.

Tanik leads the team with three finals appearances and two titles, while Cardenas, senior Ashley Pilsbury, sophomore Emily Mathis and freshmen Allison Arnold and Mary Chupa have also represented the Mountaineers in a singles bracket finale this fall.

Arnold stakes claim to the team’s only other title over that three-tournament stretch.

Samara says she’s learned “quite a bit” about the team and the program in her first month but adds that once the fall season wraps up at the end of October, it will be all about how each individual player prepares over the two-month layoff before spring practice starts in January.

“We know what we need to improve on,” Samara said.

“These girls are working hard, and that’s the No. 1 thing.”

“We felt like no team in the league could play with West Virginia,” he said. “We’ve got to stay grounded. We know what we are capable of. We know the type of players we had. That can kind of make you bigheaded.”

Yet, South Florida is not the same program this year under first-year head coach Skip Holtz. The Bulls are off to their worst start since 2006 after the program’s first loss to Syracuse Saturday – a 13-9 defeat at home.

“We’re going through some of the growing pains you go through with a young quarterback and a new system,” Holtz said. “It’s frustrating, because

I see these guys playing so hard out there.”

Still, Holtz has beaten West Virginia before while he was at East Carolina. In 2008, Holtz gave Stewart his first defeat as head coach – a 24-3 blowout win for Holtz.

His ECU teams also gave the Mountaineers fits at times when the two programs faced off over the last three seasons.

“Every football team is new every year. Where we are right now, we have a different program. We have different strengths and weaknesses than we had with East Carolina,” Holtz said.

day in the Mountaineers’ Big East opener.

WVU has an opportunity in the game to show the nation it’s no laughing matter, although its conference may be.

The Mountaineers have a chance to shine a rare positive light on the Big East.

“It’s on the table right now,” said WVU safety Robert Sands of the Big East Championship trophy.

Those folks in Providence are ready to engrave it.

Syracuse, the senior made four saves in a 1-0 overtime victory that gave her the school record for career shutouts with 37. Henderson led the Mountaineer back line to pair of shutouts while holding opponents to a combined 13 shots (six on-goal). Mischler scored two

game-winners in the wins.

in the Head of the Schuylkill Oct. 30.

“We’ll make the expected technical improvements simply with more time on the water, so I’m not too concerned there,” King said. “Most important for now, we need to train

as we want to race.

“We need to become more competitive within the team on a regular basis so that we aren’t trying to take on an unfamiliar persona on race day.”

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Here are this week’s questions: 1. How many yards will WVU’s first kickoff return be?

2. What will be the temperature at kickoff?

3. How many rushing yards will USF quarterback B.J. Daniels finish with?

4. How many offensive plays will WVU run?

5. What will be the total yard differential between USF and WVU? 6. How many turnovers will USF commit?

7. How many times will a punt be fair caught in the game?

8. What time in which quarter will WVU receiver Brad Starks record his first reception?

9. What will be Jock Sanders’ average yards-per-catch?

10. What will be West Virginia’s time of possession?

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13. What will be the length of Noel Devine’s longest play from scrimmage?

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North Carolina kicks Austin off team

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina star defensive tackle Marvin Austin was kicked off the football team Monday, and the school said the NCAA has declared receiver Greg Little and defensive end Robert Quinn permanently ineligible.

The announcements from the school and the NCAA came as part of the ongoing investigations into whether players received improper benefits from agents.

“I’m also very sad and disappointed that these individuals made these extraordinarily poor choices,” coach Butch Davis said during a news conference. “Not only did they jeopardize themselves in their lives, they certainly have jeopardized this team, the university, and I know that they’re very remorseful about that. But it doesn’t diminish the fact that these actions were poor choices in these kids’ lives.”

The NCAA said Little and Quinn were ineligible because they violated rules governing agent benefits, preferential treatment and ethical conduct, saying they each accepted jewelry, travel accommodations and other benefits. According to facts submitted by the university, Little took nearly $5,000 worth of benefits and the value of Quinn’s total exceeded $5,600.

The NCAA also said Little and Quinn were not truthful during three interviews with school and NCAA staff, providing “false information despite multiple opportunities to correct their assertions” and offering more accurate information only when faced with evidence that ran contrary to their claims.

Davis and athletic director Dick Baddour informed the players of the decisions Monday morning. Baddour said the school wouldn’t appeal the rulings on Quinn and Little, while the decision to dismiss Austin – who has been suspended for violating team rules since Sept.

1 – came after the NCAA provided preliminary information that he had received between $10,000 and $13,000 in improper benefits.

In a one-paragraph state-

ment announcing Austin’s dismissal, the school said the decision involved violations of rules for agent benefits, preferential treatment and ethical conduct as it did with Quinn and Little.

“I want to apologize to the NCAA and the entire North Carolina Tar Heel community including my teammates, coaches, students and fans,” Austin said. “I have let you all down, and I am truly sorry.

Two injured for Alabama TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Alabama receiver Julio Jones broke his left hand against South Carolina, and his status for the eighth-ranked Crimson Tide’s game Saturday against Mississippi is uncertain.

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‘Real World’ housemate returns to WVU 2007 WVU alum to play comedy show at Lizard by david ryan A&E Editor

“Real World: New Orleans” housemate Eric Patrick is coming home to Morgantown.

Pat r i ck , 2007 pu b lic relations graduate of the West Virginia Perley Isaac Reed School of Journalism, will perform his stand-up comedy act Oct. 20 at De Lazy Lizard.

“I just want to hit up the old stomping grounds,” he said. “I want to live life like a college student a little bit.”

It will be the first time the WVU alum has performed in Morgantown in more than three years.

It was at WVU that he learned he could have a chance at stand-up comedy.

“I didn’t realize at the time,” he said. “When something crazy happens to you at a party, I would just tell people stories. ‘Oh man, I met this girl last night, peed in my bed.

Twice.’”

He said the reactions from the crowd to his stories encouraged him to pursue it full-time.

Patrick’s performance comes as part of a comedy tour that will take him across the country, including Rhode Island and South Carolina.

Patrick appeared on MTV’s 24th season of “The Real World,” the long-running reality series that puts seven strangers in a house and films them.

Since the show ended, Patrick has seen requests for appearances and shows pick up – something he wasn’t sure

would happen.

“I’m totally a realist when it comes to everybody getting their 15 minutes of fame,” he said. “But it’s really just what you make it, it’s all what you make out of it.”

Patrick’s time on the show has also provided material for his set, allowing him to relate to the crowd who may or may not know his involvement on the show.

“I’d say half of them know me from ‘The Real World,’ and usually half of them don’t have any idea who I am,” he said.

“I’m just the guy who’s in the room for the night. Sometimes I try to make fun of it. The one thing that is constant, everybody in America has heard of the show. You don’t really have to know who I am to know what ‘The Real World’ is about.”

Patrick describes his act as self deprecating – making jokes about himself – how-

ever, he has matured since his first big performance at the Ramada.

“I do a lot less jokes about my genitalia,” he said. “That’s gotten old. I do a lot more social commentary, and then just making fun of myself.”

Comedy, above all, has to be believable, he said.

“People just want to make up outlandish randomness that they think is going to be funny,” he said.

“Nobody buys into that.

It’s got to be believable on some level. It’s got to have a punch line. You can’t just tell a story and leave it open-ended.”

Among his creative influences are Steve Martin and Dave Chappelle.

Tickets are $15 and are available at the Music Evolving website, www.musicevolving.com, and through the accompanying Facebook page.

Patrick will “bring it hard” to WVU when he returns, he

2007 WVU alumn Eric Patrick poses for a ‘Real World’ publicity photo.

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You never know what might “I hope people come check happen.” me out,” Patrick said. “It’s david.ryan@mail.wvu.edu going to be a good night.

‘Life as We Know It’ a generic but warm romantic comedy by jamie carbone campus calEnder editor

Whenever I see a romantic comedy, I don’t get my hopes up.

Odds are, the film won’t revolutionize the genre and leave me with any kind of powerful feeling as I leave the theater.

Honestly, if I get a few chuckles out of the whole experience, I consider that a win.

Yet, when leaving “Life as We Know It,” the most I can muster is a simple “meh.”

The film is about two completely different people, chef Holly (Katherine Heigl) and ladies man Eric (Josh Duhamel), who goes by Messer to all his friends.

The only connection between the two is their friends, Peter and Alison, who, after failing to hook the pair up, consider it nearly impossible for the two to get along.

The only way for the two to be considerate to one another is through Sophie, Peter and Alison’s daughter, whom they both adore.

However, tragedy strikes when Peter and Alison are both killed in a car accident, and it is revealed that Sophie is left to both Holly and Messer to raise.

Now the two have to put aside their differences so Sophie receives the love and attention a baby needs, with some wacky consequences along the way.

The best way to describe this movie is “Three Men and a Baby,” except Heigl isn’t as attractive as Tom Selleck, Duhamel isn’t as charming as Steve Guttenberg and there isn’t anyone to be Ted Danson.

Really, it revisits every babyraising cliche. No one wants to change the diaper, and there’s trouble feeding the baby.

Sure, these cliches can be funny, but they’re nothing great.

The movie does have a saving grace through the use of its supporting characters: Christina Hendricks of “Mad Men” plays Alison, who should’ve gotten more screen time.

Josh Lucas also shows up as one of Holly’s love interests and is incredibly charming in the role, although the way the character is written is unfortu-

In this photo released by Warner Bros., Katherine Heigl, left, and Josh Duhamel are shown in a scene from “Life as We Know It. nate, as he has no spine.

Comedians Rob Huebel, Will Sasso and Andrew Daly also do an enjoyable job as

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There are a lot of supportMesser and Holly’s neighbors, but they have to fight for ing cast members, from workscreen time with other sup- place friends to people showporting cast members. ing up at parties, and there

isn’t enough room for everyone to breathe.

Veteran actress Jean Smart shows up for two scenes as Holly’s mother, one of which she doesn’t even talk during.

It seems odd they would cast her in such a small role.

Yet there was something endearing about this film.

I know this story has been told time and time again, but combining a romance with something as important as a child, where both have such an influential role, was able to keep me into it.

It was cute, it had the occasional laugh and it focused on good people trying to do the right thing.

Maybe society needs more role models like this, where people help out their friends instead of focusing on getting themselves ahead.

Or maybe I’m just reading too much into it.

Still, there are worse romcoms out there, and it has Heigl for the fellas and Duhamel for the ladies, so everyone is happy.

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A sly ‘Simpsons’ opening by graffiti artist Banksy

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Bart Simpson, an animated character from ‘The Simpsons,’ is shown during the opening sequence of the ‘MoneyBart’ episode, which aired on Sunday, Oct, 10, 2010.

NEW YORK (AP) — The always clever and often subversive opening sequence for “The Simpsons” took a darker-than-usual turn with Sunday’s episode, depicting the animation process for the Fox cartoon series as sweatshop drudgery performed by an exploited Asian underclass.

Created by the street artist and activist Banksy, the sequence began with the sight of hometown Springfield covered with graffiti – and tagged

by Banksy himself.

Then, when the Simpson family gathers on their living room couch, that image becomes a reference shot for legions of workers in the grim

industrial complex where they paint cartoon cells and churn out Simpsons merchandise (including Bart dolls stuffed with the fur of kittens tossed into a wood chipper, and DVDs whose center holes are punched by a forlorn-looking unicorn’s horn).

The entire enterprise is housed in a dreary-looking factory sprawl surrounded by barbed wire and identified by the looming 20th Century Fox logo and searchlights.

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But Sunday’s self-inflicted jab was inspired by the fact that much of the rote production work for each “Simpsons” episode is indeed outsourced from the series’ L.A. creative hub to studios in South Korea.

The sequence’s mastermind, Banksy, is an international figure in street art who is known for traveling the world and anonymously leaving his signature pieces in public areas while refusing to reveal his real name.

On Monday, “Simpsons” executive producer Al Jean said he had hit on the idea of inviting Banksy to create a so-called “couch gag” after seeing the film he directed, “Exit Through the Gift Shop,” which was released earlier this year.

The “Simpsons” casting director managed to track down the famously hard-to-reach artist, and a few months later his work was submitted.

Although Jean said the segment was “toned down a little” for airing, “there was nothing unusual from the network in terms of notes or delays.

“Fox has a remarkable ability to make fun of itself and be gracious,” he said.

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ONLY 1 SPACE LEFT. PARKING spaces available. 50/month. 24/7. 1block from courthouse, 2min walk to downtown PRT. 304-376-7794. Leave message.

PINEVIEW APARTMENTS

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PARKING- BEHIND MOUNTAINEER COURT. Steps to main campus. Leasing for Fall and Spring Semesters. Reduced rate for Full year leases. 304-292-5714.

RESERVE PARKING, MAIN CAMPUS, Falling Run Road. 304-599-1319

ADOPTIONS ADOPTION: LOVING COUPLE PROMISES baby a secure future. Grandparents, cousins, outdoor sports and travel opportunities.

Expenses paid.

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FURNISHED APARTMENTS 964 WILLEY ST: $750mo. 367 MANSION Ave; $850/mo. Utilities included except electric. 304-296-7822.

DOWNTOWN ONLY A FEW LEFT 1/BR Units Utilities included Best Locations Sunnyside

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Affordable & Convenient Within walking distance of Med. Center & PRT UNFURNISHED FURNISHED 2,3, and 4 BR

Rec room With Indoor Pool Exercise Equipment Pool Tables Laundromat Picnic Area Regulation Volley Ball Court Experienced Maintenance Staff Lease-Deposit Required No Pets

599-0850 UNFURNISHED APARTMENTS 1 TO 4BRS APARTMENTS, CONDOS, HOUSES. Various locations. Call (304)296-7930, Bel-Cross Properties, William H. Burton, Jr, - Broker. www.belcross.com.

1, 2 & 3 BEDROOM APARTMENTS for rent. Available now and December. Please call 304-365-2787 M-F 8am - 4pm 227 JONES AVE. 3-4/BR. 1/BA. Deck. $500/mo. plus utilities. Off-street parking w/security lighting. NO PETS. Can be furnished. 304-685-3457.

4/BR CONDO. PRIVATE BATH. Walk-in closets. W/D. $365/mo. per room includes utilities. Contact Yvonne: (302)270-4497 leave message.

ATTRACTIVE 1 & 2/BR APARTMENTS. Near Ruby and on Mileground. Plenty of parking. 292-1605

1/2BR APTS. OSP/LAUNDRY FACILITIES Close to downtown-15min walk to campus. $475-550 Utilities included except electric.

Avail. immediately. 579 Brockway Ave. 304-282-2729 2/BR. AC. WD. CLOSE TO CAMPUS. NO PETS. $650/mo. 304-594-3365 or 304-288-6374.

2/BR APARTMENT FOR RENT. 500 East Prospect. Available now. $525/mo plus utilities. NO PETS. 692-7587.

Now Renting For January 2011 Efficiency 1-2 Bedrooms • Furnished & Unfurnished • Pets Welcome • 24 Hour Emergency Maintenance • Next To Football Stadium & Hospital • Free Wireless Internet Cafe • State of the Art Fitness Center • Recreation Area Includes Direct TV’s ESPN,NFL, NBA,MLB, Packages • Mountain Line Bus Every 15 Mintues

Office Hours Mon-Friday 8am-5pm

2/BR. STEWART STREET. FROM $450-$1200/month. All utilities included.

Parking. WD. NO PETS. Available May/2010. 304-594-3365 or 304-288-6374.

Affordable Luxury Now Leasing 2011 1 & 2 Bedroom, 2 Bath Apartments Prices Starting at $475

Bon Vista and The Villas 304-599-1880

www.morgantownapartments.com AVAILABLE DECEMBER. WILL DO 6 month lease. 1/BR Stewart St. $450/mo. All utilities included. 304-594-3365 or 304-288-6374.

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CHARMING 2 OR 3 BEDROOM with broken lease seeks loving tenants. 2 Upstairs floors of large house in nice neighborhood, blocks from campus. Fenced yard, porch, W/D, $700. Pets ok. Flexible lease.

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TERRACE HEIGHTS APARTMENTS 2 bedroom furnished townhouse. $970 plus electric, cable and internet. Please call 304-292-8888. NO PETS permitted.

CHATEAU ROYALE! 2BR W/FULL kitchen, large bathroom, balcony & pool. Available Dec. 14. $725/month. First month’s rent free. 304-952-3959.

FIVE (5) 1/BR APARTMENTS NOW available. West Run, Morgantown. $600/mo each plus $300/dep. NO PETS. Call Jess: 304-290-8572.

LARGE 2/BR. KITCHEN APPLIANCES furnished. NO PETS. Downtown. Lease and deposit. Call: 304-685-6565.

LARGE, UNFURNISHED 3/BR DUPLEX apartment. Available Now. Close to campus/hospitals. Deck, appliances, WD hook-up, off-street parking. No pets. $750/mo+utilities. 304-594-2225 NOW RENTING TOP OF FALLING RUN ROAD Morgan Point 1+2/BR $590-$790+ utilities. Semester lease. WD. DW. Parking.

NO PETS. Call: 304-290-4834.

TERRACE HEIGHTS APARTMENTS 2BR unfurnished townhouse. $890/month plus cable, electric and internet. Call 304-292-8888. No PETS permitted.

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Single car-garage. $500/mo. plus utilities, Can be semi-furnished. NO PETS. 304-685-3457.

3/BR, 2/BA C/AC. W/D. GAS, HEAT, deck/yard. Near airport. NO PETS. $900/mo plus utilities. 304-291-6533.

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HOUSES FOR 2-3-4/PERSONS. WHARF area. $275/mo each includes gas.

304-284-9280.

VERY NICE 2/BR: $500/mo.

Quiet residential area. Near Law-School & North St. Semi-furnished. Off-street parking.NO PETS/PARTIES. 304-292-7590

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WANTED TO SUBLET 2/BR, 2/BA SINGLE GARAGE. LOUIS Landing (Off Stewart St.) Only $800/mo. plus utilities. Call 304-291-5151.

MOBILE HOMES FOR SALE 1998 REDWOOD. 14x76. IN MHP. 3/BR, 2/BA. Corner lot. Lot rent $341. Pets OK. $23,900. 716-725-5116.

MISC. FOR SALE P90X EXTREME HOME FITNESS. Brand new, never used, complete set. 13 DVDs, nutrition book, fitness book, and calendar. $75. 304-216-2870.

AUTOMOBILES FOR SALE AFFORDABLE PRE-OWNED CARS FOR students! Call Tailgate Motors @ 304-291-5151. All cars are detailed with free WV license plate on front!

CASH PAID!! WE BUY CARS and trucks.

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KEGLER’S SPORTS BAR HIRING LINE cooks. Apply in person. Must be available on weekends. Experience preferred. 735 Chestnut Ridge Road. Morgantown, WV 26505.

NEED FLEXIBLE HOURS AND GOOD pay? Days and evenings available $8-10/hr.

Must be dependable and willing to learn.

Background and drug test required.

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Computer Graphic Artist & Production Foreman The Daily Athenaeum is now accepting applications in the Production “Department for Computer Graphic Artist & Production Foremen.

Experience Preferred Adobe InDesign, Photoshop & Flash Apply at 284 Prospect Street Bring Class Schedule EOE WANTED: GYMNASTIC COACHES Experience needed. Call WV Gymnastic Training Center at 304-292-5559.

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People all over the country tune in to Fox every Tuesday to satisfy their inner pop singer or Broadway star and catch the bombastic Sue Sylvester ranting about the indecencies of high school.

The TV musical phenomenon known as “Glee” has garnered even more attention now that it’s won a Golden Globe for best television series-musical or comedy, and as the second season enters its fourth episode, more and more people are considering themselves “gleeks.”

“It’s so fun,” said Maria Finoli, a sophomore speech pathology major. “I love the songs, and it brings joy to my life.”

Created by Ryan Murphy, Ian Brennan and Brad Falchuk, the show follows a high school glee club called “New Directions” in Lima, Ohio.

The school’s Spanish teacher, Will Schuester, that was once part of glee club and hopes to restore the respect and fun to the club it lost over the years.

In season one, the club begins with only a few members, but as Schuester convinces others from different cliques to join, drama and comedy combine to create outrageous results.

“Glee sends a positive, happy vibe to the world,” said Elysia Winn, a freshman elementary education major.

One central story arc revolves around the romance of high school quarterback Finn Hud-

GUEST STARS BRITNEY SPEARS NEIL PATRICK HARRIS JOHN STAMOS

son and nerdy Rachel Berry, an aspiring star with fame-obsessed delusions of grandeur.

The two constantly worry that their reputations will be compromised, and the awkwardness of their relationship can be hilarious.

Each of the club’s students, including Artie Abrams, who is paralyzed from the waist down, and cheerleader Quinn Fabray, who is pregnant in season one, is unique, but each share the talent of a great singing voice.

“I am a fan of the show because I consider myself a huge fan of pop culture,” said TJ Espina, a sophomore print journalism major.

Espina said elements of pop culture: music, dancing and theater, can all be found in the show.

Songs range from recent hits like “Empire State of Mind” by Jay-Z and Alicia Keys to popular Journey singles like “Don’t Stop Believin’” and “Any Way You Want It.” “I think the show is good for music in schools,” said Kelen Conley, a senior TV journalism major and radio host at U92 FM. The club is constantly trying to be sabotaged by the evil and sarcastically witty cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester.

Sylvester, played by Jane Lynch, who won an Emmy in 2010 for her performance, will let nothing get in the way of her super-successful cheerleading team.

“My favorite character is Sue Sylvester because she commands the screen,” Espina said.

SINGLES THE SHOW HAS PRODUCED 75 TOP 100 RELEASES

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Some episodes in the series are themed, focusing on topics like religion and the concept of home, or dedicated to popular artists like Madonna and Britney Spears.

“I like the music, and I loved the Britney Spears episode,” said Kelly Muir, a freshman general studies major.

Muir added the show is fun, and the scenarios the characters are put in are always funny.

“It’s good because there is a relatable character for everyone,” said Alexa Bradley, a junior criminology major.

The show airs on Fox every Tuesday at 8 p.m. and offers a little something for everyone from romance to music to comedy. jesse.tabit@mail.wvu.edu

MOVIE CREATOR RYAN MURPHY PLANS TO CREATE A 3-D CONCERT MOVIE

CAC to host guest recitals by rachel duryea a&E writer

The Creative Arts Center will host special guest recitals by the Isosceles Trio and Julie Bees.

The Isosceles Trio will start the event at 6 p.m. with Heidi Lucas on horn, Richard Perry on tuba and Lois Leventhal on piano.

The performance will include pieces by Gillingeham, Kellaway, Stevens, Berge and Ingram.

Each of the trio members are music faculty from the University of Southern Mississippi.

As a group, the Isosceles Trio hopes to introduce the audience to music it is unfamiliar with.

“We hope the audience will hear music by some composers with which they’re not familiar.

Also, maybe get more familiar with the horn and the tuba as soloistic instruments, most of the times they may be familiar with the horn and the tuba, but in a large ensemble,” Lucas said.

Recitals often lead to new interest in music, he said.

“Recitals are important because they can help to bring this music to a new audience; a new appreciation for music that is instrumental,” Lucas said. “I think these concerts are important to get out awareness to the general population, and just kind of open their eyes to other kinds of music that are out there.”

Lucas loves that she’s able to perform with her colleagues, and hopes it comes across to the audience in her music.

“I think it is really fantastic music. For me, personally, I really enjoy getting to perform with my colleagues. We have such a good time working on these programs together and actually performing, and hope-

fully some of that will come across to the audience,” Lucas said. “I think that would make the whole exchange fun for everybody.”

Lucas said not only can new music can be heard, but recitals can raise musical awareness.

“The music we’re playing incorporates styles that may be familiar to you, for example, you may have heard music that sounds like that before, but maybe not played in this sort of a setting, and so again it can kind of help the audience have another interpretation of those kinds of styles,” Lucas said.

Lucas said the cultural importance of recitals is also something that needs to be recognized.

“The recital can also raise awareness about American composers. There are certain ones that may be sort of on the tip of the tongue for the American population, but these four that we’re doing are all contemporary composers,” Lucas said, referring to the American composers featured in tonight’s recital.

The trio has been touring colleges across the country since last Wednesday.

Lucas enjoys the perks of touring, including getting to work with her colleagues, preparing the program and traveling.

“I think the process of preparing for the recital and getting things to work with such great colleagues, and preparing the program, and then being able to travel with them while getting to perform all this great music is the best,” Lucas said.

“That whole experience is what makes it fun.”

The group would like to thank

Dr. Virginia Thompson and the WVU School of Music for hosting them and for all their hard work and making it possible for them to perform.

The second recital will feature internationally recognized pianist Julie Bees, beginning at 8:25 p.m.

Bees is Professor of Piano and Director of the Konrad Wolff-Ilse Bing Chamber Music Endowment Award at Wichita State University in Wichita, Kan. Her recital tours of Europe include debuts in major musical centers such as Edinburgh, Glasgow, Vienna, Brussels, the Hague, Leipzig, Milan, Helsinki, Warsaw and St. Petersburg and master classes in Hungary and Finland.

She has also played recitals and taught master classes in China and Japan.

Bees has performed with the Denver, Dallas and Augusta symphony orchestras and with the Santa Barbara Festival Orchestra. She was a guest artist on the “Discovery” Recital Series recorded for broadcast in New York City on WNYC and on National Public Radio.

Her recital will feature works

by J.S. Bach, Frederic Chopin, Claude Debussy and Robert Schumann.

Works will include “Partita No. 4 in D Major, S. 828” by J. S. Bach, “Barcarolle, Opus 60”

by Frederic Chopin, 1 and 2 from “Preludes, Premier Livre”

by Claude Debussy and “Symphonic Etudes, Opus 13” by Robert Schumann.

Bees will also be teaching a master class Wednesday at 4 p.m. in the Creative Arts Center. rachel.duryea@mail.wvu.edu