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SGA FINAL DEBATE

Transportation Dept. utilizes new website by lydia nuzum staff writer

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Students fill the Mountainlair food court for the final Student Government Association debate Monday night. Candidates took turns sharing their platforms and answering questions before the potential presidents and vice presidents took part in a debate.

Providing parking conveniently online is a new step the West Virginia University Department of Transportation and Parking has taken for students.

Transportation and Parking has begun implementing a new parking software system, starting April 21, to help increase its convenience for students.

Eric Rosie, assistant director for the Office of Transportation and Parking, said the software would run a more enhanced version of the previous site, which controls enforcement and allows users to pay citations online.

The website will also have a new feature, which will allow students to purchase parking permits electronically, Rosie said.

“We’re really focused on customer service as a part of our office’s mission,” he said.

The parking office is hoping to install other features to the site, Rosie said. This would include photo images of cars and citations belonging to a student, as well as the ability to appeal parking citations online.

“We are just trying to fully automate it and make things

as convenient as possible for students,” Rosie said.

The parking office’s current site will become inactive effective April 13.

Students wishing to pay outstanding citations will be asked to visit the WVU Parking Office.

The new version of the site will open on April 21, and students will be able to access it directly from MIX. “It’s all about improving the service level of the parking office,“ said Randy Hudak, interim associate vice president for Facilities and Services at WVU. Hudak said the new services will not affect jobs with the parking office, but are another step toward working with students and faculty.

“It’s a starting point to make straightforward transactions simpler,” Hudak said.

The feature will allow students, faculty and staff to purchase permits online, Hudak said.

Faculty would be allowed to purchase both yearlong and academic year parking passes, which would last nine months, he said.

“The whole thing adds some consistency to the system,” Hudak said. lydia.nuzum@mail.wvu.edu

Stricter restraints placed on financial aid requirements Fusion, Pirate parties agree on key issues Mallory Bracken/THE DAILY ATHENAEUM

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Presidential candidate for the Pirate Party, Daniel Brummage, participates in the debate Vice Presidential candidate for the Fusion Party, Megan Callaghan, participates in the Monday night in the Mountainlair food court. debate Monday night in the Mountainlair food court.

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By Charles young Staff Writer

Candidates running for positions in West Virginia University’s Student Government Association answered questions about how to best serve the students during a debate Monday night in the Mountainlair.

The debate, which came on the eve of the first day of voting featured presidential and vice presidential candidates from the Fusion Party and the Pirate Party.

“I think tonight’s debate was a lot better than the last one,” said SGA President Chris Lewallen. “The personal attacks were gone, but I think it’s important students realize the difference between the two

FOR MORE INFORMATION Visit http://thedaonline.com to watch video on the debate or read official transcripts. Voting on MIX will take place from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. today, Wednesday and Thursday. The winners will be announced in the Mountainlair at 8 p.m. Thursday. tickets.”

Lewallen said previous debates failed to address the issues and resulted in personal attacks.

Gov. Jason Bailey, the presidential candidate for the Fusion Party, and his running mate, Gov. Megan Callaghan, began the debate by introducing themselves and their ticket.

“My vision for the next year is to have more student in-

volvement, more student input and more student voices than ever before,” Callaghan said.

Bailey and Callaghan highlighted their past involvement and outlined the major goals of their platform such as the completion of the Mountie Ride program, securing funding for the new student health facility and keeping SGA transparent.

Chief-of-Staff Daniel Brummage, the presidential candi-

date for the Pirate Party, and his running mate, Gov. Joe Harmon, said during their introduction that despite what was said during previous debates, the final debate would focus on the candidates and their issues.

“Throughout the weeks there has been a lot of mudslinging, but we are committed tonight to making this about the students, about the student body,” Brummage said.

Harmon used his introduction to outline the “four pillars” of the Pirate Party’s platform. These pillars are alcohol education programming; infrastructure; increasing grant money for

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City Council: Meet the sixth ward candidates Byrne, Panrell to run in sixth ward by devon unger staff writer

Incumbent Mayor Bill Byrne and Guy Panrell will contest the sixth ward during this month’s Morgantown City Council elections.

The sixth ward has 2,243 registered voters living in the Sabraton and South Hills neighborhoods.

Byrne has lived in Morgantown for 41 years. He was born in New York and moved to Morgantown because his wife is from West Virginia. Byrne attended graduate school and

law school at WVU. He has served on City Council for 11 years. Byrne is a practicing lawyer and an administrative law judge.

Former sixth ward representative Charlene Marshall asked Byrne to run when she decided to run for the West Virginia House of Delegates. He said he has served on several city boards.

“I’ve always been interested in various community issues,” Byrne said. “I worked as a lawyer representing various citizen groups. She (Marshall) asked if I’d be interested in running for city council, and I said I would.”

Byrne said he would like to augment the City’s relationship with the University to solve issues jointly. Creating more stu-

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dent housing close to campus and preserving owner-occupied neighborhoods are also important, he said.

“I want to keep owner-occupied neighborhoods that are attractive to families, and create better student housing in the downtown and Sunnyside areas,” Byrne said. “One of the major issues is we have a lot of development that occurs outside of the city that can adversely affect life in the city, because people are bringing vehicles into town.”

He said these plans could help reduce traffic problems in the city and make Morgantown a more attractive place.

Panrell is a lifelong resident of Morgantown and has been involved with the city’s

urban deer committee. He is a letter carrier for the United States Postal Service and has delivered to the Sunnyside and downtown areas for 14 years.

“As a letter carrier, I walked the streets of Sunnyside from 1997 to 2004, and from 2004 I’ve been on High Street and Spruce Street,” he said.

Panrell decided to run because he said the current City Council is being too political and would like to see stronger leadership. He said he would like to tighten the budget and work with the University to improve parking issues.

“I really don’t think they need to spend their money on some of these fluff issues that

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INSIDE THIS EDITION The West Virginia baseball team comes back to Morgantown for a mid-week showdown against Maryland at Hawley Field. SPORTS PAGE 5

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The Federal Government has changed financial aid regulations for schools to judge a student’s satisfactory academic progress, which has caused changes to West Virginia University’s financial aid process.

As of July 2011, students receiving financial aid will experience stricter time restraints on warning periods.

The restraints would affect students when their credit completion percentage drops below 67 percent, or their GPA falls below 1.6 for students attempting less than 29 credit hours, and 2.0 for students attempting less than 58 credit hours.

“The Department of Education had a requirement that students show satisfactory academic progress for the degree in order to remain academically eligible for consideration,” said Kaye Widney, director of Financial Aid and Scholarships for WVU. “Their goal is to make sure every student graduates from a four-year program within six years, which would be the case if they completed the minimum percentage of credit hours they attempt.”

Previously, students at WVU were not assessed until two semesters were completed. Under the new plan, students will be notified immediately after completing their first semester.

“At the end of Spring term, we will assess everybody,” Widney said. “If a student is not meeting the requirements, they will be placed on a onesemester probation period.”

If a student has two consecutive unsatisfactory semesters,

aid to that student will be suspended until they once again comply with the standards set.

“The Department of Education felt that schools were not adequately monitoring students and having policies allowing students to languish when they were not being successful,” Widney said.

Brenda Thompson, associate vice president for Enrollment Management, feels this new policy will be beneficial to the students.

“If a student is not successful, and is not able to get their progress where it needs to be, there will be one less semester of debt they will accumulate before their financial aid is taken from them,” Thompson said. “This is going to require students to spend more time with their advisers. It may help them get back on track quicker, instead of letting them languish for two years.”

Currently, 4 percent of financial aid-receiving students have suspended aid, and Widney said she sees the number initially increasing.

“I think there will initially be more students who can’t meet these standards within the given time period, but I also think we will be warning students sooner,” she said.

This new policy will give students an earlier opportunity to rethink their career paths if they are not doing as well as they should be in certain areas.

“I want to stress that there are a lot of people here on campus that want to help, and if a student feels like they’re not doing well in a course that may impact financial aid, they should reach out for help,” Thompson said. joel.morales@mail.wvu.edu

FOOTBALL OVER LAW West Virginia’s newest assistant coach, wide receivers coach Daron Roberts, chose a career in football despite having a law degree from Harvard.

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Speaker sheds light on women’s issues in Cuba

BY AMY ROGERS CORRESPONDENT

West Virginia University has not had a Cuban lecturer visit campus in more than 15 years.

Norma Vasallo Barrueta, Cuban native and chair of the Women’s Studies Program at the University of Havana, spoke to students Monday about how the Cuban Revolution in the 1990s initiated a change in the roles of women.

She said after the Cuban Crisis in the 1990s, women have had more access to education, which she said offers more access to qualified jobs. Many of these jobs were previously taken by males.

Now, 60 percent of college graduates in Cuba are female, she said.

“Women have surpassed males in this aspect due to increased pressure by the family on the female children, as females typically have better college entrance examination scores than males,” Barrueta said.

Barrueta said she is involved with improving the status of women in Cuba and globally.

“Her visit is revolutionary, and a move forward,” said Ann Oberhauser, director of Women’s Studies at WVU. Oberhauser said the Obama Administration has eased the travel restrictions between the

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Dr. Norma Vasallo Barrueta speaks to Catalina Vallejo, who translates for Barrueta to WVU students. Barrueta is the Chair of the Women’s Studies program at The University of Havana, Cuba. ative consequence was the ability for women to engage in politics.

“Women are still not able to participate in all of the same aspects of life as males,” Barrueta said. “A glass ceiling still exists within Cuba for females.”

However, she said political and legal action have been taken to protect the equality of men and women, but changing subjective opinions in society will be the most difficult change.

For more information about the women’s movement in Cuba and Barrueta, visit www. womenandcuba.org.

public safety number one. We have to have the proper numContinued from page 1 ber of police and fire protection and the proper funding to are not creating income for run those departments.” the city,” Panrell said. “I want He said the city’s participa-

tion in the Sister Cities program is an example of something he would like to examine from a funding perspective.

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Continued from page 1 student organizations and Greek life; and keeping students’ costs low.

Both parties agreed SGA needs an increase in both its grant and operational budgets.

Brummage said it is important to double SGA’s grant budget but without raising student fees.

Bailey said he has met with the Vice President of Student Affairs Ken Gray, and he is willing to work with SGA in creat-

ing a budget increase proposal.

When asked about low voter turnout in past SGA elections, both parties agreed the focus of the election should not be on one particular party, but on increasing student participation.

“We sat down with every single governor (candidate) and told them when you campaign, you ask them to vote. Regardless of if they vote for you or not, we want them to vote,” Harmon said.

Callaghan said social media could be better utilized to inform students on SGA elections.

During the debate the candidates for the Board of Governors and the Athletic Council from both parties answered questions about their platforms submitted by The Daily Athenaeum editorial board and from students.

Topics covered during the debate focused on University support for candidates and how financially feasible their platforms are.

To watch the debate in its entirety, visit http://thedaonline.com charles.young@mail.wvu.edu

one year anniversary United States and Cuba, which has allowed for the exchange of visitors to WVU, including Barrueta’s visit.

An increase in communication between the U.S. and Cuba has also made an increase in educational exchanges within the two countries important, Barrueta said.

The pressure on females to attend college might be directly related to the increased presence of females in college today, she said.

After the crisis, Barrueta said the major cause of death for women in Cuba had been preventative diseases.

Although benefits were achieved after the crisis, a neg-

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W.Va. Gov. asks residents to remember 29 miners CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Acting Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin has proclaimed Tuesday a day of prayer and remembrance for the victims of the Upper Big Branch mine explosion.

One year ago Tuesday, 29 miners were killed in the explosion near Montcoal. It was the deadliest U.S. coal mining accident since 1970 and is

moment of silence for all miners who have perished and for those who continue to work in harm’s way,” Tomblin said in a statement.

The governor will also lay a wreath at the Miner’s Statue on the State Capitol grounds. Tuesday night, he will participate in a memorial service with the Upper Big Branch families.

One year after Upper Big Branch mine blast, family can’t move on NAOMA, W.Va. (AP) — Gary Quarles kneels on his living room carpet and unrolls the 4-foot-long map that he’s studied so many times, trying to understand why his son died in the Upper Big Branch mine.

As a coal miner with 34 years underground, Quarles explains how things worked before the Massey Energy mine in Montcoal exploded a year ago Tuesday.

He sees the pace of the longwall cutting machine, the places it was forced to slow down. And he sees where his 33-year-old son Gary Wayne Quarles was working with crewmates Grover Skeens and Joel Price, and their supervisor, Rick Lane.

They are identified on paper as Victims 9-12.

And they’re not where they were supposed to be.

They were, Gary Quarles believes, running for their lives, trying to escape after something went wrong near the end of their 10½-hour shift.

But no matter how often he looks at the map, no matter how many meetings he attends or how many investigators he talks to, he still has questions.

The explosion killed 29 men in all. It was the deadliest U.S. coal mining accident since 1970, and it remains the target of civil and criminal investigations. But a year later, there are still questions.

Federal investigators believe the explosion started when teeth on the mining machine Gary Wayne had been running

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In this March 8 photo, Gary Quarles holds a helmet made in memory of his son Gary Wayne Quarles at his home in Naoma, W.Va. Gary Wayne Quarles and 28 other men died deep inside Massey Energy’s Upper Big Branch mine on April 5, 2010 near Montcoal. It was the deadliest U.S. coal mining accident since 1970, and remains the target of civil and criminal investigations. created a spark that ignited a small amount of methane gas.

They theorize highly explosive coal dust that had been allowed to accumulate in the mine mixed with the methane to create a blast so powerful it turned corners and rounded a 1,000-foot-wide block of coal, packing the power to kill men more than a mile away.

Virginia-based Massey denies any wrongdoing, blaming a sudden inundation of natural gas that overwhelmed all safety systems.

Gary Quarles doesn’t believe the machine’s teeth or his son’s actions had anything to do with the blast. Anytime the cutting drum digs into sandstone, he says, “what you got is a ring of fire, no matter if you got dull bits or new bits.”

Quarles talks with people he considers the best longwall operators in the country, and one told him air flow would have been critical: With enough fresh air, methane isn’t a problem. With enough air, a “popup” doesn’t become a disaster.

So Quarles attends the occasional meetings with Massey or with Mine Safety and Health Administration investigators, awaiting answers. And he goes to counseling instead of work, his old life now on hold.

Gary Wayne was his best friend and his only child, conceived when Gary’s wife, Patty, was just 15.

“He made us grow up really fast, and he turned us into who we are,” she says.

Patty, a homemaker, still keeps an immaculate house.

Explosion makes big industry change CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — When 29 men perished in a single, powerful explosion at the Upper Big Branch mine a year ago, the tragedy stunned the nation – but the aftermath was stunning too, both for its seismic impact on major players in the coal industry and for the absence of any sweeping reforms.

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the focus of civil and criminal investigations.

Tomblin’s proclamation includes a request for statewide observances to start at 3:01 p.m. – the estimated time of the explosion. He is asking that churches in the state ring their bells 29 times at that moment.

“At that moment, I ask all West Virginians to observe a

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take-it-or-leave it retirement package – and the company he ruled with an iron will for more than a decade may soon vanish in a $7.1 billion buyout.

If there is any good to come from the Upper Big Branch tragedy, retired union coal miner Danny Vanoy figures it’s the end of staunchly anti-union Massey and the disappearance of its former chief executive officer.

“They put the coal before safety,” says Vanoy of Dorothy, a community a few miles from the mine that blew up in Montcoal last April 5. Vanoy spent 30 years underground working at union mines.

Blankenship’s multimilliondollar campaign donations and his political dabbling, along with his eight-figure paydays, helped make him the U.S. industry’s best known coal executive and a household name in West Virginia.

The Richmond, Va.-based company never rivaled coal giants such as Peabody Energy in size, but it dominated the industry in notoriety.

Under Blankenship, Massey had become a $6 billion company by the time Upper Big Branch exploded, big enough to make the S&P 500 and outbid rivals to buy Virginia and Ken-

tucky mine operator Cumberland Resources for $960 million.

The Wall Street Journal and Rolling Stone profiled Blankenship. The magazine called him “The Dark Lord of Coal Country.”

His campaign contributions to one West Virginia Supreme Court justice and his friendship with another played a crucial role in a lawsuit against Massey that was ultimately heard by the U.S. Supreme Court.

The board’s lead director, Bobby Inman, stood by Blankenship as the company faced criticism in the days after the disaster. But on Dec. 3 he gave the CEO a final offer: Retire by 10 p.m. and get $12 million, according to the letter filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Blankenship was given a consulting contract, office and secretary but appears to have left West Virginia and hasn’t responded to repeated requests for an interview since his forced departure.

“I would not have predicted that,” said United Mine Workers President Cecil Roberts, who has known Blankenship for decades and been among his harshest critics.

“He was the coal baron of the modern era ...,” Roberts said.

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Obama opens bid for new term, no longer outsider WASHINGTON (AP) — No longer the fresh voice of change, President Barack Obama embarked on a bid for re-election Monday by asking a divided, anxious electorate to let him finish the job he won in 2008. He’s getting an early start against a Republican field that’s still undefined, but he’s saddled with an ailing economy that still isn’t working for millions of voters.

Obama began with an effort to recapture his outsider’s touch of 2008, bypassing a public statement from the White House in favor of an email sent to millions of supporters.

He offered a kickoff video in which official Washington is ignored and even Obama himself only makes a fleeting appearance. What the campaign wanted voters to see instead were people like them speaking of real-life concerns and their faith in Obama, against wholesome backdrops in every clip: a church, a farm, a family in a kitchen, an American flag.

He told supporters later in the day he needs their help again, perhaps more than he did four years ago, because “we may not have the exact same newness that we had in 2008.”

“But that core spirit ... is still there and it’s still in you and so I hope that even though we’re a little older and a little wiser now than we were back in 2007 and 2008, I hope everybody is ready to run that race one more time,” Obama said in a conference call with backers.

This time around, Obama carries both the benefits and

baggage of being the establishment candidate.

The president now owns an economy that is adding jobs but still leaving millions of people without help or work. As the incumbent, he can blow into town on Air Force One, draw unparalleled free media coverage and command all the other perks of the presidency. But he must also remobilize his coalition and reenergize it, too, including getting back the independent voters who swung Republican in last year’s midterm elections.

Obama ran once on hope.

This time he will run on his record as well. That means voters will evaluate him on what he has gotten done, including laws to reshape health insurance and Wall Street behavior, and the promises he has not delivered upon, including immigration reform and closing the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

A huge part of his challenge will be to spark the voter inspiration that often got lost in the slog of governing. His new campaign video gave a nod to the challenge. A woman named Alice from Michigan said: “We’re paying him to do a job. So we can’t say, ‘Hey, could you just take some time off and come and get us all energized?’ So we better figure it out.”

Obama filed his candidacy paperwork Monday, about 20 months from Election Day, so he can begin raising money in earnest for a potential campaign fund of $1 billion or more. More than a dozen Re-

publicans are seriously considering trying to unseat him, but none has declared yet.

What comes next is a loud, undefined, unpredictable White House contest. The early party primary voting is not set to begin until next year.

Obama, as both president and candidate, is trying to keep those two roles separate. “Even though I’m focused on the job you elected me to do, and the race may not reach full speed for a year or more, the work of laying the foundation for our campaign must start today,” he said in the email to backers.

His campaign this time will not have the foil of George W. Bush, an unpopular incumbent who helped define the mood of 2008 without being on the ballot. The White House is eager to portray the election as a choice, but the look and feel of that contrast will not become evident until a competitor emerges from a wide-open Republican field.

Regardless, what the White House expects is that the economy will drive the election. The race could well pivot on whether voters buy into Obama’s arguments about progress on his watch – that an economy on the brink of disaster is steadily adding jobs again, and he has a vision for more. Or whether voters vent their displeasure that change hasn’t happened faster.

Here, as in many cases, incumbency can cut both ways.

The nation’s unemployment rate just dropped to 8.8 percent, its lowest level in two years.

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A Yemeni army officer raised aloft by anti-government protestors holds a boy and waves his national flag during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa,Yemen, Monday.

Yemeni troops opened fire on crowds of protesters demanding the ouster of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, killing six and wounding more than 30 on Monday in the second straight day of clashes in a southern city, witnesses and medical officials said. The bloodshed in the city of Taiz further stoked the more than month-old uprising against Saleh’s 32-year-rule.

Troops fire on Yemen protest SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Military forces and police snipers opened fire Monday on marchers calling for the ouster of Yemen’s embattled president, killing at least 15 people and sending a strong message of defiance to U.S. and European envoys seeking to broker a peace deal after months of bloodshed.

The melee in the southern city of Taiz – part of an intensifying crackdown on the opposition – underscored the resolve of President Ali Abdullah Saleh to cling to power even as protest crowds resist withering attacks and crucial allies switch sides and call for his 32-year rule to end.

It also showed the challenges facing behind-thescenes diplomatic efforts to quell the nearly twomonth-old uprising in a nation that Washington consid-

ers a frontline battleground against al-Qaida’s most active franchise.

“We will stand as firm as mountains,” Saleh told a gathering of pro-government tribesmen.

In Taiz, witnesses described troops and gunmen, some on rooftops, firing wildly on thousands of protesters who marched past the governor’s headquarters in the city’s second straight day of violence. Some protesters – including elderly people – were trampled and injured as marchers tried to flee, witnesses said.

Saleh has been a key ally of the United States, which has given him millions in counterterrorism aid to fight alQaida’s branch in the country, which has plotted attacks on American soil. So far, Washington has not publicly demanded that he step down.

But the diplomatic efforts are a clear sign that the Americans have decided the danger of turmoil and instability outweighs the potential risks if Saleh leaves.

Mustafa al-Sabri, a spokesman for a coalition of opposition parties, said U.S. and European diplomats had been in contact with Saleh. They also asked opposition leaders for their “vision” for a transition.

In response, the opposition over the weekend gave the Americans a proposal that Saleh step down and hand his powers to his vice president, who would then organize a process to rewrite the constitution and hold new elections, al-Sabri said.

The six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council, which includes Yemen’s neighbors Oman and Saudi Arabia, also offered to try to mediate a peace deal.

National protests honor MLK death Asian shares lower as Japan natural disaster crisis drags on ATLANTA (AP) — The eldest son of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. said Monday if his father had not been killed more than four decades ago, the civil rights icon would be fighting alongside workers rallying to protect collective bargaining rights.

Martin Luther King III joined about 1,000 marchers in Atlanta and thousands more across the country to support workers’ rights on the anniversary of his father’s assassination.

King was in Memphis, Tenn., supporting a black municipal sanitation workers strike April 4, 1968, when he was shot to death on a hotel balcony.

King III laid a wreath at his parents’ crypt before leading a group of clergy, labor and civil rights activists through downtown to the steps of the Georgia Capitol. Marchers held signs that read, “Stop the war on workers” and “Unions make us strong,” and sang “This Little Light of Mine.”

King III told the crowd at the statehouse that his father lost his life in the struggle for workers’ dignity and democracy for all Americans, comparing the struggle to today’s battle over collective bargaining rights in states including Wisconsin, Indiana and Ohio.

“If he were with us today, he would be at the forefront of this struggle to retain the rights of workers,” King III said to the cheering crowd. “I would’ve hoped we would be in a different place in this nation 43 years after his death. Something has gone awry in America.”

The rallies were part of a coordinated strategy by labor leaders to ride the momentum of pro-union demonstrations and national polls show-

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Members of the King family from left, Angela Farris, niece of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., sister Christine King Farris, daughter Rev. Bernice King, granddaughter Yolanda, 2, her mother Arndrea King, son, Martin Luther King III, nephew Isaac Farris Jr., and niece Alveda King, sing ‘We Shall Overcome’ after laying a wreath at Dr. King Jr.’s crypt on the 43rd anniversary of his assassination, Monday in Atlanta. ing most Americans support collective bargaining rights.

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and other GOP leaders have fought to reduce or strip those benefits.

Walker has argued that collective bargaining is a budget issue. He signed into law a bill the strips nearly all collective bargaining benefits from most public workers, arguing the move will give local governments flexibility in making budget cuts needed to close the state’s $3.6 billion deficit.

Labor unions want to frame the debate as a civil rights issue, which could draw sympathy to public workers being blamed for busting state budgets with generous pensions.

Arlene Holt Baker, executive vice president of the AFL-CIO, was in Atlanta for the “We Are One” campaign, which she said included teach-ins and vigils in dozens of cities nationwide. Holt Baker said the two

movements are linked and that economic justice was King’s dream.

“We need to thank these governors,” she said. “They did for us what we haven’t been able to do for ourselves for a long time. They have woken us up. They say it’s about balancing budgets, but we know it’s about union busting.”

At a rally in Cleveland, about 300 union supporters denounced Ohio Gov. John Kasich and workers vowed to block the bill he signed last week that bans public worker strikes, eliminates binding arbitration and restricts bargaining for 350,000 public employees. U.S. Rep. Betty Sutton, D-Ohio, said Republicans are trying to silence workers at the bargaining table and told the crowd that Republican lawmakers are counting on us quitting.

“We pay respect to the dignity of your work,” she said.

BANGKOK (AP) — Asian markets were mostly lower Tuesday, as Japan’s inability to tame a nuclear crisis cast a shadow over investment sentiment.

Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 index dropped 1.2 percent to 9,606.72, amid frantic – and unsuccessful – efforts to control a radioactive leak at a nuclear plant damaged by a monster earthquake and tsunami that struck off the country’s northeastern coast on March 11.

Shares of Tokyo Electric Power Co. Inc., the utility known as TEPCO that operates the plant, have been in a free fall since the disaster, nose-diving a staggering 80 percent. On Tuesday, the stock hit an all-time low after dropping 12 percent in the morning session.

TEPCO’s coastal Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant has been leaking radiation since the quake and tsunami knocked out its crucial cooling systems, leading to explosions and fires. The company is now struggling to contain radioactive water leaks.

Shares in Japan’s powerhouse export sector also skidded downward, hit hard by supply chain disruptions and power shortages that have forced many factories to suspend or reduce output. Toyota Motor Corp., the world’s largest automaker, dropped 2.7 percent. Honda Motor Corp. slid 2.5 percent, and Nissan Motor Corp., slumped 2.7 percent.

“The disruption to Japanese supply chains is beginning to become apparent.

Honda is slowing its North American production, but it also announced it will resume homeland production in two weeks,” Bank of America Merrill Lynch said in a report, adding that Nissan was cutting output in China by 10 percent.

Elsewhere, South Korea’s Kospi index dropped 0.3 percent to 2,109.41. Benchmarks in Singapore, the Philippines and Indonesia were also lower. Markets in Hong Kong, mainland China and Taiwan were closed for a public holiday.

Australia’s S&P ASX 200 rose 0.3 percent to 4,899.80.

New Zealand’s benchmark also was higher.

The Band of Japan meets this week and investors will be looking to see if it enacts any further policy measures.

The central bank has pumped billions of yen into the economy to keep liquidity flowing through the system. It has also received international support to stem the exportsapping appreciation of the yen following last month’s disaster.

Benchmark crude for May delivery was down 24 cents to $108.23 on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract settled at $108.47 per barrel on Monday, a fresh 30-month high as fighting in Libya and unrest in the Middle East continued to raise doubts about future supplies.

In currencies, the dollar rose to 84.33 Japanese yen from 84.04 late Monday in New York. The euro was lower at $1.4190, from $1.4216.

Trading volume was light on Wall Street on Monday.

The Dow Jones industrial average gained 0.2 percent to 12,400.03. The S&P 500 rose less than a point to 1,332.87.

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Bailey, Callaghan best choice for SGA The final West Virginia University Student Government Association election debate held Monday night in the Mountainlair allowed voters to see who is best to lead the student body in the right direction for the 2011-12 school year.

After hearing both tickets argue their platforms, The Daily Athenaeum editorial board endorses the Fusion Party’s presidential candidate Gov. Jason Bailey and vice presidential candidate Gov. Megan Callaghan for the 2011-12 SGA. Bailey and Callaghan gave well-spoken introductions, giving the perception that their platforms are well researched and feasible.

Bailey’s platform centers around bettering communication between leaders and other students on campus as

well as raising the SGA budget. Callaghan’s focus is the upcoming Mountie Ride system, which will provide students with a safe late-night ride home.

Bailey and Callaghan are keeping student issues the focus of their campaign and will provide strong leadership for WVU. Although the Pirate Party’s presidential candidate Chiefof-Staff Daniel Brummage and vice presidential candidate Gov. Joe Harmon presented themselves diligently and professionally, their execution during the debate fell short and showed their ill-preparedness.

While the DA’s endorsing the presidential and vice presidential candidates from the Fusion Party, our consideration of all candidates for governor are of a non-parti-

san basis.

The candidates for governor that we are endorsing are as follows: Board of Governors Rashad Bates – Fusion Party Bates’ dedication to WVU Up All Night proves the has the experience and commitment needed in order to represent the student population and accomplish and set goals within his platform.

Matt Boczanowski – Fusion Party The only graduate school candidate, he demonstrated his value to the graduate students on campus. But his involvement in SGA and other student organizations stayed strong even after his loss in last year’s SGA election, which illustrates his personal interest to the students.

Ryan Campione – Fusion

Party Of all the candidates, Campione has been the most consistent. He presented himself in a charismatic way and gave specific evidence as to why he should win, including his multiple achievements concerning the dorm visitation policy and dining services.

Tiffany Pratt – Fusion Party Pratt focuses on issues within her platform that are untouched by others. She is an enlisted soldier in the Army Reserves and is using her military experience to work for the students who are in similar situations. Transitioning from hostile territory to the college atmosphere is tough; this is why the SGA would represent a broader range of students if Pratt is elected.

Benjamin Seebaugh – Fu-

sion Party Some candidates stick to the same issues year after year – parking, lowering tuition etc. But the ones who are usually the most effective have new ideas and ways to implement them, such as Seebaugh. His involvement in the recent renters’ legislation that was passed shows his efforts are not only effective in student government, but in the state government as well.

Taj Rohr - Fusion Party Rohr spoke with incredible enthusiasm and gave sound input for his ideas to improve relations between faculty and students. He plans to have more representation for students within Faculty Senate.

Athletic Council Steve Orlowski – Fusion Party Out of all the athletic council candidates, Orlowski is

the only one who has reachable goals. His plan to better organize the fans at games and to introduce a new program, CHEER WVU, will raise the standards of the student section as well as the respect from the national community.

Honorable mentions: Allison Rollins – Fusion Party; Isabelle Shepherd – Fusion Party; David Small – Pirate Party.

Regardless of the results, we would like to congratulate all candidates who made efforts to better the SGA. We also encourage all students to vote on MIX, today through Thursday.

Change cannot take place with out involvement, and students must facilitate that change. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

Ivory Coast deserves attention, but not military intervention tomas engle columnist

An African country, rich in natural resources, is being torn asunder by an entrenched leader who refuses to abdicate, despite the international community’s insistence.

With rebel forces closing in on the capital, Western powers (especially France) are feeling the pressure to intervene on the rebel side more, while the incumbent leader (rightfully, to an extent) decries foreign intervention.

The country described is not Libya, but Ivory Coast, which is now in the midst of its second civil war in eight years.

With the eyes of the world still focused on the perpetuating turmoil in Japan and Libya, we must realize there are many other nations in need of assistance from other countries, and Ivory Coast is one of them.

More officially known by its French name, “Cote d’Ivoire,” Ivory Coast is situated in West Africa next to the formerAmerican freed-slave colony of Liberia. Despite being one of the top cocoa and coffee producers in the world, the relative economic prosperity from these cash crops has only masked the country’s cultural, religious and ethnic divisions.

Like most African countries, Ivory Coast’s borders were arbitrarily drawn by European imperialists focused on natural resources within their country’s control, not traditional demographic differences. Since achieving independence in 1960, Ivory Coast’s strong agricultural sector and foreign investment from the French business community made the country a beacon of hope in an otherwise desolate landscape.

However, with the worldwide economic slowdown in the early 1980s leading to fall-

ing prices of Ivorian exports for the first time since independence, their differences exploded onto the scene.

Made up of several competing tribes, Ivory Coast is split along religious lines with a Muslim North and a Christian South.

Ivory Coast also differs greatly from other African countries due to division along economic and immigration lines.

Foreign-born residents and their descendants (mainly from other African countries, but also including those of French and Arab descent) make up 26 percent of Ivorians and a disproportionate amount of their middle class, which bred resentment among unemployed “native” Ivorians.

This tension was brought into the open when various tribes from southeast Ivory Coast vied for political power in the late 1990s on platforms of xenophobia and nationalism.

Representing southern interests is Laurent Gbagbo, who has been president since an election in 2000 ousted a military junta.

The first Ivorian Civil War has its roots in this election too, as Gbagbo was the only presidential candidate allowed on the ballot, notably leaving off northern candidate Alassane Ouattara.

Fighting between northern rebels and the government began in 2002, and only stopped in 2006 because of a truce brokered mainly to the national soccer team’s successful qualification for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

Violence resumed in the October 2010 presidential elections when northern candidate Ouattara was declared the winner by the Independent Electoral Commission, and Gbagbo the official winner by the loyalist Constitutional Council.

In a bizarre turn of events, both refused to acknowledge

AP

UN troops patrol in armored personnel carriers on the streets in the city of Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Thursday. Fighters trying to install Ivory Coast’s democratically elected president began besieging the main city of Abidjan on Thursday. each other and took separate oaths of presidential office.

While reports of violence came sporadically after the election, attacks escalated last month when government forces began to shell suburbs of Abidjan (the main commercial city of Ivory Coast, and the center of pro-government support) that supported Ouattara.

Since then, northern rebel forces have taken control over the northern half of the country and are currently engaged in the southern port city of Abidjan.

While the international community (United Nations,

European Union, African Union, the United States and France) have taken Ouattara’s side, the conflict has stayed mainly below the radar of most news outlets because of continuing developments in North Africa and Japan.

France and the U.N. have been involved since the first civil war, trying to protect civilians and foreigners from the extremely nationalist government forces and their supporters.

France’s land forces have now been elevated to 1,650 troops and have taken over Abidjan’s airport, while UN forces

have stayed around 8,000.

International intervention from Ivory Coast’s former colonial power, France, has only inflamed the anti-foreigner sentiments of government supporters.

Further complicating this scenario is the recent discovery of a possible genocide in the western town of Duekoue, with reports of anywhere from 330 to more than 1,000 civilians killed since Ouattara’s rebel forces invaded it last week.

This event should serve as a reminder for those decrying American intervention in

Libya, but not in other “worthy” humanitarian crises like Ivory Coast or Bahrain, that world events are not as black and white as they seem.

Despite good intentions, all interventions by our government abroad have unintended consequences, and taking sides should be avoided at all costs.

If you want to support those caught in the crossfire overseas, donate to international aid organizations like Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) that give medical care to those in need in war-torn regions.

Gun control laws do not serve their intended purpose william brandow columnist

The second amendment of the United States Constitution states, “A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.” Unfortunately, in many cases emotional responses to gun violence have allowed laws to pass that restrict gun ownership.

Gun control advocates assert that fewer guns will make for safer communities. However, the facts tell a drastically

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different tale.

According to Gun Owners of America, firearms are used 2.5 million times a year in selfdefense. This means guns are used approximately 80 times more often to protect the lives of citizens than to take them.

Laws allowing individuals to carry concealed weapons reduced the rate of murder by 8.5 percent, rape by 5 percent, aggravated assault by 7 percent and robbery by 3 percent in the states in which they were enacted.

Having adverse feelings toward firearms after horrible tragedies such as the shooting in Tucson in January is understandable. But the facts must be examined before banning guns in the name of safety.

Fortunately, voters are becoming more weary of quickfix solutions banning firearms.

A Quinnipiac University Polling Institute poll found that only 9 percent believe the Tucson shootings could be blamed on lenient gun control laws. The unexpected truth is that gun control laws may be making our communities less safe.

In 1982, Chicago passed a ban on handguns in an attempt to reduce violent crime.

The law barred civilians from possessing handguns except for those registered with the city government prior to enactment of the law.

According to www.justfacts. com, from the outset of this ban to 2008, the percentage

of murders committed with handguns averaged about 40 percent higher than it was before the law went into effect.

Clearly, criminals do not care about gun control laws. What criminals do care about however, is avoiding gun owners.

According to a 1982 survey of male felons in 11 state prisons across the country, 34 percent had been scared off, shot at, wounded or captured by an armed victim; 40 percent decided not to commit a crime because the suspected victim was carrying a gun; and 69 percent reported they personally knew someone who was scared off, shot at, wounded or captured by an armed victim.

GOA also points out that

in Vermont a citizen can carry a weapon with no permit, and the state is consistently among the top-five safest states. It stands to reason that having more armed citizens would minimize criminal behavior.

The case against gun control laws grows even stronger when public opinion is considered. In 2002, an ABC News poll found that almost threefourths of the American public believe the second amendment of the U.S. Constitution protects the rights of individuals to own guns.

Also, a poll in the Washington Times showed Americans support punishing “criminals who use a gun in the commission of a crime” over legis-

lation to “ban handguns” by more than a 3 to 1 margin.

If this is the public opinion, then we need look no further, as it is the government’s job to enforce the will of the majority.

I am certainly not proposing unregistered gun ownership or allowing convicted criminals to own guns.

But when it comes to reducing violent crime, the government must allow citizens to defend themselves. It is unrealistic to think the police will be there to help you when a criminal breaks into your home.

In times like these, we must remember the old saying, “God didn’t create all men equal, Smith and Wesson did.”

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Tuesday April 5, 2011

BRIAN GAWTHROP ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

BurdetteGood leaves as the best She called it her baby.

West Virginia gymnastics coach Linda Burdette-Good took over the WVU gymnastics program in 1975 in its second year of existence. She helped develop it into a national powerhouse and was a driving force behind the creation of the conference it’s currently competing in.

Although it seemed like she would be with it forever, the time has finally come for her to say goodbye.

Burdette-Good, a legend in the gymnastics world, will finally turn her baby over next season. After 37 years as head coach of the Mountaineers, she announced her retirement Sunday.

The announcement officially closes the book on a long and incredible journey for Burdette-Good. One of the original trio of Martha Thorn and Kittie Jean Blackmore, the first women’s tennis and women’s basketball coaches in WVU history, Burdette-Good ends a 37-year career as the winningest coach in school history.

If it were up to West Virginia University Athletic Director Oliver Luck, she would be the head of the Mountaineer gymnastics program forever.

At 62 years old, the work became increasingly tougher, she admitted, especially with opponents beginning to use her age and looming retirement against her on the recruiting circuit.

Still, she found ways to win.

The Mountaineers finished the 2010 season with an appearance at the NCAA Southeast Regional, which proved to be the last event for Amy Bieski – one of the most decorated athletes in the program’s history.

I’ll never forget when I spoke with her inside the Cary Gymnastic Center prior to her 600th career win during the 2009 season. There were times when she couldn’t help but cry reminiscing about some of the athletes she had mentored.

She cried as she described times when former players showed up at meets and came running down the bleachers with a hug.

There was nothing more she loved than introducing a former Mountaineer to her current group. She remembered them all.

Burdette-Good may have left WVU with the most wins of any coach in school history.

But winning meets isn’t what made her successful.

She enjoyed seeing her athletes progress, develop and eventually flourish both on the floor and in the real world.

Burdette-Good will be the first to admit the mental aspects of gymnastics go a lot further than talent. Yet, unlike any coach I have ever been around, she was able to mold an athlete’s focus and confidence into a way that put the athlete in the best position for success.

She connected with her athletes more effectively than any other coach currently at WVU and possibly even in the school’s history.

When they needed help, they turned to her. If an athlete made a bad decision, she was there to assure it wouldn’t happen again.

She was their mom-awayfrom-home, her athletes said. It was obvious when you watched the interaction between the coach and her athletes.

Despite the wins, championships and all-Americans, the relationship she had with her athletes, above all things, is what Burdette-Good should be remembered for.

For the first time in 37 years, she won’t be entering the WVU Athletic Director’s office to sign her now-trademarked one-year contract.

In a move she’d likely admit was one of the hardest decisions she has ever made, Burdette-Good leaves her baby behind next season.

There’s no doubt, though, she’ll be the program’s mom forever. brian.gawthrop@mail.wvu.edu

“I did my due diligence and called a lot of people around the league and, to a man, people didn’t hesitate in saying, ‘go there.’ ... People told me, ‘You’re going to meet the kindest people in the world’ and coming from Texas I didn’t think that it could get much better ... It’s been incredible.”

— Daron Roberts, WVU wide receivers coach

Ball comes first for Roberts

WVU’s newest assistant chose life on the gridiron over one in the courtroom

BY TONY DOBIES SPORTS EDITOR

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West Virginia wide receivers coach Daron Roberts throws a ball during the Mountaineers’ first spring camp practice last week.

Baseball hosts Maryland By ethan rohrbaugh sports editor

The West Virginia baseball team will look to claim one of its few remaining nonconference contests as the Mountaineers play host to Maryland today at Hawley Field.

WVU (17-13, 3-3 Big East Conference) returns to Morgantown after going 1-2 against the No. 23 Louisville Cardinals over the weekend in Louisville, Ky.

Tonight’s game with Maryland heads a four-game homestand for the Mountaineers at Hawley Field, where WVU has won 11 of 14 games this season.

“We don’t read too much into it,” said WVU head coach Greg Van Zant. “At this level, when you’re familiar with the field, sleeping in your own bed and not traveling, then of course you’re going to play

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West Virginia (17-13)

Maryland (13-15)

When: Today at 6 p.m.

Where: Morgantown (Hawley Field) Radio: 91.7 FM U92 Coverage: Check out The Daily Athenaeum on Wednesday for a full recap and other coverage of the game. You can also follow The DA’s Twitter (@dailyathenaeum) for updates.

Promotion: It is “Dollar Night,” so all tickets and concessions are $1.

When Daron Roberts flew back to Texas during a break from Harvard Law School, he would stop by his high school defensive coordinator’s house before he went home to see his family.

For two hours every time he returned to Mount Pleasant, Texas, the two would sit and watch film from Roberts’ high school team.

It was then Roberts realized he wanted his life to be on the sidelines of a football field and not in a courtroom.

“For me, the best four years of my life were playing high school football in Mount Pleasant, Texas,” Roberts said.

Yes, Roberts has a law degree from the distinguished Harvard Law School. He also has an undergraduate degree from Texas.

But, that’s not what he wanted to do.

He wanted to be a football coach.

Roberts’ story of how he came from the high school football field, to Harvard, to the NFL and now to WVU personifies the saying “persistence pays off.”

“It’s funny now, because I have a lot of attorneys who email me and ask ‘How can I do this?’” Roberts said. “I say, ‘The first thing is you’ll have to work for free’ and the email chain kind of stops. It’s been a fun ride.”

He graduated from Mount Pleasant High School and the next fall enrolled at the University of Texas. After being named student body president in his senior year and earning an undergraduate degree, he spent the next year as an aide to Sen. Joe Lieberman before taking his talents to Harvard to pursue a master’s degree in public policy. He later earned a law degree from Harvard, as well.

Already well traveled among the educational ranks, Roberts

realized he didn’t necessarily want to live his life as a lawyer each day, following a football camp at South Carolina in 2006.

“I went to law school, and I enjoyed it, but working that three-day camp confirmed for me that there is nothing like that game in the world,” Roberts said. “I thought to myself that law firms are not going anywhere, so while I am young I want to go ahead and see if I could start this football career.”

Roberts started to send letter after letter to every college and professional football team in the country. He had many negative responses – and some didn’t take the time to answer back.

One did, however – the Kansas City Chiefs. They offered, and Roberts accepted an unpaid internship position.

That was the opening he needed.

“I had a lot of insanity emails.

My grandma was one of them,” Roberts joked. “My parents told me that I should take the internship. They told me, ‘The best time to go broke is when you don’t have any money.’”

After making the Chiefs’ payroll in 2008 as defensive quality control assistant, he moved onto the Detroit Lions’ staff as an assistant secondary coach for the last two seasons.

In that time, he was contacted and offered many positions at the college level.

But, he said, none were as intriguing as West Virginia.

“I knew for myself that I wanted to be in the college game, and I wanted the first experience to be at a place that has a strong fan base, that is the flagship university for that state and has a chance to do well,” Roberts said. “West Virginia went three-for-three in my mind.”

Roberts met WVU offensive coordinator Dana Holgorsen during a stop at Texas Tech to

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TUESDAY APRIL 5, 2011

CAMPUS CALENDAR CAMPUS CALENDAR POLICY To place an announcement, fill out a form in The Daily Athenaeum office no later than three days prior to when the announcement is to run.

Information may also be faxed to 304-293-6857 or e-mailed to dacalendar@mail.wvu.edu.

Announcements will not be taken over the phone. Please include

FEATURE OF THE DAY “GAME CHANGERS UNDER 40,” a presentation by online journalist and blogger David Cohn will be at 7 p.m. in Room 205 of Martin Hall. This event is part of Journalism Week 2011 and is an open event.

Today BOOKHOLDERS will be conducting open interviews for part-time and temporary positions from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Mountain Room of the Mountainlair.

April 6 THE UNDERGRADUATE SPORT AND EXERCISE PSYCHOLOGY CLUB is sponsoring a basketball shootout at the Student Recreation Center from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Events will include a three-point shoot-out, free-throw contest, skills challenge and a dunk contest. Each event will cost $3 to enter and prizes will be awarded for first and second places. This event is open to everyone, and participants can compete as many times as they want.

Every Tuesday MOUNTAINEERS FOR CHRIST, a student Christian organization, hosts free supper and Bible study at its Christian Student Center. Supper is at 8:15 p.m., and Bible study begins at 9 p.m. All students are welcome.

For more information, call 304-5996151 or visit www.mountaineersforchrist.org.

WVU SWING DANCE CLUB meets at 7:45 p.m. in Multipurpose Room A of the Student Recreation Center.

No partner needed. Advanced and beginners are welcome. For more information, email wvuswingdance@ gmail.com.

SIERRA STUDENT COALITION meets at 7 p.m. in the Blackwater Room of the Mountainlair. The group is a grassroots environmental organization striving for tangible change in our campus and community. For more information, contact Kayla at kmedina2@mix.wvu.edu.

FEMINIST MAJORITY LEADERSHIP ALLIANCE meets in the Women’s Studies Lounge of Eiesland Hall at 6 p.m. For more information, email rsnyder9@mix.wvu.edu.

ECUMENICAL BIBLE STUDY AND CHARISMATIC PRAYER MEETING is held at 7 p.m. at the Potters Cellar of Newman Hall. All are welcome. For more information, call 304-288-0817 or 304-879-5752.

MCM is hosted at 7:37 p.m. in the Campus Ministry Center at 293 Willey St. All are welcome.

BCM meets at 8:30 p.m. at the First Baptist Church on High Street.

THE CARRUTH CENTER offers a grief support group for students struggling from a significant personal loss from 5:30 p.m. until 7 p.m. on the third floor of the Student Services Building.

AMIZADE has representatives in the common area of the Mountainlair from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. to answer questions for those interested in studying abroad.

WVU WOMEN’S ULTIMATE FRISBEE meets from 10 p.m. to midnight at the Shell Building. No experience is necessary. For more information, email Sarah Lemanski at sarah_le-

all pertinent information, including the dates the announcement is to run. Due to space limitations, announcements will only run one day unless otherwise requested. All nonUniversity related events must have free admission to be included in the calendar.

If a group has regularly scheduled meetings, it should submit all

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THE CONDOM CARAVAN, a project of WELL WVU Student Wellness and Health Promotion, will be in the Mountainlair from noon to 2 p.m. The Caravan sells condoms for 25 cents or five for $1.

PI SIGMA SIMGA PUBLIC POLICY STUDIES HONORARY meets at 5:15 p.m. at Woodburn Hall.

BRING YOUR OWN BIBLE STUDY AND PIZZA NIGHT is at 6 p.m. at Newman Hall.

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL WVU CHAPTER meets at 7 p.m. in Room 106 of Woodburn Hall.

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

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

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

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS meets daily. To find a meeting, visit www. aawv.org. For those who need help urgently, call 304-291-7918.

CARITAS HOUSE, a local nonprofit organization serving West Virginians with HIV/AIDS, needs donations of food and personal care items and volunteers to support all aspects of the organization’s activities. For more information, call 304-985-0021.

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 United Way agency, is looking for volunteers to become Big Brothers and Big Sisters in its one-on-one community-based and school-based mentoring programs. To volunteer, contact Sylvia at 304-983-2823, ext.

104 or email bigs4kids@yahoo.com.

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

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

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

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 email rfh@ wvuh.com.

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

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

COMMUNITY NEWCOMERS CLUB is a group organized to allow new residents of the Morgantown area an opportunity to gather socially and assimilate into their new home community. For more information, email morgantownnewcomers.com.

HOROSCOPES

BY JACQUELINE BIGAR

ferent. Tonight: Vanish.

answer is “yes.”

BORN TODAY This year, you make a difference. At times, you might feel challenged. Actually, situations or events will test your thinking. If you look within, you will find better ideas once you walk away from an innate rigidity. A new way of thinking becomes a strong possibility. If you are single, you could meet someone quite special after May. This could be a romance for the history books! If you are attached, the two of you share more than in the past and benefit enormously from frequent getaways together. With two TAURUS in a disagreement, neither Bull will win!

CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22) HHHH Zero in on what appears to be a high priority. Don’t sell yourself short in a meeting. Understand what is going on with others. It is by following this path that you will gain. Tonight: Zero in on what you want.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21) HHH Keep your focus, though you might be forced to look at a situation differently than in the past. A premise on which you based your thinking might no longer be valid. Let go, and fear change less. Tonight: Working as late as need be.

ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19) HHHH Don’t allow stubbornness to play out.

Ultimately, you will be sorry. You need to change your stance, which can only happen if you open up your perceptions. You could be surprised by what you hear, which might be news to you!

Tonight: Do for you.

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20) HHHHH Understand where you are coming from. You could be overly tired and drawn. Think in terms of growth and change, with a touch of luck added in.

You could be exhausted by everything that happens around you. Tonight: All smiles.

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20) HHH Pull back and observe. You are most likely to gain if you relax in this mood and don’t push yourself too much. Understand why a “no” is just that. Be smart -- try to avoid a negative by observing more. A partner seems to be much dif-

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22) HHHH You might want to be more visible and ready to take a stand. Though you don’t know which way to go, clearly your chosen direction does make a difference to others. Don’t say anything until you are 100 percent sure. Tonight: Burning the candle at both ends.

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22) HHHH Deal directly with someone at a distance. You could be overwhelmed by everything that you hear. You wonder why the person in question isn’t more direct with his or her feelings, especially since they are obvious. Tonight: Think “vacation.”

LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22) HHHH A partner dominates, and you might not be sure of your choices and direction.

Deal directly with this person, whether or not you agree with his or her ideas. Be diplomatic. You know how to handle the problem. Tonight: Togetherness works.

SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21) HHHH Others dominate, and your role is to facilitate. You might not be comfortable in this position, but it might be time to get to the bottom of this response and what triggers you about letting someone else run the show. Tonight: The only

C APRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19) HHHHH Understand what is happening behind the scenes with someone you care about. This person is more like you than you realize. Walk in this person’s shoes. Then you will get the gist of the situation. Tonight: Act like it is Friday night.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18) HHH Your instinct to stay close to home might be more logically based than you thought. Events unfolding around you point to others’ need for your time.

Also, you could be much more pivotal in a personal matter than you thought.

Tonight: At home.

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20) HHHH Be more in charge of your life. Don’t let minute details slip by you. You know what you want and have every intention of making it so. A forgotten thank-you note or call could play into a decision in the long run. Tonight: Run errands on the way home.

BORN TODAY Former Secretary of State Colin Powell (1937), singer Paula Cole (1968), actress Bette Davis (1908)

COMICS

Pearls Before Swine

by Stephan Pastis

F Minus

by Tony Carrillo

Get Fuzzy

by Darby Conley

Cow and Boy

by Mark Leiknes

PUZZLES DIFFICULTY LEVEL EASY

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

MONDAY’S PUZZLE SOLVED

ACROSS 1 Shoppers’ aids 5 Chantilly product 9 Religious subgroups 14 Kareem’s alma mater, briefly 15 Airline with famously tight security 16 Hackneyed 17 Custardy Spanish dessert 18 O’Hara homestead 19 Nattered away 20 Chocolate-ribboned ice cream flavor 23 Two-outs-in-a-single-AB stats 24 Mai __ 25 Asian cat breed 27 One setting a new high 32 Windsor Castle initials 33 Fabled fiddler 34 “All By __”: Celine Dion hit 37 Spread in a dairy case 39 Spots on a screen?

41 Inter or et follower 42 Setting where a medium isn’t rare 45 Nepal’s continent 48 Pioneered 49 Salon treatment 52 Aptly named boss at the quarry where Fred Flintstone works 54 Livy’s “I love” 55 Mouse spotter’s shriek 56 “Nifty, huh?”

62 Stockpile 64 __’acte 65 Thought 66 Capone henchman 67 Vaulted cathedral part 68 Sask. neighbor 69 Isaac with a bow 70 Inner Hebrides isle 71 “... the slithy toves / Did __ and gimble ...”: “Jabberwocky” DOWN 1 Fit and muscular 2 Bill of Rights-defending org.

3 Pleased 4 Serenaded 5 Leave on the casino table 6 Jai __ 7 Kvetch 8 Pass by 9 Like poorly cleaned windows

10 Important time 11 Gal with a fairy godmother 12 Sporty car roofs 13 Good judgment 21 Merit 22 Jodie’s co-star in “Nell” 26 Big butte 27 P-like Greek letters 28 Perry’s creator 29 Tightwad 30 Bikini part 31 Sometime ally of Godzilla 35 Actor Schreiber 36 Tire near the finish 38 Turow’s Harvard-based story 40 Atlanta-to-Miami dir.

43 Dried Ocean Spray treat 44 CPR providers 46 Where Alice saw the Cheshire Cat 47 Bank foyer conveniences, for short 50 Virgil’s epic hero 51 Knocking the socks off 52 Ways partner

53 Send payment 57 Toll rd.

58 Part of a spout-climbing spider’s description 59 Whirlpool 60 Father of Cordelia 61 Dam site 63 Orch. section

MONDAY’S PUZZLE SOLVED

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SPORTS | 7

track & field

Weather doesn’t slow Rotilio Senior claimed first in 400-meter dash by derek denneny sports writer

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West Virginia running back Ryan Clarke gets ready to catch a pass thrown by wide receivers coach Daron Roberts at the Mountaineers’ first practice of spring camp last Wednesday.

ROBERTS

Continued from page 5 learn from then-Red Raiders head coach Mike Leach. Holgorsen was also on the team.

Holgorsen said at the time he didn’t think twice about the possibility the two would work together in the future.

“This guy was just getting his law degree, so I didn’t know which way he was headed,” Holgorsen said. “I knew he was a good guy, which is step one ... Philosophy is a secondary thing compared to what type of person you are, what kind of a recruiter you are and how you get along with the other staff members. He fit that mold when I met him.”

The two kept in touch, and it eventually led to him being hired officially last Monday.

Holgorsen said Roberts’ lengthy resume will allow him to be a mentor to WVU’s players.

“A lot of kids, it doesn’t matter where you’re at, they’ve got problems. They’re dealing with everything from an academic standpoint to temptations around town,” Holgorsen said. “There’s a lot of issues, and to have a guy like that who’s accomplished what he’s accomplished and done what he’s done is a good sounding board.”

It was a pretty hectic last week for Roberts, as he was hired as the new wide receivers coach and will handle kick and punt return on special teams on Monday.

He actually took the job last weekend and drove from Detroit to Morgantown on Sunday. He was sitting at his desk in the Puskar Center by Monday morning.

Roberts, who signed a twoyear, $200,000 term sheet, has been living at a hotel since then and getting to know the surrounding Morgantown area.

“I did my due diligence and

baseball

Continued from page 5 better.”

The Mountaineers crushed Maryland in last season’s meeting, amassing 25 hits on their way to a 20-9 victory in College Park, Md. The first pitch for this season’s edition of the border battle is scheduled for 6 p.m.

The Mountaineers have yet to name a starting pitcher for the game, and Van Zant said WVU will wait to make that decision after the team practice on Monday.

“We’re just going to wait and see who wants to step up and take the ball,” Van Zant said.

The Mountaineers pulled the upset in game one of the series on Friday against Louisville, winning 9-2 on the back of a good pitching performance by Ryan Tezak. The freshman worked five innings of one-hit relief to pick up his first career win.

“We just got good at bats, hit balls hard and ran the bases smart,” Van Zant said.

The Cardinals bounced back to win the remaining two games of the series 8-2 and 6-3, respectively.

West Virginia’s offense was headed by redshirt senior Grant Buckner and redshirt junior Dan DiBartolomeo, as both had four hits, two runs and a pair of RBIs over the weekend.

The Terrapins (13-15, 2-10 ACC) enter the mid-week bout coming off of a 1-2 weekend performance at home

Despite adverse weather conditions, the West Virginia track and field team had a successful showing last weekend at the Colonial Relays hosted

by William and Mary.

“We just remind the team that they can’t control the weather,” said head coach Sean Cleary, whose team ran in below-average temperatures and heavy winds. “We have to give it everything and try to keep the conditions out of our heads.”

Senior April Rotilio led the way for the Mountaineers on Day One of competition. Her time of 53.96 in the 400-meter dash was good enough for a first-place finish.

Seniors Keri Bland (2:09.70) and Kaylyn Christopher

(2:10.88) provided quality showings in the 800-meter run, finishing sixth and eighth, respectively.

The duo’s times were good enough to qualify for the Big East Conference championship.

Junior Terina Miller led WVU in field events after a fourth-place finish in the hammer throw (48.14 meters).

Freshman Chene Townsend stole the show for the Mountaineers on the final day after finishing fourth in the 100-meter hurdles (14.28).

Senior Natasha Redman and sophomore Sydney Cummings tied for second place in the high jump after both cleared the 1.65-meter mark.

The Mountaineer 4x800 relay team also had a strong showing on the final day, finishing in third place.

The team, consisting of Bland, Christopher, Rotilio and sophomore Aubrey Moskal, finished with a 9:00.63.

“We aren’t exactly where

we wanted to be at this point in the season,” Cleary said.

“We’re not too far off though.

It is important that our next few weeks bring us to where we want to be.”

WVU will return to action April 6 at the Texas Relays in Austin, Texas.

Despite the short layoff, Cleary is confident those competing will be fine.

“We held a few runners out this weekend because of the short week,” he said. “We wanted to make sure we were well rested because of the long trip and tough field.”

Cleary also said he will continue to remind his team to focus on the task ahead of them, not who they are racing against.

“This is a great chance for us to show where we are as a team,” he said. “Although we won’t have the entire team competing, this is a big race for us.” derek.denneny@mail.wvu.edu

rowing

Two WVU varsity 8 boats take two of top 3 spots at Occoquan Sprints

by Cody Schuler

sports correspondent

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West Virginia running back Ryan Clarke gets ready to catch a pass thrown by wide receivers coach Daron Roberts at the Mountaineers’ first practice of spring camp last Wednesday. called a lot of people around the league and, to a man, people didn’t hesitate in saying, ‘go there,’” Roberts said. “What I’m really excited about is engaging with the fan base ... People told me, ‘You’re going to meet the kindest people in the world,’ and coming from Texas I didn’t think that it could get much better.

“I can tell you it’s been incredible. I’ve already had people come up to me, and congratulate me and that felt good.”

Roberts has already gotten a gauge on Morgantown. He knows it has weathered the recession relatively well compared to his last stop, Detroit.

He knows the fans in the area know football.

He’s also getting to know his new players, as well.

“I told (the players), ‘I’m going to coach you like NFL players. That’s the only way I know,’” he said. “We’re going to go hard. We have high expectations. I’m going to grill them

on the field.

“It’s the mentoring aspect of college ball that I’m looking forward to the most.”

His new players have had the chance to spend three practices with their new position coach. The words “great” and “cool” came up when receivers described Roberts.

“He’s going to make you work, and he expects you to work hard. That’s just like all the coaches. They expect you to work when you come out to practice,” said senior wide receiver Brad Starks. “He’s laid back, but when it’s time he will get into you and tell you what he expects from you.”

Sophomore receiver Ivan McCartney likes the fact Roberts has an NFL background.

“He’s just like Coach Holgorsen and those guys. He’s very straight up, and he knows what he’s doing. He’s a very good coach,” he said.

against No. 7 Florida State.

The Seminoles blanked Maryland on Friday to take the first game, but the Terps responded with a 6-0 victory on Saturday to even the series.

In Sunday’s series finale, Maryland matched the FSU hit total of 13, but could only plate three runs.

The Terps issued 15 walks

in the contest and had four fielding errors, as Florida State won convincingly, 12-3.

The Terrapins have struggled away from home this season, dropping nine of 10 away from College Park, Md., with the team’s lone road win coming back on Feb. 19 over Texas.

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The West Virginia rowing team put on its best team performance of the early season on Sunday, as it concluded racing at the Occoquan Sprints in Fairfax Station, Va. The varsity eight boat of junior Jenelle Spencer, sophomore Hilary Meale, sophomore Rachelle Purych, senior Kate Brownson, senior Rachel Viglianco, junior Shannon Gribbons, freshman Karen Verwey, freshman Courtney Schrand and junior coxswain Sarah Cartwright took second place (7:26.82), finishing just 0.2 seconds behind Dayton.

The second varsity eight boat of senior Alita Meyers, freshman Jessica Hurlbert, junior Amanda Hirsch, senior Caitlin Murphy, graduate student Sara Olenich, sophomore Danika Rencken, junior Jessica Kelly, sophomore Danielle Widecrantz and senior coxswain Stasia DuPont raced to a third-place finish (7:45.28).

The varsity four boat finished fourth in its heat

(9:26.63) and the novice eight boat (8:43.32) finished fifth overall.

The varsity eight boat finished ahead of perennial spring competition George Mason, Saint Joseph’s and Temple, but head coach Jimmy King kept the results from Sunday in perspective.

“At this time, it simply means that we’re competitive with these crews at this time of the year, but admittedly, we haven’t been in the past, so that’s certainly a positive,” King said. “What remains to be seen is how our speed, and the speed of these competitors, compares to the larger field of schools we’ll see in the upcoming weeks.”

All races were affected by strong headwinds of around 20 mph, but the Mountaineers prevailed over the conditions and were able to capitalize on their extended practice time from Spring Break’s training camp.

“Training camp is always an invaluable time, particularly this year due to the time we lost on the Monongahela River,” King said. “We’re still

a bit behind where we would like to be in our race preparations, but the time at Lake Lure allowed us to catch up a bit.”

Perhaps the greatest benefactor of the additional training was the second varsity eight boat, who two weeks ago finished 20 seconds behind George Mason, but slashed that gap to less than a second on Sunday. King was particularly pleased with the group, which so far this spring has struggled to find its identity.

“The significant turnabout is a reflection of how much we’ve struggled to find our way in the second varsity eight, but hopefully this is a sign of more progress to come,” he said. “They are a young group, so significant and continued improvement is expected from them through the course of the season, but whether or not that continues depends largely on their mindsets in training, not just on race day.”

The Mountaineers will return to the water this weekend in Camden, N.J. to compete in the Knecht Cup Regatta. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

tennis

Samara pleased despite loss to Rutgers

By Derek Denneny Sports Writer

The West Virginia tennis team lost its second straight match Sunday, as it fell 1-6 to Rutgers.

Despite the lopsided score, the Mountaineers’ first-year head coach Tina Samara said there were numerous positives to take away from the match.

“The score wasn’t an accurate reflection of the day,” she said. “We played well, and each match was close. We showed a lot of improvement.”

WVU (7-11, 3-4 Big East Conference) fell behind early after surrendering the doubles

point to the Scarlet Knights.

Junior Veronica Cardenas and sophomore Liv Pettersson captured the Mountaineers’ lone doubles victory in an 8-7(5) match in the No. 2 spot.

After capturing a win in the No. 1 spot, the Scarlet Knights clinched the doubles point in a close 8-6 match over senior Ashley Pilsbury and freshman Melis Tanik in the No. 3 spot.

WVU’s lone victory came from No. 3 singles player freshman Mary Chupa. Chupa sent her Rutgers counterpart down 7-6(1), 5-7, 6-1.

No. 2 Emily Mathis lost two close sets (6-5, 6-5) while Tanik and Cardenas forced third-set

tiebreakers, but couldn’t pull off victories.

“We need to keep competing hard in every match like we did (on Sunday),” Samara said. “We showed a lot of heart out there. It is important for us to realize that despite the outcome of the match, we are making improvements. Today showcased how far we have come, although the score doesn’t show it.”

The Mountaineers will return to action this weekend when they travel to Connecticut to duel the Huskies and Marquette. derek.denneny@mail.wvu.edu

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ncaa basketball

UCONN’s historic run ends in title

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West Virginia women’s basketball guard Liz Repella drives to the bucket during the Big East Conference tournament earlier this year.

WVU’s Repella named 2nd-team all-American West Virginia women’s basketball star Liz Repella has been named a 2010-11 Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award All-America Second Team.

Connecticut’s Maya Moore was selected as the Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award recipient as chosen by a nationwide vote of Division I women’s basketball head coaches, national media and fans.

Repella was joined by the Big East Conference’s Sam Quigley from DePaul on the second team, as well as Dawn Evans from James Madison, Amber Harris from Xavier and Jasmine Thomas from Duke.

Beside Moore, the first team consisted of Erin Anthony from Army, Angie Bjorklund from Tennessee, Kayla Pedersen from Stanford and Danielle Robinson of Oklahoma.

The all-America status is the second for Repella this season, as she earned ESPN/CoSIDA Academic All-America First Team honors earlier this season.

Repella scored an average of 14.7 points-per-game as a senior. She led the team to the second round of the NCAA tournament.

To be eligible for the award, a student-athlete must be classified as an NCAA Division I senior and have notable achievements in four areas of excellence – community, classroom, character and competition.

Volleyball posts wins over Wright State, Ohio State The West Virginia volleyball team posted wins over Wright State and Ohio State last weekend to open its spring season.

The Mountaineers played

each team in two sets to a score of 25, in which they took both sets against Wright State and split with the Buckeyes. In OSU’s win, WVU came back from an eight-point deficit to narrowly be defeated.

WVU also met Kent State and Cleveland State today, but fell in both, despite posting a good showing on defense and controlling the tempo.

On Saturday, the WVU volleyball team will hold its own spring tournament/alumni weekend. Action in the tournament is set to begin at 9 a.m.

Huggins lands verbal commitment Florida native and 6-foot-1 point guard Gary Browne committed to play for West Virginia, WVillustrated.com first reported on Monday.

Browne, a Puerto Rico native, played for Alrington Country Day School (Fla.). He chose to play for WVU head coach Bob Huggins over offers from other schools like Miami, Central Florida, Memphis and Texas Tech, the report read.

Miami was a favorite until Sunday, when head coach Frank Haith left for Missouri.

Browne participated in the Prime Time Shootout in Morgantown last summer, and got his first taste of Morgantown during his trip to the town.

According to latinbasket.com, Browne played in five games for the Under-18 Puerto Rican national team and scored an average of 11.8 points per game.

He averaged 26.4 minutes per game according to the website.

— Compiled by Tony Dobies

Connecticut’s Alex Oriakhi and cheerleaders react against Butler during the second half of the NCAA championship game on Monday in Houston.

ap

Huskies win 11 straight games en route to national title in win over Butler HOUSTON (AP) — Kemba Walker scored 16 points and Connecticut beat Butler 5341 on Monday night to give Jim Calhoun his third national championship, something only four other coaches have done.

The Huskies did it with defense holding the Bulldogs to a Final Four-record low 18.8 shooting percentage (12 for 64).

Connecticut capped one of college basketball’s best postseason runs, winning six games in the NCAA tournament after winning five games in as many days to win the Big East title.

It was the second straight year Butler lost in the championship game.

Last year they were beaten 61-59 by Duke.

Walker didn’t match his 25.0 average in the tournament, but the Huskies didn’t need a lot of points playing defense as they did.

Calhoun, a Hall of Famer who has won the three titles in four Final Four appearances, joins John Wooden (10), Adolph Rupp (7), Mike Krzyzewski (4) and Bob Knight (3).

The 68-year-old Calhoun became the oldest coach to win a national championship. The oldest had been Phog Allen of Kansas who was 66 when the Jayhawks won in 1952.

Shelvin Mack, who led Butler with 13 points, hit a 3 with less than a second to play in the first half to give the Bulldogs a 22-19 lead and Chase Stigall hit a 3 just 22 seconds into the second half for a six-point lead – the biggest of the game by either team to that point. After that, it was all Huskies.

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Butler’s Andrew Smith, 44, reacts in front of teammate Matt Howard during the second half of the NCAA championship game against Connecticut on Monday in Houston.

Butler had two long droughts in the second half as Connecticut built the lead to as many as 13 points.

The Bulldogs went 7:07 without a field goal – missing 13 shots – and the Huskies went from down 25-19 to taking a 33-26 lead.

The second Connecticut run saw the Bulldogs go 6:09 without a basket, and the Huskies took a 41-28 lead on a jumper with 7:32 to play. Butler missed

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nine shots in that span, and when Andrew Smith scored – he converted another one of the many misses – the crowd gave a sarcastic cheer.

At 22-19, it was the lowest scoring first half since 1946.

Butler was 6 for 27 from the field (22.2 percent), including 5 of 14 from 3-point range.

The Huskies weren’t much better, shooting 29 percent (9 of 31), and they missed all five of their shots from behind the

arc.

The scoring was extremely slow. The Bulldogs started 2 of 15 from the field, both baskets being 3-pointers in nine attempts.

The Huskies reached the championship game by beating fourth-seeded Kentucky 56-55, while Butler moved on with a 70-62 victory over Virginia Commonwealth, just the third No. 11 seed to reach the Final Four.

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT | 9

‘Souce Code’ proves to be an emotional, daring science fiction thriller jesse tabit a&e writer

Michelle Monaghan and Jake Gyllenhaal star in ‘Source Code.’

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Original, thought-provoking science fiction films are hard to find these days, especially with aliens, bullets and violence crowding the sci-fi genre.

Luckily, one of these original findings, “Source Code,” turns out to be the first great action thriller of 2011 that not only plugs into your cerebral cortex, but also tugs on a few strings of the heart.

Your name is Colter Stevens.

You have just woken up on a train in Chicago and learned that you have eight minutes to find a bomber on the train be-

fore hundreds of lives are destroyed and a second attack, announced by the bomber, is just hours away.

What do you do? Well as it turns out, through a computer program called “Source Code,” you die and die and die again.

At least until you have learned to fully navigate the environment and carry out your mission. This premise may sound ridiculous, but that cannot be further from the truth, as it is played out brilliantly in “Source Code.”

With a great score, awesome visuals and interesting characters, there’s a lot to enjoy about this thought-provoking piece of cinema thanks to screenwriter Ben Ripley and director Duncan Jones.

Jones knows what he is doing, as his film debut, 2009’s “Moon,” was also an excellent piece of science fiction and a breath of fresh air for movie-goers.

The same can be said here.

And just as “Moon” featured a knockout performance from its lead Sam Rockwell (“Iron Man 2”), “Source Code” follows suit with Jake Gyllenhaal (“Donnie Darko”).

Gyllenhaal gives his best performance in recent memory, and co-stars Vera Farmiga (“Orphan”) and the charming Michelle Monaghan (“Made of Honor”) also bring their A-game.

The movie keeps you guessing, and though it could have fallen into a predictable niche

in its latter half, clever twists that are as perplexing as they are satisfying are thrown into the mix.

There’s a lot more to “Source Code” than meets the eye, and the film does a great job at keeping its viewers intrigued.

Though there’s plenty of suspense and impressive effects, “Source Code” is thoughtful and daring something that is rare in a high-octane blockbuster.

The film is not perfect, but with its clever twists and turns, heartfelt moments and exhilarating action sequences, it’s not far off. Do not hesitate to line up for this one.

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WVU students prepare for spring with vibrant fashion styles, creative prints megan puglisi a&e writer

This spring, expect to see a bevy of ikat prints in not only the fashion industry, but in the interior design world as well.

Ikat is a method of weaving that uses a resistant dyeing process similar to tie-dyeing on wool fibers that results in an intricate print.

From the catwalk to bedroom decor, prints are going to be huge this coming season.

Originating from Indonesia, Ikat is a culturally inspired print that plays a large role in the fashion scene.

Celebrities like Kristen Bell and Katherine Heigl have been spotted sporting this trendy print on the red carpet – providing a sign of acceptance for those who may be timid about indulging in this exciting trend.

West Virginia University senior public relations major Christina Gnozzo was spotted walking confidently to class in a pair of wedged boots that were bursting with color and excitement.

These laced up boots are versatile for any season. During the winter months, this heeled shoe with treads on the bottom will dismiss you from potentially eating pavement, which happens quite often on WVU’s hilly campus.

These boots are also great in the warmer months because they can be paired with socks and a solid colored skirt, which will give these trend setting shoes a bit more mileage.

“The touch of ruggedness that is mixed nicely with the

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Continued from page 12 high energy performance of the night, allowing viewers to see that Underwood is capable of letting her guard down and proving Tyler’s legendary rock squeal is still there.

Other jaw-dropping collaborations brought together county singer Brad Paisley and one of his personal musical influences, iconic country group Alabama.

The talented Zac Brown Band paired up with legendary James Taylor to sing its latest single “Colder Weather”

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news came out of Dark Horse for the various works of Joss Whedon.

Starting soon will be the official “Buffy Season 9,” the sequel to Whedon’s “Buffy Season 8,” that continues the series from where the show left off.

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LCD Soundsystem performed its concert series last week.

LCD Soundsystem bids farewell alex mcpherson a&e writer

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Senior public relations major Chrisina Gnozzo models her spring-inspired ensemble, accentuating her clean-cut outfit with a pair of colorful wedged boots. colorful print adds a fresh breath of inspiration for my use of printed fabrics into spring,”Gnozzo said.

Paired with dark denim jeggings, a loosely fitted white sweater from Express and a red scarf accenting the print, Gnozzo is the definition of a trendsetter.

With spring finally here, put

a halt to purchasing winter attire and begin investing in vibrant and captivating looks like Gnozzo.

Transcend the new season with a bold fashion statement modeling ikat clothing and accessories that will have everybody copying your originality.

that then segued into Taylor’s classic “Sweet Baby James.”

Though Taylor isn’t at his prime age of live performances, it was nice to see such an influence on American music commemorated, and Brown proved to be an up-and-coming timeless sound himself – delivering one of the most powerful shows of the night with flawless and gripping vocals.

Though the night was full of surprises, the most memorable performance came from a man who has mastered excelling in different genres.

Darius Rucker, former Hootie & the Blowfish front-

man turned country star, took the stage with members of the ACM Lifting Lives Music Camp.

Rucker performed an intimate and touching performance of “Music From the Heart” with developmentally disabled young adults as part of raising awareness of developmental disabilities.

The night left country fans proud to be a part of such a unique genre, while the diverse performances gained fans and left all music enthusiasts impressed by the American music scene.

Elsewhere in the Buffyverse will be “Angel and Faith,” a comic book that focuses on Buffy’s former love interest and the antiheroic slayer fans have come to love.

Angel was previously published by IDW, who lost the license last year.

Finally, Whedon’s last canceled TV show will also be returning in print form, with

a “Dollhouse” comic to be penned by Joss’s brother, Jed Whedon, who also worked on the internet series “Doctor Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog.”

While WonderCon may not yet be as big as San Diego Comic-Con, if it keeps up this kind of work, it can’t help but grow.

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I remember the moment I truly loved LCD Soundsystem.

I was sitting in my room preparing to go off to yet another summer camp. I’d just graduated high school, my girlfriend had moved three states away, and I was confident that my life was ending.

But then I stumbled onto a song called “All My Friends.”

In the lyrics it rings, “You spent the first five years trying to get with the plan and the next five years trying to be with your friends again.”

As the song sadly and emotionally winds down after its nearly eight minutes of bliss, it all becomes clear.

Enjoy what you have while you have it.

So for these last four years, I’ve enjoyed every bit of New York dance-punk band LCD Soundsystem, and I am in-

credibly sad to see them go.

Last Saturday, at Madison Square Garden, the group performed its final show.

The members announced the news on their website Feb. 8.

“We are retiring from the game. Gettin’ out. Movin’ on.”

While there were initial problems with scalpers grabbing up the tickets for the final show and reselling them as high as $1,500 a pop, this was remedied with four “warmup” shows held at terminal five between March 28 and 31.

Those tickets were luckily only a smooth $40.

Streaming live on www.

Pitchfork.com, the show was a hit even if you couldn’t be there. To a packed crowd of 20,000 fans, LCD Soundsystem played for over three hours with an incredible selection of old favorites and insane covers.

Grammy-winning Arcade Fire showed up to give them a hand on “North American Scum,” and comedian Reggie

Watts helped out on “45:33 (Part Two).”

The Guardian’s Katie Kitamura mused about the atmosphere of the show, being “somewhere between a joyous wake and a dance party funeral.”

Their final track was the, at the time fitting, “New York, I Love You But You’re Bringing Me Down/Twin Peaks Theme (Angelo Badalamenti cover).”

However, unlikely as retirement is after three albums and ten years of amazing music, LCD Soundsystem is gone.

They went out with a bang to the sound of thousands of dedicated fans, and now, I wonder, if “All My Friends” will tug at their hearts too.

“Where are your friends tonight? If I could see all my friends tonight.”

You know where your friends are, LCD Soundsystem.

And when you decide to come back to us, we’ll be right here waiting. alex.mcpherson@mail.wvu.edu

Jennifer Nettles of country group Sugarland and Rihanna perform ‘California King Bed’ at the ACM Awards Sunday night.

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304-296-7764.

2BR, $650/MO +UTILITIES, DOWNTOWN. 304-290-7368 or 304-377-1570.

2BR APTS. NEAR BOTH CAMPUSES. Parking, utilities included. Available May, 2011. NO PETS. Lease/Deposit. $800/mo.

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1 OR 3/BR NEAR LAW SCHOOL. $395/$1125 + utilities. 304-288-4481.

1, 2, or 3/BR PARTIALLY FURNISHED HOUSE. 662 Jones Ave. NO Pets.

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304-203-3107.

2 BEDROOM SOUTH PARK 232 REAY ALLEY includes parking, WD, $600 p/m plus utilities.

304-319-1243, Hymarkproperties.com 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.

1,2,3/BR APT w/off-street parking. Laundry facilities. Close to downtown. 15/min walk to WVU campus. $340, $550, $700 plus electric. Available 5/15/11.No Pets.

579 Brockway Ave. 304-282-2729.

1-3 BR APTS AND HOUSES. SOME include utilities and allow pets! Call Pearand Corporation 304-292-7171.

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4/BR CONDO. PRIVATE BATH. Walk-in closets. W/D. $365/mo. per room includes utilities. Contact Yvonne: (302)270-4497 leave message.

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ALL UTILITIES INCLUDED Cable-Internet Included Washer Dryer Included Parking Included Central Heat and Air Walk In Closets Dishwasher-Microwave Private Balconies 24 Hour Emergency Maintanance On Site Management Modern Fire Safety Features Furnished Optional On Inter-Campus Bus Route OTHER 2BR UNITS CLOSE TO CAMPUS W/SIMILAR AMMENITIES

“GET MORE FOR LESS” CALL TODAY 304-296-3606 www.benttreecourt.com CONDO FOR RENT (WVU) 4/BR, 4/BA WD in unit. Partially furnished Private parking. $1700/mo includes utilities. Please call 240-687-3451. 240-207-3331.

INCLUDES ALL UTIL, WD, NO PETS 2BR Apt $800, 1BR efficiency $470/mo, 1BR attic apt $500-no WD, AC, 1BR/living room $600. Available May16. 304-983-8066 or 304-288-2109.

NOW LEASING 1BR Apartment. Available May 15th. Prefer Graduate Student. No Smoking. No Pets. 304-288-0817

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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.

2/BRs. AVAILABLE. WD. DW. Big porch.

Parking. NO PETS. $700/mo plus water/electric. Westover. Lease/dep.

304-826-0002.

ONE BEDROOM, TWO BEDROOM EFFICIENCY Apts. Central air, off street parking, near law school. No smoking, no pets.

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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

ONE BEDROOM, WD, ON AND OFF street parking. Available Aug 15, $400 plus utilities. 304-282-5772.

2BR DUPLEX Available May. 89 Mason St. $650/month. Parking/no pets, W/D, A/C 304-288-6374 or 304-594-3365

ONE BEDROOM, WD, ON AND OFF street parking, yard, pets. $375 includes trash. 304-282-5772.

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2BR, 1BATH DOWNTOWN ON STEWART STREET. Recently remodeled. Off-street parking, DW, laundry facilities. $700/month +electric. Pets considered. 304-296-8943 www.rentalswv.com 2BR/2BTH. Available May. Stewartstown Rd. $650/month. Garage, no pets, W/D, A/C 304-288-6374 or 304-594-3365 2-3-4-5/BR APARTMENTS. SPRUCE and Prospect Streets. NO PETS. Starting in May/2011. Lease/deposit. For more info call 292-1792. Noon to 7pm.

2/BR APARTMENT IN WESTOVER. All utilities paid, W/D included, pets with deposit. $850 month www.morgantownapts.com or 304-615-6071 2BR Available May. 332 Stewart Street. $625/month. Utilities included. Parking, no pets, washer/dryer. 304-288-6374 or 304-594-3365

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3BR SOUTH PARK. GREAT LOCATION. DW. WD. Off-street parking. Call 304-906-9984.

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

3BR, 2BA TOWNHOUSE. WALK TO Mountainlair. DW, WD, Off-street parking.

Newly remodeled. Call 304-906-9984.

GREEN PROPERTIES 1/BR APTS, South Park and Sunnyside. Available May 15th.

304-216-3402.

3/BR FOR RENT. WALKING DISTANCE to downtown campus. $1200/month plus utilities. Off-street parking. No pets. Available May 15. 304-919-0086. : Brand New 3 Bedroom 2 1/2 Bath Townhomes : Granite Countertops : Stainless Steel Appliances : Central Air Conditioning : Garage : Club House, Exercise Room, Pool

ACROSS RUBY/STADIUM. INGLEWOOD BLVD. 2BR APT, 2BR Townhouse.

May/August 2011. Parking. W/D in building.

Call 304-276-5233.

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AVAILABLE 6/1/11. 101 McLane Ave. 1/BR. A/C, WD on premises. $550/mo includes all utils/cable-tv, and parking space. NO PETS. 304-599-3596.

304-216-2874

AVERY APARTMENTS. NEWER 1+2/BR. units. 1/BR-$625, 2/BR-$850+utilities. Includes: DW, microwave, WD, hardwood floor, walk-in closets. Other amenities include free WiFi, fitness room, sunbed. NO PETS. Conveniently located between downtown and hospitals. Off Stewartstown road. 304-288-0387or 304-692-9296.

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

2 Min. From Hospital and Evansdale Bus Service NO PETS

304-599-6376

www.morgantownapartments.com BEST LOCATION IN TOWN. OFF CAMPUS housing on campus location! Call us before you sign that lease. Newly remodeled 2 and 3BR, C/A, WD, private patioparking available. 304-598-2560.

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

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

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

LARGE 2?BR. GREAT CONDITION. Conveniently located across bridge in Westover. 7/min. walk to Walnut PRT. C/CA. D/W. Free W/D. Storage Facilities. $395/person. All utilities included.

304-288-3308, LARGE 3 and 4/BR APTS. IN QUIET South Park. Rent/incl utilis. W/D. Some with parking on bus lines. Short walk to downtown PRT & main campus.

304-292-5714.

LARGE 3BR APTS. TOP OF HIGH ST. All utilities included. 304-292-7233.

LARGE, UNFURNISHED 3/BR DUPLEX apartment. Available Now. Close to campus/hospitals. Deck, appliances, WD hook-up, off-street parking. No pets. $750/mo+utilities. 304-594-2225 MATURE STUDENTS WHO WANT TO LIVE near Law School. This like-new building includes 2BR, 2Bath. $800/mo +utilities.

No Pets. 304-685-9300.

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

LARGE 2 B/R SOUTH PARK. No Pets, W/D, $550/Month. Electric included. Call 304-288-6374 or 304-594-3365

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2,3, Bedroom With Utilities and Furnished Laundry Facitities $460/$525 Per Person

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Call 304-288-0067.

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

387 High Street (Pita Pit Building)

3BR APARTMENT Downtown Campus.

W/D, free parking, priced to include utilities.

Call 304-594-1200 or bckrentals.com

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

409 High Street

304-322-0046 wwwmotownapts.com

2 Bedrooms * Starting at $300 per person * AC, W & D * Off street parking * Stewart Street Complex * Walk to downtown Campus

NO PETS ALLOWED

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Downtown (Per Person) 1 Bd High St. 650 + Elec 1 Bd Lorentz Ave. 525 Inc. 1 Bd First St. 525 + Elec 2 Bd Spruce St. 350 + Elec 2 Bd High St. 400 - 700 + Elec 3 Bd High St. 575 + Elec 3 Bd Firs St. 400 + Util 3 Bd Sharon Ave. 395 + Util Evansdale (Per Person) 1 Bd Van Voorhis 2 Bd Bakers Land 3 Bd Bakers Land 4 Bd Bakers Land

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

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617 NORTH ST. 4/BR 2 FULL BATH, W/D, 1 car garage, front and back porch with private yard. Off-street parking for 5 cars.

Lease May 15. $334 each per month for 3, $325 each for 4 + utils. NO PETS 304-685-3457 (can be unfurnished)

1BR OF 4BR. THE DISTRICT. FREE pool and tanning. $435/month all utilities included. May- August 2011

2/BR HOUSE, 129 6TH ST. 2 PEOPLE @ $350/each includes utilities. 304-291-0667 or 304-282-3414.

WELL-MAINTAINED 3/BR HOUSE UNIT. Located close to main campus. 600 Cayton St. W/D, Microwave, D/W, Free off-street parking. $400/mo/per person including utilities. No Pets. Call Rick 724-984-1396.

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

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4/BR WALK TO CAMPUS W/D. Lease/Deposit. Available 6/1/11. No pets.

Max Rentals 304-291-8423 5/BR, 2½BA WITH GARAGE. Near downtown campus. $2000/mo + utilities.

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APTS AND HOUSES FOR RENT 217, 225, Jones Ave. 617 North Street, 341 Mulberry Street, 1-4/BR. $325-$475 each plus utilities. Free off-street parking. NO PETS. Lease May 15, 2011. E.J. Stout 304-685-3457 NEW TOWNHOMES- LEASE STARTING Available in May/August.

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WHARF DISTRICT- 3BR, 2BR & 3BR HOUSES for rent. $350/person/month, includes gas,elec,water. W/D, off-street parking, large houses, big kitchens; 10min walk to campus. Avail. June 1st. Howard Hanna Premier Properties by Barbara Alexander, Owner/Broker, Independently Owned and Operated. 304-594-0115.

ROOMMATES 1-3 ROOMMATES, MALE, 4BR, 4BATH apt. Evansdale, $425/month, WD/DW, AC, Furn kitchen/living room. Parking. 1yr lease.

Available May 15. 304-482-7919.

ROOMMATES WANTED TO SHARE brand new home close to campus, shopping, interstate access. 2 rooms available. $550 utilities included.

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HOUSES FOR SALE 4 B/R 1 1/2 BATH Older 2 story house. 725 White Avenue. $75,000. Call Sam Muncy at 304-457-4531 QUALITY 3BR TOWNHOME OVERLOOKING golf course. $249,500. Missy Hartsell, Realtor, Houses & More Susan Miller, Broker 304-698-8877 or 304-329-4559.

SPACIOUS 3BR DUPLEX MINUTES TO I-68 and campus. $235,000 Missy Hartsell, Realtor, Houses &More Susan Miller, Broker 304-698-8877 or 304-329-4559.

MOBILE HOMES FOR SALE 2 bedroom ,1 bath, AC, gas furnace, comes with WD, large covered deck. $14,000. 7 Country Squire Village.

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MISC. FOR SALE PACKING SUPPLIES including boxes & paper.

Excellent condition call 412-952-1092

AUTOMOBILES FOR SALE CASH PAID!! WE BUY CARS and trucks.

Any make! Any model! Any condition!

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Computer Graphic Artist & Production Foreman The Daily Athenaeum is now accepting applications in the Production “Department for Computer Graphic Artist & Production Foremen.

Experience Preferred Adobe InDesign, Photoshop & Flash Apply at 284 Prospect Street Bring Class Schedule EOE

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

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

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

Send references and resume to: morgantownbabysitterjob@gmail.com CAMP RANGER NEEDED FOR GIRL SCOUT Camp in Bruceton Mills, WV. Must have valid license. Clearances required.

Ranger to live on site. Send resume to recruiting@gswpa.org.

MARIO’S FISHBOWL NOW HIRING COOKS email fishbowl@mountain.net or apply at 704 Richwood Ave. NOW HIRING SERVERS AND EXPERIENCED bartender, and line cook. Apply in person. Archies in Sabraton next to CVS. 304-292-3991.

SPEND THE SUMMER OUTSIDE! Ohiopyle Trading Post and River Tours is looking to expand its staff of great employees. All positions available from retail to river-guide. Experienced video boaters needed!

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THE LAKEHOUSE NOW HIRING FOR summer jobs. Busy lake front restaurant.

Great summer atmosphere! Hiring servers, cooks, hosts. Apply in person Wednesday-Sunday. 304-594-0088.

THE VARSITY CLUB IS NOW ACCEPTING applications for experienced line cooks and wait staff to fill day and evening shifts.

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Fiction author brings short stories to WVU by jake potts a&e writer

West Virginia University’s Department of English hosted a public reading by author Michael Czyzniejewski in the Robinson Reading Room of the Downtown Library Monday night.

Czyzniejewski works as editor-in-chief for the MidAmerican Review and currently teaches creative writing and desktop publishing courses at Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio.

He grew up in the Chicago area where he received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Illinois and later received a Master of Fine Arts degree in Fiction from Bowling Green.

Czyzniejewski is the author of a variety of stories published in literary magazines such as American Lit-

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT To view footage from the author’s public reading Monday night, visit www.theadaonline. com erature Review, Quick Fiction and Western Humanities Review.

Czyzniejewski published his first book of short stories “Elephants in Our Bedroom” in 2009, and he opened Monday night with the title short story from that publication.

The anecdote tells the story of a man who after winning a game of poker receives an elephant as an award.

The elephant, which he refuses to name, has taken up its hospitality in the corner of the man’s bedroom.

The wife has yet to notice, or at least yet to acknowledge

her existence of the elephant, and it makes the man question many elements of their relationship.

Mary Anderson, a freshman women’s studies major, attended the reading and said she appreciated Czyzniejewski for his writing ambitions.

“He’s somebody different.

It’s nice to see someone go out and do what they’ve always wanted to do,” Anderson said.

Creative writing graduate student Charity Gingerich said she enjoyed the short stories for their unique tones.

“It was very interesting and eclectic,” Gingerich said.

“I like how he takes real people and turns them into caricatures. People like that kind of stuff. He’s a clever and versatile writer.”

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jake.potts@mail.wvu.edu

Author Mike Czyzniejewski reads short stories in the Robinson Reading Room at the Downtown Library Monday evening.

WonderCon highlights upcoming comic-based films, video games james carbone campus calender editor

Movie and comic book fans have been flooded with good news this week.

WonderCon, held in San Francisco April 1 to April 3, brought new clips, previews and tantalizing teasers for upcoming releases.

Arguably the biggest piece of footage shown at the event was a four-minute preview of DC Comic’s “Green Lantern.” The movie is due to come out later this year.

The footage shows Sur (Temuera Morrison) wounded and on Earth to pass on the mantle of the Green Lantern to Hal Jordan (Ryan Reynolds).

It also showed extensive footage of Jordan’s fellow Lanterns, most notably the bird-based To-

mar-Re (Geoffrey Rush), as well as Jordan reciting the Green Lantern oath.

Other footage included the appearance of a monster, who is presumably Green Lantern’s enemy Parallax, and some footage of Jordan’s creations using his ring.

Footage of the Jon Favreaudirected “Cowboys and Aliens,” starring Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford, was also shown.

Featured were supporting actors who many may not have been aware were in the film, such as Sam Rockwell, Clancy Brown and Paul Dano.

The big reveal of the footage, though, was what the aliens will look like, something that has only been teased thus far.

While it doesn’t show their entire form, it does reveal their heads, which are menacing.

The last big reveal was the trailer for the film “The Immortals,” a retelling of the myth of

Greek hero Theseus, inspired by films such as “300” and the remake of “Clash of the Titans.”

The film stars Henry Cavill as Theseus, the actor famous for “The Tudors,” who was also recently cast in the role of Superman for Zach Snyder’s take on the “Man of Steel.”

Other stars include Mickey Rourke as the evil King Hyperion and “Slumdog Millionaire” star Freida Pinto as an oracle and love interest of Theseus.

This convention didn’t carry just movie news, though.

Footage of a new “Thunder Cats” cartoon also debuted.

While the cast features new actors stepping into the roles, such as “Boy Meets World” star Will Friedle voicing Lion-O, there are references to the old show with Larry Kenney, the original voice of the Thundercats leader, now playing the role of Claudus, Lion-O’s father.

In video game news, the lat-

Ryan Reynolds stars as Hal Jordan in the upcoming film adaptation of ‘Green Lantern.’ est Spider-Man game, “Edge of Time,” was announced.

The spiritual sequel to last years “Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions,” players will once again be able to play mainstream Marvel’s iteration of Spider-Man as well as the futuristic Spider-Man 2099, with each

directly able to control the other’s fate.

Voicing the original webslinger is Josh Keaton, who voiced the character in the recent cartoon “The Spectacular Spider-Man” as well as Ultimate Spider-Man from “Shattered Dimensions,” while Spider-Man

Warner Bros.

2099 will be voiced by Christopher Daniel Barnes, best known for his role in the early ’90s “Spider-Man: The Animated Series” as well as playing Greg Brady in “The Brady Bunch Movie.”

Finally, some big comic book

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Steven Tyler and Carrie Underwood perform at the Academy of Country Music Awards Sunday night.

Collaborations steal the show at 2011 ACM Awards mackenzie mays associate a&e editor

“Everyone is saying this has been a great night for country music, but I disagree,” said Ryan Seacrest as he presented Taylor Swift with the award for Entertainer of the Year at the 2011 Academy of Country Music Awards Sunday night.

“I think it has been a great night for American music.”

Seacrest said it best, as unexpected live collaborations and guest celebrities stole the show and country artists dabbled into a variety of genres.

One of the most impressive duets had to be powerhouse female vocalists Jennifer Nettles of country group Sugarland and pop goddess Rihanna.

Though the pair seems to be an unlikely duet for any music fan, the two balanced each other’s vocals well and were able to showcase their own talents while proving their versatility as performers.

The two performed Rihan-

na’s new song “California King Bed,” a heartbreak ballad that falls right into Nettles’ songwriting style, lyrically similar to raw, emotional Sugarland hits like “Stay.”

Though Rihanna has a sound open to a wider audience, as Nettles’ distinct sound can come off as abrasive and take a bit getting used to, the two gave a stunning live performance and proved to be a brilliant match.

Another notable duet of the night includes country sensation Carrie Underwood and rockstar legend and former Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler, who shocked audiences with their merged rendition of Underwood’s “Undo It” and Tyler’s “Walk This Way.” Viewers should’ve known something was up when usually clean-cut Underwood took the stage with a rocker outfit a little more risque than we’re used to seeing.

The duet combined the best of both music worlds and proved to be the most

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