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SGA supports coal industry regulation SGA leaders vote to create Fall Break by Charles young Staff writer
Members of the Student Government Association Board of Governors passed a highly debated proclamation Wednesday in support of regulating the permit process for the coal industry.
The proclamation, which supports the organization “FACES of Coal,” states West Virginia University’s SGA supports the regulating of Section 404 permits. The permits allow individual coal mines to be in operation. There is currently an ongoing backlog of Section 404 permit approvals that could jeopardize jobs, economic opportunity and coal production throughout the state, according to the proclamation.
SGA called upon the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the President’s Council on Environmental Quality, the state Congressional delegation and local government officials to support coal production and the 90,000 jobs the industry creates. The proclamation was read by acting chairman Gov. Charlie Russel, who opened discussion to members of the BOG. SGA Vice President
Ron Cheng was absent due to illness. “As student leaders, sometimes we are called to make difficult decisions, and I would urge passing this as it benefits a majority of our student body,” said SGA Chief of Staff Daniel Brummage. Some members of the board, as well as some executives, objected to the resolution due to coal’s impact on the environment. “I would like to rise as a stu-
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dent in opposition of this proposal and say that it does not accurately represent the student body as a whole. Coal is not a sustainable resource,” said Ben Seebaugh, president of the SGA subsidiary group, Student Advocates for Legislative Advancement. Seebaugh acted as attorney general during the meeting. Gov. Jason Bailey joined the discussion to remind the members of the BOG of the difference between an offi-
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Junior criminology major and ROTC member Ian Goodridge gets blood drawn by a Red Cross worker in Stansbury Hall during the ROTC blood drive.
ROTC blood drive collects 88 units to replenish banks correspondent
Reserve Officer’s Training Corps members at West Virginia University held an American Red Cross blood drive Wednesday to help replenish the supplies of local blood banks. More than 750 blood drives have been cancelled since Jan. 1 due to winter weather conditions. Winter storms across the country have caused approximately 30,000 pints of blood to go uncollected, according to the American Red Cross. Christa Wise, a senior criminology major and ROTC member coordinating the blood drive, said 104 donors attempted to donate blood, but some were deferred due to low iron count, among other reasons. Wise said the blood drives are generally successful, and
that the ROTC always tries to set a goal for the amount of donations they receive during a drive, since their drives occur once a semester. “Last semester’s goal was 65 donors,” Wise said. “We had 85 show up.” WVU’s ROTC wanted to break the donation record for last semester at this blood drive, she said. More than 90 people came to the blood drive. Emily Fowler, a junior biology major, said she feels it’s important to take the time to give back to the community. “If I were to be injured, I’d want for there to be enough blood available to save my life,” Fowler said. As a universal donor, Fowler said she feels compelled to donate blood as often as she can. Kasey Jagger, a sophomore forensic science major, said she often gets reminders from
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A student dressed in a blood drop costume walks through Barnes and Noble beside the Mountainlair to promote the ROTC blood drive Wednesday afternoon. the American Red Cross to donate locally. “I have a rare blood type, so they call me all the time,” Jagger said. “I think it’s important to give as often as possible.” Jagger said all students should consider giving blood
at events sponsored through the University. For more information about the American Red Cross visit http://redcrossblood.org or call 800-733-2767. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu
Elbows off the table: Students learn dinner etiquette BY CONOR GRIFFITH CORRESPONDENT
Students at West Virginia University spent an evening learning the difference between eating and dining. The College of Business & Economics hosted its annual “Professional Business Etiquette Dinner Seminar” Wednesday night at the Lakeview Golf Resort & Spa. More than 100 students of various majors attended the event in which guests spent the evening “unlearning” preconceived dining manners. Susan Lawrence, an international image consultant, presided over the dinner and walked the audience through
four courses of professional dining etiquette. “For every job out there, there are eight to nine applicants,” Lawrence said. Maintaining a professional manner during a meal with potential employers is a quality for students to learn in the increasing competitiveness of the job market. Lawrence instructed techniques students will need to impress employers who invite job applicants to a meal after the interview phase. She instructed them in ways of subtle dining etiquette that college students may take for granted. They soon discovered specific use of a folded napkin and how much sweetener
they add to their ice tea does matter. Lawrence said Henry Ford would take his job applicants out to dinner, and he would not hire an applicant who added salt to a meal before tasting it. It demonstrated a lack of judgment on the part of the applicant, she said. Students learned many dining conventions, such as clearing the plate. “You should never eat every last bite of each course,” she added, because it is seen as unprofessional. She also demonstrated the difference between the American manner of silverware use and the continental style used
by Europeans. More and more businesses are adopting the European style during company dining occasions. “I want you to relax and have fun, because I want you to be relaxed when you do this in the future,” Lawrence said to the students as the first course was served. The dinner concluded with a raffle drawing for prizes, such as neckties and pens. The event left some students with a newfound sense of professionalism. Erik Neville, a senior communications major, was impressed with the way a proper toast is to be conducted
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North Street Fire station’s future up in the air By Devon Unger
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cial resolution and an informal proclamation. “Proclamations really hold no real power,” Bailey said. According to the Student Body Constitution, the BOG may propose proclamations for statements that have an indirect influence on members of the student body and to give praise or support for a cause. Resolutions are reserved for
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A possible use for the North Street Fire Station was presented during the Morgantown City Council’s Committee of the Whole meeting Tuesday. The plan presented would use the station as a workshop for the Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design’s Landscape Architecture program at West Virginia University. Ashley Kyber, assistant professor of landscape architecture and director of the community design team, said the space would provide her students with a space to weld and do woodworking, as well as provide storage for their projects. “Right now we don’t have a permanent home for any of our construction or designbuild activities, and those activities do need a place to have a home,” Kyber said. “This site would provide a fabulous example of what the front porch of WVU, and particularly the Davis College outreach, can be.” She said her students would contribute to the community by using the space to complete projects, which could then be utilized in the surrounding
neighborhood. The projects would focus on aspects of green architecture and creating a more pedestrian-friendly community, she said. Residents of the Wiles Hill neighborhood have previously raised concerns about possible plans to demolish the structure and build an access road to the WVU School of Law. According to Wiles HillHighland Park Neighborhood Association President Wes Nugent Kyber’s use of the building would be fully supported by the community. “After talking about the idea of whether this might the type of facility that could be creatively reused to support this academic program and her work in community outreach – not only here in Morgantown but across the state – we found overwhelming support,” Nugent said. The Neighborhood Association and the University have had a memorandum of understanding to discuss possible uses for the land. The property was given to WVU after they gave the city a plot of land near the Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center to use for the new Northside Fire
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WVU Career Services now on Facebook BY ALEX DUFOUR CORRESPONDENT
In an effort to make the job hunt more accessible to students, the West Virginia University Career Services Center has joined Facebook. Many students who don’t know where to begin picking a major, finding an internship or looking for a job after graduation can now access the Center’s Facebook page instead of the usual visit to the Center. “I think that it will increase awareness of our services, attendance at career fairs and the overall usage of MoutaineerTRAK,” said Sarah Glenn, assistant director of employer relations for the Career Services Center. MountaineerTRAK is a web-based program created by the Center for students to upload multiple resumes, view job listings and schedule interviews. The Center plans to make the page interactive by encouraging students to ask questions on the wall. Students can also view helpful
videos such as how to work a career fair and how to have a successful interview. “Career Services joined Facebook in response to student requests,” Glenn said. “Students are on information overload and we recognize that e-mail is not always the best way to reach them ... I want Facebook to change that.” Every day, the Center will post a job and an internship it is highlighting. “Every day new students ‘like’ us on Facebook. It is already increasing our outreach efforts and will continue to grow,” Glenn said. “We are here to help students with every stage of the career planning process, and hopefully, using Facebook will let them see that we are committed to adapting and improving our services with their interests in mind.” The Center is also sponsoring a contest on their page in which one student will win a free trip to the Big East Career Fair in New York
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REMATCH AT THE ‘PETE’ The West Virginia men’s basketball team gets another shot at defeating Pitt tonight at the Petersen Events Center. Can WVU pull off the upset? SPORTS PAGE 5
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Continued from page 1 Station. Kyber first made her presentation to the Wiles Hill-Highland Park Neighborhood Association last Friday, after being invited by association member and fellow community design team member, Margaret Stout, a professor in WVU’s Public Administration department. “I think we are in the very early stages. I came to the community group first by invitation, so this has happened all
Continued from page 1 City in March. The usual price for the trip is $150 to cover the cost of a bus ride there and back, and hotel accommodations for two nights. “We will continue to offer prizes and incentives to en-
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Continued from page 1 actions that directly influence members of the student body. “I think it’s kind of hypocritical of you all to vote in total support of coal and not even pass anything in support of stainability,” said one student in the audience.
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between an employer and a subordinate. It was taught to keep your glass lower than your superior during the toast. Jessica Kinley, a senior accounting major, said the way to properly fold a napkin into a triangle was the most interesting tip Lawrence provided. “I never even thought about
very fast,” Kyber said. “I went back to my division director on Friday, we had a very positive conversation about how this space could meet a very important need as far as my particular faculty contract.” She said they will continue to go through the proper chain of command within the University, and while the administration has acknowledged this as a possibility, nothing has been decided. City Manager Terrence Moore said he thinks this use would be consistent with
both the city’s and University’s goals moving forward. “That type of arrangement would be very consistent with the discussions we’ve had recently with the president’s office about the city of Morgantown’s administration and WVU’s administration coming together to initiate various partnerships above and beyond where we are at this particular time,” Moore said. “This could be a joint arrangement that would work out for everybody’s best interest.”
courage students to automatically go to Facebook for career related information,” said David Durham, director of the Career Services Center. The group currently has 218 people who have liked it, six events planned and 19 discussion topics posted at press time. “We want to bring aware-
ness of all of our services and Facebook is by far the perfect medium,” Durham said. “There are so many students and alumni who would benefit from working with Career Services but they simply don’t recognize the value of our services and programs.”
Also at the meeting, members of the BOG passed a resolution supporting the addition of a fall recess. This break would occur before the Thanksgiving recess and would not affect the lengths of any other breaks. The resolution also discourages professors from assigning homework over the proposed break.
During last week’s meeting, the BOG tabled a similar resolution in support of the break so they could to work on its language. The issue will go before the WVU Calendar Committee for approval. If passed, the break wouldn’t come into effect until the 2012-13 school year.
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the way you sip soup with a spoon,” said Tiphani Guldner, a junior marketing major. “I’ve learned what kind of small talk to make during an interview.” Susan Lawrence has been an image consultant since 1995 and has coached professional etiquette to businesses in the U.S., Europe and Russia. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu
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Katrina writer to speak tonight West Virginia University’s David C. Hardesty Jr. Festival of Ideas is hosting it’s second to last scheduled lecture, featuring author Dr. Michael Eric Dyson. Dyson is the author of 16 books including “Come Hell or High Water,” a book on Hurricane Katrina, which is the featured topic. Dyson’s talk is tonight at 7:30, in the Mountainlair Ballrooms. Dyson’s talk is cosponsored by the WVU Center for Black Culture and Research. — eaf
This undated photo courtesy of David C. Scott shows Sam Farr, 23, and his golden retriever Noble, a service dog. Farr said he hopes he and Noble can go to school and they are planning a Caribbean cruise. They’ve only known each other a few weeks, but Farr said
Noble, the Facebook dog sensation, meets his man LOS ANGELES (AP) — Noble is a four-legged Facebook star with thousands of friends. Sam is a 23-year-old Marine who was paralyzed in a car accident. After months, the two have been matched. Noble, a golden retriever, was raised from a pup and trained as a service dog as his online fans logged in every day, sharing stories and offering words of encouragement. Sam Farr, 23, of Oceanside joined the Marines right out of high school. He was on duty in North Carolina two years ago when the car he was in went out of control and over a cliff, partially severing his spinal cord. It would be a month before he woke from a coma in a Georgia hospital. He was paralyzed, unable to use his hands or walk. During Farr’s rehabilitation, volunteers from a group called Canine Assistants visited the hospital with service dogs that would lick Farr’s hand. When Farr was asked if he’d like a dog, he said yes. It was more than 18 months of hard work for both before they met a few weeks ago. “He jumped straight in my lap and started licking me
in the face,” Farr said. “They brought two other dogs. I had to continually give the other dogs treats to get them to respond to me. With Noble, I didn’t have to do that.” Only after they knew it was a match did Canine Assistants tell Farr about Noble’s Facebook fame. “They asked me if I knew anything about Facebook and I said, ‘I am the king of Facebook.’ “ Farr promised Noble’s fans he would figure out a way to keep them posted. “They have nothing to worry about. Dogs are one of the greatest creatures on God’s planet. I will take care of him like he takes care of me,” Farr said. Her son knows the value of friendship, said his mom, Crystal Farr. After the accident, Farr’s three best friends went to school to learn how to do IVs and take care of him in an emergency. “Sam loved that they did that for him,” Mrs. Farr said. Farr said he hopes he and Noble can go to school, and they are planning a Caribbean cruise. They’ve only known each other a few weeks, but Farr said Noble already knows when he’s feeling bad. “He’ll
come to my room and lay his head in the bed next to me and make sure I’m doing OK.” For Farr, the hardest part of being paralyzed is going out. “Sometimes I feel there’s no point, like it’s a waste of time because I can’t do the things I used to do.” But he and Noble have been to the mall, the movies and a restaurant, and going out is starting to have more appeal. Mrs. Farr said her son is constantly dropping things. She used to retrieve them, but now Noble does. “He’s so fantastic. Sometimes I forget he’s a dog because he reacts so much like a human,” she said. Mrs. Farr is comfortable enough now to go back to work as a CPR instructor for the American Heart Association. Noble’s Facebook page, chronicling his journey to becoming a service dog, is part of an ad campaign for Milk-Bone. He has more than 34,000 friends and counting. A copyrighter on the campaign, Will Decher, summed up the feelings of those who got to know Noble over the months: “You can teach a dog tricks, rules and commands, but you can’t teach a dog how to have a Noble heart.”
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Most Dems in W.Va. gov. race pledge to back nominee CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Acting Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin and four other Democratic candidates for governor have agreed to endorse the winner of the May 14 primary, state party Chairman Larry Puccio said Wednesday. Puccio said that each of the five officeholders has signed a pledge that the eventual party nominee will have his or her “full public support.” The pledge would also have the nominee seek that support. Those making the pledge are Tomblin, acting Senate President Jeff Kessler, state Treasurer John Perdue, Secretary of State
Natalie Tennant and House Speaker Rick Thompson. “These five elected officials, who have played a major role in shaping the state of West Virginia with responsible government, have stepped forward to sign this significant pledge,” Puccio said in a statement. “This is further proof that the Democratic Party truly has an ‘All-Star Lineup’ with our strong field of candidates.” The sixth Democratic candidate, Arne Moltis of Kanawha County, was invited to take part but did not, Puccio said. He did not immediately respond to requests for comment
Wednesday. Eight Republicans have filed to run in that party’s primary. GOP Chairman Mike Stuart predicted that the GOP hopefuls will rally around their nominee, without a written pledge. “I’ve spoken to almost every one of our candidates,” Stuart said Wednesday. “I don’t expect any sort of problem in that regard on the Republican side.” West Virginia has seen post-primary grudges among candidates. Democrat Joe Manchin refused to endorse Charlotte Pritt after she prevailed in a tough 1996 primary for governor;
Manchin was later elected governor and is now a U.S. senator. Pritt had balked at supporting Gov. Gaston Caperton in 1992, after unsuccessfully challenging his nomination for a second term. She instead ran in the general election as a writein and lost. Puccio said he invited representatives of all six of this year’s Democratic campaigns to a meeting last week, then followed up with them Tuesday. Moltis did not attend either meeting, he said. “All of these leaders stepped up and said they would support the nominee. They were enthu-
siastic,” Puccio said of the five who signed. “I was pretty excited about that, and we put it in writing.” The state Supreme Court has mandated that an elected governor take office within one year of Nov. 15, when Manchin took the U.S. Senate seat he won in a special election. The resulting special general election is Oct. 4. Manchin had more than two years left in his second term as governor. The constitution calls on the state Senate president – Tomblin, in this case – to act as governor during such vacancies. The court ruled that the amount
of time left in Manchin’s term required an election. The office is also up for a full, four-year term in 2012. Stuart cited signs of tension among at least some of these officeholding Democratic candidate amid the debate over the state’s succession process and the legal challenge that led to the Supreme Court’s ruling. “I think it’s great that the Democrats have signed a pledge, but they’re going to have to follow through on it,” Stuart said. “They’ve been at each other’s throats, effective, and I don’t see what changes that.”
Man wanted for stabbing caught Judge taps expert to review West CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A man charged in the stabbing death of his girlfriend’s daughter and wanted for questioning in the disappearance of an elderly Ohio couple was captured Wednesday in southern West Virginia, and authorities said they have “serious concerns” about whether the pair are alive after blood was found in their car. Samuel K. Littleton II was apprehended at 11:45 a.m. in the woods behind a Walmart in Princeton, about 300 miles from the couple’s home near Bellefontaine, Ohio. Littleton, who was spotted in a cave near the woods, was flushed out by a police helicopter and caught after a brief foot chase, West Virginia state police Capt. J.L. Cahill said. The car belonging to Richard Russell, 84, and his 85-year-old wife, Gladis, was found abandoned Tuesday in Princeton. There was blood inside the car and in the trunk, and the vehicle was being sent to a lab for further examination, Bellefontaine police Chief Brad Kunze said. “We have serious concerns that they have survived this ordeal,” he said. “We don’t have any specific information one way or the other at this time.” State police have said Littleton called a relative Tuesday from a Princeton-area pay phone but was gone by the time police arrived there. Cahill said Littleton may have been in the woods for up to three days. Littleton is charged with killing his girlfriend’s 26-year-old daughter. Her body was found last week in his basement in Bellefontaine, the Ohio community where the Russells live.
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West Virginia State Police Troopers escort Samuel ‘Sammy’ Littleton into the Princeton, W.Va., detachment of the State Police Wednesday. Littleton had bought a home from the Russells in 2009. The Russells and Littleton, 37, had been missing since Feb. 16, when the Russells’ car was seen parked at an Interstate 75 rest area about 100 miles southwest of their home. Littleton’s car was found abandoned a couple of miles from the Russells’ home. “Our focus remains bringing Dick and Gladis Russell home,” Kunze said Wednesday evening. Littleton was sought on a warrant charging murder, felonious assault, abuse of corpse and tampering with evidence in Tiffany Brown’s stabbing death. Littleton was being brought
to a state police barracks for processing Wednesday afternoon. Sgt. Michael Baylous, a state police spokesman, said Littleton eventually would be arraigned, and then the process would begin to have him extradited to Ohio. His sister, Wanda Hart, who appeared on television with her father Tuesday to urge her brother to turn himself in, didn’t immediately return a telephone message Wednesday. A volunteer search for the couple is being organized in Logan County for this Saturday. “We know as days go by, it gets tougher,” Hall said. “Miracles do happen, so we’re maintaining hope.”
Gov. discusses strategy on prank call MADISON, Wis. (AP) — On a prank call that quickly spread across the Internet, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker was duped into discussing his strategy to cripple public employee unions, promising never to give in and joking that he would use a baseball bat in his office to go after political opponents. Walker believed the caller was a conservative billionaire named David Koch, but it was actually the editor of a liberal online newspaper. The two talked for at least 20 minutes — a conversation in which the governor described several potential ways to pressure Democrats to return to the Statehouse and revealed that his supporters had considered secretly planting people in prounion protest crowds to stir up trouble. The call, which surfaced Wednesday, also showed Walker’s cozy relationship with two billionaire brothers who have poured millions of dollars into conservative political causes, including Walker’s campaign last year. Walker compared his stand to that taken by President Ronald Reagan when he fired the nation’s air-traffic controllers during a labor dispute in 1981. “That was the first crack in the Berlin Wall and led to the fall of the Soviets,” Walker said on the recording. The audio was posted by the Buffalo Beast, a left-leaning website based in Buffalo, N.Y., and quickly went viral. Ian Murphy told The Associated Press he carried out the prank to show how candidly Walker would speak with Koch even though, according to Democrats, he refuses to return their calls. Murphy said he arranged the call Tuesday after speaking with two Walker aides, including the governor’s chief of staff. He placed the call using Skype and recorded it. Walker spokesman Cullen
Werwie confirmed that it was Walker’s voice on the call. At a news conference, Walker acknowledged being deceived but stuck to his message that the union changes were needed to balance Wisconsin’s budget. “I’m not going to let one prank phone call be a distraction from the job we have to do,” Walker said. “The things I said are the things I’ve said publicly all the time.” On the call, the governor said he was ratcheting up the pressure on Senate Democrats to return to the Capitol a week after they fled to block the legislation. He said he supported a move to require them to come to the Capitol to pick up their paychecks rather than have the money deposited directly. He also floated an idea to lure Democratic senators back to the Capitol for negotiations and then have the Senate quickly pass the bill while they are in talks. Walker said aides were reviewing whether the GOP could hold a vote if Democrats were not physically in the Senate chamber but elsewhere in the building. At the news conference, he insisted that idea was not a trick but an effort to get Democrats back to work.
Democrats seized on Walker’s recorded comments as evidence that the governor plans to go beyond budget cuts to crushing unions. “This isn’t about balancing the budget. This is about a political war,” Rep. Jon Richards of Milwaukee yelled Wednesday on the floor of the state Assembly. The governor’s plan would strip most public employees of their collective bargaining rights and force them to pay more for their health care and retirement benefits. Unions could not collect mandatory dues and would be forced to conduct annual votes of their members to stay in existence. The proposal has set off more than a week of protests at the Capitol.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A federal judge has extended an order temporarily barring Bayer CropScience from using a West Virginia plant to produce the same toxic chemical that killed thousands in India in 1984. In doing so, U.S. District Judge Joseph R. Goodwin also appointed a chemical engineering expert to assess safety at the sprawling Bayer CropScience chemical plant, which is about 10 miles west of Charleston. Texas A&M professor Sam Mannan has until March 14 to assess the chances of a catastrophe involving methyl isocyanate at the plant. The order requires Mannan to inspect records and the plant to decide whether Bayer’s processes for making, storing and transporting MIC are safe. It also requires him to assess
the risk of a catastrophe involving the chemical. Goodwin extended the temporary restraining order until March 28 to allow time for Mannan to finish his work. Bayer CropScience had planned to resume producing the chemical, typically called MIC, before residents filed suit this month. A 1984 MIC leak at a Union Carbide plant in Bhopal, India, killed thousands of people. Both sides welcomed the development. “We supported the decision to delay the hearing so that the court has the opportunity to obtain answers to all of its questions,” Bayer vice president Steve Hedrick said in a statement. “It is our hope that this matter will be successfully resolved and that we can resume
ODD NEWS Dispute over Thin Mints gets physical NAPLES, Fla. (AP) — Police say a brawl between roommates over Girl Scout cookies led to assault charges against one of them. According to the Naples Daily News, the Collier County Sheriff’s Office reports that 31-year-old Hersha Howard woke up her roommate early Sunday and accused her of eating her Thin Mints. They argued, and deputies say that it turned physical with Howard chasing her roommate with scissors and hitting her repeatedly with a board and then a sign. Police say the roommate’s husband tried to separate them. The roommate said she gave the cookies to Howard’s children. Howard is charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. She was released Monday on $10,000 bail.
A telephone listing for Howard could not be immediately found.
Brazilian woman finds gator behind couch after flood SAO PAULO (AP) — After floodwaters receded from her home, a Brazilian woman was shocked to find a most unwelcome house guest: a 5-foot (1.5-meter) alligator lying tamely in the living room as her 3-year-old son petted the reptile’s head. The animal apparently was washed inside by the high water Monday night, said Luiz Claudio Farias, a captain of firefighters in the north-central city of Parauapebas. When the woman went to clean up the following day, she saw the boy playing with something behind the couch, Farias said. It turned out to be a gator.
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Nation should support Wisconsin protestors Over the past weeks, the world has watched citizens in Wisconsin, and other states protest against a bill proposed by newly appointed Gov. Scott Walker. The bill that is supposed to get Wisconsin out of a $137 million shortfall for this fiscal year is actually attacking public sector unions and organized labor throughout the state. Walker’s proposal stands to end collective bargaining for most public employees in Wis-
consin. Without a doubt, this is enough to enrage union supporters around the country. People have recognized this situation has the potential to affect unions all across the nation, so labor unions in various states, including West Virginia, have come together in support of the demonstrations in Wisconsin. During a press conference Tuesday at the state Capitol, the West Virginia American Federation of Labor-Congress Industrial Organizations and other
unions called for the support of their workers. West Virginia AFL-CIO President Kenny Perdue said, “It’s not a union/non union issue; it’s an attack on all workers in this country.” Anyone who is a part of a union or who knows of their significance to American society, can understand that what is happening in Wisconsin is a serious threat to our country’s labor movement. Judy Hale, president of the
West Virginia Federation of Teachers said if Walker and his bill prevail, “it is going to be a dominio effect throughout the country.” Though Walker and his supporters are saying the bill’s sole purpose is to balance the state budget, others strongly believe that he is simply trying to destroy the union. Unions have stood to provide working people with job security, decent benefits, fair and safe working environments
but more importantly they provide people with a voice and a sense of their real power in their workplace. Bills and legislation that stand to destroy unions are dangerous to the progress we have made as a nation. Regardless of personal affiliation, we should all understand and value the various unions in this country and in the state of West Virginia. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu
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Libyan protesters stand atop a damaged police station as they burn an effigy of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi during a demonstration, in Tobruk, Libya, Feb. 23.
The world should watch as ‘revolutionary fever’ overtakes Libya tomas engle colunmist
The geopolitical brushfire started by a Tunisian suicide over two months ago continues to inflame the Arab world. Out of the countries that could have been the next to become engaged, Libya seemed the least likely. Colonel Moammar Gadhafi, who has been the de-facto leader of Libya since a military coup in 1969 brought him to power, has created a one-party state with no effective opposition. With few press freedoms and opportunities for political reform, and the largest oil reserves in Africa (ninth in the world), Libya appears to be infertile ground for the revolutions sweeping the region. While there have been protests since late January, inspired mainly by Egypt’s on Jan. 25, the galvanizing moment was Feb. 15, when protestors demonstrated in front of the Benghazi police station after the arrest of human rights activist Fethi Tarbel. Following the pattern in these 2011 democracy protests, state authorities have overreacted with violence to legiti-
mate nonviolent protests, who in turn feel they have nothing left to lose and change their demands of reform to resignation. From what started as smallscale protests in the low hundreds, turned into an all-out revolt with numbers in the thousands in just a few days. By Feb. 20, protestors had taken control of most of Libya’s second largest city, with government forces fleeing to the airport to evacuate. This did not come at a cost though, as reports from Agence France-Presse and Al Jazeera have government authorities resorting to numerous forms of retaliation against the protestors. The release of nonpolitical prisoners caused policemen to conduct no-knock raids to sow chaos that has been seen before in Egypt. But the violence in Libya has been taken to another level. Artillery, helicopter gunships and anti-aircraft missile systems have all been used against protesting civilians, along with foreign mercenaries from Chad, resulting in a death toll of 104 in just four days according to Human Rights Watch. On Feb. 21 protests had spread out beyond the eastern city of Benghazi and military defections began to be made public. That afternoon, two Libyan
Air Force fighter jets landed on the nearby island nation of Malta, claiming they escaped after receiving orders to bomb civilians in Benghazi. Protestors in the capital Tripoli were not so lucky the same day, as the Libyan Navy bombarded a coastal area of the city according to eyewitness accounts obtained by The Guardian. Literally using all the weapons at his disposal, Moammar Gadhafi allegedly planned to sabotage all oil facilities. This would devastate the country’s main source of wealth. The veracity of this claim can be doubted, though, as all news reports point back to a single TIME magazine article using an anonymous source connected to the regime, and Gadhafi’s regime has been infamous for previously issuing dire threats that it has never followed through with (see: Line of Death, 1986). Following again in the footsteps of Egyptian ex-President Hosni Mubarak, Gadhafi has issued two bizarre, rambling press conferences over the past couple of days. In the first one, lasting only 20 seconds, he denied leaving Tripoli for Venezuela and praised the coordinated progovernment protests. The second speech, 24 hours
later, blamed myriad conflicting interests for the unrest in Libya. According to Gadhafi, the protestors are being given “money and hallucinogenic tablets” from imperialist Western powers, in conjunction with Islamists (those who wish to create an Islamic state). But also by Zionists (those who wish to create a Jewish state) who are plotting to take over Libya. With stellar logic like that, and his gig as Libyan “brother leader” looking bleak, perhaps Gadhafi could start writing for the satirical newspaper, The Onion. All jokes aside, Gadhafi is unfortunately in an even larger state of denial than Mubarak was in Egypt. Despite the continuing flow of defections, from military conscripts and officers to ambassadors and members of his own cabinet, Gadhafi has not flinched. His stubborn hold on power has caused American gas prices to shoot to their highest levels; $3.19, since recording began in February of 1990. The price of oil per barrel, for an April delivery date, has also gone up to near $100 in stock markets around the world. Expect prices to absolutely skyrocket if the protests continue to strengthen in Iran and ones start in Saudi Arabia.
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A sign advertises gas prices, and gives an explanation to customers at a service station in Easthampton, Mass., Feb. 23. As of printing, most of the towns and cities in Libya are now under the control of the amorphous Libyan opposition. One of the few bits of good news is that, like in Egypt, the previously divisive population
has become united through the terror. From the cosmopolitan rivalry between Tripoli in the west and Benghazi in the east, to the countless tribes that inhabit the interior.
Facebook creeping helps you connect and share with stalkers Samuel VigGiano colunmist
It started at midnight. I got a text from a friend of mine who goes to school in New York. She asked me to delete a Facebook group I created in order to collect cell phone numbers. I found it odd that she mentioned the group because I put it on extreme privacy settings. I had also deleted the group in August. After much searching, I found that the group had been deleted, but if you Google searched her name, my group was listed in the plethora of links associated with the search. In the description of my link, her phone number was listed.
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This link was a connection to the nonexistent Facebook group. She mentioned at the end of the conversation that she was being stalked and was receiving creepy text messages. Who is at fault here? Is it my fault for having put my friends in danger by asking them to list their numbers on a website based on electronic communication? Or, is it her fault for having written her number? Either it is both of our faults for having placed personal information on Facebook, or it is the third party’s fault. According to Facebook’s updated privacy policy: “You may remove your user content from the site at any time. If you choose to remove your user content, the license granted above will automatically expire; however, you acknowledge the company may retain archived copies of your
user content.” Basically, every picture, status update and video is owned by Facebook. I not only find this privacy policy disturbing, but also how open Facebook has become for its users. For example, you can now search your friend’s “popular places” and where they have “checked in” since logging on to Facebook. This application not only provides a picture and a current update to where you are located, but also where you like to hang out and directions to these places. In order to create a place one has to type in an address, which is transferred to an online map. So, you have provided any potential stalker directions to where you are and your hangouts. This information cannot be deleted since Facebook owns what you put on their property.
Even the most general information can lead to increased “Facecreeping.” On July 16, Fast Company writer Chris Dannen, wrote that “two researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have shown they can reverse engineer a person’s social security number using, ironically, nothing more than data from publicly available data on government sites and the data you share with the world on Facebook.” These numbers are configured from your birthday. Although more than enough failed tries to lock out an IP address on most banking sites reacted, the authors of the study were able to get the number correctly in about ten tries. However, they noted that, “(a) botnet working in concert could attack smaller states with alarming alacrity, a virally con-
trolled network of 10,000 machines could crank out the identities of residents of the state of West Virginia at around 2,800 a minute, based solely on basic information from Facebook.” As students facing the real world for the first time, we may not realize that handing out our information could lead to dangerous financial and social situations. Releasing personal information on any website, whether or not it claims to be safe, is a bad idea. Even using your credit card number to buy something online, which is common for shoppers of any kind, means releasing this personal information onto the Internet. The job market also views Facebook for the true identity of their current or potential employees. It frightens me that as a future educator, my students
can try to view my profile, or that the professors I befriend on Facebook can view everything I do or say. Even with extreme privacy settings, the world has to access your profile. In order to be safe in electronic communities, lock down your profile. De-tag or remove pictures or videos that you do not want on Facebook. Change your birthday to a month and day or month and year. The less you share on Facebook, the safer you become. As a society, we have become more technologically dependent, and the creation of electronic communities is a product of a need for a virtual identity. We want to dominate and exist in a virtual world. Why, I am not sure. But when it comes to safety, I would rather be closed than an open Facebook.
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brian kuppelweiser sports writer
Nobody asked me but ... With basketball season coming into its final stretch run, some teams are in great positions for their respective tournaments, while others still need to do some work. All told, the situations at West Virginia could not be any more different. So let’s take a look at each of those and some other pertinent sports stories. Nobody asked me, but … zz The West Virginia women’s basketball team is in danger of missing the NCAA Tournament, believe it or not. With tough games against Rutgers and St. John’s remaining, the Mountaineers are no lock for the tournament. The Mountaineers are headed down the same road they were last season, and they should expect the similarly disappointing results – unless they make some changes. I respect head coach Mike Carey to the fullest degree, but he must make a change in the way he delivers his message. In some cases, Carey’s temper is great for the team because it sparks them, but in other instances, his temper is similar to the boy who cried wolf. It is overplayed and overused, which means his team does not respond with the type of play he would like to see. His team has had plenty of postseason experience, and it may be time to rely on his seniors to display the emotion necessary to win basketball games. zz Tonight’s game against Pitt for the WVU men’s basketball team is one of great significance. For John Flowers, Joe Mazzulla, Casey Mitchell, Cam Thoroughman and Jonnie West, it is their last chance to play against the Panthers unless the two teams would matchup in a postseason tournament. With last weekend’s win over then-No. 8 Notre Dame, WVU most likely locked up a berth in the NCAA Tournament, but a win at Pitt could do wonders for its resume. Most experts seem to agree that the Mountaineers are currently a No. 6 seed, but a road victory against the conference leader could make a strong case for WVU as a five seed. Should the Mountaineers not win against Pitt, they would have three more opportunities to improve their seed with games remaining against Rutgers, No. 14 Connecticut and No. 16 Louisville. zz Two players who will be crucial for the men’s basketball team in the coming weeks will be point guard Truck Bryant and forward Kevin Jones. Both have struggled at times this season, but it looks as though all of their hard work is beginning to pay off. Bryant and Jones have been seen after games (prior to practice and after practice) working hard to get into a shooting rhythm. Furthermore, it looks like the two have taken a more direct approach in their leadership
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WVU invades the ‘Pete’ West Virginia (17-9, 8-6)
No. 4 Pittsburgh (24-3, 12-2)
When: Tonight at 9 Where: Pittsburgh, Pa. (Petersen Events Center, 12,508) TV: ESPN Radio: 101.9 FM WVAQ Coverage: Check out The Daily Athenaeum’s Twitter (@dailyathenaeum) for ingame updates. Read Friday’s edition for a full recap of the game. Scouting the Panthers — West Virginia holds a 1-6 all-time record at the Petersen Events Center with its only win coming in 2005. Last season, the Mountaineers fell 98-95 in triple overtime. — Pittsburgh enters tonight’s game fifth in the country in rebounds, averaging 40.9 rebounds-per-game. The Panthers outrebounded West Virginia 40-28 in their win over the Mountaineers on Feb. 7, including 18 offensive rebounds that led to 16 second-chance points. Pitt is 20-2 this season when it outrebounds its opponent. — Pittsburgh last swept the regular season series of the Backyard Brawl in 2008 and 2009. The Panthers have won eight of the last 11 games in the series. — The game will be junior Ashton Gibbs, Pitt’s leading scorer, second game back since missing three games with a knee injury. Gibbs scored 24 points against the Mountaineers last season in Pitt’s triple overtime win at the Petersen Events Center. PROJECTED LINEUPS West Virginia G – Joe Mazzulla G – Truck Bryant F – John Flowers F – Kevin Jones C – Cam Thoroughman
Former West Virginia men’s basketball forward Devin Ebanks attempts a free throw during the Mountaineers’ last game at the Petersen Events Center in 2010.
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West Virginia has another opportunity to upset No. 4 Panthers BY BRIAN GAWTHROP ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
A Bob Huggins-coached team is one that prides itself on its ability to rebound. Yet, the size and strength of Pitt seemingly always gets the best of the Mountaineers. That was the case on Feb. 7, when the Panthers escaped the WVU Coliseum with a 7166 win over West Virginia, after which Huggins said his team was “out-manned.” In a game in which WVU shot 84 percent from the freethrow line and over 50 per-
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cent from the field in the second half, the rebounding of the fourth-ranked Panthers proved to be the difference. Pittsburgh (24-3, 12-2) outrebounded the Mountaineers (17-9, 8-6) 40-28, including earning 18 offensive boards which led to 16 secondchance points. “We can’t allow that to happen,” said WVU senior center Cam Thoroughman. “You can’t win any game – especially one against a top-five team in the country – whenever you allow a team to do what we allowed them to do
here.” Pittsburgh enters tonight’s game with the Mountaineers ranked fifth in the country in rebounding, averaging 40.9 rebounds per game. “They destroyed us on the glass,” Huggins said. “We’re not going to beat anyone giving up 18 offensive rebounds. We have to do a better job of blocking out.” “Rebounding is the most important thing,” said WVU point guard Joe Mazzulla. “But we need to defend the paint a lot better and force them to beat us with jumpshots.”
That will be easier said than done this time around against Pittsburgh. West Virginia held the Panthers to just one 3-point bucket Feb. 7, but Pitt guard Ashton Gibbs will return to the lineup tonight. Gibbs, the team’s leading scorer who shoots 47 percent from 3-point range, missed the series’ first game because of a knee injury. The junior is coming off a 26-point performance in the team’s loss to St. John’s last week.
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Pitt G – Ashton Gibbs G – Brad Wanamaker F – Gilbert Brown F – Nasir Robinson C – Gary McGhee
BIG EAST STANDINGS TEAM 1. PITTSBURGH 2. NOTRE DAME 3. GEORGETOWN 3. LOUISVILLE 5. ST. JOHN’S 6. SYRACUSE 7. VILLANOVA 8. CINCINNATI 8. CONNECTICUT 8. WEST VIRGINIA 11. MARQUETTE 12. SETON HALL 13. RUTGERS 14. PROVIDENCE 15.SOUTH FLORIDA 16. DEPAUL
CONF. 12-2 10-4 10-5 10-5 9-5 10-6 9-6 8-6 8-6 8-6 7-7 5-10 4-11 3-11 2-13 1-13
OVERALL 24-3 21-5 21-6 21-7 17-9 23-6 21-7 21-6 20-6 17-9 16-11 11-16 13-14 14-13 8-21 7-20
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TRADITIONAL KARATE CLASS FOR SELF-DEFENSE meets at 9 p.m. in Multipurpose Room A of the Stu“THE SECOND BATTLE OF dent Recreation Center. BLAIR MOUNTAIN,” a discussion INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ORGAof the historical and ecological NIZATION meets at 8 p.m. at the Inpreservation of Blair Mountain, ternational House on Spruce Street. will be hosted by the WVU HisFREE ARABIC/ISLAM CLASSES tory Club and the WVU Chapter is hosted by the Muslim Students’ of the Sierra Club at 7:30 p.m. in Association from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Room G21 of Ming Hsieh Hall. in the Mountaineer Room of the Mountainlair. to register, e-mail schaudhr@mix.wvu.edu. Today BISEXUAL, GAY, LESBIAN AND BROWN BAG LUNCH FILM & DISTRANSGENDER MOUNTAINEERS CUSSION will be showing “Siraba, meets at 8 p.m. in the Laurel Room of la grande voie” at 11:30 a.m. in the the Mountainlair. For more informaGluck Theatre in the Mountainlair. tion, e-mail bigltm.wvu@gmail.com. This event is free and open to the public. Pizza will be served on a first-come, first-served basis. For Continual more information, visit http://stuWELLNESS PROGRAMS on topdentlife.wvu.edu/multiculturalpro- ics such as nutrition, sexual health grams.html. and healthy living are provided for ZUMBA will be hosted by Club- interested student groups, orga24Fitness from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Each nizations or classes by WELL WVU class is $5, and attendants do not Student Wellness and Health Prohave to be members of Club24Fit- motion. For more information, visit ness. For more information, call www.well.wvu.edu/wellness. 304-841-2851 or e-mail zumbaparWELL WVU STUDENT HEALTH is tygirl@hotmail.com. paid for by tuition and fees and is confidential. For appointments or Every Thursday more information, call 304-293-2311 CO-DEPENDENTS ANONYMOUS, or visit www.well.edu.wvu/medical. a 12-step program to assist particiNARCOTICS ANONYMOUS meets pants in developing healthier rela- nightly in the Morgantown and Fairtionships of all kinds, meets at 7 p.m. mont areas. For more information, in the conference room of Chestnut call the helpline at 800-766-4442 or Ridge Hospital. For more informa- visit www.mrscna.org. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS tion, call Mary at 304-296-3748. LUTHERAN DISASTER RESPONSE meets daily. To find a meeting, visit COLLEGIATE CORPS meets at the Lu- www.aawv.org. For those who need theran Chapel at 8 p.m. The LDRCC help urgently, call 304-291-7918. CARITAS HOUSE, a local nonresponds to regional and national disasters. No experience is neces- profit organization serving West sary. For more information, e-mail Virginians with HIV/AIDS, needs doStephanie at szinn1@mix.wvu.edu nations of food and personal care or visit www.lutheranmountaineer. items and volunteers to support all aspects of the organization’s acorg/disaster. MUSLIM STUDENTS ASSOCIA- tivities. For more information, call TION hosts a weekly Islam and Ara- 304-985-0021. CONFIDENTIAL COUNSELING bic class at 6:30 p.m. in the Monongahela Room of the Mountainlair. SERVICES are provided for free by For more information, contact So- the Carruth Center for Psychologihail Chaudhry at 304-906-8183 or cal and Psychiatric Services. A walkin clinic is offered weekdays from 9 schaudhr@mix.wvu.edu. THE MORGANTOWN CHESS CLUB a.m. to 4 p.m. Services include edumeets from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. in cational, career, individual, couples the basement of the First Christian and group counseling. Please visit Church at 100 Cobun Ave. Meetings www.well.wvu.edu to find out more will not be held the last Thursday of information. SCOTT’S RUN SETTLEMENT every month. For more information, HOUSE, a local outreach organizavisit www.morgantownchess.org. CAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST tion, needs volunteers for daily proholds its weekly CRU meetings at 9 grams and special events. For more p.m. in Room G24 of Eiesland Hall. information or to volunteer, contact People can join others for live mu- Adrienne Hines at vc_srsh@hotmail. sic, skits and relevant messages. For com or 304-599-5020. WOMEN, INFANTS AND CHILmore information, e-mail roy.baker@ uscm.org or visit www.wvucru.com. DREN needs volunteers. WIC proUNITED METHODIST STUDENT vides education, supplemental MOVEMENT meets at 7 p.m. at the foods and immunizations for pregCampus Ministry Center on the cor- nant women and children under 5 ner of Price and Willey streets. For years of age. This is an opportunity more information, e-mail wvu- to earn volunteer hours for class requirements. For more information, methodist@comcast.net. WVU CLUB TENNIS practices from contact Michelle Prudnick at 3049 p.m. to 10 p.m. at Ridgeview Rac- 598-5180 or 304-598-5185. FREE RAPID HIV TESTING is availquet Club. For carpooling, call 304906-4427. New members are always able on the first Monday of every month from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the welcome. THE WVU YOUNG DEMOCRATS Caritas House office located at 391 meets at 7 p.m. in the Blackwater Scott Ave. Test results are available Room of the Mountainlair. For more in 20 minutes and are confidential. information, e-mail kross3@mix. To make an appointment, call 304293-4117. For more information, wvu.edu. WVU WOMEN’S ULTIMATE FRIS- visit www.caritashouse.net. BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS, a BEE TEAM meets from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Shell Building. No expe- United Way agency, is looking for rience is necessary. For more infor- volunteers to become Big Brothmation, contact Sarah Lemanski at ers and Big Sisters in its one-onone community-based and schoolsarah_lemanski@yahoo.com.
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based mentoring programs. To volunteer, contact Sylvia at 304983-2823, ext. 104 or e-mail bigs4kids@yahoo.com. ROSENBAUM FAMILY HOUSE, which provides a place for adult patients and their families to stay while receiving medical care at WVU, is looking for service organizations to provide dinner for 20 to 40 Family House guests. For more information, call 304-598-6094 or e-mail rfh@wvuh.com. LITERACY VOLUNTEERS is seeking volunteers for one-on-one tutoring in basic reading and English as a second language. Volunteer tutors will complete tutor training, meet weekly with their adult learners, report volunteer hours quarterly, attend at least two in-service trainings per year, and help with one fundraising event. For more information, call 304-296-3400 or 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 allvolunteer nonprofit that promotes spay/neuter to reduce the number of homeless pets that are euthanized every year. M-SNAP needs new members to help its cause, as does ReTails, a thrift shop located in the Morgantown Mall. For more information, go to www.m-snap.org. 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 email 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 need to harness your talents in order to deliver in a more substantial way at work or within your community. You can only gain through this ability. You learn to deal with those in charge in a more direct manner. If you are single, you have a lot to offer, but you might not want to settle down yet. If you are attached, as a couple you become more visible and instrumental in the community. You’ll become closer as a result. SAGITTARIUS knows how to push your buttons. ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19) HHHHH Reach out for new ideas. No one can be an expert in all matters. Finding an expert in various areas when you need one demonstrates your intelligence. Others could be touchy and challenging. You’ll make peace anyway. Tonight: Be impulsive. TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20) HHHHH A key professional partner points to a new direction. Don’t worry; this person picks up wherever there is a lack or where you might let a detail drop. Listen to your instincts, and you’ll be on top of your game. Tonight: Indulge a loved one. GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20) HHHHH Others carry out your ideas, but they also add their own flair. If you want something done 100 percent as you want it, you’d better count on doing it yourself. A meeting opens up options and helps bring more peace to your daily life. Tonight: Where the action is.
CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22) HHH Throw yourself into a project, and you will accomplish a lot, and quite quickly at that. A boss, parent or someone you answer to challenges you. Show what you are capable of. This action could have long-term implications. Tonight: A late dinner. LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22) HHHHH Let your spontaneity come out. No matter what amount of flak is in between the action and the end result, you’ll land well. Your actions will determine the end result. Someone at a distance adds to the quality of your day. Tonight: Consider your weekend plans. VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22) HHHH Pressure builds about a domestic or personal matter (at least in your head). A partner’s unexpected actions could force you to rethink an association. A boss makes demands. Do what is necessary, and the long-term results will be worthwhile. Tonight: Head home. LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22) HHHHH Your words flow and hopefully are well received. You have a way of saying even difficult matters in a way that people will accept. Several people come forward. When they offer their help, they mean what they say. Tonight: Hanging out with a co-worker. SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21) HHH Be aware of your finances, but also understand that you have a lot more to offer than just that. You have innate gifts and talents that add to nearly any situation. Don’t hesitate to speak your mind and ask for what you need. Tonight: Be open
to another treating. SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21) HHHH Your high energy easily could start a conflict with someone who generally is enthusiastic. Look at it this way -- at least you got this person moving. At the end of the day, your ability to achieve is all that counts. Tonight: Add a little romance. CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19) HHH Let others demonstrate what they mean. You don’t always have to perform to the max. Let a family member take the lead and do what he or she wants. Only the long-run results can reveal if this person is capable of what he or she thinks. Tonight: Take some personal time. AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18) HHHHH A meeting could reunite friends, even if it is a business meeting. Realize what is happening behind the scenes with you and a key person. Do you think it is time to mend your bridges? All you need to do is make an effort. Tonight: Where the action is. PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20) HHHH You seem to catch the fallout when others walk away from a project. Complete it, and add the finishing touches. In the long run, don’t even think your work isn’t noticed. You will gain from your efforts. Your innate gifts will pay off. Tonight: Burning the midnight oil. BORN TODAY Actor Steven Hill (1922), writer George William Curtis (1824), Sen. Joseph Lieberman (1942)
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WVU could be in danger of missing NCAA Tourney Multimedia Editor
Entering this season, the West Virginia women’s basketball team had the makeup of a team destined for a deep NCAA Tournament run. Following a late-season slump, the Mountaineers find themselves fighting to secure an at-large bid. WVU entered the season ranked as high as No. 6, but after starting the season 19-1, the Mountaineers have hit a rough patch going 2-6 since. Following West Virginia’s 72-60 loss to No. 8 Notre Dame Tuesday night at the WVU Coliseum, head coach Mike Carey was brutally honest with his team. “I told them we can’t have a losing record in the Big East (Conference),” he said. “You have to at least be .500 in the Big East.” The rough stretch has dropped West Virginia (21-7, 7-7) to 10th place in the Big East and struggling to earn a bye in the conference tournament despite being selected to finish second in the preseason. “Time is definitely running out,” said WVU point guard Sarah Miles. “These last two games are must-haves. We can’t lose. We refuse to lose. “There’s no way we can lose and expect to get to the NCAAs. We play to win a national championship, not to go to the WNIT. I refuse to go to the WNIT my senior year.” While West Virginia’s RPI of 23 and strength of schedule of
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seniors. “Hopefully that will motivate them,” Carey said. The team has agreed it will be unnacceptable to miss the NCAA Tournament. “We have five seniors on this team,” said senior forward Madina Ali, “and there’s no way we want it to end by going and playing in the WNIT.” With Tuesday night’s loss to Notre Dame, the Mountaineers were eliminated from receiving a two-round bye in the Big East Tournament. Two victories to end the regular season by WVU would guarantee the Mountaineers a first-round bye in the conference tournament. West Virginia is still in the running for a 5-8 seed and a first-round bye. If West Virginia finishes the regular season with two wins, it will most likely be the No. 8 seed. “We have two games left, and we have to make the best of it,” Ali said. john.terry@mail.wvu.edu
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WVU faces two critical conference foes by derek denneny sports writer
Tina Samara’s goals for the West Virginia tennis team are simple. The head coach wants her team to qualify and play well in the Big East Conference Tournament at the season’s end. The Mountaineers’ matches against Villanova and Syracuse this weekend will be critical in achieving that goal. West Virginia will take on Villanova Saturday at 10 a.m., before facing Syracuse Sunday at 10 a.m. Both games will be played in Syracuse, N.Y. “We beat ourselves last weekend, and it was really frustrating,” Samara said. “We have to come out ready to play this weekend, or we will see the same results. Every match is worth the same, so we have to treat it that way. “We’re going to have to come out playing our best. We’re facing two good teams, and we need to pick up wins, especially against teams in our conference.” The Mountaineers are cur-
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rently 1-1 in the Big East with their win coming against Pitt on Feb. 16. Villanova enters 1-1 this season after sweeping St. Peter’s College on Feb. 19. The Wildcats haven’t faced a Big East opponent this season. Villanova will face Syracuse Friday before its bout with the Mountaineers Saturday. “We have to be ready to capitalize on their mistakes,” Samara said. “We have to minimize our mistakes, and pounce on theirs. We’ve been work-
ing hard to improve, and this is a shot for us to show our improvements.” Syracuse is 7-2 overall but the Orange are coming off of a loss to Boston on Sunday, 6-1. SU’s only Big East matchup resulted in a 6-1 win over Cincinnati. “Syracuse is a really good team,” Samara said. “But we can’t let that discourage us. We have to show up with a purpose.”
Back from military service, Miller wants Big East title By Derek Denneny Sports Writer
A year ago, Terina Miller was an armed security guard at a United States military base in Saudi Arabia. Now, the redshirt sophomore finds herself pursuing Big East Conference Championships as a thrower. The past three years have been quite an adventure for the Short Creek, W.Va., native. In addition to being a member of the WVU track team and majoring in criminology and investigations, Miller is a member of 130th Airlift Wing of the West Virginia Air National Guard where she has served since graduating from Brooke High School (W.Va.) in 2008. “I joined to make my family proud,” Miller said. “My family has a military background, and it’s been a dream of mine to serve this country.” Miller endured basic training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas, the summer after graduating high school – an experience she called “life changing.” “It was intense, but I adjusted,” Miller said. “It has helped me in everything that I
have done since.” That includes her performance as a Mountaineer. Miller enrolled at WVU after completing basic training and joined the Mountaineers’ track team, hoping to continue the passion she built for the sport in high school. She made the team, and her career showed promise after finishing in 13th place in the 20-pound throw at the 2008 State Farm Games. However, the progress she made was abruptly put on hold when she found out she would be deployed to serve in Saudi Arabia. Her service forced her to redshirt the 2009 season to avoid losing any eligibility. “It wasn’t like I had a choice,” Miller said. “I knew this was a possibility when I signed up. “They told me ‘you’re going here,’ and I went.” There, as an armed guard, she performed security checks on everyone attempting to enter the base. “It was a really serious position,” she said. Miller returned to the WVU campus a changed person, according to Mountaineer head coach Sean Cleary and throw-
ing coach Matt Conly. Both said Miller’s self-discipline and work ethic has made her a leader for the team. “You can definitely see how the military has shaped her,” Conly said. “Terina is really special. Her ability to lead and give or take orders sets her apart.” Miller said it was an honor to compete in the indoor championships last weekend, but she is still looking to do her part in fulfilling the team goals of earning a title at the Big East Outdoor Championships in May. That’s the typical attitude for Miller, according to Conly. “She is a true leader, in every sense of the word,” he said. “She is capable of anything. It’s an honor to have her on our team.” Finally settled down and able to focus on school and her track career, Miller can’t help but reflect on her past experiences and be grateful for how far she has come. “I wouldn’t change anything. Everything I’ve been through has made me a stronger person,” she said. “I’m just glad it all worked out.”
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Shooting for Gold Standing Position: Air and smallbore rifles are used in this position. For air rifle, shooters aim at a target 10 meters away. For smallbore, shooters use the full 50-foot range.
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Coming off its first dual NCAA and Great American Rifle Conference championship victories since 1998, the 2011 West Virginia rifle team has had another record-setting year heading into this weekend’s GARC championships. With the heart of the rifle season about to get underway, here is a closer look at the sport.
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Kneeling Postition: A sling, shoulder ties and a rear foot support bag may be used in this position. Shooters use only smallbore rifles on the full 50-foot range. Prone Position: In this position, a sling and shoulder ties may be used on the forward arm. Shooters use only smallbore rifles on the 50-foot range.
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Since losing its only regular season match against Great America Rifle Conference opponents – a 4696-4680 defeat of Kentucky – the West Virginia rifle team has put up the best collegiate score ever recorded in consecutive weekends. The loss meant the No. 1 Mountaineers (11-2, 5-1 GARC) didn’t win the regular season conference title for the second-consecutive year, but it lit a fire under the team. After two weeks of recordsetting performances, West Virginia is ready to defend its GARC Championship title, and seek revenge on Kentucky this weekend. “We definitely want to win this,” said WVU head coach Jon Hammond. “Having lost
the regular season match with Kentucky, we want to go and get revenge. They are a great team that we know we’ll see in the NCAA Championships, but we want to win the conference.” The team’s rivalry with Kentucky has blossomed over time, and with West Virginia’s 4653-4645 victory in last year’s championships over Kentucky, the Wildcats are trying to match the Mountaineers’ success from a year ago. While the conference had four teams appear in the NCAA Championships last season, Nebraska will likely fail to qualify this year. With Army and Kentucky maintaining NCAA Championship performances, the Mountaineers have the experience of competing in one of the deepest conferences in the
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styles, which can only bode well for the team. zz With the NCAA’s move to deaden bats in college baseball, many expected the highoctane offensive numbers to come back down to earth from the past few years. The “gorilla ball” era of college baseball is finally over, and the beauty of
country. “One of the strengths of being in the Great America Rifle Conference is how competitive all the teams are,” Hammond said. “Most of the time half of the conference is in the field at the NCAA Championships. We know we’ll see Army and Kentucky next weekend so it’s important for us to shoot our best scores to win.” Kentucky displayed its talents in the regular season match against the Mountaineers, setting a season-best aggregate score of 4696 – only a few marks shy of the heralded 4700 mark. Although the Wildcats were able to beat the team with their record day, West Virginia proved it wouldn’t be topped again, and on the next day it reached the 4700 mark. The Mountaineers were
the game is finally restored. One example of this was the WVU baseball team’s scores from this weekend (50, 3-2, 5-4).Those are refreshing scores to see. Sure, it is great to see teams scoring a good amount of runs, but baseball is not just about scoring runs. Gone are the days when teams can simply rely on their offense to win. brian.kuppelweiser@mail.wvu.edu
without senior Nicco Campriani in last season’s NCAA Championships, but this year the senior will not have to miss any of the postseason, a luxury Hammond is excited to have at his disposal. While the head coach realizes the difficulty of shooting on back-to-back days, he feels his veteran team has the experience to compete at the high-pressure level of the championships. “It’s an advantage to just shoot one match per day,” Hammond said. “We need to just focus on one match on consecutive days. We’ve been there before so there won’t be any issues with the venue. “If we shoot the best we are capable of, there will be good results.” brad.joyal@mix.wvu.edu
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Continued from page 5 Mazzulla said the team will try to contain Gibbs and limit the production of his supporting cast. “He’s been the heart of their offense,” Thoroughman said of Gibbs. “They’re a way better team with him.” Four Panthers scored in double figures in the teams’ Feb. 7 meeting, including Nasir Robinson’s team-leading 15 points. But even with the addition of Gibbs, the Panthers say they aren’t taking the Mountaineers lightly. “Just because we won the game, we don’t want to become complacent and do what we did before,” said Pitt sophomore Travon Woodall. “They are not going to come out the same. They are going to come out with a lot more fire because we beat them the first game. “You do what you did the first game, but you try to do it better.” brian.gawthrop@mail.wvu.edu
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Thurman stalker seeks plea deal in new NYC case NEW YORK (AP) — Uma Thurman’s convicted stalker is trying to work out a plea deal on charges that he tried to contact her again after a judge declined Wednesday to toss out or pare down the new case. Manhattan state Supreme Court Justice Gregory Carro said Wednesday there was enough evidence to support the new contempt, stalking and other charges against Jack Jordan, who had been ordered to stay away from the “Pulp Fiction” actress. Jordan’s lawyer and prosecutors said they were discussing the potential for a plea deal but haven’t reached any agreement. A psychiatric treatment program is a possibility, said Jordan’s lawyer, Sam Roberts. In the meantime, Jordan, 39, remains jailed on $500,000 bond. He said nothing during Wednesday’s brief court hearing. A former lifeguard and pool cleaner who studied for a master’s degree in English, Jordan has acknowledged a fixation on Thurman that began when he saw her in the 1988 movie “The Adventures of Baron Munchausen.” He was involuntarily committed to a mental hospital in 2005 after being questioned about his obsession with the Academy Awardnominated “Kill Bill” star, he has said. He was convicted in 2008 of stalking and harassing Thurman by showing up at her Manhattan home, trying to get into her trailer on a movie set, calling her family and employees and sending eerie letters with such messages as “my hands should be on your body at all times.” He was sentenced to three years’ probation and told not to try to contact her for five years. But prosecutors say he did just that twice in October, calling some of her phone lines, demanding to speak to her and bewailing her romance with Swiss financier Arpad “Arki” Busson. Jordan called a New York police station a few days later, asking whether he was wanted by po-
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Continued from page 12 tion created by the journals Jiminy Cricket has written during Sora’s adventures in “Kingdom Hearts” and “Kingdom Hearts II.” Stay with me here. Jiminy’s journals have both been erased, leaving only the cryptic message: “Their hurting will be mended when you return to end it.” King Mickey, along with his knight Goofy and wizard Donald Duck, decide to digitize the journals and investigate the problem, revealing a lot of strange cubes and worlds corrupted by bugs. The King decides the best way to solve the problem is to insert a digital copy of the hero, who must cleanse the system of these bugs and discover what exactly has gone wrong. Digital Sora must also solve the mystery surrounding a man wearing a black cloak, a recurring motif in the series that can hide both friend and foe, and figure out what he is doing inside the journals, as well. “Kingdom Hearts Re:coded,” for the most part, combines gameplay of “Birth by Sleep” and “358/2 Days,” as well as the hackand-slash platforming the series is known for. Sora must queue up spells and
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accused of threatening Thurman, just of trying to talk to her. But Carro, who presided over Jordan’s trial, said he “finds no basis for dismissal” of the new charges. If convicted of contempt, Jordan could face up to four years in prison. He’s due back in court March 30. Thurman’s spokeswoman has said she won’t comment on the case. It’s being prosecuted by the Brooklyn district attorney’s office because Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr.’s former law firm has represented the actress.
attacks in special slots in his inventory, and the more enemies he defeats, the stronger those attacks will get. He can also combine them with other attacks to make an even stronger attack, such as an element-infused sword slash. Throughout the game, Sora will also enter bug-infected areas, sometimes leading him into a world with set goals, other times completely changing the gameplay. For the first time, players can play with turn-based combat in the series, as well side-scrolling and rail shooter. While these modes aren’t exactly creative in their use, they are a lot of fun and a nice break from the norm. Instead of conventional leveling, there is the Matrix system, where players insert special chips on a circuit board that not only makes Sora stronger, but can also help unlock abilities – somewhat comparable to the Sphere Grid used in “Final Fantasy X.” While the game doesn’t send Sora into any new worlds, it does allow him to visit most of them from the original “Kingdom Hearts,” which once again allows him to trade wits with the Cheshire Cat and team up with Aladdin. Most of the story is told through 2-D scenes, but the
occasional cutscene uses the graphics of the PS2 games, including full voice acting. Although Haley Joel Osment’s voice no longer matches up with the character’s age, his performance as Sora is still a treat. Who doesn’t love hearing all of those classic Disney characters again? “Kingdom Hearts Re:coded” is available now for the Nintendo DS, but it doesn’t add a whole lot of depth to the popular franchise.
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Ex inspires Adele’s new album NEW YORK (AP) — Adele’s exboyfriend may not be aware of it, but he’s joined an illustrious club of people who were inadvertent inspirations for art. Eminem’s Kim, the comedian who dumped Alanis Morissette and heard about it on “You Oughta Know,” the mystery man behind Carly Simon’s “You’re So Vain,” Patti Boyd Harrison (Eric Clapton’s tortured “Layla”) and an assortment of Taylor Swift exes – they’re all members. The fingerprints of Adele’s former flame are all over her sophomore disc “21,” from “Rolling in the Deep,” the soulful kiss-off that opens the disc, to the more reflective “Someone Like You” that ends it. The disc is released in the U.S. this week. “I have no idea if he’s heard the record, or is kind of clever enough to link it, to think it’s him,” said Adele, who discreetly keeps his name private. “I’m not saying he’s dim. It’s just that toward the end I don’t think he felt like I loved him enough to write a record about him. But I did.” The London-born artist won best female pop vocal and best new artist at the 2009 Grammys and sold more than 2 million copies worldwide of “19.” The 2008 debut was named for her age when she wrote the album’s songs. Same thing for its follow-up. “I find it hard to say `Oh, I’m a singer,’ because my singers are Etta James and Carole King and Robert Flack, the all-time gurus, the gods of singing,” she said. Ryan Tedder, who co-wrote two songs on Adele’s new disc, is a believer. He’s still flabbergasted by watching her nail one of those songs, “Turning Tables,” on the first take in the studio. “Rumour Has It” took two takes. Tedder, who has written or produced songs for Beyonce, Kelly Clarkson and Leona Lewis, said Adele is “the single greatest female singer alive, period. “I’ve worked with a lot of people,” he said. “I’ve never, ever, ever seen or witnessed a singer do what she does in the recording studio.” VH1 taped an “Unplugged” episode with Adele, accompanied by just a guitar and piano, that will premiere on the network March 4. VH1 will show it online a day earlier. Adele worked with several co-writers and two main producers on “21”: Paul Epworth, a hip Brit who also produced Florence and the Machine, and Rick Rubin, the bear-hugging American record executive and producer renowned for getting back to basics with artists in the studio. She said she appreciated the different approaches, each part of her learning process. “I could have been in any
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era when I was hanging out with Rick,” she said. “I could have been in the ’40s or 2080 or something. He calmed me and made me focus that it’s all about the music, all about the song, and it’s not about the glitter that comes after it. That was the best and biggest lesson I’ve learned.” Epworth brought out a feisty side of her. He probably earned his money on one day, when a moaning Adele showed up in the studio after breaking up with her boyfriend the night before. She wanted to write a lovelorn ballad. Epworth said no way. In three hours they had written “Rolling in the Deep,” where the singer is a survivor, not a broken woman. “I couldn’t help thinking, we could have had it all,” she sings, her voice soaring in defiance. “She’s evolved, she’s been through a lot in the last couple of years,” Krim said. “There’s a little more swagger on this record, but it’s not like a big departure from what she’d done on her last record. It’s a nice growth.” “I used to be really stubborn and narrow-minded,” Adele said. “I was very much a teenager: what I knew was all that I needed to know, and what I like is all that I’d ever like. Now I’m a bit of a sponge. I want to take everything in and learn about it.” Her disc has one cover song. The singer dipped into the catalog of her mom’s favorite band, the Cure, for an arrangement of “Love Song” that had been prepared for, although not used, by Barbra Streisand. “They were the soundtrack of my life from birth until I was about 9 or 10, when I discovered the Spice Girls,” she said. It makes for a nice segue into “Someone Like You,” when Adele, now 22, imagines running into her ex with a few more years of perspective. “By the end, I was so tired of being (angry) about my ex,” she said. “I had to forgive myself for not making the relationship work.”
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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. Stout 304-685-3457 AVAILABLE 5/8/11. 3 BR house. Recently remodeled. Partially furnished. Close to campus. Off-street parking. 296-8801 or 291-8288. AVAILABLE MAY. 3BR, 1309 College Ave. 2 full bath. WD. Deck. Large yard. Parking. $450/person all utilities included. 304-288-3308. AVAILABLE MAY. NEAR CAMPUS. 3-4/BR 2/BA. D/W, W/D, Off-street parking. Full basement, backyard, covered-porch. $300/BR plus utilities. No Pets. 304-282-0344. LOCATION DOWNTOWN ONE 3 BEDROOM house on Fife St. two minutes from downtown campus call 304-692-0990 or go to http://richwoodproperties.com.
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Kenan named Sturm Writer-in-Residence by david ryan A&e editor
Award-winning author Randall Kenan has been selected to be the 2011 Sturm Writerin-Residence at West Virginia University. Kenan is a professor at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and will work with students for a week on-campus in both the creative fiction and non-fiction genres. He is the latest in a series of well-known authors visiting the campus to give students a broader understanding of their work. The program “gives (students) an opportunity to study with excellent writers,” said Mark Brazaitis, associate professor and coordinator of the Creative Writing Program at
WVU. “It gives them a different perspective on their work.” The multi-published author has received many awards, including the Guggenheim Fellowship, a Whiting Writers’ Award, the Sherwood Anderson Award and the John Dos Passos Award. Kenan’s collection of short stories, “Let The Dead Bury Their Dead,” was nominated for a variety of awards, including the Los Angeles Times Book Award for Fiction. His works vary from creative fiction to non-fiction writing – enabling him to cater to both sides of the Creative Writing Program. “This is a person who has a vast amount of experience teaching and writing in different genres,” said Ethel Morgan Smith, associate professor at
the Department of English at WVU. “We’re just thrilled he’ll be able to join us.” The diversity of his work is also something students can learn from, she said. “Students need as much diversity as they can possibly get because the real world does not look like West Virginia University,” Smith said. “The real world is a very competitive world, a very diverse world, and I think they need to see that.” His works also give lessons in where writers can draw inspiration for their own work. “This is an author that has taken his own life and created art from it,” she said “Your own life is your art that you’re working with.” Kenan’s visit to WVU comes at a different time than usual for the Sturm Writer-in-Resi-
dence, which is typically held in the fall. Kenan’s schedule wouldn’t enable his arrival in the fall, but a break in his schedule in the Spring enabled his visit. “We wanted Professor Kenan for a long time,” she said. His appearance is especially gratifying for the department, after less funds were available than in previous years to accommodate the guest writers. Smith encourages all members of the WVU community to come out and enjoy his reading, March 7, in the Gold Ballroom in the Mountainlair. “We’re just hoping everyone in the community comes out,” she said. “We want to show him how much we really, really appreciate it.” david.ryan@mail.wvu.edu
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Award-winning author Randall Kenan has been selected to be the 2011 Sturm Writerin-Residence at West Virginia University.
38th annual MAC charity auction to offer a variety of antiques by ashlie walter A&E writer
The Monongalia Arts Center will be holding its 38th annual fundraiser, “Antiques Show and Sale,” Feb. 25 to Feb. 27 at Lakeview Golf Resort and Spa in Morgantown. Admission is $6 and is good for each day of the show. The show will be Friday 1 p.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Sunday noon to 5 p.m. There will be a broad range of antiques including formal, country, Victorian, oak furniture and paintings. The charity auction will also offer oriental rugs and exports, European porcelains, brass, sterling silver and matching flatware, jewelry, crocks, vintage clothing, linens, paper and ad-
vertising items, postcards, quilts, cut, art and pattern glass, Roseville pottery, toys and rare books. The MAC will be offering information about its events, as well as selling art and jewelry. It will also be sponsoring an oriental rug dealer who will be selling more than 200 rugs. “With the changing times, there is a very mix of things,” said John Mickinak, one of the show’s managers. “If you are young to an older collector, you will find something of interest. The other show manager is John Kroeck.” Mickinak said the show has been a tradition for the MAC. Dealers come from western Pennsylvania and all over West Virginia. “The old view was that an-
tiques had to be 100 years old but concepts have changed and now it ranges from folk art to 200-year-old cabinets,” said Mickinak. Mickinak also said that buying antique is environmentally friendly; it’s green and it’s recycling. “It’s a well-established show and it’s always interesting,” said Mickinak. Antique and collectible appraisals will be held Saturday 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. and jewelry appraisals will be held Sunday 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Appraisals cost $15 for written and $7 for verbal. For more information, contact the shows’ managers, John Mickinak and John Kroeck, at 412-741-1631 or 724-832-7388. ashlie.walter@mail.wvu.edu
‘Kindom Hearts: Re:coded’ does game series justice, scripted for fun james carbone
Director of orchestral students, Mitchell Arnold, conducts the West Virginia University Symphony Orchestra performance tonight.
WVU Symphony Orchestra performs at CAC by alex mcpherson
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The “Kingdom Hearts” series makes me a bit weary when it appears on portable systems. “Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories” was an incredible change from the series and, while still a good game, wasn’t what was expected. And “Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days” was a game that didn’t really need to exist. “Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep” however, was quite the enjoyable entry in the series, and the same can be said for the latest release, “Kingdom Hearts Re:coded.” “Re:coded,” which is actually
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Students will perform as part of a West Virginia University Symphony Orchestra performance Thursday night at the Creative Arts Center. The concert starts at 7:30 p.m. at the Lyell B. Clay Concert Theatre. Director of orchestral studies, Mitchell Arnold, will be the Maestro of the evening as students of the WVU Symphony Orchestra serenade the audience with a variety of pieces. Senior animal science major, as well as music minor Meg Zafiris will be a performing violinist in her third year as part of the WVU orchestra. “Other students should come out to see this to gain a greater appreciation of music as a whole,” Zafiris said. “I believe that many people do not appreciate ‘classical’ music not because it is boring, but because there is a gap in the level of understanding.” Zafiris explains that some students may not feel drawn to classical music merely because it’s unfamiliar to them.
With modern pop and rock, the complexities of certain classical pieces are more misunderstood than disliked. She urges students to attend, not only to support the orchestra, but to expand their horizons and become more attuned to an unfamiliar genre. “The more exposure people get to classical music, the more approachable it becomes,” she said. Calling the music classical, in itself, may be doing it a disservice as the opening piece of the night is a modern creation, composed by WVU student Matthew Jackfert. His piece “Brighter by the Second” came to him one foggy October morning as a reaction to a stunning West Virginia sunrise he experienced while climbing up Law School hill with friends. Another featured WVU student will be Allen Heath as he guest conducts Sergei Rachmaninoff’s, “Vocalise.” The full program will include: Matthew Jackfert’s, “Brighter by the Second,” Sergei Rachmaninoff ’s, “Vocalise,” Giovanni Bottesini’s, “Grand Duo Concertante,”
and Jean Sibelius’, “Symphony No. 2 in D Major.” “Sibelius was a man tormented by self-doubt who often withdrew from his work and his friends,” said Maestro Arnold. “It is possible to recognize his personal struggles in this symphony, in spite of its moments of triumphant, blazing brilliance, especially at the end of its finale.” Guest soloists include associate professor Andrew Kohn and assistant professor of violin Dr. Mikylah Myers McTeer, during the “Grand Duo Concertante.” “We work incredibly hard to put this music together,” Zafiris said. “Imagine 80 or so musicians playing a variety of instruments coming together to create one unified, but complex, work – it doesn’t just happen.” Tickets are $5 for students, $6 for WVU Faculty and $10 for the general public. Tickets can be purchased from the WVU Box Office by contacting 304-293-7469 or at the CAC Box Office. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu