The DA 11-12-2010

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Friday November 12, 2010

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WVU chooses architect for new facility Student Health Facility construction will start in spring by samantha cossick associate city editor

West Virginia University is moving forward with plans for the new Student Health Center and Recreation Fields after hiring an architect.

Hillier Architects, based out of Philadelphia, was the firm selected for the projects, said Becky Lofstead, assistant vice

president of University Communications at WVU, in an e-mail.

An implementation team cochaired by Narvel Weese, vice president of Business and Finance, and Ken Gray, vice president of Student Affairs, has been set up to oversee the design of the building, said Chris Lewallen, Student Government Association president and student representative on the team.

No definitive plans have been drafted, and the University is still in negotiations with University Health Associates about who will be responsible for various aspects of the project and

how it will be funded, Lewallen said.

WVU’s Division of Finance office selected the architectural firm based on their previous work on other student health projects, he said.

Although they have only had one meeting so far, the implementation team plans to meet again to discuss the new building, he said.

The team will be making recommendations to the architectural firm about the design of the building and what they feel is needed in the new Student Health Center, Lewallen said.

Lewallen also hopes to get

more feedback from students on the projects and wants “all voices possible” expressed to the architectural firm.

“Students’ voices certainly will be heard,” he said. “I’ll be voicing those to the implementation team.”

Whitney Rae Peters, a graduate assistant for WELL WVU, organized an Oct. 4 forum for student input on the new Student Health Center.

Peters hopes to gain more feedback from students and either submit the information to the architect directly or have Lewallen do so on behalf of students, she said.

“It sounds like a great idea to submit the plans of what the students want to the architect,” Peters said.

After Thanksgiving Break, Peters would like to have another forum for student input as well as set up a blog or website for students to submit ideas online, she said.

The proposed $18.8 million Student Health Center will house all departments of WELL WVU, which includes Student Health Services and the Carruth Center for Psychological and Psychiatric Services.

It will also include a pharmacy in the 50,800-square-foot

building on the Evansdale Campus across from the old Erickson Alumni Center.

The new $8 million recreation field plan calls for an overhaul of recreation space for club, intramural and recreational sports.

The plan includes the addition of multiple fields, renovation and redevelopment of current facilities and a new partnership with Mylan Park, on the outskirts of Morgantown.

The WVU Board of Governors will vote to approve the construction phase of the project at today’s meeting, Lofstead said. samantha.cossick@mail.wvu.edu

SGA meets with University BOG on student issues

BY TRAVIS CRUM CITY EDITOR

Student Government Association President Chris Lewallen discussed ways to involve students at West Virginia University and other initiatives his administration has been working on during a meeting Thursday with the University Board of Governors.

Lewallen and 11 members of the SGA BOG gave an update of their progress since taking office. Lewallen gave a presentation on topics such as new programs to include students, increasing student input on the new Club Sports and Student Health facilities and implementing a new SGA budget.

Newly implemented SGA programs are encouraging freshmen to get involved in the University, he said.

This year, SGA created a program to play activities with students not familiar with SGA and became partners with Lyon Tower to involve its freshmen.

University BOG member James Dailey asked about ways to increase retention by reaching out to freshmen.

“This year we got more attendance to the SGA meetings than ever,” Lewallen

said. “We usually got around 40 to 50 people attending each meeting. I would say about 90 percent of those are freshmen.”

University BOG member Thomas Clark asked what students thought of the new Club Sports and Student Health facilities.

Lewallen said the facilities would increase the welfare of the state because more students would be encouraged to care about their health.

“Where I come from, Southern West Virginia, a lot of students coming up here have no idea about health or taking care of themselves,” he said.

“They don’t have opportunities to go about and run or participate in club sports and recreation sports. Students who come here will learn that and take that back home.”

WVU is behind other colleges’ SGA administrations when it comes to its budget, Lewallen said.

“There’s colleges that have control over all student fees,” he said. “Say there’s a college with 8,000 students, (its SGA has) control over $3.5 million.”

The amount of money

by jessica leppar staff writer

Several services offered at West Virginia University have been fully integrated into the WVU Institute of Technology’s system.

WVU Tech became a division of WVU in 1996, and since then, the two institutions have been merging services, said Scott Hurst, provost at WVU Tech.

The WVU Board of Governors unanimously approved WVU Tech’s final progress report on the integration by conference call on Oct. 28.

“I think (WVU Tech) did an excellent job on the report ,and I really think they’re making good progress at Tech,” said Carolyn Long, WVU BOG chair.

Functional services such as financial aid, human resources, the Office of Information Technology, the business office, dining services, legal affairs, social justice and others have been fully integrated

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WVU Tech integrates functional services, moves to academic services at this point, Hurst said.

“With all the obstacles we have, I think everyone is working toward the same goal of integrating them and helping both WVU and Tech at becoming better colleges,” Long said.

One of the biggest obstacles is determining the most cost effective ways of providing services, she said.

Currently, WVU Tech is operating on the same database that all students in the WVU system use, Hurst said.

“It’s more cost effective because we make use of the same servers and the same people to manage it as on the main campus,” he said.

This system is actually saving the state money since funds are not being spent to maintain services on a separate campus, Hurst said.

WVU Tech is now moving its integration goal from functional services to providing better academic services

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Veterans pack the Mountainlair Ballrooms for a free breakfast served in celebration of Veterans Day.

Breakfast shows appreciation for veterans in state and Univ.

By nick ashley staff writer

West Virginia Veterans from “yesterday, today and tomorrow” were recognized at the Veterans Day Appreciation Breakfast Thursday.

Organized by West Virginia University, the event began in 2001 and recognized 150 veterans this year.

The breakfast was a chance for the University to show its appreciation and hear “a lot of wonderful stories” from veterans, said University President James P. Clements.

“This is a special day,” Clements said. “I was humbled to be around so many people who have served our country.”

John Goodwin, a veteran of the U.S. Navy, said this was his first time attending the breakfast.

“I served for three years, and this event is more than I expected,” Goodwin said.

It was great to attend the breakfast since it shows that WVU truly cares about veterans, he said.

“I want to personally thank every military branch for what they do to contribute to making our country the best there is in the world,” Goodwin said.

Marvin Teets, an Army Reserve member for the past 24 years, attended the very first breakfast in 2001 and said it was great to see the University’s appreciation.

“WVU is doing something very positive and amazing,” he said. “This event really gives the recognition that our service members deserve.”

Everyone should be thankful for the troops and it’s great to see the University honor and support veterans, said George Boyce, an Air Force veteran who served during the Vietnam

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A West Virginia University student and his business partner have made an art collection of photos from their active duty in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Jason Parsons, a sophomore business and economics major and former soldier, is creating a book called “Graffiti of War” with pictures from the wars which will be published summer 2011.

All proceeds go to soldiers in Iraq with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder as well as the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, said Jason Deckman, partner to the project and member of the National Guard.

Parsons started the project in 2006 and took pictures while serving in the military, he said.

The images include logos on vehicles, spray paint throughout cities, memorials of fallen soldiers, concrete barriers and graffiti on walls, he said.

The book will feature 100

to 200 photographs, said Deckman, who also created the website.

In October, Maxim magazine published photos and an article on the project, Parsons said.

The Army Times, an online Army news site, featured an article asking soldiers to contribute photos when the group was established, he said.

Both sites allow soldiers to submit their own pictures for the book.

“This book that we have come up with will really give people a small glimpse of what the soldiers in other countries see on an everyday basis,” Deckman said.

“I am very proud of all the support that everyone has shown us.”

The group is on Facebook and showcases some of the photos from the project’s website, www.unconventionalmilitaryart.com.

Parsons said he wants to continue the project depending on how much money is raised.

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Veterans march down High Street carrying flags during the Veterans Day Parade Thursday evening.

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War. “My father was also in the Air Force. This event brings back so many great memories,” he said. “The Vietnam veterans truly appreciate everything that the University does for us.”

In future events, the University would like to include more student veterans to share their own experiences, Clements said.

“We want to make this University the most student friendly to the veterans in the country,” he said.

Jennifer McIntosh, executive officer of the President’s Office for Social Justice, said she would like to develop a Multicultural Center in the

future.

Such a center would recognize veterans, international students and many other groups on campus, she said.

“The veterans truly deserve all the credit for their hard work and sacrifices that they make for out nation on a daily basis,” McIntosh said.

The event also included songs from the WVU Marching Band, a presentation of the colors by the WVU Air Force ROTC cadets and a video that looked at the service of African American soldiers in World War I. The breakfast was put together through the President’s Office for Social Justice, the Office of Student Affairs and the Division of Human Resources. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu Chelsi Baker/ THE DAILY ATHENAEUM

The Veterans of West Virginia University organization marches down High Street during the Veterans Day Parade.

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Continued from page 1 for students, faculty and staff, he said.

“We’ll be developing more and more collaborative programs,” Hurst said. “We’re making use of the online GEC (General Education Curriculum) courses to supplement our online courses so that we can deliver programs totally online.”

These goals are a part of

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Continued from page 1 each college’s SGA works with varies. Peer institutions with SGA administrations similar to WVU’s usually operate anywhere between $250,000 to $1.5 million, he said.

Currently, SGA’s budget is $70,000.

WVU’s SGA budget is “definitely” on the lower end compared to peer institu-

WVU Tech’s specific strategic planning process, Hurst said.

WVU Tech is also included in the overall WVU Strategic Plan, he said. On Tuesday there will be a strategic planning forum on Tech’s campus.

“It’s going to be focused on how we can better identify ways to develop a relationship between Tech and WVU in a meaningful way to benefit the state, our students and our faculty and staff,” Hurst said. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

tions, said University President James P. Clements.

Lewallen said after the meeting he is approaching different methods for the proposed budget increase such as through the Office of Student Affairs or a referendum to be voted upon by the students.

Ultimately, it would be up to the University’s BOG to approve the increase, he said. travis.crum@mail.wvu.edu

CORRECTION Due to a reporting error in Wednesday’s edition of The Daily Athenaeum it was incorrectly state the event “We Are Going to Pitt” was going to take place Nov. 27.

The event, titled “Run to Pitt” will take place on Nov. 20 to benefit the Autism Society

of America Pittsburgh Chapter. Also, Melissa McGee was listed as a general studies major. This is incorrect, she is a junior engineering major.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.

Friday November 12, 2010

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Hospital chain to sue over Medicaid rates BECKLEY, W.Va. (AP) — Appalachian Regional Healthcare Inc. said Thursday it will sue the state of West Virginia over medical reimbursement rates that are so low they threaten the survival of its hospital in Beckley.

The nonprofit ARH serves 350,000 people in eastern Kentucky and southern West Virginia. A major employer in the region, it runs nine hospitals, plus doctor’s offices, home health agencies and pharmacies.

ARH said it’s given the Department of Health and Human Resources the legally required 30-day notice of its intent to sue. Agency spokes-

man John Law said he cannot comment on pending litigation.

The West Virginia Primary Care Association has filed similar notice, and this week, the University of Virginia Health System said it would stop accepting West Virginia Medicaid patients in December.

Hospitals in southern West Virginia frequently refer patients to U.Va., which said it is losing about $3 million a year because of Medicaid rates.

Rocco Massey, community chief executive officer of Beckley ARH, said reimbursements have been covering only twothirds of his hospital’s costs.

In fiscal 2009, Beckley lost $4.8 million on Medicaid patients, who account for about 47 percent of the patient base.

Another 14 percent of patients are on other government programs or are considered bad debt and charity cases.

“We do not take this step lightly but do it to protect our patients,” Massey said. “These Medicaid rates jeopardize BARH’s continued ability to provide medical services to all of its patients.”

Massey said $8.2 million of the $9.9 million of his fiscal year 2009 reimbursements came from the federal government. Of the $1.7 million the state kicked in to match those

funds, most – $1.4 million – came from a Medicaid provider tax the hospital pays.

“Thus, the state put in only about $300,000 of its own funds that year for Medicaid reimbursements,” Massey said. “If the state had put in just $800,000 more, the federal government would have matched it with an additional $4 million.”

That, he says, would have covered the hospital’s deficit.

Attorney Stephen Price says the DHHR is required to set rates that are “reasonable and adequate,” and it should consider the disproportionate numbers of low-income patients Beckley serves.

W.Va. servicewoman statue ready for her post CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The bronze sculpture of a female war veteran that has been mired in controversy since its inception has been set upon its concrete core at the state Capitol Complex.

She stands about 50 feet from the West Virginia Veterans Memorial on the west lawn, where her four brothers in arms – a Marine representing the Vietnam War, an airman representing the Korean War, a sailor representing World War II and a soldier representing World War I – stand in limestone enclaves.

The four statues also are her brothers in another way because all were sculpted by Charleston artist Joe Mullins, who was on hand Tuesday morning when the 750-pound sculpture was hoisted from the back of a truck to the 9-foot-tall concrete core. Workers from A.R.T. Research Enterprises in Lancaster, Pa., manned the crane that lifted the sculpture and set it upon the core. Long bolts were used to secure her to the concrete base.

The 69-year-old Mullins, who designed the veterans memorial, said he had been concerned that the statue would never find her home at the Capitol because of the controversy that erupted when the statue’s design was unveiled in 2003.

The main objection against the statue came from some female veterans who served in World War II and Korea, who insisted

upon the statue “appearing more feminine” in a dress uniform wearing a skirt, he said.

The artist said the statue was sculpted using the same patina, the film covering the bronze, and is the same height as the four male sculptures at the war memorial meaning she too will turn a chalky gray color after time. He said the only difference between his work on those sculptures and his work on the female sculpture was the backlash from the older female veterans.

“Toward the end of this one there were about 1,000 surly detractors bent on changing the design,” Mullins said.

“There’s a whole half a lifetime of political underpinning with this sculpture.

“This thing was like a lightning rod for a whole lot of little special interest groups, but she’s here now,” he said referring to the statue. “She’ll still be standing here in 700 years if the Capitol building is gone.”

The sculpture is undoubtedly female and looks every bit like the thousands of women serving in today’s military. Her time period, he said, was to be about 10 years ago around the time of the beginning of the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.

She is the only female statue on the Capitol grounds.

She stands in a relaxed pose holding a flagpole that will eventually bear a flag or pennant, though it hasn’t been determined whether that flag

will be bronze or fabric. She wears a T-shirt tucked into fatigue pants, which are creased and bloused over her combat boots. She also carries a utility belt strapped with various pouches and her hair, pulled into a bun, is tucked under her field cap.

Her jaw shows off hard lines, giving her a serious edge, but her body carries subtle curves while still showing off an athletic physique. She doesn’t represent any particular branch of the military, as her clothes are commonly worn in all branches.

“She tells future generations that this is what our generation, the current generation, thought women serving in the military should look like,” Mullins said.

Mullins said the initial concerns that the sculpture was too masculine came when the design was unveiled in his Hansford Street studio in 2003.

He said walking up close to the 8-foot-tall statue in a closed setting might result in the appearance that the soldier is less than feminine simply because of her size.

“The difficult things here were keeping the proportions correct as it increased in size and keeping it alive so that it didn’t end up looking like a cigar store Indian,” Mullins said.

“You want them to look alive and buoyant not rigid and tense.”

The artist pointed to the sculpture’s feet, noting that

her toes were slightly angled upward, giving the effect that she’s on the move. The feet on the sculptures at the war memorial are the same.

While it took a year to sculpt the statue, with the help of studio assistant Bob Browning, it would be several years later when she was finally bronzed.

He wanted to wait until her placement was set at the Capitol Complex before he bronzed her.

Mullins, an Army veteran himself who served during the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis, said designing the war memorial and sculpting the statues that pay tribute to those who served and those who died justified his life as an artist.

“It’s a great honor, it truly is,” he said. “There’s 10,000 names in there and each one of them was someone’s son, someone’s lover, someone’s friend, caught forever in youth.

“There’s at least three people’s names in there who were better sculptors than I am and that’s the truth.”

The work on the statue is complete but now the attention will turn to her base. Limestone and granite, set to be delivered in the coming days, will be laid upon the base. Four bronze bas-relief style plaques depicting servicewomen of different eras will be set upon the sides of the base.

A dedication date for the statue has not yet been set but there has been speculation of Dec. 7, Pearl Harbor Day.

GOP victory could boost natural gas drilling HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The Republicans’ big election victories in Pennsylvania and on Capitol Hill could be Christmascome-early for the drilling companies that are rushing to exploit the Marcellus Shale, the biggest known deposit of natural gas in

the nation.

Republican Gov.-elect Tom Corbett is seen as a lot friendlier toward the industry than outgoing Democrat Ed Rendell, who has clashed with natural gas companies over both taxes and tougher new clean-water

regulations.

Also, the GOP takeover of the U.S. House will almost surely doom efforts in Congress to impose federal regulation over gas drilling.

Among many Republicans, there is elation. GOP strategist Karl Rove told participants in an oil and gas industry conference in Pittsburgh last week that they can now expect “a period of sensible regulations.”

“As a signal, is it good? Yes,” said a more cautious-sounding William Garner, a Houston lawyer and former investment banker who specializes in the natural gas industry. “But will it make a difference? Time will tell.”

Among other things, the incoming governor opposes any attempt to slap a gas-extraction tax on the industry. Pennsylvania is the largest gas-drilling state without such a tax, and

Rendell tried and failed to persuade the Legislature to approve one. Corbett has also said he will lift Rendell’s executive order preventing the issuing of any more drilling leases in state forests.

A drilling boom has been under way since 2008 in the Marcellus Shale, a vast underground geologic formation that extends from West Virginia and eastern Ohio through Pennsylvania into southern New York. Some geologists estimate it could yield enough natural gas to supply the entire East Coast for 50 years.

Its huge commercial potential was underscored earlier this week when oil giant Chevron struck a $4.3 billion deal to buy Atlas Energy, a major Marcellus Shale driller.

Combining a new process of horizontal drilling with a technique known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, drillers are unlocking vast deposits there and in other formations around the U.S. such as the Barnett Shale in Texas – a boom that could ensure cheap and plentiful natural gas for many years to come for homeowners, factories and power plants.

The drilling frenzy in the Marcellus Shale is also credited with enriching landowners and pumping new life into trucking companies, short-line railroads, quarries and steel-pipe makers, as well as the restaurants and hotels hosting out-of-state drilling crews. An industry-financed study by Penn State projected that the boom would generate tens of thousands of jobs and hundreds of millions of dollars in state and local taxes in the coming years.

However, the use of fracking – in which millions of gallons of water, sand and toxic chemicals are injected into each well to break apart the shale and release trapped gas – is raising pollution concerns across the Northeast.

While the industry maintains that fracking has been proved safe over the decades, homeowners are coming forward with tales of wells producing brown, foul-smelling water or water polluted with methane and chemicals.

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Meet WVU’s 2010

Mr. and Ms. Mountaineer candidates One male and female student at West Virginia University with a record of academic achievement and extracurricular involvement are crowned Mr. and Ms. Mountaineer each year. The 2010 winners will be recognized during the halftime ceremony at the WVU–Cincinnati football game Saturday at Milan Puskar Stadium.

brittany fink

ron cheng zz A political science major from Morgantown, W.Va. zz Sponsored by the Student Government Association.

zz A political science and Spanish major from Charleston, W.Va. zz Sponsored by the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee

Q1: I am currently the vice president of Student Government (Association), but Mr. Mountaineer is something WVU recognizes.

Q2: I can utilize the title to do more for WVU and extend it beyond Mountaineer Week.

Q3: It would be nice to invite former Mr. or Ms. Mountaineers to orientation or Parents Cub, help with the Alumni Association and talk to future Mountaineers and introduce opportunities. wvutoday

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adam harris

zz An industrial relations major from Chapmanville, W.Va. zz Sponsored by the Industrial Relations Students Association

Q1: After four years of undergraduate, seeing the finalists on the field during the Mountaineer Week football game and reading their biographies in the paper, I felt I could embody everything the University and the state stands for.

Q2: It is how I can continue to be a true representation of the Mountain State and its people.

Q3: If I win, I hope that I can help shed light on all of the possibilities and opportunities a student has here at West Virginia University.

Q1: It’s a great honor, and it’s been a dream of mine after growing up in Morgantown and having the University as such a big part of my life.

Q2: It’ll show people around me I’m proud to be a Mountaineer.

Q3: By showing people outside of WVU what Mountaineer pride is and by being a good ambassador for this community.

Q4: My family always pushes me to go above and beyond so they were a big motivation. wvutoday

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Tim Przybysz

MACY MILLER

zz An exercise physiology major from Wheeling, W.Va. zz Sponsored by the Newman Club

zz A nursing graduate student from Romney, W.Va. zz Sponsored by the WVU School of Nursing

Q1: The first time I was asked I thought, ‘No, I’ll never win.’

Then, when I was asked again, I decided I couldn’t pass up the opportunity.

Q3: Continue to volunteer my time to try to improve the community and the lives of the people that surround me.

Q4: After being approached by multiple people, I realized that they saw something special in me, and so I decided that I had a real shot at being Mr. Mountaineer. wvutoday

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dave slusarick

zz A public administration graduate student from Clarksburg, W.Va. zz Sponsored by the Mountaineer Maniacs

Q1: I’m an ordinary guy, but WVU has opened a ton of doors for me. If you work hard and take advantage of the opportunities offered, you can be successful and happy here.

Q2: I see it as an inspiration to keep working and serving the University in my small way.

Q4: I have a wonderful family who has taught me to take my education seriously and get involved in the community. wvutoday

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Q1: It was a goal I set as a freshman at WVU. Q2: The title of Ms. Mountaineer will be a gateway to expanding my college and community involvement.

Q3: As Ms. Mountaineer I’ll help the University and community by continuing to be a positive role model by inspiring fellow Mountaineers to get involved with community service and strive for excellence in their academic pursuits.

Q4: While cheering on the Mountaineers at a home game, the announcement for Ms. Mountaineer sparked my interest. cassie werner

zz An educational leadership graduate student from Uniontown, Pa. zz Sponsored by the National Christian Fraternity’s Beta Eta Chapter.

*Some answers have been edited due to space constraints.

Q1: I decided to apply for Ms. Mountaineer because I felt that through my time here at WVU that I had acquired the qualities Ms. Mountaineer has.

Q2: I think the title is one of the most prestigious awards you can receive and would definitely represent the hard work one has put in during their time at West Virginia University.

Q3: I hope my past experience and dedication can inspire students to get involved, keep good grades and to take in all the amazing opportunities WVU has to offer. tristan gartin

zz A civil engineering major from Morgantown, W.Va. zz Sponsored by the Mountaineer Maniacs

wvutoday

Reporting by Melissa Candolfi, staff writer

1. Why did you decide to apply for Mr./Ms. Mountaineer?

2. What will this title do for you?

3. How do you hope to help West Virginia University and the Morgantown community if you win?

4. What was the biggest inspiration that made you run for Mr./Ms. Mountaineer?

Q1: I was encouraged to apply by friends, family and WVU faculty. It’s really an amazing and humbling experience to be considered for this prestigious honor. I’m so thankful there are individuals who feel that I embody the Mountaineer spirit.

Q2: My ultimate goal is to give back to WVU because this institution has done so much for me.

Q3: I would love to work for WVU when I graduate in May. I am very interested in extension, recruitment and, of course, athletics.

justin west

molly wilson

zz A mechanical and aerospace engineering major from Wheeling, W.Va. zz Sponsored by the WVU Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.

zz A philosophy, economics and women’s studies major from Morgantown

Q1: I believe Mr. and Ms. Mountaineer shows students it’s not only possible to excel in school, but academic excellence alone is not the standard for success.

Q3: I have spent countless hours working with others to encourage them to have faith in themselves and chase their dreams.

I’ve found that just believing in a student is enough to help them propel themselves beyond even their own expectations.

Q4: My biggest inspiration was my adviser Dr. (Larry) Banta. He has had faith in me since I first walked through his door.

Q1: I decided to apply for the Ms. Mountaineer competition because I think my undergraduate experience at WVU embodies what it means to be a Mountaineer.

Q2: Being Ms. Mountaineer would be a great way to end my undergraduate experience at WVU. Q3: I would speak to the opportunities that WVU has given me and the experiences that have defined my time as a Mountaineer.

Q4: I was encouraged by friends and family to apply. wvutoday

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Honoring veterans should continue year-round Yesterday, America saluted the heroes of many generations by celebrating Veterans Day. While it is very important to designate a national holiday specifically to veterans, it is the duty of all Americans to celebrate the brave men and women who serve our country on a daily basis.

Being state-side, it is easy to get caught up in the loop of daily hassles. Too many citizens take

for granted the safe and secure life they have in the U.S. and forget the dangers experienced by our men and women in the military.

There is not a day, or even a moment, when an American soldier isn’t in harm’s way somewhere in the world. According to http://icasualties.org, 2010 has already seen more casualties in the Afghanistan War than any other year.

The harsh realities of war stay with soldiers long after they return home. The sacrifices made by these ordinary people turn them into extraordinary individuals.

After serving the country, many veterans jump right into the workforce and find themselves fighting a large unemployment rate due to the current economic situation.

Others enroll in college, com-

pliments of the GI Bill which has been supporting our veterans’ education since 1944, some of which are found here at West Virginia University.

More than 300,000 students in the U.S. have served in the military. According to the 2010 National Survey of Student Engagement, they receive lower levels of support on campus than non-veterans and interact less with faculty members.

Students must acknowledge their veteran classmates and appreciate the bravery necessary to serve our country in combat.

Whatever paths our veterans take after their service to our country, we owe them a lifetime worth of thanks and gratitude for the sacrifice and bravery endured during their time in our nation’s military. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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Fox News is a propaganda network, not a legitimate news channel omar ghabra columnist

Oops, they did it again. Fox News’ coverage of President Barack Obama’s trip to Asia demonstrated once again why they are not a news organization to be taken seriously.

This past week, numerous pundits on Fox News knowingly perpetuated outrageous and blatantly false claims about Obama’s overseas trip.

This is yet another example of the comically self-proclaimed “fair and balanced” news network mounting an attack on the president without bothering to get their facts straight.

In an interview with Anderson Cooper on CNN last week, Rep. Congresswoman Michele Bachmann responded to a question Cooper asked her about cutting spending in the federal budget, with the claim President Obama’s trip to India and other Asian countries would cost taxpayers $200 million a day.

When Cooper stated that the numbers were “made up” and mentioned the fact that the cost of presidential trips are never disclosed for security reasons, Bachmann asserted “these are the numbers that have been coming out of the press.”

Where in the press was Bachmann referring? The preposterous figure wasn’t reported

by CNN, CBS News, BBC, The Washington Post or any other reputable news source. Bachmann got the numbers after they were repeated by several ap Fox News talking heads.

Leah Fein, 17, of Philadelphia, holds a sign of conservative commentator Glenn Beck as thousands gather for the Rally To Restore San“It’s 2 million dollars!” Glenn ity And/Or Fear, led by John Stewart of Comedy Central Beck proclaimed on his radio

show in reference to the trip’s total cost. He also claimed 34 warships would be accompanying the president.

Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh and countless others on the right repeated this false claim. According to FactCheck. org (a non-partisan organization dedicated to analyzing the truth behind claims made by politicians), the false figure of $200 million per day originated from an unnamed Indian official cited in an Indian newspaper.

The White House denied the claims and the Pentagon dismissed the assertion that 34 warships would be accompanying the president as “absolutely absurd” and “comical.”

To put that astronomical $200 million into perspective, consider the fact that the U.S. spends roughly $190 million per day fighting the war in Afghanistan.

It doesn’t take much thought to deduce that these numbers simply don’t add up. Despite this, Fox News is yet to officially recant any of the debunked claims about Obama’s trip.

This myth will undoubtedly live on in the fantasy world of the far right, along with the nonsense about Obama’s birth certificate and his secret Muslim faith.

Fox News is the most watched cable news channel in America, so this is very troubling. We have American citizens basing their voting decisions on the false information they get from Fox. According to a Bloomberg National poll of likely voters conducted shortly before the midterm election, 52 percent believe federal income taxes have gone up in the past two years, as opposed to the 19 percent who believe they did not.

Also, likely voters believed, by a

margin of two to one, the economy shrunk under Obama and that TARP money will not be restored. The problem with all of this is the inconsistency of facts.

The Obama administration cut federal taxes, mainly for the middle class, by $240 billion.

According to the conservative Wall Street Journal, the economy has grown for the last five quarters.

The Department of the Treasury asserted that most of the TARP money has been returned and when it’s all said and done, the government will come away with a $16 billion profit.

Fox News is largely to blame for the false beliefs many voters have about Obama and his accomplishments.

Their continuous mischaracterization of him as a far-left socialist fueled a lot of the anger voters demonstrated in the last election cycle.

This lie about Obama’s trip is just the latest example of Fox News playing loosely with the facts when it is consistent with the right wing, anti-Obama narrative they try to convey.

It is threatening to our democracy to allow an ideological organization like Fox News, which has aligned itself so closely with a political party, to wield so much power.

As citizens in a democracy, it is our duty to make informed decisions based on facts. The information we base these decisions on should not be tainted by partisan bias.

In the age of technology, countless sources provide objective information, so there is absolutely no excuse.

We must reverse this troubling trend of manipulation by turning off the television and digging up the facts ourselves before making decisions.

When you come to the end, it’s only natural to think about the beginning brannan lahoda opinion editor

I’ll go back to my beginning, at least as far as my time at West Virginia University and The Daily Athenaeum is concerned, using more than my fair share of first person pronouns.

I remember walking into my first class at WVU, World History with Katherine Aaslestad.

I had registered for her class, obviously, because she had an awesome last name.

I was early. Had my cup of Burger King’s BK Joe coffee in hand. Waiting. There was a stray newspaper at my side, The Daily Athenaeum, as it was.

I picked it up, turned a page and found myself reading the Opinion Section.

I became immersed, and, well, the rest is history.

So here I am, some four and a half years later. Naturally, it’s time to assess my time at the University.

So bear with me as I leave just as I came – pompous, con-

descending, an inflated sense spending and then oversee of self-worth coupled with a some of the greatest expansion faux-enlightened worldview. of federal powers and spending in history?

Conservatives revel in cogThe newspaper industry nitive dissonance.

Against my best attempts, I’m will fail. becoming more and more conI love newspapers. But servative. Some beliefs, more so they’ve become too formuthan others, are fluid. Others laic. Innovation and challengnot so much. So I will assume ing established boundaries is that my views are evolving along discouraged simply because some sort of natural life cycle. “that’s not the way it’s done.”

At least, that’s what helps me There is no replacement for sleep at night. the feeling of a newspaper in Self-proclaimed conserva- your lap and a cup of coffee in tives, or rather, those in the your hands, but quality, availRepublican party, just have a ability and timeliness of contough time keeping their views tent is more important.

Readers want something in line with one another.

How can you be pro-life and more. Analysis and information pro-death penalty? How can they can’t get anywhere else, you simultaneously advocate presented in a manner that is the preservation of life while actually interesting to read. at the same time decide to take Anonymity is cowardly and the life of another who may or may not be guilty of some hei- has no place in media.

Blogs. Message boards. Webnous crime?

How can you be for individ- site comments. The veil of anual freedom and yet still abhor onymity brings out the very homosexuality while pushing worst in people. Yes, it most through unwarranted spying on definitely helps to facilitate disyour own countrymen? cussion. But at what cost?

How can you advocate limIf you don’t have the stones ited government and reduced to put your name next to it, you

countries.

But that doesn’t mean we are in direct competition with, for example, everyone’s favorite country – China.

We don’t compete for a limited basket of goods or some mythical slice of pie. In layman’s terms, wages – and ultimately quality of life – are Economics generally has derived from personal producthe answer. tivity. If an individual in China Almost. For those in the busi- is doing better for himself, it ness school, remember three doesn’t have to come at my things. expense.

First: There is no such thing Who you know is just as imas a free lunch. There is a cost for everything, and whenever portant as what you know. you’re led to believe some idea Look to your left and to your has no economic cost or conse- right. Introduce yourself. Make quence (take the Iraq War, for friends. Get involved. It will example), someone is lying. open doors for you that you Second: Given two substi- never previously would have tutes, firms or individuals sub- thought were available to you. stitute for the good, service or The key, I’ve learned, is to make action that becomes relatively people believe you are useful or cheaper. competent.

Third: We’re told every single It doesn’t always matter if day that we live and compete in you actually are. a “global market.” Yes, we live in Say hello to that cute boy or a global market.

One of my friends originally girl you’ve had your eye on. hails from England by way of Love is rare. And what’s imAustralia. He routinely orders portant can often get lost in the beans and tea from his home scope of your dreams and am-

are greatly devaluing your own statements.

I’ve published dozens of columns that will likely come back to haunt me at some point in the future.

But I will stand by what I’ve said and written and ultimately deal with the consequences.

bitions. But don’t be afraid to put yourself out there and try to love and be loved.

And if you make a fool of yourself, you can always drop out and transfer.

West Virginia University is primed to move forward.

Some type of drama is always going down at this University. As proof, consider I’ve studied under four University presidents. We finally have a capable and enthusiastic leader in President James P. Clements.

I’ve lambasted this University on numerous occasions in the past, but I’ve always considered it the running dialog with the University administration to right wrongs and improve the overall reputation of this institution.

But we can do more. This state is stricken with poverty.

WVU is one of, if not the only shining beacon.

A greater commitment to service-learning from the University could have a major impact on the region. Doing so will only boost our image and ultimately the value of a WVU degree.

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FRIday NOVEMBER 12, 2010

Proceeds from the event will go to miners’ families by mackenzie mays associate a&e editor

A “Remember the Miners Tribute Concert” will be held at the Morgantown Event Center at the Waterfront Place Hotel today at 6 p.m.

The Davisson Brothers Band, Trailer Choir and Matt Jones will perform as a cel-

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ebration of West Virginia’s Coal Mining Legacy.

A mining equipment and technology expo and special video tributes will also be featured in addition to a silent auction, a NASCAR car from the Coca-Cola 600 and a Smooth Ambler distillery.

The event is hosted by REMEMBERtheMINERS.org, a group dedicated to increasing awareness of mining advocacy through public service announcements, media placement, public relations, social media integration and sporting event sponsorships.

The country band Trailer

Choir paid tribute to the 12 miners who lost their lives in the 2006 Sago Mine disaster with its hit “What Would You Say?” The song focuses on being trapped in the mine, knowing there isn’t much time left and asks listeners what their last words to their loved ones would be.

Crystal Hoyt, vocalist for the country band Trailer Choir, said the group is honored to play its part in the tribute this weekend and realizes the affect music can have in the face of tragedy.

“We saw so much response

to the song that paid tribute to that scenario and it’s a really impacting thing for us to see how it’s affected other people,” Hoyt said.

“It’s even more impacting for us to know that something so tragic for so many people can still remind us to take every day we have and live it to the fullest. It’s all about finding the positive in such a tragic event.”

Trailer Choir has performed across West Virginia in the past and feels closer to those affected by the disaster through its music.

“We’ve actually gotten to

meet some family members of the fallen miners and got to get to know more about the mining community and learn something that’s a part of their daily lives,” Hoyt said.

Experiences like these are why she finds such passion in being a musician, Hoyt said.

“This kind of thing is exactly why we do this for a living. Everyone wants the opportunity to do what they love, but to be able to do so and reach out to people and have them appreciate something you’ve created from scratch is what it’s all about,” Hoyt said.

“To be able to affect a lot of people and receive that feedback is why we enjoy being musicians in general.”

Though the band is most known for “What Would You Say?” Hoyt said the group is dedicated to finding the good in all the bad.

“When you get a song like this, something we always try to emphasize is even though it was such a tragedy, our goal is to celebrate life instead of focus on the losses,” Hoyt said. “I can’t speak for the families who have lost

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Legally Blonde to debut at CAC by david ryan A&E editor

High heels and litigation will come to Morgantown this weekend, as the musical version of a much-loved comedy favorite, “Legally Blonde,” will be performed at the Creative Arts Center Sunday.

The musical, which is based on the book of the same name, is a story about not judging a book by its cover.

The Tony nominated play tells the story of Elle Woods, a bubbly sorority-type making her way through life.

After being left by her Harvard Law aspiring boyfriend Warner for not being “serious” enough, Elle decides to change her image by also applying to the famous college.

Breaking stereotypes is what the play is all about, according to Nic Rouleau, who plays love interest Emmett in the play.

“What the show does is that it kicks those stereotypes,” he said. “It presents them to the audience and if you look deeper, these characters are so much more.”

His character, Emmett, is the “nerdy law student,” he said.

“He’s kind of this nerdy, quirky guy. He doesn’t really care about what he wears and doesn’t care about his appearance.”

Further stereotypes include Elle as “the dumb blonde,” and Warner, her shallow ex-boyfriend, is “the tool; the douchebag of the show.”

Despite not featuring much in the movie adaptation, Emmett is given a much larger presence in the movie.

The character now has a chance to explain where he’s from and give his character more depth, Rouleau said.

“He’s a lot different from the movie in that they actually take the time to kind of address him as a character and describe where he came from and what he wants from life, which they kind of don’t give in the movie,” he said.

The expansion of his character also allows a deeper relationship with Elle, he said.

Starring as a character in a well-known movie is a daunting prospect for any actor, he said, with many actors fearing being

A&E BLOG It’s Conan O’Brien’s first week back in the hosting chair in his new show “Conan.”

Check out the A&E blog for a recap of his best bits, what worked and what didn’t, and thoughts about the new show overall. www.thedaonline.com.

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‘LEGALLY BLONDE’ WHEN: Sunday at 7:30 p.m.

WHERE: Creative Arts Center TICKETS: Available at Ticketmaster or the Mountainlair and CAC box offices. For more information, call 304-293-SHOW.

compared to those who have played the character before.

Making the character your own is pivotal in acting, he said.

“What I do with a character is read the script and find what about this character is most like me,” he said. “Then, I find what about the character is least like me, then that’s what I have to work on; work for, to help become that character.”

The show’s message and added backstory makes for a “high-energy show,” Rouleau said.

The musical differs slightly from the movie, however. In the film, Elle applies to Harvard Law via an admissions essay and video conference.

In the musical, Elle brings “about 20 UCLA cheerleaders and the marching band and marches them right into Harvard Law,” Rouleau said.

“Shockingly, it works.”

Despite the changes, the movie’s legions of fans will still enjoy the production, he said.

“It’s a really great musical,” he said. “Those who like the movie will like the musical just as much. They do a really great job. It’s really fun, it’s really upbeat, it’s really high energy, especially for a college aged crowd.” david.ryan@mail.wvu.edu

Chelsea Malone performs the song ‘Memory’ from the musical ‘Cats’ Oct. 29.

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Dan Whiteman performs ‘Wanted Dead or Alive’ from the musical ‘Rock of Ages’ Oct. 29.

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Amanda Hughart performs Gladys Knight’s ‘Midnight Train to Georgia’ Oct. 29.

In 3 days, WVU will have its next Mountaineer Idol by jesse tabit a&e writer

One of three West Virginia University students will become the next Mountaineer Idol Sunday, as the student singing competition comes to an end.

Senior wildlife and fisheries major Dan Whiteman, freshman general studies major Chelsea Malone and dentistry graduate student Amanda Hughart will be singing in the competition Sunday at 3 p.m. in the Mountainlair Ballrooms.

“I don’t know that I’ve ever been this excited about the competition, and this is the seventh year we’ve done it,” said Sonja Wilson, event coordinator.

Wilson said she is eager to see the top three perform, be-

cause usually there is a frontrunner, but this year, it’s anyone’s game.

Each contestant will sing a song already performed in the competition, a song never performed in the competition and a song chosen by the co-hosts.

First place will receive $1,000 and a spot to sing at a WVU men’s basketball game, while second place will receive $750. Third place will go home with $250.

Wilson said guest judges for the round include local rap artist 6’6” 240, Commissioner of the West Virginia Division of Culture and History Randall Reid-Smith and WVU’s first lady Beth Clements.

Contestants will be scored on a scale from one to 10, based on voice, stage performance, song selection and

overall performance.

Clements, who judged last year, said that it takes bravery for the students to get up and showcase their vocal ability, and the community should come out to support them.

It’s a great culmination of talent, and I’m excited for students to show their Mountaineer spirit, Clements said.

Host Molly Hott is anticipating the final round and said the Idol season has gone by in a flash. “I’m excited for Sunday, and I think all three singers have a lot of talent and an equal shot of winning,” Hott said.

Malone will be singing “Hero” by Mariah Carey and “Anyway” and “Broken Wing”

by Martina McBride.

Whiteman will be singing “Hard to Handle” by The Black Crowes, “Beast to Burden” by The Rolling Stones and “Shakin” by Eddie Money.

Hughart will be singing “I Dreamed a Dream” for the second time, “I Hope You Dance” by Lee Ann Womack and “Grace” by The Martins.

Three former Mountaineer Idol winners will also be performing individually and as a group throughout the round.

Wilson said that the final three 2010 contestants have scheduled performances after Mountaineer Idol ends, including a show for the Magical Night of Giving at the Morgantown Mall Sunday at 6 p.m. jesse.tabit@mail.wvu.edu

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FEATURE OF THE DAY TOMCHIN PLANETARIUM will present “Origins of Life” at 7 p.m. and “Amazing Astronomers of Antiquity” at 8 p.m. in Room 425 of Hodges Hall. Admission is free, but reservations are required and can be made by calling 304-293-3422, ext.

1443. Tomchin Observatory will be open at 7:30 p.m. for public viewing on the same night but requires no reservations.

Today DOWNTOWN MORGANTOWN TOASTMASTERS will meet for those looking to enhance their communication and leadership skills. For time and location, e-mail Michael.dougherty@mail.wvu.edu or call 304-2932559 .

Every Friday WVU HILLEL offers a Shabbat Dinner at 6:30 p.m. at the Hillel House at 1420 University Ave. For more information or a ride, call 304-685-5195.

LUNCH FOR A BUCK takes place at the Campus Ministry Center on the corner of Willey and Price streets. For more information, call 304-292-4061.

CHABAD AT WVU takes place at 7 p.m. at 643 Valley View Drive. For more information, visit www.jewishWVU.org or call 304-599-1515.

CAMPUS LIGHT MINISTRIES hosts a weekly meeting and Bible study at 7 p.m. in the Bluestone Room of the Mountainlair.

Every Saturday OPEN GYM FOR VOLLEYBALL is from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Student Recreation Center. No commitment or prior experience is necessary. Just show up and play. For more information, contact Mandy at mhatfie3@ mix.wvu.edu.

CATHOLIC MASS is held at St. John University Parish at 5 p.m.

TRADITIONAL KARATE CLASS FOR SELF-DEFENSE meets at 10:30 a.m. in Multipurpose Room A of the Student Recreation Center.

Every Sunday TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH offers services at 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.

The church is located on the corner of Spruce and Willey streets.

WVU WOMEN’S ULTIMATE FRISBEE CLUB TEAM holds practice at 3 p.m. at St. Francis Fields.

CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS offers a service for students at 10 a.m. at the chapel on Willey Street. For more information, call 304-296-7538.

WVU HILLEL offers a Bagel Brunch at 12:30 p.m. at the Hillel House at 1420 University Ave. For more information or a ride, call 304-685-5195.

MOUNTAINEERS FOR CHRIST hosts college worship from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Christian Student Center at 2923 University Ave. PAINTBALL TEAM practices at Mountain Valley Paintball Park. For more information, visit www.wvupaintball.com or e-mail wvupaintball@gmail.com.

CHRISTIAN STUDENT FELLOWSHIP hosts free dinner at 6:15 p.m. followed by a worship service at 7 p.m. at 2901 University Ave. For more information, contact Gary Gross at grossgary@yahoo.com.

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all pertinent information, including the dates the announcement is to run. Due to space limitations, announcements will only run one day unless otherwise requested. All nonUniversity related events must have free admission to be included in the calendar.

If a group has regularly scheduled meetings, it should submit all

Christian Service Fraternity, would like to invite any men interested in the fraternity to attend its meeting at 5 p.m. at the Campus Ministry Center. For more information, e-mail sigmathetawvu@gmail.com.

CATHOLIC MASS is held at St. John University Parish at 8:30 a.m., 10 a.m., 6:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. All are welcome.

SINGLE ADULT DINNER for the never-married, widowed and divorced is held at 5 p.m. More information, call 866-948-6441 or visit www.SingleFocusMinistries.org.

Continual MON GENERAL HOSPITAL needs volunteers for the information desk, pre-admission testing, hospitality cart, mail delivery and gift shop.

For more information, call Christina Brown at 304-598-1324.

WELLNESS PROGRAMS on topics such as nutrition, sexual health and healthy living are provided for interested student groups, organizations or classes by WELL WVU Student Wellness and Health Promotion. For more information, visit www.well. wvu.edu/wellness.

WELL WVU STUDENT HEALTH is paid for by tuition and fees and is confidential. For appointments or more information, call 304-293-2311 or visit www.well.edu.wvu/medical.

NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS meets nightly in the Morgantown and Fairmont areas. For more information, call the helpline at 800-766-4442 or visit www.mrscna.org.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS meets daily. For help or a schedule, call 304291-7918. For more information, visit www.aawv.org.

CARITAS HOUSE, a local nonprofit organization serving West Virginians with HIV/AIDS, needs donations of food and personal care items and volunteers to support all aspects of the organization’s activities. For more information, call 304-985-0021.

CONFIDENTIAL COUNSELING SERVICES are provided for free by the Carruth Center for Psychological and Psychiatric Services. A walkin clinic is offered weekdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Services include educational, career, individual, couples and group counseling. Please visit www.well.wvu.edu to find out more information.

SCOTT’S RUN SETTLEMENT HOUSE, a local outreach organization, needs volunteers for daily programs and special events. For more information or to volunteer, contact Adrienne Hines at vc_srsh@hotmail. com or 304-599-5020.

WOMEN, INFANTS AND CHILDREN needs volunteers. WIC provides education, supplemental foods and immunizations for pregnant women and children under 5 years of age. This is an opportunity to earn volunteer hours for class requirements. For more information, contact Michelle Prudnick at 304598-5180 or 304-598-5185.

FREE RAPID HIV TESTING is available on the first Monday of every month from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Caritas House office located at 391 Scott Ave. Test results are available in 20 minutes and are confidential.

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

BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS, a United Way agency, is looking for volunteers to become Big Broth-

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

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

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

ers and Big Sisters in its one-onone community-based and schoolbased mentoring programs. To volunteer, contact Sylvia at 304-9832823, ext. 104 or e-mail bigs4kids@ yahoo.com.

ROSENBAUM FAMILY HOUSE, which provides a place for adult patients and their families to stay while receiving medical care at WVU, is looking for service organizations to provide dinner for 20 to 40 Family House guests. For more information, call 304-598-6094 or e-mail rfh@wvuh.com.

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

CATHOLIC MASS is held at St. John University Parish at 4:30 p.m. on weekdays.

MOUNTAINEER SPAY/NEUTER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM is an all-volunteer nonprofit that promotes spay/ neuter to reduce the number of homeless pets that are euthanized every year. M-SNAP needs new members to help its cause, as does ReTails, a thrift shop located in the Morgantown Mall. For more information, go to www.m-snap.org.

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

INTERVARSITY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP is an interdenominational student-led organization that meets weekly on campus. Everyone is welcome to attend events. For more information, e-mail Daniel at ivcfwvu@yahoo.com or visit the IVCF website at www.wvuiv.org.edu.

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

THE CHEMISTRY LEARNING CENTER, located on the ground floor of the Chemistry Research Laboratories, is open Monday through Friday 9 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, is 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.

CHRISTIAN HELP, a nonprofit that offers free resources to the less fortunate, is in need of volunteers to assist with its programs. For more information, call 304-296-0221.

HOROSCOPES

BY JACQUELINE BIGAR BORN TODAY This year, you often feel an innate tension between your personal and professional commitments.

The situation isn’t one of a juggling act but rather of incorporating different elements of your life. Note a tendency not to want to be left alone. Deal with your feelings in these various situations, and free yourself up. If you are single, you could meet someone who might be emotionally unavailable. Time is always an ally. Date and get to know a potential significant other for at least a year before making any decisions. If you are attached, the two of you might invest more time in your home. This downtime together seals the bond as you let stress go. AQUARIUS can try your patience.

ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19) HHHHH Don’t think it’s just a string of ordinary meetings. Some will prove to be much more important. Mobilize support; make sure everyone with a common interest is on the same page. Get expert opinions if you feel you need them. Tonight: Get together with friends.

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20) HHHHH Your instincts tell you which way to go with a partner or close friend. The two of you become far more powerful as a couple, achieving a common goal. Relate directly with individuals. Someone might have reason to get angry. Tonight: Don’t push too hard. Get some R and R. GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20) HHHHH You easily might feel the need to find an expert in order to get past a situation that could be bothersome. You might ac-

tually get too much advice for your taste.

Put a situation on hold until you have a firmer grip on which path to follow. Tonight: Surround yourself with good music and people.

need. Know when to pull back and do some reflecting. You might not want to make a major purchase or accept an unexpected expense, but you see no way around it. Tonight: Mosey on home.

CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22) HHH Listen to what is happening behind the scenes. How you deal with someone could change radically. You are coming from an anchored, grounded point of view. Open up to new opportunities that a key associate presents. Tonight: Stay centered.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21) HHHHH No one doubts your intentions, and you certainly put your best foot forward. Greet the unusually hectic pace with a smile knowing it is Friday.

Meetings could go quite long, and one could turn into a happening. Tonight: Out and about.

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22) HHHHH Others keep presenting alternatives. You might feel overwhelmed and not sure which is the best way to go. A brainstorming session with friends could be one of many. A child does whatever he or she needs to in order to get your attention. Tonight: Listen to what others share.

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19) HHH Your instincts guide you well with a money matter. You know what you are doing and why. Don’t suppress your anger if you can. Sometimes it comes out in an inappropriate manner. Stay on top of your game. Tonight: Your treat.

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22) HHH Remain clear about your objectives. You might want to take some time to ground yourself before deciding. With weekend tradewinds heading in your direction, postpone any landmark decisions. Tonight: Happily heading home.

LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22) HHHHH You always seem to have the right answers at the right time. Know what is too much and what you would like to do.

Keep communication flowing. You could be delighted by an interesting tidbit. Tonight: Let the games begin.

SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21) HHH Honor a family member or personal

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18) HHHHH Your energy reminds everyone that the border between workweek and weekend is about to be crossed. Meetings might be intense with sharp words here and there, yet the letting go of ideas happens. Tonight: Blaze a trail into the night.

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20) HHH You might need to pull back a little more than usual. Slow down some, become more reflective and realize what you are dealing with. Your instincts guide you with a supervisor, boss or authority figure. Follow this person. Tonight: Say “yes.”

BORN TODAY Singer, songwriter Neil Young (1945), Olympic gold medalist Nadia Comaneci (1961), Olympic figure skater Tonya Harding (1970)

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by Mark Leiknes

PUZZLES DIFFICULTY LEVEL HARD

Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit, 1 to 9. For strategies on how to solve Sudoku, visit www.sudoku.org.uk.

THURSDAY’S PUZZLE SOLVED

ACROSS 1 Bucolic 9 Sushi choices 13 Wood preservative 14 Plays the class clown 16 Opening with a thud?

17 Showy 18 Overseas fem. title 19 Staple in a Hollywood first-aid kit?

21 Clueless 25 Source of Ulee’s gold 26 Compulsion to set up camp?

29 She played Emma in “The Avengers” 32 Mideast language 33 Support group?

34 Hoss and Little Joe’s off-color jokes?

40 Lake near Niagara Falls 41 Atlanta campus 42 Jets coach Ryan 43 Civil unrest in Brest?

48 Fizzled out 49 Gulf of Finland city 50 Restrain a legendary soul seller?

55 Word with a head slap 57 Six-Day War country 58 Classy accommodations at the Spider Ritz?

62 Insurer of Tina Turner’s legs 63 One transferring property rights, in law 64 Plenty 65 As terrific as they say DOWN 1 Banned pollutants 2 Biblical resting place 3 Composed 4 “The Fox and the Hound” fox 5 Suffix with fruct6 Hold up 7 “Do you bite your thumb __, sir?”: “Romeo and Juliet” 8 Riga resident 9 Old lab heaters 10 Isaac’s eldest 11 Eponymous skater Alois __ 12 WWI German vice-admiral 14 Centers 15 Prods 20 Justice Fortas 22 Derisive 23 Raison d’__ 24 Month before Nisan

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27 Card game warning 28 Out of bed 29 Still-life subject 30 Bud 31 Tip for a smoker?

33 Corner the market on 34 In accordance with 35 It may be found in a deposit 36 Outlaw 37 Onetime Jeep mfr.

38 Architect Mies van der __ 39 Pound sounds 43 Fluted, in a way 44 Old Spanish coins 45 Web address ender 46 House Judiciary Committee chair during the Nixon impeachment hearings 47 “Have a nice day” response, and a literal hint to this puzzle’s theme 48 Critical moments to gear up for 50 Maximum degree 51 European capital 52 Hubbard of Scientology

53 Team acronym 54 John with Emmys and a journalism award 56 Rancher’s concern 59 Jamboree gp.

60 Be in session 61 Trendy boot brand

THURSDAY’S PUZZLE SOLVED

Scholarship to teach math or science.

Deadline: Nov. 30 Info: Kasi.jackson@mail.wvu.edu

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Friday November 12, 2010

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT | 7

Fringe can be turned into trendy accessory MEGAN PUGLISI A&E WRITER

West Virginia University is constantly buzzing with nearly 30,000 students who sweep the city streets in rain, snow or sunshine.

Now that the temperature has dropped, students must be panicking about the transition that is currently occurring into fall and winter wardrobe months.

Well “Fashioneers,” have no fear, because this season you can effortlessly dress warm and stylish while venturing to class by simply putting your feet into a pair of fringed Moccasins.

In the past, I have witnessed strangers on the street that I mistakenly recognized as the Lone Ranger due to an overly abundant inclusion of fringe into their outfits.

If you are looking to be stylish and warm this season, I advise that you do include a pair of fringed moccasins into your wardrobe, but it is vital to wear one fringed item at a time, as junior communications major, Chase Arvanitis has displayed.

“I love mocs because they are durable, warm and go with anything,” Arvanitis said. “I wear them with sweatpants, jeans and slacks. They are always the loudest understatement to any of my outfits.”

Selecting one piece of fringe to wear in an outfit is important because this will allow

other textures to accent the fringed item.

Varying fabrics and textures will look amazing when paired with any fringed item.

Since both men and women are following this trend, the variations of ways to wear fringed moccasins are endless, which should provide a galore of choices when looking for the right pair for your feet.

“I purchased my Minnetonka Moccasins at Urban Outfitters because they are quality shoes that last for years,” Arvanitis said.

Arvanitis agrees that his fringed trendsetting moccasins have the power to look dramatic, romantic, sexy and luxurious, which is even more of a reason to mix a pair into your wardrobe.

Pairing fringed moccasins with a basic ensemble, like Arvanitis has demonstrated, will attract the attention of every passerby on the street.

If you are a “Fashioneer” who is currently on the fence about purchasing a pair of your own, take into consideration the fact that they are as comfortable as slippers and give any ensemble an instant low-key, bohemian feel.

Since they are comprised of lightweight material, they are great for any season as long as they have outdoor soles.

You simply cannot go wrong with a pair of these Minnetonka Moccasins on your feet while staying warm and strutting the campus streets.

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daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

Latest in ‘Fable’ series squanders potential JAMIE CARBONE CAMPUS CALENDAR EDITOR

The “Fable” series has always had a bit of controversy around it.

Creator Peter Molyneux proclaimed the original as a medieval “Grand Theft Auto,” a statement that the final product fell quite short of and, while I loved “Fable II,” the latest chapter is a disappointment.

The story takes place roughly 50 years after “Fable II” with players taking on the role of the prince or princess of Albion, the child of the protagonist from the predecessor and next in line for the throne after older brother King Logan.

However, the King seems to be going over to the dark side, and, after a riot, forces the player to choose between the execution of their childhood love or a group of protestors.

This leads to our hero, his butler Jasper (voiced by John Cleese) and his mentor Sir Walter (voiced by Bernard Hill) to abandon the castle and start a revolution to remove the King and restore glory to Albion.

Yet, across the sea, something sinister in its own right is brewing.

While the story isn’t as good as the one featured in its predecessors, the story of “Fable III” is the best thing it has going for it.

Players recruit quite the motley crew along the way, such as the slightly crazed

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Continued from page 5 loved ones, but I can imagine they would want to remember them in a positive way and learn to live life to the fullest.”

Jason Parsons, founder of the Upper Big Branch Family Fund, who is currently working on the REMEMBERtheMINERS.org public awareness campaign, said the event is dedicated to celebrating all miners and the state as a whole.

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Sabine or the monster hunter Major Swift.

Each person you run into is exceptionally well-voiced, with quite a few big names doing the speaking.

Besides Cleese and Hill, the cast also features Sir Ben Kingsley as Sabine and Simon Pegg as Ben Finn, a soldier who is essentially the player’s right hand.

The voice actor most deserving of praise though, is Stephen Fry, who returns to the series as Reaver, a pseudoally from the last game who hasn’t changed from his charmingly evil ways one bit.

The quests themselves are also entertaining, such as hunting for possessed garden gnomes or teaming up with a Sherlock Holmes rip-off to defeat a haunted play.

Yet a good story does not make a good game.

The biggest problem is the combat, which gets fairly repetitive with players relying on the same attacks again and again.

This would be forgivable if the old XP system from the earlier games had been implemented, but it instead removes most of the traditional role-playing game elements and instead uses a new “Road to Rule” upgrade system where power-ups can be unlocked over time using special seals.

It is ridiculous that a player can get through part of the story and earn some tokens before houses can be bought.

Another complaint is that the pause screen has been replaced with the sanctuary, an area where the player must

“It’s all about remembering the miners: The miners who have fallen and the miners who get up every day and go underground to give us the conveniences we enjoy as Americans,” Parsons said.

For ticket prices and more information, visit www.morgantowneventcenter.com “It’s going to be a great event for people who support coal, with some good country music and a lot more,” Parsons added. “It’s really a celebration of West Virginia.” mackenzie.mays@mail.wvu.edu

A scene from the newly released ‘Fable 3’ video game. run around and change everything manually without a menu.

Granted, this is where players get to interact the most with Jasper, yet the process is too time consuming, and any novelty of it wears off fast.

When players get control of the land of Albion, they are allowed to make decisions that will alter its landscape permanently, but it is so late in the game that odds are players won’t be exploring them unless they simply want to look at the scenery.

Long story short, “Fable III” is a good story with interesting dynamics, but there isn’t much of a game to be played.

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Junior communications major Chase Arvanitis models his moccasins.

Angelina Jolie talks home life, kids and Brad in Vogue

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NEW YORK (AP) — Angelina Jolie says her 6-year-old son Pax is a better cook than she is.

The actress opens up about her home life, including Pax’s culinary skills, in the December issue of Vogue magazine.

In the article, readers get a glimpse inside the Jolie-Pitt household with its six kids, bulldog named Jacques and nannies who speak Vietnamese to Pax and Cambodian to Maddox.

Jolie says she feels her oldest son Maddox, now 9, almost raised her in a way. She adopted him in 2001. Maddox seems aware of his mother’s feelings.

He encourages her when she cooks breakfast, saying “Good job!”

She also talks about daughter Shiloh, who recently found a dead bird and wanted to keep

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it for a pet. Jolie’s answer: find a bird from a taxidermist instead.

Jolie shares some of those “every mom” struggles that parents everywhere can identify with.

She and longtime partner Brad Pitt make sure one of them is always home with the kids while the other is working.

What makes Jolie different, of course, is the paparazzi follows wherever she and Pitt go.

She’s chosen to navigate Hollywood her way, without an agent or a publicist – which is rare – especially for an A-list actress. As for Pitt, Jolie addresses him as “extremely handsome and the most sexy,” but feels most in love when she sees him with their six kids.

The December issue of Vogue hits newsstands nationwide on Nov. 23.

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Parking at the WVU Coliseum prior to athletic events: Students who have classes at the Coliseum will be allowed to park in the Natatorium lot for free until 3:30 p.m. Students who have classes in other areas of the Evansdale campus may park for free in the Coliseum lots near the Arboretum until 3:30 p.m. Faculty and staff who work at the Coliseum will be allowed to park for free. Students participating in Mountaineer Visitation Day will be allowed to park in the Coliseum lots for free, but will be asked to leave at 2 p.m. There is no overnight parking.

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Alternate transportation: PRT is available free to students and for 50 cents to non-students Friday. It will run one hour after the conclusion of the men’s basketball game. There will be a shuttle running from the Green Lot on Van Voorhis Road for $4 round trip. It is available 90 minutes prior to tip-off and an hour after the game. Parking is also available at Mountaineer Station.

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West Virginia University’s athletic department has made changes to its gameday parking to prepare for a hectic weekend of athletic events. This is The Daily Athenaeum’s guide to tickets and parking for fans attending those events.

For additional information on parking at WVU athletic events, log on to www. msnsportsnet.com.

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Volleyball vs. St. john’s Admission: Free. WVU students can claim their lower level wristband for the basketball games. Students cannot claim a wristband and leave, though.

General admission seats will be cleared out after the game for the basketball games. The student section will not.

Parking: Free in the Coliseum parking lot, but must leave at the conclusion of the match. Fans who attend and stay for the basketball games will be charged $20.

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women’s swimming vs. rutgers (WVU natatorium) Admission: Free.

Parking: Free in the Coliseum parking lot. football vs. cincinnati Admission: Tickets are $50 each for general public and are currently available at WVUGAME.com or by calling 1-800-WVUGAME. Students should have already printed their tickets and must bring their ticket and a valid student ID for entrance. No student tickets are available at the stadium.

Parking: 3 p.m. Friday: RVs can park in the Green Lot. 6 p.m. Friday: RVs may enter lots for which they hold a pass. Midnight: Coliseum lots open for football parking for RVs. 7 a.m.: Cars may enter lots for which they hold a pass.

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Parking: Free in Coliseum lot, but must leave at the conclusion of the event.

Fans planning to stay for the men’s basketball game will be charged $20.

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around college football

Auburn QB Cam Newton wanted cash for son to sign at Mississippi State (AP) — A former Mississippi State player who worked with agents says Cecil Newton told him it would take anywhere from $100,000 to $180,000 for his son, Cam, to sign a scholarship with Mississippi State.

Kenny Rogers told ESPN radio in Dallas on Thursday that when he and Cecil Newton met with two MSU coaches at a hotel in Starkville, Miss., last Nov. 27, one of the coaches said “no, no I don’t want to hear that,” when Cecil Newton asked about the payment for Cam Newton to attend

Mississippi State.

Cecil Newton has denied any wrongdoing and says if Rogers solicited money, he did it on his own.

Cam Newton eventually signed with Auburn, where the school says the quarterback is eligible to play. Newton is a leading Heisman Trophy contender and has the unbeaten Tigers in the hunt for the national championship.

Pryor comes to Newton’s defense COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) —

Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor has jumped to the defense of Newton. Newton, perhaps the front-runner for the Heisman Trophy, has been accused of having representatives ask colleges for money to have him play for them.

Pryor angrily defended Newton after Wednesday’s practice, saying it was an example of people just trying to destroy a success story.

“I think that’s baloney. The way the kid’s playing, he’s playing well, leading the nation in total touchdowns. If he wouldn’t be

doing that, would anybody have said anything, whether the allegations are true or not?” Pryor said. “That’s going to be the story.

Let kids be kids. They’re young men trying to play; we’re young men trying to play. We’re just trying to have fun. Whether the allegations are true or not, they wouldn’t have come out – I don’t care what anybody says – if he wasn’t doing well. Why would you try to bring somebody down?”

Pryor was asked if he would change his opinion if it was proven Newton had accepted money to play for No. 2 Auburn.

“I guess that would be a problem if he was taking it now,” Pryor said. “If he’s taking it at Auburn now, ‘Come on, Cam, that’s a problem.’ My two cents is, we should just let the young man

play. All this nonsense is uncalled for.”

Pryor has a history of standing up for other star players. He wore eyeblack with Michael Vick’s name on it soon after the NFL quarterback returned from prison for his role in a dogfighting ring.

Pryor also has said fans should back off of their criticism of LeBron James, who bolted Cleveland to play for the Miami Heat.

Montana decides to stay at lower division HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Upon further review, the University of Montana has decided to remain in the Big Sky Conference.

Less than a month after Royce Engstrom took over as president of the university, he announced Thursday that the school would

not move up to the Football Bowl Subdivision.

“It was a complex decision with many pros and cons,” Engstrom said in a statement.

“In the end, the better course is to stay with the conference we helped establish in 1963 and to continue building on its solid foundation.”

Engstrom said there were several key factors to his decision, including maintaining the crossstate football rivalry with Montana State and the cost of moving up to the FBS. “At this time, FCS football presents the best overall fit for the University, it provides our student-athletes and fans with a great experience, and it is consistent with the strategic direction of the University,” Engstrom said, adding that WAC schools spend several million dollars more a year on athletics than Montana does.

“In this environment, that would not have been a prudent decision,” Engstrom said.

The Western Athletic Conference had said Montana was high on its list as it looked for new members with the upcoming departures of Boise State, Nevada and Fresno State, but the league was waiting on Montana’s decision about a possible move to the FBS before issuing an invitation.

Big Sky Commissioner Doug Fullerton was thrilled with UM’s decision to stay in the league.

“Montana’s athletics programs have flourished in the Big Sky Conference and its football program is the standard bearer in the Football Championship Subdivision,” he said in a statement.

“Our presidents have a vision for the future of the Big Sky, and I thank Dr. Engstrom for helping define, and believing in that vision.”

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Friday November 12, 2010

WVU athletes share life lessons for class By brian kuppelweiser sports writer

West Virginia University professor Dr. Carolyn Atkins found out early in her teaching career that all athletes have stories; some heartbreaking, some heroic.

In 1990, the professor took it upon herself to let those stories be told. Atkins founded a speech pathology and audiology class designed to help Mountaineer athletes.

“I said to them, ‘I am going to help you tell these stories,’” Atkins said. “I had no idea when I started this class how it would end up.”

Thursday, inside the Jerry West Room of the WVU Coliseum, five WVU athletes told their stories, which ranged from broken households to abusive parents.

West Virginia basketball players Kevin Noreen, Noah Cottrill and Darrious Curry

spoke as well as volleyball player Whitney Lee and rugby player Jim Leonard.

“I see these people who can run in front of 65,000 people and yet, are nervous in front of a group of sixth graders,” Atkins said. “But, this has been a great public speaking experience for these five athletes and they did a great job today.”

Curry spoke first and spoke about weight and grade issues he dealt with in high school.

“My coach continually told me to gain weight so I could play every position,” Curry said.

“Instead of eating at home, I was regularly eating fast food.”

Cottrill followed Curry, and he talked about the hardships he faced in the wake of a divorce between his mother and father, and how he sometimes blamed himself for the breakup, as his father always traveled with him to AAU basketball events.

“You need to develop men-

tal toughness both on and off the court,” Cottrill said. “You need to be a leader and realize you are representing not only yourself, but also your team and school.”

The third speech came from Noreen, who spoke of the road map to success. The freshman used examples such as eBay and Apple Computers to show that with hard work, greatness can be achieved.

“Unless you hit a one-in-amillion shot in the lottery, success is not going to happen by accident or coincidence,” he said. “How you achieve success is about how you define it.”

Lee gave the most heartwrenching speech of the day as she talked about the issues a divorce caused between her mother and her siblings.

The freshman from Live Oak, Calif., talked about how she became an adult quicker than most, and how she escaped the pressures of her abusive

mother.

“I have learned to be focused, set goals and accomplish them,” Lee said. “Two of them were to improve my grades and receive a full athletic scholarship – I completed both of them.”

The last speech came courtesy of Leonard, who spoke on the issues today’s society faces with the ever-increasing divide that technology is creating, despite its positives.

“We spend more time on Facebook and playing video games than we do being active and being with friends,” Leonard said. “Whether you realize it or not, there are negatives to this technology.”

The five will be doing additional read alouds at local schools and will visit the West Virginia University Children’s Hospital after Thanksgiving recess.

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Anti-Stewart profits will go to Michigan boosters

BY TONY DOBIES SPORTS EDITOR

West Virginia University alumni and entrepreneur Vince Skolny will donate funds from “Fire Coach Stewart” merchandise to the Michigan Victors Club – UM’s athletic boosters organization.

The Mountaineer Athletic Club said earlier this week it would not accept the donation, which Skolny said will be 25 percent of the total profits he makes from the shirts and other items he developed and has begun to sell.

“When the project has run its course, I’m going to walk into the MAC office with a check and a smile on my face,” Skolny said. “If they re-

fuse the donation, I’m going to give the donation to the Michigan Victors Club. I like the sense of irony.”

The MAC did not want any reference to its organization on the website.

Skolny sent a mass email to 3,000 WVU students, placed messages on Facebook and bought additional advertisements on the Web over the last week in an attempt to sell T-shirts and other items he’s made to support the firing of Stewart.

The items pointed specifically at WVU Athletic Director Oliver Luck read, “Mr. Luck, ‘Leave No Doubt’ We demand better.” The back of the shirts read “Fire Coach Stewart.” anthony.dobies@mail.wvu.edu

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volleyball

WVU down to last chance for Big East berth

BY SEBOUH MAJARIAN SPORTS WRITER

The West Virginia volleyball team may sit 12th in the Big East Conference standings with just two games remaining, but head coach Jill Kramer isn’t giving up hope just yet.

“It’s not over,” Kramer said.

“It’s actually far from over.”

The Mountaineers (14-14, 4-8) control their fate as they make their final attempt to make the Big East Conference Tournament, which takes place next weekend in Pittsburgh.

In order to advance, West Virginia needs to beat St. John’s (18-11, 5-7) and Connecticut (518, 3-9) this weekend.

WVU also needs Villanova to beat USF and for No. 21 Cincinnati and conference leader Louisville to beat Syracuse.

If that scenario plays out, the Mountaineers would clinch the No. 8 seed in the conference

St. John’s (18-11, 5-7) When: Today at 4 p.m.

Where: WVU Coliseum

Connecticut (5-18, 3-9) When: Sunday at 2 p.m.

Where: WVU Coliseum

Video: Stream online at www.msnsportsnet.com Coverage: Read Monday’s edition for a full recap of the game.

tournament as they hold a tiebreaker with South Florida.

West Virginia hosts St. John’s at 4 p.m. Friday and plays Connecticut at 2 p.m. Sunday at the WVU Coliseum.

Since ending a 29-year losing streak against Pittsburgh, the Mountaineers have lost six consecutive matches. Regardless of the losing outcomes, Kramer has been pleased with what she has seen out of her team.

“They took a step forward

this weekend, in terms of being calm, and composed against really good teams,” she said.

West Virginia will have the advantage of being in the comfort of its own home, where it is 7-3 this season.

Even if the Mountaineers do keep their season alive, it will be the last home matches for seniors Bonnie West, Lauren Evans, Abby Norman and Andrea Miller.

“It’s been amazing,” West said of her senior year.

West leaves as the program’s career leader in digs with 1,919 after the Wildomar, Calif., native beat Michelle Domas’ 19year record.

The senior said she will never forget the steps the program took in the right direction this season.

“All the changes that happened this year with Jill (Kramer) and the program, I’m very proud to have been part of

that foundation that will continue to blossom over the years,” West said.

Kramer plans on being easier on her team this week as they try to recover from a long season full of bumps and bruises.

Still, Kramer knows West Virginia will be focused and hungry when the opening serve goes up Friday.

“Their effort in the gym hasn’t waned at all,” Kramer said. “It’s been there the whole time, and we’re ready to win.”

West and her fellow seniors are keeping a positive attitude as these final two games will determine if they ever get to wear a Mountaineer jersey again.

“I’m feeling very confident about them,” West said. “We still have a shot at the Big East Tournament, and these are two teams we will compete with well.” sebouh.majarian@mail.wvu.edu

Turnbull wants improvement from heavyweights Sports Writer

Philip Mandzik came to West Virginia for the chance to wrestle at the Division I-A level.

That’s not an uncommon goal for many athletes, but Mandzik’s path was much different than the normal competitor.

The Bradenton, Fla., native wrestled for two seasons at Iowa Central Community College before transferring to WVU last summer.

The heavyweight failed to register a win in last Saturday’s Terrapin Invitational at Maryland but has another shot to be victorious this Saturday at 8 p.m. during Washington and Jefferson’s Wrestling Open.

“It’s kind of an overused cliche, but it was a reality check

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Continued from page 12 shouldn’t have, as some may say we have,” Stewart said.

“It should be an interesting matchup.”

The Mountaineers will likely challenge UC’s defense through the air as the Bearcats enter with the Big East’s worst passing defense and scoring defense, having allowed an average of 24.4 points-per-game.

But what Cincinnati lacks in defense, it makes up for offensively. The Bearcats lead the Big East in total offense (425 ypg) and pass offense (268 ypg) and is second in the league in scoring offense (27.4 ppg).

“Our defense hasn’t seen an offense like this,” Stewart said. “It is going to be a real challenge.” brian.gawthrop@mail.wvu.edu

NIKKI IZZO-BROWN wOMEN’S sOCCER COACH

Fellow Mountaineers, I am encouraging all of you to come out this Friday evening to Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium at 6 p.m. and support your seventhranked, and Big East Conference Champion, women’s soccer team in the NCAA Tournament.

We would love to have your support and enthusiasm in the stands as we take on Morehead State, and move one step closer to our goal of winning a national championship!

Your Mountaineer spirit and pride have been dem-

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for Phil,” said WVU head coach Craig Turnbull. “He hasn’t wrestled at this level before, and I know he’s excited to be here and is ready to improve.”

Something else peculiar regarding Mandzik is that he isn’t exactly inexperienced.

“He’s a non-traditional student. He’s 26,” Turnbull said.

“He’s not one of these young 18 or 19-year old freshmen that come in not really knowing what to expect. He needs to channel that maturity onto the mat.”

Mandzik really didn’t know coming in he would be counted on right away. He would’ve likely started his career as a reserve, but an injury to starter Brandon Williamson forced Mandzik to contribute earlier than expected.

“Brandon had offseason

shoulder surgery that will cause him to be out this whole year,” Turnbull said. “It’s going to be an experience this year and we’ll have to keep working and working with Phil to mold him into a quality heavyweight wrestler.”

Turnbull feels the easiest recipe for success in Mandzik’s case is to get back on the mat as soon as possible. He will get that chance Saturday with a match up against Washington and Jefferson.

“He will fight through challenging days like he just had and improve on that,” Turnbull said. “Hopefully he takes it all as an experience and gets good growth out of every situation.”

Much like Mandzik, the Presidents struggled in their opening meet at the Clarion Invitational.

The meet at Washington and Jefferson will be unique in that it will emphasize more individual success with a bracket style tournament.

Turnbull is ready to see what Mandzik can do in his second go around. He enjoys working with wrestlers to reach their full potential. It’s what he said is a joy of coaching.

“Phil will have to work very hard, but he’s shown that this is where he wants to be and he will use each challenge as a building block, and it starts next week,” he said. matthew.peaslee@mail.wvu.edu

seen offense come from a variety of different players. Led by a legitimate contender for the Big East Offensive Player of the Year Blake Miller (27 points), the team has four players who have tallied double-digit point totals.

With 11 different players on the roster registering goals this season, Izzo-Brown isn’t worried about her team putting up points, especially in the most crucial times.

“What’s nice about this particular team is that someone’s going to step up at any time,” Izzo-Brown said. “That’s confidence, this team’s going to play hard and never be satisfied until they win.”

Today’s match will mark the 11th consecutive trip to

onstrated many times this year at the stadium, and we thank you for that.

We are hoping you will once again make this a difficult environment for opposing teams to compete in.

If you haven’t been out to the stadium this year to watch these ladies play … then come on out!

Admission is free for WVU students with a valid student ID, and the first 50 WVU students will be given a lowerlevel wrist band if they plan to attend the basketball games.

These ladies will make you proud, I guarantee you that. When they battle in their Gold and Blue, they will do whatever it takes to make sure WVU comes out on top.

Let’s Go Mountaineers!

the NCAA Tournament for the Mountaineers. For the fourth time in program history, WVU has earned a seed in the tournament, as it secured a No. 3 seed.

West Virginia has been a host for the tournament in five seasons (2001-03, 2007, 2010).

After claiming the Big East Championship, Izzo-Brown said the team is ready to make another run in the NCAAs. The team has advanced to the second round seven out of 10 seasons.

West Virginia’s deepest run in the tournament was in 2007, after the team captured the program’s first Big East Championship prior to advancing to the Elite Eight, where the Mountaineers fell to eventual national champion USC. brad.joyal@mail.wvu.edu

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Miles, Campbell out as WVU opens season vs. Loyola

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ler, Devin Ebanks and Wellington Smith.

“We needed wings, and we wanted to get some wings with some length, so we can try to do some things that we tried to do a year ago with our defense,” Huggins said.

Aaron Brown, Pat Forsythe, Jabarie Hinds, Tommie McCune and Keaton Miles all signed with WVU. zz Mini packages for this year’s men’s basketball season will go on sale Monday at the Mountaineer Ticket Office.

There will be two sets of ticket packages for purchase. The Gold package will include the Providence, South Florida, Pittsburgh, Notre Dame and Connecticut games. The Blue package will include the St. John’s, Purdue, Seton Hall, DePaul and Louisville games. Each package is priced at $135.

Single-game tickets for the November and December nonconference home games are currently on sale. If available, single-game sales for Big East Conference games and the Purdue game will be announced at a later date.

The No. 11 West Virginia women’s basketball team has won 19-consecutive home games. That goes all the way back to the 2008-09 season.

The Mountaineers will try to win its 20th-straight game tonight when they open the 2010-11 season against Loyola (Md.) at 7 p.m. tonight in the WVU Coliseum.

“To be able to win here at home is an honor,” said senior Sarah Miles.

“One of our main goals this season is to continue winning here.”

West Virginia might have to find a way to West Virginia Loyola (Md.) (0-0) (0-0) win without Miles and fellow senior Korinne When: Tonight at 9 Campbell, though. Where: Morgantown, W.Va. Miles is still recovering (WVU Coliseum, 14,000) from offseason wrist Video: ESPN3.com surgery. Campbell is Radio: 91.7 FM U92 continuing to heal an Coverage: Check out The Daily injured ankle suffered Athenaeum’s Twitter (@dailyathduring practice. enaeum) for in-game updates.

WVU head coach Read Monday’s edition for a full Mike Carey said he is recap of the game. not willing to risk additional injuries by playing the two Friday. Still, Miles said she wants to get onto the court as quickly as possible.

“In my mind, I want to play Friday,” Miles said.

“But, that probably won’t happen. I’m just taking it a day at a time.”

Loyola (Md.) will make its first trip to Morgantown.

The Greyhounds are coming off a 14-16 season.

“Unfortunately for us, we chose to schedule West Virginia, who is ranked 11th in the country,” said Joe Logan, head coach for Loyola. “It’ll be a tall task, but we’ll learn a lot about ourselves.”

Logan said he tries to play as many top caliber opponents as possible, so his team can be better prepared for its own conference season. The Greyhounds also play Pittsburgh and Maryland this season.

Loyola (Md.) uses a guard-oriented lineup, which could be an issue against a much bigger WVU lineup.

“We’re not going to see anyone in the MAAC (Metro Atlantic Athletic Comference) as big as (WVU center) Asya Bussie,” Logan said.

Logan, who watched tape of West Virginia’s exhibition win over Fairmont State last Saturday, said he was also impressed with freshman point guard Brooke Hampton. She will replace Miles in the starting lineup.

“They’re just very, very talented at every position.

It’s all a little scary for us,” Logan said. “But, we just have to go down there and play. That’s just how it works.”

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BY TONY DOBIES SPORTS EDITOR

When West Virginia runs out of the tunnel, onto the carpet and out on the hardwood tonight, it will be tested.

And for the first game of the 2010-11 season, that’s not something the Mountaineers are necessarily used to. In head coach Bob Huggins’ past three years, WVU has won its opening-season game by an average of 32 points.

But, the Mountaineers have never started against Oakland, which made it to the NCAA Tournament last year.

“When we bring people in, we want them to be good games,” Huggins said. “They’re pretty good.”

The Golden Grizzlies are coming off a 26-9 season in 2009-10, in which they won all but one Summit League game and lost to Pittsburgh in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Oakland beat Marygrove 112-55 in exhibition action earlier this week.

“This is just going to prepare us for a tough season,” said forward John Flowers. “You don’t want to play a bunch of teams that aren’t so good and then be

West Virginia (0-0)

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When: Tonight at 9 Where: Morgantown, W.Va. (WVU Coliseum, 14,000) Video: ESPN3.com Radio: 101.9 FM WVAQ Coverage: Check out The Daily Athenaeum’s Twitter (@dailyathenaeum) for ingame updates. Read Monday’s edition for a full recap of the game.

put up against a bigger, better team and not be prepared.”

Oakland will give WVU a tough test inside, as the Golden Grizzlies feature 6-foot-11 forward Keith Benson, who some think will be a future NBA player.

Huggins said Benson is a multidimensional big man who has the ability to shoot the three and play with his back to the basket.

Benson averaged 17.3 points, 10.5 rebounds and 3.3 blocks per game as a junior.

West Virginia watched tape of how Pitt and forward Gary McGhee played against Benson. Flowers said WVU will try to limit his touches and be physical.

“They really make an effort

to get the ball inside,” said WVU point guard Joe Mazzulla. “We’re really going to have to depend on Deniz (Kilicli), Danny (Jennings) and Kevin (Jones) to have a big presence down low.”

Oakland has a history of playing tough big-name schools on the road. Last year, the Michigan-based team played at Wisconsin, Kansas, Memphis, Michigan State, Oregon and Syracuse. “(Oakland coach Greg Kampe’s) teams are never in awe,” Huggins said of the Golden Grizzlies playing at the WVU Coliseum. “His teams always play hard.”

West Virginia hasn’t had big opening-day crowds in its history, but Mazzulla said he hopes fans don’t look at Oakland as a team WVU will beat easily.

“They’re pretty good, and we’re going to need that homecourt advantage tomorrow night,” he said.

NOTES zz West Virginia signed five high school players with national letters of intent Wednesday. Huggins said the key to the recruiting class was to try to fill holes left by departed players like forwards Da’Sean But-

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Mountaineers eager to return to field againsts Bearcats following bye week

By Matthew Peaslee Sports Writer

If it was up to West Virginia defensive end Bruce Irvin, he’d be on the field 24/7 for a chance to improve and get the Mountaineers back on track.

“Ever since the last game, I’ve been itching to get out there,” Irvin said.

It has been 15 days since West Virginia last played a game – and that was a 16-13 overtime to loss to Connecticut. While Irvin wanted to get back out on the field, the junior college transfer admitted the bye week was necessary in order for WVU to move forward.

“We’re just preparing hard

like we always do and getting in the right state of mind,” he said.

The last off week for WVU came the week following a 20-14 loss at LSU. Irvin said there was a higher sense of urgency this past week than there was following the loss to the Tigers.

“You never want to lose, but it was LSU. Then, we lost to UConn, and it came out of nowhere,” Irvin said. “We have been preparing much harder now that we lost to UConn than after we lost to LSU.” WVU head coach Bill Stewart stressed the importance of working on fundamentals in the off week. Quarterback Geno Smith said he and the team have responded well to what the

coaches tried to instill in the program over the extended break.

He said that Stewart especially “sees the big picture.”

“He’s lifted us up as players and as people,” Smith said. “It might have made us hungrier to get out there and knock people around right away, or we could have had the losses in the back of our minds and dwelt on it during the game, you never know.”

Nose tackle Chris Neild has enjoyed the atmosphere throughout two weeks of practice.

“It has been really energetic,” the senior said. “We’ve really been trying hard and have been trying to give the offense a good

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This lethargic approach to Mountaineer sports has even stemmed outside of the football team.

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Safety Sidney Glover felt at ease with the way the West Virginia defense has been practicing and feels the unit is at the top of where its been all season.

The downward spiral the team has been in really has been a wake up call, Glover said.

“After losing two straight, our main focus is to get things in order and figure out our problems, because we have a great team, a good staff and good players,” Glover said. “We just need to figure out what is going on to fix these problems.”

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West Virginia’s Ryan Clarke is tackled by Connecticut’s Sio Moore, left, during overtime in Connecticut’s 16-13 victory on Oct. 29. ment berth in five years.

The women’s soccer team is riding a 13-game winning streak and just won the Big East Conference Championship.

Does anybody know that?

Apparently not, because both squads received a large drop in attendance numbers just as they picked up momentum for their remarkable seasons.

Heck, even the volleyball team improved immensely over the season.

Then again, no one will know if no one shows up.

UC head coach Butch Jones, a former assistant on the West Virginia staff, had complimentary words to say about WVU fans and Morgantown when he addressed the media earlier this week.

“People grow up being Mountaineer fans from birth because it is the only thing in that state ­­– it is a culture,” Jones said. “Their

fans, win or lose, are there every game. It is a college town and a prideful state.”

Kind words, but are they really true?

With a student population of just under 29,000 and a regional population of nearly 500,000 citizens, why can’t we get a full 60,000 at a football game, 1,000 at a soccer game or a mere 500 at a volleyball match?

I may sound like a broken record, but this generation of Mountaineer fans has not lived up to the long-standing reputation generations before us built.

This weekend is a chance to get back on track with a volleyball match, a pair of soccer games, men’s and women’s basketball games and a football game.

So, show up. Represent WVU. Change the current trend. matthew.peaslee@mail.wvu.edu

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SPORTS

CONTACT US 304-293-5092 ext. 3 | DAsports@mail.wvu.edu

Friday November 12, 2010

MATT PEASLEE sports writer

WVU holds advantage at home

Mountaineer Mountaineers host OVC Champ Morehead State to kick-off NCAA Tournament fans no longer

BY BRAD JOYAL a force SPORTS WRITER

Opposing coaches, players and fans have long described Morgantown in a multitude of ways. Words such as intimidating, threatening and intense all come to mind.

At one time, these descriptions were synonymous with supporters of the Old Gold and Blue.

This is not the case anymore.

Apathy has been a contagious disease spreading throughout campus with low student turnout at sporting events all season long.

With just more than 8,000 student tickets claimed to Saturday’s game against Cincinnati, expect Milan Puskar Stadium to sound as quiet as a serene golf course on a chilly autumn day.

Watching college football games across the country this year, I’ve noticed just how much the Mountaineer faithful lack.

From Missouri to South Carolina, these programs with similar tradition to WVU are consistent game in and game out for the entire game.

With pom-poms waving, creative chants and voices cheering, many programs know how to create an unforgettable experience.

West Virginia simply does not.

There’s no question the recent struggles of the football team and modest competition are to blame for the low turnout. But, this trend was bound to catch up.

Years before coming to WVU, I would watch Mountaineer football games and imagine sitting among the sea of gold shirts in the student section, jumping up and down and causing a ruckus.

The whole game looked like a blast.

Rarely have these dreams come true.

It’s apparent WVU students are notorious for showing up late and leaving early. But, why?

This is the biggest show in town, and, more likely than not, a big reason why many students even come to WVU. We all know there are plenty of opportunities to party outside

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Being selected as one of 16 host schools for the NCAA Tournament is an aspect the West Virginia women’s soccer team certainly considers an advantage.

After securing an automatic bid into the tournament by winning the Big East Conference Championship, the No. 7 Mountaineers were picked as one of 16 host schools for the tournament.

West Virginia will host the first two rounds at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium. Penn and Penn State will play the first game today at 3:30 p.m., followed by the Mountaineers’ game against Morehead State at 6 p.m.

Winners of the two games will face off to play each other Sunday at 1 p.m.

“Being able to host and having that familiarity of the field and fans is a great thing,” said WVU head coach Nikki Izzo-

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West Virginia (16-4-1)

Morehead State (13-6-1)

When: Today at 6 p.m.

Where: Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium Video: Stream online at www.msnsportsnet.com Coverage: Check out The Daily Athenaeum’s Twitter (@dailyathenaeum) for ingame updates. Read Monday’s edition for a full recap of the game.

Brown. “For us to have the opportunity to play at home in front of our crowd and not travel is awesome.”

The Mountaineers haven’t lost at home since their season opener against the Nittany Lions, a team they could play again in the second round.

“We want to get to the Sweet 16,” Izzo-Brown said. “Ultimately, this team is committed to winning the National Championship, but for now our goal is the Sweet 16. Then we’ll readjust our goals from there.”

Similar to West Virginia, Morehead State started the season off slowly. MSU began 1-4 and then brought its record to 5-5 before eventually rallying to win the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament.

Morehead State is currently riding an 11-game unbeaten streak, which dates back to its Sept. 19 loss to Ohio. The Eagles went 7-0-1 in the OVC, compiling a record of 13-6-1.

“They have this girl, Giuleana Lopez, who’s a transfer from Kentucky, and Erin Adams is a good finisher in the box,” Izzo-Brown said.

“They have two dynamic forwards that we’re going to have to worry about.”

Adams and Lopez have combined for 26 points for the Eagles, including Adams’ team-leading 12 goals. The closest Eagle to either of their point totals has 12, 10 less than Lopez’s 22.

The Mountaineers have

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West Virginia’s Megan Mischler steals a ball from a pair of Rutgers players during the Big East Conference Tournament.

football

Mountaineers forgetting about past losses

BY BRIAN GAWTHROP ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

The goal was set, yet the execution has been absent.

For the past three weeks, members of the West Virginia football team have said all they have to do is win their remaining games, and they will end up where they want to be at the season’s end.

However, the Mountaineers find themselves entering Saturday’s game against Cincinnati battling through two consecutive Big East Conference losses that have the team tied for the worst conference record in the league.

The feeling entering WVU’s matchup against the Bearcats is different, said senior J.T. Thomas. chelsi baker/the daily athenauem If the Mountaineers want to salWest Virginia receiver Tavon Austin walks off the field following WVU’s loss to UConn vage their season and keep their Big East title hopes alive, the on Oct. 29.

West Virginia (5-3, 1-2 Big East)

Cincinnati (3-5, 1-2 Big East)

When: Saturday at Noon Where: Morgantown, W.Va. (Milan Puskar Stadium, 60,000) TV: WTAE Pittsburgh (Channel 4) Radio: 101.9 FM WVAQ Coverage: Check out The Daily Athenaeum’s Twitter (@dailyathenaeum) for ingame updates. Read Monday’s edition for a full recap of the game.

team has no choice but to end its two-game losing streak against a UC team it hasn’t beaten since 2007.

“The sense of urgency to get a win is there,” Thomas said. “No one likes this feeling. The team is aware that this is a must win for our program.”

In order to win their first Big East Championship since 2007, the Mountaineers have to win their remaining four games and have Syracuse and current conference leader Pittsburgh, who hosts WVU on Nov. 26, lose at least two league games.

West Virginia’s last four opponents currently boast a 1716 overall record including a 7-6 mark in the conference. The Bearcats enter Saturday’s noon kickoff game with West Virginia in last place in the league standings with a 1-2 Big East record, 3-5 overall.

WVU travels to Louisville next week before facing Pitt and ending the regular season at home against Rutgers.

“You can sit around and sulk about what could’ve been,” said

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WVU offensive coordinator Jeff Mullen. “You’re a couple of plays away from being 8-0, but you’re not; you’re 5-3. But you still have a chance. You have to take that opportunity to play really, really hard these last four games.

“You have to pick up the pieces and keep going.”

The Mountaineers endured a bye week since their last loss on Oct. 29 at Connecticut and have used the extra time to conduct a “total self-evaluation” of the program and return to focus on fundamentals. The past two weeks felt similar to preseason camp, said sophomore quarterback Geno Smith, and the players have responded well.

Mullen said the team’s attitude has been at “an all-time high.” “(WVU head coach Bill Stewart) made us come together as brothers,” said receiver Tavon Austin. “That’s what has kept us together. If he didn’t bring us together, I think people would’ve started to point fingers at each other. Everybody would’ve broken apart.

“It’s been frustrating, but I’m glad Coach Stew made us go back and work on fundamentals and practice hard. I think we are more focused for these last four games.”

Cincinnati also enters losers of two straight games after topping Louisville in its Big East season opener.

“They have lost a couple of games that many say they

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