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WVU files lawsuit against Big East by john terry managing editor

West Virginia University filed a civil lawsuit against the Big East Conference Monday in an attempt to exit for the Big 12 Conference, citing instability in the Big East.

West Virginia formally accepted an invitation to the Big 12 Friday, stating it would join

effective July 1, 2012. However, the Big East said it expected West Virginia to wait 27 months as stated in the Big East bylaws.

The 14-page lawsuit was filed in Monongalia County Circuit Court and requests for a trial by jury.

The suit claims that Big East Commissioner John Marinatto, “has failed to fulfill his fiduciary obligations towards WVU

by failing to act to maintain the eight-to-eight ratio between football and non-football universities within the membership of the Big East, failing to properly protect the interests of WVU as a member of the Big East, and by allowing the level of competition in the Big East football conference to substantially decrease.”

West Virginia claims that the

breach of fiduciary duty was the cause for Syracuse and Pittsburgh to withdraw from the conference and join the Atlantic Coast Conference, as well as for TCU to join the Big 12.

After those three schools submitted their withdrawal from the conference, WVU claims that the unfair voting balance between football playing schools and non-foot-

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ball playing schools “increased the governance at the expense and detriment of the football schools.”

The University alleges that the lack of leadership, breach of fiduciary duties and voting disparity resulted in the Big East “no longer being a viable and competitive football conference.”

The lawsuit claims that the

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Low student demand leads to public distribution of tickets by mackenzie mays city editor

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A view of the students’ lower section at the WVU vs. Bowling Green game Oct. 1.

West Virginia University student tickets will be sold to the general public for Saturday’s football game against Louisville if student demand does not increase, according to Sports Marketing Director Matt Wells.

“If we sell all general seating, and student numbers still have not approached capacity, then some of the upper level student seats that haven’t been claimed will be sold,” Wells said.

As of Monday evening, only about 6,500 student tickets had been requested out of the 12,500 avail-

able, while general admission tickets neared capacity, Wells said.

“If we don’t sell all of the public tickets, we won’t dip into the student section,” he said. “We will continue to watch the numbers. We’re trying to minimize the number of empty seats at Saturday’s game, but still give every student who wants a ticket the opportunity to get one.”

A portion of proceeds from student tickets sold will benefit the WVU Student Government Association, he said.

The student request period began at 12:01 a.m.

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University hosts inaugural walking ghost tour by jessica lear staff writer

West Virginia University will host an inaugural walking ghost tour starting in the Vandalia Lounge of the Mountainlair today at 7:30 p.m. as part of Mountaineer Week.

The tour, presented by the West Virginia Humanities Council, will last one to two hours and will allow students to hear ghost stories about different areas on the Downtown Campus.

“The tour will take visitors to six separate buildings on campus that are allegedly haunted by specters of WVU’s past, and the stories of the hauntings

will be told,” said Jason Burns, a professional West Virginia storyteller and faculty-led program assistant in the Office of International Programs.

Burns will be telling the ghost stories during the walking tour.

“The stories are all ones that I have personally researched, and they all deal with WVU’s history as well as Morgantown’s history,” he said.

Burns said attendees can expect the tour to do more than just scare the audience.

“In addition to the ghost stories, the tour will also inform and educate about the history of WVU and the City of Morgantown,” Burns said.

The ghost tour is an event

that Burns said he has wanted to hold at WVU since he started a project called the West Virginia Spectral Heritage Project.

“It is my personal project to collect, record and perform ghost stories from around the state of West Virginia,” he said.

“Since 2006, my project has gathered almost 500 ghost and monster stories from around the state.”

Burns said Mountaineer Week has played a big role in the West Virginia Spectral Heritage Project coming to WVU. “With the help of Mountaineer Week, I’ve created and organized this ghost tour as part of that project as a venue for performing WVU’s ghost sto-

ries,” he said.

Burns said the ghosts and monsters in the stories he has gathered from WVU range from scary to helpful to ludicrous.

“There is a lot of history surrounding these stories, as well as some great tragedies,” Burns said. “Another thing about these ghosts is that they’ve all been sighted or heard in recent memory. Some are a lot more active than others.”

Burns said every story told during the ghost tour is based on an experience of an actual sighting of the ghost or monster at WVU. “I hope at the very least

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Heritage Project collects student, alumni memories by mike atkinson

Despite being called out by head football coach Dana Holgorsen, students were still late showing up for West Virginia’s game against UConn Oct. 8.

Big East should allow West Virginia to leave immediately because TCU was able to leave the Big East for the Big 12 without waiting 27 months.

West Virginia also alleges that the Big East’s acceptance of the first withdrawal payment of $2.5 million Friday was an “acceptance of WVU’s proposal or

How will you remember your college days?

The West Virginia University Emeritus Graduates and the Alumni Center have joined together to create a continuing documentation of the history of WVU. “Our goal is to create a lasting, living continuing history of the University,” said Tara Curtis, director of communications for the WVU alumni center.

She said the project will consist of gathering stories and videos from pivotal moments at the University, as well as memorabilia, to document the history of WVU over time.

“We want to create a history that can be archived.

There isn’t really a comprehensive history of the university currently,” Curtis said.

Al Ware, president of the Emeritus Graduates at WVU, earned his undergraduate degree from WVU in 1950 and graduate degree in 1952.

He said the idea for the Heritage Project has grown over time with the invention of new methods of communication.

“When I was in college more than 59 years ago, everything was done by mail or telephone. Now we have things like the World Wide

Web, Twitter and Facebook.

Before these inventions, there was no way to document the happenings of the University,” Ware said.

“Graduates could come back and talk about what happened, but there was no way to archive these moments.”

He said the project is about keeping memories alive.

“Heritage is all about memories,” he said. “Memories are wonderful and important in any university. It gives graduates and current students the opportunity to tell about things that occur during their years at WVU.” Ware said he encourages students to participate in the project and contribute their memories to the project’s online archives.

“Heritage starts when students are still in college. It is important to be involved because it gives strength to your future. Students in the future will want to know what WVU was like hundreds of years ago,” he said. “Keep your memories alive. Keep the friendships that develop in college.

“Throughout life, you only maintain a handful of friendships. Classmates are extremely valuable as you grow in years and experience the same things together. Looking back, my closest friends

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Photo display showcases poverty in West Virginia by lacey palmer staff writer

A photography display entitled “Making Ends Meet” is now on display in the West Virginia and Regional History Collection in the West Virginia University Wise Library.

The display was created

by Neal Newfield, a professor in the Division of Social Work at West Virginia University. Newfield said the project focuses on the struggles of lower-class citizens of West Virginia.

“One of the things that often happen when people are poor is they are also disenfranchised, meaning people don’t listen to them very much and they don’t have a voice that people hear,” Newfield said.

The display contains images of the poor and struggling in West Virginia with handwritten messages from those in the photographs around the matting. Newfield said the photographs are intended to help the viewers see people struggling in West Virginia.

Newfield said many photographs are like a person’s opinion instead of a dialogue,

and people can be easily misrepresented in photographs.

He said the messages from the subjects of each photograph were asked to write a message detailing the issues they face.

“What I’ve been doing for over ten years is meeting with the families or individuals who are struggling with making ends meet and talking with them about the issues that are important to them and that they’re struggling with,” Newfield said.

“I then attempted to make photographs that portrayed that, and after I printed the photograph, I gave it back to them, and they wrote in the matting, in their own hand, their thoughts about their life and the photograph.”

After this process, Newfield said the picture then becomes a dialogue of the person.

Many of the prints in the display were produced from negatives and all are silver prints.

“I have around 5,000 negatives from this project,” Newfield said. “I started this before digital was a big thing, so I have many negatives.”

Newfield said issues of

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AN ALSTON GAME West Virginia running back Shawne Alston had his first career 100-yardplus game against Rutgers this weekend.

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Massive smuggling ring dismantled in Arizona PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona authorities have disrupted a Mexican drug cartel’s distribution network, arresting dozens of smugglers in dismantling a ring responsible for carrying more than $33 million worth of drugs through the state’s western desert every month, officials said Monday.

The ring is believed be tied to the Sinaloa cartel – Mexico’s most powerful – and responsible for smuggling more than 3.3 million pounds of marijuana, 20,000 pounds of cocaine and 10,000 pounds of heroin into the U.S. through Arizona over the past five years, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Their efforts in that time generated an estimated $2 billion, according to ICE. ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations and the Pinal County Sheriff ’s Office arrested 22 suspected smugglers tied to the ring on Thursday, the latest of three busts they say have brought it down following a 17-month investigation dubbed “Operation Pipeline Express.”

In the three busts combined, the agencies have ar-

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Students have until Wednesday to claim their tickets, and those without tickets can receive one on a first-come, first-serve basis during the demand phase, which begins Thursday at 12:01 a.m.

“What we’re hopeful of, and what is most important, is to continue to give students a chance to claim their ticket.

We will not turn away a student unless we reach the normal capacity number,” Wells said.

Steve Staffileno, executive director of the Mountaineer Maniacs, said the temporary policy for Saturday’s game should serve as a wake-up call for students.

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Curtis also encourages students to participate in the project.

“It is important for students to realize they play a

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“The purpose of the project is to document life for, at least, some people in West Virginia, and in that sense,

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rested 76 suspected smugglers and seized more than 61,000 pounds of pot, about 160 pounds of heroin, about 210 pounds of cocaine, nearly $760,000 in cash, and 108 weapons, including assault rifles and shotguns. The other busts came in mid-September and mid-October.

Although the agencies released some information about Thursday’s bust last week, they held back most of their information for a Monday news conference in which they displayed dozens of guns and hundreds of pounds of pot seized for members of the media.

The smuggling ring operated by using backpackers and vehicles to move drugs from the border to a network of so-called stash houses in the Phoenix area. The drugs were then sold to distributors from states across the country.

Authorities say the ring virtually monopolized smuggling routes along an 80-mile section of the Arizona-Mexico border from Yuma to just east of the small Tohono O’odham Nation town of Sells.

Some of the officials at the news conference in Phoenix “It’s something that was appropriate for the University to do in response to this season’s attendance and low number of requests thus far,” Staffileno said. “I hope it gives students something to think about. I hate to say it, but at this point – if the trend continues – the students deserve this.”

WVU SGA posted a Tweet Monday afternoon stating: “Students: Claim your tickets for Saturday’s football game vs. Louisville now! We’ll lose student seats if claims do not increase this week!”

SGA President Jason Bailey said he wants universities around the country to continue to recognize the unique Mountaineer spirit.

“SGA is encouraging students to pack the student section to support the team,” Bailey said. “The student body’s support of athletics is unwavering. If you look at unipivotal role in the history of the University. Many current students have gone through several major moments in the history of our country together,” Curtis said.

Ware said he is excited about the opportunity the project presents.

“Ever yone can enjoy reading it. It is wonderful to

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Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu checks out one of the seized weapons after a news conference as multi-jurisdictional law enforcement agencies announce a bust on a major drug smuggling ring in Ariz., Monday. lauded the bust as a significant tel’s massive operation, which blow to the Sinaloa cartel, while still has cells operating in the others acknowledged that it af- state.

“It’s a body blow but it fects only a portion of the carversities across the country, the loyalty of WVU students for our athletic teams is incredible.”

Bailey said SGA has been working closely with the University’s athletic department to monitor the number of student tickets sold to ensure the best possible turnout for Saturday’s game.

“If we are below the maximum number of student tickets available, we want to ensure that as many Mountaineer fans as possible are able to see the football game, whether they are students or not,” he said. “Our main goals are to accommodate every student who wants a ticket and to do everything possible to fill the stadium.”

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the photographs have historical value,” Newfield said.

“Every photograph has the potential of challenging history, and a lot of times, the history that we get is not of the disenfranchised.”

Newfield said it was important for him to have these photographs on display during Mountaineer Week.

“All the people in these photographs are Mountain-

eers, and they are part of the history of West Virginia today,” Newfield said.

The photography display is housed in the West Virginia & Regional History Collection on the 6th floor of the Downtown Library, and visitors can view the collection from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday.

the stories to make it interesting even for the hardcore non believer.”

Burns said he hopes that everyone in the audience learns something from the ghost tour.

“Ghost stories, in general, teach us a lot about being human,” he said. “They can

teach us how to live, how to treat one another, as well as entertain us.”

Burns said other ghost story events will be held in conjunction with the West Virginia Storytelling Guild throughout the state.

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people, the leadership and the illicit pathways that they exploit,” he said. “Our goal is to take them out by their roots.”

The case is a reminder of how important it is for the federal government to gain operational control over the border, Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne said.

“I find it completely unacceptable that Arizona neighborhoods are treated as a trading floor for narcotics,” Horne said. “Children are not safe when their homes are located near the other homes that are used as distribution centers for drugs. Our highways are not safe when criminal organizations battle each other, sometimes violently and at risk to innocent bystanders, for control of loads of drugs being transported in vehicles.”

Authorities need to send a message to cartel leaders through continued busts, Babeau said.

“We have to stand up to bring the fight to the cartels to say, ‘This is America. You’re not bringing your violence, you’re not bringing your drugs and your trash to our country. We’re going to stop you,’” he said.

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look back and see what you did as a student and how it influenced your present,” he said.

Students and alumni of WVU can share messages, videos or photos by visiting http://heritageproject.wvu. edu.

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doesn’t knock them out by any sense of the imagination,” Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeau said. “This literally is just a fraction of what’s going on.”

It’s only a matter of time before either the Sinaloa cartel or another operation reclaims the area affected by the bust, said Matthew Allen, ICE’s special agent in charge for Arizona.

“This is not a closing chapter in this book,” he said. “We have every expectation that command and control in Mexico is working to re-establish their presence, and it’s our job to go after them.”

Authorities began investigating the smuggling ring in June 2010, when a Pinal County sheriff’s deputy stopped two smugglers hauling 1,500 pounds of pot in Stanfield, about 50 miles south of Phoenix. At least one of the smugglers gave investigators detailed information about the ring.

Allen said that those arrested range from low-level drug haulers and scouts to those who were in command.

“This is how you attack international organized crime and transnational criminal organizations, by focusing on the

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Traders watch their monitors as they work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Monday.

NEW YORK (AP) — October is somewhat cursed for the stock market – the Crash of 1929, Black Monday in 1987, a slow-motion meltdown in 2008. This time, the demons made a last gasp, but Wall Street still managed to break the jinx.

Stocks had their best month in almost a decade, rising from their low point of the year in an almost uninterrupted four-week rally.

The juice mostly came from Europe, which appeared to finally find a strategy for taming its debt crisis.

But the finish sure was ugly.

The Dow Jones industrial average fell 276 points and finished below 12,000 on the final day of the month. It was as rough an end as it was a beginning: On the first trading day of the month, Oct. 3, the Dow lost 258.

Bank stocks were hit hard Monday. MF Global, a securities firm headed by former New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine, filed for bankruptcy protection. Rating agencies downgraded the company last week, worried that it holds too much European debt.

Still, even counting the Halloween scare, October 2011 will be remembered on Wall Street for a comeback that only the St. Louis Cardinals, baseball’s nearly eliminated, newly crowned champions, could match.

For the month, the Dow rose more than 1,000 points.

It gained 9.5 percent, its best showing since October 2002.

The Standard & Poor’s 500 index, the broadest major market average, rose 10.8 percent

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The Big East issued a statement Monday evening holding firm that it would not allow West Virginia to exit early.

“We are disappointed that West Virginia has adopted this strategy and cannot imagine why it believes it does not have to respect and honor the

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for the month, the best since December 1991.

On Oct. 3, both the Dow and the S&P closed at their lows of the year. The market had been through a brutal summer and was one bad day away from falling into bear market territory, down 20 percent from its most recent peak.

Investors were worried that the United States, with an economy growing at the slowest pace since the end of the Great Recession, was on the brink of falling back into recession.

And if the U.S. didn’t tip into a new recession by itself, the market was worried that Europe would give it a push.

Greece and other European nations face crushing debt, and European banks that loaned them money face big losses.

A recession in Europe would be bad news for the United States because Europe buys about 20 percent of American exports.

Someone opening a quarterly account statement at about that time might have tossed it in the garbage and been afraid to look again. But that day was to be the turning point.

Reports that European leaders were working on a debt plan began trickling out.

Investors gained confidence after the leaders of France and Germany pledged to come up with a far-reaching resolution by the end of the month.

Added to the encouraging news out of Europe: stronger corporate earnings from the likes of Google and McDonald’s and signs that the U.S.

economy was not as bad as feared. Retail sales rose 1.1 percent in September, the biggest gain in seven months.

When European leaders finally unveiled the deal Thursday, stocks roared higher. The S&P 500 jumped 3.7 percent and was up for the year for the first time since Aug. 3, just before the U.S. government’s debt lost its AAA credit rating.

“It’s a rally off what was a very pessimistic view of the global economy,” says Todd Henry, an emerging-market equity specialist at T. Rowe Price. “Does it have legs? I think that’s yet to be seen.”

Under the debt agreement, banks will take a 50 percent loss on their Greek government bonds. Europe will also add money to a financial rescue fund to protect other countries. And banks will increase their capital reserves to protect themselves.

With the October books closed, the Dow was at 11,955.01, up about 83 percent from March 2009, its lowest point after the financial meltdown. It would have to rise more than 2,200 points from here to set an all-time high.

The S&P 500 finished the month at 1,253.50, down 32 points on Monday, or 2.5 percent. The Nasdaq composite index fell 53 points for the day, or 1.9 percent, and ended October at 2,684.

Besides the Depressionheralding collapse in 1929, the crash in 1987 and the meltdown 2008, the stock market suffered through a mini-crash on Friday the 13th in October 1989 and a 554-point drop in the Dow on Oct. 27, 1997.

bylaws it agreed to as a member of the Big East,” Marinatto said in the statement. “Based on an initial review of the lawsuit, it is clear that the allegations and claims in it are false and inaccurate. Certainly there is nothing in it that would justify WVU’s not fulfilling its obligations. To put it simply, a contract is a contract.”

West Virginia officials declined to comment Monday.

Stephen LaCagnin, the attorney representing WVU in the

lawsuit, said a resolution could take a while.

“All of this stuff moves at glacial speed, and we would hope things can be resolved absent moving forward with the suit.

If that’s still a possibility, we would, of course, do that.,” he said.

LaCagnin said the Big East has to be served, which hasn’t happened yet. The conference then has 30 days to respond.

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Clock ticking for Timberlake in sci-fi thriller ‘In Time’ hunter homistek A&E writer

“In Time” hit theaters Friday with an opening box office revenue of $12 million.

The film, which is produced, written and directed by Andrew Niccol, is set in the near future where the world is run on different values and life goals.

Giving the phrase “time is money” a very literal meaning, every person is born with a genetic enhancement that gives them 25 natural years and an additional “free” year. They are

designed to stop aging at 25, and a time-limit is put on their lives.

The time-limit can be adjusted - time can be added or subtracted - depending on the person’s day-to-day actions and transactions. In other words, the new world currency is time, and you spend or earn your minutes like you would spend or earn your dollars today.

The world is divided into time zones, and each zone represents a different level of wealth.

Will Salas (Justin Timberlake, “Friends With Benefits”) lives in a “ghetto” time zone - where the time-poorest population resides and has just seen his mother

(Olivia Wilde, “Tron: Legacy”) run out of time. Fed up with society, Salas decides to fight the wealthy fat-cats who run the clocks.

Depicting the nation’s current crumbling financial situation, the film shows us that even when the currency in use is a person’s lifetime, people still tend to let greed and corruption take the best of them. The rich get richer and therefore are able to live forever while the poor get poorer and live knowing that they have just a few hours or even minutes left.

He tries to restore some balance to the world with the aid

of a millionaire’s daughter (“millionaire” meaning a person who can live for millions of years, that is). Sylvia Weis (Amanda Seyfried, “Mamma Mia!”) is not very proud of her father’s work in contributing to controlling the worlds clocks and taking time from the poor in order to prevent overpopulation. She helps Salas take some of that time back in a Bonnie and Clyde a la Robin Hood manner.

With a generally complicated premise, the film succeeds in explaining everything to the viewer without focusing too much on the actual “ex-

plaining.” The film opens with Timberlake’s voice briefing the audience on what the overall situation of the world is in two or three sentences. It couldn’t have been done better.

However, as the film progresses, viewers will start to see some flaws that could have been avoided by a better-constructed storyboard in the producer’s office.

The dialogue seems to be a little too cheesy at times despite the notion that cheesiness is accepted in big productions such as this one.

Chemistry between the cast members could have been

much better, and the overall momentum of the story doesn’t really meet the expectations of such an exciting and cuttingedge set-up for the film’s background story and imaginative milieu.

That being said, it is still a great film for anyone who’s up for something new and exciting.

It has its great moments with on-the-edge-of-your-seat situations, and despite the few shortcomings, it still leaves audiences satisfied and entertained.

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Kardashian files for divorce from Humphries after 10 weeks LOS ANGELES (AP) — Just 10 weeks after their lavish, made-for-TV wedding and less than a month after the wedding special aired, reality starlet Kim Kardashian is cancelling her marriage to NBA player Kris Humphries.

The “Keeping Up With the Kardashians” star filed for divorce Monday, citing irreconcilable differences. “I hope everyone understands this was not an easy decision,” she said in a statement. “I had hoped this marriage was forever but sometimes things don’t work out as planned.”

The filing in Los Angeles County Superior Court provided few details, other than to state the couple have a prenuptial agreement that will dictate how they divide

up their assets. Kardashian is asking that both sides pay their own attorneys’ costs and that a judge terminate Humphries’ rights to spousal support.

Kardashian, 31, and Humphries, 26, were wed Aug. 20 in a star-studded, black-tie ceremony at an exclusive canyon estate in the seaside enclave of Montecito, Calif., near Santa Barbara. The couple’s wedding registry at a Beverly Hills jeweler totaled $172,000 and included such items as a $1,650 coffee pot and two $1,250 sterling silver vegetable spoons.

It was the first marriage for Humphries, who last played for the NBA’s New Jersey Nets, and the second for Kardashian, who was married

to music producer Damon Thomas from 2000 to 2004.

Kardashian’s sisters and TV co-stars Kourtney Kardashian, 32, and Khloe Kardashian, 27, served as co-maids of honor.

Kim Kardashian and Humphries began dating late last year and announced their engagement in May. He proposed on bended knee with a 20.5-carat ring by spelling out “Will you marry me?” in rose petals.

The couple’s marriage was the subject of a two-part special on E! Entertainment Television, which televises Kardashian’s show that follows the model and her family.

The special aired Oct. 9 and 10, two months after the ceremony, prompting online card company someecards.com to

prophetically offer a greeting last summer that read: “Here’s hoping Kim Kardashian’s marriage lasts until her wedding special airs in October.”

Entertainment media have breathlessly reported every available detail on the relationship since it began, including early signs of trouble earlier this month. Court filings show that Kardashian signed the petition on Sunday.

Kardashian said in her statement that she and Humphries “remain friends and wish each other the best.”

Kardashian’s divorce attorney, Laura Wasser, did not return a phone message seeking comment.

Humphries’ sports agent, Marc Cornstein, also did not AP return a phone message.

Kim Kardashian has filed for divorce from Kris Humphries after 10 weeks of marriage.

Witness says Jackson’s doctor didn’t follow protocol, shouldn’t have taken money LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dr. Conrad Murray heard his own expert witness testify Monday that he wouldn’t have accepted payment to do what Murray did for Michael Jackson - administering a hospital anesthetic in the star’s bedroom.

“I wouldn’t even consider it,” Dr. Paul White said. “It’s something no amount of money could convince me to take on.”

The use of the drug propofol to treat Jackson’s insomnia was “a complete off-label use of the drug,” he said. White also acknowledged that the drug should never be given outside a medical facility because of the need for proper lifesaving equipment.

White, a highly regarded and now-retired anesthesiologist, is sometimes referred to as “the father of propofol” for his early research on the drug. But on Monday he was a less than respected figure, drawing criticism from the prosecutor and censure from the judge who threatened to fine him $1,000 for contempt of court.

White came under a bruising cross-examination by prosecutor David Walgren who attacked the expert’s recent claim that Jackson caused his own death. Walgren questioned White’s scientific calculations and noted he once led the defense to think Jackson drank an extra dose of propofol.

White acknowledged he had done no research on that theory when he posed it. A study later showed the theory to be

unsupportable, he said.

While stopping short of blaming Murray for the singer’s death, White blurted out during cross-examination that he believed Murray had loaded a syringe with the drug propofol and left it where Jackson could have gained access to it.

That scenario had not been offered before and it could explain how a groggy Jackson could have awakened from sedation, grabbed the syringe and injected the drug into his IV line.

Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor told White outside the jury’s presence to stop trying to sneak in references to private conversations he had with Murray. The witness had suggested his opinions were partially based on what Murray told him, but those talks are not in evidence.

At one point Monday, White said he had been told by Murray that Jackson had his own stash of propofol beyond the hundreds of bottles of the drug that Murray had purchased and shipped to his girlfriend’s apartment. Pastor warned White not to try to bring up the conversations or other excluded information again.

“It’s deliberate and I don’t like it,” Pastor said. “It’s not going to happen again.”

But by the end of the morning the judge said White had violated his order. Outside the jury’s presence, he chastised the witness for telling the jurors at one point: “I’d like to

talk to you about this but the judge told me I couldn’t.”

He said he considered that remark direct contempt of court but would allow White to explain at a contempt hearing on Nov. 16 before he imposes the $1,000 fine.

White was repeatedly questioned about the ways in which Murray had broken guidelines and rules governing the use of propofol. Walgren confronted the witness with excerpts from his own writings in textbooks which set down rules that Murray broke by administering the drug in Jackson’s bedroom.

Murray, who has pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter, has acknowledged he was giving Jackson doses of the anesthetic propofol in the singer’s bedroom as a sleep aid.

He told police that he left Jackson’s room for two minutes on June 25, 2009, and returned to find the pop superstar unresponsive.

White said in forming his opinions, he assumed Murray was out of the room much longer, making phone calls.

The retired anesthesiologist also said he would not leave the room if he were treating a patient who had indicated he liked to inject propofol into himself, as Murray claims that Jackson had told him.

“Have you ever administered propofol in someone’s bedroom?” Walgren asked.

“No, I have not,” White replied.

Dr. Paul White, anesthesiologist and propofol expert, gives testimony during Dr. Conrad Murray’s involuntary manslaughter trial.

“Have you ever heard of someone doing that prior to this case?” the prosecutor asked.

“No, I have not,” White responded.

White said he has been paid $11,000 for his work for the defense so far.

White’s testimony has put

him at odds with his colleague and longtime friend, Dr. Steven Shafer, who testified for the prosecutor. Shafer said White’s self-administration theory is not supported by the evidence in the case, in his view, and he called the theory “crazy” during his testimony earlier this month.

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White and Shafer were colleagues at Stanford University and conducted research on propofol before it was approved for use in U.S. operating rooms in 1989.

Both help edit a leading anesthesia journal. Until White’s retirement last year, both were practicing anesthesiologists.

American home video spending Townshend calls iTunes a ‘digital vampire’ up for 1st time since 2008 LOS ANGELES (AP) — Americans’ spending on home videos has finally emerged from the recession — helped by more purchases of higher-priced Blu-ray discs and greater outlays on cutrate rentals from Netflix and Redbox.

For the three months through September, home movie spending rose nearly 5 percent from a year earlier to $3.9 billion, the first increase since early 2008, according to industry organization, The Digital Entertainment Group.

Buying digital copies of movies and ordering them from settop box video-on-demand services also rose.

People bought fewer DVDs and made fewer trips to brickand-mortar video rental stores, cutting into the gains.

For the year overall spending is down about 2 percent at $12.3 billion.

The industry is struggling to cope with a weak economic recovery and the gradual wane of the DVD era. The digital discs, once revolutionary for their clarity and durability, were shown

the exit once Blu-ray became the industry’s high-definition standard in 2008. Compared to a year ago, DVD sales dropped by 15 percent, or about $230 million, to $1.32 billion.

Blu-ray disc sales rose by about $156 million, to $423 million. That didn’t make up for the DVD drop, even with the help of the popular re-release of the six “Star Wars” movies on Blu-ray, which racked up $38 million in North America in its first week of sales in late September.

There’s still room for Blu-ray to grow. Although Blu-ray player households rose by 52 percent to 33.5 million, that’s still only about a third of the TV-owning homes in the U.S. Brick-and-mortar store rentals fell by $142 million to $353 million, but they were more than replaced by a $152 million gain in new delivery methods, such as online streaming, video-ondemand, mail-order subscriptions and cheap rentals from kiosks. Revenue from those rental methods rose to $1.70 billion. Kiosk rentals made up more than half of those gains.

Netflix Inc.’s price hike to customers on Sept. 1 may have bolstered the numbers, and Redbox said it was raising its nightly DVD rental fee to $1.20 from $1, which will likely add to the current quarter’s totals.

The smallest segment remains digital purchases of movies, which rose by about $15 million to $136 million. Movie studios have been concerned that people aren’t purchasing digital movies because they are worried the files won’t be easily transferable to various devices, a concern it hopes to ease with its UltraViolet view-anywhere

LONDON (AP) — The Who’s Pete Townshend on Monday branded Apple Inc.’s iTunes a “digital vampire” that profits from music without supporting the artists who create it.

Townshend said that faced with the Internet’s demolition of established copyright protections, iTunes should offer some of the services to artists that record labels and music publishers used to provide. These include employing talents scouts, giving space to allow bands to stream their music and paying smaller artists directly rather than through a third party aggregator.

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Townshend asked if there was any reason iTunes “can’t provide some aspect of these services to the artists whose work it bleeds like a digital

vampire” to make money.

ITunes declined to respond to Townshend’s comments.

Apple’s service is the market leader among legal download services, accounting for about three-quarters of music downloads.

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WVU should win lawsuit against Big East West Virginia University’s recent lawsuit against the Big East Conference is not much of a surprise. Actually, it was a great move.

According to the lawsuit, the Big East is in breach of contract due to “lack of leadership” and should be held accountable for the bleak future of the football program. Furthermore, it alleges that WVU should be exempted from the 27-month notification period for members of the Big

East who want to leave the conference.

It is in the best interest of WVU and the Big 12 to get the Mountaineers in the conference as soon as possible.

The Big 12 must have 10 teams or it will lose its TV contract with ESPN. With the University of Missouri’s possible departure to the Southeastern Conference, the Big 12 needs to have a team ready for the next season – which will be WVU.

Although WVU was one of the Big East members to vote for the 27-month notification period, its accusation toward the conference should excuse the University from the ruling.

If the Big East had been run more efficiently, WVU probably would have no desire to leave in the first place.

It is well known that the Big East is a powerhouse when it comes to basketball. In fact, it was founded as a basketballonly conference.

The only reason WVU (which was originally a football-only school in the Big East) was even a part of the conference was to introduce the Big East to football.

Even though WVU has a great reputable basketball program, it is still considered to be more of a football school.

The Big East should have been more proactive in regards to protecting football interests. If WVU were to stay in the Big East and it loses its

automatic qualifying status, which guarantees the conference champion to a Bowl Championship Series game, the athletic department would suffer tremendously.

How can any school recruit top high school athletes with little chance of appearing in a BCS game? The best players want to play at the best schools – and the best schools play in BCS games.

WVU has great leverage since the Big East allowed

Texas Christian University to leave the conference without staying for the 27 months – TCU’s only requirement was to pay the $5 million exit fee.

Since the Big East has not protected the interests of WVU, there is no reason for WVU to stay for the 27 months.

In a contract, both sides must uphold their part of the bargain – and the Big East has not. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

Americans’ convenience will affect jobs of tomorrow doug walp columnist

The evolution of technology has been one of the roots of America’s rise to a global superpower since the dawn of the Industrial Revolution.

It has enhanced living conditions in most corners of the world and continually allows varying global societies to expand and accomplish the previously unachievable.

But recently, technology has enveloped so many differentiating sectors in our society that many people are beginning to pin some of the blame for the nation’s unemployment rate on technological advances.

Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee, researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and two of the most renowned experts in the field, are just two of numerous individuals that believe this to be true.

“Many workers, in short, are losing the race against the machine,” writes Brynjolfsson and McAfee in their newly released e-book “Race Against the Machine,” which highlights what they believe to be a radical progression to a society completely infiltrated by technological automation.

It may sound like a quote right out of a Terminator movie, but unfortunately for many Americans, this statement may be closer to truth than hyperbole in the not too distant future.

As mentioned, technology has been rapidly expanding for more than two centuries across the world, but it seems that only recently its advances have begun to be viewed as a serious threat to displacing potentially hundreds of thousands of service jobs in our society.

Part of this newfound awareness is undoubtedly due to the mutual economic stresses our country and other global entities have had to endure recently; economic strain always leads to a more acute focus when it comes to designating accountability, so it’s

Woman using a self-checkout machine at a grocery store. likely that if the economy was on a different planet for the functioning more efficiently, last 5-10 years, you’ve unthan this issue may even be doubtedly observed America’s overlooked entirely. ever-growing obsession with This would be a monumen- new methods of convenience.

Self-checkout lines at grotal mistake.

Historically, some have cery stores, automated termiindeed blamed the expan- nals to order food at gas stasion of technology for taking tions – there’s even a robot that many industrial jobs. Auto- fills up the drinks in the drivemated machines have been thrus of most fast food restauimplemented in many fac- rants – and more than likely, tories to leverage industrial this is only the beginning.

In many cases, our society manufacturing and increase efficiency and productivity thrives off of small technologexponentially. ical innovations like these that However, this only repre- allow less human interaction sents a small percentage of and more efficiency – and uninstances in where machines fortunately many service jobs have and will be literally re- are likely not too far from beplacing human labor. ing completely overtaken by Unless you’ve been living automation.

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This is certainly not an insinuation to the ease of the service professions in this country; the people who perform these jobs do so with an incredible amount of integrity and dedication.

My claim is more a testament to the inconceivable capabilities of technology that have been developed to perform such duties in this modern age.

Again, when you really stop and consider it, we have only begun to scratch the surface when it comes to implementing these technologies. But can you really doubt that when the programming and mechanization become refined and readily available enough that

the exploitative corporations will hesitate to use cheaper, more efficient labor at every possible turn?

And while it’s comforting to think or say that such a rapid development couldn’t happen overnight, automation is evolving so quickly and successfully that it may very well seem that way.

Bipartisan politicians are still deadlocked about what to do with the current unemployment “crisis,” so it makes it unfathomable to contemplate what inflating the unemployment rate that much more would do to their negotiations and ultimately our nation’s status quo.

There is no clear answer,

(that’s really the only certainty right now) because we can’t simply decide to stop developing technology; our continual progression as a nation has, and will forever, be dependent on it to at least some degree.

So in order to regain and sustain our country’s economic proficiency, we must begin to anticipate what such a monumental shift in the labor force would mean for the overall employment and economic outlook for this nation.

Because, as the authors of “Race Against the Machine” told Steve Lohr of the New York Times, “The key to winning the race is not to compete against machines, but to compete with machines.”

Help the community improve through crime prevention sgt. peggy runyon & Sgt. kenny main University Police Department

In keeping with the University Police Department’s philosophy, we want to encourage everyone to take an active approach to crime prevention. Unfortunately, many people simply choose not to embrace the concept of crime prevention, or simply do not believe they could become a victim of crime.

Everyone – regardless of who they are – can become a victim of crime. You must not let yourself be an easy target for criminals.

So what can you do?

The first step is to accept responsibility that crime prevention is not just the job of law enforcement – it’s the job of every community member.

This means that every person

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is responsible for reporting suspicious activity and for taking measures to protect themselves.

Too often we find people who don’t even take simple precautions, such as locking their doors.

The next step is to take the time to get to know your police department and its officers.

Did you know that the UPD has free self-defense classes for females called PROTECT, and we will assist you with protecting your valuables with a program called Operation ID? The department has many other free programs and an arsenal of information at its disposal for people to use. Additionally, most people don’t take the time to talk to their police officers.

Officers are not mean people, and although sometimes we may be busy, we always enjoy meeting and interacting with members of our community.

Another important issue

with crime prevention is crime reporting.

Accurate crime reporting assists us in determining how to combat and prevent future crimes, but most people choose not to file police reports after they fall victim to a crime.

Not only are the crime statistics an important issue, but by filing a police report – especially in a timely manner – you may actually be able to assist the police in apprehending someone who has possibly victimized or will victimize other people.

Also, most people don’t realize there is a plethora of resources available to victims of crime, including financial assistance for medical bills or assistance in obtaining counseling if needed.

We did our part – now we need you to help! The law enforcement community cannot successfully combat crime without you, but together the possibilities of what can be done

– through strong partnerships and teamwork – is limitless.

Don’t allow crime to occur in our community.

You can start by following these tips: zz Be aware of your surroundings and report crimes in progress or suspicious activity by calling 911 or 304-293-COPS. zz Lock your dorm/residence door at all times, even when you are in your room or only away for a moment. zz Lock your vehicle at all times, even while you are driving, but especially when you leave it parked. Do not leave valuables (GPS systems, DVD players, etc.) in plain sight. zz Travel in well-lit areas with groups of friends. zz Write down the serial number of all electronics /valuables and store it in a safe place.

Participate in OPERATION ID. zz Be aware of the criminal activity in your community by keeping up with crime stats

(available on the police department’s website). zz Don’t engage other people in physical or verbal confrontations unless you are unable to get away. You should first try to escape from the situation. zz Use common courtesy as it eases tension in situations that have the potential to turn violent. If you see a fight developing, call 911. zz Report safety hazards (overgrown bushes) or inadequate lighting to campus police or Facilities Management. zz Do not flash large amounts of cash, and do not allow people to hover around you at the ATM. zz Do not give out personal information over the phone or on unsecured internet sites. zz Visit the UPD Website (http://www.police.wvu.edu) to educate yourself on what the police department has to offer.

What is suspicious activity? zz Anyone forcibly entering a

car, home or building. zz Someone hiding in the bushes as people or cars pass by. zz Someone running from a home or business under unusual circumstances. zz Someone carrying a weapon while on campus or in an inappropriate manner off campus. zz Anyone ringing your doorbell or knocking on your door without a reasonable explanation for doing so. zz Strange vehicles parked in your area. zz A clean vehicle with dirty or damaged plates. zz Any activity or event you observe that makes you feel uncomfortable is suspicious!

Always obey your intuitive sense when something is suspicious. If you are not sure about calling law enforcement, call anyway – we would rather be called and not be needed than needed and not be called.

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THE WEEK AHEAD TODAY NOVEMBER 1

THE WVU CHAPTER OF THE NATIONAL COMMUNITY PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATION is hosting an educational event to register potential donors for a bone marrow drive. The education session will take place from noon to 1 p.m. on in the Fukushima Auditorium at the WVU Health Sciences Center.

For more information, call 304293-7192 or email adnewton@ hsc.wvu.edu.

WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 2

THE WVU DAVIS COLLEGE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER presents “Common Reed Invasion into Chesapeake Bay Tidal Wetlands” from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. in 334 Percival Hall. The presentation is part of the fall seminar series and is free and open to the public.

For more information, call 304-293-3825 or email jim. anderson@mail.wvu.edu.

THURSDAY NOVEMBER 3

A DOCTORAL RECITAL on the piano by Yana Tyulkova takes place at 6 p.m. in the Bloch Learning and Performance Hall of the Creative Arts Center. For more information, call 304293-4359 or email charlene. lattea@mail.wvu.edu.

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 4

THE PNC PRACTICUM PROGRAM – ECONOMIC SEMINAR SERIES presents Olena Kostyshyna of Portland State University. It will be held in room 441 of the Business & Economics Building from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, email william. trumbull@mail.wvu.edu.

EVERY TUESDAY

THE INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ORGANIZATION meets at 8:30 p.m. at the International House at 544 Spruce St. For more information, call 304-777-7709.

MOUNTAINEERS FOR CHRIST, a Christian student organization, hosts free supper and Bible study at its Christian Student Center. Supper is at 8:15 p.m., and Bible study begins at 9 p.m. All students are welcome. For more information, call 304-599-6151 or visit www.mountaineersforchrist.org.

SIERRA STUDENT COALITION meets at 7 p.m. in the Blackwater Room of the Mountainlair. The group is a grassroots environmental organization striving for tangible change in our campus and community. For more information, email Kayla at kmedina2@mix.wvu.edu.

ECUMENICAL BIBLE STUDY AND CHARISMATIC PRAYER MEETING is held at 7 p.m. at the Potters Cellar of Newman Hall. All are welcome.

For more information, call 304-2880817 or 304-879-5752.

MCM is hosted at 7:30 p.m. in the Campus Ministry Center at 293 Willey St. All are welcome.

BCM meets at 8:30 p.m. at the First Baptist Church on High Street.

THE CARRUTH CENTER offers a grief support group for students struggling from a significant personal loss from 5:30 p.m. until 7 p.m. on the third floor of the Student Services Building.

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

AMIZADE has representatives in the commons area of the Mountainlair from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. to answer questions for those interested in studying abroad.

WVU WOMEN’S ULTIMATE FRISBEE meets from 10 p.m. to midnight at the Shell Building. No experience is necessary. For more information, email Sarah Lemanski at sarah_lemanski@yahoo.com.

BRING YOUR OWN BIBLE STUDY AND PIZZA NIGHT is at 6 p.m. in Newman Hall.

WVU SWING DANCE CLUB will meet at 7:45 p.m. in Multipurpose Room A of the Student Recreation Center. No partner needed. Advanced and beginners are welcome.

For more information, email wvuswingdance@gmail.com.

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WELLNESS PROGRAMS on topics such as drinkWELL, loveWELL, chillWELL and more are provided for interested student groups, organizations or classes by WELLWVU: Wellness and Health Promotion. For more information, visit www.well. wvu.edu/wellness.

WELLWVU: STUDENT HEALTH is paid for by tuition and fees and is confidential. For appointments or more information, call 304-2932311 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. To find a meeting, visit www.aawv.org. For those who need help urgently, call 304-291-7918.

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.

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

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.

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

BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS, a United Way agency, is looking for volunteers to become Big Brothers and Big Sisters in its one-onone community-based and schoolbased mentoring programs. To volunteer, contact Sylvia at 304983-2823, ext. 104 or email 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 organi-

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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.

zations to provide dinner for 20 to 40 Family House guests. For more information, call 304-598-6094 or email rfh@wvuh.com.

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

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

THE CONDOM CARAVAN is held in the Mountainlair from noon to 2 p.m. every Tuesday. The caravan sells condoms for 25 cents each or five for $1.00.

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, visit www.m-snap.org.

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

THE CHEMISTRY LEARNING CENTER, located on the ground floor of the Chemistry Research Laboratories, is open Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Monday through Wednesday.

FREE STUDENT SUCCESS SUPPORT, presented by the WVU Office of Retention and Research, helps students improve on time management, note taking reading and study skills as well as get help with the transition to WVU. Free dropin tutoring is also available every night of the week in different locations. For more information, visit http://retention.wvu.edu or call 304-293-5811.

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.

COMMUNITY NEWCOMERS CLUB is a group organized to allow new residents of the Morgantown area an opportunity to gather socially and assimilate into their new home community. For more information, visit morgantownnewcomers.com.

NEW GROUP THERAPY OPPORTUNITIES are available for free at the WELLWVU: Carruth Center for Psychological and Psychiatric Services. The groups include: Get More Out of Life, Understanding Self and Others, Insomnia Group, A Place for You, Sexual Assault Survivors Group, Adult Children of Dysfunctional Parents and Transfer Students: Get Started on the Right Foot. For more information call 304-293-4431 or email tandy.mcclung@mail.wvu. edu.

HOROSCOPES

BY JACQUELINE BIGAR

Let your mind wander.

BORN TODAY You discover the power of popularity this year. Many people gravitate toward you. If you are single, you could meet someone who will be significant to your life’s history. If you are attached, be careful not to make your sweetie jealous. You seem to have a way with words and a twinkle in your eye that encourages others to go along with you.

Use care with spending, as you could go overboard. Your home life soars to the top of your priorities. AQUARIUS can be so boring.

CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22) HHHH Others seem to be consumed by their thoughts. You might not be sure which way to go with a personal matter. Laughter goes far with an associate, and both of you can relax. Let others make the decision. Do your thing. Tonight: Visit over dinner.

ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19) HHHH You push hard to finish your to-do list, but by late afternoon, others become more important. A meeting allows you to visualize your goals and see others’ support. What starts out as a relatively stern get-together loosens up. Tonight: Just don’t be alone.

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20) HHHHH Your ability to gain a total picture proves to be very helpful. Your understanding of what is happening with a partner comes through. This person’s words have unusual meaning. Grab the pedestal in the p.m. and let others know what you want too. Tonight: a force to be dealt with.

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20) HHHH A partner plays a role in your thoughts and actions. How you handle a person and the choices you make could affect this relationship, but that might not be news.

Make calls, find an expert or two, but test out an idea before acting on it. Tonight:

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22) HHHH Remain nurturing and direct. You will accomplish a lot, though you’ll want to push people-type activities to the late afternoon.

Someone clearly enjoys flirting with you.

The unexpected wings through your door (or your phone or computer). Tonight: Dance the night away.

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22) HHHH Creativity helps you walk in another person’s shoes. What might be a casual introduction could evolve into more, if you wish. Do check out an investment. Concerns involving your personal or domestic life need to be assuaged. Tonight: exercise time.

LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22) HHH Family and/or a domestic matter dominates your thoughts. Your ability to hop through problems marks nearly anything you do. A child or friend depends on this quality. Be willing to help another person learn or understand your resilience.

Tonight: Be playful.

SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21) HHHH Keep talks moving, and refuse to get into unnecessary details. The smart move is to bypass gossip if you have any intention of

completing your work. Touch base with a family member later today. You have an awful lot to discuss. Tonight: at home.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21) HHHH Be careful with a tendency to spend too much or go to extremes. You might not always be comfortable with what happens. Be open and direct. Laughter marks your interaction with a sibling, neighbor or close friend. Tonight: Let the good times roll.

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19) HHHH You are in your element this morning.

Though you might feel a little drained by a boss or responsibility, you bounce back well. Don’t overthink a money matter. Listen to your intuition, but keep risk minimal. Call a loved one in the evening.

Tonight: Splurge a little.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18) HHH You might be out of sorts, but that mood won’t last long. By the end of the afternoon, you are energized, running around accomplishing more than you thought possible. Make plans before you leave work. Tonight: The world is your oyster.

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20) HHHH Use the daylight hours to accomplish as much as possible. Your sense of humor comes out when dealing with a child or loved one. Meetings are unusually beneficial. Schedule an important meeting for the end of the day. Get to the bottom of an issue. Tonight: thinking time.

BORN TODAY Boxer Max Rosenbloom (1907), singer Lyle Lovett (1957), actor Penn Badgley (1986)

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ACROSS 1 Held, as a protest 7 Beggar’s request 11 T-shirt sizes, for short 14 Bow user 15 Homebuyer’s request 16 “Bali __” 17 “Great” Russian emperor 18 Missing someone special 20 Modern recording device 22 “Now, listen to me ...”

23 Start of a fictional sea shanty 27 Flair 28 “Was __ forward?”

29 Have on 30 Enjoys the shallows 31 Duke U.’s conference 32 Jib or spinnaker 33 Flab 34 ‘80s-’90s ABC drama 40 Time workers, briefly 41 Topsoil 42 Not worth a __ 43 Doorposts 46 Male swine 47 Poetic black 48 Layer between the sclera and retina 49 Quick nap 51 Interrupt 53 Adam’s second 54 Competitive look 56 Black Sea port 60 Before, in an ode 61 Country south of Iran 62 Discrimination based on years 63 Damascus is its cap.

64 Divisions in 65-Across 65 Where one hears the starts of 18-, 23-, 34-, 49- and 54-Across DOWN 1 Oozy tree output 2 Italian trio 3 Performance 4 Inner city area 5 Weird 6 Garage entrances 7 More than most 8 Not so tight 9 Expert

10 Bygone knife 11 Protection against spears 12 Gordon of “Oklahoma!” (1955) 13 Notes similarities (to) 19 Blade cover 21 “__ the loneliest number”: old song lyric 23 Italian automaker 24 Skin irritation 25 Centers of attention 26 Unpleasant smell 30 Measure of power 32 Conventions, for short 33 Interisland transport 35 Dealer’s incentive 36 Sporty Mazda 37 Literary ID 38 Barnes & Noble e-book reader 39 Six-shooters 43 Court figures 44 Zoo section 45 German physician from whose name a spellbinding word evolved

46 Black-spotted feline 47 Brennan of “Private Benjamin” 49 Oil holder 50 Golfer’s lofted iron 52 Sci-fi subjects 55 One-point Scrabble letters 57 It can be carnal or cardinal 58 Govt. assistance program 59 Trans __: certain Pontiacs

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He hears things That others don‛t Or maybe it‛s just things That others won‛t

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Pianist to perform, deliver master class

by Rebecca Lebherz

Schedule:

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Olivier Cave will give a master class today from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

World-renowned pianist Cave will perform Wednesday at 8:15 p.m.

Olivier Cave is visiting West Both events are in the Bloch Learning and Virginia University this week Performance Hall at the CAC. to present a master class today from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. and can always learn from new to perform a recital Wednes- approaches and from hearing day at 8:15 p.m., both in the new repertoire,” Amstutz said.

The four piano students Bloch Learning and Performance Hall of the Creative who have the opportunity to Arts Center. participate in the class today Cave earned his diploma are Arthur Novaes de Amorim, with honors and a special prize Zhiwei “Vivi” Zheng, Jenat the Lausanne Conservatory. nifer Livingston and Sheila He also studied piano at the Barnhart.

They will play Ludwig van Conservatory at Sion and the Beethoven, Maurice Ravel, Fiesole School of Music.

He has played as a soloist Johann Sebastian Bach and in the Dusseldorf Symphony Frederic Chopin respectively, Orchestra, the London Solo- for Cave who will offer suggesists Chamber Orchestra, the tions and comments.

Amstutz said the master Galileo Galilei Orchestra of Fiesole, the Zurich Chamber class will essentially be a pubOrchestra and the Lausanne lic individual lesson for each Chamber Orchestra. participant, and it will be of inPeter Amstutz, professor of terest to anyone who plays pipiano at WVU, said a represen- ano regardless of their major. tative from the Italian Cultural In 2000, Cave was a finalist Institute in Washington, D.C., in the Clara Schumann Comasked if Cave could play a re- petition in Dusseldorf. In 2002, cital at WVU as part of his east- he performed in a special seern U.S. concert tour. ries in honor of Maria Tipo’s “We are always glad to pro- 70th birthday on a RAI radio vide opportunities like this for broadcast. our students, because they Cave released his first re-

cording, “Reflections,” in 2004

by Deutsche Grammaphon.

His second recording was released on the aeon label in 2010 and received praise, including the highest award from the Japanese magazine Geijutsu.

Cave’s concert tour will feature Italian piano music.

“This recital is a voyage through the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries and showcases pieces by Italian composers whose influence has been vital to the development of a most extraordinary instrument,” according to a release.

The program includes pieces by Johann Sebastian Bach, Antonio Vivaldi, Lodovico Giustini da Pistoia, Domenica Scarlatti, Ferruccio Bosoni, Luigi Dallapiccola, Alessandro Scarlatti and Muzio Clementi.

“The recital, which is a fascinating survey of Italian keyboard music over the centuries, should be very worthwhile for anyone with an interest in good music,” Amstutz said.

Both events are free and open to the public. wvutoday

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World-renowned pianist Olivier Cave will deliver both a master class and a recital at the West Virginia University Creative Arts Center.

‘Footloose,’ remake entertains, stays faithful to original film hunter homistek A&E writer

In a medium populated by ho-hum re-creations, the remake of the 1984 classic film “Footloose” is highly entertaining, but it does little to separate itself from the mediocrity of other remakes.

“Footloose” tells the story of Ren McCormack (Kenny Wormald), a city boy who moves to the epicenter of coun-

try living Bomont, Ga. McCormack is a rebel through and through – he likes driving fast, blaring loud music, and … dancing.

Such is the strange and uptight nature of Bomont - a town where the church is the law and all city matters are decided by a group of uptight traditionalists who are happy to take away the freedoms of the town’s teenage population.

Amongst these council members is Reverend Shaw Moore (Dennis Quaid), a conservative preacher who, despite

delivering powerful and moving sermons on Sundays, has a world of trouble to face at home Monday through Saturday.

Reverend Moore has to deal with an increasingly rebellious daughter, Ariel (Julianne Hough), while trying to cope with the loss of his son, who was killed in a tragic car accident.

This car accident is the driving force behind all of Bomont’s strict regulations on teenage expression. In the wake of his son’s deah, Reverend Moore goes on to pass laws establish-

You’ll be Jumping for Joy!

ing curfews, stifling hangouts, and, worst of all, forbidding dancing. All in the hopes of creating a safer atmosphere for the town’s adolescents.

In the years following the accident, the teenagers of Bomont reluctantly accept these regulations and deal with the everyday inconveniences they bring.

That all changes when McCormack, a rebel from Boston, comes to town.

McCormack brings with him a fiery, motivated attitude, and he simply cannot be told what to do. He immediately makes friends in Bomont and organizes a group of students in hopes of restructuring the law to legalize their freedom of expression.

Success does not come easily

though, and McCormack must face the town’s powerful leaders en route to his goal.

The story of “Footloose” is, in this way, one of hardships and struggles. Can the new kid on the block reshape a town’s established legal system, or will he fail like those before him?

“Footloose” contains enough drama, action and funny oneliners to keep viewers entertained for its duration, but I was disappointed with how closely it followed the original screenplay.

The point of remakes in film, much like covers in music, is to take the material you find inspiring, reshape it and add your own artistic twist.

“Footloose” doesn’t do this though - it is instead a nearly

exact replication of the 1984 film, and for this reason, it missed out on a chance to improve upon an already legendary piece of cinema.

Overall, the 2011 “Footloose” is an entertaining makeover of Dean Pitchford’s original creation, but because it is such a strict retelling of the original story, the film may be a little stale for those who have seen the original.

Nonetheless, it was funny and well-acted, and for that it will forever have its place among the plethora of other decidedly average but well-done remakes before it.

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O’Reilly’s current hit is his first work of history, “Killing Lincoln,” which topped The New York Times nonfiction hardcover list this fall and has sold nearly 1 million copies, Holt said.

Stephen Rubin, Holt’s president and publisher, said O’Reilly planned a series of books on presidents “very much in keeping” with “Killing Lincoln.”

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O’Reilly’s previous releases include “Pinheads and Patriots,” “Culture Warrior” and the memoir “A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity.”

The “O’Reilly Factor” star’s latest deal continues his longtime publishing partnership with Rubin, who first worked with O’Reilly at Broadway Books, then brought him over when he joined Holt in 2009.

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PERFECT TIMING

Junior midfielder Caroline Szwed dribbles at a defender during a game against Connecticut last season. Szwed scored her first goal of the 2011 season against Seton Hall in the first round of the Big East Tournament Sunday.

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Junior midfielder Caroline Szwed scores first goal of season in Big East quarterfinals by robert kreis sports writer

It took the entire regular season, but junior midfielder Caroline Szwed finally put the ball in the back of the net during West Virginia’s opening game of the Big East Conference Tournament against Seton Hall Sunday.

Szwed was one of five Mountaineers to score against the Pirates.

“Anything I can do to help the team is great,” Szwed said. “(Scoring) felt really good.”

Szwed’s goal came in the 65th minute after senior Drea Barklage ripped a shot that was deflected by the Seton Hall goalkeeper. Szwed received the ball eight yards out

and put it in the back of the net.

No one was happier to see Szwed score than West Virginia head coach Nikki Izzo-Brown.

“Szwed has been knocking,” Izzo-Brown said. “Every player wants to score a goal from age six to professionals, so I was excited for Szwed.”

The Mountaineer offense can come from anywhere on the field, and Szwed is looked at as more of a distributor.

“I look to pass balls and keep possession of the play,” Szwed said. “It is not that I don’t want to score; it is just knowing your players and what is better in each situation.”

Now that Szwed has scored, 14 different Mountaineers have tallied a goal this year.

Someone with a passer’s attitude is crucial to West Virginia’s success. Through her midfield position, Szwed acts as a point guard connecting the stingy backline with the midfield and the midfield with the forwards.

Szwed’s passing ability and the fact that the Mountaineers can score from anywhere on the pitch combines for a potent offensive attack in the Big East Conference tournament.

“The one thing about this team is you never know where (the goals) are going to come from,” Izzo-Brown said. “I think it shows the mentality and the execution of what the girls set out to do, and it could be any player at any time.”

Szwed knows the advan-

tage the Mountaineers have with anyone scoring from anywhere, and that kind of depth has West Virginia poised to make a run in the postseason.

“We collectively as a team can finish and do things that put us in a game winning situation,” Szwed said.

West Virginia will battle Georgetown for the second time this season Friday at 5:30 in the quarterfinal round of the Big East Tournament.

“I think Georgetown is a very good team,” Szwed said.

“They have very special players that we need to be careful for, but in saying that, I do believe that our team is very good as well.” brooke cassidy/the daily athenaeum

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Szwed, No. 8, celebrates after scoring her first goal of the season against Seton Hall.

The best West Virginia program football WVU focused despite distractions you’ve never heard of alex sims sports WRITER

Pop quiz: Which one of West Virginia’s 16 athletic programs has seen the most success?

Football, you say? Try again.

Men’s basketball? Nice guess, but no.

Alright, alright, I’ll just tell you. The correct answer? Rifle – by a long shot.

In fact, rifle is the only program at WVU to win a national championship.

Actually, they have won 14 of them.

That’s right – not one, not two, but 14 national titles.

Titles one through 13 all came in a 16-year span between 1983 and 1998. Title No. 14 came in 2009, as the first and, so far only, title won by current head coach Jon Hammond.

I’m sure you are wondering what happened to the WVU rifle dynasty during that 10year drought between titles.

After finishing in either first or second place in the first 18 years of the NCAA’s rifle existence, the program was cut in 2003 by former athletic director Ed Pastilong.

Then, thanks to a lot of outcry from WVU rifle fans resulting in some public funding, the West Virginia rifle program was reinstated in 2004.

After the cutting controversy, the historic program adopted a “Restore the Glory” slogan and set its sights on a

14th national title and beyond.

While one year may seem relatively insignificant, make no mistake that the program was crippled by its cutting and struggled for a few years after.

Even former head coach Marsha Beasley struggled with the overwhelming task of bringing WVU back to its glory days, during which she coached it to eight national titles.

Now, with Hammond in his sixth season as head coach, it is becoming clear that he has this program back to where it once was.

Historically, there is no argument – West Virginia has been the best program in NCAA rifle.

WVU’s 14 titles are more than any other school in collegiate rifle. (Alaska-Fairbanks is second with ten titles.)

In the early years of NCAA rifle, the Mountaineers dominated the sport—and it was glorious.

Having the program cut, however, was far from glorious, and certainly was not an easy obstacle to overcome.

But in 2007, his first year taking over for Beasley, Hammond coached the Mountaineers to their first winning season since the cutting of the program.

The very next year, WVU returned to the NCAA championships, and it has been back every season since.

In his first five years at West Virginia, Hammond has coached 35 National Rifle Association all-Americans, 29 members of the National Rifle Coaches Association all-aca-

demic honor roll, WVU’s first individual national champion since 1997, two Great American Rifle Conference titles, and, of course, that coveted 14th national title in 2009.

WVU finished in third place nationally in 2010, and as last year’s runner-up to Kentucky by only a three point margin.

Nicco Campriani even won the individual air rifle NCAA title in the second place team effort.

This season, the Mountaineers are ranked No. 1, saw a perfect score in air rifle and the tying of an NCAA record in smallbore by Petra Zublasing, and are out to an excellent 6-0 start.

And that is only on paper.

If you really want to know the state of the WVU rifle program, just ask Hammond and his team about their goals for the season.

They will probably not even say “to win a national title.”

This is not because they do not expect to win a national title: They will not mention it because they do not need to.

They will not say it because it goes without saying – every single season until it is obtained – that this program is in the hunt for national title No. 15.

Then it will be on to the next one.

How many programs in any NCAA sport can honestly make that claim?

No matter the actual number, you can bet that every one of those programs is unquestionably glorious. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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West Virginia senior defensive linemen Julian Miller, left, and Bruce Irvin celebrate after Miller’s sack against Rutgers Saturday.

by cody schuler sports writer

Despite a week of preparation for the Rutgers game, there was one element of Saturday’s contest that West Virginia head coach Dana Holgorsen couldn’t spend any time preparing his team for – the weather.

“You can’t prepare for (the weather). You just have to deal with it,” he said. “I’m proud of the way everyone dealt with it. No one really complained about it.

“It could have been a distraction if we allowed it to be a distraction, (but) we didn’t. We fought through it, which I was proud of the guys for that.”

While most players were impacted in a negative way by the poor conditions, Holgorsen thought junior running back Shawne Alston actually benefited from them.

“(Alston) played well, and he played hard,” he said. “He was the fastest guy on the football field, but I think the conditions set him up. Where it slowed everyone down, it sped him up for whatever reason.”

Holgorsen wasn’t surprised that Alston had his most productive game to date, noting that it was something he has seen developing over the past couple of weeks.

“It was his best game by far,” he said. “He has been getting better over the last couple of weeks. He has played well.

There is a reason we named him a captain last week prior to the game, and then he went in and played like one.”

After giving up 31 points during the first half, the West Virginia defense came out and didn’t allow any scoring in the second half. For Holgorsen, the key to developing a successful

defense is to establish a sense of consistency.

“We are an inconsistent football team right now,” he said.

“We are still learning to play together, which the second half of that game last night was about playing together on all three sides of the ball. That’s what we are trying to get to.”

“Your goal is to get better, and try to get there toward the end of the season. Hopefully, what we saw in the second half there is something we can build on, and again, try and reach that as much as we can throughout the whole course leading up to the last game of the year,” he said.

While Holgorsen did see improvements in all aspects from the Syracuse game, he stressed the importance of continuing to display those corrections on

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swimming

Mountaineers confident despite Cardinals’ La Russa retires after third World Series victory loss in first meet of season by robert kreis sports writer

The West Virginia women’s swimming and diving team took on the Dukes of James Madison University Saturday in its first women-only meet of the season.

The Mountaineers kept it close, but eventually lost 156-144.

Despite the loss, West Virginia head coach Vic Riggs was happy with his ladies’ overall performance in the meet.

“We had some girls that stepped up really well. We had some really strong events,” Riggs said. “I think overall, we swam well. We are really tired right now in the middle of hard training.”

In this young swim season, Riggs is waiting for his team to make the transition from practice to swim meets.

Junior Rachel Burnett continued her impressive start to the season winning all of her events in the meet. Burnett finished first in the 200 free (1:50.63), the 100 free (52.38) and the 500 free (4:56.46).

Junior Mandie Nugent was another Mountaineer who performed admirably in the loss to James Madison. Like Burnett, Nugent was victorious in all her races, taking first in the 1000 free (10:14.12), the 200 fly (2:04.24) and the 100 fly (56.57).

Riggs was most impressed with his backstroke swimmers at the meet. West Virginia was able to win every backstroke event against James Madison.

Freshman Tiera Butkus finished first in the 100 back (59.55). Butkus also finished second in the 200 back (2:05.20) to sophomore Danielle Smith (2:05.20) who took first in the event.

“Our backstroke swam well across the board,” Riggs said.

Butkus, Nugent and Burnett teamed up with junior Breanna McCann, posting a second place finish in the 200 free relay to close out the meet.

Riggs wanted to use the opportunity to showcase his women’s team.

“It is an opportunity for our women to get recog-

nized,” Riggs said.

Although the meet put the women in the spotlight, it may have come at a disadvantage to the Mountaineers.

“It is a much faster meet,” Riggs said. “I would not say it threw the rhythm off, but we had some girls that had to (swim) back to back events (which) absolutely was difficult.”

Although Riggs did not get the outcome he was looking for, he is confident his team is headed in the right direction.

“We are going to continue to work hard and prepare for the Big East and NCAA championships,” he said.

The 2011-2012 swim season is young for the West Virginia women’s swimming and diving team. Although they have suffered defeat in their last two meets, it is all in preparation for the future.

“We will race well, we always do that.” Riggs said.

“Our focus is on getting better and better meet to meet, and ( we will) culminate that into having our best meet at the end of our season.” dasports@mail.wvu.edu

rowing

WVU places in top 20 before weather ends race early at Head of Schuykill by amit batra sports writer

The West Virginia rowing team traveled to Philadelphia, Pa., in hopes of another strong outing following two first place finishes at the Head of Schuykill Regatta.

The WVU rowing team had three women’s open fours place within the top 20 of 38 crews before racing was canceled due to weather conditions.

The Varsity 4+ “A” crew matched last year’s outcome, crossing the finish line of the 2.5 mile course in 15.51.76 with a fifth place re-

sult. The team consisted of Hilary Meale, Shannon Gribbons, Courtney Schrand, Rachelle Puych, and Morgan Leach.

The “C” crew, consisting of Dankia Rencken, Jessica Hurlbert, Christina Mehrtens, Karen Verwey, and Ellen Shular followed with a 16.43.34 finish, coming in 18th, while the “B” crew of Brittany Doss, Amanda Hirsch, Kelly Kramer, Mollie Rosen, and Sarah Cartwright finished the race with a time of 16.58.34.

The weather conditions were poor throughout the day for the Mountaineers.

Two crews slated to com-

pete in the women’s championship event were unable to compete due to the weather conditions.

“All three crews did a good job of not letting the weather become an issue,” said coach Jimmy King. “I think our expectations were higher than our results, but we are still in the process of learning to race aggressively during the fall racing season.”

West Virginia will return to action Saturday, Nov. 5, to compete for the Head of the Occoquan on the Occoquan River in Fairfax Station, Va. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

Sullinger unanimous first in Men’s AP Poll (AP)— Jordan Taylor is in a class by himself on The Associated Press’ preseason All-America team.

The guard from Wisconsin was the only senior on the team Monday. He was joined by four sophomores, including Ohio State’s Jared Sullinger, a unanimous pick of the 65-member national media panel.

Harrison Barnes of North Carolina, Terrence Jones of Kentucky and Jeremy Lamb of Connecticut were the other sophomores.

The 6-foot-1 Taylor averaged 18.1 points and 4.7 assists last season in leading the Badgers to a 25-9 record, third place in the Big Ten and their 13th straight NCAA tournament appearance. He received 51 votes.

“I just hope he doesn’t think he has to score 40 a game this year,” coach Bo Ryan said. “I think we’re going to be in trouble if he does.

He doesn’t. He wants to be even more consistent. He wants to be more inclusive with his team-

mates, maybe in transition. There are different things we’re looking at in trying to get done with a different-sized team maybe on the floor.”

The 6-9 Sullinger was one of the players who decided to pass on the NBA draft. His coach said an impending lockout had nothing to do with him returning.

“He knew what he was going to do from the time he got to Ohio State in the summer,” Buckeyes coach Thad Matta said.

“When he told me he was coming back, I said, ‘Are you sure? Let’s talk about this.’ I want what’s best for our players. He said, ‘No, there’s no need to do it, I’m coming back.’”

His return has Ohio State at No. 3 in the AP preseason Top 25, behind two schools also featuring the return of a star.

North Carolina was a runaway choice for No. 1, and Barnes was second to Sullinger in the voting with 63. The Tar Heels’ en-

tire front line is back after thinking about entering the draft.

The 6-8 Barnes was the first freshman selected to the preseason team, which started before the 1986-87 season. Many felt there was too much pressure on Barnes as the season started, and he did start to play more consistently once conference play began.

“Coming into last year, there was a lot of expectations, but we didn’t know what to expect and we didn’t know how things went,” said Barnes, who averaged 15.7 points and 5.8 rebounds for an inexperienced North Carolina team.

“There wasn’t really anybody we could talk to on the team who had been through that. ... I think this year we kind of know what to expect. We’re not looking at it as championship or bust. We’re looking at it as go out and play the best basketball we can.”

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Three days afer winning the World Series, St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa announces his retirement from baseball.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Tony La Russa retired as manager of the St. Louis Cardinals on Monday, three days after winning a dramatic, seven-game World Series against the Texas Rangers.

“I think this just feels like it’s time to end it,” the 67-year-old La Russa said at a news conference at Busch Stadium.

The World Series win over Texas was the third of La Russa’s 33-year career. The manager guided the Cardinals to the championship despite being 10 1/2 games behind Atlanta on Aug. 25 for the final playoff spot in the National League.

La Russa retires third on the all-time wins list, 35 behind second-place John McGraw. In addition to this season, he won titles in Oakland in 1989 and St. Louis in 2006. He is the first manager to retire immediately after his club won the World Series, according to STATS LLC. “Other than some of the personal attachments, I feel good,” La Russa said. “I feel good that this is the right decision.”

La Russa said there wasn’t a single factor that led to his decision, but he began having doubts about returning for 2012 midway through the season. In late August he told general manager John Mozeliak and other team officials.

La Russa said the timing of those discussions — about the time the Cardinals appeared to be out of wild card contention before their miraculous run — was pure coincidence. He said he simply felt it was time to go, a feeling that didn’t change even as the Cardinals squeaked into the playoffs on the final day of the season, then upset the Phillies, Brewers and Rangers.

He spoke with little emotion at the news conference with one exception, when he paused to compose himself as he thanked his wife, Elaine, and two daughters for putting up without him over much of the past 33 years. But he did say his meeting with players after Sunday’s parade and celebration was short but emotional.

“Some grown men cried,” La Russa said, then he joked, “I kind of liked that because they made me cry a few times.”

Mozeliak said work is under way to find a new manager for the first time since La Russa was

hired prior to the 1996 season. A search committee will be formed.

Mozeliak did not speculate on how long the process might take.

La Russa answered flatly, “No,” when asked if he’ll ever manage again. He also said he had no plans to be a general manager, but said he is open to some sort of baseball job in the future.

“Maybe open a book store,” he said.

Chris Carpenter, who won four times in the postseason, including the decisive Game 7, said La Russa gathered the team together in the weight room moments after Sunday’s celebration at the stadium, along with Mozeliak and principal owner Bill DeWitt Jr..

He spoke about how proud he was of the team’s championship run, “and then he said that he was done,” Carpenter said. “Everybody was surprised, shocked. I think every single guy in there was emotional and gave big old hugs on the way out.”

Carpenter said the behind-thescenes La Russa is different than the public persona — including a great sense of humor. But he lauded La Russa for always having his team play at its highest possible level.

“I’m not sure there are a lot of people that can match the preparation, the dedication and the ability to put it all together,” he said.

Mozeliak said the team will have a “long list” of candidates for a job that will likely be considered among the best in baseball given the strong returning team — whether or not Albert Pujols decides to come back — and based on the strong fan support in St. Louis.

“There’s going to be a lot of names that we’ll consider,” Mozeliak said. “We want to do our due diligence. We want to be smart.”

DeWitt said replacing La Russa will be a tall task.

“We’re not going to find a Tony La Russa out there, given his career and what he’s accomplished, what he’s meant to the Cardinals,” DeWitt said. “We’re in a pretty good situation for the future. But it’ll be different, no question about it.”

La Russa’s decision leaves the future of his coaching staff up in the air. Mozeliak said the new manager will be given autonomy

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to hire his own staff or retain some or all of La Russa’s. Asked about pitching coach Dave Duncan, La Russa’s longtime right-hand man, Mozeliak did note that Duncan is under contract for 2012.

As for Pujols, Mozeliak noted that he has a strong relationship with the only manager he’s ever played for, but doubted it would be a factor in whether the free agent first baseman stays.

“He probably understood that Tony is not going to manage forever,” Mozeliak said.

La Russa was a .199 hitter in a brief major league career. He began as a manager with the Chicago White Sox in 1979. He guided the Oakland A’s to three straight American League pennants in 1988-1990 and the 1989 World Series title over the Giants.

La Russa was hired by the Cardinals in October 1995, soon after the new ownership group purchased the team from Anheuser-Busch. His impact was immediate — the Cardinals won the NL Central and came within a game of going to the World Series in 1996, losing to the Atlanta Braves.

Overall, St. Louis went to the playoffs nine times in La Russa’s 16 seasons, won pennants in 2004, 2006 and this year, and won two championships, over Detroit in 2006 and this season, rallying to win the final two games over Texas, including the memorable Game 6 when the Cardinals trailed five times and were down to their last strike in two innings.

His teams were successful on the field and in the stands — the Cardinals drew 3 million fans in 13 of La Russa’s 16 seasons.

La Russa, who won 2,728 regular-season games, including 1,408 with the Cardinals, said he never considered coming back simply to reach No. 2 on the all-time wins list.

“I’m aware of the history of the game, but I would not be happy with myself if the reason I came back was to move up one spot,” La Russa said.

Washington Nationals manager Davey Johnson said La Russa picked the right time to leave.

“I tip my hat to him. He’s had a great career. What a way to go out,” said Johnson, who at 68 is a year older than La Russa. “If you’re going to retire, that’s the way to go out; a world champion.”

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a weekly basis.

“A lot of the stuff, too, is just because you did something right one week, you may do something wrong the next week,” he said. “There is a lot of constant reinforcement from week to week – you have to do to stay on top of things. “ While Mountaineer Nation spent the week buzzing about West Virginia’s move to the Big 12 Conference, Holgorsen explained that players and coaches alike are concerned only about what happens on the field and preparing for the week’s opponent.

“We were focused on Rutgers last week. We just got done with practice. We didn’t have any Big 12 thoughts, and we didn’t have any next year thoughts,” he said.

“We had a whole bunch of what we have to do to correct some things that happened at Rutgers, and what we have to do to move forward and beat Louisville.”

Sticking with the theme of the season, Holgorsen identified

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West Virginia head coach Dana Holgorsen talks with a player during Saturday’s game at Rutgers. the importance of taking each week one game at a time, stressing the importance of respecting every opponent regardless of record or reputation.

“This year in the Big East, it’s competitive,” he said. “Each week you have to line up and get ready to go.”

“I don’t really know what

Louisville’s record is. It doesn’t really matter. It’s about figuring out who they are, and what their specific schemes are, and what they are going to do, and (practicing) it and (getting) your guys motivated and ready to play,” he said. charles.schuler@mail.wvu.edu

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Alston gets first career 100-yard game vs. Rutgers

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Junior running back Shawne Alston, left, celebrates after his 52-yard touchdown run against Rutgers.

by michael carvelli sports editor

It had been quite some time since West Virginia junior running back Shawne Alston had eclipsed the 100yard mark.

That is a feat which he hadn’t accomplished since he picked up more than 200 yards in the Virginia State Championship Game as a senior in high school.

In Saturday’s win over Rutgers, Alston was able to have the best game of his WVU career, finishing with 110 yards on 14 carries with two touchdowns.

“Shawne Alston came in there and did a great job. He played really well,” said head coach Dana Holgorsen. “I probably should have given him the ball a lot more.”

Since his return from a neck injury prior to West Virginia’s road game against Maryland in September, Alston has provided the WVU running game with some muchneeded versatility.

With fast, young backs like freshmen Dustin Garrison, Vernard Roberts and Andrew Buie, the 5-foot-11inch, 221-pound Alston gives the Mountaineers that power back.

“He is a tough kid, and you know you’re able to hand it to him – and he’s able to grind it out and become kind of a power back,” Holgorsen said.

“He also took the spot of Ryan Clarke and went in there and did a fantastic job blocking in a specific situation. It was his best game by far.”

The conditions Saturday favored Alston over the other quicker backs on WVU’s roster.

With the snow, the Hampton, Va., native was able to use his downhill mentality to help the Mountaineers early and often.

“When the conditions are

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WVU splits over weekend by sebouh majarian

ley also had a good block, and I just ran for daylight.”

But even with his big run, Alston’s coach isn’t ready to enter him in any track competitions just yet.

“He is the slowest running back we have – he hasn’t changed,” Holgorsen said.

“Weather neutralizes everything, and there are a lot of guys that are fast and that slows them down.

“He is the type of player that is able to plow through some of that stuff due to him being a different kind of back.”

Alston was pleased with the way the team was able to fight its way back into the game to

beat Rutgers. It proved a lot about the team.

“We battled adversity,” he said. “When we’re down, we can always come back and fight, and get the victory.”

And it looks like Alston’s big game might just be the beginning of him continuing to play a big role in the Mountaineer offense down the stretch.

“He has been getting better over the last couple a weeks,” Holgorsen said. “There is a reason we named him a captain last week prior to the game, and then he went in and played like one.” james.carvelli@mail.wvu.edu

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Mountaineers place fourth in Big East by ethan rohrbaugh sports writer

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The West Virginia volleyball team proved a lot to themselves even though it split its games this weekend.

The Mountaineers (6-16, 4-7) welcomed two of the top four teams in the conference this weekend.

West Virginia faced no real threat from Syracuse – taking the game in straight sets 25-15, 25-20 and 28-26, before losing its 11th three-set game of the season to the conference-leading Marquette Golden Eagles.

The Mountaineers got off to a slow start and couldn’t regroup as they were swept by Marquette, the only undefeated team in conference play (20-6, 10-0) Sunday 14-25, 2325, 15-25.

The Golden Eagles were led

by Ashley Beyer (13 kills) and Danielle Carlson (10 kills).

“We’ve improved through the course of the year. We’re getting better and better,” said West Virginia head coach Jill Kramer said. “People that have watched us at the beginning of the year and watch us now know that we’re playing with more confidence and we’re going after it.”

West Virginia started the game quickly, jumping out to an early 5-1 lead. With the help of 16 assists by Kari Post and five kills from Evyn McCoy, the Mountaineers took the opening set 25-15.

Michelle Kopecky and Abby Monson each contributed with two blocks and two kills in the set.

The third and final set was the most entertaining as the

like this, you’ve got to do a lot more straight-ahead running and not as much side-toside,” Alston said.

Alston’s biggest play of the game was actually one of his first.

He took his first carry of the game 52 yards to score the Mountaineers’ first touchdown of the game.

“All of my teammates joke with me that I’m not fast enough to break off a big run,” Alston said. “Geno checked into an outside zone play because he saw the blitz coming from the backside and (fullback Matt) Lindamood had a good block and Stedman Bai-

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The West Virginia volleyball team beat Syracuse this weekend before losing to Marquette. teams battled back and forth.

There were 14 ties and four lead changes, but the Mountaineers prevailed with the help of seven kills in the set from senior Kylie Armbruster, including the final two.

The Mountaineers were able to contain Syracuse’s blocking, which is its biggest strength.

They were ranked 6th nationally in blocks per set coming into the match, but they only managed nine blocks in the game.

WVU played stout defense against the Orange, limiting them to a .081 hitting percentage while Marquette, one of the best offensive teams in the conference, had much more success hitting at a 24 percent clip.

As the Mountaineers make a final push toward earning the school’s first Big East tournament berth, Kramer had strong words of advice for her team.

“We have to make sure we make things happen. It doesn’t just happen on its own,” she said. “You don’t just walk onto the court and magically you’re going to play volleyball, so they need to work themselves to get

in that zone.”

The Golden Eagles came out in the first set and showed why they are the top team in the conference, scoring 12 kills on a scorching .360 hitting percentage.

The Mountaineers responded in the second set, taking a 12-5 lead and forcing Marquette head coach Bond Shymansky to call for time.

Marquette showed grit of their, own completing a comeback with the help of six kills in the set from Beyer.

After freshman McCoy’s best week of practice yet, Kramer was expecting a breakout weekend from the young player.

The Clare, Ill., native didn’t disappoint, scoring six kills and five digs against the Orange and adding seven more kills against the Golden Eagles.

“She’ll start to get it as she grows into the game,” Kramer said. “She’s a freshman playing every set, and she does a lot in the middle that goes unnoticed.” sebouh.majarian@mail.wvu.edu

Three all-Big East performances propelled the No. 18 West Virginia cross country team to a fourth place finish at the conference championship Saturday in Louisville, Ky. Redshirt senior Kate Harrison, junior Katie Gillespie, and redshirt junior Sarah-Anne Brault led the Mountaineers as they crossed the finish line in third, seventh, and 11th places, respectively in the field of 138. After the race, the trio was named to the all-conference team.

“We are satisfied with this weekend,” said West Virginia head coach Sean Cleary. “We had some very good runs. It is very clear that these three are running with confidence and great conditioning. ” Harrison’s 6-kilometer time of 19:52 was her best-ever in a collegiate race.

The Toronto native came into the championships off a first place finish in the Penn State National Oct. 14.

“Harrison ran spectacular to finish third,” Cleary said. “Running with last year’s national champion with less than half a mile to go is very encouraging.”

Gillespie, who finished in 20:14, earned her second-consecutive all-conference mention as the Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, native improved on a 10th place mark at last season’s Big East championships.

The junior showed “great poise” during the race’s final 400 meters to move herself up into the top 10.

Brault also improved on her previous conference championship performance, knocking nearly a minute and half off of

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West Virginia junior Katie Gillespie, left, and redshirt junior Sarah-Anne Brault, middle, finished in seventh and 11th places, respectively at the Big East Conference championships. last year’s time to finish in 20:24.

The race was “without question” Brault’s best-ever cross country performance.

Also scoring for the Mountaineers were redshirt senior Ahna Lewis (21:04) and redshirt junior Stephanie Aldea (21:36) who went for 28th and 43rd place, respectively.

“I have total faith that those running in the next few positions will run their finest races of the year over the next few weeks,” Cleary said of the rest of his squad.

“For our group to be in a perfect place we need the trio of Kaylyn Christopher, Lewis, and Aldea to trust their abilities and run their best races of the year.

All three have tremendous experience and are in great shape.

“I am excited to watch the next two weeks unfold.”

No. 4 Villanova claimed the conference title for a fourth-consecutive year with 54 points.

Senior Sheila Reid of the champion Wildcats won the individual Big East title for a third-

consecutive year with a time of 19:40.

No. 7 Providence (63) and No. 6 Georgetown (77) ran to second and third place showings, as each squad also placed five runners in the top 25.

No. 9 Syracuse, who saw just one runner finish in the top 10, tied the Mountaineers for fourth place ahead of No. 23 Notre Dame (136), No. 28 Connecticut (165), and nine other conference foes.

“This league has been so impressive through seven or eight teams that it’s hard not to feel average coming home fourth,” Cleary said.

The Mountaineers will have an off-week from competition as the squad prepares for the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional meet Nov. 12, in Princess Anne, Md. Just as it was in the case of the conference championships, WVU will head into the race having seen the course earlier this season. ethan.rohrbaugh@mail.wvu.edu