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SGA invited to join city committee

by Charles Young Staff Writer

New City Manager Terrence Moore extended a formal invitation to members of the West Virginia University Student Government Association Wednesday night by asking for two members to join a new committee he is forming.

Moore said the committee will be made up of the heads of every city department as

well as counterparts from the University. Moore invited SGA to choose two representatives from the Board of Governors to join the committee.

“I am very impressed with the momentum I see here, and I wish to commend SGA for your expanded involvement in the affairs of City Council,” Moore said.

After introducing himself to members of the BOG, Moore took questions from

students on a wide range of issues including health care, traffic control, housing and the potential growth of the University.

“Having the new city manager attend tonight’s meeting is the perfect start to a new season of Student Government,” said Nelson France, SGA’s liaison to City Council. “From tonight’s meeting we get a sense of validation, this says that city officials re-

spect SGA and want to hear our voice. There is no other city in the country that has this type of relationship.”

Also during the meeting, WVU Registrar Steve Robinson gave a demonstration of the new DegreeWorks program. The program will be integrated into MIX program and unveiled on Jan. 19.

The program will help students track their progress toward a major, view academic

transcripts and chat online with advisers in real time.

“This is a great tool for you and your adviser to help map out your college career,” Robinson said.

Robinson also announced the program’s second phase, which will be launched in the spring. Additional features will include the ability to track minor requirements, and the program will be opened up to graduate students.

Gov. Joe Harmon’s resolution in support of lowering parking citations to less than $20 passed unanimously. The resolution also requested more efficient parking machines to accept credit cards and bills.

Vice President Ron Cheng also introduced new election reforms that will be voted on during the next meeting. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

Delayed opening for Chick-fil-A City purchases

more salt after harsh ’10 winter

By Devon Unger Staff Writer

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Students eat lunch in the Mountainlair Monday afternoon. The future site of the new Chick-fil-A in the Mountainlair food court is still under construction.

Restaurant to open in February or March because of time, space issues by melissa candolfi staff writer

The Chick-fil-A “Eat more Chikin” cow will have to wait a few more months to be seen in the Mountainlair.

Chick-fil-A was expected to open this January, but the opening is delayed until late February or early March due to time and space constraints.

Michael Ellington, assistant vice president for student affairs, said fitting a large operation into a small space caused the opening to be delayed.

Ellington said the biggest obstacle that Chick-filA has faced throughout the construction was fitting the Mallory Bracken/THE DAILY ATHENAEUM amount of equipment reA worker unrolls wires inside the new Chick-fil-A in the Mountainlair Monday. The restau- quired for such a large projrant remains under construction. ect into a small area.

Ellington said Dining Services is focusing on getting the job done correctly, and that it is trying to maximize square footage.

“It would be nice if we had twice as much space,” Ellington said. “Working with architecture, and tearing things down and needing a quality product out of that is the biggest hold up.”

Ellington said by the time Chick-fil-A will be done with construction, startup costs and equipment will cost approximately $400,000 to $500,000.

Larry Koay, assistant director of Dining Services, said despite the delayed opening and price of the construction, it will be

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Extension Services offers wellness challenge in state

BY EMILY SPICKLER CORRESPONDENT

West Virginia University Extension Service is launching a campaign to promote wellness and healthy living in the state.

The Wild, Wonderful Wellness Challenge launched the first week of January and will run until the end of December 2011.

The campaign promotes one challenge per week, along with one healthy recipe per week, said Cassie Waugh, communications and marketing manager for WVU Extension.

Waugh said the campaign

also features a blog. Eight regular bloggers and one guest blogger will write each week about their experience with the challenges.

“Our challenges focus on all aspects of wellness. It’s not focusing on weight loss, which might be a benefit of overall wellness,” Waugh said. “Bu, instead, might be getting your daily amounts of water each day, or adding fruits or vegetables to your daily diet.”

“We’re not going to tell you go out and run a marathon, just to walk an extra 15 minutes a day,” Waugh said.

Waugh said one unique part

about the challenge is that it is West Virginia-based.

Waugh said researchers look at challenges that West Virginians face that are specific to rural areas, like not having access to affordable fruits and vegetables or not having access to gyms.

According to the Wild, Wonderful Wellness Challenge website, approximately 60 percent of West Virginia adults and more than 40 percent of the children are either overweight or obese.

Waugh said the campaign targets everyone. For example, she said if the challenges involve exercising and it is too challenging for a person, there will be an

alternative. She also said if the challenge isn’t enough, there will be opportunities to take a step further.

“WVU Extension Service has offices in all 55 counties, so we’re connected to the communities,” said Becca Clark, Monongalia County Extension Agent for 4H. Clark said the challenges do not take a lot of time, but they do focus on healthy living.

“Living a healthy lifestyle can get left behind,” Clark said.

Waugh said 4H is pulling some challenges from the health

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Three thousand tons of rock salt was purchased by the city of Morgantown to treat snowy roads this winter.

According to a memo from the Public Works Department, Terry Hough, the city engineer, recommended the purchase of the salt from Cargill Salt for a total cost of $198,690, or $66.23 per ton. This price is down from $66.48 per ton paid for the same product last year.

“Last year was a pretty rough year, so our inventories were the lowest they have been in a few years. So, we had to purchase a little more salt this year just to get those inventories back up to a reasonable amount for an upcoming winter,” said Assistant City Manager Jeff Mikorski.

Rock salt, or sodium chloride, is commonly used to treat roads for snow and ice, but is just one of a few products which may be used, said Dr. Ron Eck, Professor Emeritus at WVU’s College of Engineering and Mineral Resources.

“One of the disadvantages with rock salt is, especially at high speeds, a lot of the salt bounces off the road,” Eck said. “What some agencies are doing, is actually as the salt comes out of the truck you spray it with some liquid calcium chloride to wet it, and

then as it hits the pavement it sticks, and when it hits the roadway it doesn’t bounce as much. That will give you something in-between the solid and the liquid it’s called pre-wetting.”

Some brine solutions are obtained from natural gas and oil-drilling companies, which produce salt brine as a waste by-product, often giving them away to organizations for use in snow removal.

“It’s a natural product that comes up from the earth when they are producing oil and gas.

Actually, what it is, is old seawater that is millions of years old trapped between the pores of the rock hundred of thousands of feet below the surface,” Eck said.

Mikorski said Morgantown had been given a brine solution for free in the past, but because their supplier was charging this year they could not afford to get the brine. The contents of natural brine must be evaluated by the Department of Environmental Protection before a new supplier can be used.

Eck said when Morgantown began pre-wetting its rock salt it was able to reduce their salt usage by 30 percent because more of the salt was staying on the road surface. The state, which maintains several roads in Morgantown, also uses pre-wetting.

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Student lobbying group drafting bill to protect tenants from landlords

BY TRAVIS CRUM CITY EDITOR

Protecting West Virginian tenants from unfair landlord practices is the goal of a new campaign and website started by West Virginia University’s lobbying group, Student Advocates for Legislative Advancement.

The group is hoping to write a bill to be sponsored and passed by members of the state legislature in the coming months. The bill would define laws for landlords requiring them to itemize deductions on security deposits, give 24-hour notice before entering a rented premise and set a 30-day deadline for the return of security deposits.

The group wants it passed during the state’s 2011 legislative session, which runs from Wednesday at noon until March 12.

The group launched a website Wednesday titled “Better Landlord-Tenant

Laws in West Virginia,” for renters in the state to write about their experiences with unfavorable landlords and reasons for needing the law, said Student Government Association President Chris Lewallen.

“All we are asking for is to be treated fairly,” Lewallen said. “Other states have laws like this, but right now, we have nothing.”

Lewallen posted his own experience with landlords on the website, saying he once sought legal action against a landlord who denied him a security deposit.

“Among 10 other problems that I had while living there, they didn’t give me back my security deposit,” he posted.

“So I decided to seek legal advice. In doing so, I was shocked to find out that West Virginia had no laws protecting its renters from such predatory practices.”

The group hopes to

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Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin pledges 2011 focus on W.Va. jobs, energy

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Declaring that West Virginia is poised to gain economic ground in the Great Recession’s wake, acting Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin detailed a legislative agenda Wednesday focusing on jobs, education and the state’s natural resources.

Tomblin touted the administration’s financial health and recent job gains, such as a Macy’s distribution center planned for the Eastern Panhandle, during a State of the State address delivered to a packed House of Delegates chamber.

The audience included Tomblin’s fellow legislators: as Senate president, the state constitution has had the Logan County Democrat acting as governor since newly elected U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin assumed his new office in November.

From this unique position – Tomblin has set aside his legislative duties while serving as chief executive – he vowed to improve the state’s economy as his top priority.

“I will go anywhere, do anything, and spend every waking moment focused on expanding the number of jobs for the people of our state,” Tomblin said.

His proposed budget, also unveiled Wednesday, reflects

West Virginia’s relative fiscal stability. It includes a planned cut to the sales tax on food, and one-time payments to teachers, school workers and state employees.

Tomblin said the state stands to benefit after weathering the recession.

“West Virginia is poised for success,” Tomblin said. “The building blocks are in place for unprecedented prosperity and job growth. It is our responsibility to follow through and make government an agent for change that unleashes the private sector’s ability to create jobs.”

To that end, Tomblin proposed a sales tax credit to attract the sort of operation that Macy’s Inc. says will result in 1,900 full, part-time and seasonal jobs. It would also reward existing employers that expand, he said.

Tomblin also wants to update the program that allows local communities to offer tax increment financing to economic development projects.

With the state’s jobless benefits fund forecasting it could go broke in April, Tomblin proposed lending it $20 million from the state’s emergency reserves. That would allow the unemployment compensation program to avoid costly federal borrow-

ing that has 30 states, including four of West Virginia’s five neighbors, owing $41 billion.

Besides offering a modest, $200,000 boost to the Division of Energy’s budget, the coalfields lawmaker pledged to embrace that sector of the state’s economy. He vowed to “aggressively pursue” the lawsuit filed against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency by the Manchin administration.

State officials have been at odds with the EPA and the White House over mining-related permit rules and efforts to reduce carbon emissions from such sources as burning coal.

“Do not misunderstand my message: the fact that coal has such a positive impact for West Virginia and our country does not mean that we should turn a blind eye to safety or environmental concerns,” Tomblin also said. “I firmly believe that we can mine coal in an environmentally safe manner. And, I firmly believe that we will develop ways to burn coal in a carbon-friendly manner.”

Tomblin also inherited the ongoing probe into the April explosion at the Upper Big Branch mine. He promised to see it through and carry out its findings, even if that means

changes to the state’s mine regulating office. The deadliest U.S. coal mining disaster in decades killed 29 miners.

Equally supportive of the natural gas industry, Tomblin also welcomed the ongoing drilling into the mile-deep Marcellus Shale field.

“The development of the Marcellus Shale has the potential to restart the manufacturing industry in West Virginia,” he said. “It is an opportunity that we simply cannot let go by.”

Without many details, Tomblin promised legislation to develop vocational programs for middle schools, decrease dropout rates and curb teacher vacancies.

“We must make sure that we are using our resources efficiently and appropriately,” he said about education. “When we build or improve our schools, we need to design classrooms that will foster the development of 21st century skills.”

Tomblin said he also wants to create a cabinet-level Department of Veterans Affairs.

That would elevate the agency from Military Affairs and Public Safety. Other agenda items included continuing the West Virginia Helpline that links seniors to federal and state aid programs.

Amid Senate conflict, W.Va. Legislature convenes CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The West Virginia Legislature began its 80th term Wednesday with its Senate grappling with a leadership quandary it has not seen in more than 140 years.

While both House Speaker Rick Thompson and Senate President Earl Ray Tomblin won new terms leading their chambers, Tomblin is putting aside his legislative duties while acting as governor.

The state constitution assigned the chief executive’s duties to the Logan County lawmaker when newly elected U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin left the governor’s office in November with more than two years left in his second term.

Not since 1869 has the Senate president served as governor, and then for only about a week. Tomblin’s decision not to oversee the Senate day-today led the chamber Wednesday to elect Sen. Jeff Kessler, a Democrat like Tomblin, as acting president.

While a voice vote elevated the Marshall County lawyer to this new position, the necessary rule change prevailed 21-12 after a 90-minute floor debate.

Sen. Evan Jenkins, D-Cabell, led the questioning over

whether the new post would pass legal and constitutional muster. He was joined by several of the body’s six Republicans. Democrats hold 28 of the chamber’s 34 seats, having picked up two in November.

“What I’m saying is, let’s worry about it now, because we are setting our feet in stone as to what our position is,” said Jenkins, a lawyer. “We are setting up, by the adoption of an acting president position, a train wreck coming ahead.”

Kessler’s choice for majority leader, John Unger, D-Berkeley, defended the proposal. Among other points, Unger noted that the Senate can set its own rules and already allows for a president pro tempore to stand in for an absent president. The president appoints that officer under current rules.

But Unger also argued that Tomblin would violate West Virginia’s Constitution if he took his Senate seat while acting as governor. Tomblin had been absent until that point. After appearing to take his oath as president, he addressed the chamber to refute Unger’s statement.

“At this time, and under our constitution, I’m once again called upon to act as governor,”

said Tomblin, 58. “I do not believe that taking my seat is a violation of the separation of powers, and I remain the Senate president. I know that in my absence all of you will work hard to get the work of the Senate done.”

The overall handling of the leadership quandary prompted Sens. John Fanning, D-McDowell; Karen Facemyer, R-Jackson; and Walt Helmick to vote against Tomblin’s presidency.

Helmick, D-Pocahontas, had been his Finance Committee chairman.

As acting president, Kessler can appoint his own floor leaders and committee chairmen.

Among other changes, he is replacing Helmick while Unger succeeds Sen. Truman Chafin, D-Mingo, as majority leader.

The House of Delegates voted 64-35 along party lines and with one absence to hand Thompson, D-Wayne, a third term leading that chamber. That chamber later unanimously passed the session’s first bill, meant to clarify the state’s parole process.

The law had limited offenders serving life-with-mercy sentences – murderers and kidnappers – to parole hearings once every three years. But legislation passed last year inadvertently

allowed yearly appearances.

Thompson and House Minority Leader Tim Armstead, R-Kanawha, cited the resulting ordeal of victims and their survivors. They were joined at a pre-session news conference

by Wayne County resident Hazel Powell, who raised the issue last summer. Her 16-year-old son was murdered in 1992.

“My intent is to make sure that one family doesn’t have to go through this,” said Thompson, D-Wayne.

GOP delegates, who gained a net of six seats in the 2010 election, embraced the parole fix in their agenda for the session.

They also seek a measure allowing a vote for governor this year.

Tomblin contends that state law does not allow a new election for governor until November 2012, when the office is already on the ballot. The state Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in the resulting legal challenge, which also seeks a 2011 vote.

The House Republican agenda also include tax cuts, creating an intermediate court of appeals, and a proposed constitutional amendment defining marriage as being between one man and one woman.

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Continued from page 1 Mikorski said the city is working to find a new state approved supplier of brine. Currently, state maintained roads do use a mix of solids and brine.

“We do it both ways (dry salt and brine), we are just getting into using brine over the past couple years, and we’ve been pre-wetting our salt as we load it into the truck,” said Jeff Pifer, maintenance engineer for the West Virginia Department of Highways.

Both dry sodium chloride and the liquid solution of the salt are common, but only work down to around 18 degrees. Below that temperature another product can be used.

“Calcium chloride is a stronger ice melting agent but because it’s costly and because of the damage it does to concrete, it is not widely used. One of the disadvantages of rock salt is it works until the temperature gets to around 18 degrees.

Below that, it doesn’t have very much ice melting capability,” Eck said. “If the temperature does drop really low, roadway agencies may buy a limited amount of calcium chloride because it will work down to -2 or -3 degrees, but it’s really hard on concrete.”

Rock salt sold at hardware stores for private use often contains calcium chloride because of its function at lower temperatures, but after a few winters the effects of the product can be seen as cracking or wear on sidewalks and driveways, Eck

lobbying

Continued from page 1 receive backing from legislators in areas of the state where landlord laws are needed the most, such as Morgantown and Huntington, Lewallen said. He also plans to present the bill to the West Virginia Landlords Association for its approval.

This is not the first tenant bill that SGA has lobbied for.

In 2007, members attempted to get a similar bill passed in the legislature, but it failed.

He said he believes the new bill has better chances of becoming a law because it defines specific requirements for the landlords, such as giving a 24-hour notice before entering a rented premise.

“We have to, one, get the bill sponsored, and two, get the bill passed,” he said. “I believe

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worth it once the business is running.

“We have had more inquiries about people wanting to know when it opens and what it has than we ever have had,” Ellington said. “It is going to be a hit.”

Ellington said after looking over a survey that was conducted a few years ago, students had Chick-fil-A as one of their top three food options.

“We had a place called McCoy’s there,” he said. “No one could relate to it, our intent

said.

“We do have calcium chloride, but we only use it when the temperature drops down really low, and we’ll add that to the sodium chloride to give it a boost,” Pifer said.

One major downside to these two products is they cause metals to corrode at a much higher rate. Because of this, some roadway agencies use another product, calcium magnesium acetate, which does not contribute to corrosion. The cost of CMA prevents larger scale use.

“The New River Gorge Bridge down in Fayette County, they treat only with calcium magnesium acetate because they are concerned if they use salt on that bridge, it may accelerate the corrosion,” Eck said.

Another strategy used to help with snow and ice removal is called anti-icing as opposed to de-icing. In anti-icing, whatever products are being used are applied prior to the snowfall to prevent the snow from bonding to the roadway.

Eck said West Virginia is beginning to do this more, but it has gained wider acceptance in Pennsylvania and Maryland.

This practice can waste salt if snowfall is less than anticipated or it rains rather than snows.

“This year, in fact, over the past couple of days, we’ve rolled out a tractor-trailer, and we’re doing test runs now, pretreating ahead of the storm with a sodium chloride brine,” Pifer said. “Just before this latest storm ,we took it out and ran it on the interstate.” devon.unger@mail.wvu.edu

this is the best shot we have in getting this thing done.”

He said the group is already working with legislators to have the bill sponsored.

Tyler Pearson, former SGA governor and web designer from Charleston, designed the website for the bill’s campaign. Pearson said he had his own experiences with predatory landlords while attending WVU. “The goal of this site is to push the legislature to make changes to the state code to protect tenants,” Pearson said.

“We want to provide information on what we’re pushing for and for people to share their experiences to show that a lot of people have encountered this problem.”

To read the group’s proposed laws and view others’ landlord experiences, visit http://tenantrightswv.com/. travis.crum@mail.wvu.edu

was to have a national name and a recognizable one.”

Ellington said Chick-fil-A customers will not create more crowding in the Mountainlair food court.

“It is going to be just as chaotic and hectic as it is today,” Ellington said.

Koay said the restaurant will have all the standard Chickfil-A menu items, such as the classic chicken sandwich, chicken deluxe sandwich with options like salad and chicken nuggets.

The prices will be similar, as well. melissa.candolfi@mail.wvu.edu

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“H” planner from the “Head, Heart, Hands and Health,” emblem 4H represents.

“Which may just be something like having a family meal,” Waugh said. “Pulling activities from the planner has been successful in a lot of counties.”

Waugh said the blog has links to previous challenges to be able to join at any time.

For more information on the campaign and to read the blog, visit http://fh.ext.wvu.edu. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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MICHAEL CARVELLI SPORTS WRITER

Big East Midseason Awards

Diehards maintain dedication

Fans stay devoted to WVU women’s Show up and contribute basketball despite crowd struggles to our program’s success

PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Kemba Walker, UConn While Walker was considered one of the top guards in the conference entering the season, nobody expected him to have a year like the one he has had so far.

His breakout performance came in November when he led Connecticut to a Maui Invitational Tournament Championship, which included wins over Michigan State and Kentucky, both ranked inside the top 10 at the time.

He hasn’t quieted since, however. Led by Walker, who ranks second in the nation in points (25.8 per game), Connecticut is exceeding just about everybody’s expectations.

After beginning the year unranked, the Huskies are in the top 10.

The junior point guard has also continued to play the hero in the last couple of weeks. He nailed a jump shot with five seconds left in overtime to lead the Huskies past No. 12 Texas in Austin last Saturday.

BEST TEAM: Pittsburgh The Panthers have been impressive all season long, which is indicated by their No. 5 ranking in the most recent AP poll.

Their lone loss of the season came to a pretty solid Tennessee team and they have Big East wins over Connecticut, Marquette and Georgetown.

Pitt has two experienced guards in Ashton Gibbs and Brad Wanamaker, not to mention a much-improved Gary McGhee, leading the way in the frontcourt.

More will be known about just how good the Panthers really are after they play No. 4 Syracuse Monday at the Petersen Events Center.

MOST IMPROVED PLAYER: Casey Mitchell, West Virginia For a guy who was expected to have a big impact on last year’s team, it’s safe to say Casey Mitchell had a disappointing season in his first year in Morgantown.

This season has been a completely different story.

He started the year off with a 31-point performance against Vanderbilt to begin a

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The West Virginia men’s basketball team is getting ready to hit the bulk of its Big East Conference schedule.

In honor of that, let’s give out some awards for the best performances of the year so far in the conference.

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West Virginia’s Natalie Burton attempts to grab a rebound as fans look on during a Mountaineer women’s basketball game in 2008.

By Matthew Peaslee Sports Writer

Sam Rich, a senior landscape architecture major at West Virginia University, has been to handfuls of WVU women’s basketball games throughout his four years at the school.

At his first game in 2007 against Concord, Rich didn’t don traditional Old Gold and Blue. Instead, he adorned a Marc Bulger St. Louis Rams jersey.

The apparel selection may have been odd in some circumstances, but not at the time.

Marc’s younger sister, Meg, was a star on the women’s basketball team from 2004-07.

“I thought it was cool to see her play my first year here,” Rich said. “She was a great player and really introduced me to some good women’s basketball.”

More chapters were added to Rich’s prelude, as he attended other games each year and has already been to three games this season.

That is more than some WVU students and fans have ever attended.

For the majority of West Virginia women’s basketball games at the WVU Coliseum, open seats abound.

In fact, just three times in program history has the 14,000 seat arena been half-filled. Two of those times came before head coach Mike Carey took over the program in 2001.

“It really is a shame that the girls can’t get more people to their games,” Rich said. “They are playing their hearts out and playing better than the rest of the country. The students and all of Morgantown really don’t

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MIKE CAREY

WVU Women’s basketball coach

Since my first season here at West Virginia, I have seen many changes to the women’s basketball program. Of those changes, there have been many positives with the addition of staff members, offices, equipment and now a practice facility.

Another change I have seen over the years has been the increase in attendance at the WVU Coliseum. This season we have averaged more than 2,000 fans per game at all home games. The players and coaches appreciate all the support coming in and hope that the attendance average is one we will continue to see improve.

Our team has taken the program to new heights this season as we continue the home-court win streak, have earned our highest ever program ranking in the AP poll and started the season an undefeated 16-0.

I could not be more proud of the ladies for all the hard work and effort they put forth for this program. I push these ladies to reach their potential and exceed expectations, and they deserve the attention and support from their peers.

I have hopes that with the Big East Conference competition starting up, fans will want to be in attendance at all WVU women’s basketball games. The Big East is the toughest basketball conference and we go to schools with packed houses.

The home-court advantage can play quite a role in the outcome of the game, and of course, we want to have that atmosphere for our team.

Please come out and help us extend that home-court win streak and cheer on the Mountaineers.

I appreciate the increased support over the years and hope the fans want to come out and enjoy some competitive basketball. On behalf of my staff and players, we look forward to seeing you on game day.

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More salt on roads means safer traveling Anyone who knows anything about winter weather knows that salt is a necessary staple for safe driving.

Not having adequate amounts of salt and salt-distributing vehicles is one of the most frustrating things that could happen to a city with high volumes of traffic like Morgantown.

Luckily, reports from the Public Works Department show that the amount of rock salt (or sodium chloride) purchased this year by the City of Morgantown has increased from last year.

This was due in part to the threat of another harsh winter, but also because the supplier, Cargill Salt, reduced the price per ton by 25 cents, dropping the price from $66.48 per ton down to $66.23.

With the price reduction, the total was $198,690, which seems like a bit much for salt; however, the safety and convenience that having it provides Morgantown drivers is well worth the money.

Last winter was one of the harshest Morgantown had seen in years, and it really put a dent in the city’s salt supply.

Assistant City Manager Jeff

Mikorski said “we had to purchase a little more salt this year just to get those inventories back up to a reasonable amount for an upcoming winter.”

According to Dr. Ron Eck, Professor Emeritus at the WVU’s College of Engineering and Mineral Resources, rock salt is the most commonly used agent to treat streets, but it is only one of a few; another popular treatment is natural brine solutions.

The use of brine solutions prevent rock salt from bouncing off the roads during highspeed traffic by creating a liquid boundary .

Wetting the salt with brine solutions, or “pre-wetting” allows the salt to adhere to the ground.

In the past, brine solutions have been given to Morgantown free of charge, but unfortunately, the supplier was charging this year, and the city was not able to afford any.

Even without the brine, Morgantown residents should be happy that there is finally enough salt to go around.

With the increased amount of rock salt, travel throughout the city should be less torturous than it has been in past win-

ters. Hopefully, this will mean that no one should have to pull over on various roads in Morgantown and put down their own salt because the roads are too icy and less people will be sliding down hills into ditches.

Being that winter and snow are both annual occurrences, we should hope that the City of Morgantown is able to increase the amount of salt purchased yearly so that residents can always get to and from their destinations safely. www.daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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Students should prepare to secure jobs after graduation jeremiah yates Assoc. opinion Editor

For many students, this semester will mark the end of their college years; no more late study nights or house parties.

Soon it will be time for job hunting and putting the thousands of dollars spent on higher education to good use.

This is easier said than done. The job market is very competitive, especially for recent college graduates.

Employers, for the most part, don’t care about your education as much as they do experience. And too many college students have more experience at the beer pong table than they do in a real work environment.

Now is the time to expand as an adult and become a professional.

Don’t think just having a degree will be the golden ticket for a white collar job.

In an economy such as ours, businesses don’t have the time or money to train newhires. They want someone who can fill the slot with a smooth transition, allowing the business to operate as normal.

Many college graduates do not offer this type of transi-

tion. Some require a lot of attention and time to learn the business, whatever it may be.

In the period between graduation and landing a job, all college graduates are in the business of selling themselves. They have to show employers why they should take a chance on someone with little or no experience.

Although it isn’t easy, it is possible to get a decent entrylevel job out of college. You just have to be well-prepared and willing to sacrifice.

Get your resume ready now – you are selling yourself to employers and need to create a resume that is short and to the point, show why you are the best person for the job.

Employers aren’t willing to sit and read a novel about you, so keep it short. They should be able to see your qualifications for only their position, so tailor the resume accordingly.

Take advantage of school resources while you can – the Career Services Center is always available to help with resume writing and job interviewing tips. Don’t be afraid to stop and ask for help.

Network – any friend made in college is a potential reference for a job in the future, so stay in contact. This includes professors who may know where your best career move could be.

Look for some related experience – find a possible in-

ternship or a place to volunteer this semester. It may be hard to find late in your college career, but it doesn’t hurt to look.

Start wherever you can – when the job hunt begins, it is unlikely your dream job will be available to you. Don’t expect to go from being a college graduate straight to being a big-time stock broker on Wall Street. Even if the job isn’t in your field of study, don’t be afraid to have an open mind.

Follow up – if you don’t hear anything after an interview, call back and see if the position was filled. If they haven’t made a decision, your name will be fresh in their minds when they do.

Don’t be afraid to relocate – if your gut tells you the only job worth taking is 600 miles way, then take it. Even if you plan on quitting the job, it is great to put on a resume. Relocating shows that you are committed and a team player.

You can quit your job – your first job doesn’t mean it’s your last one. Don’t stress about not getting the job you want, remember you can leave at any time. Treat these entry jobs as resume boosters and move on.

The most important thing you can do is keep a positive outlook.

An opportunity can present itself at any time; always be A girls raises hers hands with excitement on graduation day. prepared.

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New Facebook changes must be given a second look from users Lauren yun The daily trojan uwire

Facebook layout changes often make for popular status updates. Yet, although the changes we’ve seen this past year have been tumultuous, the small layout changes are incomparable to the biggest change the company enacted during 2010: Facebook now owns everything a user

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publishes.

Once again, Facebook users are paying attention to the wrong changes.

While most users were passively annoyed with changes to a well-working model, some were more outspoken with their dissatisfation (“Is this Facebook for ants? How am I supposed to read status updates when the text is a full point smaller?”)

Negative responses to new font sizes, differing “wall” styles and modifications to the way others view your recent activ-

ity pale in comparison to the outrage over the new Facebook layout, which proudly displays a user’s five most recently tagged pictures – usually not the most flattering – and contains a small, self-promoting blurb on top of status updates.

As users were acclimating to these changes, though, they inadvertently let one huge change slip by.

While users were arguing about the minute details of Facebook’s changes, the website quietly made one change that has slipped past its users

without much disagreement.

If you’re like me, when there are 18 amendments under the “Statement of Rights and Responsibilities,” you just click “I accept” and go with the odds that you didn’t just give away your first-born child.

Let me summarize clause No. 7 of Facebook’s new privacy policy: By using Facebook, each user agrees that regardless of whether that drunk party picture is removed, that immature status update passive aggressively dedicated to an ex-boyfriend is hidden or

the account is deleted altogether, Facebook owns everything published ... forever.

So that ever-present “Did anyone just feel that earthquake?” status belongs eternally to Mark Zuckerberg.

Zuckerberg also owns that note posted during finals week when you were avoiding studying for organic chemistry and revealed a little more than you intended.

That note is saved, even when you hit the “x” button and have moved onto a more “mature” junior year.

I didn’t see very many statuses that said: “Did anyone read the new privacy policies?

In clause No. 7 it said this status now belongs to Facebook Inc.” But more important than font changes and layout rearrangements is the fact that every embarrassing picture vomiting by the toilet or quoting mainstream song lyrics as if you’d thought of it are now the intellectual property of Zuckerberg.

I guess users were right in resisting change, just not in the way we thought.

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WVU focuses on stopping Providence’s top scorers

BY TONY DOBIES SPORTS EDITOR

Truck Bryant made it clear that if West Virginia wants to defeat Providence tonight, it has to do one thing.

The junior point guard said the Mountaineers must shut down the Big East Conference’s second-leading scorer Marshon Brooks and his teammate Vincent Council.

“If we shut them down, we should win, really,” Bryant said.

West Virginia (10-4, 2-2) – under head coach Bob Huggins – has made it a goal to slow down an opponent’s best shooter, specifically when he accounts for more than half of the team’s scoring.

“We try to make all the big scorers’ averages go down,” said shooting guard Casey Mitchell. “We try to keep them under 10 points, so they won’t talk as much about him the next time we play them.”

Brooks is averaging 23.8 points and eight rebounds per game this season for Providence (11-6, 0-4) – his first as a full-time starter. He has had 20 or more points in 11-straight

games, and has scored 20 points or more in 14 games.

Wyoming held him to a season-low 10 points Nov. 24.

“He plays a lot like (Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant) – he’s not as good as Kobe – but he’s got moves like him,” Mitchell said. “He pump fakes a lot, and he’s a long guard, so we have to limit his points.”

Huggins credits Brooks’ offseason work as the reason he has improved his scoring average by nearly 10 points.

Council hasn’t put up the points Brooks has, but he has been as consistent. The sophomore has scored more than 10 points in all but one game against Alabama, Dec. 11, when he scored eight.

“Their big guys aren’t too good. It’s going to come down to the guards,” Mitchell said.

“We have to stop them and score points.”

It’s likely West Virginia’s senior forward John Flowers will have the duty of stopping Brooks. Flowers has taken the role as the team’s shutdown defender this season and, despite foul troubles at times, has been successful.

“John’s been doing a great

job of defending their best player all season long,” Bryant said. “I don’t think it will be a big deal for us to stop … We just have to do well against the rest of the team.”

West Virginia expects to see some pressure and zone defenses from Providence tonight. The Mountaineers had trouble dealing with Georgetown’s press at times in WVU’s 65-59 upset last Saturday.

Providence started the season 11-2, before losing their first four Big East games – two coming from close losses to top five Syracuse and Pittsburgh.

The Friars also lost 67-65 to St. John’s on New Year’s Day. The last loss was the worst – an 85-72 defeat at Rutgers last Saturday.

A fourth-straight loss would be devastating to a team that has 11 freshmen on its roster.

So it’s important, Huggins said, to focus on not being upset.

“Everybody in this league is capable of an upset,” Huggins said. “This is a league, where more than any time since I’ve been here, that everybody is capable of beating anybody.”

West Virginia (10-4, 2-2)

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SCOUTING THE FRIARS – Providence is led by talented senior guard Marshon Curry, who is averaging nearly 24 points per game. He is behind just UConn’s Kemba Walker in scoring average in the Big East.

– Providence is expected to press the Mountaineers and use a zone defense to try to catch WVU off-guard.

– West Virginia is 0-3 when being out-rebounded by its opponent, so the Friars will try to keep up inside. Yet, Providence does not have a physical presence down low or depth.

– Providence, led by second-year head coach Keno Davis, has nine freshmen on its roster.

PROJECTED STARTING LINEUPS WVU G Truck Bryant – Jr., 6-foot-2, 196 lbs G Casey Mitchell – Sr., 6-foot-4, 220 F John Flowers – Sr., 6-foot-7, 215 F Kevin Jones – Jr., 6-foot-8, 260 F Deniz Kilicli – Soph., 6-foot-9, 270

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Noreen has season-ending knee surgery by tony dobies sports editor

Freshman forward Kevin Noreen had season-ending surgery, Wednesday, to repair a ruptured prepatellar bursa on his right knee. WVU will attempt to earn a medical redshirt from the NCAA for Noreen, who played in seven games this season.

“The cyst on his knee kept irritating him,” Huggins said. “It seemed like the right time to do it.”

Noreen – a 6-foot-10, 235-pound forward - was averaging 2.6 points and 1.7 rebounds per game in limited action.

“It doesn’t help us any,” Huggins said. “But, we’ve got 10 guys, so we should be alright.”

Noreen, a Minneapolis, na-

Providence (11-6, 0-4)

eraging 38.6 points and 16.5 rebounds per game. He is also the all-time leading scorer in Minmatt sunday/the daily athenaeum nesota high school basketball.

West Virginia forwards John Flowers, left, and Dan Jennings, right, block a shot from a With Noreen’s injury, the Robert Morris player earlier this season.

Mountaineers now have no healthy or eligible freshmen on the roster.

Guard Noah Cottrill is still suspended indefinitely for “conduct unbecoming of a Mountaineer,” forward Darrious Curry was medically disqualified due to a heart condition in the preseason and center David Nyarsuk failed to academically qualify for the fall semester.

“We still have a pretty good ap core of upperclassmen,” HugWest Virginia’s Kevin Noreen, 34, drives to gins said. “We’ll be fine. We’ve the hoop against VMI in November. just got to do a good job recruiting.” tive, was named Minnesota’s Mr. Basketball in 2010 after avanthony.dobies@mail.wvu.edu

PROVIDENCE G Vincent Council – Soph., 6-foot-2, 180 G Gerard Coleman – Fr., 6-foot-4, 180 F Marshon Brooks – Sr., 6-foot-5, 200 F Kadeem Batts – Fr., 6-foot-9, 250 lbs C Bilal Dixon – Soph., 6-foot-9, 245 lbs

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FEATURE OF THE DAY THE MORGANTOWN CHAPTER OF THE SIERRA CLUB will meet at 7 p.m. in the Morgantown Public Safety Building.

Today THE MCNAIR SCHOLARS PROGRAM is taking applications for the paid 2011 Summer Research Internship. The application deadline is January 14. To download the application form, visit http://mcnair.wvu.edu. For more information, call 304-293-4316.

Jan. 14 THE WVU CREATIVE ROLE PLAYING CLUB meets at 7 p.m. in the Bluestone Room of the Mountainlair. For more information, visit www.morgantownrp. com. Meetings are open to the public.

TOMCHIN PLANETARIUM will present “Heart of the Sun” at 7 p.m. and “Amazing Astronomers of Antiquity” at 8 p.m. in Room 425 of Hodges Hall.

Admission is free, but reservations are required and can be made by calling 304-293-3422, ext. 1443. Tomchin Observatory will be open at 7:30 p.m. for public viewing on the same night but requires no reservations.

Every Thursday CO-DEPENDENTS ANONYMOUS, a 12-step program to assist participants in developing healthier relationships of all kinds, meets at 7 p.m. in the conference room of Chestnut Ridge Hospital. For more information, call Mary at 304-296-3748.

LUTHERAN DISASTER RESPONSE COLLEGIATE CORPS meets at the Lutheran Chapel at 8 p.m. The LDRCC responds to regional and national disasters. No experience is necessary. For more information, e-mail Stephanie at szinn1@mix.wvu.edu or visit www.lutheranmountaineer.org/disaster.

MUSLIM STUDENTS ASSOCIATION hosts a weekly Islam and Arabic class at 6:30 p.m. in the Monongahela Room of the Mountainlair. For more information, contact Sohail Chaudhry at 304906-8183 or schaudhr@mix.wvu.edu.

THE MORGANTOWN CHESS CLUB meets from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. in the basement of the First Christian Church at 100 Cobun Ave. Meetings will not be held the last Thursday of every month.

For more information, visit www.morgantownchess.org.

CAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST holds its weekly CRU meetings at 9 p.m. in Room G24 of Eiesland Hall. People can join others for live music, skits and relevant messages. For more information, e-mail roy.baker@uscm.org or visit www.wvucru.com.

UNITED METHODIST STUDENT MOVEMENT meets at 7 p.m. at the Campus Ministry Center on the corner of Price and Willey streets. For more information, e-mail wvumethodist@ comcast.net.

WVU CLUB TENNIS practices from 9 p.m. to 10 p.m. at Ridgeview Racquet Club. For carpooling, call 304906-4427. New members are always welcome.

THE WVU YOUNG DEMOCRATS meets at 7 p.m. in the Blackwater Room of the Mountainlair. For more information, e-mail kross3@mix.wvu. edu.

WVU WOMEN’S ULTIMATE FRISBEE TEAM meets from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Shell Building. No experience is necessary. For more information, con-

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tact Sarah Lemanski at sarah_lemanski@yahoo.com.

TRADITIONAL KARATE CLASS FOR SELF-DEFENSE meets at 9 p.m. in Multipurpose Room A of the Student Recreation Center.

INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ORGANIZATION meets at 8 p.m. at the International House on Spruce Street.

FREE ARABIC/ISLAM CLASSES is hosted by the Muslim Students’ Association from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Shenandoah Room of the Mountainlair. to register, e-mail schaudhr@mix.wvu.edu.

BISEXUAL, GAY, LESBIAN AND TRANSGENDER MOUNTAINEERS meets at 8 p.m. in the Laurel Room of the Mountainlair. For more information, e-mail bigltm.wvu@gmail.com.

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

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

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

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

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

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS meets daily. 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.

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

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

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

FREE RAPID HIV TESTING is available on the first Monday of every month from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Caritas House office located at 391 Scott Ave. Test results are available in 20 minutes and are confidential. To make an appointment, call 304-2934117. For more information, visit www. caritashouse.net.

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

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

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

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 information, call 304-598-6094 or e-mail rfh@wvuh. com.

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

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

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

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

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

THE ASSOCIATION FOR WOMEN IN SCIENCE meets on the second Monday and fourth Tuesday of every month at noon at Hatfields in the Mountainlair.

All students and faculty are invited.

For more information, e-mail amy.keesee@mail.wvu.edu.

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

THE M-TOWN MPOWERMENT PROJECT, a community-building program run by and geared toward young gay or bisexual men 18 to 29, is creating an environment in the Morgantown community where young men can feel empowered to make a difference in their lives. Mpowerment also focuses on HIV and STD prevention education. For more information, call 304-319-1803.

THE MORGANTOWN FUN FACTORY, a nonprofit organization, is looking for volunteers to work at the Children’s Discovery Museum of West Virginia.

For more information, go to www.thefunfactory.org or e-mail CDMofWV@ gmail.com.

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

HOROSCOPES

BY JACQUELINE BIGAR BORN TODAY This year, you see life from a renewed and invigorated position. Understanding evolves as you go within and transform your reactions. If you are single, you could meet a very interesting person this summer. Know that it will take a while to get to know this person. If you are attached, the two of you could start acting like newlyweds this summer. Enjoy. TAURUS enjoys life. Learn from him or her.

ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19) HHHH Others find you to be wise and grounded. What happened to the impulsive Ram? The good news is, he or she will return; meanwhile, make your imprint as one with experience and intelligence. Your instincts guide you with a higher-up. Tonight: Buy a new item for your home or wardrobe on the way home.

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20) HHHHH You bloom. With your magnetism, your impact easily will be felt. If you could have an impact in any area of your life, where would it be? Your vision is changing, as is your ability to find the right path. Tonight: All smiles.

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20) HHH Know when you need to pull back.

Even if others are encouraging you to take a stand or be more vocal, you might not be ready. With processing, you could come to a whole new conclusion. Tonight: Do for you.

CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22) HHHHH You juggle various ideas. Make sure

your actions will take you where you want to be. A partner seems to be perpetually changing like a glow rock.

Know that you have to make the call.

Tonight: Where your friends are.

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22) HHHH Others look up to you. They know what you want. Maintaining a high profile and not getting into a catty situation of blaming only adds to your stature. You might inadvertently push a key person away. Tonight: A force to be dealt with.

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22) HHHHH Express your unusual practicality and attention to detail. You could be overwhelmed by all the possibilities at hand. Start the sorting process, and you naturally will detach. Don’t make any snap decisions, so that you are able to play with different ideas. Tonight: Follow the music.

LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22) HHHH Deal with loved ones and associates directly. You’ll get results. Nothing is more flattering than feeling cared about. You have a way of conveying just that quality, making others more responsive and supple. Try not to let a volatile situation become even more explosive. Tonight: Go with another’s suggestion.

SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21) HHHH Others want to run with the ball. You cannot get the ball away from them, so fighting a losing battle simply isn’t a good idea. You know what needs to happen, but others need to find out. Be gracious. Let others have their way. Tonight: Enjoying the one you are with.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21) HHH Realize you can only do so much for people. You are happy to help, but at a certain point you become an enabler.

Revamp your finances – namely, your budget – if you don’t like what is coming down the pike. A family member supports you in a project. Tonight: Put your feet up.

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19) HHHH Express your libido energies. Holding back certainly isn’t helpful. Your creativity emerges within a relationship. For others, this ingenuity funnels into various factors of your day-to-day life. A child or loved one would be delighted to take a break with you. Tonight: Go off and be spontaneous.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18) HHHH Excitement comes naturally with your sign. Being stubborn and causing yourself a problem domestically is another issue. Find a more peaceful way to add surprise to your life. What is clear is that you need to have a discussion about pent-up anger (yours). Tonight: Happy to be at home.

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20) HHHH You might be pushed by one person or several people in a meeting. Don’t cave in, but know when to say “enough.”

Many people are frustrated. Still, there is no reason to be the brunt of all those feelings. Establish clear boundaries. Tonight: Hanging out is fun to do.

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with the fans

Steve Staffileno

Mountaineer Maniacs Treasurer

JOE TOKASH

WVU senior, Horticulture Major

What can head coach Mike Carey, or anyone associated with the program, do to boost attendance?

The main thing they can do is to just keep playing the way they’re playing and keep winning. If they keep winning and keep promoting higher attendance, they will start to get it.

Why do you think students don’t attend WVU women’s basketball games?

I don’t go to games really because I don’t know when they are. I do see emails and MIX notifications mention things about games, but they are easy to overlook. I have only been to one game in my four years here and that was my freshman year when we upWVU soccer coaches do a lot throughset Rutgers. Women’s basketball isn’t out the season with the Maniacs to the headlining sport here, so the norpromote attendance. Has Carey ever mal games are easy to miss. met with the Maniacs officers?

Coach Carey hasn’t done very much What would bring you to the Coliwith the Maniacs. I wish he would be- seum for more games? cause I feel we could really help each If I wasn’t so busy with a full class other out. The Maniacs do a lot for the schedule and a part-time job, I would women’s basketball team already, and try to go to more games. I just don’t we would do even more if we had a have that much free time and really chance to strategize with him. don’t feel like spending a few hours It’s not just students who aren’t go- at the Coliseum when I want to reing to the games. What do you cur- lax. It’s hard to even make it to men’s games, and honestly I’m much more rently think of the WVU fanbase?

The fanbase has been somewhat weak interested in the men’s team than the as of late. It has shown. This will be the women’s. I’d say everyone is. low for our recently lethargic fan base.

The No. 2 Connecticut Huskies play But it could become one of the stronWVU in Morgantown on Feb. 8th. gest in the nation again.

Do you think that game will draw a What does the University do right to larger crowd?

People will come to the UConn game get students to attend games?

Free attendance is an outstanding to see us have a chance to upset one perk that not all Universities offer to of the best teams in the country. All their students. I just don’t think stu- eyes will be focused on that because dents realize how great of an op- it is one of the biggest teams to come portunity this is for them to see one to Morgantown in awhile. It will be a of the greatest women’s basketball great chance at an upset and I really teams in the nation, and maybe the am going to try anything I can to make it to that game. best team in WVU history.

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Continued from page 3 realize what a good thing is in front of them at the Coliseum.”

A total of 30 percent of online survey respondents at www. thedaonline.com answered they do not regularly attend women’s basketball games at the WVU Coliseum. In addition, nearly 41 percent answered they have not attended one game over the last two seasons.

Steve Staffileno, a senior accounting major at WVU from Commerce, Mich., is the exception. He has been to his share of games over the years as well.

The senior from Commerce, Mich., has long dubbed himself as an all-around Mountaineer fan and backs that up by attending any WVU sport.

Wearing his custom-made gold and blue Nike shoes, track jacket and sometimes even a large, yellow wig, Staffileno is

hard to miss.

This year his pride has risen with the success of the women’s basketball team, which is ranked No. 6 in the country.

“They are playing great together as a team, and they have the potential to win a national championship,” Staffileno said.

“I just don’t think students realize how great of an opportunity this is for them to see one of the greatest women’s basketball teams in the nation, and maybe the best team in WVU history.”

He says free attendance to women’s games alone should bring out masses of students. He admits too, however, that some students may have a lot on their plate and find it difficult to trek to the Coliseum during a busy work schedule.

“I am involved in many different groups and organizations at WVU,” he said. “I study and receive good grades in my classes, and I still manage to be at almost every game.”

JOELLEN DIPIETRO

Fairmont, W.Va., resident

What brought you to the WVU Coliseum to see the WVU women’s basketball team against Cincinnati on Feb. 8?

I came up with my husband and our two granddaughters. They love the game of basketball and enjoy seeing girls play the game. It’s great that we live so close to one of the best teams in the country so we like to come up here a lot and watch the lady Mountaineers play.

Why do you think more people aren’t coming to watch this team play?

Honestly, I think today is a good crowd (2,797). It’s loud and people are into the game. We don’t get to as many men’s games as we do women’s. Men’s games are just too expensive and the large crowds aren’t as kind to families. But, people can come here and spend an afternoon with family for a very reasonable price and watch some talented girls play basketball.

What can the University or team do to boost attendance for the rest of the season?

If they keep winning, people will notice. But like I said, it’s a fun time, win or lose. We’re just lucky we get to come up here and almost guarantee that we will see a win. (The University) just has to keep it fun. Everyone likes the free giveaways and the girls are happy to catch a T-shirt from the cheerleaders, you get to hear the band and see the mascot – it’s just an all-around fun time.

According to survey results, there are varying reasons why fans don’t regularly attend women’s basketball games.

The most significant reason was that the women’s game is “boring” or not as fast-paced as the men’s game. Others said other activities have forced some fans from going to games in the past.

Some even cited the fact that there was no buzz surrounding the team – despite a top 10 national ranking – as a reason for not attending women’s games.

Two respondents admitted they wanted to go to games in the past but could not find anyone to go with them.

Both Rich and Staffileno agree the competition the Mountaineers have faced early on this season hasn’t been as stellar as the community would like. Those lackluster teams were scheduled in the early part of the season, though, leaving much of the Big East Conference sched-

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“I absolutely think that the Big East opponents will draw more attendance to these games,” Staffileno said. “There are some very strong teams in the Big East that will be an outstanding test for our girls.”

Rich, like many Mountaineer fans, are most excited for WVU’s potential top 5 matchup against Connecticut Feb. 8 at the Coliseum.

Some fans said they may wait until that game to see their first women’s basketball contest of the season.

“When Connecticut comes to town Feb. 8, I will be front and center,” Staffileno said, “and we better see a packed house.” matthew.peaslee@mail.wvu.edu

streak of four-straight games with at least 25 points.

The Savannah, Ga., native currently leads the Mountaineers by averaging 17.6 points and is shooting almost 40 percent from beyond the arc.

Not only is Mitchell the most improved player in the Big East, but he also has a good chance to take that honor nationally and is going to be a determining factor in how far the Mountaineers can make it in the postseason.

TEAM WITH MOST LEFT TO PROVE: Cincinnati Cincinnati might be 151, but the Bearcats haven’t beaten, or even played, many teams that will be playing in the NCAA Tournament .

It’ll be a lot easier to tell how good this team really is once they get into Big East play.

Right now, the Bearcats are 2-1 against conference opponents, but their wins have been against DePaul

and Seton Hall, two teams in the bottom half of the conference.

UC is about to face a tough stretch starting this weekend when it heads on the road for three-straight games against No. 4 Syracuse, No. 9 Notre Dame and St. John’s.

SURPRISE TEAM: St. John’s Many thought that under new head coach Steve Lavin, it would only be a matter of time before St. John’s began to make its way back to prominence in the Big East.

Few probably expected it would be so soon.

Led by a strong and experienced group of 10 seniors, the Red Storm is off to a 10-4 start and has Big East wins over both West Virginia and Georgetown. Like Cincinnati, a lot more will be known about how good St. John’s really is in their next few games.

Five of the Red Storm’s next six games are against ranked teams, including a showdown against No. 1 Duke on Jan. 30. james.carvelli@mail.wvu.edu

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Interested individuals must be enrolled as a full-time student at WVU and maintain a 2.5 GPA. Pick up your application at the Mountainlair Information desk, E.Moore Hall main desk, at the ERC (Towers), or on MIX Applications will be available from Friday, Jan.14th-Saturday, Jan. 29th. Applications may be returned to the E.Moore Hall main desk, Frankie Sines on the 2nd floor of the Erickson Alumni Center, or to Lindsey.McIntosh@mail.wvu.edu, no later than 3pm on Feb. 4, to be considered

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After a two-month break, Track travels to Akron for meet No. 1 rifle shoots for more by derek denneny sports writer

The No. 8 West Virginia track team will continue its run to toward its first national championship in Kent, Ohio this weekend.

The Mountaineers, coming off an impressive showing at Penn State, Jan. 8, will compete in the Doug Raymond Invitational Saturday starting at 8 a.m.

“Penn State was a great rustbuster for our team,” said WVU head coach Sean Cleary. “But

BY BRAD JOYAL SPORTS WRITER

The No. 1-ranked West Virginia rifle team had an opportunity to kick back and relax over winter break with nearly a two-month break between competitions.

“We came back to train at the end of last week, so for the most part the team had a pretty full break,” said WVU head coach Jon Hammond. “It’s important to get rest from school and competing to overall be refreshed for the second half of the season.”

The Mountaineers will open their spring season when they hosts Akron Saturday.

It will be WVU’s first action since beating Nebraska 46564592 on Nov. 21 to finish 7-1 through the first half of the season.

The team holds a 5-0 record in the Great America Rifle Conference, with its only loss coming in a 4675-4663 defeat to defending National Champion, TCU. Senior Nicco Campriani, sophomore Petra Zublasing and freshman Thomas Kyanko have been in action despite the break, however, while still competing in the USA Winter Air Gun Championships.

Campriani captured the crown of best collegiate shooter at the event in the men’s 10-meter air rifle after posting scores of 596, 597 and 596, respectively.

Zublasing earned the same title on the women’s side after

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West Virginia rifle members practice last semester. scoring 393, 400 and 398, respectively, at the event.

Kyanko, meanwhile, finished second in the junior men’s 10-meter with an aggregate score of 687.7. The Wellsburg native placed on the championship’s second day after posting scores of 587 and 101.7 in the open relay and finals.

But Hammond said that while the majority of his team was idle, the time since the beginning of the spring semester has allowed for the team to get back to par.

“I don’t expect any rust,” he said. “We got back and had some days to prepare for this match, while also getting some time off from competing.”

The Zips finished the fall season having placed first in the Boilermaker Invitational and the University of the Sciences while also finishing second at the Mid-Atlantic Rifle Conference Fall Fest to begin the season.

But Akron fell in its final two

contests of the season to Ohio State and Morehead State and have only posted one aggregate score greater than 4,600.

In comparison, the Mountaineers have yet to shoot a combined score below 4,600.

Hammond and his team enter the second portion of the season knowing their goals of winning the GARC Title and the National Championship are still in tact.

But the coach said a quick start to the spring season would be vital to the team’s future success.

“There are things we want to accomplish down the road, but it is important to focus on each match,” Hammond said. “The break was nice to get rest and relax before the second half of the season, but it’s important we shoot well this weekend.

“If we shoot the way we’re capable of, we’ll have a successful second half of the season.” brad.joyal@mail.wvu.edu

The

we’re looking to progress from last week.

“I am hoping to see a higher percentage of the team approach lifetime-best performances. We are working hard.

We should expect to be as good as we ever have.”

WVU will face stiff competition including Ohio and Pittsburgh.

The Mountaineers will look to junior Chelsea Carrier, who is coming off of a solid performance at Penn State in which she had two first-place finishes and set a Big East season-best

Two more recruits join football team early Brothers Vance and Vernard Roberts have enrolled at West Virginia and started taking classes this semester. The recruits will be eligible to participate in spring practice.

The star athletes from Dunbar High School in Washington, D.C., committed to West Virginia in the summer.

Vance is a four-star defensive back as rated by Rivals.com. He was rated the No. 1 player in the District of Columbia area and 16th-best cornerback. He chose WVU over offers from Miami, Connecticut and Michigan State, among others.

Vernard is a three-star running back who finished the 2009 season with 1,004 yards and nine touchdowns on 100 carries.

He chose WVU over Connecticut, Kansas and Michigan State, among others.

The Roberts brothers make five players that have enrolled in school early. Tuesday, linebacker Josh Francis, defensive back Avery Williams and quarterback

Brian Athey also enrolled and beRoger Jeffries, West Virginia gan classes Monday.

University’s first athletic compliance director, has died at the Football players selected for age of 78. all-star game Jeffries first joined the WVU West Virginia senior defensive athletic department in 1979 as a tackle Scooter Berry, safety Sidscholarship officer and was proney Glover and slot receiver Jock moted to assistant athletic direcSanders have been selected to tor for development in 1982. participate in the Eastham EnSeven years later, he became ergy Football All-Star Game Jan. the school’s first compliance di23. rector when Ed Pastilong was Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m., and named director of athletics in the game will be televised live 1989. on Fox College Sports, including “Roger played a few roles Fox Sports Arizona, Fox Sports within the athletic departWest, and Fox Prime Ticket ment,” said WVU Deputy DirecSouthwest. tor of Athletics, Mike Parsons.

Players from the six BCS con“The most vital role was his asferences will participate in this signment as the University’s first event, which will take place at athletic compliance director.

Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, When the NCAA mandated that Arizona. Proceeds from the schools have a compliance offigame will go toward local Aricer, Ed Pastilong asked Roger to zona causes, including Jared Al- start the program. len’s Homes for Wounded War“With his legal background riors and Native American he was able to get the program Connections. started quickly.”

First compliance director dies

New Michigan coach wants to keep Robinson ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Denard Robinson’s high school coach heard from so many coaches trying to recruit the dualthreat quarterback by Wednesday afternoon that he was on his third cell-phone battery.

“Every school wants Denard – trust me,” Art Taylor, who coached Robinson at Deerfield Beach (Fla.) High School, said in a telephone interview. “I’ve heard from at least 10 to 15 schools already.

“Denard loves Michigan, but he has to do what’s best for him because this is a big decision.”

Robinson chose to play for college football’s winningest program because it was led by spread guru Rich Rodriguez.

The first player in NCAA history to throw and run for 1,500 yards hasn’t commented since Rodriguez was fired last week and replaced by Brady Hoke.

“I talked to Denard this morning and told him, ‘You have to ask the new coach questions about the offense and what your role will be,’” Taylor recalled Wednesday afternoon shortly after Hoke met with the team and media.

“I’ve told him what a great education he’ll get if he stays at Michigan, but if they want to turn him into a drop-back quarterback and waste his 4.3 speed (in the 40yard dash) that might not be the best place for him.”

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Most of all, Cleary is excited to see his 4x400-meter team of Jordan Hamric, Aubrey Moskal, Hallie Portner and Sarah Martinelli.

“I’m excited to see where this team can go,” he said. “I want my team to get behind this relay and use it as one of the common bonds for the entire group. I expect big things from that group.”

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‘Raskulls’ offers a variety of game play opportunities JAMES CARBONE CAMPUS CALENDAR EDITOR

Skeletons just aren’t that scary anymore.

Thanks to characters like Jack Skellington from “Nightmare Before Christmas” and the affably evil Skeletor, it’s hard to take these guys seriously.

It’s going to be even harder now thanks to “Raskulls,” a game by new developer Halfbrick.

In “Raskulls,” players take on the role of walking, talking skeletons who wear an outfit to correspond with their role in society, be it king of the Raskulls, Dragon Raskull or Little Red Riding Raskull.

However, not all is going well in their land, with the evil Pirats having crashed their spaceship in their world while looking for a world made entirely of cheese.

The only way for these evil

little buggers to fix their ship is to steal magical rocks that the Raskulls hold in high regard.

Now it’s up to Dragon, Ninja and even King Raskull to work together and stop these evil Pirats.

The best way to describe the gameplay of “Raskulls” is to call it “Mario Kart” without the kart.

Players race on foot against each other, using their magical wands to destroy multi-colored blocks that are in their way as well as picking up powerups with which to get ahead or leave their opponents stunned behind them.

Players can also collect these tiny little balls of light called “Boosties” which allow players to enter Frenzy mode; a sort of super level where they are able to run faster and zap blocks much more quickly.

Besides using powerups and Frenzy, players can also cut a way through the blocks where they can be dropped on their opponents with the right

amount of timing.

Doing this will take away all of the Boosties that they have collected and give the player an edge.

The game offers two types of gameplay: regular races or the Mega Quest.

Regular races can be played against the computer, friends or online, and in it players simply take on the role of the Raskull of their choosing and try and be the first to reach the finish line.

Mega Quest is where the story mode is, and it features several different kinds of gameplay opportunities.

Some of these gameplay modes include forcing the player to stay in Frenzy and continue to collect Boosties so that they don’t lose it, or races against the clock to collect potions.

Mega Quest is also where extra Raskulls can be unlocked to be used in multiplayer mode, such as Duck Raskull or Angel Raskull.

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Characters from the downloadable game ‘Raskulls.’

Raskulls was released as part of Xbox Live’s “Games for the Holidays” promotion, along with “ilomilo” and “A World of Keflings.”

Because of this, players who own either of the other games

unlock additional playable crosoft points, or $15, the game characters, a Safka or a Ke- is a lot of fun, be it alone or with fling, characters from these friends. other two games.

“Raskulls “ is presently an Xbox exclusive, and, while it may seem steep for 1,200 Mijames.carbone@mail.wvu.edu

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From Darren Aronofsky, director of stylistic head-trips such as “Requiem for a Dream” and “The Fountain,” comes a mesmerizing and terrifying look at a young woman who drives herself insane.

The film takes viewers on the character’s journey into psychological darkness, both hypnotic and tragic.

I left the theater speechless and trying to recover after the nearly two-hour psychological vice-grip “Black Swan” placed on me.

Watch out moviegoers, this one lives up to the hype.

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The plot follows ballerina Nina Sayers (Natalie Portman), and her determination to become the next star in a production called “Swan Lake,” hosted by a prominent New York ballet company.

The tale of “Swan Lake” revolves around two swans, one white and one black, both of which must be played by the same ballerina. The White Swan falls in love with a prince, but the prince is soon captivated and seduced by the Black Swan.

Nina is the premiere choice for the innocent, graceful White Swan, but can’t seem to capture the sensual erotic passion of the Black Swan.

Production director Thomas Leroy (Vincent Cassel) sees that Nina is talented and nearly perfect, but only sees the White Swan in her performance.

Nina can’t understand the desires of Leroy and is pushed to unlock a more passionate side

of herself.

The ballerina is ostensibly uncomfortable with this side, and the unease is taken to another level as a new ballerina, named Lily (Mila Kunis), showcases everything Leroy is looking for in the Black Swan. Nina feels threatened by Lily and fears her principal role may be in jeopardy.

Something is happening to Nina. Her fingernails are peeling off, her skin is changing, and she has an unusual rash on her back. Moreover, Nina’s home life is made intolerable by her overbearing mother, Erica (Barbara Hershey).

Nina is non-stop practicing, and once Leroy sees her dedication and ability to improve, he picks her for the lead in “Swan Lake.”

It’s too late, though. While trying to embrace this Black Swan, Nina has driven herself into a downward spiral, and the end

result is wildly entertaining.

The film is also quite sexually charged as Nina has several passionate encounters with Leroy and Lily in order to tap into her dark side.

The movie maintains its intrigue and makes viewers wonder what kind of troubling visions Nina will encounter next as she attempts to become the Black Swan.

The film is perfectly paced and edited to give the viewer a feeling of unease and dread, and the score, by Clint Mansell, is entrancing.

The cast does an exquisite job, and Portman gives the performance of her career.

“Black Swan” is a graphic, bizarre character study and one of the most unforgettable films of the year.

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Myths About Israel and the Middle East (2) Should we re-examine endlessly repeated clichés?

In a previous installment in this series of clarifying messages about Israel and the Middle East, we examined certain myths which, by dint of constant repetition, had acquired currency and acceptance. We looked at the myth of “Palestinian nationhood,” the myth of Judea/Samaria (the “West Bank”) being “occupied territory,” the myth that Jewish settlements in these territories are “the greatest obstacle to peace,” and the myth that Israel is unwilling to “yield land for peace.” And we cleared up the greatest myth of all, namely that Israel’s administration of the territories, and not the unrelenting hatred of the Arabs against the Jews, is the root cause of the conflict between the Arabs and Israel. But those are not all the myths; there are more.

What are more of these myths?

Reality: There is no prospect at all that anything resembling a democratic state could be created in the Myth: The Arabs of Israel are a persecuted territories. There is not a single democratic Arab minority. state – all of them are tyrannies of varying degrees.

Reality: The over one million non-Jews (mostly Even today, under partial Israeli administration, Arabs) who are citizens of Israel have the same civil Hamas and other factions fight for supremacy and rights that Jews have. They vote, are members of the ruthlessly murder each other. Another Lebanon, with Knesset (parliament), and are part of Israel’s civil and its incessant civil wars, is much more likely. The diplomatic service, just as their Jewish fellow lawlessness and chaos that citizens.

Arabs have prevail in Gaza since complete religious “It is in our national interest that Israel’s withdrawal is a freedom and full access to the Israeli legal, health and reality, not myths, govern our policy.” good prospect of what would happen if Israel – educational systems – foolishly and under the pressure of “world opinion” – including Arabic and Muslim universities. The only were to abandon this territory. As for difference between the “rights” of Arabs and Jews is demilitarization, that is totally unlikely. Because – that Jewish young men must serve three years in the with Syria, Iraq, Jordan and Saudi Arabia, most of military and at least one month a year until age 50. which are in a declared state of war with Israel, at its Young Jewish women serve for two years. The Arabs borders – an irresistible power vacuum would be have no such civic obligation. For them, military created. Despite pious promises, the arms merchants service is voluntary. Not too surprisingly, except for of the world would find a great new market and the the Druze, very few avail themselves of the privilege. neighboring hostile Arab countries would be happy to Myth: Having (ill-advisedly) already given up supply anything else that might be needed. control of the Gaza Strip, Israel should also give up Myth:: Israel should make “confidence-building the administration of Judea/Samaria (the “West gestures” for the sake of peace.

Bank”) because strategic depth is meaningless in this Reality: What really is it that the world expects age of missiles.

Israel to do for the sake of peace? Most of the 22 Arab Reality: Israel is a mini-state – about half the size countries consider themselves in a state of war with of San Bernardino county in California. If another, Israel and don’t even recognize its “existence.” That even smaller mini-state were carved out of it, Israel has been going on for over sixty years. Isn’t it about would be totally indefensible. That is the professional time that the Arabs made some kind of a “gesture?” opinion of 100 retired U.S. generals and admirals. If Could they not for instance terminate the constant the Arabs were to occupy whatever little strategic state of war? Could they not stop launching rockets depth Israel has between the Jordan River and its into Israel from areas that Israel has abandoned for populated coast, they would not need any missiles. the sake of peace? Could they not stop the suicide Artillery and mortars would suffice, since Israel bombings, which have killed hundreds of Israelis and would be only nine miles wide at its waist. Those who which have made extreme security measures – such urge such a course either do not understand the as the defensive fence and convoluted bypass roads – situation or have a death wish for Israel. necessary? Any of these would create a climate of Myth: If Israel would allow a Palestinian state to peace and would indeed be the “confidence-building arise in Judea and Samaria it would be a democratic gestures” that the world hopes for. state and would be totally demilitarized.

Countless “peace conferences” to settle this festering conflict have taken place. All have ended in failure because of the intransigence of the Arabs. President Clinton, toward the end of his presidency, convened a conference with the late unlamented Yasser Arafat and Ehud Barak, the prime minister of Israel at that time. Mr. Barak offered virtually everything that Arafat had requested, except the partition of Jerusalem and the acceptance of the so-called refugees, their descendants having swollen from the 650,000 who fled the nascent state of Israel during the War of Liberation, to an incredible 5 million. Arafat left in a huff and started his infamous intifada instead, a bloody war that has cost thousands of Palestinian and Israeli lives. Israel is America’s staunchest ally and certainly its only true friend in that area of the world. It is in our national interest that reality, not myths, govern our policy.

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SHORT TERM LEASE, JANUARY MAY. JUST LISTED. BRAND-NEW 2/BR. Willey St. near Arnold Hall. Furnished. AC, DW, WD. Parking. $440/mo each. Utilities included. Lease/dep. NO DOGS. 304-296-8491. 304-288-1572.

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150 WELLEN AVE. 2-3/BR. W/D. D/W. 1 Small pet. Utilities included. $800/mo. lease and deposit.

304-290-6951 or 304-599-8303.

1/BR-1/BA, $600/MO +electric/cable.

Available June 1st. Internet ready all rooms. Near hospitals/stadium. WD, Parking. Pets negotiable. (304)610-179.

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

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2/BR APT. AVAILABLE JANUARY 1.

Gilmore St. Apartments. Open floor plans, large kitchens, large decks, A/C, W/D. Off-street parking. Pet Friendly. Text or call: 304-767-0765.

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PRETE RENTAL APARTMENTS

CLOSE DOWNTOWN, NEXT TO ARNOLD HALL. 3,4,5&6/BR houses. Excellent condition. A/C, W/D, parking and yard. Utilities included. No dogs. 12 month lease. 304-288-1572 or 296-8491

2-3-4-5/BR APARTMENTS. SPRUCE and Prospect Streets. NO PETS. Starting in May/2011. Lease/deposit. For more info call 292-1792. Noon to 7pm.

2-3/BR WALK TO CAMPUS W/D, parking. No pets. Lease/Deposit.

Avail. 6/1/11. Max Rentals 304-291-8423 2/BR STEWARTSTOWN RD. Available January 15. W/D, AC, No Pets.

304-288-6374 or 304-594-3365 2/BR. STEWART STREET. FROM $450-$1200/month. All utilities included.

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

3/BR, 3/BA DUPLEX. Off-street parking, W/D, DW, A/C. $1200/mo.

319-0437 4/BR, 2/BA DUPLEX. W/D, DW, off-street parking. Very nice. $1200/mo 319-0437 5BR, 922 COLLEGE AVE. 5BR, 352 Stewart Street.

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W/D. $400/person + utilities.

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“Living the Good Life” 304 - 685 - 3243 htmproperties.com DOWNTOWN You’ll love the location. #1-3BR, central heat/air, w/d, 1 block from PRT, $400/person/month plus gas and electric. #2-1BR loft, central heat/air, w/d, 1/2 block to PRT, $575/month plus utilities. Owner pays garbage. Call Steve at 304-288-6012 FOUR BEDROOM TOWN HOME behind Mountainlair. W/D, parking, lease/deposit, NO PETS. May 2011 $450/each.

304-692-6549

ATTENTION STUDENTS Want to live in the most convenient place in Morgantown? That would be 1993 Water Street—Mountaineer Court! 2 and 3 Bedrooms available now plus leasing for next year. 304-598-2285.

2 Min. From Hospital and Evansdale Bus Service

GREEN PROPERTIES remodeled 1,3&4/BR Apts. & Houses. Sunnyside & South Park. $375-$400/person plus util.

Very nice! 304-216-3402. Available May 15

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IMMACULATE 2BR, master bath townhouse near both hospitals. Central Air, garage. 304-599-9654

BEVERLY AVE. APARTMENT. 2-3-4/BR Well-maintained. Off-street parking. W/D. DW. A/C. NO PETS. Available 5/16/11.

304-241-4607. If no answer: 282-0136.

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

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1 & 2 Bedroom 2 Bath Apartments Prices Starting at $485 Garages, W/D, Walk In Closets Sparkling Pool 2 Min From Hospital & Downtown Bus Service

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156 Plesant Street 2 Bedroom With Gas Heat & Water $425/$475 Per Person 524 McLane Ave. 3 Bedroom 2 Bath W/D $350/Per Person Plus Utilities Call For Information

304-322-0046 wwwmotownapts.com

Scott Properties, LLC Metro Property Management “The Largest & Finest Selection of Properties” Now Leasing for 2011-2012 1 & 2 Bedroom Apartments Unfurnished 24 Hour Emergency Maintenance & Enforcement Officer Off Street parking

DOWNTOWN PROPERTIES Phone: 304-292-0900

Downtown (Per Person) 1 Bd High St. 650 + Elec 1 Bd Lorentz Ave. 525 Inc. 1 Bd First St. 525 + Elec 2 Bd Spruce St. 350 + Elec 2 Bd High St. 400 - 700 + Elec 3 Bd High St. 575 + Elec 3 Bd Firs St. 400 + Util 3 Bd Sharon Ave. 395 + Util Evansdale (Per Person)

STARTING AS LOW AS $510.00 PER PERSON PLUS UTILITIES Glenlock 2BR 2BA $510/Person $1020

EVANSDALE PROPERTIES Phone 304-598-9001 STARTING AS LOW AS $320.00 PER PERSON

1 Bd Van Voorhis 2 Bd Bakers Land 3 Bd Bakers Land 4 Bd Bakers Land

500 + Elec 425 + Util 395 + Util 375 + Util

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PLUS UTILITIES Ashley Oaks 2BR $380/Person $760 Valley View 1BR $610 Valley View 2BR $320/Person $640 Valley View 2BR $410/Person $820 Skyline Skyline

AFFORDABLE LUXURY Now Leasing 2011

High Street Apartments

LARGE, UNFURNISHED 3/BR DUPLEX apartment. Available Now. Close to campus/hospitals. Deck, appliances, WD hook-up, off-street parking. No pets. $750/mo+utilities. 304-594-2225

May 15, 2011

304-291-2103

599-4407

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387 High Street (Pita Pit Building) 2,3, Bedroom With Utilities and Furnished Laundry Facitities $460/$525 Per Person

Barrington North Prices Starting at $605 2 Bedroom 1 Bath 24 Hour Maintenance Laundry Facilities

ALL SIZES ALL LOCATIONS

Mountain Line Bus Service Every 10 Minutes and Minutes From PRT

409 High Street 2 Bedroom D/W, Laundry Facitities Camera System With Secure Entry Door $450/$500 Per Person

AVAILABLE MAY 2011. 1,2,3,4,5,6BR 304-296-5931.

AVAILABLE

OFF-STREET PARKING EVANSDALE / STAR CITY LOCATION LOCALLY OWNED ON-SITE MAINTENANCE MOST UNITS INCLUDE: HEAT, WATER, and GARBAGE SECURITY DEPOSIT REQUIRED

211 Willey Street Corner or Willey and High 2-Bedroom Swipe Card Entry Camera System Large Laurndry Facitities D/W, Micro Wave

APTS AND HOUSES FOR RENT. Available now and in May. Please call M-F 8am-4pm.304-365-APTS(2787) www.geellc.com.

599-6376

EFF: 1BR: 2BR: Now Leasing For 2010

1BR 2BR

$450/Perosn

Copperfield 1BR Copperfield 2BR $370/Person Copperfield 2BR/2BA $397.50/Person

$675 $900 $595 $740 $795

S M I T H R E N TA L S , L L C 1 and 2 Bedroom Apartments For Rent AVAILABLE MAY 2011 Check out: www.smithrentalsllc.com

(304)322-1112

w w w. m e t r o p r o p e r t y m g m t . n e t NOW LEASING 1,2,3/BR Apartments for May 2011. No pets. 304-288-6374 or 304-594-3365 NOW RENTING TOP OF FALLING RUN ROAD Morgan Point 1+2/BR $590-$790+ utilities. Semester lease. WD. DW. Parking.

NO PETS. Call: 304-290-4834.

www.morgantownapartments.com

POSSIBLE SHORT-TERM LEASE: 2/BR. AC. WD. Close to campus. NO PETS. $650/mo. 304-594-3365 or 304-288-6374.

CHATEAU ROYALE 2BR UNFURNISHED available for sublease immediately till May. Contact 301-325-7938.

SHORT TERM LEASE AVAILABLE. 2/BR Stewart St. W/D, No Pets. 304-288-6374 or 304-594-3365

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

SIX BEDROOM near all campuses. D/W, w/d, central air, offtreet parking. $400/each.

Available May 2011. NO PETS 304-692-6549

SOUTH PARK 1-BR ATTRACTIVE, spacious, private. Excellent condition.

Minutes to campus. Heat included.

Off-street parking. Lease/deposit. No pets. 304-296-3919.

SOUTH PARK-3BR Townhome style within easy walking distance of PRT and downtown, Includes all appliances, w/d, 1-car garage, 1 1/2 baths. $400/person/month plus utilities. Call Steve at 304-288-6012

TWO APARTMENTS: 2/3 BR—W/D, Off-street parking. 3/BR—W/D. Leases start 05/15/10. Garbage, cable not included. 717 Willey Street up from Arnold Hall.

304-685-9550.

NEWLY REMODELED. FULLY furnished.

4/BR. 2/BA. Large rooms. Beverly Ave. Off-street parking. No Pets. CA/C. DW. WD. 304-599-6001.

UNFURNISHED HOUSES 3 bedrm/2bath. Close to Sunnyside. Extra rooms! Yard. WD. bckrentals.com. Call 304-594-1200.

1/BR. 211 WILLOWDALE. W/D. 1 PET allowed. $600/mo. plus utilities. Showing for May. 304-599-8303. 304-290-6591.

2/BR - $800/MO or 4/BR AVAILABLE. Living Room, Bath, Nice location. Available Now! 304-216-3332.

2/BR, 1/BA HOUSE: STAR CITY. WALK to Crockett’s. 452 Westwood St. W/D. Pets OK. $540/mo+deposit. $100/off 1st/mo.

Pearand-Corp./Shawn Kelly/Broker.

292-7171 3-4/BR WALK TO CAMPUS W/D, some parking. Lease/Deposit.

Available 6/1/11. No pets. Max Rentals 304-291-8423

HELP WANTED !!BARTENDING. $300 A DAY potential.

No experience necessary. Training available. Become a bartender. Age: 18 plus.

800-965-6520 Ext. 285 BABYSITTER IN OUR HOME. Non-smoker. Must have transportation.

Send references and resume to: spah33@gmail.com

Event Marketing Manager Bath Fitter, the nations #1 bathroom remodeling company, is looking for an Event Marketing Manager in the Morgantown area.

Position Offers: ● ● ● ● ● ●

Competitive Base Salary plus Generous Bonus Opportunity Company Paid Cell Phone Company Gas Card Full Benefit Package 401 k

Positions Responsibilities: ● Recruit, Hire, Train, and Motivate a part-time staff. ● Promote our products and services at various events and malls throughout the assigned territiory. ● Identify new outlets to market our products and services.

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

304-290-0548. 304-288-2740.

To set up an interview call Jeff at 304-634-5745 or send resume to j c o v e r t @ b a t h s a v e r . c o m

AMAZING, HISTORIC LOG CABIN. 305 Dewey St. South Park. 2/baths.

REMODELED and RESTORED. Leveled yard. $660/mo. total plus utilities.

Call Shawn 304-292-7171

BLACK BEAR BURRITO hiring full and part time wait staff and Kitchen crew. Experience preferred. Apply within. 132 Pleasant Street

APTS AND HOUSES FOR RENT 217, 221, 225, 227 Jones Ave. 617 North Street, 341 Mulberry Street, 1-4/BR. $325-$475 each plus utilities. Free off-street parking. NO PETS. Lease May 15, 2011.

E.J. Stour 304-685-3457 AS MANY AS 4 PEOPLE, BOTH APARTMENTS IN DUPLEX. 700 East Brockway.

2/Baths, 2/Kitchens, 4/BR’s. Free Laundry.

Free Parking.

Yard.

W/W. $375/MONTH/TOTAL EACH APARTMENT. Available May 16. Call Shawn 304-292-7171 AVAILABLE 5/8/11. 3 AND 4 BR house. Recently remodeled. Partially furnished. Close to campus. Off-street parking. 296-8801 or 291-8288.

GREEN PROPERTIES: Downtown 4/BR, 2/full bath. Free Parking! W/D, DW, A/C, & hardwood floors. $500/month per person. No Pets. 304-216-3402

S m i t h R e n ta l s , L L C Houses For Rent

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THURSday JANUARY 13, 2010

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Anamanaguchi returns to 123 Pleasant Street by jake potts A&E writer

Power-pop band Anamanaguchi will bring their unique sound to 123 Pleasant Street tonight.

The band performed a year ago in Morgantown at the 123 venue and was ecstatic about the response.

“Morgantown was one of our favorite shows,” said drummer Luke Silas. “The kids were crazy, partied hard and really loved our music.”

The stop in Morgantown is a section of the band’s tour across the east, starting in New York going as far south as Atlanta and including many other stops.

Anamanaguchi was started

by guitarist Peter Berkman’s inspiration after discovering the power-pop genre in 2003.

Bass player James DeVito joined shortly after with guitarist Ary Warnaar, and drummer Luke Silas joined a few years later.

The band has released multiple records, their earliest being released in 2006 as an EP, titled Power Supply. In 2009, the band released another album entitled Dawn Metropolis.

The band was also recently featured in the video game “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World.”

“We base a lot of our tunes off music that we like to listen to,” Silas said. “We like music that’s melodious and fun to dance to. That’s the kind of stuff we write.”

A timeless tale

While the video game appearance was great for the band’s name, it wasn’t a hint at any kind of genres they look forward to pursuing.

“A lot of people think that we style our music around video game soundtracks, but that’s definitely not what we’re about,” Silas said.

The band will be performing alongside Trey Frey, a band with a genre centered around live electronics, driving beats and fast rhythms.

They have performed together in the past. “Last time we played with Trey Frey, it was an awesome time,” Silas said. “We’re definitely looking forward to playing with them

see RETURNS on PAGE 9

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