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Few people at second smoking forum By Charles young and erin fitzwilliams da staff
Twenty-three audience members attended West Virginia University’s smoking task force second town hall meeting held Thursday. Five people spoke about policy changes or offered suggestions for the task force to consider, among them was Student Government Association Gov.
Allison Rollins who extended an invitation to members of the smoking task force to attend future SGA meetings. “We thank you for hard work, your dedication, and having these meetings and getting the community involved and really making an effort to make this University a better place,” Rollins said. Jonathan Bond, a public health graduate student and a task force student member, said
it was important for SGA members to be involved and represent the student body to take a stance on tobacco and its presence at the University. “It’s important to give people the opportunity to come speak; it might make you think of things you never thought of,” Bond said. Although no one in attendance spoke out against the ban, participants discussed health issues related to smoking, the effects of smoking while pregnant
and the compromises needed to be made in order to devise an effective, enforceable smoking policy. Some suggestions made by audience members included increasing an emphasis on smoking education, building smoking shelters and offering discounted smoking cessation products for students. C.B. Wilson, associate provost for Academic Personnel and task force chair, moderated
the discussion and fielded questions from participants while six members of the task force listened to those who spoke. Wilson said the task force, which was created in 2009 by WVU President James P. Clements, would take comments made by the audience into consideration when advising the president on what changes to the policy needed to be made. “Our organization has two goals,” Wilson said. “One is to
minimize the exposure of the University community while on campus tobacco smoke and tobacco products. Second is to foster an attitude of respect for the rights of others and all members of the University community.” Wilson said it is the intention of the task force to eventually make all of WVU smoke-free, but a time line has not yet been established. charles.young@mail.wvu.edu
Beech View construction continues Dean finalist’s
goal to include arts in planning By Devon Unger Staff Writer
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Construction workers continue working on Beech View Place apartments on Beechurst Avenue Wednesday.
Beech View Place Apartments to be completed by Fall semester BY MELIsSA CANDOLFI STAFF WRITER
The Beech View Place apartment complex is expected to be completed by December with six levels of residential living, a bottom floor for commercial use and a parking garage. The apartments, located on Beechurst Avenue, were scheduled to be finished by August of this year, but construction was pushed back due to weather conditions, said Tom Janidias, Beech View developer. Construction began in June 2010 as a $30 million development. “We will have 416 beds ready for August, but we have 540 people that have registered,” he said. Janidias said he is confident the apartments will be ready by the end of the year. “It is not an option to have it not completed,” he said. “We want the students to be able to move in immediately.” There are more than 100 peo-
ple who are not students looking to live in the complexes, he said. The bottom level of the complex will be used for commercial space and will consist of a food store, a nail salon, an ice cream place and restaurants. “Having these stores will be so convenient for the students who live in the apartments and around them,” he said. He said he hopes the apartments will also help the traffic and parking situation in Morgantown. “This is giving people a chance to walk to the food store or places they need to go,” he said. “And students who now park on the street can park in the garage.” John Kelly, public relations and marketing director for the apartments, said when picking the location for the apartment they wanted it to be close to campus.
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The West Virginia University College of Engineering and Mineral Resources has received a grant to help renovate power systems laboratories. An $8,333 grant from the University of Minnesota will help fund renovations. The money will be used to introduce next generation teaching of electric drives, which is essential for undergraduate curriculum. “Students can apply theory for hands-on learning and understanding computerized mo-
tor control without having to handle large scale machines,” said Dr. Sarika Khushalani-Solanki, the principal investigator and an assistant professor in the WVU Lane Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering. The department conducts a broad program of research in the fields of electrical engineering, computer engineering, computer science and biometric systems. Khushalani-Solanki said most drives use digital control, and the grant will mainly be used for the set up of the electric drives lab,
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WVU joins child abuse awareness campaign BY NICK ASHLEY STAFF WRITER
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Construction continues on Beech View Place apartments on Beechurst Avenue.
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A candidate for the dean position for the College of Creative Arts at West Virginia University addressed faculty and students during an open forum Thursday. Paul K. Kreider, current dean of the College of Fine Arts and Communication at Western Illinois University, answered questions about his leadership style, fundraising experience, and how he hopes to promote a diverse and inclusive environment at WVU. Kreider said inclusion, transparency and communication are primary tenets of his leadership style, and building trust is a primary leadership goal. “I basically operate from the standpoint that I always have my integrity; that is the most important thing to me,” Kreider said. “Also, that people are invested in the institution. The institution has made an investment in the people they hire and also the people that come here.” He said he would like to help bring all departments together to help establish collective goals throughout the college.
“When I say common goals, I mean those goals are arrived at collectively through a process,” he said. “Regardless of what those goals might be, the process of getting there is actually more important than the goals sometimes. Because if the process has been a good one, then the outcome is usually equally as good.” Kreider said he has a particular way of fundraising that involves building on and seeking out new partnerships with various entities to help bring in support. He said he reached 76 percent of his college’s fundraising goal at WIU, which led all colleges at the University. “It’s really connecting people to people, and who has an affinity with this potential donor or this potential corporation. So my job is to help put those connections in place,” Kreider said. “I ask faculty, when appropriate, to be a connection. I ask other administrators, I ask people in the community, whatever it takes.” Professor of music history Christopher Wilkinson expressed concerns to Kreider that University administration had made commitments
which will enable digital control of machines used by undergraduate and graduate students. “The goal of this project is to make the electric machines course interesting to students as the labs give visualization while making it easier for students to grasp difficult concepts,” Khushalani-Solanki said. The researchers will buy the equipment with this grant and make precise connections to perform the lab experiments, he said. Results using the new equipment will be verified and the creation of new lab manuals will begin.
“The long-term goal is to incorporate this lab in teaching by making it a part of a course and in research by renewable energy integration analysis,” Khushalani-Solanki said. Approximately $4.5 million of externally sponsored research is conducted each year, and more than 100 WVU LDCSEE graduate students are employed as graduate research assistants. “In reality, it is a new way to train future undergrad and graduate electrical engineers,” said Dr. Muhammad Choudhry,
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Each year more than 1,000 reports are filed to the Monongalia County Child Advocacy Center in Morgantown regarding child abuse and neglect. This week the nonprofit agency formed a partnership with West Virginia University’s Center for Civic Engagement to create an awareness campaign for the work they do. “Our agency works together with law enforcement, child protective services and mental health services to make sure that the children are receiving the necessary help they may need,” said Laura Capage, executive director of the Monongalia County Child Advocacy Center. West Virginia has the third highest rate of child abuse in the country, she said. Each year the center has increased in the amount of victims who are recommended for their services. They hope to expand their outreach by joining with the CCE. “This organization is a really big support to the children and families in the commu-
nity,” said Kristi Wood-Turner, interim program director of the CCE. “We hope that more students will want to get more involved in the many great things the center provides.” The CCE helps students at the University who are looking for volunteer work by placing them into organizations they feel best fits the individual. “I’ve been here since 2006 when we first built a relationship with the child center,” Wood-Turner said. “They are a very unique nonprofit organization, and our partnership is very specific to fit their program.” Capage said the center is currently serving 192 people, half of which are over 18 years old and the others are minors. The child center offers many services to families such as clinical evaluations, forensic interviews, prevention programs that focus on parent training and individual or family therapy. The center includes eight rooms and a living room area for children to play “I have been here for one year now. The best part of
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WVU BATTLES CARDINALS The West Virginia men’s basketball team looks to win its third game in four tries Saturday against Louisville. It’s senior day for six players. SPORTS PAGE 8
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Unifirst Corporations sales manager Deb Leeson, left, talks about job opportunities within the company with future WVU graduates computer sciences major Vincent Rogers, center, and finance major Samantha Marcellus, right, at the Career Fair Thursday afternoon in the Mountainlair Ballrooms. Students were invited to visit the fair and speak with potential employers and give out resumes.
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city block rather than a few small blocks was a huge factor, Kelly said. “The proximity, the location and the size of the area was all taken into consideration.” He said. Chris Burnett, senior management major, said the apartments are appealing to students because of the location and the stores. “I would live there in a sec-
ond,” he said. “But for students, $695 for a three-bedroom apartment is a lot.” Kelly hopes students will look over the price and realize the apartments are convenient. “We wanted to build something the students and community would appreciate,” he said. “The location and the stores all contribute to that.”
that our staff and specialist truly stand by to help the families at the center.” The center stays successful by receiving grants and donations from local business and several organizations in the area. “Everything is free, and families never have to pay for any-
thing at the center. Regardless of your financial situation, we have the best trainers who will work with you,” Dickins said. The center is located at 1266 Pineview Drive for walk-ins. They also have a child abuse hot line: 1-800-352-6513.
dergraduate degrees in computer science, electrical engiContinued from page 1 neering, computer engineering and biometric systems. professor and graduate “This grant will hope to incoordinator for the LDCSEE crease the number of electrical programs. engineers in our department The Department offers un- who will gain the knowledge of
power systems,” Choudhry said. This grant will provide a “nationwide consortium of universities to revitalize electric power enduring education by state-ofthe-art laboratories.”
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“It is a very fast growing college town,” he said. “There are over 11,000 students, and now they are able to walk to class and grab the essentials that they might need at home.” The fact the land the apartments are being built on is one
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Continued from page 1 my job is seeing the children bounce back from their situation.” said Dianna Dickins, community liaison for the center. “‘Helping victims become children again’ is our motto
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CORRECTION Due to an editing error in Wednesday’s edition of The Daily Athenaeum, it was incorrectly stated the recently passed House Bill 3202 would
require landlords to return security deposits within 30 days. This is incorrect, the landlord must return the deposit 60 days from termination of lease
or 45 days if the unit is occupied after termination. We are sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused.
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Continued from page 1 to help further several areas of study, including science and mathematics, but not the arts. “In light of their priorities, we have seen little or no evidence, though they may possess it, of a fundamental understanding of the nature of research in the arts and humanities from either the president or the provost,” Wilkinson said. “This is not to say they don’t have such insights, but they have not communicated them.” Kreider said improving education in the math and science fields is imperative but does preclude the arts from being included in such improvements. He expressed some displeasure with the new strategic plan. “I’m disappointed that there is not a mention of the arts in the new strategic plan,” Kre-
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ider said. “I’m going to talk to the provost about that tomorrow, and the president, and really get a sense of, was that was intentional, was it unintentional, what was it?” He said part of improving this education was to find ways to incorporate more distance learning, or online courses, into the arts curriculum. While he doesn’t foresee any fully online degree programs in the arts, he said there is still untapped potential in this area. He said introducing interdisciplinary programs such as music therapy or arts business and management could help increase investment in the arts by the University. With regards to diversity, Kreider said he chaired the diversity committee at WIU. He helped bring in international faculty members, and he secured funding to create graduate positions for international students. He said he also has an inter-
est in expanding study abroad opportunities. Kreider co-founded the Southern Nevada Opera Association, and he won a Teacher of the Year award at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, according to a press release. He has performed with various operas and symphonies worldwide including the Lyric Opera of Chicago, the Landestheater Salzburg, the Vienna State Opera, Maggio Musicale, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Austria’s Mozarteum Orchestra and the Tucson Symphony. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in music from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and received his master’s degree in music and doctor of musical arts degree from the University of Arizona. He also studied music and theater at Minnesota State University, Mankato. devon.unger@mail.wvu.edu
Capitol ceremony for 110-year-old WWI vet blocked in Congress WASHINGTON (AP) — West Virginia lawmakers complained Thursday after their hopes of having the remains of World War I veteran Frank Buckles honored in the Capitol Rotunda were dashed, at least for now. West Virginia’s two Democratic senators, Jay Rockefeller and Joe Manchin III, both released written statements saying House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, had blocked the Capitol honor. Asked if that were true, Boehner spokesman Mike Steel said the speaker and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., would seek Defense Department permission for a ceremony for Buckles at Arlington Cemetery. Buckles died Sunday at the age of 110. He had been the last surviving American veteran of World War I. The bodies of prominent citizens have been displayed in the Rotunda on 30 occasions, an honor that requires a congressional resolution or
the approval of congressional leaders, according to the office of the architect of the Capitol. Members of both parties of West Virginia’s congressional delegation had been working on a resolution to permit Buckles’ casket to be honored in the Capitol. In his statement, Rockefeller said, “This is a big disappointment and a surprising decision by the speaker.” Manchin said, “I urge Speaker Boehner to reconsider this ill-advised decision. After all, there won’t be another request like this. Steel said Boehner and Reid will ask Defense Secretary Robert Gates to allow a memorial service for Buckles at Arlington Cemetery in nearby Arlington, Va., “surrounded by honored veterans of every American war.” Reid spokesman Jon Summers said that Reid and Boehner were “discussing alternatives” but Summers would provide no details.
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In a May 26, 2008, file photo Frank Buckles receives an American flag during Memorial Day activities at the National World War I Museum in Kansas City, Mo. Biographer and family spokesman David DeJonge said in a statement that Frank Woodruff Buckles died early Sunday, Feb. 27, 2011, of natural causes in his home in Charles Town, W.Va.
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Senate to send Obama a stopgap GOP spending bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Wednesday sent President Barack Obama a Republican-drafted bill to trim $4 billion from the budget, completing hastily processed legislation aimed at keeping partisan budget divisions from causing a government shutdown. The Senate cleared the measure by an overwhelming 91-9 vote that gives the GOP an early but modest victory in its drive to rein in government. Obama has until Friday to sign the measure and keep federal offices open and operations intact. The House passed the legislation on Tuesday. The measure buys time for Obama, the GOP-dominated House and the Democratic-led Senate to start talks on legislation to fund the government through the end of September. House Republicans last month muscled through a measure cutting this year’s budget by more than $60 billion, while trying to block implementation of Obama’s health care law and a host of environmental regulations. The White House has promised a veto and it will take weeks or months to negotiate a compromise funding measure that Obama would sign. The $4 billion in savings comes from some of the easiest spending cuts for Congress to make, hitting accounts that Obama already has proposed
eliminating and reaping some of the money saved by earlier moves by Republicans to ban lawmakers from “earmarking” pet projects for their districts and states. “Our priorities are twofold. One, keep the government running so essential services don’t get interrupted,” said Senate Majority leader Harry Reid, DNev. “Equally important, we need to lay the groundwork with a budget that keeps what works and cuts what doesn’t.” Some Republicans were restive that the bill didn’t cut further. “While some have been patting themselves on the back for proposing $4 billion in socalled ‘cuts,’ in reality, this bill fully funds billions upon billions of dollars in wasteful, duplicative programs that should be eliminated, reduced, or reformed,” said freshman GOP Sen. Mike Lee of Utah. But other Republicans seized on the vote as setting a precedent for cuts of $2 billion a week – which, if extended through the end of the budget year, would match the $61 billion in cuts in a measure passed by the House last month to meet their promise of cutting federal agency operating budgets back to levels in place before Obama took office. “It’s hard to believe when we’re spending $1.6 trillion more than we’re taking in a sin-
gle year, that it would take this long to cut a penny in spending, but it’s progress nonetheless,” said Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky. “It’s encouraging that the White House and congressional Democrats now agree that the status quo won’t work, that the bills we pass must include spending reductions.” The White House has promised a veto of the bigger GOP measure, citing crippling cuts to many federal agencies and studies by economists that predict the spending cuts would harm the economy. The GOP won control of the House and gained seats in the Senate last fall with the backing of tea party activists demanding deep, immediate cuts in federal spending. They say that an early down payment on those cuts would send a confidence-building signal to financial markets and the business community. Still, difficult negotiations loom between House Republicans, Senate Democrats and the White House over the full-year spending measure. It blends cuts across hundreds of programs – education, the environment, homeland security and the IRS among them – with a slew of provisions that attack clean air and clean water regulations, family planning and other initiatives.
Four years after vanishing in Iran, US FBI agent Robert Levinson proven alive WASHINGTON (AP) — Four years after a retired FBI agent mysteriously vanished inside Iran, U.S. officials have received irrefutable proof he is alive, a dramatic development that has sharply intensified secret negotiations to bring him home, The Associated Press has learned. The U.S. had lacked reliable information about whether Robert Levinson was alive or dead since he disappeared in March 2007 from the Iranian island of Kish. It remains unclear who exactly is holding Levinson or where he is, but the proof that he is alive is a rare, hopeful sign in a case that had seemingly gone cold. The State Department issued a three-sentence statement Thursday saying it had indications Levinson was in southwest Asia and asking Iran for help. The AP has learned fuller details after a lengthy investigation into Levinson’s disappearance and the effort to get him back to the U.S. Iran has repeatedly said it has no information about Levinson, but U.S. diplomats and investigators have long said they believed he was taken by Iranian government agents. As years passed, many in the U.S. government believed the 63-year-old with diabetes and high blood pressure might have died. But late last year, Levinson’s family received proof that he was alive. Investigators confirmed its authenticity and that it was recent, current and former officials said. Officials say they believe he is still alive. The AP has known about the proof since shortly after it arrived but delayed reporting it because officials said any publicity would jeopardize the ability to get Levinson home. The AP is not disclosing the nature of the proof because officials believe that would hurt efforts to free him. The current and former officials who discussed the matter insisted on anonymity because the issue is so sensitive. Next Wednesday will mark the fourth anniversary of Levinson’s disappearance. With proof that he is alive, the case becomes one of the longer international hostage situations involving U.S. citizens. No one has publicly acknowledged holding him. The U.S. announcement Thursday was an abrupt change in tone from what had been stalemated discussions. The U.S. has previously expressed deep frustration over what it said was Iran’s lack of cooperation. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been circumspect about what his country knows about Levinson. In the course of a single interview, he has said he had no information, has offered to
help and then has accused the FBI of withholding information about why Levinson was in Iran. Levinson, whose home is in Coral Springs, Fla., a suburb of Fort Lauderdale, retired from the FBI in 1998 and became a private investigator. He was investigating cigarette smuggling in early 2007 and his family has said that effort took him to Iran. Kish is a popular resort area and a hotbed of smuggling and organized crime. It is also a free trade zone, meaning U.S. citizens do not need visas to travel there. Authorities don’t know why the evidence that Levinson was alive surfaced now, after years of silence. But it has touched off the most hopeful round of diplomacy since he disappeared. Iran shares borders with the southwest Asian countries of Pakistan and Afghanistan, raising the possibility that Levinson was shuttled into one of those countries. Both border crossings are known smuggling routes. The route into Pakistan leads into a lawless tribal region that’s home to insurgents, terrorist groups and criminal organizations. Levinson disappeared after a meeting with Dawud Salahuddin, an American fugitive wanted for the assassination of a former Iranian diplomat in Maryland in 1980. Salahuddin has said he last saw Levinson being questioned by Iranian officials. Levinson’s distinctive signature was used to check out of his hotel, but he never made it to the airport. Over the years, stories have trickled in from witnesses claiming to have evidence about Levinson’s whereabouts. But like so much about Iran, the U.S. was never able to verify those accounts. An Iranian defector now living in the United States, Reza Kahlili, told the AP that Levinson was picked up by the Quds Force, a unit of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard. Kahlili said he was told by sources inside Iran that Levinson was investigating money laundering and discovered a link between the Russian mob and the Revolutionary Guard.
Kahlili said Levinson was taken to a safe house in Tehran but he does not know what happened to him. A former FBI official said the U.S. was aware of that account and, though he described Kahlili as credible, the U.S. could never confirm his story. In 2009, an Iranian defector told U.S. authorities that, while imprisoned by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, he saw the name “B. Levinson” scrawled on the door frame of his cell. That account was included in a diplomatic memorandum obtained by WikiLeaks and published last month. Former officials have raised doubts about the defector, however, and when the AP located him in Europe in early January, he said he never saw Levinson’s name. The State Department has repeatedly called on Iran to provide more information about Levinson. U.S. diplomats have also asked foreign leaders to intervene. Even the Vatican was enlisted, but in 2008 the Iranian government chastised the pope’s ambassador to Tehran, saying the Vatican had no business asking about the case, according to State Department documents. In 2009, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton ordered a fresh diplomatic push. At a United Nations conference at The Hague that year, Clinton personally passed a note to Iranian officials, urging them to help find Levinson. The Daily Athenaeum USPS 141-980, is published daily fall and spring school terms on Monday thru Friday mornings and weekly on Wednesday during the summer terms, except school holidays and scheduled examination periods by the West Virginia University Committee for Student Publications at 284 Prospect St., Morgantown, WV, 26506 Second class postage is paid at Morgantown, WV 26506. Annual subscription price is $20.00 per semester out-of-state. Students are charged an annual fee of $20.00 for The Daily Athenaeum. Postmaster: Please send address changes, from 3579, to The Daily Athenaeum, West Virginia University, PO Box 6427, Morgantown, WV 26506-6427. Alan R. Waters is general manager. Editors are responsible for all news policies. Opinions expressed herein are not purported to be those of the student body, faculty, University or its Higher Education Governing Board. Views expressed in columns, cartoons and letters to the editor do not necessarily reflect those of The Daily Athenaeum. Business office telephone is 304/ 293-4141 Editorial office telephone is 304/ 293-5092.
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Libyan citizens enter the destroyed and burned house of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi at an Al-Katiba military base in Benghazi, Libya, on Feb. 27. US President Barack Obama has called on Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi to leave power immediately, saying he has lost the legitimacy to rule with his violent crackdown on his own people.
Obama: Gadhafi must leave now WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama insisted Thursday that Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi “step down from power and leave,” his most explicit statement of support for rebels challenging Gadhafi’s four-decade rule in a region convulsed by uprisings against authoritarian regimes. Gadhafi has vowed to stay. Obama did not rule out establishing a “no-fly” zone over Libya, a move that his Pentagon chief said a day earlier would amount to an act of war because it would require bombing Libya’s air defenses. Although Obama said he was considering a full range of options, he emphasized the U.S. role in helping refugees and heading off a humanitarian crisis. “Let me just be very unambiguous about this. Col. Gadhafi needs to step down from power and leave,” Obama said at a White House news conference with Mexican President Felipe Calderon. Obama announced that U.S. military aircraft would play a humanitarian role by helping Egyptians who had fled the chaos in Libya and become stranded in Tunisia. The planes are to fly them from Tunisia back to Egypt. The Pentagon has ordered two Navy warships into the Mediterranean, but Obama did not discuss the possibility of specific military actions such as providing air cover for rebels. U.S. aircraft could leave as early as Friday for the first mission to help Egyptians in Tunisia return home, senior defense officials said. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because plans have not been officially announced. Obama offered his most extensive remarks on the Libya crisis on a day when rebels strengthened their hold on the strategic oil installation at Brega after repelling an attempt by Gadhafi loyalists to retake it. Obama said his main focus was on limiting civilian deaths, while acknowledging
his fear that the crisis could devolve into deadlock. “ There is a danger of a stalemate that over time could be bloody,” he said. “That is something that we are obviously considering.” He raised the possibility of Gadhafi hunkering down in the capital of Tripoli while his people suffer food shortages. Obama said the U.S. and its partners would have to consider how to get food in. Obama also appeared to suggest that Gadhafi loyalists switch sides in support of the revolutionaries. “Those around him have to understand that violence that they perpetrate against innocent civilians will be monitored and they will be held accountable for it,” Obama said. “And so to the extent that they are making calculations in their own minds about which way history is moving, they should know history is moving against Col. Gadhafi.” The U.S. administration has been tempering tough talk on Libya with a dose of reality, explaining that even a no-fly zone to control the skies over the country would require a military attack. Two leading senators on defense matters responded Thursday by urging a strong U.S. stance aiding Gadhafi’s opposition. The Pentagon is making it clear it doesn’t want war. A statement Wednesday by Defense Secretary Robert Gates illustrated the administration’s effort to rein in “loose talk” about military options to force Gadhafi from power. It was an acknowledgement that, short of an unlikely military offensive by a U.S.-led coalition, the options for international action to stem the violence are highly limited. “Let’s just call a spade a spade: A no-fly zone begins with an attack on Libya to destroy the air defenses,” Gates told a congressional panel. The Pentagon could get the job done if ordered by the president, he said, but he noted that an attack would require more air power than
a single U.S. aircraft carrier, which typically carries about 75 planes. “It is a big operation in a big country,” Gates said. On Thursday, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., took issue with Gates’ comment about “loose talk,” saying he believed it was well within the U.S. military’s capabilities to shoot down Libyan aircraft. “May I just say, personally I don’t think it’s ‘loose talk’ on the part of the people on the ground in Libya or the Arab League or others, including the prime minister of England, that this option should be given the strongest consideration,” McCain said. Endorsing McCain’s remarks, Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., said another option was to provide U.S. air defense weapons to the Libyan rebels and to train them in their use. The unspoken subtext to Gates’ remarks on Wednesday was that with U.S. forces already deeply committed in Afghanistan, still winding down military operations in Iraq and on the watch for surprises in Iran and elsewhere in the volatile Persian Gulf region, the risks associated with military action in Libya might be unacceptable. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Wednesday that the crisis calls for a mix of diplomacy and defense. “We are taking no option off the table so long as the Libyan government continues to turn its guns on its own people,” Clinton said. But she told two separate Senate subcommittees that the U.S. government was far from being in a position to commit to a military response, even as she outlined grave concern about the instability affecting the North African country. Some U.S. allies in NATO are mulling the idea of creating a no-fly zone over Libya. But Germany cautioned Wednesday against playing into charges that the West is unduly meddling in Arab affairs.
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Mine operators must stop cutting corners Because coal mining is well respected and jobs are reliant upon this business in the state of West Virginia, mine upkeep and mine safety are two huge issues for the people of this state. During a congressional committee hearing Thursday, Federal Mine Chief Joe Main expressed a need for more tools to improve mine safety. There have been several mine disasters over the past few years, and Main said he is concerned there are still numerous
mine operators cutting corners concerning mine safety. This is not something that should be overlooked. Coal mining is dangerous enough without the careless negligence of mine operators making it worse. Main said he is concerned about “off-shift conditions at some coal mines that could lead to explosions, black lung and miners not being able to find the escapeway lines because they are covered with coal dust.”
According to the West Virginia Office of Miners’ Health Safety and Training, there were 31 fatalities and 213 lost-time injuries in 2010 alone. Some of these injuries occurred due to circumstances that could have been avoided had the mine operators took more initiative to ensure their miners were working in an environment that was as safe as possible. Main also said he and his colleagues had seen enough to know the legislature needs
to help fix these kinds of unnecessary and hazardous occurrences. Coal occurs in 53 of West Virginia’s 55 Counties. This means the majority of people living in West Virginia either know a coal miner personally, or they are affected by one in some way, shape or form. Coal miners risk their lives everyday to provide West Virginia and the country with a resource we all depend on. Coal mine operators should not be taking risks with the lives of
their miners. The government should be doing everything it can to ensure our miners are safe and the mine operators are doing their jobs efficiently. Main said “there are a number of operators who do what’s right, but also a number who take shortcuts.” We have lost enough miners due to someone else’s shortcuts, and it is time for that to stop. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu
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Moving beyond coal good for economy and environment michael levy columnist
It is a common notion in West Virginia that coal is the economic lifeblood of the state, and all things green hurt the economy, but nothing could be further from the truth. It’s time to get past the old environment versus jobs divide, because it turns out that the same changes help both. Several recent analyses paint a damning picture of coal, economically, environmentally and for public health. At the same time, a new report shows a regional cap-andtrade system has produced huge gains for the environment, consumers, jobs and the economy as a whole. Coal in the WV economy. Approximately 21,000 West Virginians were employed by the coal industry in 2009. That is just 2.7 percent of
working West Virginians. Back in the early 20th century, coal employed more than 100,000 West Virginians. But the rise of surface mining and western coal has diminished the importance of coal for WV. Many of those 21,000 coal jobs are high-paying, and it is true they produce some auxiliary jobs. Their importance shouldn’t be diminished, but it also shouldn’t be exaggerated. The thing is, places where coal is mined in WV have the highest poverty levels. WVU community medicine Professor Michael Hendryx studies the impacts of coal mining. “WV towns that don’t have coal … have higher incomes, less poverty, less unemployment and lower death rates. I am very confident, as confident as a researcher can be, that coal mining is a contributing factor to poor economic conditions and premature mortality.”Hendryx said. In other words,where coal is
mined, people are poorer and die younger. Furthermore, while the recession forces cuts to the state budget, coal costs the state far more than it provides. The Morgantown-based Downstream Strategies released an analysis last year showing coal costs the state nearly $100 million a year more than it contributes. That cost is a result of hidden subsidies and externalities of coal. And it’s not only true in West Virginia. The true cost of coal. Last week, a study from Harvard Medical School’s Center for Health and the Global Environment, co-authored by Hendryx, showed just how much coal really costs. The peer-reviewed analysis concluded that on top of its market price, coal costs us an additional $300 billion – 500 billion every year; and yes, that’s billion with a “b.” In other words, coal heaps costs onto the public that add up to the amount of the financial bailout every couple of
years. If those costs were included in what we actually paid for electricity generated from coal, it would triple or quadruple the price of that electricity. Alternative way forward. Just removing the free passes coal gets would make alternative sources of energy far more competitive. If we had a genuinely free market, such that companies had to pay all the costs associated with what they do, renewable energy from wind, solar, small hydro and geothermal sources, would be price competitive with coal today. There are myriad arguments against extracting and burning fossilized energy: climate change, destruction of ecosystems affected by extraction, smog, air pollution, acid rain, human health impacts and the need to preserve hydrocarbons for materials production. All of those argue for developing policies that make it harder and more expensive to extract and burn fossil fuels and easier and cheaper to in-
crease efficiency and develop renewable energy sources. And there’s new evidence doing so helps the economy and creates jobs. Benefits from cap & trade. In 2009, 10 states in the MidAtlantic and Northeast joined together to institute the first regional cap-and-trade system in the U.S. Cap-and-trade puts CO2 emissions on the open market, so reducing emissions brings financial rewards, while increasing emissions has costs. It also allows governments to set a maximum level of emissions, which can then be gradually lowered to sustainable levels. As such, it is one of few seriously considered ways to bring greenhouse gas emissions to sustainable levels. More than 80 percent of the $790 million generated by the ten-state program has been invested, mostly in renewable energy programs. Analysis of those investments shows $3 to $4 in benefits for every dollar invested.
Energy efficiency improvements are saving consumers between 15 percent and 30 percent. The first two years of the program has created 18,000 full-time jobs. And the implementation of these policies has spurred private investment in clean energy by incentivizing emissions reductions and assuring investors that demand for clean energy will continue. West Virginia’s past and future. At one time West Virginia was wholly dependent on coal, but those days have passed. Coal now employs less than 3 percent of West Virginians, and costs the state more than it brings in. Where there’s mining, people are poorer and die younger. Clean energy is the future, and West Virginia’s future lies in leaving its dirty past behind. By reducing support for coal and increasing support for cleaner energy, we can improve West Virginia’s environment, economy and health.
Pop culture junkies are in desperate need of a reality check sam viggiano columnist
I cherish the articles I find on Yahoo that involve everything but pop culture icons. Underneath the gigantic picture of “what’s going in the world of pop culture” is a little sign for world, local and financial news. I cannot stand the Biebermania, Club Jonas and the Hannah Montana extravaganza permeating the minds of students, especially teenage girls. First, I do not understand what is so incredibly interesting in examining the lives of these pop stars. It is disturbing to see how people’s interest in this type of information overshadows legitimate news. With the rise of reality TV in 2000, the security of one’s privacy has been completely
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obliterated by the mass media. We suddenly know who is dating whom, and who went where for what. I can’t imagine having to watch my back every time I step outside, or having to carefully watch what I order at McDonald’s, because tomorrow there will articles, blogs and pictures posted about my day. As instigators of a cultural revolution, we have released hungry wolves onto the starving artist, who either learns to run with the wolves or gets eaten alive. There has been a sudden rise in the creation of shows, such as “Newly Weds: Jessica and Nick,” “Jersey Shore” or “Jon and Kate Plus 8” that act as real-life examples in the practice of being normal. Likewise, more fake reality shows exist on programs such as Nickelodeon and Disney that attempt to parallel real life, but in actuality, the depiction is nothing close. For example, the oncefamed Hannah Montana, now
officially Miley Cyrus, misunderstood the price of fame. Having toured and created a TV series based on the fictional character Hannah Montana, Miley Cyrus soon realized she herself was not famous, but her alter ego. Miley Cyrus had created a monster that could not be tamed. Likewise, the originality of reality TV has become completely superficial and detrimental to the creation of quality, original TV shows. With “Jon and Kate Plus 8” came “Octo-Mom.” With “So You Think You Can Dance” came “Dance Life,” “America’s Got Talent,” “Dance Wars” and “Step It Up and Dance.” With the “The Real Housewives of Orange County” came … more wives. Even Disney and Nickelodeon have sunk so low as to create parallel boy bands, the Jonas Brothers and Big Time Rush, in order to compete with each other. And this competition is not what irks me. It is how well
these reality shows destroy lives. Had it not been for the camera in Jessica Simpson’s and Nick Lachey’s faces, perhaps the marriage would have worked. In addition, Kate may or may not have actually performed well as a mother and saved her relationship with her husband, if she hadn’t loved the camera so much. We laugh at how horribly dirty the “Jersey Shore” is and we cry when “American Idol” wannabes announce a girl or boy friend is brain dead and their final wish is to sing for them. This is not general information. These are calls for attention with an attempt to be famous through pity. And we watch these shows pretending they are real. Where have the cartoons gone? Where have the intelligent mysteries of Scooby-Doo and hidden wisdom of aardvarks, Ninja Turtles and singing chipmunks go?
Even if the latter shows only taught the names of Renaissance artists, other shows have juxtaposed knowledge hidden deep within the plot line. And sometimes, the point of the show was simply how to be a good person. As students, we don’t need mentors on how to be trashy. We don’t need famous people to teach us how to throw a fit in line, ruin a relationship or destroy a career. We don’t need pop stars to teach us how to cook and dance and sing. What we need is to get up and go. There is world outside the camera lens that Reality TV will never touch. By embracing the world around us, whether that is learning to sing, dance or fail in a relationship, we must do it on our own. Reality TV cannot teach us how to strain our vocals like Justin Bieber or Miley Cyrus, but it can teach us how to burn out and waste our
lives in front a TV or camera lens. The reality check is, no one knows how life is going to go. There isn’t a camera lurking around every corner, and not everyone is out to get you. Reality TV is scripted, and these wannabe actors will move on once the show is cut. For those living in reality, your relationships are real and what you do now is what will affect you future. In the words of iconic fictional writer Dr. Seuss, “You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.” You’re on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who’ll decide where to go…” And that’s a reality check. Regardless of how enticing the lives of reality stars and pop icons may seem, they are not significant agents of change in our lives. So we should focus our attention on the things that are.
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Mountain Stage returns with WVU alum by mackenzie mays associate a&e editor
Folk, country, Americana, bluegrass and rock genres will combine as artists Todd Snider, Railroad Earth, Great American Taxi, Corey Smith and Sean Rowe take the Mountain Stage Sunday at the West Virginia University Creative Arts Center. Mountain Stage is produced by West Virginia Public Broadcasting and will be distributed worldwide by National Public Radio. For Vince Herman, vocalist, guitarist and mandolin player for jam band Great American Taxi, the performance hits close to home.
“I had my first college class on the same stage we’ll be performing on Sunday,”Herman said, who received an anthropology degree from WVU in 1985. “Some of the best times of my life were in Morgantown, and I’m fired up to get back there.” With a style he describes as “An Americana roots pile of tunes with bluegrass influences and a good ole’ country rock sound,” Herman hopes to bring a unique live performance to the Mountain Stage, using something he learned while a student at WVU. “I started out as an acting major, and my professor Patt Murphy taught me about im-
provisation. I use it every day when I’m playing,” Herman said. “It’s all about clearing the mind, and whatever comes out, comes out. I often think of that professor.” Herman said he is excited to give back to the community and the local music scene he learned so much from as an aspiring artist. “I love the local music scene in Morgantown. The bands I met there were absolutely my education in how to be a good musician. I remember being impressed by how all of those local bands could get the crowd so riled up. It’s such a
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Vince Herman of the Great American Taxi performs. Herman is a WVU alumnus.
Theatre and Dance Department stages modern ‘Julius Caesar’ by jesse tabit a&e writer
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A promotional shot of WVU Theatre and Dance production of ‘Julius Caesar.’
A new take on the classic play “Julius Caesar” by William Shakespeare is showing at the West Virginia University Creative Arts Center Friday at 7:30 p.m. The rendition takes place in a contemporary, politically dominant country where mass media rules. “I think people are very familiar with the story of Julius Caesar, and they should come see that tale implemented in a more modern world, with relevancies to current political affairs,” said Jerry McGonigle, director of the production. McGonigle said while the general plot stays true to Shakespeare’s original, the contemporary political influences and modern set designs are unique to this WVU production. “This imagining focuses on the media, political celebrities and who the media is going to
follow,” McGonigle added. The original play, set in 44 B.C., follows the conspiracy against a Roman dictator and his assassination. The play focuses heavily on Brutus, Caesar’s closest friend, and his conscious struggle as the public turns him against Caesar. The play has been interpreted and even parodied several times, with big actors including the 1953 film starring Marlon Brando (“The Godfather”) as Marc Antony and a 2005 Broadway production featuring Denzel Washington (“Training Day”) as Brutus. McGonigle said the design of the production began last semester, and the cast has been rehearsing for about seven weeks. “We tried to give the play a very political and up-to-date feel – like something you might see on CNN,” McGonigle said. Characters’ attire is mostly made up of business suits and,
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Last Comic Standing 123 readies for Halloween in March competition to find funniest student by alex mcpherson a&e writer
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WVUp All Night will host its first “Last Comic Standing” competition in the Mountainlair food court Saturday at 10 p.m. The comedy contest will offer West Virginia University students a chance to showcase their stand-up talents. Contestants will be judged by original material and stage presence, according to Jackie Riggleman, sophomore advertising major and intern for WVU Special Events and Programming. “The main qualities the judges are looking for in contestants is someone charismatic who can spark the greatest laugh from the audience,” Riggleman said. “Just give it all you’ve got, be yourself, and have fun with it. Let your personality shine through – that’s what’s going to really capture your audience.” A total of seven contestants are currently in the running for “The Last Comic Standing.” However, all students are welcome to register between 8 p.m. and 9 p.m. prior to the event. Though the contest welcomes all types of freestyle comedy, WVUp All Night asks profanity be kept to a minimum due to the event’s public setting. Riggleman said the most important trait the contestants can have is self
confidence. “This competition is very different from those we’ve had in the past. It’s not singing and dancing or any natural born talents. It’s very difficult to stand up there alone on stage and try to get your audience to laugh at what you have to say,” Riggleman said. “Comedy is actually very difficult. I really respect the amount of overwhelming self confidence comedians embrace.” Mr. Mountaineer David Slusarick will be one of the judges for the competition and said he’s not only looking for good content, but a unique style. “When it comes to comedy, it’s something you have or you don’t. Originality and presentation are important. Some people can make you laugh by their facial expressions and tone alone,” Slusarick said. Slusarick said the competition is not only a positive asset for those who are competing, but also for the University as a whole. “Comp etitions like these help build community. It brings faculty, staff and students together and raises awareness of the arts,” Slusarick said. “It showcases local talent and offers an outlet for students to show what they’ve got.
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It’s been four months since ghouls, goblins and sexy kittens have roamed the streets of Morgantown. The only costumes students wear nowadays are inspired by the characters of MTV’s “Jersey Shore,” and some may argue they weren’t meant to be costumes in the first place. But all of that is about to change as 123 Pleasant Street revives All Hallows’ Eve to spice up a Saturday. Never fear friends; Mayday Marchoween is upon us. Grab the Gaga dresses out of your closet and throw on that Optimus Prime voice-changer helmet, because it’s time to dance ’til you drop. Mayday Dance Party is a repeated 123 Pleasant Street event that can only be described as a dance party of epic proportions. The brainchild of Marchoween is Joel Griffith, current MayDay aficionado. Wanting to create a weird night, for weird people, to throw
on some weird things, Griffith came up with the idea of Halloween in March. “I kinda thought, Halloween is the biggest show of the year and the most fun,” Griffith said. “There’s no real reason we can’t have it again.” Griffith went on to describe how in October, it’s really easy to find prepackaged attire, but in a month like March, people have to be a little more crafty in their costume creation. “People have to go out to Goodwill or something and try a little harder,” Griffith said. “We get some really weird and crazy outfits.” Providing the insane tracks will be locals Housesitter, Team Spirit and Soul Food. Dozens of remixes and mash-ups will keep the party going well into the night as costumed patrons dance away. Cincinnati’s dance/punk band Eat Sugar will also be on hand at 11 p.m. with some live tracks. When the clock strikes midnight, decorations, candy and the costume contest will
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FEATURE OF THE DAY “JULIUS CAESAR” will be performed in the Gladys G. Davis Theatre at the Creative Arts Center at 7:30 p.m. This is a ticketed event. For tickets and more information, call 304-293-SHOW.
March 6 WVU FREE THINKING, INQUIRING SECULAR HUMANISTS will meet at 5 p.m. at the Blue Moose Cafe. For more Information, visit http://darwinfish.studentorgs.wvu.edu. “FIREPROOF” will be shown for free at 5 p.m. at the Suncrest United Methodist Church. All are welcome.
March 7 FINANCIAL LITERACY SESSION, hosted by the Financially Literate 4 LIFE campaign, will be at 6 p.m. in Room 103 of Martin Hall. Participants will receive a workbook, and pizza and drinks provided.
Every Friday WVU HILLEL offers a Shabbat Dinner at 6:30 p.m. at the Hillel House at 1420 University Ave. For more information or a ride, call 304-685-5195. LUNCH FOR A BUCK takes place at the Campus Ministry Center on the corner of Willey and Price streets. For more information, call 304-292-4061. CHABAD AT WVU takes place at 7 p.m. at 643 Valley View Drive. For more information, visit www.jewishWVU.org or call 304-599-1515. CAMPUS LIGHT MINISTRIES hosts a weekly meeting and Bible study at 7 p.m. in the Bluestone Room of the Mountainlair.
Every Saturday OPEN GYM FOR VOLLEYBALL is from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Student Recreation Center. No commitment or prior experience is necessary. Just show up and play. For more information, contact Mandy at mhatfie3@ mix.wvu.edu. CATHOLIC MASS is held at St. John University Parish at 5 p.m. TRADITIONAL KARATE CLASS FOR SELF-DEFENSE meets at 10:30 a.m. in Multipurpose Room A of the Student Recreation Center.
Every Sunday TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH offers services at 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. The church is located on the corner of Spruce and Willey streets. WVU WOMEN’S ULTIMATE FRISBEE CLUB TEAM holds practice at 3 p.m. at St. Francis Fields. CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS offers a service for students at 10 a.m. at the chapel on Willey Street. For more information, call 304-296-7538. WVU HILLEL offers a Bagel Brunch at 12:30 p.m. at the Hillel House at 1420 University Ave. For more information or a ride, call 304-685-5195. MOUNTAINEERS FOR CHRIST hosts college worship from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Christian Student Center at 2923 University Ave. PAINTBALL TEAM practices at Mountain Valley Paintball Park. For more information, visit www.wvupaintball.com or e-mail wvupaintball@gmail.com. CHRISTIAN STUDENT FELLOWSHIP hosts free dinner at 6:15 p.m.
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followed by a worship service at 7 p.m. at 2901 University Ave. For more information, contact Gary Gross at grossgary@yahoo.com. SIGMA THETA EPSILON, a National Christian Service Fraternity, would like to invite any men interested in the fraternity to attend its meeting at 5 p.m. at the Campus Ministry Center. For more information, email sigmathetawvu@gmail.com. CATHOLIC MASS is held at St. John University Parish at 8:30 a.m., 10 a.m., 6:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. All are welcome. SINGLE ADULT DINNER for the never-married, widowed and divorced is held at 5 p.m. More information, call 866-948-6441 or visit www.SingleFocusMinistries.org.
Continual WELLNESS PROGRAMS on topics such as nutrition, sexual health and healthy living are provided for interested student groups, organizations or classes by WELL WVU Student Wellness and Health Promotion. For more information, visit www.well.wvu.edu/wellness. WELL WVU STUDENT HEALTH is paid for by tuition and fees and is confidential. For appointments or more information, call 304-293-2311 or visit www.well.edu.wvu/medical. NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS meets nightly in the Morgantown and Fairmont areas. For more information, call the helpline at 800-766-4442 or visit www.mrscna.org. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS meets daily. To find a meeting, visit www.aawv.org. For those who need help urgently, call 304-291-7918. CARITAS HOUSE, a local nonprofit organization serving West Virginians with HIV/AIDS, needs donations of food and personal care items and volunteers to support all aspects of the organization’s activities. For more information, call 304-985-0021. CONFIDENTIAL COUNSELING SERVICES are provided for free by the Carruth Center for Psychological and Psychiatric Services. A walkin clinic is offered weekdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Services include educational, career, individual, couples and group counseling. Please visit www.well.wvu.edu to find out more information. SCOTT’S RUN SETTLEMENT HOUSE, a local outreach organization, needs volunteers for daily programs and special events. For more information or to volunteer, contact Adrienne Hines at vc_srsh@hotmail. com or 304-599-5020. WOMEN, INFANTS AND CHILDREN needs volunteers. WIC provides education, supplemental foods and immunizations for pregnant women and children under 5 years of age. This is an opportunity to earn volunteer hours for class requirements. For more information, contact Michelle Prudnick at 304598-5180 or 304-598-5185. FREE RAPID HIV TESTING is available on the first Monday of every month from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Caritas House office located at 391 Scott Ave. Test results are available in 20 minutes and are confidential. To make an appointment, call 304293-4117. For more information, visit www.caritashouse.net. BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS, a United Way agency, is looking for volunteers to become Big Brothers and Big Sisters in its one-on-
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one community-based and schoolbased mentoring programs. To volunteer, contact Sylvia at 304-9832823, ext. 104 or e-mail bigs4kids@ yahoo.com. ROSENBAUM FAMILY HOUSE, which provides a place for adult patients and their families to stay while receiving medical care at WVU, is looking for service organizations to provide dinner for 20 to 40 Family House guests. For more information, call 304-598-6094 or e-mail rfh@wvuh.com. LITERACY VOLUNTEERS is seeking volunteers for one-on-one tutoring in basic reading and English as a second language. Volunteer tutors will complete tutor training, meet weekly with their adult learners, report volunteer hours quarterly, attend at least two in-service trainings per year, and help with one fundraising event. For more information, call 304-296-3400 or e-mail MCLV2@comcast.net. CATHOLIC MASS is held at St. John University Parish at 4:30 p.m. on weekdays. MOUNTAINEER SPAY/NEUTER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM is an all-volunteer nonprofit that promotes spay/ neuter to reduce the number of homeless pets that are euthanized every year. M-SNAP needs new members to help its cause, as does ReTails, a thrift shop located in the Morgantown Mall. For more information, go to www.m-snap.org. THE CONDOM CARAVAN will be in Room G304 of the Health Sciences Center on Mondays and the Mountainlair on Thursdays from noon to 2 p.m. The caravan sells condoms for 25 cents or five for $1. INTERVARSITY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP is an interdenominational student-led organization that meets weekly on campus. Everyone is welcome to attend events. For more information, e-mail Daniel at ivcfwvu@yahoo.com or visit the IVCF website at www.wvuiv.org.edu. THE ASSOCIATION FOR WOMEN IN SCIENCE meets on the second Monday and fourth Tuesday of every month at noon at Hatfields in the Mountainlair. All students and faculty are invited. For more information, e-mail amy.keesee@mail. wvu.edu. THE CHEMISTRY LEARNING CENTER, located on the ground floor of the Chemistry Research Laboratories, is open Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Wednesday. THE M-TOWN MPOWERMENT PROJECT, a community-building program run by and geared toward young gay or bisexual men 18 to 29, is creating an environment in the Morgantown community where young men can feel empowered to make a difference in their lives. Mpowerment also focuses on HIV and STD prevention education. For more information, call 304-319-1803. THE MORGANTOWN FUN FACTORY, a nonprofit organization, is looking for volunteers to work at the Children’s Discovery Museum of West Virginia. For more information, go to www.thefunfactory.org or 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 Your birthday signals a new beginning. Consider which areas you might like to revitalize. You can do just that. Your creativity surges. You seem to be an endless fountain of information. If you are single, you attract many people. The issue will be choosing the right one! Date until you are sure. If you are attached, curb a tendency to be me-oriented. It takes two to make a relationship work. Be sensitive to your sweetie. Another Pisces reflects the same or similar issues as you. ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19) HHHH The New Moon emphasizes the importance of taking good care of yourself mentally, physically and spiritually. You need to be more diligent about taking care of yourself. Make an appointment for a checkup. Tonight: Get some muchneeded R and R. TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20) HHHHH A new commitment or beginning finally becomes possible. You understand what is happening behind the scenes. Realize your goals by asking for support and ideas. The first step is verbalizing your desires. Tonight: Where the action is. GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20) HHHHH Your ability to bypass problems emerges. Others would like you to take the lead more often. Though it is nice to have the approval of others, do you want additional responsibility? Is it worth that position in the limelight? Tonight: Celebrate the end of the week. CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22) HHHHH
Reach out for new information and confirm what you believe to be fact. If you are blocked, attempt to clear your thinking and approach this same situation from a different mind-set. Break through mental rigidity. Tonight: Accept the suggestion that breaks the mold and encourages a first-time experience. LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22) HHHHH Deal with a key associate directly. Clear out as much as you can in this manner. Decide on a new beginning. With the help of this person, you could have that beginning. Instrument positive changes in your daily life. Tonight: Togetherness works. VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22) HHHH Let others who are trying to dominate call the shots. Give feedback on a more creative level. Your sense of direction helps others figure out what will need to happen. Others could be a bit defiant. Work with the issues. Tonight: Follow another’s lead. LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22) HHHH Dive into the matter at hand. You might need to make an adjustment on a personal level or in your domestic life. Let go and willingly hop on the roller-coaster ride. The end results will be much more than you visualize. Tonight: Out and about with co-workers and/or friends. SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21) HHHHH Allow greater give-and-take within an important relationship. This tie could be with a wild loved one. You might wonder if you can clear out a problem. A commitment to a new beginning could work in the long run. Make it now. Tonight:
Let off steam. SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21) HHHH Emphasize security, investments and a new beginning. At the same time, there could be a new start with a personal relationship if you are live-ins. If you can, clear out work early or work from home You will accomplish more. Tonight: At home. C APRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19) HHHHH You might be thinking about a new computer, car or some other toy that helps you reach out to others. You are likely to purchase one in the near future. Don’t antagonize a neighbor or sibling who always seems to occupy a lot of your time. Tonight: You don’t have to go far. AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18) HHHH You have made the decision to handle your finances better. Use today to initiate some changes. Yes, sometimes you have to spend money to get money. On the other hand, be careful with justifying expenditures that could be eliminated. Tonight: Show good sense. Fun doesn’t have to cost. PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20) HHHHH You cannot always count on the magic of your charisma – perhaps today, but possibly not tomorrow. If you want to start anew in some area of your life, the time is now. Resolutions made presently are likely to stick. Tonight: Others cannot stay away. BORN TODAY Gay-rights activist Chaz Bono (1969), football coach Knute Rockne (1888), actress Paula Prentiss (1938)
COMICS
Pearls Before Swine
by Stephan Pastis
F Minus
by Tony Carrillo
Get Fuzzy
by Darby Conley
Cow and Boy
by Mark Leiknes
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Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit, 1 to 9. For strategies on how to solve Sudoku, visit www.sudoku.org.uk.
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ACROSS 1 The word? 4 You might need to watch yours 8 Like some Disneyland passes 14 Downed 15 __ bene 16 It may involve an exaggerated age 17 With 19-Across, serious warnings 18 Not much 19 See 17-Across 20 Halloween breakfast pastry? 23 1938 “The War of the Worlds” broadcast, for one 24 Keystone enforcer 25 Blazing 28 Go-aheads 32 __’acte 33 Lone breakfast pastry? 37 Garden product word 38 Attacks 39 Igloos and yurts 41 Sch. attendance notation 42 Cherished breakfast pastry? 46 End of a boast 48 Got for nothing 49 Make official 51 Newspaper supply 52 Islamic leader 56 Ones hooked on breakfast pastry? 60 Type of sauce served with falafel 62 Gaucho’s weapon 63 Homework amount? 64 Puck’s king 65 “Dulce et Decorum est” poet Wilfred __ 66 Flow out 67 Henry VIII et al. 68 Hitch 69 Wall St. monitor DOWN 1 Orderly movement 2 Nirvana #1 album “In __” 3 Scorned lover of Jason 4 Lose it 5 Michael’s nemesis on “The Office” 6 Boarding pass generator 7 Sponsors 8 Brand of nonstick cookware 9 Half a city 10 Michael of “Caddyshack”
11 Gallantry 12 River island 13 NFL stat 21 Show-what-you-know chances 22 Machinating 26 Prelate’s title: Abbr. 27 Unevenly worn 29 Cross words 30 Actors Rogen and Green 31 Big gun or big cheese 33 Desire and then some 34 Clinton Treasury secretary 35 In one piece 36 Award with a Sustained Achievement category 40 “Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini,” for one 43 Broad 44 Endangered great apes 45 x, at times 47 Baseball star who reportedly said, “I think there’s a sexiness in infield hits” 50 Caruso, for one
53 A couple 54 Acrobat developer 55 Rachel Maddow’s station 57 Serious lapses 58 Zeno’s home 59 Dangle 60 Tater __ 61 __ Simbel, site of Ramses II temples
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THE DAILY ATHENAEUM
Friday March 4, 2011
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT | 7
‘Atomic Robo’ creator living his dream job
DAVID RYAN A&E EDITOR
Charlie Sheen’s ‘winning’ gets web response Charlie Sheen isn’t winning – the Internet is winning. In the last week or so, former “Two and a Half Men” star Sheen has undergone a public detachment from reality. He’s appeared on many TV channels, including various interviews on CNN, ABC and NBC. Those interviews have provided bizarre, highly quotable statements such as “Resentments are the rocket fuel that lives in the tip of my sabre.” The quips have become Internet phenomenons, ranging from dance remixes to cartoons. Local rapper An0maly has produced his own tribute to the Sheen meltdown. “I’ve always been a big fan of Charlie Sheen and how he lives his life,” he said. “Once he started letting loose these past couple of weeks I knew he needed his own club banger/ official anthem.” The “Charlie Sheen (Anthem)” is available at An0maly’s YouTube account, located at http://youtube.com/ SuburbanInvasion. The song took two days to make, he said. “When I got the idea I skipped class for two days. The first day I wrote it, and the second day I recorded it,” he said. “Then it took me a while to put samples of Charlie Sheen’s interview with Alex Jones throughout the song.” Sheen’s recent behavior is ripe for parody. An0maly’s song joins a list of others finding creativity in the actor’s much-reported antics. “He is pretty much a legend,” he said. “He is the only person I know who could get in a fight with a hooker in the same hotel as his wife and kids.” Sheen’s quotes have also become Internet memes – trending, hilarious outbursts of internet creativity. “Sheen Family Circus” makes use of Sheen’s outbursts by juxtaposing them with panels from the family friendly comic. It’s much better than the original – the sickly sweet comic that is never intentionally funny suddenly becomes hilarious. Website “LiveTheSheenDream.com” also offers randomized quotes with a picture of the actor’s head. He’s also taken over Twitter, with 1 million followers in 24 hours. He’s even earned the Guinness World Record for the feat. His prolific tweets include: “Just got invited to do the Nancy Grace show ... I’d rather go on a long road trip with Chuck Lorre in a ’75 Pacer ... ” Sheen’s apparent meltdown is the perfect light relief after months of concern in Egypt. True, the guy’s got problems – his family is in tatters, and he’s got issues with his workplace. But in taking to the airwaves and making his interviews more noteworthy than his past discretions, we’re all allowed in on the joke. So feel free to laugh at these, the best of Sheen’s quotes over the last few days: On the issue of drugs: “I am on a drug. It’s called Charlie Sheen. It’s not available because if you try it once you will die. Your face will melt off, and your children will weep over your exploded body. It’s too much.” On being bi-polar: “I’m bi-winning. I win here and I win there. Now what? If I’m bipolar, aren’t there moments where a guy like crashes in the corner like, ‘Oh my God, it’s all my mom’s fault!’ Shut up! Shut up! Stop! Move forward.” On demanding $3 million an episode for his sitcom: “I’m tired of pretending I’m not special. I’m tired of pretending I’m not a total b--chin’ rock star from Mars. People can’t figure me out. They can’t process me. I don’t expect them to. You can’t process me with a normal brain.” On the Charlie Sheen effect: “I’m sorry, man, but I’ve got magic. I’ve got poetry in my fingertips. Most of the time – and this includes naps – I’m an F-18, bro. And I will destroy you in the air. I will deploy my ordinance to the ground.” david.ryan@mail.wvu.edu
by jamie carbone
campus calendar editor
Those who know the name Brian Clevinger typically think comedy in comics. He has written stories about superheroes bickering like children, Carl Sagan helping a robot save the world and a homicidal mage with the ability to rewrite history at his fingertips, each done in ways aimed at making the audience enjoy themselves with these bizarre scenarios. “Wow, I get paid to write comics. This is amazing,” Clevinger said in an interview with The Daily Athenaeum. Clevinger is one of the creators behind science-fiction action spoof “Atomic Robo,” as well as having written the last “Infinity Gauntlet” series for Marvel Comics. He’s also written a short story in the series “Skullkickers” for Image Comics. Before moving into mainstream publications, Clevinger produced webcomics – best known for his spritebased comic “8-Bit Theater.” “It started as a college project and was never intended to go more than 25 pages,” Clevinger said. Yet, “8-Bit Theater” ran for nine years, totaling more than 1200 comics. The story was a retelling of
the adventures of the “Warriors of Light” from the video game “Final Fantasy.” Instead of focusing on epic battles and heroes rescuing damsels, it told the tale of four wannabe saviors who all ended up lumped together and were, for the most part, simply trying to think of a way to get themselves ahead. The comedy was both slapstick and dark, the jokes were long running – sometimes years between a joke first appearing and the punch line being told – and, it had a devoted fan base. Eventually, Clevinger, along with artist and co-creator Scott Wegener, pitched their idea of “Atomic Robo,” a character who is, according to Clevinger, “an amalgamation of all my childhood heroes.” The character has been described as equal parts “Ghostbuster,” “Indiana Jones” and Sagan, with the main character thread being the cantankerous and sense of justice of Clevinger’s grandfather. Their initial pitches were met with either silence or refusal, until fledgling publisher Red 5 Comics, named after Luke Skywalker’s call sign in the original “Star Wars: A New Hope,” contacted the pair with interest in the project.
“No one is going to believe this, but I don’t set out to do jokes,” Clevinger said, who discussed how all the humor in his writing comes from character motivations and their reactions to what is going on around them. “Stories devoid of humor are just false. Real life is hilarious. Stories that don’t admit that at least for one second come across like a kid’s embarrassingly wrong idea of what being a serious grownup would be like.” Marvel must have liked what they saw, as Clevinger also wrote for them “Captain America: The Fighting Avenger,” which is expected out in April. Yet, even with all of his print work, Clevinger is still active online with his website, Nuklear Power (www. nuklearpower.com). The site not only hosts the entire archive of “8-Bit Theater,” but also pages from “Atomic Robo” and the series “Warbot in Accounting,” “How I Killed Your Master” and “The Dreadful.” Each comic is free. The site also has an online store featuring Clevinger’s character. As for what is next for the writer, Clevinger summed it up best, saying “Who knows?”
ATOMIC ROBO
A cover of an issue of ‘Atomic Robo.’ Red 5 Comics is currently putting out the character’s fifth mini-series, “Atomic Robo and the Deadly Art of Science,” with a sixth planned for later this year. Clevinger also pitched a new version of the “Infinity Gauntlet” story to Marvel, one with a more ridiculous tone, where characters such
as Dr. Doom, the Incredible Hulk and Spider-Man team up with U.S. Ace, a trucker in space. “I wrote it under the assumption that if I probably wasn’t going to get hired anyway, I may as well write something crazy enough to deserve not getting hired again,” Clevinger said.
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Mariah Carey ‘embarrassed’ over Gadhafi-linked concert NEW YORK (AP) — Mariah Carey says she was unaware that she was booked to perform a concert linked to Gadhafi’s clan – and she’s embarrassed “to have participated in this mess.” Carey is among a handful of entertainers who were paid handsome fees to give exclusive private concerts. It was later revealed the people behind those concerts were the family of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, whose country is in an open revolt against him and who faces an investigation for possible war crimes.
TAXI
Continued from page 5 good feeling there,” Herman said. Great American Taxi recently released its album “Reckless Habits,” and Herman said the group has used its experiences on tour to grow as a band and build the best album possible. “I’ve been on the road for 22 years. Those experiences you get from being on tour definitely form what we do, and it’s why we do Americana music,” Herman said. “We try to dip into all
MAYDAY
Continued from page 5 One such hopeful will be junior design studies major Luci Harris with her Jurassic rendition of Raptor Jesus. “Mayday is a brilliant dance party and the perfect way to jive after a busy week,” Harris said. “‘Marchoween’ is going to be the best night you’ll ever have.” Senior business management major Jarred Nutter said
This week, Nelly Furtado announced she is giving the $1 million fee she was paid in 2007 to charity; Beyonce said in a statement Wednesday that she donated her fees for a 2009 New Year’s Eve performance in St. Bart’s to Haiti earthquake relief once she discovered the Gadhafi link. Carey performed in St. Bart’s in 2008, but in a statement released to The Associated Press on Thursday, she said she didn’t know she was performing for an infamous family. “I was naive and unaware of who I was booked to perform
for. I feel horrible and embarrassed to have participated in this mess,” the 40-year-old singer said. “Going forward, this is a lesson for all artists to learn from. We need to be more aware and take more responsibility regardless of who books our shows. Ultimately, we as artists are to be held accountable.” Carey’s representative, Cindi Berger, would not comment on how much Carey was paid for the performance. But she noted that Carey has donated millions throughout the Mariah Carey arrives at the 82nd Academy Awards in 2010. years to charity.
genres of music and a lot of that comes from what we’ve learned on the road,” he said. Herman said when it comes to college kids, he has a few simple words of advice: Follow your dreams. “When you graduate you’ve got to choose whether you’re out for money or love. They may be mutually exclusive if you’re lucky,” Herman said. “I don’t get a whole lot of wealth as a musician, but it’s a question of doing what you’re passionate about. I couldn’t be happier as a musician all these years,” Herman said. Herman said this weekend’s show will come excep-
tionally comforting to him. “As a band, we like to acknowledge where we are when we perform, and Morgantown is a loaded pile of subject material for me,” Herman said. “West Virginia, to me, feels like a bunch of good friends, hanging out and picking tunes. Everyone fits right in.” Tickets are available at the Mountainlair and CAC box offices. Prices are $15 in advance and $20 the day of the show. For information, call 304293-SHOW or visit events. wvu.edu/mountainstage.
he’s “ready to rock his face off” for his first Mayday experience Saturday. “I’d say that Halloween is my favorite time of year, anyway,” Nutter said. “Why not have it twice?” Mayday is nearly always a sold-out event. Tickets are available Saturday. The usual dollar Black Label specials will be in effect for 21 and older, and doors open at 10p.m., with a $5 cover. alex.mcpherson@mail.wvu.edu
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Continued from page 5 “Hopefully competitions like these will build their confidence and allow them to grow and participate at larger venues.” Winner of “Last Comic Standing” will receive an iPod Touch. First runner-up will win an iPod Nano, and third place will THE DAILY ATHENAEUM receive an iPod Shuffle. Follow us on Twitter for all the For more information, conbreaking news updates and news tact WVUpAllNight@gmail. feeds. com.
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Continued from page 5 because the vision is contemporary, males and females share power equally, making for unique casting. McGonigle added after rehearsals that he recommended the actors to go home, turn on the news and observe politics and the turmoil all over the globe to get a feel for the tone he wanted to capture with the production.
This rendition features performances by WVU students Blaire Wendel as Julius Caesar; Matt Webster as Mark Antony; Audrey Ahern as Octavius Caesar; Greg Holt as Brutus; Greg Jernigan as Casca and Amy Byrne as Trebonius. WVU graduate teaching assisant Ben Lauer created the scenery, while costumes were designed by WVU student Alex Vazquez. The production runs can be seen at the Gladys G. Davis Theatre Friday and Satur-
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Big East has struggled in Big Dance
At last look, the Big East Conference and its basketball teams were good at basketball – really good. Currently, eight Big East teams are in the top 25, while two others teams from the league are in the receiving votes category. Simply put, no other conference in the nation can boast those types of numbers. For comparison’s sake, the SEC, ACC and Big 12 Conferences have a combined nine teams in the top 25. As powerful as the Big East has been over the last five years or so during the regular season, the numbers have not stacked up well in the NCAA Tournament. Big East teams Syracuse and Connecticut won the national championship in backto-back years in 2003 and 2004. Since then, no Big East team has even made it to the title game in the “modern era” of the conference. The modern era would be considered the years 2005 and beyond after the loss of teams to the ACC and the addition of Cincinnati, DePaul, Louisville, Marquette and South Florida. This trend brings to mind two questions . zz Has the modern era and its brutal 18-game conference slate, along with one of the toughest conference tournaments in the nation, left Big East teams hurting come March Madness? In some cases, I would have to agree with this, because night in and night out, the Big East features some of the toughest matchups around. If a team takes one game too lightly or is not having its best night, it will lose. On any given night, the best team in the Big East could lose to a bottom feeder. With conference play stretching from mid-December to early March, one would have to believe the physical play on a nightly basis would wear a team down. In addition, the Big East Tournament may well be one of the toughest conference tournaments to win, while also adding to amount of wear-andtear to be faced. Although there have been exceptions, teams that have made deep runs in the Big East Tournament have shown some susceptibility to early round losses in the NCAA Tournament. Seven of the 10 teams that have made the Big East Tournament championship game in the modern era have lost in the Sweet 16 or earlier, with four of those early exits coming in either the first or second round of the NCAA Tournament. One could argue an appearance in the Big East title game does not guarantee a high seed, but only on one occasion has a team that made the final been seeded lower than fourth.
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West Virginia (19-10, 10-7)
Louisville (23-7, 12-5)
When: Saturday at noon Where: Morgantown, W.Va. (WVU Coliseum, 14,000) TV: ESPN Radio: 101.9 FM WVAQ Coverage: Check out The Daily Athenaeum’s Twitter (@dailyathenaeum) for in-game updates. Read Monday’s edition for a full recap of the game. Scouting the Cardinals — In the two teams last meeting, then-No. 19 Louisville won 55-54 over West Virginia on a last-second layup by guard Peyton Siva. In that game, WVU point guard Joe Mazzulla had a gamehigh 18 points, but did not score in the second half of the game. — Louisville has already clinched a double-bye in the Big East Tournament, while the Mountaineers are still attempting to earn a bye in the first round of the Big East Tournament. — Louisville is one of the top scoring teams in the Big East (75.4 ppg). The Cardinals are defeating teams by an average of 11.3 points per game, which is second-best in the Big East. Projected Starting Lineup West Virginia PG Joe Mazzulla G Truck Bryant F John Flowers F Kevin Jones F Cam Thoroughman
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West Virginia senior forward John Flowers, middle, stands in the huddle in an effort to pump his teammates up prior to a game earlier this season. Flowers will lead the huddle for the last time on the WVU Coliseum court Saturday against Louisville on Senior Night.
Louisville PG Peyton Siva G Preston Knowles G Mike Marra G Kyle Kuric F George Goode
WVU is beginning to come together again as the regular season comes to a close BY TONY DOBIES SPORTS EDITOR
West Virginia junior forward Kevin Jones will be the first to say last year’s Final Four run was not easy. In February of last season, the West Virginia men’s basketball team looked like a disappointment. It looked like a team that would be one-and-done. Then, WVU won three straight games to end the regular season and went on to win the Big East Conference Tournament and advance to the Final Four. “People don’t realize that we had a lot of problems last
year that people didn’t know about,” Jones said. “We got together in March, which is what everybody remembers.” It’s happening again. WVU has won three of its last four games heading into Saturday’s regular season finale against No. 11 Louisville, which has likely guaranteed the Mountaineers a spot in the NCAA Tournament for the fourth straight year. “We never give up,” said senior point guard Joe Mazzulla. “We fight, and hard work is starting to pay off. Throughout the year, we’ve battled and given up a few games, but we’ve played hard consistently for the most part. When we re-
alized that we are still playing hard, and we start to win some games, it gives us confidence.” Prior to the team’s game against then-No. 8 Notre Dame on Feb. 19, the Mountaineers had lost five of their last nine games. The team’s NCAA Tournament hopes were slowly fading as the Mountaineers went firmly on the bubble. “We have something to play for, now. Everybody kind of wrote us off. We just kind of listened to that, and that allowed us to grind it out in practice a little bit,” Jones said. “We just banded together like a brotherhood. We know what we have to do.” But, two wins over top 20
opponents have changed the team’s fate. The team wants another one Saturday when its plays the Cardinals at noon at the WVU Coliseum. “We have an important game on Saturday, and we still have a bad taste in our mouths from last time,” said Jones of the Mountaineers’ last-second 55-54 loss at Louisville back on Jan. 26. “We’ve got something to play for, and we’re definitely not out of it yet. We want to make a big run in March.” It will be Senior Night for six players, five of whom were part of the Final Four run. Forward John Flowers, point guard Joe Mazzulla, guard Casey Mitchell, guard Kerwin Selby, for-
ward Cam Thoroughman and guard Jonnie West will walk down the carpet for the last time. WVU is fighting for a firstround bye in next week’s Big East Conference Tournament. The Mountaineers are assured a bye if they win against Louisville. WVU can still earn a bye if it loses to the Cardinals, but it would need some help from other conference teams. “At this point, we just want to take it one game at a time,” Mazzulla said. “We’re just playing every game like it’s our last, and we’ll let the chips fall where they may.” anthony.dobies@mail.wvu.edu
WVU women open Big East Tournament play Despite not earning first-round bye, Mountaineers want to make a run BY MICHAEL CARVELLI SPORTS WRITER
For the first time since 2009, the West Virginia women’s basketball team will not have a first-round bye in the Big East Conference Tournament. On Friday, the Mountaineers’ long journey to the Big East Title will begin when it takes on Cincinnati at the XL Center in Hartford, Conn., at 6 p.m. The team feels it will be able to thrive in this situation and
will use its first-round game to set the tone and gain momentum heading toward its ultimate goal of winning a championship. “It’s good that we get to play (in the first round),” said WVU forward Madina Ali. “I don’t think sitting around is good for us. It’s good for us to get wins under our belt and keep building.” And if the Mountaineers, who are the No. 10 seed in the tournament, want to advance past this first-round matchup, they’re going to need to play more like the team that blew St. John’s out at the Coliseum on Monday instead of the one that lost seven of its previous nine games. Much of the success they will have will start on the offensive end of the floor. For the season, West Virginia has shot just 42 percent from the floor and, with the exception of a 90-point outburst against Pittsburgh, it has only scored more than 60 points once in its last 10 games. West Virginia will be taking on the 15th-seeded Bearcats
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West Virginia (22-8, 8-8)
Cincinnati (9-19, 2-14)
When: Friday at 6 p.m. Where: Hartford, Conn. (XL Center, 16,294) TV: Online at www.bigeast.org Radio: 91.7 FM U92 Coverage: Check out The Daily Athenaeum’s Twitter (@dailyathenaeum) for in-game updates. Check out www. thedaonline.com for coverage of the Women’s Big East Tournament. Scouting the Bearcats — Senior guard Shareese Ulis leads the Bearacts, scoring 13.9 points per game. Ulis scored a team-high 20 points in her team’s last game. Forward Tiffany Turner, a freshman, leads the team with 6.2 rebounds per game. — Cincinnati is coming off a 65-62 upset over Marquette to end the regular season. That victory ended a 13-game losing streak for the Bearcats. — On Jan. 8, the then-No. 6 WVU women’s basketball team defeated Cincinnati 72-44 at the WVU Coliseum. The series between the two teams are tied at 5-5. Projected Starting Lineup West Virginia PG Sarah Miles G Liz Repella F Korinne Campbell F Madina Ali C Aysa Bussie Cincinnati G Shareese Ulis G Bjonee Reaves G Kayla Cook F Shelly Bellman F Jeanise Randolph
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West Virginia center Asya Bussie, 20, attempts a layup against a Cincinnati defender earlier this season. The two teams will match up again today in the Big East Tournament.
THE DAILY ATHENAEUM
Friday March 4, 2011
WRESTLING
WVU enters postseason with high expectations
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FOOTBALL
By Matthew Peaslee Sports Writer
The West Virginia wrestling team walked off the mat at Bloomsburg on Jan. 21 with its first Eastern Wrestling League win of the season. The Mountaineers want to experience that same feeling this weekend at Bloomsburg’s Nelson Field House. This time, however, an EWL Championship will be at stake. West Virginia, along with Cleveland State, Clarion, Lock Haven, Edinboro, host Bloomsburg and regular season league champion Pittsburgh will battle for the tournament crown. “Now the real work begins,” said WVU head coach Craig Turnbull. “We’re going to need to do something there that is representative of them, and hopefully we can do that.” The winners of their respective class advance to the NCAA Championships, while the top two finishers of the 125-pound, 133-pound, 141-pound, 149-pound and 197-pound classes advance. The EWL will send the top-three finishers in the 184-pound class to the NCAAs. West Virginia’s Donnie Jones hopes to be one of those who advance. The senior sees the tournament as an opportunity to close out his Mountaineer career on a high note. “We have the postseason coming up. It’s the real proving grounds,” Jones said. “The tournament is big for us to prove ourselves. I know what I need to do to reach my goals, and there is work left to be done.” Jones’ brother and current
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West Virginia head coach Bill Stewart, left, and defensive coordinator Jeff Casteel talk with former Mountaineer linebacker J.T. Thomas, right, during a game last season.
Replacing 2010 defense will keep Casteel busy in spring Matt Sunday/THE DAILY ATHENAEUM
West Virginia’s Donnie Jones can end his WVU career with a berth in the NCAA Championships if the senior can finish in the top two in the 165-pound class at the EWL Championships this weekend. WVU associate head coach Greg Jones was a member of the program’s last EWL Championship in 2002. The Mountaineers also took home the crown in 1996. “The plan is to win it,” Donnie Jones said. “It’s a goal that we’ve been working for.” Turnbull said to look for heavyweight Philip Mandzik to make noise in the tournament, even though he’d have to get past Pitt standout Ryan Tomei. “His goal at the beginning of the year was, ‘I’m winning nationals,’” Turnbull said of the junior. “I wish the other guys could work as hard and
frame everything as well as Phil does.” Last season, West Virginia finished fifth at the conference tournament with 78 points. Seven grapplers placed in the meet, including Jones (165), Kyle Eason (157) and current 125-pound rotation wrestler Shane Young, who fell in the championship to Pitt’s Anthony Zanetta. Pittsburgh entered the championship with the first place regular season standing, once again. Edinboro, though, took the crown in the EWL tournament. matthew.peaslee@mail.wvu.edu
gymnastics
Challenging stretch ahead for Mountaineer gymnastics By Sebouh Majarian Sports Writer
Gymnastics is all about performing under pressure, according to West Virginia head gymnastics coach Linda Burdette-Good. The next two weeks will test how well the Mountaineers do just that. WVU (9-5, 6-1 EAGL) will have their hands full tonight night as they travel to No. 12 Arkansas (6-3, 5-1 SEC), who upset No. 1 Florida last Friday. Next week, the Mountaineers play host to Penn State. Having set new team-high scores in its last six meets, West Virginia senior Amy Bieski said the team is up for the challenge. “We’re coming along at the right time, and peaking at the right part of the season, as we head toward the champion-
ships,” Bieski said. Despite falling out of the GymInfo Poll Top 25, the Mountaineers are still within striking distance of the top 25 as they have a regional qualifying score (RQS) of 194.675. WVU is just .065 points shy of No. 25 BYU and .405 short of No. 20 Minnesota. WVU ranks No. 17 on vault with an RQS of 48.98 and also place No. 24 nationally on floor with an RQS of 48.885. The Mountaineers currently hold the third spot in the Southeast Region behind No. 1 Florida and No. 6 Georgia. WVU played both teams this year dropping both meets. “We have the same goal with or without the RQS – we want to improve each week,” Burdette-Good said. “We want to continue to get better, and if we do, then our score will go up which will raise our RQS.”
The Mountaineers will compete in the EAGL Championships on March 19 in Washington, D.C., in search of its seventh EAGL title. The program hasn’t won the crown since 2008. “Our first goal is to win the EAGL championship,” she said. “We haven’t won it in a couple years, so it’s about time we bring it back home.” Its injury list is seemingly growing with Bieski reaggravating an old elbow injury and with the postseason nearing, Burdette-Good said the team has slightly eased up on its typical practice routine in preparation of the EAGL Championships. “We’re coming to the end, and we need to be fresh and as strong as we can be heading into championships,” she said.
Mountaineers look to end three game skid at Elon Invitational SPORTS WRITER
The West Virginia baseball team will look to end a threegame losing streak as it travels to Elon, N.C., this weekend for the Elon Invitational. This will be the third straight weekend-long tournament for the Mountaineers. WVU (2-4) will face Wright State today at noon, then play a morning/afternoon doubleheader with Temple and Elon Saturday before wrapping up the tournament with a Sunday match up against Wright State at 10 a.m. West Virginia started the season 2-1 at the Big East/Big Ten Challenge, but followed with a disappointing 0-3 showing at last weekend’s Hughes Brothers Challenge in Wilmington, N.C. West Virginia only surrendered seven runs in the Big East/Big Ten Challenge, including a season-opening shutout of Iowa, but pitching turned out
to be the biggest problem facing the Mountaineers as they went winless in Wilmington. The team gave up a combined 29 runs on 40 hits over the weekend, while dropping games to Miami (OH), Marist and UNC Wilmington. The trio of starters – Jonathan Jones, Harrison Musgrave and Andy Berry – combined to pitch 12 1/3 innings, giving up 14 earned runs on 26 hits. The WVU bullpen used four relievers and tossed 12 2/3 innings, surrendering nine runs on 16 hits. Seven of the eight pitchers West Virginia has sent to the mound this season have accumulated an ERA above five, with the team’s ERA now sitting at 6.18. Wright State enters this weekend 2-5 after being swept by Mississippi. Both of the Raiders’ wins came against The Citadel. Temple (3-3) swept North Carolina Central to begin the season, scoring 64 runs in the three-game series, but were
By Brian Kuppelweiser Sports Writer
With the ups and downs of the offseason behind him, West Virginia football coach Bill Stewart is ready to start a new chapter of Mountaineer football. In this, Stewart’s final year as head coach, WVU will begin the installation of a new offense lead by offensive coordinator and head coachin-waiting Dana Holgorsen and his offensive coaching staff. On the other side of the ball, the defense might not be making as many drastic changes but will have to fill voids left by players leaving due to graduation or early exits. Defensive coordinator Jeff Casteel and his staff have their work cut out for them as they try to replace seven starters from the nation’s third-best defense. “This is going to be a big spring season for us,” Casteel said. “When you look at who we lost and where we lost them, it is basically spread out all over the defense.” One of the first areas of concern for Casteel will be addressing the defensive
line, which saw the loss of nose tackle Chris Neild and defensive end Scooter Berry. Neild helped anchor the Mountaineers No. 2-ranked rushing defense, which gave up a stingy 86.5 yards per game. “We have got to find some answers inside to replace Chris Neild,” Casteel said. ”Jorge Wright and Josh Taylor are guys that have played some football there, and they are going to have to step up and make some plays.” The job of replacing Berry may not be as hard, but it still presents its challenges. Casteel and his staff will attempt to groom pass rushing specialist Bruce Irvin into an every down type of player. “We are getting Bruce Irvin back, and he is everyone’s hero,” Casteel said. “He is my hero, too.” Irvin collected 14 sacks last season, and Casteel hopes a full year of football under the defensive end’s belt will be the key to him building on his success in 2010. Irvin didn’t join the team until preseason camp, so this will be his first spring and summer workouts with the team. “He just has a lot to learn,
because he hasn’t play a great deal of football,” Casteel said. “He is obviously a big, strong, physical kid with a great attitude that will only get better.” Besides replacing last year’s leaders, Casteel will also have to deal with a different wrinkle due to the high-paced offense. If Holgorsen’s offense works to perfection like it has at Oklahoma State and Houston in the past, scoring drives could force the defense back onto the field quicker, which will mean less time to rest between possessions for Casteel’s group. “The key for us, whether it is a fast-paced offense or ball-control offense, is being successful on third down,” Casteel said. “No matter how fast they are scoring offensively, if we play good thirddown defense, we are going to get off the field.” Despite the big changes from last year’s top-tier defense, Casteel is ready to hit the field, much like the rest of the coaching staff. “We are excited to get out on the field and see what these guys can do,” Casteel said. brian.kuppelweiser@mail.wvu.edu
nfl
Obama won’t step into NFL labor dispute WASHINGTON (AP)— The football fan in the White House said Wednesday he expects wealthy NFL team owners and players can figure out for themselves how to share the billions of dollars that their sport generates. “I’ve got a lot of other stuff to do,” President Barack Obama said at a news conference, making clear he had no plans to intervene. The NFL and the players’ union met for a 10th day
Thursday with a federal mediator not far from the White House, racing to beat a midnight expiration for the current collective bargaining agreement. The biggest sticking point is how to divvy up $9 billion in annual revenues. Failure to agree on a replacement contract before the deadline would shut down the league and jeopardize the 2011 football season. The NFL hasn’t had a work stoppage since 1987.
Obama noted that people across the country are facing economic hardship while millionaire athletes and billionaire owners haggle over a big pot of money, and he commiserated with fans everywhere. “You’ve got owners, most of whom are worth close to a billion dollars. You’ve got players who are making millions of dollars,” Obama said, standing in the East Room alongside Mexico’s president, Felipe Calderon.
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BY ETHAN ROHRBOUGH
Mountaineers lost seven starters from last year’s top-10 squad
swept by High Point last week. Elon has compiled the best season thus far and enter this weekend 5-3, including winning 2-of-3 from North Carolina State and Big East Conference member South Florida. ethan.rohrbough@mail.wvu.edu
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Fresh off its Big East Conference championship season, members of the West Virginia women’s soccer team visited with children at WVU’s Children’s Hospital Thursday. Head coach Nikki Izzo-Brown, assistant coach Marisa Kanela and five student-athletes made the visit, spending time with pediatric patients and their families. “We came out today to put a smile on some faces,” said IzzoBrown in a release. “Whether it’s soccer, a magazine or a video game, our players always seem to find a way to connect with these kids. They are going through a rough period in their young lives, and if we can lighten the mood and say hello, it’s the least we can do as a team in the community.” The players hopped from room to room, signing autographs, handing out gifts and showing off the team’s trophy – the inaugural Champions Cup. “We had a wonderful time,” said junior captain Meghan Lewis in a release. “We go to practice and sometimes complain about an ankle that hurts or something pretty minor. Then to visit these kids today, who have all gone through much more than any
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family should have to, it’s nice to talk with them and see them with a smile on their face.” The following Mountaineers joined Lewis in the hospital visit: juniors Erica Henderson, Drea Barklage and Blake Miller, and freshman Frances Silva. The WVU women’s soccer team will host a breast cancer fundraiser tournament Sunday at the Caperton Indoor Facility. The tournament is open to boys and girls in grades three through eight, with an open division for college-age and older groups. The women’s soccer team has raised more than $60,000 over the past seven years to help fight breast cancer. All of the money raised this spring goes to the Betty Puskar Breast Cancer Fund at WVU’s Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center. Sunday’s small-sided tournament is the first of two weekends in conjunction with the Betty Puskar Breast Care Center Soccer Invitational. On April 16, WVU will play Tennessee and Ohio in the Betty Puskar Breast Care Center Soccer Invitational at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium.
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MUST SEE JUST LISTED. 611 ALLEN Ave. 2/BR. Close to Arnold Hall. Excellent condition. DW, WD, AC, Parking. Utilities included. NO PETS. 12/mo lease and deposit. Call 304-288-1572 or 304-296-8491. Also Available 1/BR.
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WELL-MAINTAINED 3/BR HOUSE UNIT. Located close to main campus. 840 Naomi St. W/D, Microwave, D/W, Free off-street parking. $400/mo/per person plus utilities. No Pets. Call Rick 724-984-1396.
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2/BR, 1&1/2/BA NEWER TOWNHOUSE for Rent. Beautiful Frigidaire appliances, including W/D. Deck, 15/min. walk to downtown. Automatic Garage, 3 floors. $1200/mo. 732-299-4607. 3/BR, 2/BA C/AC. W/D. GAS, HEAT, deck/yard. Near airport. NO PETS. $900/mo plus utilities. 304-291-6533. 304-290-0548. 304-288-2740. 3/BR, 2/BA RANCH ON 1 ACRE. CAC. 10 minutes from both hospitals. $900/mo. NO PETS. Call 304-282-8769. 3-4/BR WALK TO CAMPUS W/D, some parking. Lease/Deposit. Available 6/1/11. No pets. Max Rentals 304-291-8423 3BR TOWN HOMES AVAILABLE. Convenient to all campuses. $400each +utilities. WD/DW. CAC. Off-street parking. Very nice. Lease/deposit. No Pets. Available May 2011. 304-692-6549.
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Friday March 4, 2011
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NFL, players’ union agree to 24-hour deadline extension
WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s favorite sport is still in business – for another day. The NFL and the players’ union agreed Thursday to a 24hour extension of the current collective bargaining agreement, so that negotiations can continue. Indianapolis Colts center Jeff Saturday, a member of the NFL Players Association’s executive committee, told The Associ-
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ated Press about the extension after the sides met for about eight hours before a federal mediator. The CBA was set to expire at midnight, which would likely have prompted the first work stoppage since 1987 for a league that rakes in $9 billion a year. Failing to make a deal could put the two sides on the road to a year without football, even though opening kickoff of the
2011 season is still six months away. The labor unrest comes as the NFL is at the height of its popularity, breaking records for TV ratings: This year’s Super Bowl was the most-watched program in U.S. history. Without a new CBA, the owners could lock out the players, and the union could decertify to try and prevent through the courts – something the NFLPA did in 1989. It formed again in
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1993. While the league and players’ union met for a 10th day with mediator George Cohen, even President Barack Obama weighed in when asked if he would intervene in the dispute. “I’m a big football fan,” Obama said, “but I also think that for an industry that’s making $9 billion a year in revenue, they can figure out how to divide it up in a sensible way and be true to their fans, who are the ones who obviously allow for all the money that they’re making. So my expectation and hope is that they will resolve it without me intervening, because it turns out I’ve got a lot of other stuff to do.” With the clock ticking down, Commissioner Roger Goodell and the NFL’s negotiating team arrived at a federal mediator’s headquarters about 45 minutes ahead of NFLPA executive director DeMaurice Smith and his group. “We’re working hard,” Goodell said. Also on hand for the NFL were Pash, outside counsel Bob Batterman, New York Giants owner John Mara, Green Bay Packers president Mark Murphy, Washington Redskins general manager Bruce Allen and several other league executives. Mara and Murphy are members of the league’s labor committee, which has the authority to call for a lockout if a new agreement isn’t reached. “We’ll stay at it as long as it takes,” Pash said. They’ll be staying at least into Friday, though a deal isn’t done. Washington Redskins player rep
Vonnie Holliday told the AP that the two sides are “still apart” on a pact to replace the current CBA. “I don’t see how we can be that close right now unless somebody is going to pull a rabbit out of the hat; I just don’t see it,” he said. Since the 1987 players’ strike that shortened the season to 15 games – with three of those games featuring nonunion replacement players – there has been labor peace in the NFL. The foundation of the current CBA was reached in 1993 by thenCommissioner Paul Tagliabue and union chief Gene Upshaw. It has been extended five times as revenues soared, the league expanded to 32 profitable teams, and new stadiums were built across America to house them. The contract extension reached in 2006 was the final major act for Tagliabue, who then retired, succeeded by Goodell. An opt-out clause for each side was included in that deal, and the owners exercised it in May 2008 – three months before Upshaw died. Smith replaced Upshaw in March 2009. Joining Smith at the mediation session Thursday were union president Kevin Mawae, New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees, Saturday, and about a dozen others, including current and former players. The biggest sticking point all along has been how to divide the league’s revenues, including what cut team owners should get up front to help cover certain costs, such as stadium construction. Under the old deal,
owners received about $1 billion off the top. They entered these negotiations seeking to add another $1 billion to that. Among the other significant topics: a rookie wage scale; the owners’ push to expand the regular season from 16 games to 18 while reducing the preseason by two games; and benefits for retired players. Attorney: Woman stabbed roommate in self-defense MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) — The attorney for the 18-yearold charged with stabbing Middle Tennessee guard Tina Stewart to death says his client acted in self-defense. Shanterrica Madden, 18, has been charged with first-degree murder in the stabbing of Stewart, 21, of Memphis. Officers were called Wednesday night for a disturbance at women’s apartment, and Murfreesboro Police said in a statement they found Stewart stabbed repeatedly during an “altercation” with her roommate Madden. Attorney Joe Brandon told The Associated Press on Thursday that Madden used Stewart’s own knife on her during a fight. He did not say what the altercation was about. “Miss Stewart, who was an athlete, had Miss Madden down on the ground beating on her. Miss Madden has an abrasion above her left eye, looks like perhaps a fingernail. She has swelling to both of her eyes. And during the course of the fight, a knife belonging to Miss Stewart that was in Miss Stewart’s possession ended up getting used on Miss Stewart,” Brandon said.
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West Virginia head women’s basketball coach Mike Carey, right, talks to his team during a huddle in the Mountaineers’ victory over St. John’s earlier this week. The Mountaineers take on Cincinnati today in the Big East Tournament.
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Continued from page 8 for the second time this season. The first was a 72-44 WVU victory at the WVU Coliseum, and from there, things didn’t get much better for Cincinnati in conference play. Before pulling off a 65-62 upset over then-No. 22 Marquette, Cincinnati had lost 13 Big East Conference games in a row. Still, WVU head coach Mike Carey said regardless of UC’s record during the regular season, his team will not take Cincinnati lightly. “Any team now is dangerous, because it’s win or go home,” said guard Liz Repella. “Everyone will keep putting it out on the line and play hard.” Like it has been for most of the season, a big point of emphasis for the Mountaineers on Friday will be how well they are able to force turnovers to limit the number of offensive chances Cincinnati will receive. WVU has been solid at this
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That occurrence came in 2006 when both Syracuse and Pittsburgh were No. 5 seeds. Since then, Big East Tournament championship game teams have had an average seed of 2.5. zz Can the Big East turn the trend around this season by having a team win the national title or at least make the championship game? Unfortunately, the Big East will have a representative or a winner of the national title this season even in a season with no clear dominant team. Each of the league’s top teams has their deficiencies,
all season long, ranking second in the league, allowing just 52 points-per-game, and it is among the best in the Big East at forcing teams into turning the ball over, averaging 21.5 per game. “They’re a small team, but they can score,” said WVU point guard Sarah Miles. “They’re guards are aggressive and we know we definitely have a size advantage, and we need to take advantage of that.” A lot of the focus will be set on the Bearcats’ senior point guard Shareese Ulis. Ulis has been a dangerous weapon all season for Cincinnati on offense, averaging 13.9 points and almost three assists per game, and is shooting more than 36 percent from 3-point range. “She can score. She can hit the three and take you off the dribble,” Carey said. “She’s a very good basketball player, and we have to be aware of where she’s at.” james.carvelli@mail.wvu.edu
whether it’s Pitt’s lack of a top scorer, Notre Dame’s limitations in the post or a Louisville team that struggles to show up every night. Having said that, it wouldn’t surprise me if the Panthers were to finally get over the hump and make a deep postseason run or if the Fighting Irish truly do have the luck of the Irish. Another team that should be watched closely is St. John’s come tournament time. The Red Storm have shown an ability to take down top teams this season, and if their draw works well, they could be a force to be reckoned with in the NCAA Tournament. brian.kuppelweiser@mail.wvu.edu