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City postpones fracking ban discussion by lydia nuzum

associate city editor

City Council members voted to rescind the Morgantown Marcellus Shale drilling ban until a December meeting to further address the concerns posed by hydraulic fracturing.

“I publicly commend the people who have come out and been so passionate on this topic,” said Wes Nugent, third ward councilor. “I think Mor-

gantown has been a trendsetter around the state for raising awareness on what is an important issue and finding a balance on this topic.”

City Council forwarded and passed a ban on horizontal drilling in June. The ban was overturned in August by Monongalia County Circuit Court Judge Susan Tucker, allowing the oil and gas company Northeast Energy to drill within a mile of the city.

“This ordinance has no

force in effect,” said City Attorney Steve Fanok. “We cannot enforce it.”

City council voted 5-1 in favor of tabling consideration of the ban.

Mayor Jim Manilla said the ban needed to be rescinded in favor of zoning ordinances to control fracking near residential and business areas.

“I think we need to move on,” Manilla said. “This has been going on for a long time.

We need to move on, and we

need to be looking at protecting the citizens of Morgantown – standing up to protect the citizens of Morgantown by zoning.”

Jenny Selin, fourth ward councilor, said the ban should remain in place until a special session addressing hydraulic fracturing concerns can be held in the West Virginia legislature.

“I’m just not willing, until we see the results, to remove this,” Selin said.

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Hydraulic fracturing is a drilling method used to extract coal seam gas and other natural gases from rock layers. Hydraulic fractures are formed by pumping fracturing fluids into wellbores.

Fracking is used to increase the retrieval of oil, water or natural gas fluids from natural reservoirs.

Selin said the council and city should be concerned with the effects of fracking on the city water supply. She said the

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WVU President James P. Clements puts on a Big 12 hat following remarks by Interim Big 12 Commissioner Chuck Neinas at the Big 12 Reception at Touchdown Terrace in Milan Puskar Stadium Tuesday.

West Virginia hosts reception for Big 12 Conference officials by michael carvelli sports editor

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Big 12 Commissioner Chuck Neinas, second from left, speaks with WVU President James P. Clements, far left, after a press conference was held at a reception welcoming Big 12 Conference officials.

As he stepped up to the podium to speak during Tuesday’s Big 12 Conference welcome reception, a relieved West Virginia University President James P. Clements held up the conference’s admissions agreement for everyone in attendance to see.

“It’s official,” he said.

The reception kicked off with the pep band playing the University’s fight song as Clements walked into the room accompanied by Athletic Director Oliver Luck and Big 12 Interim Commissioner Chuck Neinas.

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Safety Walk highlights problem areas on campus by mackenzie mays

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Morgantown water supply is not within city limits and is potentially threatened by hydraulic fracturing activities.

“I just think that for an industry to potentially harm a municipality’s water supply, and for us to not have any control over that, is very frustrating,” Selin said.

Manilla said the zoning ordinances proposed by council would be sufficient to protect

The West Virginia University Student Government Association hosted a Safety Walk Tuesday to locate areas in the community that need attention.

The Walk addressed issues such as poor lighting, unsafe sidewalks and crosswalks, potholes and other potential dangers in the Morgantown community.

“Our main purpose with the Safety Walk is to advocate for changes in unsafe areas of Morgantown and to make sure those changes actually happen,” said Dave Small, SGA director of safety.

Areas of concern include a walking path with high grass on North High Street, a deteriorating sidewalk at North Spruce Street and various lo-

cations at Grant Street, McClane Avenue and Sunnyside, Small said.

SGA documented and photographed the areas to compile a report, which will be given to University officials and Morgantown City Council.

“This is incredibly important to us because it’s not only advocating for students, but for all citizens of Morgantown,” Small said. “We all live in the area, and we know some areas need extra help.”

This year’s Safety Walk falls around the two-year anniversary of the brutal attack against former WVU student Ryan Diviney.

Diviney was beaten outside the Willey Street Dairy Mart Nov. 7, 2009 and remains in a coma-like state.

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Appalachian storyteller leads walking ghost tour by jessica lear staff writer

Students and community members took part in West Virginia University’s first annual walking ghost tour around campus Tuesday night.

The tour lead students to areas of reported University haunting including the Mountainlair, the Downtown Campus library, Stewart Hall, Colson Hall, E. Moore Hall and Woodburn Hall.

“It was really cool to hear the history of WVU and get to see a side of the school that you wouldn’t imagine existed,” said Heather Moran, a senior child development and family studies student. “It was a lot of fun.”

Jason Burns, a professional West Virginia storyteller and faculty-led study abroad programs assistant in the Office of International Programs, shared stories of various ghosts and monsters that have been sighted at WVU. The audience was particularly startled by the story of the ghost of Elizabeth Moore.

“The coolest story was about E. Moore Hall and the ghost of Elizabeth Moore,” Moran said. “We had a light flicker on halfway through the story, which was very creepy.”

Burns told students about the history and haunting of these alleged ghosts, not only scaring the audience but also teaching them about some of

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Health & Wellness expo introduces chillWELL by bryan bumgardner staff writer

West Virginia University students learned new ways to combat stress and improve their health at the Health and Wellness Expo Tuesday as a part of Mountaineer Week.

WELLWVU: The Students’ Center of Health hosted the event in the Mountainlair, which featured informational and interactive booths that allowed students to learn more about maintaining proper physical and mental health and healthy on-campus activities.

HeartMath, a computer program that teaches students about heartbeat con-

trol, was featured at the event to help boost brain function and emotional stability.

“Wellness promotion is becoming wider across campus, and we want students to be healthier,” said Jenna Hardy, co-vice chair of Mountaineer Week. “By making these resources available in one area, it’s easier for the students.”

Understanding and controlling stress was the main theme of this year’s expo, Hardy said.

According to the National Collegiate Health Assessment conducted in February, stress is the most negative influence on academic performance at WVU. The event also marked the

start of chillWELL – a part of WELLWVU’s liveWELL campaign. chillWELL is designed to combat the source of students’ stress. It teaches individuals to view the world in a more positive way and to simply “chill.”

Booths offered students stress-relieving activities as simple as finger painting.

“There are always ways to improve your health – even some things people don’t know about,” she said. “I never thought finger painting could help relieve stress, but it does.”

Junior exercise physiology student Dustin Starsick said the event is an effective way of

getting a lot of information out to students about how they can better their health.

“I find it necessary to be a healthy person, and here you can learn a lot about yourself – especially through the heart and mind exercises,” Starsick said.

The mission of WELLWVU is to foster the wellbeing of WVU students through health care and education. For more information, visit http://well. wvu.edu.

“The University’s motivation is to get students living well and having better lives,” said WELLWVU student Brooke Cassidy/THE DAILY ATHENAEUM worker Kati Seelbach.

Susan Cornett, a junior nursing student, and Matt Perrotta, a junior industrial engineering student, pick up tips on how to chillWELL at Wellness Day in the Mountainlair on danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu Tuesday.

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Wednesday November 2, 2011

Republican Cain struggles to contain allegations fallout WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain denied on Tuesday that he’s changing his story as he struggles to contain the fallout from sexual harassment allegations that could threaten his recently surging campaign.

He also suggested his race could be a factor in the storm.

The White House contender’s contradictory explanations over two days have raised questions about details of the allegations from back in the 1990s and about his current ability to manage a crisis in the national spotlight. The accusations, relating to his time as head of the National Restaurant Association, have surfaced just as he’s risen in national polls in the GOP nomination fight two months before the leadoff Iowa caucuses.

He said Tuesday night on Fox News that he believes there are some Democrats who want him defeated because he’s an unconventional candidate “achieving some unexpected, unconventional results,” and there could be some on the right “who do not want to see me because I am not the establishment candidate.”

Cain, who is black, said he believes race is also involved “but we don’t have any evidence to support it.” He added, “Relative to the left, I believe that race is a bigger driving factor. I don’t think it’s a driving factor on the right.”

A lawyer for one woman who complained about Cain’s behavior told The Washington Post on Tuesday she wants to talk publicly about it. According to that report, Joel P. Bennett, a Washington lawyer who spe-

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Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain speaks at the National Press Club in Washington. Herman Cain denies he’s changed his story as he struggles to contain the fallout from sexual harassment allegations from the 1990s when he led the National Restaurant Association. cializes in employment cases, said he asked the National Restaurant Association to waive his client’s confidentiality so she can respond to Cain’s claims that the complaints were “totally baseless and totally false.”

A spokeswoman for the restaurant association, Sue Hensley, said Tuesday night that the group had not been contacted

by Bennett.

Bennett did not immediately return messages seeking com-

ment from The Associated Press.

In Sunday night’s original report by Politico, at least two women who had complained about Cain were said to have agreed to settlements that included stipulations that they not repeat their allegations in public.

Cain’s evolving answers to questions in a host of media interviews this week led one rival campaign to suggest he’s not being upfront about the accusations.

Greek turmoil sends United States and international markets lower NEW YORK (AP) — A wave of selling swept across Wall Street and stock markets around the world Tuesday after Greece’s prime minister said he would call a national vote on an unpopular European plan to rescue that nation’s economy.

The Dow Jones industrial average finished down nearly 300 points. It swung in 100 point bursts throughout the day as investors reacted to sometimes conflicting headlines about the next steps in Greece’s long-running debt crisis. Treasurys and other assets considered safe surged.

The stocks of major banks, including Citigroup and JPMorgan Chase, were hit hard.

Intense selling roiled markets in Europe. Italy’s main stock index dropped 6.8 percent. France’s fell 5.4 percent and Germany’s fell 5 percent.

The value of the dollar rose, and bond prices jumped so dramatically that analysts said they were stunned. Analysts said the bond action reflected fears that the turmoil in Greece would tear at the fabric of Europe’s financial system and create a crisis that could engulf the entire European Union, which together forms the world’s largest economy.

“This brings all of the concerns about Europe back to the front burner,” said Scott Brown, chief economist at Raymond James. “If this ends up turning into a financial catastrophe in Europe, then no one will escape it.”

The prime minister of Greece said unexpectedly

Monday that he would put the European rescue plan to a popular vote, the first referendum to be held in Greece since 1974.

The plan requires banks that hold Greek national bonds to accept 50 percent losses to help keep the Greek economy afloat. It also beefs up a European bailout fund and requires banks to strengthen their financial cushions.

There were also late reports that Greek lawmakers dissented from the plan, raising the possibility that Greece’s government would not last until a confidence vote on Friday.

International creditors have demanded that Greece enact painful tax increases and drastic cuts in public welfare programs, and Greeks have shown their hostility to those measures in violent protests and strikes.

If the European rescue falls through and Greece defaults on its debt, the ripple effect would be global. Europe could fall into recession, hurting a major market for American exports, and banks could severely restrict lending.

It was only last Thursday that European leaders announced a deal that they believed would be a turning point in the two-year debt crisis. Banks agreed to take bigger losses on Greek debt and to boost their levels of cash, while the European Union increased the size of its bailout fund. Global stock markets surged after the plan was unveiled. Now, those gains seem to be fleeting.

“The stock market is expressing disgust with Greek politics and a lack of confidence that Italy and Spain will generate the growth needed to pay down their debt,” said Peter Boockvar, equity strategist at Miller Tabak & Co. The Dow fell 297.05 points, or 2.5 percent, to close at 11,657.96. It was the biggest drop since Sept. 22. The Dow has lost 573 points, or 4.7 percent, in the last two days.

The S&P 500 lost 35.02, or 2.8 percent, to 1,218.28. Some analysts took comfort that the S&P closed above 1,215. A drop below that level would erase nearly all of the market’s gains in October. The Nasdaq composite dropped 77.45, or 2.9 percent, to 2,606.96.

Pfizer Inc. was the only company in the Dow stock to rise. It gained 0.4 percent after its income and revenue beat Wall Street’s estimates. General Motors Co. sank 9.8 percent after its October sales came in lower than Wall Street analysts were expecting.

Financial companies in the S&P 500 dropped 4.7 percent, the biggest loss among the 10 company groups that make up the index.

Bank of America Corp lost 6.3 percent. JP Morgan Chase & Co. dropped 5.9 percent, and Citigroup shed 7.7 percent.

Tuesday’s sell-off came after an almost uninterrupted rally in October that was largely due to higher confidence in Europe’s latest financial rescue plan for Greece and signs that the U.S. economy was not falling into another recession.

“If you are the front-runner and you plan to be the nominee ... be forthcoming so that you are vetted, and we don’t get into a situation where you’re our nominee and we find out things after the fact,” John Brabender, a strategist for Rick Santorum’s campaign, said at forum hosted

by National Journal. “We’re still waiting for clarification from the Cain campaign.”

But Cain said that rather than the allegations hurting, his fun-

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The WVU ghosts were not all human ghosts, though. Burns told the audience about a cat that haunts the library and a cow that resides in the Woodburn clock tower.

He said he hopes students were entertained, but also learned a lot about the history and tragedies of WVU and the Morgantown area.

“In 2006, I set up the very first West Virginia Spectral Heritage display at Mountaineer Week for Family Fun Day, and it has only grown,” Burns said.

“Since that time, I have taken WVSH all over West Virginia.”

Burns has told his stories at many locations since his start at Mountaineer Week, includ-

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draising was actually surging – “the highest it has been since I’ve been in this campaign,” he told Fox News Channel’s Bill O’Reilly.

The campaign took in as much as $400,000 in a single day, said Mark Block, Cain’s chief of staff.

Will the controversy undermine Cain in Iowa and beyond?

Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad was willing to hear the candidate out.

“Iowans are pretty fairminded people and just because somebody makes an accusation – anybody that is in a high-profile position is potential to have people make these kinds of accusations,” Branstad said. “I think Iowans will, you know, carefully look at the real situation and not jump to any conclusions.”

Over the past two days, Cain has admitted he knew of one agreement between the restaurant association and a woman who accused him of sexual harassment. He has said the woman initially asked for a large financial settlement but ultimately received two to three months’ pay as part of a separation agreement. Cain also acknowledged remembering one of the woman’s accusations against him, saying he stepped close to her to make a reference to her height, and told her she was the same height as his wife.

He has said he is not aware of agreements or settlements with any other women, though Politico – which first disclosed the allegations – reported that the trade group had given settlements to at least two female employees who accused him of inappropriate sexual behavior.

Beyond that, Cain has offered a series of sometimes-conflicting statements over what happened and didn’t happen, and what he knew about financial payouts.

By Tuesday, Cain was chalking up the confusion to semantics, saying he was aware of an “agreement” but not a “settlement.”

“It looked like I had changed my story,” Cain told CNN Headline News. “I didn’t change my story.”

He acknowledged he’d made the problem worse for himself over the course of the previous day.

Tuesday night he said, “I absolutely agree we could have been better prepared. Mea culpa on being better prepared.”

On Monday, Cain first said he had no knowledge of settlements with any women who had complained about inappropriate sexual behavior. He later admitted he knew of one agreement.

He spent Tuesday much as he did Monday, going from interview to interview to defend himself.

The damage control amounted to a real-time crisis management test for a candidate who is just introducing himself to the country and who has based his campaign on his decades-long background in business management that includes stints at Godfather’s Pizza, Pillsbury, Coca-Cola and the Department of the Navy.

At a time of 9.1 percent unemployment, Cain is pitching himself as a businessman who can solve problems.

ing the Greenbrier Hotel, West Virginia Wesleyan College, state conferences, libraries and schools.

“I’m always pleased to bring it back to Mountaineer Week because that’s where it all began, and the organizers are always so helpful and fun to work with,” he said.

Burns’ West Virginia Spectral Heritage project collects, records and performs ghost stories from around the State.

He hopes the event will expose students to West Virginia’s Appalachian storytelling tradition – one of the strongest storytelling traditions in the world, Burns said.

“I hope that the audience will gain a better appreciation for the art of storytelling, as it is an Appalachian art form, as well as a respect for the history of West Virginia,” Burns

said. “Appalachia storytelling comes from European, African and Native American origins, with other groups mingled in.

By listening to a West Virginia storyteller, you are partaking in a millennia-old tradition that came to these mountains with our ancestors and has thrived.”

Burns said the West Virginia Storytelling Guild has a mission to enlighten the world through the art of storytelling and is especially proud the art of storytelling still exists in West Virginia today.

“Other parts of the world don’t have a strong storytelling tradition because it’s died out,” Burns said. “However, here in the mountains of West Virginia, the art form has not only survived, but has grown.”

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the citizens of Morgantown.

“We will be able to protect Morgantown within its corporate limits with zoning,” Manilla said.

Members of the West Virginia University Student Government Association also presented the Safety Walk, an initiative held Tuesday to highlight problematic areas around the Morgantown area such as faulty sidewalks, poor street lighting and dangerous crosswalks.

It was Neinas who took to the podium first to speak to the numerous WVU officials, coaches and others invited to take part.

The commissioner said it was nice to be back in Morgantown and spoke about his relationship with former Athletic Director Dick Martin, the man who hired legendary WVU head football coach Don Nehlen.

“We certainly welcome West Virginia to the Big 12 family,” Neinas said. “We think we have a great conference, and West Virginia makes it greater.”

Neinas, who served as president of Neinas Sports Services, went on to talk about how well he felt West Virginia would be able to fit in with the rest of the conference’s athletic programs.

But, he insisted West Virginia didn’t just bring the Big 12 another good athletic program to brag about on the court.

“You take a look around, and it’s really interesting that you have a flagship university with a tier-one research institution,” he said. “We need to put more emphasis on education. The reason this country became great is because of education, and the land-grant system gave a lot of people a chance for an education that they otherwise wouldn’t have had.”

Clements said he believes the University has found its perfect fit as it heads into the future.

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Continued from page 1 “Some students don’t realize safety is a concern, but the crime rate in just the past six months has gone up. There is a growing concern with the fights that happen in the downtown area,” Small said. “Ryan is definitely in the back our minds.

I know that what happened to him could’ve happened to any WVU student.”

The Safety Walk is also an extension of SGA’s recent partnership with the Morgantown City Council.

“This is a community initiative – it’s not just SGA. We all need to rally together in order to see the changes we want to see in Morgantown,” Small said. “To get things done, we need the help of city council members. By building a better relationship with them, a better bond can be created between SGA and the community.”

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“The Big 12 is a great fit for us, it really is. It’s a strong and vibrant conference,” he said. “It values quality academics and quality athletics, as we do. The Big 12 has great momentum heading it into the future, and WVU is also a university on the move.”

Clements also said WVU has received a lot of kindness in the last few days, and he read messages that have been sent from Big 12 fans to the school’s Facebook and Twitter pages.

Luck followed Clements and repeated many of the sentiments he and Neinas said during their statements, believing the move to the Big 12 is going to be a great decision for West Virginia.

He also said excelling in the new league was going to be a difficult task for the University to handle – especially in athletics.

But Luck thinks the coaches and student-athletes West Virginia has will be more than willing to take on that tough task.

“We have an opportunity to join a tremendous conference with excellent institutions and outstanding athletic programs,” he said. “This is an enormous challenge for us. I know that our coaches and our student-athletes will rise to the challenge.

“We expect greatness here at West Virginia University, and we will continue to do so as a proud member of the Big 12.” james.carvelli@mail.wvu.edu

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Lou Reed, Metallica collaboration ‘Lulu’ worse than expected Charles Young

Associate A&E Editor

In 2009, two musical giants appeared on stage together for the first time.

At a concert celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, heavymetal pioneers Metallica were joined by proto-punk godfather Lou Reed to play a downright horrible version of Reed’s Velvet Underground classic, “Sweet Jane.”

The performance was ruthlessly mocked by fans of both artists for weeks on the Internet. The idea of any further collaboration between Reed and Metallica became the favorite punch line of the blogosphere jokes for weeks.

But, both Reed and Metallica are notorious for their horrible ideas and severe, unwanted stylistic shifts in sound and direction.

Metallica’s long-suffering fans have dealt with their attempt to make a blues album with 1996’s “Load” and even put up with the smoldering train-wreck that was 2003’s “St. Anger.”

Reed’s fans have indulged his ramblings on the bloated Edgar Allen Poe-inspired, “The Raven,” and some of them even bought 1975’s “Metal Machine Music,” which featured 65 minutes of tinnitus-inducing feedback and distortion.

Since neither is known for making good decisions or listening to reasonable critical feedback, what happened next shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone.

Two years after the fateful Hall of Fame performance, Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett announced the group would be recording a fullblown collaborative album with Reed. Fans and critics made their predictions, held their breath and braced for how hideous the mutant love child would be.

The result is the absurdly titled “Lulu,” which is essentially Metallica playing backup for Reed on a collection of songs Reed previously composed based on a collection of plays by German playwright Frank Wedekind.

To be fair, this album isn’t as bad as people expected it to be. It’s actually worse. Much worse.

The album (which can be streamed at www.loureedmetallica.com/) features 10 rambling, disjointed tracks that supposedly tell a complete story. According to interviews, pr ess releases and guess work, the album tells the story of Lulu, an erotic dancer turned gold-digger turned prostitute, and the hardships she faces.

Most of the tracks are also excruciatingly long, cumulating with “Junior Dad,” the album’s 20 minute-long closing track.

Reed handles all of the album’s lead vocals, which he delivers in a monotone, mumbling speaking voice.

Not to mention, the majority of the lyrics are pretty much gibberish.

Metallica’s lead singer James Hetfield can be heard in the background, lending his growling voice to Reed’s nonsense poetry. Hetfield actually comes off sounding worse than Reed because this is the most impassioned performance he’s delivered in more than a decade. It’s obvious how hard he’s trying and how seriously he’s taking everything, making the result that much more laughable.

The absolute worst element of the entire album has to be the guitars. Hetfield and Hammett’s heavy-metal guitar riffs are not only out of place on a spoken-word poetry album, but they sound like parodies of riffs Metallica was playing 25 years ago.

In short, this is one of the worst albums ever released by anyone.

If you respect your ears and your time, just ignore this album. Let it fade and be forgotten. Instead, put on Reed’s “Transformer” album or “Master of Puppets” by Metallica and wish for better times.

This too shall pass.

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More wrangling over estate of late James Brown COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Trustees who say they were unjustly removed from the charitable trust of the late soul singer James Brown urged South Carolina’s Supreme Court on Tuesday to strike down the estate settlement.

The justices questioned an attorney for former trustees Adele Pope and Robert Buchanan about their contention that then-South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster didn’t have the authority to push through the deal that ended years of fighting among Brown’s heirs. Pope and Buchanan asked that the settlement be reorganized by a lower court.

The dispute began shortly after the Godfather of Soul died of heart failure on Christmas Day 2006 at age 73. The performer’s death touched off years of bizarre headlines, beginning with his widow Tomi Rae Hynie being locked out of his 60-acre estate and photographers capturing her sobbing and shaking its iron gates, begging to be let in.

McMaster, who ultimately brokered a settlement in 2009, said the dispute over the estate would have continued without his intervention. Half a dozen of Brown’s adult children had bickered for years after their father’s death before agreeing to the settlement. They said they support the deal and want the

litigation to end so that the trust can be put to its intended use: funding education for needy children in South Carolina and Georgia.

But Pope and Buchanan, who were removed as trustees by a circuit judge who approved the deal, sued over the 2009 deal.

That complex settlement gave about half of Brown’s assets to an education fund for needy children, a quarter to his widow and young son and the rest to his adult children, arguing that they were not party to the negotiations that led up to the settlement and were removed because of their opposition.

“The attorney general has absolutely no authority to step into litigation and purport to sign settlement agreements,” said James Richardson, an attorney for Pope and Buchanan.

Richardson argued that the judge who approved the McMaster plan was misinformed over what role the state’s chief prosecutor should play in such cases.

Under McMaster’s deal, a professional manager took control of Brown’s assets from the estate’s trustees, wiping out crushing debt - more than $20 million Brown had borrowed for a European comeback tour - and opening the way for thousands of needy students to receive full college scholarships.

The plan allowed a financial manager to cut lucrative deals that put Brown’s music on national and international commercials for such products as Chanel perfume and Gatorade.

Brown was renowned for making famous hundreds of iconic musical works including hits like “I Feel Good” and “A Man’s World” and known internationally for his flashy performances and dynamic stage presence. But years of drug problems and financial mismanagement caused his estate to dwindle.

At the time of the settlement, the exact value of Brown’s assets was not made public and attorneys said his accounts had little money in them. In 2008, some of his possessions were auctioned for $850,000, in part to pay down debt, and all agreed future income from music and movie royalties and the use of Brown’s highly marketable likeness was what remained at stake.

The attorney general’s office argued in court filings that Pope and Buchanan hadn’t conducted a proper appraisal of Brown’s estate. It also claimed the two had paid themselves hundreds of thousands of dollars from the sale of Brown’s household and personal effects and claimed $5 million in fees. They also said McMaster was justified in getting involved because he must

look after those who might benefit from a charitable trust under state law.

But the justices grilled Assistant Attorney General Sonny Jones about the top prosecutor’s authority to upstage the court-appointed trustees, Pope and Buchanan.

McMaster said after the hearing that he stuck by the settlement, adding it meant royalties would be put to immediate benefit of providing scholarships.

“We believed the settlement was a very good one for ... the education of the poor children, because there was a danger that they would get nothing,” said McMaster, who first saw Brown perform in 1960 and came to know him in later years. “He was a remarkable and generous man. ... He will educate thousands of children because we were able to protect this trust.”

It could take months for the justices to rule. www.waxpoetics.com One of Brown’s daughters, Deanna Brown Thomas, said Members of singer James Brown’s family continue to fight in court over the resolution of his children hope for a swift his estate since his death in 2006. end to the litigation, which also has delayed the family’s plans to build a shrine to Brown like Elvis Presley’s Graceland.

She added the children agreed to a settlement because of their father’s commitment to children and their education, despite only finishing seventh grade himself.

Seven-game World Series contest a boon for Fox NEW YORK (AP) — A thrilling, seven-game conclusion to the World Series between St. Louis and Texas turned baseball’s annual championship into a winner for Fox. Nielsen said the series averaged 16.2 million viewers, well above last year’s five-game contest between Texas at San Francisco, which had 14.3 million viewers.

Through five games this year, the Cardinals-Rangers contest was watched by fewer people than all but the 2008 Tampa Bay-Philadelphia series, with none of the games even reaching 15 million viewers.

But World Series ratings get better the longer a series goes.

Going back to St. Louis was a boon for Fox: the multi-comeback sixth game drew just over 21 million viewers. Game 7, the first do-or-die World Series game since 2002, had more than 25 million viewers, Nielsen said.

Even with the sixth game already regarded as one of the best Series games ever, a runof-the-mill Sunday night football matchup on NBC had a bigger audience. That’s probably because the late-game turn of events that made Game 6 special didn’t happen until midnight and beyond on the East Coast.

Fox’s Game 7 ratings may have been better if the game

didn’t take place on a Friday, traditionally one of the leastwatched TV nights of the week.

Nielsen said the median age of the World Series viewer was 52.7 years old. In 2000, the median age was 46.1 - a sobering sign that baseball is having trouble attracting younger viewers.

An interview with the wife and son of disgraced financier Bernard Madoff was a winner for “60 Minutes.” The newsmagazine had its biggest audience since last December, and biggest in viewers under 55 in nearly three years, Nielsen said.

Fox averaged 12.6 million viewers in prime time last week (7.5 rating, 12 share), CBS had 11 million (6.9, 11), ABC had 8.9 million (5.7, 9), NBC had 6.5 million (4.1, 7), the CW had 1.8 million (1.2, 2) and ION Television had 910,000 (0.6, 1).

Among the Spanish-language networks, Univision led with a 3.4 million average (1.8, 3), Telemundo had 1.1 million (0.6, 1), TeleFutura had 460,000 (0.3, 0), Estrella had 220,000 and Azteca 190,000 (both 0.1, 0).

NBC’s “Nightly News” topped the evening newscasts with an average of 8.5 million viewers (5.7, 11). ABC’s “World News” was second with 7.5 million (5.1, 10) and

the “CBS Evening News” had 6 million viewers (4.1, 8).

A ratings point represents 1,147,000 households, or 1 percent of the nation’s estimated 114.7 million TV homes. The share is the percentage of in-use televisions tuned to a given show.

For the week of Oct. 24-30, the top 10 shows, their networks and viewerships: World Series Game 7: Texas at St. Louis, Fox, 25.4 million; Sunday Night Football: Dallas at Philadelphia, NBC, 22.99 million; World Series Game 6: Texas at St. Louis, Fox, 21.07 million; “NCIS,” CBS, 19.43 million; “60 Minutes,” CBS, 18.56 million; “Sunday Night NFL Pre-Kick,” NBC, 17.22 million; “Dancing With the Stars,” ABC, 17.17 million; “NCIS: Los Angeles,” CBS, 15.89 million; “Two and a Half Men,” CBS, 15.29 million; “The Big Bang Theory,” CBS, 14.54 million.

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Wednesday November 2, 2011

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Mountaineer Week promotes W.Va. heritage All West Virginia University students and faculty should take part in the 64th annual Mountaineer Week. West Virginia has a long and unique heritage, of which everyone at WVU will forever be a part.

No matter if you hail from Pa., N.J., or the West Coast, once you’re a part of the WVU community, you’re a Mountaineer for life.

Every year since 1947, Mountaineer Week has focused on the traditions of Ap-

palachia. By celebrating the local music, art and people of the state, those new to the Mountaineer community get a glimpse of the rich heritage.

Competitive events have been a popular element of Mountaineer Week – from the PRT cram to beard growing contests.

The week also is the finals of the eighth Mountaineer Idol competition, which gives WVU students the chance to show off their vocal talents – and win

some cash, as well.

Mountaineer Week has become very popular and exciting through the years, for competitors and spectators alike.

Students have always enjoyed the Mr. and Ms. Mountaineer contest and the announcement of the Most Loyal West Virginian.

These and the other Mountaineer “royalty,” including the Most Loyal Alumni Mountaineer, Most Loyal Faculty Member and the Most Loyal Staff

Member will be named at the WVU vs. Louisville football game Saturday at Milan Puskar Stadium.

Mountaineers should not only be proud and of the history and accomplishments of WVU, but the beautiful state, as well.

While West Virginia may be a relatively low populated state, the landscape offers beautiful scenery that is unmatched.

Out-of-state students (if you haven’t already) should take a

drive through the state, from the historical sites of Harper’s Ferry to the amazing sites of the New River Gorge – the magnificence of the Mountain State is impressive to say the least.

Mountaineer Week is a great opportunity for newcomers of WVU to appreciate the wild and wonderful features of our great state and the University community.

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Big 12 move should resurrect men’s distance programs david ciarolla columnist

West Virginia University’s move to the Big 12 athletic conference spells certain changes for the sports programs.

Besides the expected higher revenue from a larger football conference, WVU has a new quota for varsity sports teams to meet.

The new requirements provide the perfect opportunity to resurrect a resource the University has half-fulfilled for years.

Men’s distance running has the potential (and almost guarantee) for All-Americans at an extremely low cost.

With Sean Cleary, the women’s distance coach, among the top coaches in the nation and the women’s program already on the national scene, the men’s program would require no new coaches or resources.

And, the proposed team shows every sign of success.

Sean consistently develops All-Americans with the women’s team, and the runners on the men’s team at the time it was cut went on to make U.S. National teams, Olympic Track and Marathon Trials, and run sub-4:00 in the mile – a goldstandard time for that event.

Fortunately, the Big 12 varsity team requirements may lead to WVU reinstating men’s distance running to some extent.

Section 1.3.4 of the bylaws states member schools must have six men’s teams of the following seven sports: football, basketball, baseball, crosscountry, outdoor track, indoor track and golf.

With the resources this school has inexplicably maintained, it can quickly and easily establish men’s cross country, indoor track and outdoor track teams at or above the top teams in the Big 12 Conference.

Should WVU forego one of the running teams, pairing cross country and outdoor track makes the most sense with such a strong distance coach and program already established at the school.

Though, WVU has strong reasons to reinstate all three running programs and attract the All-American and Nationalclass athletes it is capable of

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Collegiate cross-country runners compete. West Virginia University currently does not offer a men’s cross country program. hosting.

The new conference will let WVU take advantage of a prestigious distance program that never deserved to be eliminated.

In fact, the origins of men’s cross country and track cuts never had anything to do with the quality of the programs.

In 2003, WVU cut five sports teams: men’s cross country, track, indoor track, tennis and coed rifle. Budget and Title IX concerns motivated these cuts, though it seems Title IX had far more of an influence.

Title IX threatens public funding to demand universities have men’s and women’s sports opportunities proportional to their enrollment of each sex.

This was intended to increase athletic participation for women, but the arbitrary quota has resulted in the elimination of hundreds of flourishing low-budget, low-revenue men’s teams. It’s cheaper to cut men’s teams to shift the balance than to add women’s teams.

WVU’s 2003 cuts eliminated 54 male athletes and two fe-

male athletes. A cut like this increases the female-to-male athlete ratio on paper without adding any new women’s athletic opportunities.

You cannot blame the University for making the most fiscally responsible decision, but Title IX clearly results in underutilized men’s sporting potential.

The law equates removing a man’s athletic position with adding a women’s spot, as if the former at all helps women hoping to compete in college athletics.

WVU may have to risk some financial loss in adding women’s sports positions to match the men’s, but it should bite the bullet and fully invest in men’s distance running.

The combined opportunities of cross country, outdoor track and indoor track allow proper, full development that Big 12-caliber runners need.

Cleary, whose expertise is sought from even professional runners, is so talented most schools would consider it crazy to use him for only one team.

Besides, fostering more

women’s teams – if that’s what this investment will take – may earn more than expected in the Big 12, which is heavy on women’s sports. If not, the other sports will certainly bring more revenue to cover it.

And the men’s running program costs (in the tens of thousands) are never a concern compared to the prestigious results so confidently expected of it.

WVU needs to invest in the massive potential that has been waiting in Morgantown for nine years.

Choosing to be an ethnicity for Halloween is offensive Iman hasan columnist

Now everyone has (finally) finished celebrating Halloween, it’s time to address the issue of the appalling number of offensive costumes worn last weekend.

Among the excess of Waldos and Marios out on High Street, I saw an astonishing number of people dressed as Mexicans, Native Americans, Middle Eastern terrorists and a variety of other costumes that were surprisingly deemed socially acceptable.

While many people don’t give a second thought to these

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kinds of costumes, I’m extremely offended – not only because I’m a minority, but because I’m a self-aware member of a multicultural society.

When I saw people dressed as Middle Eastern terrorists, I couldn’t believe they thought it was OK to go out dressed in such a way.

It might have been funny to them, but I certainly didn’t think it was funny when I was bullied and called a terrorist after the events of 9/11.

It’s even less funny now the word “terrorist” is so closely associated with brown Muslims, which is who I am.

It doesn’t seem like a big deal, but when people dress up like Arabs and Asians and then strap bombs to their bodies, it perpetuates a negative stereo-

type that lingers long after Halloween is over.

I also saw way too many girls dressed as scantily clad Native Americans, who, when I called them out on it, tried to convince me they were wearing Pocahontas costumes.

Aside from the fact absolutely none of them looked like the Disney character Pocahontas, it bothered me when one girl tried to defend her costume choice with, “I’m just honoring their culture, OK?” I’m sure Native Americans are just as honored by her costume as she would be if someone dressed as a scantily-clad version of her mother, got drunk and took pictures of herself at parties.

Another ubiquitous costume was the “Mexican” cos-

tume, which, for most people, consisted of a sombrero, a poncho and a hand-drawn moustache. Do I even have to explain why that’s offensive?

I’m not the only one who finds reducing cultures to caricatures offensive. A group of students from Ohio University called Students Teaching About Racism in Society (STARS) is launching a campaign to make people think twice about culturally derogatory costumes.

Each poster in the series shows an OU student of a different ethnicity holding a photograph of an offensive costume.

An Asian girl holds an image of someone dressed as a geisha. A Mexican boy holds a photo of someone in a som-

brero, colorful poncho and exaggerated mustache riding a stuffed donkey.

Other images show a terrorist costume, a Native American costume and a gangster.

Each poster has two sentences on it: “We’re a culture, not a costume,” and “This is not who I am, and this is not okay.”

Posters from the campaign are expected to go up on the Athens, Ohio, campus this week. Meanwhile, the images have been making the rounds online after the president of STARS, Sarah Williams, uploaded the posters to her Tumblr blog.

“During Halloween, we see offensive costumes. We don’t like it; we don’t appreciate it,” Williams said in a blog. “The

best way to get rid of stereotypes and racism is to have a discussion and raise awareness, which is what we want to do with this campaign.”

Students from WVU and across the country can learn a lot from STARS and their campaign.

People need to learn that trivializing cultural identities by turning them into Halloween costumes is wrong.

For more information on the “I’m Not A Costume” campaign, visit: www.jezebel. com/5852894/students-campaign-against-racist-halloween-costumes.

Please check your privilege at the door, and remember, at the end of the night, when the costumes come off, some of us are still minorities.

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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 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 WEDNESDAY

WVU FIRST BOOK ADVISORY BOARD meets at 7 p.m. in the Kanawha Room of the Mountainlair.

Students and faculty are welcome to attend and get involved with First Book and the WVU Advisory Board.

For more information, email wvu@ firstbook.org.

CYCLING CLUB meets at 8 p.m. in the Bluestone Room of the Mountainlair. For more information, visit www.WVUcycling.com.

THE STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION meets at 7:30 p.m. at Hatfields in the Mountainlair. For more information, stop by the SGA or SOS offices in the Mountainlair.

WVU ULTIMATE CLUB/TEAM meets at 5 p.m. at the WVU Intramural Fields and is always looking for new participants. Experience playing ultimate frisbee isn’t necessary. For more information, email Zach at wvultimate@ yahoo.com or visit www.sugit.org.

WVU-ACLU meets at 6 p.m. in the Monongalia Room of the Mountainlair.

TAI CHI is taught from 6:30-8 p.m.

Other class times are available. For more information, call 304-319-0581.

CATHOLICS ON CAMPUS meets at 8 p.m. at 1481 University Ave. For more information, call 304-296-8231.

ESL CONVERSATION TABLE meets at 6 p.m. at the Blue Moose Cafe. All nationalities are welcome. The table is sponsored by Monongalia County Literacy Volunteers, a member of the United Way family. For more information on Literacy Volunteers, contact Jan at 304-296-3400 or mclv2@ comcast.net.

WVU FENCING CLUB hosts advanced fencing practice from 7p.m. to 9 p.m. in the Stansbury Hall Gym. For more information, email wvufencing@gmail.com or visit www.encingclub.studentorgs.wvu.edu.

AIKIDO FOR BEGINNERS is at 6 p.m. at Lakeview Fitness Center.

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STUDENTS FOR SENSIBLE DRUG POLICY meets at 7 p.m. in Room 105 of Woodburn Hall . For more information, email ssdp.wvu@gmail.com.

CHAMPION TRAINING ACADEMY offers free tumbling and stunting from 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. for those interested in competing on a Coed Open International Level 5 Cheerleading Team. For more information, call 304-291-3547 or email CTA at ctainfo@comcast.net.

WVU’S GENDER EQUALITY MOVEMENT, formerly the Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance, meets in the Cacapon Room of the Mountainlair at 6:30 p.m. For more information, email wvugem@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 304-293-2311 or visit www.well.edu.wvu/medical.

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

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS meets daily. 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-on-one community-based and school-based mentoring programs. To volunteer, contact Sylvia at 304-983-2823, 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 organizations to provide dinner for 20 to 40 Family House guests. For more informa-

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tion, 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 CLOSET is held in the Monongalia room of the Mountainlair from 11 a.m. to noon every Tuesday.

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 drop-in 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 BORN TODAY This year evokes new energy and spirit in your life. An innate talent or resource might add to your income. On the other hand, you seem to be a demon with spending. You will tend to spend a lot on yourself and on loved ones. A good expenditure might involve your home or an investment. If you are single, you will be inclined to spruce up even more and be more expressive. You might attract a different type of person.

If you are attached, the two of you need to delegate your funds together, or keep separate accounts. AQUARIUS can trigger you.

CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22) HHHHH One-on-one relating clears the air. Your creativity delights someone to no end.

Be more caring to another person in your life. Focus on the quality of your daily life.

Your nurturing side emerges. Tonight: Togetherness works.

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22) HHHH Others step up and demand more responsibility. You free up more time for a creative venture or more dynamic thinking. Enjoy the lack of pressure rather than miss the limelight. A child or loved one benefits from the extra time. Tonight: Where the fun is.

ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19) HHHH Emphasize the long term. Try to gain a realistic overview of what you must accomplish today and by Friday. This perspective will help you know which direction to head in. Make a key phone call or reach out for an expert. Tonight: Where the action is.

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22) HHHH Pace yourself, and you’ll accomplish a lot. A problem might ensue in a conversation where both parties have very different ideas. You might question which person or idea to follow. Delay if you’re not sure of yourself. Look into the purchase of a new item for the home. Tonight: Mellow out.

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20) HHH State your intentions. Deal with others individually and directly. A partner or associate assumes a more dominant position than in the past. Close relating warms up a difficult friendship. You come to a new understanding. Pressure builds. Tonight: A must appearance.

LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22) HHHHH You could be delighted by a new friend or child. Focus on funneling more fun and creativity into the less exciting areas of your life. Your perspective will change dramatically when you do. Communication takes on an expressive tone. Tonight: Midweek break.

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20) HHHH Tension builds. Take an overview and detach. See what is going on behind the scenes. You will understand much more.

Walk in another person’s shoes and gain a perspective. Keep your mind off the negatives; they could bog you down. Tonight: Feed your mind.

SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21) HHHH You might feel better if you anchor and allow greater give-and-take. Your ability to eye personal matters and move right through them emerges. Take another look at your budget, knowing there are some important expenditures heading in. Tonight: Happy at home.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21) HHHH Your words tumble on the right ears, or it seems your words complete another’s music. The real issue is what to do with this situation. Please note that you are unusually bright and alluring. Don’t allow a judgment to pull you into an abyss.

Tonight: Strutting your stuff.

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19) HHH Know what you desire. Often what you have to decide on has to do with goals and key friendships. For the next month, observe a tendency to be overly sensitive or to misconstrue others’ words.

Question rather than retreat. Nothing is solved by retreating. Tonight: Treat yourself well.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18) HHHH Wherever you apply your attention, you draw positive responses. Nevertheless, there is a boss or older relative who would prefer you focus on what he or she wants. Certainly this person doesn’t know the Aquarian well. Friends and associates support you in your actions and decisions -- for now. Tonight: Follow the spontaneous path.

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20) HHHH You could be on top of your game, but right now do more exploring to find out what is happening within your immediate circle. You might not have all the answers at this point. Think past the obvious. Detach in order to solve a disagreement. Tonight: Some muchneeded personal time.

BORN TODAY Rapper Nelly (1974), French philosopher Georges Sorel (1847), political commentator Pat Buchanan (1938)

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Pearls Before Swine

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F Minus

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Get Fuzzy

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Cow and Boy

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

TUESDAY’S PUZZLE SOLVED

ACROSS 1 Nice forecast 5 Blatant promotion 9 Entertain 14 Shoppe modifier 15 Hoosier city 16 Kitchen gadget 17 Sachs 20 Texas longhorn, for one 21 Shocked reaction 22 45-Down et al.

23 Hai or oui 25 Atop 27 Sacks 35 Detours, e.g.: Abbr.

36 Kitty 37 “Awakenings” actress 38 Start to sing?

39 Fawned over, with “on” 42 Uncertain word 43 Warren Buffett’s city 46 JFK listing 47 Matchmaker.com connection 48 Saks 52 __ bargain 53 Crunch targets 54 Uffizi offering 57 Couples with clubs 60 Comic pianist Victor 64 Sax 67 Audibly 68 Taj Mahal site 69 “Yikes!”

70 Sounds from pounds 71 Maintain 72 Conifers with elastic wood DOWN 1 Turns opaque, with “up” 2 Loads 3 Run in place 4 Late-night flights 5 Couples’s org.

6 Clubber __, nemesis in “Rocky III” 7 Bear in the sky 8 Plaster of Paris component 9 Financing letters 10 Daytime fare 11 Coffee hour sights 12 Ooze

13 Misses the mark 18 GI rations 19 Date with an MD 24 Dirty Harry’s org.

26 Resistance unit 27 Refrigerant gas 28 Announcement at the door 29 Took in again 30 Pal of Tigger 31 Playful aquatic critter 32 Actor Malcolm-__ Warner 33 Speak with style 34 Tylenol alternative 40 Summer on the Seine 41 Computer fodder 44 Really enthused 45 Buddy List co.

47 Act rebelliously 49 Homeowner’s option, in brief 50 Ancient Egyptian temple complex 51 “Fernando” quartet 54 Sports schedule column

55 Audition aim 56 Word with box or belt 58 On __: nervous 59 Calamitous 61 Storm 62 Eat away 63 Actor Byrnes and announcer Hall 65 OED entries 66 Suede feature

TUESDAY’S PUZZLE SOLVED

Coaches “H” say “Go to the Games!”

They and our friend share some Letters in their names.

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Student low brass ensembles to perform

by Ashley Hite A&E Writer

Multiple West Virginia University music students will showcase their low brass instrument skills in a concert Thursday.

The event is free and open to the public and takes place at 8:15 p.m. Thursday in Bloch Learning and Performance

Hall at the Creative Arts Center.

The concert will showcase a variety of low brass ensembles, including trombone quartets, a tuba and euphonium quartet, the trombone choir and Osteology – a jazz ensemble comprised of trombones and a rhythm section.

The evening will include a

classical and jazz repertoire, which consists of well-known composers such as Richard Wagner and Bruckner.

A special addition to the song list for the evening includes a performance of “Loon” by Osteology.

The composition was written by WVU senior trombone musician and music education student Matt Kingsbury.

Other performers for the evening include Scott Jones, Joe Jefferson, John Steadman, Kenneth Johnson, John Fitzmaurice, Aaron Pritt, Will Kichty, Anne Stickley and Reid Hartman.

“The trombone choir also includes community members. It’s kind of a cooperation between university and community,” said WVU music pro-

fessor Brian Plitnik.

Plitnik will be co-directing the event with WVU Chair of the Division of Music and professor Keith Jackson.

“I’m looking forward to hearing all of the students bring into fruition all of their hard work,” Plitnik said.

This performance will be the showcase of the groups’ efforts for the semester.

“It’s something we’ve been preparing for most of the semester,” Plitnik said.

The ensemble members are not strangers to performances, as they frequently visit high schools to do performances and presentations for education jazz outreach and to recruit students for WVU. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

Trick-or-treaters unaffected by cold weather Monday night

by Caitlin Graziani a&E correspondent

The streets of Morgantown were filled with superheroes, princesses, zombies and ninjas Monday night.

Trick-or-treaters paraded around with pillowcases and plastic pumpkins in hopes of getting some free candy.

Despite the cold and rain, children still managed to get their candy fix.

Due to the weather, there was an increase in the amount of parents driving their children around from house to house.

In Suncrest, drivers were dropping trick-or-treaters off at the end of streets, picking them up again and driving them to the next street.

“I don’t think the weather dampered the trick-or-treaters any,” said Dolores Watts, resident of the Suncrest neighborhood. “They were dressed very pretty; they were all excited.”

In South Park, the Greenmont Neighborhood Association hosted the second annual “Greenmont Haunt.”

Th e n e ig hb o rh o o d hosted activities including a pumpkin car ving contest, costume contest and a bonfire.

The Greenmont neighborhood creates a safe environment for children to trick or treat, while building a strong sense of community.

While some trick-or-treaters many only go out on Oct. 31, Morgantown hosted many other trick-or-treating activities on other days.

The Metropolitan Theatre hosted a “Halloween Spooktacular” Oct. 27.

Children had the opportunity to trick or treat at participating businesses Downtown Morgantown.

Following trick-or-treating, Extreme Illusions & Escapes performed a show starring Josh Knotts and Lea at the Metropolitan Theatre on High Street in Downtown Morgantown.

Trunk-or-treat, an event hosted by the Institute of Industrial Engineers, took place Oct. 24.

Student organizations, churches and other community service groups lined up their “trunks” to hand out candy to local children.

Trunk-or-treat is an alternative to typical door-to-door trick-or-treating.

Whether it was the excitement or the sugar rush, last night’s trick-or-treaters appeared to have no problems

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Local residents participated in Trunk or Treat at the WVU Coliseum on Oct. 24.

with the rain and cold. their costumes on over win- pushing strollers and taking a loween festivities in MorganMany came to doors with ter coats. piece of candy now and then. town this season. their bags and heads cold Parents followed closely Despite the cold weather, daa&e@mail.wvu.edu and wet, while others had behind holding umbrellas, there was no shortage of Hal-

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ALi Sultan A&E correspondent

EA Games’ first-person shooter “Battlefield” franchise continued its worldwide success with the release of the newest installment of the video game series — “Battlefield 3.”

The game was released last week on most platforms, including PlayStation 3, XBox 360 and PC. Following “Bad Company,” this installment reintroduces some of the features on previous “Battlefield” games such as fighter jets, helicopters, medical sets with defibrillators and “bipod-weapons”– all of which can be used in both the campaign singleplayer mode and the online multiplayer mode.

Graphics have improved significantly and the gameplay is much more realistic and requires a good amount of skill to master.

Most gamers who purchased this game skipped the campaign mode to compete with other players from

around the world in the multiplarer mode.

Online game modes include Rush, a “destroy-theobjectives” strategy-based mode, Conquest, a mode that requires teams to capture flags and maintain dominance over the maps, and different variations of Team Deathmatch.

Multiplayer maps are all very well constructed and feature massively sized areas where players can explore and anticipate waves of enemy players.

The maps include locations such as Paris, Tehran, Sarajevo, New York, Iraq and the Gulf of Oman.

The campaign singleplayer mode is set in 2014, and the player’s mission involves taking a five-man squad to bring back a U.S. official involved in a chemicalsite investigation in Iran.

After locating a primary target, the player must find ways to stop potential nuclear attacks in Paris and New York with the help of his U.S. army comrades – all the while facing resistance from Iranian and Russian forces.

In terms of the actual game-

play, there would hardly be any complaints of how multiplayer game-modes progress.

However, with EA’s attempts of making everything seem more realistic and therefore taking up huge amounts of processing activity on the game engine, there are several glitches that occur during gameplay.

Specifically on the PlayStation 3 platform, players will find their squad members suddenly thrown on the other team – which will lead to them leaving the game entirely and unbalancing servers.

They will also find the ingame chat settings randomly ceasing to function properly.

The multiplayer mode has few actual game modes, leading to a sense of boredom from the players as they claim they don’t get enough variety in missions and objectives.

Otherwise, the game seems to be a success with first-person shooter enthusiasts.

It is currently available in stores for less than $60.

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WVU women start 2011-12 season with exhibition against Wheeling Jesuit by cody schuler sports writer

The West Virginia women’s basketball team will open its season tonight with an exhibition game against Division II Wheeling Jesuit.

The Mountaineers, who finished with a record of 2410 last season, were picked to finish No. 9 in the Big East preseason coaches’ poll. The Cardinals, who compete in the WVIAC conference, finished last season with a 9-18 record and are led by first-year head coach Debbie Buff.

Game time is set for a 7 p.m. tip-off at the WVU Coliseum, and admission is free to the public.

For West Virginia, the most exciting part about this exhibition is simply getting to play for the first time since the team’s summer trip to Italy.

Junior center Asya Bussie, the Mountaineers’ returning starter, is looking forward to finally getting the season underway.

“I think we’re all just really excited to get this season started,” Bussie said. “We started practice a while ago, so

we’re finally excited to actually start playing and get the season going.”

Head coach Mike Carey enters his 11th season at the helm for West Virginia, hoping his youthful team will use Wednesday’s exhibition to find some consistency moving forward.

“With a young team, it changes every day,” he said.

“Saturday we had some scrimmages, and we didn’t play as hard as we need to play, so I was a little disappointed.”

“Yesterday, I thought we came out and played hard again, so I think that’s just going to be the way of this team, because they’re so young. It’s going to be up and down, but we have to find a way to become more consistent,”.

Carey projects his starting lineup for the exhibition to include Bussie, redshirt junior forward/center Ayana Dunning, sophomore forward Jess Harlee, sophomore guard Brooke Hampton and either one of the sophomore guard pair of Taylor Palmer and Christal Caldwell.

Carey is unsure if Hampton will play, however, after she

pulled a muscle in her calf yesterday. He figures to make a decision regarding her availability tomorrow.

He also believes everyone on the roster will find some solid court time throughout the game.

For Carey, the exhibition game will give him the opportunity to get a better feel for some of the younger players he hasn’t seen in action yet.

“We’ll use different combinations,” he said.

“When you have so many young players, I really don’t have a pulse on them yet,” he said. “It’s going to be a learning experience for all of us.”

Harlee, who played just more than 10 minutes per game last season as a true freshman, acknowledged while the exhibition is a good time to learn, Carey is still going to expect a lot from the team.

“I think coach is going to be very hard on us,” she said.

“He’s going to want us to be in tip-top shape (and) be the best we can be, so I think it’s going to be interesting.” brooke cassidy/the daily athenaeum

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Sophomore Jessica Harlee is one of several underclassmen expected to play a bigger role this season for WVU.

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WVU wants to keep momentum against Louisville this weekend by michael carvelli sports editor

Heading into this week’s game against Louisville, the No. 21 West Virginia football team knows it is able to battle back in tough Big East Conference games after seeing the way it responded to adversity last week against Rutgers.

Now the key is continuing that momentum through to the rest of the season.

“When your back is to the wall, you tend to respond with a bit more energy,” said head coach Dana Holgorsen.

“Last week, there were a lot of opportunities to shut it down. We responded better within the game (than against Syracuse).

“I anticipate our preparation (this week) will be fine.

It’s about continuing to mature as a team and play well together, and pick each other up and having more energy

and excitement than the other team.”

As for West Virginia’s move to the Big 12 Conference that was announced on Friday, Holgorsen’s thoughts on it remained the same as they were last week when everything was just speculation. He’s not worrying about it right now.

The focus right now is on the task at hand – winning the Big East Conference title.

“Last week, when it became official on Friday, we brought the guys together for about 30 seconds and told them it was official, but then we told them it doesn’t mean anything,” Holgorsen said. “It doesn’t mean anything with this week and it doesn’t mean anything next week.”

While his current focus is completely on this week’s game, Holgorsen did talk about how excited he was for

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West Virginia head coach Dana Holgorsen looks on during the Mountaineers’ win over Rutgers Saturday.

The day that changed Marinatto’s career as Big East commissioner cody schuler sports WRITER

Who is John Marinatto?

Public sentiment is at an all-time low for the embattled leader of the Big East – a man who came to power after years of working his way up from the bottom.

I remember the first time I saw the commissioner of the Big East. I had just taken the elevator up into Maryland’s press box at Capital One Field this season.

Kickoff wasn’t for another 90 minutes, but I was still preparing in my head for what I thought I was about to see. It was my first road game covering West Virginia football, so naturally, I was excited to see what the press box would look like.

I also didn’t want to look like a clueless amateur who mistakenly wandered into press row, so I made sure to keep my head down and stayed focused

on keeping to myself when I walked out of the elevator.

As I took my first few steps into the room, I did the usual check of my Blackberry, in hopes I would have to respond to a message and not acknowledge anyone. As I looked down, I brushed shoulders with a short, stout, fastpacing gentleman dressed in well-pressed slacks.

Before I had time to apologize, he was already halfway down the hall, wiping sweat off of his brow and talking frantically into his iPhone.

I just bumped into the Big East commissioner on what would soon be one of the worst days of his professional life.

Word quickly spread through the press box that Marinatto was in the middle of a very serious phone call. My first thought, in all honesty, was how cool it was to see the Big East boss in action.

Shortly thereafter, I began to

see schuler on PAGE 10

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Houston QB Keenum has talented help on outside

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Houston quarterback Case Keenum, holding the football, broke the Football Bowl Subdivision record for total offense, throwing for 17,692 yards and 139 touchdown passes in his career. Keenum needs 267 yards passing to break the all-time NCAA passing record of 17,072 yards by Hawaii’s Tim Chang.

HOUSTON (AP) — While Case Keenum sets NCAA records, senior receivers Tyron Carrier and Patrick Edwards have been right there with him, putting up their own impressive numbers for high-powered Houston.

The No. 14 Cougars (8-0, 4-0 Conference USA) and the nation’s top-ranked offense play at UAB (1-7, 1-4) on Saturday in pursuit of the best start in school history. Houston has never gone undefeated, and sits just outside the Bowl Championship Series standings with four games to play.

“Records are good things,” Carrier said, “but we’ve got a bigger prize on our minds right now.”

Keenum, already the Football Bowl Subdivision’s career leader in total offense (17,692 yards) and touchdown passes (139), needs 267 yards passing to break the NCAA record of 17,072 held

by Hawaii’s Tim Chang.

It’s likely that either Carrier or Edwards will make the reception that sends Keenum over the top.

Both have caught a pass in every game they’ve played at Houston. Carrier’s streak of 47 consecutive games with a catch is the nation’s longest; Edwards is five behind at 42.

Carrier is already Houston’s career receptions leader (277) and is chasing the NCAA record held by current Oklahoma receiver Ryan Broyles (333). Edwards holds the Houston record for career yards receiving (3,826) and needs one more TD catch to break the school record he shares with Elmo Wright (34).

Carrier matched another national mark when he returned the opening kickoff of last week’s 73-34 win over Rice 100 yards for a touchdown. He has seven career kickoff returns for scores, ty-

ing the mark set by Clemson’s C.J. Spiller.

Not to be outdone, Edwards produced the biggest receiving day in college football this season, catching seven catches for 318 yards and five touchdowns against the Owls. Edwards leads the NCAA with 11 TD catches and ranks second in yards receiving (1,069).

“We all have a connection to the records, to everything,” Edwards said. “It’s our job to make Case look good, and he makes us look good.”

Keenum came to Houston in 2006, and Carrier and Edwards arrived a year later, when Art Briles was still the coach. Edwards was a walk-on and firstyear coach Kevin Sumlin said he and then-offensive coordinator Dana Holgorsen started seeing Edwards’ potential during fall practices in 2008.

“When Dana was here, we’d look out there and say, ‘He might be the best guy we’ve got,’” Sumlin said. “After we found out what his name was, we watched him for a couple of weeks and gave him a scholarship.”

The receivers were just starting to develop chemistry with their quarterback that season when Edwards broke his right leg when he ran into a metal service cart behind the end zone during an October 2008 game at Marshall.

Keenum quickly turned to Carrier to become his go-to receiver that year, and Carrier led the team with 1,026 yards.

“It’s so happened that every time he scrambled that year, the ball was thrown to me,” Carrier said. “It comes through the heat of battle. During those opportunities, you learn a lot about a person. I know that he’s poised,

and I’ll be just as poised as he is.

Whenever we’re in a bind, I know that he’s looking for me and I’m looking for him.”

Edwards was running again within four months, and fully healthy again by the time fall practices began in 2009. And that’s when the offense really took flight.

Keenum set a single-season school record with 5,671 yards passing, the third-highest total in FBS history. Carrier, Edwards and then-junior James Cleveland became the first trio in school history to top 1,000 yards receiving, and the Cougars led the nation in yards passing (225 per game).

Keenum tore a ligament in his right knee in the third game of the 2010 season. He was granted a sixth year of eligibility by the NCAA, and Carrier and Edwards didn’t need much practice time

to bond with him again.

“We just got back to the way we used to be, doing what we do every day,” Edwards said. “We were very excited to get him back. He’s like our coach out there on the field. He trusts us, we trust him.”

By now, Carrier and Edwards can communicate with Keenum on the field without even speaking.

Keenum threw nine touchdown passes in last week’s rout of Rice. On two of them, Carrier and Edwards flashed quick hand signals, Keenum nodded and threw to them for easy scores.

“It’s pretty cool, when I don’t even have to say anything to those guys,” Keenum said. “They knew what wanted, they knew what they saw and we’re on the same page. That’s what you want between receivers and quarterbacks.”

Boise St., five others to be invited to join Big East PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Big East is ready to start adding members after spending the last month and a half losing them.

A person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press the Big East will invite Boise State, Navy and Air Force for football only and SMU, Houston and Central Florida for all sports in upcoming days. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the conference was not ready to announce its plan.

Commissioner John Marinatto declined to elaborate on the Big East’s next moves after meeting with the league’s presidents at a Philadelphia hotel Tuesday. He said he expected the targeted schools to accept, but details still must be worked out with each.

“As we’ve learned over the last two months, don’t believe anything anybody tells you. Nothing’s done until it is over. So I’m obviously being very cautious and that’s why I’m reluctant to say names of schools,” he said.

Marinatto did acknowledge the league intends to expand west.

Boise State and Air Force, both in the Mountain West Conference, and SMU and Houston, members of Conference USA, would be in the Big East’s western division, along with Louisville and Cincinnati. Navy, an independent, and UCF, also from CUSA, would be part of the league’s eastern division with Connecticut, South Florida, Rutgers and another school. The

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The Big East has been working on a plan to add those six schools and reconfigure as a 12team football conference since not long after Syracuse and Pittsburgh announced Sept. 18 they would be leaving for the Atlantic Coast Conference.

“We got reaffirmation from our members that that was the way we wanted to go,” Marinatto said. “It was probably a very small part of our meeting today, where they just reaffirmed everything we had been talking about and authorized me to move forward with formal discussions to get this all wrapped up as soon as possible.”

Exactly when was unclear.

“We have not received an invitation from the Big East.

However, we understand the things are moving in that direction,” UCF spokesman Grant Heston said.

Navy athletic director Chet Gladchuk said Tuesday he had not yet heard from any Big East officials.

A couple weeks after the Big East found out about Pitt and Syracuse, TCU announced it was backing out of a commitment to join the league next year and instead accepted an invite to the Big 12.

Then last week West Virginia accepted an invitation to the Big 12, stripping the Big East of its most successful football member in recent years. So even with

the six potential new members, the Big East still needs another school to get to 12 for the long term.

“We didn’t get into the discussion of specifically replacing West Virginia,” Marinatto said.

Temple and Memphis are being considered, the person with knowledge of the Big East’s decision said.

Temple AD Bill Bradshaw declined comment.

“We’re having discussions with Big East officials and continue to consider all of our options,” Boise State spokesman Frank Zang said.

Marinatto said again that the Big East intends to enforce the league’s 27-month notification period and will hold Pitt, Syracuse and West Virginia in the conference until July 2014.

The ACC has said it will not challenge the Big East’s rules, but the Big 12 needs 10 teams to fulfill its television contracts in 2012 and has said it expects West Virginia to replace Missouri and join the league next year. Missouri is expected to leave for the Southeastern Conference soon.

West Virginia filed a lawsuit M o n d ay challenging the Big East’s waiting period and asking the court to speed the school’s divorce from the league.

“I quite frankly was stunned when I heard the news that they were filing a lawsuit,” Marinatto said. “I couldn’t understand under what grounds.”

Big East Commissioner John Marinatto speaks to media earlier this year.

Even with new members ready to commit, the Big East might not have enough football teams next season without Syracuse, Pittsburgh and West Virginia.

According to Conference USA bylaws, UCF, SMU and Houston would not be able to compete in the Big East until 2013, CUSA spokeswoman Courtney Archer said. Those teams would also have to pay a $500,000 exit fee and relinquish about $6.13 million in television revenue.

Mountain West bylaws won’t stand in the way of Boise State or Air Force leaving immediately, but they would have to relinquish this year’s revenue, plus pay either $5 million or double the revenue, whichever is greater.

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If Boise State makes it to the Bowl Championship Series this season, it could cost as much as $21 million for the Broncos to jump to the Big East in 2012. But getting access to an automatic BCS bid, something neither the MWC nor CUSA has, is what Boise State and most schools are chasing these days.

The MWC and CUSA have announced a football merger they hope will land it BCS automatic bid.

The Big East has that, at least through the 2013 season, and hopes its latest incarnation can keep it and be attractive enough to television networks to land a billion-dollar deal similar to what the other automatic-qualifying BCS leagues have signed in recent years.

club sports

WVU has success, despite bad weather conditions by jon fehrens

sports correspondent

Despite harsh conditions and fields being nearly impossible to play on, West Virginia club sports programs trudged through competition.

The Mountaineer baseball team traveled to St. Francis University for a double-header.

West Virginia swept St.

Francis, winning the first game 10-8 and the second 9-4.

Freshman first baseman Andrew Knapp led the team over the weekend going 4-7 with a double, one run, three RBI’s and a home run.

Men’s soccer found early success at the regional tournament in Toughkenamon, Pa. WVU shutout Maryland in its first game 3-0.

Brooks Nucilli netted a goal

in both games to lead the team. Nucilli scored against Connecticut, but the Mountaineers managed a 1-1 tie.

The next game against Binghamton ended in a 1-1 tie, as well.

The No. 25 Men’s ice hockey team tried to regroup after several hard defeats, this time against Towson and No.24 West Chester University.

West Virginia got into a high

scoring match with Towson, but the opposing offense was too much handle and defeated WVU 9-5.

The team continued its woes against No.24 West Chester in a 4-2 loss.

Ken Bickel shined over the weekend, scoring a hat trick, and Trey Bracy netted his first goal of his career. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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Wednesday November 2, 2011

A START TO REMEMBER Redshirt sophomore makes most of first career start at cornerback against Rutgers by ben gaughan

associate sports editor

West Virginia cornerback Brodrick Jenkins’ first career start last week against Rutgers couldn’t have gone any better.

The redshirt sophomore intercepted two Gary Nova passes during the second half, keeping the game out of reach and helping to ensure a WVU victory.

“I felt like a little kid at a candy store,” Jenkins said. “It was nice because now I know what I have to look forward to do, how I have to prepare mentally.”

There were less than seven minutes to go in the third quarter. The Mountaineers were playing a Cover 2 defensive scheme, where the safeties cover the deeper parts of the field and the linebackers and cornerbacks play manon-man against an opposing offensive player.

In this case, Jenkins was covering Rutgers junior wide receiver Mohamed Sanu and knew that Sanu was a big part of the offense. He was praying Nova did not overthrow the ball and that he would have a chance to make a play, and he did.

“I didn’t even look down to see where my feet were at; it just happened,” Jenkins said. “I was just looking for him to do the signal and he did. It still feels not real that it happened.”

Jenkins felt he always had the confidence to go out on the field and perform the way he did, but he just needed the opportunity to show it again.

After all, he did play in all 13 games last season, under the same defensive coordinator but different head coach,

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Redshirt sophomore Brodrick Jenkins finished with two interceptions in his first start of his career last week against Rutgers.

Bill Stewart.

The Fort Myers, Fla., native remains humble and just wants to be able to help WVU win games each week.

“I’m just going to play my role,” he said. “As long as I can contribute to the team, I’m not really worried about starting or anything like that.

I’m a team player.”

Thanks to senior transfer

Brantwon Bowser’s halftime speech, Jenkins might have gotten some extra inspiration.

Bowser apparently gave an emotional talk that really got through to several of his teammates.

“He was talking about playing for each other instead of just trying to play for the coaches,” Jenkins said. “We need to put more enthusiasm

momentum

into what we’re doing and not just be out there talking.”

“It really opened to some of us … I feel as if he’s an older brother to me, so I really did take (what Bowser said) into consideration.”

Jenkins has gotten a lot more confident in his ability to perform at a high level since his first spring with the team back in 2009. Despite his

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the future of the football program in its new conference.

“I understand the Big 12 and what they’re about from a national perspective, from a facilities perspective and an academic perspective,” he said. “The amount of changes and challenges that are going to take place here at West Virginia are something that will take a long time to get done.

It’s a huge task – it’s not an overnight fix.

“It’s great to be able to solidify our future and what we need to do to put ourselves in a position to be successful.”

But, as he said, this week the Mountaineers’ focus is on Louisville, and that means slowing down the Cardinals’ talented freshman quarterback Teddy Bridgewater.

Bridgewater has completed more than 63 percent of his passes and has thrown seven touchdowns this season.

“He’s got the ability to make a play. He’s like Geno was two years ago: growing into himself and learning,” Holgorsen said. “He has the ability to get out of it and run down the field. He’s developing a pretty good rapport with the guys around him.”

Louisville has also had a lot of success this season

realize what everyone else had already been thinking: What was John Marinatto doing carrying on a serious phone call in the midst of dozens of reporters?

The sweaty, stressed 53-year-old leader of the Big East was beginning to learn the conference was collapsing under his watch. That day, Pittsburgh and Syracuse would announce their intentions to leave for the ACC. Once it became obvious people were trailing him, officials in the press box grabbed Marinatto and took him to a private room. Why he wasn’t in there to begin with, I can’t really say.

In my mind, that string of events in the press box kind of sums up Marinatto’s handling of the Big East’s recent demise.

Marinatto’s professional life, to that point, was a true success story. The Providence, R.I., native started his career in 1975, washing basketball uniforms and handling travel arrangements as manager of the Providence basketball team.

Through hard work, Marinatto was promoted to Sports Information Director, a position he held when Providence made the Final Four in 1987 under then-head coach Rick Pitino.

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Senior defensive linemen Julian Miller and Bruce Irvin celebrate following a sack during the Rutgers game. defensively.

The Cardinals have allowed 16.2 points per game this season, while quarterbacks have only thrown for 198 yards per game.

“It starts with coaching,” Holgorsen said. “Charlie Strong has been as well-respected of a defensive co-

ordinator as there’s been in the profession for the last two decades. The guy’s won two national championships, and has been part of some good programs being the defensive coordinator – that tells you something.”

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excitement of getting not one, but two, interceptions in his first collegiate start, he is focused on continuing that type of success the rest of the season and beyond – and that’s not just for him personally, but as a whole defensive unit.

He believes once the core young players on the defense, like safety Darwin Cook and some of the young lineback-

ers, get more starts, the defense will be much improved.

“We still have to get to where everybody is getting good playing time,” he said.

“We believe in each other.”

As the defense continues to grow, Jenkins could continue taking more trips to the candy store.

Later, when then-athletic director Lou Lamoriello left the program, it was Marinatto who got promoted, and he became the country’s youngest athletic director at the ripe age of 29.

For 14 years, Marinatto led the Friars – a predominantly basketball school – to a series of successes. When he had a serious disagreement with the University’s president, he was forced to resign. However, he recovered nicely, landing a six-month consulting role with the Big East.

In 2002, he was promoted to associate commissioner, and a year later, when the ACC raided the Big East, it was Marinatto who drafted a plan that would eventually save the conference.

It was only fitting Marinatto’s meteoric rise would lead him to become commissioner of the conference. Now, as the Big East sits on the brink of collapsing, it is again up to Marinatto to salvage what he can after the departures of three of the conference’s best programs.

The hardworking commissioner is known for his intense work ethic and sense of commitment.

However, it was never more apparent than in the press box that day that the commissioner had been caught flatfooted – forced to watch from the sidelines as two universi-

ties chose to leave the conference without even calling to tell him beforehand.

The man who promised to expand and protect the Big East when he took the role of commissioner in July 2009 has failed to live up to expectations.

West Virginia’s lawsuit against the Big East claims the demise of the Big East football conference is “a direct and proximate result of ineffective leadership and breach of fiduciary duties to the football schools by the Big East Conference and its Commissioner.”

After turning down a $1.4 billion television deal that would have provided financial stability, not securing TCU and watching them leave the conference without ever really joining, and forcing every athletic director in the Big East to call other conferences to look for a new, stable home – it is hard to argue Marinatto has done his job.

Marinatto has publicly stated the Big East will survive, and expansion of the conference will ultimately save it once again.

This time around, however, the other conference commissioners have already done what Marinatto is still hoping to do – provide stability and long-term security to the conference for years to come.

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