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Faculty Senate to consider fall break By Charles Young Staff Writer
The West Virginia University calendar committee has endorsed the addition of a fall recess, said Gov. Ryan Campione during Wednesday night’s meeting of the Student Government Association. The proposed break would be two days long and will occur immediately after the midsemester, or the seventh
week of the fall term, Campione said. During election years, the break will be one day instead of two. “We are encouraging professors not to do homework or anything else (over the break) so this can provide much needed rest to students after the midterm exams,” he said. The break’s proposal is pending approval by the Faculty Senate for discussion, feedback and a final vote.
Campione also announced the Medical Center Apartments will be added to the list of residence halls that will allow overnight guests of either gender under the new visitation policy. “That brings us up to 60 percent of dorms, which will be on a relaxed visitation policy,” he said. The relaxed policy was approved by the University in February and will also include
Lincoln, Fieldcrest, Summit, Honors and Stalnaker halls. The new policy will come into effect in the fall semester. Gov. Jason Bailey announced the creation of a new annual award, SGA’s “Student Organization of the Year.” “Student organizations do a lot, not only for the University but for the community, as well,” he said. “I think a lot of times they go underappreciated.”
The award will be given to the organization the Board of Governors feels has best served the University over the past year, he said. The winning group will receive a plaque and a monetary award. The amount of the monetary award has not yet been decided. Applications will be available in the Student Organizations Office once the award
amount is decided, Bailey said. The applications will be for any group wishing to be considered for the award. The BOG will select three finalists from the applicants. The finalists will attend the April 18 SGA meeting to convince the BOG why their organization should win. The winner will be announced at the April 27 meeting. charles.young@mail.wvu.edu
WVU in top four college sports towns on blog
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Mary Beth Korf, a licensed massage therapist at Able Bodywork Shop in Morgantown, gives a massage to Ben Rios, a senior finance major, in the Mountainlair Wednesday morning. Free Massages were offered from 11 p.m. to 1 p.m. as a part of West Virginia University’s Wellness Week.
West Virginia University is neck and neck with Pennsylvania State in a poll for “America’s Best College Sports Town.” The poll is in honor of March Madness and is hosted by MTV’s Clutch Blog. The poll aims to find which sports-obsessed town is the best among WVU, Penn State, the University of Maryland and the University of North Carolina. Voting ends at noon. WVU is at approximately 50 percent of the votes while Penn State is at about 42 percent at press time. UMD has nearly 5 percent of the vote, and UNC is at approximately 2 percent. MTV released an update Wednesday that said it had tallied more than 14,000 votes. Student Government Association President Chris Lewallen said it is exciting for WVU to be a part of the poll. The school usually excels at online polls,
and the community is involved in social networking, he said. “Last time I saw the polls, we were at 78 percent,” Lewallen said. “So everyone go vote as many times as you can.” Carol Ann Funkhouser, a public administration graduate student, was one of the students featured on the website in a picture taken from the Final Four game when WVU played Duke University. She, her two friends and one student recruited from the stands at the game appeared as a modified version of the rock band KISS, with their favorite basketball players as their characters. “We have great history and tradition at WVU. (Morgantown has) mostly students, and it makes Morgantown a great place to be on gameday,” Funkhouser said. “People say it’s the biggest city in West Virginia on gameday
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Free Massages offered to students as part of Wellness Week by alex dufour correspondent
Back massages can sometimes help relieve stress brought on by midterm and final exams, as well as relax muscles, said Mary Beth Korf, a licensed massage therapist who owns Able Bodywork Shop on University Avenue in Morgantown. Students at West Virginia University had a chance to receive a free massage Wednesday in the Mountainlair and at the Student Recreation Center as part of WELL WVU and the Rec’s Wellness Week 2011. Additional free massages will be given at the Rec center in the lower weight and fitness room today from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Korf said she regularly charges $66 per hour for massages, but she has waived that fee for WVU students. “We had a pretty steady turn-
out, with about 15 students coming to receive massages,” Korf said. Free massages are given at the Rec Center during dead and finals weeks during the semester to help students relax before final exams. “It really just helps students relax, and that gives you the opportunity to access more from your brain and increase your overall blood flow,” Korf said. Megan Tarr, a senior sociology and anthropology major, said she stopped by the massage chair to “take a load off.” “The massage was great, and it really made me relax before my next couple classes of the day,” Tarr said. Korf said students can benefit from these massages because relaxing muscles can be Mallory Bracken/THE DAILY ATHENAEUM a healthy habit. Mary Beth Korf, a licensed massage therapist at Able Bodywork Shop in Morgantown, gives a massage to Josiah Jones, a junior psychology major, in the Mountainlair see massages on PAGE 2 Wednesday morning.
Disney shows presentation on possible internships BY LYDIA NUZUM STAFF WRITER
“The Most Magical Place on Earth” could be an opportunity for West Virginia University students to experience internships with Disney. Recruiters and campus representatives from Disney’s College Program offered presentations on Tuesday and Wednesday in the Gluck Theatre of the Mountainlair to interested students and listed the opportuni-
ties offered through the program and company. Disney’s College Program is a semester-long paid internship open to all majors, with college courses and fully furnished apartment living, said Melissa Goehring, Disney recruiter for WVU. Goehring said the Disney experience gives college students a competitive edge in building their knowledge and work experience. “It truly is a more diverse
company than people initially think,” Goehring said. Some of Disney’s subsidiaries and affiliates include ABC, ABC Family, ESPN and Marvel Comics, Goehring said. Students who participate in the program will get the opportunity to learn from professionals from every part of the Disney corporation. The three key components to an internship with the Disney College Program are living, learning and earning, Goehring said. Students can be a cast
member at one of Disney’s two continental theme parks, which would include free park admission, Disney discounts, cast member activities and events and previews of the newest rides and shows to be premiered at Disney. The program is offered during the fall and spring semesters and includes courses such as “Marketing You,” “Professional Development Study”
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Various tables set up with information regarding different opportunities for summer courses at the Summer Fair Wednesday morning in the Mountainlair.
Fair showcases summer session 2011 courses by gina damato staff writer
A Summer Fair at West Virginia University was held on Wednesday to give students the opportunity to learn about the different course offerings for the 2011 summer session. The fair, presented by Summer at WVU, consisted of professors and directors from various departments and colleges on campus. Students were able to get a full course listing from each school about the different course offerings within that college or program. Lynn Reinke, director of communications for extended learning, said students can see the schedule online, but the fair gave students the chance to talk face-to-face with the professors teaching the classes. “WVU has a very vibrant summer program,” said Sue Day-Perroots, dean of ex-
tended learning. “Among peers, WVU is one of the institutions of envy.” She said the summer courses are less hassle for students, and there are also less people on campus. “Students take online and on-campus courses and still can work during summer,” Day-Perroots said. “Some students even come in from high school with credits and can take summer courses to be a whole semester ahead.” Summer at WVU held a contest for students to create a slogan for summer courses, Day-Perroots said. Students were able to visit a Facebook page and “like” the slogan they wanted to vote for. Dillon Parsons, a sophomore pre-psychology major, won the contest for his slogan, “Same Classes, Less Traffic.”
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WVU FACED MARQUETTE The West Virginia men’s basketball team faced Marquette in the second round of the Big East Tournament. Did the Mountaineers win? SPORTS PAGE 5
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Legislature approves food tax cut CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia will knock another penny off its food tax July 1, after the Legislature approved a limited cut Wednesday amid a debate over a complete repeal. The measure would reduce the sales tax rate on groceries from three cents to two cents per dollar spent. Expected to save taxpayers $26 million annually, supporters cite aboveestimate general revenue collections to argue that state government can afford it. But the cut, and whether lawmakers should have gone farther, may play a role in the upcoming court-ordered special election for governor. The Senate added the cut to a House-passed bill address-
ing taxes on durable medical goods, which it then returned to the House. “Every citizen in the state will benefit from this,” said acting Senate President Jeff Kessler, D-Marshall, after that unanimous vote. The House accepted that amendment by 91-2, but only after minority Republicans were stymied from proposing to convert the cut into a complete repeal as of Dec. 31. House Speaker Rick Thompson cited precedent to block such a major change to a previously passed measure. Thompson noted afterward that he’s repeatedly called for the tax’s repeal this session. He and other House Democrats have advocated a gradual,
multiyear approach that would hinge on state government’s financial health. “That’s how you do things appropriately,” Thompson, of Wayne County, said of his ruling. “It is a regressive tax. It needs to be taken off ... If we can just get a penny, then we’ll just take a penny.” Delegates then voted 89-4 to send the bill to acting Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin, who had proposed the limited cut. Republicans Marty Gearheart of Mercer County and Eric Householder of Berkeley County, both freshmen, opposed passage along with Democrats Sam Cann of Harrison County and Harold Michael of Hardy County. The two Democrats had also voted against accepting the Senate
amendment. Expected to sign Wednesday’s bill, Tomblin had balked at cutting deeper than a percentage point. He argued instead that lawmakers revisit the tax next year. He said state finances, while stable, remain fragile as the economy slowly emerges from recession. The tax cut bill introduced on his behalf missed a procedural deadline last week because of the House’s partisan debate over a gradual versus immediate repeal. The Senate revived his proposal Wednesday after Tomblin vowed to call a special session for a limited food tax cut, if one did not emerge from the regular session that ends midnight Saturday.
State-created insurer dropping gov’t policyholders CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The company created by West Virginia to provide workers’ compensation insurance no longer wants to cover state agencies, prompting lawmakers to consider alternative policy options. The Senate Finance Committee learned this week of the possible change by BrickStreet Mutual Insurance Co. The Legislature set up BrickStreet in 2005 to replace what had been a state-run system. It spun off as a private company the following year, and competing insurers entered that market in 2010. Committee members quizzed BrickStreet chief executive Greg Burton before endorsing a bill Tuesday that would allow the state insurance commissioner to help agencies obtain coverage from other private insurers.
Burton said BrickStreet has lost $30 million over the past three years from claims by state agencies and volunteer fire departments. For every dollar it collected from them in premiums during that time, Burton said BrickStreet paid out $1.36. Last year, these policyholders cost $1.57 for every dollar in premiums. “We cannot handle that kind of program any longer,” Burton told committee members. But Burton said the bill could prompt BrickStreet to reconsider, citing provisions meant to improve workplace practices. “A number of the agencies don’t drive home safety and loss prevention-type techniques and return to work programs,” Burton said. “You have some agencies that are doing that, and we saw it was working well for them and their claims
have gone way down. You have some agencies that just would not do that.” Burton said the state Senate was among the worst. It cost BrickStreet $147 for each premium dollar paid in 2010, and an average of $4.75 pre premium dollar over the last three years, the state insurance commissioner’s office said Wednesday. They and Burton did not have details for the claims behind those losses. Privatized under a plan by then-Gov. Joe Manchin, the state-run workers’ compensation system was plagued by costly claims, fly-by-night employers who skipped out on premiums and other problems. Sen. Walt Helmick sought assurances from Insurance Commissioner Jane Cline that West Virginia would not resume providing that coverage.
“I don’t want to be part of anything that might have any indication that it’s going to be back in the state’s hands,” the Pocahontas County Democrat said during Tuesday’s meeting. “We do not, either,” Cline said. “We will be involved no more than we are today... State agencies will be covered by private market insurers.” Sen. Truman Chafin, DMingo, balked at what he called a power grab by Cline’s office in the bill. He and other committee members questioned provisions allowing Cline to set fees and waive state purchasing rules while bidding out coverage contracts. Cline said the bill aims to provide flexibility as her office considers whether to pursue individual policies or comprehensive coverage for multiple agencies.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Motorists could be pulled over for texting while driving in West Virginia and face a misdemeanor charge under legislation approved by the state Senate. Not wearing a seat belt
could also prompt a traffic stop as proposed by senators in Wednesday’s 29-4 vote. The House later rejected those changes. A joint committee is expected to attempt a compromise.
Delegates had passed a measure that only addressed texting, and treated it as a traffic offense. Law enforcement could not pull over motorists solely for texting under the House bill. Senators had passed a
stand-alone seat belt bill earlier this session. But supporters fault the House Roads and Transportation Committee for ignoring that measure since. At least 30 states ban texting while driving.
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Continued from page 2 Rochelle Neely, a junior public relations major, said she liked summer classes and even though courses can be every day and intense in the summer, they can sometimes help you graduate earlier. “I think the online and summer classes are a great opportunity. A lot of students don’t know about these different offerings,” Neely said. Beverly Hassler, administrator for agricultural sciences, showcased the various online and interactive courses the Davis College will offer over the summer. Some courses available, she said, are more creative than during the normal school year. For example, Barley to Beer, Vegetation Storm Water Training and Global Positions Training, offer creative and fun courses for students. A wilderness course called Adirondack Adventure and Wil-
derness First Responder, deals with hiking safety and how to rescue people injured on trails in the woods. “Students tend to like taking challenging courses, and we also have a wide range of great creative courses,” Day-Perroots said. Bonnie Brown, coordinator of Native American Studies, said the department is offering summer courses focusing on Native American cultures and history. “Students tend to have eye opening experiences, and we have a mound builder course that allows students to travel to historic mounds in West Virginia and Ohio,” she said. Day-Perroots said approximately 11,500 students will enroll in summer courses: 6,000 on campus, 5,000 off-campus. Students that are interested in taking summer courses can visit http://star.wvu.edu to see the summer schedule or visit http://summer.wvu.edu to get more information. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu
W.Va. Senate beefs up texting ban, adds seat belts
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Whitney Richmond, a Mountaineer temp, talks with Martin Bush, a junior international business major, about summer courses at the Summer Fair in the Mountainlair Wednesday morning.
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Continued from page 1 and the “Leadership Speaker Series,” where students can listen to leaders within the company discuss their Disney experience. Applicants have 20 different roles they can choose from once they have been accepted to either the Disney World theme park in Florida or Disneyland in California, including positions in quick service food and beverage, costuming, merchandise, custodial, attractions and entertainment. “It’s great for all majors and all grade levels,” said Carolyn
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Continued from page 1 because so many people travel to Morgantown for games.” Funkhouser said she has posted the website link to her Facebook and Twitter profiles so her family and friends could vote and support WVU. “Growing up here, it’s what everyone cares about. I was raised a Mountaineer,” said Stephenee Gandee, a freshman general studies major. “I have a picture when I was two years old all dressed up as a WVU cheerleader.” Kiana Hayes, a freshman psychology major, said although
Brewer, a senior English and history major and campus representative. “Especially students who need internship opportunities for their degrees.” Students who participate in the program are paid $7.25 to $11.50 per hour depending on which park they are assigned to, Goehring said. The students also earn valuable working and leadership experience working for a Fortune 100 company. “I’m definitely looking into the program,” said Taylor Maroney, a freshman general studies major. “I didn’t realize there were so many opportunities available.” danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu
she is from Hawaii, she still sees the statewide support for WVU and encourages others to vote. “Because we have no professional sports team here, we have the whole state backing us,” Hayes said. “It’s about having pride in our sports and our school.” Sixteen schools were chosen across the country ,and the winner of each of the four regionals will go on to the polls for the “final four.” To vote or see the polls visit, http://clutch.mtv. com/2011/03/07/americasbest-college-sports-town-theeast-region. erin.fitzwilliams@mail.wvu.edu
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Illinois abolishes death penalty, clears death row
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — After two decades of debate about the risk of executing an innocent person, Illinois abolished the death penalty Wednesday, a decision that was certain to fuel renewed calls for other states to do the same. Gov. Pat Quinn, a Democrat who has long supported capital punishment, looked drained moments after signing the historic legislation. Lawmakers sent him the measure back in January, but Quinn went through two months of intense personal deliberation before acting. He called it the most difficult decision he has made as governor. “If the system can’t be guaranteed, 100-percent error-free, then we shouldn’t have the system,” Quinn said. “It cannot stand.” Illinois becomes the 16th state in the nation without a death penalty more than a decade after former Gov. George Ryan imposed a moratorium on executions out of fear that the justice system could make a deadly mistake. Quinn also commuted the sentences of all 15 men remaining on death row. They will now serve life in prison with no hope of parole. In his comments, the governor returned often to the fact that 20 people sent to death row had seen their cases overturned after evidence surfaced that they were innocent or had been convicted improperly. Death penalty opponents hailed Illinois’ decision and predicted it would influence other states. “This is a domino in one sense, but it’s a significant one,” said Mike Farrell, the for-
mer “MASH” star who is now president of Death Penalty Focus in California. The executive director of a national group that studies capital punishment said Illinois’ move carries more weight than states that halted executions but had not used the death penalty all that often. “Illinois stands out because it was a state that used it, reconsidered it and now rejected it,” said Richard Dieter of the Death Penalty Information Center in Washington. Quinn’s decision incensed many prosecutors and relatives of crime victims. Robert Berlin, the state’s attorney in DuPage County, west of Chicago, called it a “victory for murderers across Illinois.” Quinn reflected on the issue week after week, speaking with prosecutors, crime victims’ families, death penalty opponents and religious leaders. He consulted with retired Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa and met with Sister Helen Prejean, the inspiration for the movie “Dead Man Walking.” A Chicago woman whose teenage son was gunned down in 2006 said the killer, who has never been caught, should not be allowed to breathe the same air she breathes. “I am a Christian. I never believed in killing nobody else,” Pam Bosley said, explaining her change of heart after her son was shot outside a church. “But the pain you suffer every single day, I say take them out.” New York and New Jersey eliminated their death penalties in 2007. New Mexico followed in 2009, although new Republican Gov. Susana Mar-
tinez wants to reinstate the death penalty. Quinn also said capital punishment was too arbitrary. A prosecutor in one county might seek the death penalty, while another prosecutor dealing with a similar crime might not, he said. And death sentences might be imposed on minorities and poor people more often than on wealthy, white defendants. A Gallup poll in October found that 64 percent of Americans favored the death penalty for someone convicted of murder, while 30 percent opposed it. The poll’s margin of error was plus or minus 3 percentage points. The high point of death penalty support, according to Gallup, was in 1994, when 80 percent were in favor. Doubts about Illinois’ death penalty grew steadily throughout the 1990s with each revelation of a person wrongly sentenced to die – people like Anthony Porter. Porter had ordered his last meal and even been fitted for burial clothes when, just 48 hours before his execution, lawyers won a stay to study the question of whether he was mentally capable of killing. That provided time for a group of Northwestern University students to gather information proving Porter’s innocence. Illinois was also the place where Ryan called for clemency hearings for all death row inmates – proceedings that involved a parade of people describing in heartbreaking detail how their children, parents, brothers and sisters died by violence.
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Anti-Libyan Leader Moammar Gadhafi rebels prepare to fire rockets during fighting against pro-Gadhafi fighters, in Sidra town, eastern Libya, on Wednesday. A high-ranking member of the Libyan military flew to Cairo on Wednesday with a message for Egyptian army officials from Moammar Gadhafi, whose troops pounded opposition forces with artillery barrages and gunfire in at least two major cities. Gadhafi appeared to be keeping up the momentum he has seized in recent days in his fight against rebels trying to move on the capital, Tripoli, from territory they hold in eastern Libya.
Western leaders could easily impose no-fly zone in Libya CAIRO (AP) — Western leaders know NATO jets could easily force Moammar Gadhafi’s few dozen Cold War-era warplanes from the skies and rob the Libyan dictator of a powerful weapon against rebels trying to oust him. But they’re wary of involvement. Imposing a no-fly zone from a string of Mediterranean bases and aircraft carriers could become a complex, long-term commitment for the U.S. and its allies. It would require airstrikes on Gadhafi’s anti-aircraft weapons and risk drawing the West into another grueling military conflict in the Muslim world. The Libyan rebels, who lack planes, have pleaded for such a zone – a plan endorsed by Britain, France and some key U.S. lawmakers. But NATO nations appeared torn Wednesday between the desire for action and fears of unintended consequences in a conflict that has divided Libya and driven oil prices to 2½-year highs. The White House said a meeting of President Barack Obama’s top security advisers would not result in an imme-
diate decision on U.S. action. NATO said it was planning for “all eventualities” but gave little sign of moving to set up a no-fly zone. “NATO is not looking to intervene in Libya,” NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said. Although many nations want to tip the balance of military power away from Gadhafi, protecting civilians would be the key public rationale for any no-fly arrangement. A senior U.S. official in Brussels said a no-fly zone would be “a difficult, costly and large operation,” and noted that there was no evidence of any largescale bombardment of civilians. He spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue. U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates Gates observed last week that attacking Libyan air defenses would be necessary before imposing a no-fly zone, and would be tantamount to war. Gadhafi has warned of retaliation against no-fly patrols. Weighing heavily on the debate are the lessons of Iraq and the Balkans, where no-fly
zones lasting years were credited with preventing much bloodshed in the 1990s but still did not stop some massacres. The U.S., France and UK declared no-fly zones for fixedwing aircraft after the 1991 Gulf War in order to protect Kurds in Iraq’s north and Shiites in the south from Saddam Hussein’s air force. However, Hussein circumvented them by using helicopters to devastating effect when he hunted down dissenters through marshes while putting down protests across southern Iraq, said Michael Rubin, a Middle East scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative U.S. think tank. Rubin, who advocates a nofly zone over Libya to protect civilians, says the ban must include helicopter flights. Other U.S. experts have cited the Iraq experience as an argument against a no-fly zone. “The no-fly zone remained in place for about 12 years without forcing change in Saddam’s policies,” George Friedman, CEO of the Stratfor intelligence analysis group, wrote in a recent report.
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In this photo taken Feb., 14, President Barack Obama, left, with U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan, right, talks to students in Susan Yoder’s, center, science class at Parkville Middle School and Center of Technology, in Parkville, Md. In his weekly radio address Saturday, Feb. 19, Obama said better education in math and science is critical to pushing the U.S. forward in the global competition for innovation and jobs, and he wants the private sector to get involved in making it happen.
82 percent of schools may be ‘failing’ (AP) — An estimated 82 percent of U.S. schools could be labeled as “failing” under the nation’s No Child Left Behind Act this year, Education Secretary Arne Duncan said Wednesday. The Department of Education estimates the number of schools not meeting targets will skyrocket from 37 to 82 percent in 2011 because states are toughening their standards to meet the requirements of the law. The schools will face sanctions ranging from offering tutoring to closing their doors. “No Child Left Behind is broken and we need to fix it now,” Duncan said in a statement. “This law has created a thousand ways for schools to fail and very few ways to help them succeed.” Duncan delivered the news in remarks to a House education and work force committee hearing, in urging lawmakers to rewrite the Bush-era act. The law was established in 2002 and many education officials and experts argue it is overdue for changes. President Barack Obama has highlighted reforming the act as a priority for his administration, and both Democrats and Republicans have agreed that it needs to be changed – though disagreements remain on how. The current law sets annual student achievement targets designed with the goal of having all students proficient in math and reading by 2014, a standard now viewed as wildly unrealistic.
Duncan said the law has done well in shining a light on achievement gaps among minority and low-income students, as well as those who are still learning English or have disabilities. But he said the law is loose on goals and narrow on how schools get there when it should be the opposite. “We should get out of the business of labeling schools as failures and create a new law that is fair and flexible, and focused on the schools and students most at risk,” Duncan
said. The Department of Education said its estimate was based on four years of data and the assuming all schools would improve at the same rate as the top quartile. “Even under these assumptions, 82 percent of America’s schools could be labeled ‘failing’ and, over time, the required remedies for all of them are the same – which means we will really fail to serve the students in greatest need,” Duncan said.
RABAT, Morocco (AP) — King Mohammed VI said Wednesday that Morocco will revise its constitution for the first time in 15 years, aiming to strengthen democracy in the face of a push across the Arab world. In a rare TV and radio speech to the nation, the popular monarch said a new commission would suggest constitutional revisions to him by June, and the overall project would be put to Moroccan voters in a referendum. “By launching today the work of constitutional reform, we embark on a major phase in the process of consolidation of our model of democracy and development,” said the king, wearing glasses, a sober black tie and a dark suit. He was flanked by his brother, Prince Moulay Rachid, and his 7-year-old son, Crown Prince Moulay Hassan. Some Moroccans poured into the streets of Rabat, the capital, to celebrate after the
speech, blaring car horns and waving the North African country’s single-star flag. But the overall reaction to the country’s first constitutional revision since 1996, and the first since Mohammed VI took the throne following his father’s death in 1999, wasn’t immediately clear. The speech, which was only announced hours earlier, came as many people in the football-crazy country tuned in to watch the latest European Champions League contests. A major question was whether the constitutional changes on tap will involve the highly contested Article 19, which largely underpins the near-absolute power that the king has in Morocco. It enshrines the monarch as “the defender of the faith” – Islam – and “guarantor of the perpetuation and the continuity of the state,” as well as respect for the constitution. Many labor unions, politi-
cal parties and human rights groups have clamored for changes to the constitution for years, and Article 19 has been one of their main targets. Still, the breadth of the king’s address suggested a major reworking is in the offing. The wide-ranging efforts aim in part to devolve greater power to Morocco’s regions, improve the independence of courts, and ensure that the prime minister is selected by the majority party in parliament, he said. The king said women’s rights and political participation – already a mainstay of his previous reforms – would be strengthened, such as ensuring through law that men and women have equal access to elective positions. The plan would aim to broaden individual freedoms, solidify the rule of law and strengthen human rights. The king also said he was committed to a “strong push” to revive the country’s reform ambitions.
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Get involved with Student Government Every year spring brings budding trees, Spring Break and of course, Student Government Association elections. The West Virginia University SGA is accepting applications for the 2011-12 school year. Contrary to popular belief, SGA is not only for those aspiring to be politicians; it is for any and every WVU student who feels they have something beneficial to contribute to the campus community. SGA is composed of a president, vice president and the
members of the Athletic Council, and an executive branch, which is composed of the Board of Governors. Like any other student organization, SGA is a great way to make friends, receive valuable professional and leadership experience, and it also gives students a chance to affect change on campus. Members of SGA have a responsibility to the rest of the student body, and that is something that many people do not realize. SGA is the voice of the
student body and have the power to make some significant changes. Applications for Board of Governors positions can be picked up in the Student Organizations Office in the Mountainlair. For those interested in running for the offices of president or vice president, there is a non-refundable $20 filing fee. There is also a $ 10 filing fee for those applying for Board of Governors and Athletic Council positions.
All completed applications must be returned to the Student Organizations Office no later than 3 p.m. on March 18. Even if you don’t want to run for an SGA position, get involved somehow. There are numerous council positions associated with SGA, as well. Staying aware of student issues does nothing but help strengthen the campus community. Students coming together for the betterment of our University is something that we
should all strive to do, and SGA provides a platform for that. SGA holds meetings every Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in Hatfields located in the Mountainlair. Going to meetings and supporting the organization is just as important as holding a position. For more information, contact the Student Government Association at sga@mail.wvu. edu. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu
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Finishing school is more important than a career Sam Viggiano columnist
Emma Watson, famous for her role as Hermione Granger in the “Harry Potter” series knew she would eventually find herself in a quagmire between Hollywood and her academics at Brown University. An education, Ivy League or not, is the most important achievement one can make in this age. And unlike her loquacious character, Watson does not possess a time turner in order to double her work load or be in two places at once. This was not the most intelligent decision, especially for an Ivy League student. Although her career as an actress has a major impact on her lifestyle, a college education is of most importance. Most students are poor. No one is denying that fact. Although scholarships, grants, parsimonious savings, frugal spending, summer jobs and luck have paid for college educations across the country, there never seems to be enough money. Books are expensive. Buying school, apartment and dorm materials can be costly. And the zinger: Mom and Dad are not made of money. Part of growing up is being able to tell fact from fiction. Money growing on trees is unfortunately fictional, although the cotton and linen blend, with red and blue minute fibers running through it, was once an organic product. Thus money once sustained life. Likewise, an income is necessary for a student to maintain a healthy academic life style. At the ripe age of 16, I got my first job and began to pay for things on my own. Although my parents still paid for pricey or necessary items such as food, while in high school, it was their thought that by working and paying for my own needs, I would learn to manage a healthy school and work schedule for the future. Upon entering college, it
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From left, David Heyman, Emma Watson and J.K. Rowling pose for photographers with their Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema awards backstage during the BAFTA Film Awards 2011, at The Royal Opera House in London, Sunday, Feb. 13. became a struggle to find and maintain a job while pursuing academics. The wrong days, wrong times and overall being a busy student hinders those looking for a job on campus. It disturbs me when I hear a student working three or four school days or nights in order to make ends meet. Although their financial business is not my concern, working many regular shifts for a part time job compromises one’s education. The reason one goes to college is to learn from the professionals in that field of study. If a part time job becomes one’s life in college, then one is isn’t receiving or embracing their edu-
cation. They have entered the workforce. According to Us Magazine, on Monday, Emma Watson announced she’ll be temporarily leaving the Ivy League school to promote the final installment of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.” Although she said, “I love Brown, and I love studying pretty much more than anything, I’ve (recently) had so much to juggle that being a student and fulfilling my other commitments has become a little impossible,” she wrote on her official website. With the final installment of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” coming out this summer, Watson has decided to
focus and finish her work on “Harry Potter” and on other professional acting projects. Watson states that she “will still be working towards (her) degree ... it’s just going to take me a semester or two longer than I thought.” Admittedly, Watson is obligated to finish the “Harry Potter” series. As a current and professional actress, she must deal with much more than an average student who has not built their career. Yet, I cannot condone the decision to prolong one’s education. Eventually, she will have to make a decision, as many actors and actresses have done. If not appearing on the silver
screen for three or four years is conducive to completing a degree, then I am in support of completing an education. But for the average student who is not obligated to major movie productions or a job that can pay for a four-year college education, maintaining a full- or part-time job is a taxing and stressful monetary pursuit. Sacrificing one’s studies for monetary gain is inequitable. Luckily, many colleges and universities offer academically-based work study positions, news and editorial jobs and assistantships that put some money in the pocket of the student. Even at the graduate level,
graduate assistantships, teaching positions and research aid will benefit an advanced student. It is a tragically true statement that money will always be a concern for college students. There is no magic spell to increase wealth. Taking on a part time job, although admirable, cannot become one’s life in college. For some student schedules, it is impossible to impose this time and complete a four-year degree. For Watson, her decision to quit school for a semester was made for her. Her career has become an obligation at the age of 20.
truly free trade and focusing on America’s issues first. We argue for no militarism, non-interventionism in other countries’ affairs, bringing soldiers home and taking an international position of neutrality. Before World War I, Americans were, by many accounts, considered to be isolationists. President Woodrow Wilson’s insistence in joining World War I, promising to make the world “safe for Democracy” as his rallying cry, indubitably changed our country. Americans were far more concerned with the affairs of their communities, states and homes, and most were against American involvement in European affairs. Leading up to America’s entry into World War II, the America First Committee was formed. With a strong belief in isolationist economic policies, such as tariffs, this organization was truly an entity which argued for the continued withdrawal from the rest of the world. Indeed, the group accu-
rately represented the general consensus of Americans. Certainly, America was somewhat global before World War I. Wilson sent Marines into Mexico to unseat an undemocratically elected leader who had seized power. Even then, however, Americans were more concerned with the number of lives lost from the American forces than who would eventually hold power in Mexico. Today, the arguments for American involvement abroad are in spreading our “good” ideals and protecting our liberties. It’s American exceptionalism at its most dangerous. Ironically, those who call Libertarians isolationists fail to see the isolationistic tendencies of their own belief system. Republicans and Democrats alike favor protectionist trade barriers, such as tariffs on some trade partners, in the name of “saving American jobs.” Democrats detest the outsourcing of American jobs to places with
lower wage rates such as India or China, and pass moral judgment on the Capitalists who seek to increase their profit margins by such methods. Republicans, who are some of Libertarians most vocal critics, argue against foreign aid to poor countries and in favor of strict immigration laws and trade embargoes. So never mind if Libertarians are isolationists. With the main parties having isolationist tendencies, is it even fair to place such a label on them? It’s not so much that Libertarians are afraid of the “big old world.” War is good for the expansion of the state, which Libertarians oppose. On the topic of militaristic intervention, political thinker Frank Chodorov once said, “It is a well-known fact that during a war the state acquires powers that it does not relinquish when hostilities are over ... Liberty is downgraded in favor of protection. “But, when the enemy is driven away, the state finds
reason enough to hold on to its acquired powers ... Taxes imposed ostensibly ‘for the duration,’ have become permanent, the bureaucracy built up during the war has not been dismantled and interventions in the economy necessary for the prosecution of war are now held to be necessary for the welfare of the people. This, plus the fact that we are now engaged in preparing for World War III, was the net result of our entry into World War II. Whichever side won, the American people were the losers.” Clearly, this type of foreign policy is detrimental to our liberty. Benjamin Franklin once said, “Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” Unfortunately, it appears that these types of policies have less to do with “deserving” versus “undeserving” as much as “evitable” versus “inevitable” when considering the loss of liberty. Opponents of a Libertarian
foreign policy might argue that this is, in essence, cutting us off from the rest of the world. That could not be farther from the truth. In fact, the militaristic mentality makes Americans more unpopular and more open to attack. American history is full of American students studying abroad and immigrants bringing their rich cultures, traditions and – best of all – foods, just as America deports her rich culture, traditions and food to other nations when we trade with them. Furthermore, while a Libertarian would argue against giving it in any form other than a tax break, a differently principled political mind might wonder what good could be done with the $1 trillion spent on maintaining our foreign policy, or even half of it, at home. So are Libertarian’s isolationists? No more than parents who are more concerned with their child’s progress in school than their neighbors’ child’s progressions.
Libertarians would like to keep the focus on America Brandon muncy columnist
World War I was just the beginning. Fast forward nearly 100 years, and the militarism and meddling in foreign affairs by the United States exploded, exponentially. For example, 70 years after World War II, 70,000 American soldiers are still stationed in Germany. Under the guise of spreading good ideals, we have perpetuated war, set up 700 bases in 130 countries and spent more than a $1 trillion, annually, to keep this vast empire running. However, my stance as a Libertarian and my belief in ending this silliness, is often labelled as being an isolationist. Libertarians, despite popular belief, do not believe in shutting America off from the rest of the world. We advocate
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ONE AND DONE
brian gawthrop Associate sports editor
WVU taken out of its game NEW YORK — It’s a rarity when an opponent welcomes the physical challenge of facing a Bob Huggins-coached team in the postseason. Marquette’s Jimmy Butler and Darius Johnson-Odom did that Tuesday following its first-round win over Providence in the Big East Conference Tournament. One day after JohnsonOdom said, “The toughest team will win,” their prediction came true. It wasn’t the one with Huggins on its sideline. Marquette did everything West Virginia was supposed to do during Wednesday’s Big East Tournament second-round game against the Mountaineers. As a result, the Golden Eagles are preparing for their quarterfinal matchup with Louisville. West Virginia – the defending Big East Conference Champions who entered the 2011 tournament with high expectations once again – will be watching from Morgantown. MU did the unthinkable in Madison Square Garden. The tournament’s 11th-seeded team forced West Virginia out of its style of play. MU head coach Buzz Williams said if his team wanted to upset the defending Big East Champions, it had to match West Virginia’s “slugfest” personality and prevent the Mountaineers from playing Huggins basketball. It did everything and more Wednesday. Marquette used its clear size advantage in the post and its athletic guards to make West Virginia a different team than it had been during its three-game winning streak. MU prevented the Mountaineers from scoring in the paint and forced WVU to beat it with the Mountaineers’ outside shooting. Marquette put John Flowers, the heart of West Virginia’s stout defense, in early foul trouble. In his absence, more than half of MU’s first-half points came in the paint. But in the end, Marquette did what many of West Virginia’s opponents deem impossible to do: MU out-toughed the Mountaineers. That fact obviously frustrated the Mountaineers for most of the game. As a result, their play was painful to watch throughout. The style worked for West Virginia early – WVU scored 21 of its 36 first-half points from 3-point range and outrebounded Marquette. But the Mountaineers were hurting in the locker room in the end. West Virginia was uncharacteristically out-rebounded 32-29, committed more turnovers and failed to score a fast-break point. Additionally, and even more concerning for the team entering the NCAA Tournament, many WVU players said the team was lackadaisical throughout practices during the week and even in the midst of pregame warm-ups Wednesday. “You see (Marquette) before the game, they were down there jumping around and having fun,” said WVU point guard Truck Bryant. “We were just taking shots.” If the team doesn’t want another short trip when the team begins play in the NCAA Tournament, it has to get back to doing what it does best – playing Bob Huggins basketball. If they don’t, their season could be over before they even realize it. Flowers said he came to New York City with his luggage full, expecting his team to be in the conference finals Saturday. But there won’t be a Big East Championship for WVU this year. It’s Manhattan magic seemingly has run out. “It sucks,” said WVU forward Cam Thoroughman. “We come up here expecting we’ll be here for a few days. Now we’re heading home.” brian.gawthrop@mail.wvu.edu
West Virginia falls in second round of tournament to Marquette, 67-61 By Brian Kuppelweiser Sports Writer
NEW YORK — Throughout most of the season, the West Virginia men’s basketball team was a Jekyll and Hyde of sorts when it came to its first and second halves. On Wednesday night, another second-half collapse doomed the No. 6-seed Mountaineers in their second-round upset loss in the Big East Conference Tournament to No. 11-seed Marquette, 67-61. “I packed a full bag,” said forward John Flowers. “I expected to be here until Saturday night.” The Mountaineers (2011) had a 10-point lead with 17:45 to play in the game, but the team hit just six shots in the second half and fell to the Golden Eagles (20-13). WVU shot 58.3 percent in the first half. In the second half, it shot just 22.2 percent. “It’s been a year-long problem. We just don’t make open shots. I don’t know what to tell you,” said WVU head coach Bob Huggins. “I’ve said it and said AP it and said it, we just don’t West Virginia’s Dalton Pepper, left, and Cam Thoroughman, right, sit on the bench during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Marquette at the Big East Tourmake open shots. We made nament Wednesday. some shots in the first and then the second half, we likely secured itself a bid defensive anchor, Flowers, defenders in the country.” The Mountaineers, howdidn’t.” Following a turnover by ever, settled down on deto the NCAA Tournament was whistled for two quick The loss snaps a three- and should make for a re- fouls. Marquette, Bryant led a two- fense and began to find their year streak of WVU advanc- cord 11 teams from the Big With Flowers on the on-one down the floor and stroke from the field, particing to at least the semifinals East to make the big dance. bench, Marquette began to attempted a layup, which was ularly from beyond the arc of the Big East Tournament. The Golden Eagles will face expose WVU’s defense, as it rejected. with seven 3-pointers in the The Mountaineers will now Louisville tonight at 9 in the sunk transition buckets and With Bryant down behind opening half. have to wait until Sunday quarterfinals of the Big East found lanes to drive into in the play, forward Jimmy ButPaired with a 6:28 shootthe paint. ler hit an uncontested three ing dry spell for Marquette, to find out where they will Tournament. “We needed him in the from the corner to give the WVU finished the first half on The Mountaineers quickly be heading for the NCAA Tournament. found themselves in trouble game,” said point guard Truck Golden Eagles a six-point With the win, Marquette in the matchup as the team’s Bryant. “He is one of the best lead, 14-8. see recap on PAGE 8
Despite loss, West Virginia WR coach Lonnie doesn’t lose confidence Galloway leaves for Wake Forest FOOTBALL
BY TONY DOBIES SPORTS EDITOR
NEW YORK — West Virginia’s magic in March ended Wednesday night. The Mountaineers lost 67-61 to Marquette in the second round of the Big East Conference Tournament and were unable to defend their Big East title. “My bag was full. I thought I was going to be here until Saturday night,” said WVU forward John Flowers. “Things just didn’t go as expected.” After winning its last 11 games in the month of March dating back to last year’s regular season, the Mountaineers (20-11) gave up a nine-point lead early in the second half to the Golden Eagles (20-13), which eventually led to the upset. That ended any chance of them repeating as Big East Tournament champions.
“This sucks, that’s for sure,” said senior forward Cam Thoroughman. “We came up here and wanted to stay a few days. Now, we’re leaving in the morning.” For the first time under WVU head coach Bob Huggins, the Mountaineers failed to advance to the semifinals of the Big East Tournament. It’s also the first time WVU has lost in its first game under Huggins. It’s the third straight year that the Big East Tournament winner from the previous year lost its first-round game. The Mountaineers were champions last year. “This is the first time in my career we’ve been oneand-done,” said point guard Truck Bryant. “We just need to get back on track.” Now, West Virginia will wait until Sunday to find out where it will be headed in the NCAA Tournament. It is expected that the Mountain-
eers will fall no lower than a six-seed at this point. “It’s all about determination and will, and it seemed like they were more hungry,” Flowers said. “They simply wanted it more … that definitely surprises me.” After winning four of its last five games to end the regular season, WVU’s confidence was as high as it had been all season heading into the Big East Tournament. Three of those wins came against top 25 opponents – Notre Dame, Connecticut and Louisville. But, West Virginia was unable to corral that into Wednesday’s second half in which it shot just 22.2 percent after a blistering 58.3 percent in the first half. Despite all of that, the Mountaineers still feel they can make a run in the NCAA Tournament.
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WVU Students interested in running for Student Government Association positions can pick up application packets between March 7 and March 18. Packets are located inside the Student Organization Office in the Mountainlair. There is a $20 filing fee for President and Vice President and a $10 fee for BOG and Athletic Council. Packets are due in the Student Organization Office by 3pm on March 18.
West Virginia wide receivers coach Lonnie Galloway is leaving to take the same position at Wake Forest, WVU Athletic Director Oliver Luck confirmed to the Charleston Daily Mail Wednesday. Galloway Galloway was the lone offensive assistant coach that was kept by new offensive coordinator Dana Holgorsen for the 2011 season. Galloway came to West Virginia in 2008 for head coach Bill Stewart’s first year from Appalachian State. Holgorsen said a main rea-
son for keeping Galloway was that he was “highly recommended by people I trust.” He later said Luck was one of those who recommended Holgorsen keep Galloway on staff. According to www.WVIllustrated.com, multiple team sources told the website that Galloway informed players of his decision Wednesday morning, citing proximity to his home as a major reason for the decision to leave WVU. Holgorsen, who has authority to hire offensive assistants for WVU this season, will have to quickly make a decision on a new wide receivers coach if he is to be coaching spring ball. The Mountaineers open up spring practice March 22. — amd
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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.
Today OLD NAVY will be recruiting employees in the Mountainlair Commons from noon until 4 p.m. BROWNBAG LUNCH FILM & DISCUSSION SERIES will be showing “Slavery: a Global Investigation” at 11:30 a.m. in the Gluck Theatre in the Mountainlair. This event is free and open to the public and pizza will be provided on a first-come, first-serve basis. For more information, visit http://www.studentlife.wvu.edu/mpprograms.html#bblfds.
March 11 TOMCHIN PLANETARIUM will present “Heart of the Sun” at 7 p.m. and “Amazing Astronomers of Antiquity“ at 8 p.m. in Room 425 of Hodges Hall. Admission is free, but reservations are required and can be made by calling 304-293-3422, ext. 1443. Tomchin Observatory will be open at 7:30 p.m. for public viewing on the same night but requires no reservations.
Every Thursday CO-DEPENDENTS ANONYMOUS, a 12-step program to assist participants in developing healthier relationships of all kinds, meets at 7 p.m. in the conference room of Chestnut Ridge Hospital. For more information, call Mary at 304-296-3748. LUTHERAN DISASTER RESPONSE COLLEGIATE CORPS meets at the Lutheran Chapel at 8 p.m. The LDRCC responds to regional and national disasters. No experience is necessary. For more information, e-mail Stephanie at szinn1@mix.wvu.edu or visit www. lutheranmountaineer.org/disaster. MUSLIM STUDENTS ASSOCIATION hosts a weekly Islam and Arabic class at 6:30 p.m. in the Monongahela Room of the Mountainlair. For more information, contact Sohail Chaudhry at 304-906-8183 or schaudhr@mix. wvu.edu. THE MORGANTOWN CHESS CLUB meets from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. in the basement of the First Christian Church at 100 Cobun Ave. Meetings will not be held the last Thursday of every month. For more information, visit www.morgantownchess.org. CAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST holds its weekly CRU meetings at 9 p.m. in Room G24 of Eiesland Hall. People can join others for live music, skits and relevant messages. For more information, e-mail roy.baker@uscm. org or visit www.wvucru.com. UNITED METHODIST STUDENT MOVEMENT meets at 7 p.m. at the Campus Ministry Center on the corner of Price and Willey streets. For more information, e-mail wvumethodist@ comcast.net. WVU CLUB TENNIS practices from 9 p.m. to 10 p.m. at Ridgeview Racquet Club. For carpooling, call 304906-4427. New members are always welcome. THE WVU YOUNG DEMOCRATS meets at 7 p.m. in the Blackwater Room of the Mountainlair. For more information, e-mail kross3@mix.wvu. edu.
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WVU WOMEN’S ULTIMATE FRISBEE TEAM meets from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Shell Building. No experience is necessary. For more information, contact Sarah Lemanski at sarah_lemanski@yahoo.com. TRADITIONAL KARATE CLASS FOR SELF-DEFENSE meets at 9 p.m. in Multipurpose Room A of the Student Recreation Center. INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ORGANIZATION meets at 8 p.m. at the International House on Spruce Street. FREE ARABIC/ISLAM CLASSES is hosted by the Muslim Students’ Association from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Mountaineer Room of the Mountainlair. to register, e-mail schaudhr@mix.wvu.edu. BISEXUAL, GAY, LESBIAN AND TRANSGENDER MOUNTAINEERS meets at 8 p.m. in the Laurel Room of the Mountainlair. For more information, e-mail bigltm.wvu@gmail.com.
Continual WELLNESS PROGRAMS on topics such as nutrition, sexual health and healthy living are provided for interested student groups, organizations or classes by WELL WVU Student Wellness and Health Promotion. For more information, visit www.well. wvu.edu/wellness. WELL WVU STUDENT HEALTH is paid for by tuition and fees and is confidential. For appointments or more information, call 304-293-2311 or visit www.well.edu.wvu/medical. NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS meets nightly in the Morgantown and Fairmont areas. For more information, call the helpline at 800-766-4442 or visit www.mrscna.org. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS meets daily. To find a meeting, visit www. aawv.org. For those who need help urgently, call 304-291-7918. CARITAS HOUSE, a local nonprofit organization serving West Virginians with HIV/AIDS, needs donations of food and personal care items and volunteers to support all aspects of the organization’s activities. For more information, call 304-985-0021. CONFIDENTIAL COUNSELING SERVICES are provided for free by the Carruth Center for Psychological and Psychiatric Services. A walkin clinic is offered weekdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Services include educational, career, individual, couples and group counseling. Please visit www.well.wvu.edu to find out more information. SCOTT’S RUN SETTLEMENT HOUSE, a local outreach organization, needs volunteers for daily programs and special events. For more information or to volunteer, contact Adrienne Hines at vc_srsh@hotmail. com or 304-599-5020. WOMEN, INFANTS AND CHILDREN needs volunteers. WIC provides education, supplemental foods and immunizations for pregnant women and children under 5 years of age. This is an opportunity to earn volunteer hours for class requirements. For more information, contact Michelle Prudnick at 304-598-5180 or 304-598-5185. FREE RAPID HIV TESTING is available on the first Monday of every month from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Caritas House office located at 391 Scott Ave. Test results are available in 20 minutes and are confidential. To make an appointment, call 304293-4117. For more information, visit www.caritashouse.net. BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS, a
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United Way agency, is looking for volunteers to become Big Brothers and Big Sisters in its one-on-one community-based and school-based mentoring programs. To volunteer, contact Sylvia at 304-983-2823, ext. 104 or 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, email amy.keesee@mail.wvu.edu. THE CHEMISTRY LEARNING CENTER, located on the ground floor of the Chemistry Research Laboratories, is open Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Wednesday. THE M-TOWN MPOWERMENT PROJECT, a community-building program run by and geared toward young gay or bisexual men 18 to 29, is creating an environment in the Morgantown community where young men can feel empowered to make a difference in their lives. Mpowerment also focuses on HIV and STD prevention education. For more information, call 304-319-1803. THE MORGANTOWN FUN FACTORY, a nonprofit organization, is looking for volunteers to work at the Children’s Discovery Museum of West Virginia. For more information, go to www.thefunfactory.org or e-mail CDMofWV@gmail.com. CHRISTIAN HELP, a nonprofit that offers free resources to the less fortunate, is in need of volunteers to assist with its programs. For more information, call 304-296-0221.
HOROSCOPES BY JACQUELINE BIGAR BORN TODAY This year, you naturally choose the right words. Your popularity soars, as do your options. You are able to visualize ideas in a way that other people can’t. You need to be as clear as possible. You naturally attract others. If you are single, you could meet several interesting suitors. Consider the type of relationship you want when choosing the right person. If you are attached, the two of you often don’t agree. You might not completely understand each other’s concepts or the innuendoes. Respect your differences. GEMINI can push your buttons. ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19) HHHH Absorb as much information as possible about a certain situation. Realize another person might care more about one aspect of an issue. Expect a moderate amount of confusion or lack of agreement around this point. An unexpected hunch directs your attention. Tonight: Fun doesn’t have to cost.
CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22) HHHH Your direct approach could be clouded by a partner. He or she might not get it. Your creativity flourishes. Unexpected happenings and facts could create some chaos. A boss or partner points in the right direction. Tonight: Zero in on the immediate. LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22) HHH Put your best foot forward. You might not have everything you want, but is it worth the battle to get more? Someone from a distance could have more of an impact than you realize. Tonight: Getting a second wind. VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22) HHH Push comes to shove, and you might need take another look at certain decisions. Perhaps the premise was wrong or you need to revise your decisions. Read between the lines, and you will see where the difficulty lies. Tonight: In the limelight.
TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20) HHH Honor your strong feelings. A discussion or meeting proves to be not only mentally provocative but also quite on point. You feel the support of others yet move in your chosen direction. Listen and evaluate. Tonight: Curb overindulgence.
LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22) HHHHH Others deal with you directly and express what they feel. You may or may not agree with them, but there is a cloudiness or distortion in what you hear. A partnership could be provocative on one level but key to your wellbeing. Tonight: Plan a getaway in the near future.
GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20) HHH Maintain a low profile. Your perspective will increase as a result. You’ll quickly become a trained listener through this process. When confusion reigns, look past the immediate situation. Tonight: Nap, then decide.
SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21) HHH Continue to let people put their ideas out first. Though you want to express your concerns in your dramatic, caring style, stay chill. More comes forward that way. Consider everything you have heard late this afternoon. Make decisions accord-
ingly. Tonight: Out and about. SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21) HHHH Act as if a new twist in your life is about to occur. What you hope to accomplish might be attainable. A last-minute change of plans might not be avoidable and/or you might want to follow through on the new option. Tonight: Be a chameleon. Go off and be frivolous. C APRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19) HHHHH You have reason to change course and head in a new direction. If a risk is involved, you might want to slow down and make another decision. Something or someone you care about needs to be incorporated into your day’s plans. Tonight: Enjoying the moment. AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18) HHH You might wonder why certain issues keep reappearing, whether you are dealing with different people or a seemingly unconnected situation. Stay grounded, and perhaps do an analysis. It becomes clearer and clearer that the issue might be yours. Tonight: Paint the town red. PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20) HHHH Express yourself with the knowledge that you need to move in a new direction. What you feel or think could be slightly off or unrealistic. Count on trusted advisers who, more often than not, don’t have the same opinion as you. Tonight: Head home. BORN TODAY Prince Edward of England (1964), newspaper columnist Bob Greene (1947), actor Chuck Norris (1940)
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Big East Tournament Bracket NO. 12 Seton hall 70 no. 13 rutgers 63
3/8 | 2 p.m.
no. 13 rutgers 76
no. 5 st. john’s
3/9 | 2 p.m.
no. 5 st. john’s 65
3/10 | 2 p.m.
no. 4 syracuse
no. 9 connecticut 97
3/11 | 7 p.m.
no. 9 connecticut 79
3/8 | 12 p.m.
no. 16 depaul 71
no. 9 connecticut
3/9 | 12 p.m.
no.8 georgetown 62
3/10 | 12 p.m.
no. 1 pittsburgh
no. 10 villanova 69
BIG EAST CHAMPIONSHIP 3/12 | 9 p.m.
no. 15 south florida 61
3/8 | 7 p.m.
no. 15 south florida 70
no. 7 cincinnati
3/9 | 7 p.m.
no. 7 cincinnati 87
3/10 | 7 p.m.
no. 2 notre dame
no. 11 marquette 87
3/11 | 9 p.m.
no. 11 marquette 67
3/8 | 9 p.m.
no. 14 providence 66
no. 11 marquette
3/9 | 9 p.m.
no. 6 west virginia 61
3/10 | 9 p.m.
no. 3 louisville
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No. 2 seed Notre Dame Record: 25-5, 14-4 RPI: 10 SOS: 29 Overview: Despite the loss of star Luke Harangody to graduation, the Irish have been an even more potent offensive attack behind Big East Player of the Year guard Ben Hansbrough. ND ended the regular season with wins over Villanova and Connecticut to end a two-round bye in the Big East Tournament. If Notre Dame hits shots at Madison Square Garden, it could be the favorite to win. Coach: Mike Brey (11th year, 236-118) Best player: First-team all-Big East guard Hansbrough (18.5 ppg) is one of the Big East’s best outside shooters – and allaround players. The two-guard has done well at the point this
year. Keep an eye on: Forward Tim Abromaitis (15.2 ppg) has been a big part of the team’s success outside of Hansbrough. He had four 20-point games in the last six games of the season. Defining stat: The Irish are one of the hottest teams in the country, as they have won 11 of their last 12 games. The lone loss was at West Virginia on Feb. 19. — Compiled by Tony Dobies
per game, both league-bests. — Compiled by Brian Kuppelweiser
No. 4 seed Syracuse Record: 25-6, 12-6 RPI: 15 SOS: 21 Overview: Syracuse endured a tough start early in its Big East schedule, No. 3 seed Louisville as the Orange endured a stretch Record: 23-8 (12-6, Big East) in which it lost six of eight RPI: 20 games, including a 90-68 loss to SOS: 22 Seton Hall. But SU has found its Overstride in time for the postseason view: The as it enters the Big East TournaCardiment on a five-game winning nals have streak. been a Coach: Jim Boeheim (34th year, top-15 854-299) team all Best player: Senior forward season, Rick Jackson has an advantage and they have scored wins over in both size and skill over every tough conference opponents other big man in the Big East, such as Pittsburgh and Conand it has shown this season. necticut. Louisville closed the Jackson is the only player in the season by winning five of its league averaging a double-doulast six. ble. He enters the tournament Coach: Rick Pitino (10th year, averaging 13.1 points and 10.7 243-93) rebounds. Best player: Guard Peyton Siva Keep an eye on: Junior guard (9.9 PPG) is the Cardinals’ best Scoop Jardine enters the Big player almost by default. Siva East Tournament third on the is a heady point guard who has team in scoring, but has gotthe ability to drive the lane to ten hot at the right time for the score points. Orange. Jardine is averaged 17 Keep an eye on: Guard Kyle points and seven assists in SU’s Kuric may be the player the Car- last three games of the regular dinals need to make a deep run season. into the Big East Tournament. Defining stat: If a game comes The junior has big play abildown to free throws, the Ority along with a sweet stroke ange may be in trouble. They from beyond the arc, as witare shooting just 66 percent nessed by his 44.6 three-point from the foul line, which ranks percentage. them last in the Big East and Defining Stat: Louisville will 271st in the country. Five of the rely on its ball-hawking, mulOrange’s six losses have been by tiple press defense to pick up less than 10 points. Seven of the points in transition. The Carditeam’s 26 wins have come by nals are forcing opponents into less than six points. 16.4 turnovers and 9.5 steals — Compiled by Brian Gawthrop
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No. 1 seed Pittsburgh Record: 27-4, 15-3 RPI: 6 SOS: 27 Overview: The Panthers have been in the top 10 the entire regular season and finished at the top of the Big East Conference for the first time since 2003-04. In conference play, Pitt has victories over many of the top teams. If the Panthers win the Big East Tournament, it’s likely they will earn a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. They will only have to play three games to win the conference tournament. Coach: Jamie Dixon (eighth year, 215-57) Best player: First-team all-Big East guard Ashton Gibbs (16.4 ppg) is one of the conference’s best outside shooters. Keep an eye on: Center Gary McGhee (7.1 ppg) might not be the most athletic, or offensively skilled, big man in the Big East, but he’s the Panthers’ biggest inside presence. Defining stat: Pitt is one of the best defensive rebounding teams in the nation. The Panthers grab an average of 40.3 rebounds per game, which is seventh-best in the nation. — Compiled by Tony Dobies
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St. John’s holds off Rutgers NEW YORK (AP) — Madison Square Garden has been a special court for St. John’s in its return to national prominence. The latest win there for the Red Storm – 65-63 over Rutgers in the second round of the Big East tournament on Wednesday – was achieving legendary status within minutes of the game ending. It wasn’t great plays by St. John’s that will make this a memorable game. Rather it was two turnovers that weren’t called and this wasn’t just the losing team complaining about a tough loss. Big East commissioner John Marinatto issued a statement about 40 minutes after the game ended admitting there were two errors made by the veteran officiating crew. A wild last minute that had two lead changes, two turnovers that were called, the two that weren’t and two missed free throws finished with Justin Brownlee of St. John’s taking a couple of extra steps, stepping out of bounds and throwing the ball into the stands while the final 1.7 seconds ticked off the clock. “The Big East Conference acknowledges that two separate officiating errors occurred at the conclusion of the St. John’s vs. Rutgers game,” he said, referring to the travel and stepping out of bounds. “Both missed violations should have caused the game clock to stop and a change of possession to occur prior to the end of the game. Neither error is
reviewable or correctable under NCAA rules.” The result will stand. Rutgers (15-17) puts the balls away now, the first season under coach Mike Rice in the books with the questionable ending. “Was there a mistake made? I saw it on YouTube. There was a mistake made,” he said of the veteran officiating crew of Jim Burr, Tim Higgins and Earl Walton. “I’m sure they’ll admit it. I made several mistakes, my players made several mistakes. I’m sure our staff made several mistakes. “It has to be a mistake. It’s got to be. I just saw it on YouTube. ... It’s unfortunate. Believe me, there’s going to be blood coming through my tongue right now, but it is what it is. We’re going to control how we respond.” Brownlee was able to let out the loudest sigh of relief. “I just let my emotions get to me. I was just trying to throw it up so the time would expire,” he said. “Unfortunately I threw it too early. Fortunately time did expire and we came up with the win.” Brownlee was asked if he did step out of bounds in front of the scorer’s table. “A couple of people said I did but I didn’t realize I was out of bounds,” he said. “But fortunately it doesn’t matter now. I thought time had expired. It was so loud and stuff so I just threw it.” There were over 38 minutes of basketball played before the wild ending and even though
it wasn’t the kind of game that called for instant classic status, it was exciting. Dwight Hardy had 17 points for the Red Storm (21-10), who improved to 8-1 on the Garden court this season and moved into the quarterfinals Thursday against fourth-seeded and 11thranked Syracuse (25-6). James Beatty had 15 points for the Scarlet Knights (15-17), who advanced to the second round with an overtime win over Seton Hall on Tuesday. D.J. Kennedy was fouled with 4.9 seconds left and made the second of two to give St. John’s the 65-63 lead. Rutgers still had one chance but a long pass just inside midcourt was knocked away and no foul was called. Brownlee picked up the loose ball, appeared to take a couple of steps then stepped out of bounds before throwing the ball into the stands with time still left on the clock. Rice ran around looking for an official to give him an explanation but they had walked off the court and the Red Storm had another big win at the Garden. “The players in the locker room were discussing it a little bit, and some of the staff,” Lavin said. “I couldn’t see. ... It was all really chaotic.” Sean Evans had 13 points and nine rebounds for St. John’s but the 55 percent free throw shooter came up big on the line, making both ends of a 1-and-1 with 17.7 seconds left that gave the Red Storm a 64-61 lead.
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Divers ready for NCAA Championships Tennis snaps losing streak with victory BY ETHAN ROHRBAUGH SPORTS WRIRTER
West Virginia junior Matt O’Neill and freshman Richard Pokorny will represent the Mountaineers’ swimming and diving team at the 2011 NCAA Zone A diving meet this weekend in Annapolis, Md. O’Neill, a Lyndhurst, Ohio, native, finished seventh in the one-meter and three-meter dives at the Big East Conference Diving Championships on Feb. 11 to Feb. 12. Diving coach Michael Grapner said O’Neill had set a high
standard for himself throughout the season and competed well at the conference championships. Pokorny, an East Concord, N.Y., native, placed 18th overall in the one-meter dive and qualified for the consolation finals of the three-meter dive, placing 14th overall in the event, at Big East Championships. Grapner said that he was pleased with Pokorny’s performance, adding the meet was a great learning experience for the freshman. There are 45 men regis-
tered to take part in the Zone A meet this weekend, with the top-four finishers going on to the NCAA Diving Championships. “Matt has a great opportunity to do very well,” Grapner said. “He has a goal in mind to dive as well as and better than he did at the Big East Championships.” O’Neill’s key to success this weekend, according to Grapner, is to “stay focused and make sure to hit every dive.” Grapner said that the Zone A meet presents another opportunity for Pokorny to learn
and grow as a young diver. “I am confident he will be consistent through both events,” Grapner said. “He has been training very hard since the Big East meet, and he, too, must stay focused and just dive and have fun.” The NCAA Championship meet will be held in Minneapolis, Minn., March 24 to March 26. “This will be a difficult fight for a spot,” Grapner said. “Both divers will have to perform at the top of their game.” ethan.rohrbaugh@mail.wvu.edu
Cincinnati takes down South Florida, 87-61 NEW YORK (AP) – Yancy Gates was nearly perfect from the field, scoring a career-high 25 points and leading 25thranked Cincinnati to an 8761 rout of upstart South Florida in the Big East tournament Wednesday night. Gates was 10 of 11 from the field for the seventh-seeded Bearcats, who will play No. 2 seed Notre Dame in the quarterfinals Thursday night. His only miss came with 8:35 left in the game. Dion Dixon added 21 points and Sean Kilpatrick had 12 for Cincinnati (25-7), which has won six of its last seven, matching the school’s biggest win total since the 2004-05 season. That was the last time Bob Huggins was roaming the sidelines, and also the last time the Bearcats made the NCAA tournament. They sure won’t have ap to sweat out Selection Sunday, Cincinnati’s Yancy Gates dunks the ball during the second half of a second-round game instead playing this week for in the Big East tournament. seeding — and just maybe their first Big East tournament title. putback for the Bearcats, though, never letting the lead slip fewer Augustus Gilchrist scored 16 and Dixon added a pair of deep than 13 points while spending points and Shaun Noriega had 3-pointers that extended their most of the half trying to push it 12 for No. 15 seed South Florida lead back to double digits. over 20. (10-23), which beat Villanova on Dixon added another basket They finally did in the closing a last-second basket in the openright out of halftime, and Cincin- minutes. ing round of the tournament. nati methodically built its advanMick Cronin spent that time Any hopes of making it two tage to 54-35 with 11:54 remain- on the edge of the bench, revelstraight were gone early. ing in the game. The Bearcats ing in a victory that may finally Cincinnati led 24-22 with 4:05 relied on the nation’s fourthhave proven that his program is left in the opening half, thanks best scoring defense to hold off back among the nation’s elite. largely to Noriega’s outside South Florida the rest of the way, Cincinnati was in tatters when shooting. Kilpatrick scored on a
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“This doesn’t change anything,” Thoroughman said. “Now, we know we have to come out and practice hard every day, and we can’t take plays off during the game. “I’m still very confident in our team.” WVU didn’t lose in March last year, making this situation different for a bulk of the players. The last time the Mountaineers lost in the Big East
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Continued from page 5 a 14-1 run that gave it a 36-29 lead heading into the locker rooms. WVU would open the second half with a fast bucket by Flowers, but the excitement was short-lived as the dynamic of the game drastically changed. Just as they had most of the night, the Golden Eagles pinpointed their offensive attack at Flowers, and it paid off again. Flowers was whistled for
he arrived, but Cronin has won more games each successive season and is now finally heading to the NCAA tournament. But he still hasn’t been embraced by some fans who believe Huggins never should have been forced out, and the Bearcats have struggled to sell tickets back home despite their winning ways. Maybe a deep run in March will change all of that. It would certainly help if Gates, a Cincinnati native, manages to perform like he did against South Florida every time he steps onto the court. The junior forward made his first seven field goals, showing a deft touch around the rim against the smaller Bulls. Several times, he got loose for jams – which certainly helped his shooting percentage – and he also managed to go 5 for 8 from the free-throw line. His previous career high was 23 points against DePaul last season, and he matched that on a basket with about 5 minutes left. As if for emphasis, Gates followed up by slamming down another dunk moments later. He checked out of the game with 3:30 remaining to a round of applause from the Cincinnati cheering section and a series of high-fives from his coaching staff and teammates. Then he sat smiling with Cronin the rest of the way.
Tournament, they turned around and were upset in the first round of the NCAA Tournament in 2009 to Dayton. West Virginia, which has six seniors and four who were on that team, doesn’t want the same result as that year. “We need to make sure that we’re ready to go, and we put this behind us,” Thoroughman said. “We have to come out with more energy.” Thoroughman said that he saw a lack of intensity in practices following the
Mountaineers’ 72-70 victory over Louisville to end the regular season. “I’m not blaming anyone, but I think that would’ve helped,” he said. “We just need to have better ones.” Forward Kevin Jones said the team must come with more intensity in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament. It must also get more stops on defense, execute better and play more cohesively as a team. “We’ve just got to regroup,” he said. “This isn’t a break that we want, but we
have to figure something out, because this can’t continue. We want to go out the right way, and the way that we’re headed, it’s not going to happen.” The team will have more than a week to regroup before it plays in the NCAA Tournament. “By the time we play our next game, this will definitely be out of our system,” Thoroughman said. “We’ll have time to rest, and we’ll have a lot of days to prepare.”
his third foul of the game under three minutes into the second half of play. “We looked like a whole different team out there, especially on the glass,” Jones said. Marquette took advantage of the Mountaineer defense almost immediately and was able to take their first lead of the second half. Guard Junior Cadougan, who tied with Jones for a game-high 15 points, was the driving force behind the momentum shift, as he hit two acrobatic layups in the paint. “They just wanted it more
in the second half, and they started to control the tempo of the game with their offense,” Bryant said. ”Basketball is a game of runs, and they made their runs.” Action in the second half began to even out when the Mountaineers switched to a 1-3-1 zone, but WVU went ice cold from the field with just six second half field goals. Despite struggling to find open looks in the zone, Marquette made just enough shots to give them a fivepoint lead with 31 seconds remaining.
After two free throws by Bryant, WVU had a chance to tie the game when Bryant stole the inbounds pass. Instead of holding for the last shot of the game, Bryant forced a tough layup, which was then rebounded by the Golden Eagles to close out the contest. “I was just caught up in the moment when I got the steal,” Bryant said. “My first reaction was to look at the time, and then I drove to the basket to score a goal and get the foul.”
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The West Virginia tennis team snapped its two-match losing streak after defeating Duquesne 5-2 on Wednesday. “We didn’t play great today, but still got the win,” said head coach Tina Samara. “That is just our hard work finally paying off for us. We’ve been working hard all season, and it’s really starting to show.” The Mountaineers, which improved to 3-7 on the season, opened the day with a loss in the first doubles match but bounced back and captured the next two, securing the doubles point over the Dukes. Sophomore Liv Pettersson and junior Veronica Cardenas took the second doubles match, 8-4, before freshman Melis Tanik and senior Ashley Pilsbury also won the final doubles match, 8-4. WVU’s No. 1 and No. 2 singles players, Tanik and sophomore Emily Mathis lost the first two singles matches of the day before the Mountaineers swept the four remaining matches. No. 3 singles player, freshman Mary Chupa, won her match 4-6, 6-1, 6-4, while No. 4
singles player, Cardenas, won the final two sets 6-4, 7-5, after falling behind 0-6 in the first. Pilsbury and Pettersson won the No. 5 and No. 6 matches in two sets. Pilsbury won 7-5, 6-4, and Pettersson won 6-2, 6-4. The Mountaineers will look to capitalize on the momentum from the win and turn it into a few more this weekend in their three matches. WVU will host Cincinnati on Friday at 10 a.m. before dueling with Providence at 7:30 p.m. in a Big East Conference double-header. “We have a lot of tennis to play this weekend,” Samara said. “We came out with more intensity and need that for this weekend. “I’ve played in double-headers. Other sports do it too, so I’m not too worried about fatigue. We’re in good shape, and I think we will be fine as far as energy is concerned.” The Mountaineers will then take on Army on Sunday in Morgantown. “We have a busy weekend ahead, but we are prepared for this,” she said. “We’re coming off of a win and hope to keep it going.” derek.denneny@mail.wvu.edu
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Connecticut’s Kemba Walker, left, and Georgetown’s Hollis Thompson chase a loose ball during the second half of Wednesday’s Big East Tournament game. NEW YORK (AP) — Kemba Walker keeps getting slighted by his Big East brethren – and he keeps making everybody he faces pay for it. Walker scored 28 points in another stellar performance Wednesday, leading the 21stranked Huskies past No. 22 Georgetown 79-62 and into the conference tournament quarterfinals. Many consider Walker a favorite for national player of the year honors, yet he wasn’t even a unanimous first team All-Big East selection – at least one opposing coach left him off his ballot. And when the conference announced its player of the year Tuesday, it was Notre Dame star Ben Hansbrough who stepped up to the microphone and accepted the award. “I think someone took a vacation and didn’t tell us and has been gone five months. That’s one theory of mine,” replied UConn coach Jim Calhoun, when asked how Walker could be overlooked among the five best players in the league. “Whether we have a player of the year or not,” Calhoun continued, “I think he’s the best player in the country, and that should be more important.” UConn had been struggling coming into New York City, losing four of its last five regularseason games. But with Walker putting together two masterful performances and the Huskies getting some inspired inside play for the first time in weeks, they appear capable of becoming the first team to reach championship Saturday after starting off on Tuesday. Walker had 26 points, seven rebounds and five assists in their opener against DePaul. He only had 11 points at halftime Wednesday, but dominated the final 20 minutes, eclipsing Richard Hamilton for fourth on the school’s single-season scoring list in the process. The league’s second-leading scorer has 748 points this season – with at least a couple games still to go. “We’re coming to play it all,” said Walker, who also had six rebounds and three assists against Georgetown. “Right now we’re in a great situation. Pittsburgh beat us at Pittsburgh, and we want to redeem ourselves, so we’re not going to let no fatigue beat us.” Yes, the Huskies get topseeded Pitt next.
The last three times the two teams met in the Big East tournament, they were playing for the conference championship -- including 2004, the last time the Huskies won the title. “I would hope after these two wins and coming in we have a little momentum going, and we know who we’re facing,” Calhoun said. “We have a great opportunity to beat a terrific, terrific basketball team in Madison Square Garden. What’s better than that?” Jason Clark had 23 points and Austin Freeman scored 20 to lead the Hoyas (21-10), but the backcourt duo combined to go 2 for 13 from beyond the 3-point arc. They also got virtually no production from Julian Vaughn in the post. He was scoreless in 12 minutes. “We’re still a confident team,” Freeman said. “We just need to get back on track.” It would help if the Hoyas get Chris Wright back for the NCAA tournament. The senior guard spent another afternoon on the bench dressed in a suit, with a brace on his broken left hand. He was hurt Feb. 23 at Cincinnati, and coach John Thompson III has been hoping that Wright will be available for the rest of the postseason. “We miss Chris, absolutely, 100 percent, both ends of the court, in every way,” Thompson said. “The group that’s playing now, that played to today, has to be better.” The teams were tied 15-all midway through the first half, before Roscoe Smith scored his only basket to start a 22-7 spurt for UConn. By the time Jeremy Lamb hit a 3-pointer with 3:36 left, the Huskies had pulled ahead 37-22. The biggest problem for Georgetown in the first half was the inside play of Alex Oriakhi and Charles Okwandu, who gave the Huskies a big advantage on the glass. It didn’t hurt that Walker was his usual dazzling self. He got Georgetown into early foul trouble with his dribble penetration and slick ball handling, while also making things happen on defense. He blocked a shot late in the first half, gathered in the rebound and went the length of the floor for a layup and a foul. “He has a lot of weapons,” Clark said. “I mean, you can’t guard him one-on-one. You have to have help from everybody else on the team and try to get the ball out of his hands.”
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WVU in running for movie premiere by david ryan A&E editor
As West Virginia University clings to the top of MTV’s Best College Town online poll, the University is barely in the top 150 to win a red carpet movie premiere. Eventful.com is giving one college town the chance to win a premiere of the new historical comedy “Your Highness” starring Danny McBride, Natalie Portman and James Franco. In addition, the winning university will host an afterparty, attended by McBride and Franco and director David Gordon Green. Christopher Lehman, director of communications for Eventful, said the competition is the first time a red carpet movie premiere has been at a college.
“We’re putting the college students in charge of influencing who gets to see it and bring it to their school,” he said. The website is working with Universal Pictures, distributor of the film, for the competition. As of press time, WVU currently ranks 146 out of more than 1000 competing colleges. The deadline for voting is March 20. “The list of schools is impressive,” he said. “The number of people demanding is impressive. There’s been as much interest in this as we’ve ever done before.” Kiley Freshwater, senior human nutrition and foods major, has created a group on Facebook for that very cause: “Bring the world premiere of ‘YOUR HIGHNESS’ to WVU!!!!’” A fan of Franco and Mc-
TO VOTE FOR WVU To vote for West Virginia University, visit http:// eventful.com/yourhighness and select ‘West Virginia’ and ‘West Virginia University’ from the drop-down menu. An e-mail address is required for registration. Bride, she is hoping WVU wins the competition to bring a red carpet premiere to Morgantown. Winning would “give recognition to our University,” Freshwater said. “It takes two seconds to vote online. Plus, it’s from the director of ‘Pineapple Express,’ so it’s bound to be hilarious.” Freshwater noted WVU’s
Alpha Kappa Alpha hosts date auction to fund scholarships Sorority will also hold lip-syncing contest by mackenzie mays associate a&e editor
The West Virginia University chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha is hosting its annual Date Auction in the Mountainlair Ballrooms Friday to help raise money for student scholarships. The sorority is “the oldest Greek-lettered organization established by African-American college-educated women,” according to the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Incorporated website. The auction will offer the public a chance to bid on “the best bachelors and bachelorettes at WVU,” while at the same time provide further educational opportunities for three undergraduate students, according to Latoya Vineyard, graduate adviser for Alpha Kappa Alpha. The money raised at the event will go directly to the sorority’s annual “Man of the Year” program, a pageant for male WVU students which will offer its first, second and third place winners
scholarships, based upon how much money is raised by the organization. “Though we are a predominantly African-American sorority, we’ve grown in expanding the diversity of our events,” Vineyard said. “The pageant, in addition to our other events, is open to contestants of all ethnicities – everyone can use a scholarship.” This desire to give back to the student body is something Vineyard said Alpha Kappa Alpha is most dedicated to and takes most pride in. “We strive to live by our motto, ‘Being supreme in service to all mankind,’” Vineyard said. “We put special emphasis on helping everyone around us, performing community service and giving back to the WVU campus.” Upon admission, attendees will receive “AKA Bucks” worth $200 to spend on bidding. 100 “AKA Bucks” will be sold for $1 throughout the event for additional bidding. “Bids have gone for as much as 30 to 40 real dollars in the past – that’s a lot of ‘AKA Bucks,’” Vineyard said. Those who participate in the
auction to be bid on will receive a free dinner with his or her bidder. A lip-syncing competition will also be held at the event. Contestants can perform solo or in groups up to four members and will be judged on categories such as originality, knowledge of lyrics, accurate deliverance and crowd participation. Contest winners will receive a free dinner from the restaurant of their choice and a cash prize of $50. “You don’t necessarily need talent for a contest like this. You need to be outgoing with personality and work well with a crowd,” Vineyard said. The deadline to sign up for the lip-syncing portion of the event is today. There will also be 50/50 raffle featuring a variety of prizes donated by local businesses. “Everyone always comes out and has a great time. It’s all in good fun, and it’s a chance for everyone to work towards a good cause,” Vineyard said. For more information, contact AKA president Chantel Perry at 304-906-9545. mackenzie.mays@mail.wvu.edu
‘Winter’s Bone’ a cold, tense thriller JESSE TABIT A&E WRITER
A Masterpiece. “Winter’s Bone” is not only one of the year’s best films, but the drama-thriller is so involving that you might forget it’s merely a movie. “Winter’s Bone” took the 2011 Academy Awards by storm, earning four nominations including Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor (John Hawkes), Best Actress (Jennifer Lawrence) and Best Adapted Screenplay. The plot follows Ree Dolly (Lawrence, the upcoming “XMen: First Class”), a toughas-nails teenager living in a backwoods, dirt-poor area in the Ozark Mountains as she searches for her missing father Jessup. Because he was arrested and assigned a court date, Ree has a week to find her meth-making father who put his house up for bail. The girl’s estranged uncle, Teardrop (John Hawkes, “American Gangster”), is initially against supporting the girl in her mission to save her home, but then agrees to help her discover the truth. Ree is informed that if Jessup doesn’t appear at his court date, the house will be taken away and the family will be homeless. Ree, a fearless, independent young woman, is the only family member who can get the job done – her mother is incapacitated, and her siblings are merely children. Ree’s journey is compelling and intriguing and unlike any mystery seen on film, features a unique setting and brooding atmosphere. Filmmaker Debra Granik scripted and directed the film, and her goal of transporting the
Jennifer Lawrence (Ree Dolly) stars in ‘Winter’s Bone.’ audience to a place not commonly explored in film, has been accomplished and more. The tone is bleak and, at times, painfully realistic as Ree falls deeper and deeper into a seedy underworld full of drugs and murder. The movie is not for the squeamish, as visceral violence and intensity are integral keys in making the story work. Lawrence’s character is an excellent heroine and a shining light in a world filled with cruelty and darkness. Symbolism is found throughout, showcasing themes of fa-
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Rapper, performer A Breezy defies doubters to become Morgantown’s next big name by alex mcpherson a&e writer
Rapper, writer, performer. Also a charming girl from the one-stoplight town of Franklin, W.Va. These two concepts may not seem well-suited, but, for Morgantown artist A Breezy, they’re as natural as Georgia peaches. On one fateful day in Charlottesville, Va., Allison Brown was visiting a producer friend at his studio. On the fly, she made up a verse about the city and rapped it out to him. He stopped dead in his tracks. “At first, I thought I’d offended him,” Brown said. “But then he said it was absolutely awesome.” With no training and minimal guidance, Brown started her rap career and has been working to build it ever since. A major step forward was connecting with Eric Jordan and Soundvizion Recordingz. Through the wonders of Facebook and mutual friend, rapper 6’6 240, she started a dialogue that developed into Jordan becoming her manager. “She’s the next big thing,” Jordan said. “The girl next door who can really spit. You don’t get to feel A Breezy until you’ve seen her.” Teamed with Jordan, Brown recorded her album titled“The Spaceship Project” and has performed in a number of venues around Morgantown. It was at one such performance, her album release party last spring, that Stephanie Blanton, junior athletic training major, first saw A Breezy live. “People are intrigued by the fact that this West Virginia girl is rapping,” Blanton said. “But you don’t hear about many women who rap and are actually good at it. You can tell she puts all of her heart and soul into it.” Passion is the name of the game, as Brown is constantly proving herself to claim her place in the rap game.
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FOR MORE INFORMATION ‘Like’ A Breezy on Facebook by visiting www.facebook. com/1abreezy. To watch official videos and see A Breezy perform visit www.youtube. com/user/digitalmasterz. more work to do to get her name out there,” Jordan said. “She’s known more statewide than in Morgantown. I don’t think we’ve even scratched the surface on that. We have a little buzz, but we have a long way to go.” No matter the lengths, Brown is ready to go the distance to see herself as A Breezy and become a star. “I’m going to work as hard as I can. I’m going to go where this takes me, and I plan on continuing to live the dream.” alex.mcpherson@mail.wvu.edu
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‘Mad Love’ doesn’t have much to love james carbone campus calendar editor
CBS Sitcoms have been running short lately. Shows like “How I Met Your Mother,” “New Adventures of Old Christine” and “Big Bang Theory” are popular all over the board and even though it was a rerun and the star of the show was fired, “Two and a Half Men” dominated its time slot this week. For the most part, these are well done and interesting shows. The same can’t be said for the network’s latest spring show, “Mad Love.” “Mad Love” focuses on the start of a romance between Kate (Sarah Chalke) and Ben (Jason Biggs), two young New Yorkers who appear to be head over heels for one another. The biggest hurdle in their newfound relationship are their best friends, Connie (Judy Greer) and Larry (Tyler Labine), who have such venomous hate for one another that it makes things difficult for Kate and Ben. The show makes viewers wonder, “Did we need another romantic sitcom?” The honest answer is no, not really, and definitely not one of this quality. That isn’t to belittle the cast, they all have great performances. The romance between Chalke and Biggs seems real, and their ability to bring the proper emotion for the situation makes me wonder why
they don’t get more work. Greer and Labine sell the point that they hate each other and do their best with the various one-liners they’re given. This isn’t that surprising, given that most of the cast has experience in sitcoms, but, considering the stars, they could have picked a better project. The main problem with the show is that it’s poorly written and relies on old cliches. In one episode, the best friends come along on the first date and hijinks ensue, and, on another, Kate and Connie temporarily end their friendship over a small fight. These are waters that were long ago fished dry, and it would be forgivable if they did something new with these ideas, but, it seems like they’re just recycling old “Friends” and “Cheers” scripts. It is a shame that acting talent is wasted on such mediocre scripts. Yet, this show still has so much potential. Maybe it is still trying to find its footing, or maybe the writers were really drunk for the first few episodes, but shows like “Parks and Recreation” didn’t find their footing until their second season, and, the same might be said for “Mad Love.” So while I wouldn’t turn it on my TV right now, if season two ever happens, I’d be willing to give it a second chance. Tyler Labine deserves a show that makes it.
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5 BEDROOM HOUSE in South Park across from Walnut Street Bridge. W/D. Available may 15th call Nicole at 304-290-8972 150 WELLEN AVE. 1BR. W/D. Utilities included. $600/mo. lease and deposit. 304-290-6951 or 304-599-8303. 150 WELLEN AVE. 2-3/BR. W/D. D/W. Utilities included. $800/mo. lease and deposit. 304-290-6951 or 304-599-8303. 900 STEWART ST. AVAILABLE MAY 15 2-3 bedroom. Includes water and trash, pets with deposit, $350 p/p. www.morgantownapts.com, 304-615-6071. 1-2-3/BR APT AVAILABLE APRIL. PET friendly, most include gas/trash & WD. Most in Sunnyside. PR-7;304-879-5059 or 304 680-2011. 1-2-3/BR APTS. AVAILABLE IN MAY. Gilmore St. Apartments. Open floor plans, large kitchens, large decks, A/C, W/D. Off-street parking. Pet Friendly. Off Univ. Ave near top 8th. Text or call: 304-767-0765. 1/BR-1/BA, $600/MO +electric/cable. Available June 1st. Internet ready all rooms. Near hospitals/stadium. WD, Parking. Pets negotiable. (304)610-1791. 1BR & 2BR Available May. 328 & 332 Stewart Street. $475-$650/month. Utilities included. Parking, no pets, washer/dryer. 304-288-6374 or 304-594-3365 1-3 BR APTS AND HOUSES. SOME include utilities and allow pets! Call Pearand Corporation 304-292-7171. Shawn D. Kelly Broker 74 Kingwood St. 2/BR APARTMENT FOR RENT. 500 EAST Prospect. Available now. $300/month per person + utilities. NO PETS. 692-7587. 2/BR APT. $375/MO/PERSON, UTILITIES INCLUDED. W/D, Pets w/fee Located on Dorsey Avenue. Available 05/15. One year lease + deposit. 304-482-7556. 2BR 2FULL BATH NEXT STADIUM AT 910 Don Nehlen Dr. (above the Varsity Club). DW/WD, microwave, Oak cabinets, ceramic/ww carpet, 24hr maintenance, CAC, off-street parking. $395/person +utilities. Close to hospitals. Some pets/conditional. For appt. call 599-0200
Thursday March 10, 2011
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THE DAILY ATHENAEUM
Thursday March 10, 2011
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Senior multidisciplinary studies major Kasey Hull spices up an old floral top by pairing a coral leather bag with teal suede boots and skinny jeans.
With spring around the corner, spice up winter wardrobe megan puglisi a&e writer
Designers will indulge in new color palettes and soft tones this spring. A quick glance at the collections to come was all it took for me to begin feeling warm again. While some dress in practical neutrals, providing a safety net for their cautious lifestyles, others break away from the everyday dullness and bask in vibrant colors. Senior multidisciplinary studies major Kasey Hull is one of these inspiring fashionistas. Hull was spotted outside
the library wearing a brightly colored floral top, a rose coral leather bag, dark skinny jeans and teal-colored suede boots, placing her on the right path toward fashionable warm months ahead. “I will admit that during the winter months, I tend to dress less fashionably just because it’s more difficult to wake up and feel motivated for the challenging hike to class, let alone getting dolled up for it,” Hull said. “This morning, however, I looked outside and saw how gorgeous it was, and I was actually excited to get dressed and take advantage of my stroll to campus.” When the winter weather lets up, people often feel pressured to spend boatloads of cash on a new and improved wardrobe the minute a temperature change occurs. However, this spring, it’s all about keeping your wardrobe in tact and purchasing items that complement what is already owned. Let your favorite dress from last year be your favorite dress again this year by looking for bright accents, wedged heels and accessories. Pair a bold color with a basic piece to freshen your look to create practicality and fun. Hull has taken her floral top she purchased last year and recreated its overall look by adding a bag, which accents the floral colors, and teal boots, which dress up the entire ensemble. “Rather than going through my closet and throwing everything out from last year, I try to scope through and pick out the items that I can easily transform into a new and refreshing look,” Hull said. Floral prints will be the trend of the season this spring, as well as the coming summer, so make sure that if you’re a fan of this look to get out there and purchase your fashionable floral prints. Jackets, tops, shorts, leg wear and even shoes will be occupied by this rapidly spreading trend that can be worn both casually and to fancier occasions. Even on the cloudiest days, your floral prints and vibrant color choices can serve as a splash of sunshine to everyone around you. megan.puglisi@mail.wvu.edu