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Students, Rockefeller talk ‘buying local’ by mackenzie mays city editor
West Virginia University students joined Senator Jay Rockefeller and a panel of business owners from across the state this weekend to discuss the importance of buying local. The “Making it in America” Roundtable is in its sixth year and is dedicated to creating jobs across the state of West Virginia and promoting small businesses.
“Creating jobs and getting our economy back on track is absolutely the first priority. A key way to help our West Virginia economy is to buy local,” Rockefeller said in a press release. “The fact is, dollars that are spent in the local economy stay in the local economy and create jobs for our neighbors. West Virginia has a wealth of products that fit any budget or taste, and these small businesses are the perfect place to start.” Andira Alvarez, a senior pub-
lic relations student, participated in the WVU Perley Isaac Reed School of Journalism’s Buy Local program last year, which allowed students to help rural areas better promote and brand their local businesses. Alvarez, who helped assemble Ritchie County’s first business expo in 10 years as part of her assignment last semester, said she learned a lot about the importance of stainability this weekend. “From my experience, these
economic decisions affect everyone – not just business owners,” Alvarez said. “Business owners depend on their community members, and some can’t survive without that support.” Alvarez said most of what she’s learned through the University program sprung from the national buy local campaign “The 3/50 Project,” which aims to increase consumer spending to benefit local economies. “Through the ‘3/50 Project,’
I remember hearing that if you spend $100, $59 of that stays in your town. And that was powerful for me,” she said. “As college students, we might not know all of the business owners personally, but it’s nice to know that your money is going to a place you appreciate. Projects like these open your eyes to that.” Jared Lathrop, a senior public relations student, has experience with the University’s Buy Local campaign, too, but said the roundtable opened his eyes.
“I don’t think I realized the importance of it, but after meeting everyone and seeing it’s their livelihood, I can see how it really gives back to the economy,” he said. “I don’t think that college students understand the importance of buying local because it’s sometimes easier to go grab fast food from a mainstream chain like McDonald’s. But, it is important for everyone to support your community.”
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Cards of Hope to benefit pediatric cancer patients by jessica lear staff writer
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Loss vs. No. 1 LSU, 47-21 Loss at Syracuse 49-23 Loss vs. Louisville 38-35 Win at No. 23 Cincinnati 24-21 Win vs. Pittsburgh 21-20 Win at South Florida 30-27
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Win vs. No. 21 Auburn 38-24 Win vs Virginia Tech 23-3 Loss at Georgia Tech 31-17 Loss at N.C. State 37-17 Loss at No. 12 South Carolina 34-13 Win vs. Virginia Tech 38-10
West Virginia University Children’s Hospital is selling Christmas cards made by children for children. The annual Cards of Hope sale selects 10 Christmas card designs drawn by pediatric cancer patients of WVU Children’s Hospital and benefits the Cure Kids Cancer Fund. The project raises about $25,000 to $30,000 each year, according to Lora Edgell, director of the Children’s Miracle Network at WVU Children’s Hospital. “One hundred percent of every package of cards goes directly to help patients and their families through our
Cure Kids Cancer Fund,” Edgell said. The Cure Kids Cancer Fund is a program that provides cancer patients and their families with state-ofthe-art health care and support services. Cards of Hope is the main source of funding for the Cure Kinds Cancer Fund and helps supply patients with a variety of necessary supplies. “Funds from the Cure Kids Cancer Fund are used for direct patient needs, including gas cards, meal tickets, equipment and medical needs not covered by health insurance,” Edgell said. This year’s Cards of Hope
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SportsCenter anchor stresses importance of education at event by alex sims sports writer
A packed Mountainlair Ballroom welcomed ESPN SportsCenter broadcaster Jay Harris Saturday evening. The event was hosted by the West Virginia University Resident Faculty Leaders as a part of its growing initiative, “Our WVU Communities,” which aims to help undergraduate students find positive peer support groups during their time at WVU. Harris, who has been with ESPN since 2003, spoke on the importance of maintaining an education in achieving career success. “If you don’t have an education, you’re way behind. It’s like starting a 100-yard dash
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from the 120-yard line – it’s ridiculous,” Harris said. “Education is probably one of the most important things you can do in life. Get it, do it, or get left behind.” The WVU College of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences and the Perley Isaac Reed School of Journalism joined Harris for a roundtable discussion prior to the main event, where Harris offered specific career advice to those headed into the
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Starbucks executive discusses human resources of coffee at WVU by lydia nuzum
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Starbucks Executive Vice President Kalen Holmes spoke to students and faculty on the development of the Starbucks coffee franchise over the past five years during a lecture sponsored through the West Virginia University College of Business and Economics. Holmes, head of the Partner Resources Division for Starbucks, gave a presentation in the Erickson Alumni Center Friday as part of the PNC Practicum Series sponsored by the business college and discussed the ways Starbucks has revamped its image since cofounder and current CEO How-
ard Schultz reclaimed control of the company in 2008. “I was fortunate enough come into the company in November 2009, and we closed that first quarter with the first progress of profitable growth– it was the first time our results were out of the red in two and a half years,” Holmes said. “I guess you could call it dumb luck for my timing. It meant that we were able to look into how we were then going move the company forward.” Holmes said the company was able to engage in several improvements and expansions in order to rescue the multi-billion dollar corporation, including strengthening the core of the business, elevating the ex-
perience for Starbucks customers and growing responsibly for long-term development. “Pretty quickly we were able to see some significant progress,” Holmes said. “There were some pretty bold moves taken. There were significant efficiencies focused on throughout the company – stores which had to be closed and, unfortunately, a reduction in force, which the company had never experienced.” Holmes said the company has improved its infrastructure and product since Schultz resumed the position of chairman and CEO of the company. Starbucks is the largest coffeehouse company in the world, with more than 17,000 stores
in 55 countries. The company also owns Seattle’s Best Coffee, as well as Evolution Fresh, a fresh juice bar company. The audience included graduate students from the WVU Master of Science in Human Resources and Industrial Relations program. Holmes said students seeking job opportunities in the business fields should be open to every opportunity they are given to gain experience. “You guys are in a great place to explore, test, experiment and learn. I think more than anything right now, you should be open to what those experiences are versus what
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ON THE INSIDE The West Virginia women’s basketball team defeated Boston University Saturday 78-53. SPORTS PAGE 10
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WVU FALLS ON ROAD The West Virginia men’s basketball team lost to No. 24 Mississippi State on the road Saturday in the Big East/SEC Challenge. SPORTS PAGE 7
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Romney, Gingrich focus of GOP race with Cain exit MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — With the implosion of Herman Cain’s campaign amid accusations of adultery and sexual harassment, the once-crowded 2012 Republican presidential field appears to be narrowing to a two-man race between Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich. GOP voters have one month before the leadoff Iowa caucuses. Gingrich is showing strength in the latest Iowa poll, while Romney is strong in New Hampshire, site of the first primary. Romney has maintained a political network since his failed 2008 presidential bid, especially in New Hampshire. Gingrich, whose campaign nearly collapsed several months ago, is relying on his debate performances and the good will he built up with some conservatives as a congressional leader in the 1980s and 1990s. Gingrich’s efforts appear to be paying off in Iowa. A Des Moines Register poll released late Saturday found the former House speaker leading the GOP field with 25 percent support, ahead of Ron Paul at 18 percent and Romney at 16. Cain’s suspension of his campaign Saturday, and Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s continued struggles
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might be easier,” Holmes said. The presentation also included a special coffee tasting, and local Startbucks partners were present to serve guests samples of the Verona blend. Leeaan Mahute, a Starbucks store manager in Ohio, presented the coffee to the guests at the event. Mahute said she loved the opportunity to visit WVU and present samples to the student
to make headway with voters, have focused the party’s attention on Romney, a former Massachusetts governor, and Gingrich, a one-time congressman from Georgia. They offer striking contrasts in personality, government experience and campaign organization. Their political philosophies and differences are a bit harder to discern. Both men have changed their positions on issues such as climate change. And Gingrich, in particular, is known to veer into unusual territories, such as child labor practices. Romney has said he differs with Gingrich on child labor laws. Gingrich recently suggested that children as young as nine should work as assistant school janitors, to earn money and learn work ethics. Leading the pack means drawing criticism from those in the rear, such as Pennsylvania’s Rick Santorum. Consistently lagging in the polls, Santorum took swipes at both leaders Sunday on ABC’s “This Week with Christiane Amanpour”. Gingrich, he said, isn’t a strong champion of conservative social values and puts them in “the back of the bus.” “He has never really been sional who has your dream job. Harris stressed the importance of working toward your goals at a young age. “Figure out what you have to do to get to where you want to be, and do it right now,” Harris said. “Perseverance is key. You have to fix your eyes on the prize and keep them there.” Harris said he was honored to offer his advice to WVU students. “So many people have helped me along the way, and I appreciate that,” he said. “I feel that it’s my duty to do whatever I can to impart my experience and knowledge and let you know from my perspective what it’s like out there.”
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community. “My daughter is a fifth year senior here at WVU, and I love the University,” Mahute said. Mahute said the Starbucks company upholds a standard of coffee and community outreach that is unrivaled in the industry. “At Starbucks, our mission is to inspire and nurture the human spirit one person, one cup and one neighborhood at a time,” Mahute said. “With coffee, it has always been – and will always be – about quality.”
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Republican presidential candidate and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney participate in a presidential debate at St. Anselm College in Manchester, N.H. an advocate of pushing those issues. Newt is someone who likes to get issues that are 80 to 90 percent in the polls, and 80 percent in the polls are generally not necessarily conservative – strong conservative issues. But that’s how Newt is – has always tried to govern. And I respect that.”
Santorum acknowledged that Romney had become more conservative on issues, but questioned “whether he can be trusted.” “The best indication of what someone is going to do in the future is what they’ve done in the past,” he said. Cain’s announcement in At-
lanta offered a possible opening for Romney or Gingrich to make a dramatic move in hopes of seizing momentum for the sprint to the Jan. 3 Iowa caucus. Neither man did. They appear willing to play things carefully and low-key for now. At a town hall meeting in New York sponsored by tea
George McGovern in stable condition after SD fall SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Former Democratic presidential candidate George McGovern was alert, comfortable and in stable condition at a South Dakota hospital Saturday after hitting his head during a fall, hospital officials said. The 89-year-old former U.S. senator was taken by helicopter to a Sioux Falls hospital late Friday after falling outside Dakota Wesleyan University’s McGovern Library in Mitchell. A school official said McGovern hit his head on the pavement about two hours before he was scheduled to appear on a live C-SPAN interview at the library. “Senator McGovern is alert and resting comfortably but, as with any head injury, it is important that we observe the situation closely,” Dr. Michael Elliott, chief medical officer at Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center, said in a written statement Saturday. The statement said McGovern was in stable condition, though no other details were released. The hospital said his family was asking for privacy. The former South Dakota senator has lived in St. Augustine, Fla., since 2008 but also has a home in Mitchell. Friends and faculty who had gathered at the library for the C-SPAN taping said McGovern fell at about 5:15 p.m. Friday. McGovern was “bleeding profusely” but was conscious and talking as he was taken from the university by ambulance, said Donald Simmons, dean of the College of Public Service.
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Former Democratic presidential nominee and U.S. Sen. George McGovern arrives for the funeral Mass for R. Sargent Shriver at Our Lady of Mercy Parish in Potomac, Md. McGovern’s daughter, Ann, was with her father before he was taken to the Sioux Falls hospital. She said Friday that the injury was unrelated to her father’s hospitalization in late October for exhaustion. University President Robert Duffett said McGovern had been excited to take part in the C-SPAN program “The Contenders,” which focuses on failed presidential candidates who changed the landscape of American politics. McGovern lost his 1972 presidential bid against President Richard Nixon, who eventually
resigned amid the Watergate scandal. Duffett said he had coffee with McGovern just hours before the fall and that McGovern was returning to the campus to grab dinner with faculty before the interview. McGovern was entering a side door when he “tripped and fell and hit his head hard,” Duffett said. “It’s just one of those things. He’s made that walk many times before.” McGovern has an office inside the library, which is named for him and his late wife, Eleanor. C-SPAN went ahead and
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party supporters, Gingrich declined to characterize the race as a direct contest between himself and Romney. Any of the remaining GOP contenders could stage a comeback before the Iowa caucuses, he said. “I’m not going to say that any of my friends can’t suddenly surprise us,” Gingrich said. Paul may be one of those candidates. He said Sunday his discussions of the war and the country’s financial condition are resonating with voters in Iowa and New Hampshire. He points to the Iowa poll numbers as a measure of his success and says he also stands to gain from Cain dropping out of the race, and his organization is paying attention to where Cain’s supporters might go. “There are a lot of people who call themselves Tea Party people that did like the independent mindedness of Herman Cain. So I’m optimistic that we’ll pick up some votes from there,” he said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union”. But once high-flying contenders such as Perry and Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota have not managed to bounce back so far, despite weeks of trying.
COHASSET, Mass. (AP) — A tag from a lobster pot that was swept off the New England sea floor two decades ago during what came to be known as “The Perfect Storm” has washed up 3,000 miles away in Ireland. The pot that held the tag with Cohasset lobsterman Richard Figueiredo’s name on it was one of hundreds he lost when the vicious storm on the Atlantic Ocean struck off New England in 1991. Rosemary Hill of Waterville in County Kerry found the tag on a beach last year, but the 39-year-old beachcomber put it aside with other beach souvenirs. Last week, she decided to try to contact Figueiredo and
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found him through his son Rich’s Facebook account. “I looked at it again and thought, ‘Why not try to find the owner?’” Hill told The Patriot Ledger. “Nothing ventured, nothing gained.” Figueiredo, of Pembroke, was stunned the worn tag had weathered the long trip after the storm, which was made famous by Sebastian Junger’s book “The Perfect Storm,” the basis for a Hollywood movie about a rugged crew of New England fishermen caught in the storm. “The odds are phenomenal,” Figueiredo said. Oceanographer Curt Ebbesmeyer said the tag’s 20-year drift is unusually long for such flotsam. He Friend’s Gift Shop at Ruby Memorial Hospital, said loyal customers have helped keep Cards of Hope going for more than 20 years. “The cards have become a tradition in our gift shop. We have customers who support the program year after year,” Antion said. Sales from the cards also help fund the Beads of Courage program, which provides children with cancer the opportunity to illustrate their battle with cancer through strings of beads. The cards, which come in packs of 20, can consist of only
theorized it was buried in offshore mud before drifting and catching the Gulf Stream toward Ireland – in between a few years of circling in a mid-Atlantic current. He called it “a very welltraveled tag indeed.” Hill said she spied the orange tag in clumps of seaweed after a storm. Figueiredo and Hill spoke for the first time Thursday, when she offered to mail the tag back to him. But Figueiredo told her to keep it. “The meaning it has over there is what matters,” he said. “I am honored that she has put so much enthusiasm into this. What’s happening now is a gift to me.” one design or a collection that contains two of each card. Cards of Hope also sells an all-purpose card that was designed by Izabella, Zoe and Zavery McManaway of Fayetteville, W.Va. Each package of 20 cards costs $15 and can be purchased online at www.cardsofhope.com, or in the gift shop in Ruby Memorial Hospital, or at the Old Navy in University Town Centre. Cards will be shipped around the country until Dec. 23. The Kroger Co. has paid for the production of the cards so
aired the segment on McGovern, which included interviews with political experts and journalists and a discussion of his presidential campaign. During the segment, viewers were told McGovern had taken “a spill” and wasn’t able to be on the program as planned, but that he was fine. McGovern was elected to his first of three terms in the Senate in 1962. Though he later lost the presidential race to Nixon, he continued to distinguish himself during his political career and was a lifelong advocate for U.S. and world food programs.
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Lathrop said the roundtable offered him a one-of-a-kind experience through a cross section of state leaders and business owners dedicated to bettering West Virginia’s economy. “It was like a wake up call. I was honored to get to experience it – I’ve never really realized the importance and influence of this on individual economies,” Lathrop said. “You always hear talk about the country’s economic struggles, but you never get to sit down and talk about the effect on your hometown. It was nice to see such influential people care about the underdog.” mackenzie.mays@mail.wvu.edu
that 100 percent of the proceeds may go to the pediatric cancer patients and their families, Edgell said. Cards of Hope artists include Sierra Anderson of Clarksburg, W.Va.; Danielle Bartlett of Richwood, W.Va.; Adam Brode of Rawlings, Md.; Sarah Flynn of Fisher, W.Va.; Brittany Harrigan of Sardis, Ohio; Cherish Lavoie of Elkins, W.Va.; Jessica Mayfield of Flemington, W.Va.; Ally Quigley of Grafton, W.Va.; Savannah Stalnaker of Buckhannon, W.Va. and Breanna Sturm of Philippi, W.Va. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu
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Clintons celebrate artists receiving Kennedy Center Honors WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton joined in celebrating the nation’s top artists receiving the Kennedy Center Honors on Sunday while home for less than 36 hours between diplomatic travels. Between her historic visit to Myanmar and a trip to Germany to discuss Afghanistan’s future, Clinton hosted a dinner Saturday for some big names from Broadway, jazz, pop, classical music and Hollywood. On Sunday, Barbara Cook, Neil Diamond, Yo-Yo Ma, Sonny Rollins and Meryl Streep will also
be saluted by President Barack Obama and their fellow artists with tribute performances at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. After visiting the isolated Southeast Asian country also known as Burma, Clinton said such U.S. artists have worldwide influence by using their freedom of creativity and expression. She said she met Burma’s leading comedian and hip hop artist, who have been banned from performing for years. “You may not know it, but somewhere in a little tiny room in Burma or even in North Ko-
In a toast to Streep on Saturday night at the State Department, writer Nora Ephron warned Clinton that the person who would someday play her on screen is the same woman who played Julia Child in “Julie and Julia” and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the upcoming “The Iron Lady.” Streep stood up for a better look at the nation’s top diplomat. “It’s inevitable,” Ephron told Clinton, drawing big laughs. “You met her tonight, and I’m sure you thought she was charming, but she was just soaking you up.” Streep, 62, has made more than 45 movies and won two Oscars in a career spanning Shakespeare to ABBA with the movie “Mamma Mia!” For her part, Streep said she is in awe of the accolades. “Look where we are, look who’s here,” Streep told The Associated Press. “It’s overwhelming. I feel very proud.” While in Washington, she has also met with women in Congress to push for a National Women’s History Museum because, “as you’ll notice, we don’t have one,” Streep said. She is working with organizers to try to secure a site on the National Mall. Emily Blunt, a co-star from “The Devil Wears Prada,” said Streep is unique for her devoAP tion to her characters, taking on Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, and President Bill Clinton, right, pose with the 2011 Kennedy Center Honorees, front parts of their personas. “It’s funny, I feel like when row from left, Sonny Rollins, Barbara Cook, back row from left, Yo-Yo Ma, Meryl Streep and Neil Diamond at the State Department folwe were doing `The Devil Wears lowing a dinner and reception on Saturday. rea, someone is desperately trying to hear you or to see you, to experience you,” Clinton told the Kennedy Center crowd. “And if they are lucky enough to make that connection, it can literally change lives and countries.” Entertainers who have gathered for the event include Stephen Colbert, Kevin Kline, Tracey Ullman, Anne Hathaway and others. A surprise lineup of stars will perform as part of the nation’s highest honor for those who have defined American culture through the arts. CBS will broadcast the show on Dec. 27.
Prada,’ she definitely adopted a certain cool on set, sort of remained very much in this reserved territory,” Blunt said. “And then when my husband John (Krasinski) worked with her, she was playing a very vivacious, gregarious character, so she was just a ball of fun.” Diamond’s familiar tunes, including “America” and “Cherry, Cherry” have had a defining impact on pop music. His song, “Sweet Caroline,” written for presidential daughter Caroline Kennedy, is sung in ballparks and taverns. Coincidentally, Kennedy hosts the show Sunday night. Lionel Richie told the AP that he got into the music business because he wanted to be Diamond. “He’s a great storyteller,” Richie said, as with the hit single “America.” “He’s not an acrobatic singer. Basically he told the story in a very simple voice.” Ma, one of the best-known classical musicians, has played the cello since he was 4. Now at 56, he is hailed as a musical ambassador whose work has spanned styles around the world from Bluegrass to sounds from the Silk Road. His star power has drawn fans including Stephen Colbert, conductor John Williams and even Elmo from “Sesame Street.” “Thank God for Yo-Yo,” said Sharon Robinson, a cello player who long played in a quartet with Ma, her husband Jaime Laredo and the late violinist
Isaac Stern. “He has spread the love, proselytizing for all kinds of music, particularly classical music.” Cook, 84, made her Broadway debut in 1951 and later had her breakthrough in Leonard Bernstein’s musical version of Voltaire’s “Candide.” She topped that performance as Marian the Librarian in 1957’s hit musical “The Music Man,” for which she won a Tony Award. Glenn Close called Cook an icon for anyone who has worked on Broadway, adding that Cook went on to a successful solo career and is still performing. “I think we have the biggest respect for her because she really has survived, survived and prevailed,” Close said. Rollins, 81, is a jazz saxophonist has shared the stage with Miles Davis and Dizzy Gillespie, among others. He is one of the last surviving giants from the golden era of jazz. Fellow sax player President Bill Clinton said he has been a fan since the age of 15 or 16 when he bought his first Rollins LP and played it until it was worn out. Then he spent time searching for an explanation of how Rollins could create such sounds. “His music can bend your mind, it can break your heart, and it can make you laugh out loud,” Clinton said. “He has done things with improvisation that really no one has ever done. In complexity and creativity, he rivals (John) Coltrane.”
Art-theft suspect accused of stealing Picasso pleads not guilty in NYC courtroom NEW YORK (AP) — A wine steward suspected in a bicoastal art-theft spree lifted pricey art from New York hotels simply by walking out with the works in a canvas tote bag and then used them to line his own walls, prosecutors said Friday. Mark Lugo, who just spent more than four months in jail for grabbing a $275,000 Picasso off a San Francisco art gallery wall, was being held without bail after pleading not guilty Friday to grand larceny and other charges in a Manhattan court. “In an effort to display stolen art in his apartment, this repeat art thief boldly walked out of two Manhattan hotels in broad daylight” with valuable works, District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr. said in a statement. Lugo’s New York lawyer, James Montgomery, said the 31-year-old was a “pleasant, engaging” man “who’s been
struggling with particular difficulties,” which he wouldn’t detail. “When the dust settles, and the DA’s office calms down a little bit, we’ll find that Mr. Lugo is a man who had no commercial motive at all” in the alleged thefts, Montgomery said. The charges relate to two thefts of a total of six artworks, including what prosecutors called a $350,000 sketch by the French Cubist painter Fernand Leger. But prosecutors said a search of Lugo’s former apartment in Hoboken, N.J., turned up four other pieces - including a Picasso work - that may have been stolen from Manhattan venues, and they said the investigation was continuing. Lugo was publicly identified as a suspect in several New York heists since shortly after his July arrest in San Francisco, where police identified him as the man who walked into the Weinstein Gallery, lifted the
1965 Picasso drawing “Tete de Femme” (“Head of a Woman”) off the wall, strolled down the street with the sketch under his arm and hopped into a taxi. Police tracked Lugo to a friend’s Napa County apartment, where the Picasso was found unframed and prepared for shipping. At his Hoboken apartment, investigators then found a $430,000 trove of stolen art, carefully and prominently displayed, as well as high-priced wine, authorities said. Among some 19 artworks at the apartment was Leger’s 1917 “Composition with Mechanical Elements,” Assistant District Attorney Meghan Hast told a judge. The drawing disappeared June 28 from an employee entrance area at a gallery in the Carlyle Hotel; prosecutors pegged its value at $350,000, though Montgomery said that figure warranted investigating.
Lugo also is charged with stealing a group of five works by the South Korea-born artist Mie Yim, known for her disconcerting images of toy bears and other toy-like creatures, from the Chambers Hotel on June 14. The hotel had bought the Yim works, together called “Pastel on Board,” for $1,800 apiece, prosecutors said. Representatives for the hotels didn’t immediately return calls Friday. The San Francisco district attorney’s office has said Lugo also was suspected of several other New York art heists, including the theft of a $30,000 Picasso etching from the William Bennett Gallery on June 27. While artworks can be equipped with electronic tags that sound alerts when they’re moved, some galleries don’t use the technology because they sell works and change their exhibits frequently, said
Robert K. Wittman, a former investigator for the FBI’s national art crime team. Most art thieves sell or try to sell what they snatch, but a few have stolen to enhance their own collections - sometimes “for bragging rights,” said Wittman, now an art-security consultant based in Chester Heights, Pa. Lugo, a sometime sommelier and kitchen server at upscale Manhattan restaurants, also is charged in New Jersey with taking $6,000 worth of wine - in the form of three bottles of Chateau Petrus Pomerol in April from Gary’s Wine and Marketplace in Wayne. He hasn’t appeared in a New Jersey court yet to answer those charges. Lugo pleaded guilty in October to grand theft for the San Francisco heist. He finished his 138-day sentence Nov. 21 but was being held until he could be transferred to New York.
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Mark Lugo is charged with grand larceny and other charges stemming from art heists at two Manhattan hotels. Lugo’s San Francisco attorney, Douglas Horngrad, has called him “more like someone who was in the midst of a psychiatric episode” than a calculating art thief.
Despite pre-holiday slump, ‘Twilight’ tops weekend box office yet again
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The latest ‘Twilight’ movie still cast the longest shadow with $16.9 million for a third-straight No. 1 finish during one of the year’s slowLOS ANGELES (AP) — The latest “Twilight” movie cast the longest shadow with $16.9 million for a third-straight No. 1 finish during one of the year’s slowest weekends at the box office. Business was dismal, with box-office tracker Hollywood. com estimating Sunday that domestic revenues totaled just $82 million. That puts it barely ahead of Hollywood’s worst haul of the year, when revenues were $81.5 million over the second weekend in September. Once studios release final numbers Monday, this past weekend could come in as the worst of the year if revenues finish even lower. The first weekend of December often presents a lull in between big Thanksgiving releases and the onslaught of year-end blockbusters that
arrive a bit later. But this big a slowdown is surprising given that there’s quality stuff out there among the top-10 films, particularly family fare such as “The Muppets,” “Hugo” and “Arthur Christmas.” Hollywood executives usually blame bad weekends on a weak crop of movies. “It’s tough to blame it on the product when the product is pretty good and the films are solid,” said Hollywood.com analyst Paul Dergarabedian. “While the postThanksgiving weekend is typically slow, it’s not usually this slow.” The drear y weekend comes after a relatively quiet Thanksgiving holiday at movie theaters, despite analysts’ predictions of potential holiday records because of a great lineup of films. But more fans might be
thinking twice about heading out to theaters given the new entertainment options they have with Apple’s iPad, Amazon’s Kindle products and other gadgets, along with their big-screen home setups for movies and television. Or it could be that Hollywood has temporarily neglected its mainstay audience of young males. Dergarabedian said there’s little out there now for guys looking for thrills and laughs. That will change in the coming weeks as Jonah Hill’s comedy “The Sitter” opens Friday, followed by a rush of action tales: Tom Cruise’s “Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol,” Robert Downey Jr.’s “Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows” and Steven Spielberg’s “The Adventures of Tintin.” Women and families con-
tinue to dominate the scanty business at theaters now. Summit Entertainment’s female-driven blockbuster “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1” raised its domestic haul to $247.3 million. “Breaking Dawn” added $40.2 million overseas, taking it to a tally of $341 million internationally and $588.3 million worldwide. Coming in second again was Disney’s “The Muppets” with $11.2 million, lifting the family film’s domestic total to $56.1 million. Despite good reviews, though, “The Muppets” audience was off more sharply than any other top-10 movie compared to Thanksgiving weekend. Paramount’s family adventure “Hugo,” an acclaimed saga directed by Martin Scorsese, finished third with $7.6 million, raising its domestic take to $25.2 million. Sony’s animated holiday comedy “Arthur Christmas” was fourth with $7.4 million, pushing its total to $25.3 million. In limited release, Fox Searchlight’s sexually explicit drama “Shame” opened strongly with $361,181 at 10 theaters in six cities. “Shame” expands to six more cities Friday. Starring Michael Fassbender in a grim portrait of a sex addict, “Shame” is the latest film angling to lure moviegoers despite an NC-17 rating that prohibits anyone younger than 17 from seeing it. Some fans and theaters equate the NC-17 tag with pornography, but serious films with that rating occasionally break through and find an audience. Fox Searchlight is positioning “Shame” for Academy Awards attention after the film earned Fassbender the best-actor prize at the Venice Film Festival.
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Hollywood.com. Where available, latest international numbers are also included. Final domestic figures will be released Monday. 1. “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1,” $16.9 million ($40.2 million international). 2. “The Muppets,” $11.2 million ($1.8 million international). 3. “Hugo,” $7.6 million. 4. “Arthur Christmas,” $7.4 million ($11.4 million international). 5. “Happy Feet Two,” $6 million ($16.3 million international). 6. “Jack and Jill,” $5.5 million ($3.2 million international). 7. “The Descendants,” $5.2 million. 8. “Immortals,” $4.4 million ($4 million international). 9. “Tower Heist,” $4.1 mil-
lion ($4 million international). 10. “Puss in Boots,” $3.1 million ($23 million international). --Estimated weekend ticket sales at international theaters (excluding the U.S. and Canada) for films distributed overseas by Hollywood studios, according to Rentrak: 1. “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1,” $40.2 million. 2. “Puss in Boots,” $23 million. 3. “Happy Feet Two,” $16.3 million. 4 (tie). “Arthur Christmas,” $11.4 million. 4 (tie). “Vysotsky: Thank God I’m Alive,” $11.4 million. 6. “The Adventures of Tintin,” $10.6 million. 7. “In Time,” $9.6 million. 8. “Real Steel,” $5.3 million. 9 (tie). “Immortals,” $4 million. 9 (tie). “Tower Heist,” $4 million.
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Dead week should be honored at WVU The semester is finally winding down, but the stress is piling up. It’s dead week, and students will be scrambling to finish their final projects, study for their exams, and complete any other assignments due by the semester’s end. While many universities around the country, like Purdue and Iowa State universities, officially recognize dead week as a time for students to prepare for finals, West Virginia University doesn’t.
Several classes are administering exams this week, even though the WVU dead week policy forbids it. Since most finals are comprehensive and worth more of a student’s grade than previous exams, there should be ample time for preparation. Studying for a comprehensive exam takes more effort and time as compared to regular exams given throughout the semester. The University regularly addresses ways to improve
retention rates, but ignores addressing the dead week problem – which goes hand in hand. Performing well during finals week is essential for any student’s graduation plans. If students are having trouble during finals because of exams, quizzes and major projects being due the week prior, then more students will perform poorly and will be more likely to drop out. If the University were to strictly enforce a dead week
policy, as other universities already do, it would be for the benefit of the students and WVU. Students don’t need to be babied and given special treatment; they just need a fair opportunity to succeed. Some students are forced to take up to three or four finals in one day, and need as much study time as they get. The University should make sure they have plenty of it. If a student doesn’t succeed in college, it should be on his
or her own accord - not because he or she didn’t have enough time to study. Even though the libraries are open 24 hours during dead week and finals, students shouldn’t be forced to pull allnighters if they don’t want to. There is not much about dead week that makes finals more manageable. As it stands, dead week is just another week of the semester.
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Fur industry cruel, unnecessary and must be changed danielle faipler columnist
It’s soft, warm and in-style this season, and it came from a once-living animal. Fur, according to the fashion industry, is back. Recently, designers have been finding newer ways to incorporate fur into their designs. Giuseppe Zanotti featured a rabbit-fur and leather boot, and Alexander Wang has calfskin pumps with a rabbitfur tail. According to Elle magazine, “The Row’s AW11 collection was basically fur on steroids – the Olsens sent everything from coats to dresses to gigantic hats screaming Bryanboy down the runway.” Designers have stepped away from your grandmother’s traditional mink coat and moved onto more practical endeavors. While the designs are truly creative, wearing fur is equivalent to killing a small animal and strapping it onto your feet or cutting its insides out and fashioning it to your head, except without the mess. No matter how small the piece of fur was, it still came from an animal, and that animal was caused great suffering. Eighty-five percent of fur comes from fur factory farms, and to maximize profits, the farms use cheap execution methods such as suffocation, electrocution, gas and poison. In electrocution, clamps are attached to the animals’ mouths or genitals, and the animals suffer from cardiac arrest while they are still awake. In China, dogs and cats are “bludgeoned, hanged, bled to death or skinned alive,” according to People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). The fur industry is beyond cruel – much different from the competitively glamorous fash-
ion industry for which the animal died. “Animals on fur farms spend their entire lives confined to cramped, filthy wire cages,” as said by PETA. Crowding often leads to the spread of disease and high mortality rates as well as more aggressiveness and conversely, injury. Also, an article in ScienceDirect-Livestock Science, a scholarly journal, found that when just-weaned baby rabbits are placed into big cages with a high number of other rabbits, they feel more stress. This stress causes the rabbits to eat less. Bodily injury has also been found to increase in tightly packed cages. However, researchers in the study were unable to determine if injuries were due to the rabbits’ increased aggression that comes when they are full-grown or due to the fact that there are more rabbits to bite. This is due to the lack of mobility the animals have in the cage. They cannot participate in the things they do naturally such as running, mating and making nests. Sometimes, this can lead to self-injury, pacing or cannibalism. Cages are also placed in sheds where the ammonia from the animals’ biological waste builds up and burns their eyes and lungs. Other times, the animals are left outside – without protection from the cold, heat or rain. Also, before H.R. 2480, The Truth in Fur Labeling Act of 2010, it was unknown what kind of fur a consumer was buying. It was required for fur garments and other products to have a label discerning what type of fur was used only if the fur cost $150 or more. This policy allowed for designers to mislabel their garments as faux-fur despite having used real fur. President Obama signed H.R 2480; it is now required that all
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Rapper Kanye West and his model girlfriend, Amber Rose, supporting fur fashion in 2010. fur items bear a label of what kind of fur was used. This will make fur garments more expensive, as designers will use more expensive furs instead of cheap alternatives. This will also make consum-
ers more aware of which animal died for their new fur coat or boot. H.R. 2480 is a stepping stone to change the fur industry. The consumer is essential for this change; if they refuse to buy
real fur items, maybe designers will stop using fur. It is also up to the industry to change itself. The fur industry is cruel and there is no exception for it. Why should the meat industry be held to a higher standard
than the fur industry when both are involved in killing animals for human needs? Any animal is an animal that deserves to be treated with respect and dignity, regardless of its size and purpose.
Capitalism’s foundation is not built on greed brandon muncy columnist
Greed is defined by the Merriam-Webster dictionary as “a selfish and excessive desire for more of something (such as money) than is needed.” But, by what standards should we judge the words “selfish” and “excessive?” Considering the dictionary’s definition, how can we even deem what is an “appropriate” amount of something, assuming one can desire more than is needed? Putting the considerations above aside for later, many critics of free market capitalism mistakenly argue that the system is flawed because of its covetous nature. Citing Wall Street as a prime example, anti-capitalists claim that free market capitalism, left to itself, would devour society and leave all broke, hungry and exploited by the wealthy.
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“Just look at the mess we’re in right now,” is a damning statement in their minds, and greed is the catalyst which drives it. While it is undeniable that the economic calamity America currently faces is due to the pursuit of unsustainable growth driven by the principle of maximizing profits, greed, in the economic sense, is responsible neither for our recession or the alleged problems of free market capitalism. The astute reader will surely have noticed I qualified greed as being “in the economic sense.” That is because the layman often confuses greed for a particular economic assumption. That assumption is, of course, that every one of us has unlimited wants. Greediness is an ethical concept based in one’s own preconceived biases on what a “proper” amount of wealth is. Indeed, the layman often tags things such as wealth, celebrity and prestige as the objects of greedy people’s
desires. Is a person who desires an “excess” of charity and kindness being greedy? Being that the philosophy of ethics is the study of which ends men should desire, greediness falls definitely into that category of study. In contrast, economics, or more specifically, praxeology, is the study of any given end and the fact that man employs means to attain them. The economist doesn’t ask if the man desires too much money or if the path he chose to wealth was unethical. He or she examines the path itself, regardless of the end or means chosen. This is an important concept to understand when considering the economic assumption that man has unlimited wants. It’s simply a praxeological fact, devoid of ethical concepts such as greed and altruism. Even a person sitting in complete stillness until his death would be doing so simply because that was his end and the mean which he
employed. Of course that’s an abstract example with little to no practical application outside of demonstrating the logical conclusion. More pragmatically, every person has a scale of preferences – unlimited things they like and dislike. Really, what motivates any individual to act is the profit derived from any given action. I don’t strictly mean monetary profit, though that is a form preferred by many, but rather, I’m referring to the utility, or “happiness” of satisfying a desire Money is just a mean to that end. Moreover, each person actively allocates his time and effort to, in his best estimation, satisfy all the things he wants by employing the use of a good. It could be as simple as eating a ham sandwich, as tedious as constructing a model ship in a bottle or as generous as donating toys to the Salvation Army.
To the economist, everything is a good. Be it a ham sandwich satisfying hunger, charity satisfying a person’s desire to help the needy – or whatever abstract your mind thinks of. If it is something that can be desired or disliked by an individual, it is a good. In terms more applicable to this article, it could also be the pursuit of limitless wealth. This is the greed with which most people are familiar and ascribe to the free market capitalist system. Any economic system, whether it is free market or socialistic, is comprised of you and I and countless other individual actors. There’s really no “it” at all. The economy is just a metaphor for a group of individuals making exchanges with one another. By the standard definition coupled with praxeological truths, we’re all greedy. We all have unlimited wants and such an economic system built on that premise, as free
market capitalism is, only empower the individuals. It is because free market capitalism enables the freedom of choice that we are able to be prosperous and choose the path which grants us the greatest amounts of profit. The lady volunteering at the soup kitchen does so because the desire to help people, an end, is high on her scale of preferences, and she seeks to satisfy the want in the best way she knows how. Likewise, a miner extracting coal doesn’t likely do so to provide consumers with electricity or steel; it is because the money received from selling his time and labor is, in his estimation, the best way to fulfill his own ends. And so it is throughout the entire economy, everything is a mean to an end. We all have unlimited wants, but that doesn’t make us greedy. It makes us human. As for the exact cause of the recession, well, that’s a whole different lesson in economics.
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vide dinner for 20 to 40 Family House guests. For more information, call 304598-6094 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 inservice trainings per year and help with one fundraising event. For more information, call 304-296-3400 or email trella.greaser@live.com. CATHOLIC MASS is held at St. John University Parish at 4:30 p.m. on weekdays. THE CONDOM CLOSET is held in the Monongalia room of the Mountainlair from 11 a.m. to noon every Tuesday. THE CONDOM CARAVAN is held in the Mountainlair from noon to 2 p.m. every Tuesday. The caravan sells condoms for 25 cents each or five for $1.00. 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, visit www.msnap.org. 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. FREE STUDENT SUCCESS SUPPORT, presented by the WVU Office of Retention and Research, helps students improve on time management, note taking reading and study skills as well as get help with the transition to WVU. Free drop-in tutoring is also available every night of the week in different locations. For more information, visit http://retention.wvu.edu or call 304-293-5811. 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. 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, visit www.morgantownnewcomers.com. NEW GROUP THERAPY OPPORTUNITIES are available for free at the WELLWVU: Carruth Center for Psychological and Psychiatric Services. The groups include Get More Out of Life, Understanding Self and Others, Insomnia Group, A Place for You, Sexual Assault Survivors Group, Adult Children of Dysfunctional Parents and Transfer Students: Get Started on the Right Foot. For more information call 304293-4431 or email tandy.mcclung@ mail.wvu.edu.
HOROSCOPES BY JACQUELINE BIGAR BORN TODAY This year you discover how clarity of intentions lined up with authentic feelings draws strong results. Drop the word “impossible” from your vocabulary. Only you know what you are capable of. An important trip or special bond with someone quite different could define your year. If you are single, this person could be more than a friend. If you are attached, try to schedule that very special trip the two of you often speak of. Don’t judge your sweetie and others so much. Walk in their shoes. ARIES brings out your adventurous spirit. ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19) HHHH Others might need a fire extinguisher to chill you out. Your spontaneity is high. Someone might feel as if he or she could be consumed by your fire. You know what you are doing. Honor your priorities. Don’t sell yourself short. Tonight: So what if it is Monday night? TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20) HH Knowing when to assume the backseat could be important. Don’t allow others to undermine you, even if you don’t feel up for the power struggle. Fatigue could hit much earlier than usual. Slow down. Tonight: Get some extra R and R. GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20) HHHHH Meetings make you smile. If there is a problem, it will be resolved easily. If you have a key concern, act on it while the timing is with you. Be sure and direct. Others will respond accordingly. Tonight: Where your friends are.
CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22) HHHHH Certainly, stepping up to the plate isn’t foreign to you. Others respond well to your leadership and thoughts. Be most professional during business hours; and during personal time, let go of your daily hassles. Everyone will be happier. Tonight: A force to behold. LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22) HHHH Take the lead while moving in a new direction. Others tend to follow your initiative once they know this new path is not fraught with problems. You are a risk-taker who often lands well. You have sound judgment. Tonight: Let your spirit soar. VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22) HHHH Relate to each person directly. Through this one-on-one contact, you will strengthen existing bonds, even if they are only work related. You also melt down barriers. If you cannot resolve a problem right now, don’t waste time thinking about it. Tonight: A partner or friend takes the lead. LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22) HHHH You could be challenged by a close associate, or you could decide that this person is presenting options and perspectives that you really hadn’t thought of. Understand both of you want the same thing from a situation, though your approach might be very different. Tonight: Say “yes” to a loved one. SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21) HHHH Pace yourself, with an eye to what you can accomplish and what you expect from others. Sometimes you could be overly tired and not able to be as optimistic. Realism will work, too. Ask your-
self how much fatigue is slowing you down. Tonight: Run an errand or two on the way home. SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21) HHHHH Your spontaneity keeps coming out. You really don’t want everyone to know how spontaneous you can be when left alone. Do your best to sit on some of your impulsiveness in order to gain the trust of a key person. A group decision might not be what you want. Tonight: Stop at a new spot. Let the music flow. CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19) HHH You might want to revisit a personal or domestic decision. Is this wish even a possibility? If it is, go for it. You want to eliminate any distraction this situation might present. You cannot work well otherwise. Tonight: On top of your game. AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18) HHHHH You have the ability to keep a conversation moving without allowing anyone to get hung up on petty thoughts. You wonder why you cannot personally get past an obstacle. Find someone who can play devil’s advocate. Tonight: Where you like to haunt. PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20) HHH You might be taking a hard look at your finances and how to bypass a restriction. In any case, try not to make any important financial decisions just yet. Focus on better communication and perhaps a special project. Tonight: Pay bills. BORN TODAY Singer, musician Little Richard (1932), actor Frankie Muniz (1985), filmmaker Walt Disney (1901)
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Moscow Ballet performed Christmas classic ‘Great Russian Nutcracker’ Friday at CAC by Elizabeth Finley a&E Writer
The well-known and classic Christmas ballet, “The Nutcracker,” came to West Virginia University’s Creative Arts Center Friday. The Moscow Ballet performed the “Great Russian Nutcracker” in front of a sold out audience. “It’s the third year we’ve had (The Moscow Ballet) here at WVU,” said David Ryan, WVU Arts and Entertainment public relations specialist. “It’s a really great family event; all the kids were really excited.” The Moscow Ballet has come to WVU to perform the Nutcracker for the past three
years, and the show has sold out each time. The timeless piece is the story of Claire, a young girl who receives a nutcracker for Christmas. She falls asleep and has a dream about her nutcracker coming to life and battling the Mouse King. “The Great Russian Nutcracker” is set to Pytor Tchaikovsky’s famous score. The Moscow Ballet’s rendition of the “Nutcracker” featured brightly colored and hand-painted backdrops that allowed for dramatic lighting and 3-D effects. “The show really got everyone in the Christmas spirit,” said Cody Mullins pre-engineering student. “From the
time you walked in the door, they were handing out candy canes. It was a good show, and it got me more excited for Christmas.” The Moscow Ballet has more than 40 dancers in the company and are trained in the classical Russian style of dance. “I think everyone had a great time,” Ryan said. “It’s great to see people in the Christmas spirit. ‘The Nutcracker’ is a timeless piece that everyone can relate to.” For more information about the Moscow Ballet’s Great Russian Nutcracker, you can visit www.nutcracker.com daa&e@mail.wvu.edu
The Moscow Ballet performs ‘The Great Russian Nutcracker’ Friday at the CAC.
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English Club visits DC for Shakespeare’s play ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ by Christina Gutierrez A&E Writer
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The Moscow Ballet performs The Great Russian Nutcracker on Friday night at the WVU College of Creative Arts.
The West Virginia University English Club had what they hope will be the first of many traveling experience this past weekend. Members of the club went to Sidney Harmon Hall in D.C. to see the Shakespeare
Theatre Company’s original production of Shakespeare’s classic tale, “Much Ado About Nothing”Saturday. The play, which explains in its title the overwhelming nothingness of the plot, is a comedy. The story is mostly about the trials of love between two couples: Hero, an innocent young
noblewoman; her suitor, Claudio, a lovesick war hero and Beatrice, Hero’s quick-witted cousin; and her counterpart, the clever Benedick. Before the play culminates in its happy ending, there are many plot twists and turns, but ultimately all the fuss made is really about “nothing.” The entirety of the play is filled with laughter and jokes, with several lyrical and musical numbers. Abra Sitler, senior English student and president of the English Club, said she has an incredible appreciation for Shakespeare’s work. “Shakespeare’s plays are timeless. The themes are everpresent and relevant in our lives today,” she said. Lisa Weihman, faculty adviser of the English Club, is also impressed with the success of the play and trip as a whole. “The play was incredible, and we wouldn’t have gotten this opportunity without Abra,” she said. “Students try to make plans for opportunities like this but they never work out.” The club is fairly new but is growing in popularity and opportunities. Sitler hopes for this experience to be just one of many more to come. “We really wanted to create an attainable play-going experience for WVU students, because it’s not typically something that is financially available,” Sitler said. These opportunities are not limited to members of the English Club. This outing, for example, included about ten students, half of which are either non-members or nonEnglish students. “It is important for everyone to experience the theatre,” Sitler said. Because of the University affiliation, ticket prices were taken care of, and students were only responsible for setting up carpools for transportation. For more information about these opportunities or about the English Club, feel free to contact adviser Weihman or Sitler. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu
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Freshman running back Dustin Garrison celebrates a touchdown with teammates. The No. 23 West Virginia football team will be playing in the Orange Bowl after clinching a share of the Big East Conference title with a win over South Florida.
No. 23 West Virginia to represent Big East in Orange Bowl against No. 15 Clemson by michael carvelli sports editor
The No. 23 West Virginia football team will make its third trip to a BCS bowl game in seven years when it squares off with No. 15 Clemson. It will be the 11th straight bowl appearance for WVU and the first BCS appearance for Mountaineer head coach Dana Holgorsen as well as Clemson coach Dabo Swinney. If there’s one thing the two coaches can agree on, it’s that when the two square off in Miami it should be an exciting contest. “I’d be surprised if there’s not some points scored in this one,” Swinney said. “I don’t
think it will be a 6-3 ball game like some of the other games. “This should be an exciting game for the fans.” Both teams have been known for their offenses this season and average more than 400 yards per game. Most of those yards have come through the air, with both teams ranked in the top 15 nationally in passing offense. The Mountaineers’ 4,102 passing yards is good for seventh best in the country, while the Tigers come into the game ranked No. 13 with 3,702 yards. When they take the field, it could come down to which defense is able to step up, and make the most plays. “The only way you can win
a game is if, defensively, you can stop people,” Holgorsen said. “We’re pretty good defensively, and I think Clemson’s pretty good defensively and I think the one that gets the most stops, and the one that creates the most turnovers is probably going to be the one that wins the game.” The game will be a homecoming for numerous WVU players who hail from South Florida. That list of players includes junior quarterback Geno Smith, redshirt sophomore wide receiver Stedman Bailey, sophomore wide receiver Ivan McCartney and redshirt senior
Student tickets available for Discovery Orange Bowl West Virginia University students will be allowed to purchase tickets for the Orange Bowl starting today at 9 a.m. Tickets will be lower level end zone seats and will be available for $110 each. Students can purchase tickets at the Mountaineer Ticket Office in the Coliseum. To purchase a student ticket, WVU students must
bring a valid student ID with them to the ticket office and they will be allowed to buy two tickets per person. West Virginia Sports Marketing Director Matt Wells said there could be up to 400 tickets for students to buy, but if demand is high enough and they run out, there could be more made available.
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Holgorsen Era begins with success in 2011 It’s been quite a year for West Virginia head coach Dana Holgorsen. When he was hired last December, Holgorsen was going to spend the 2011 season as the Mountaineers’ offensive coordinator and head coachin-waiting. After spring practice and an interesting summer, Bill Stewart resigned and just like that, Holgorsen found himself with his first head coaching job. From the day he was introduced as the school’s 33rd head football coach, Holgorsen’s goals were simple. “We’ll be united as coaches, we’ll be united as players and administrators to help bring championships to Morgantown,” Holgorsen said in June. Maybe it wasn’t the ideal way to do it, but with their win Thursday against South Florida, Holgorsen achieved that goal by clinching a share of the Big East Conference title. He became the fourth Big East coach to win at least a share of the conference championship and the first since former Miami (Fla.) coach Larry Coker did it in his first season with the Hurricanes in 2001. With all things considered and all the obstacles that West Virginia has encountered, I think it’s pretty impressive to see the success this team has been able to have this year. Sure, it was never really pretty when the Mountaineers won games, but at the end of the day that wasn’t what mattered. Following deflating losses to Syracuse and Louisville, West Virginia found itself in a tough position where it had to win out in order to even have a chance to play in a BCS game and earn a share of the league title. In each of the last three crucial games – and also the game against Rutgers – the Mountaineers fell behind and had to work their way out of a hole in order to win. They turned it over, had troubles on special teams and defense ,and made mental mistakes that would have – and probably should have – costed most teams the game. But they still found ways to win. “Give the guys a bunch of credit for hanging in there and continuing to play and not caving in when they had the opportunity to cave in,”
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men’s basketball
Mountaineers fall in road test against No. 24 Mississippi State By John Terry Managing Editor
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Junior forward Deniz Kilicli scored 14 points against No. 24 Mississippi State. The West Virginia men’s basketball team lost its first road game of the season to the Bulldogs Saturday night.
The momentum shifted when West Virginia freshman Gary Browne’s pass was intercepted, and Mississippi State guard Dee Bost slammed home a dunk with 5:24 left in the game. Bost’s dunk gave the Bulldogs a 6054 lead, and that was the closest WVU would get the remainder of the game. Mississippi State (8-1) finished the game on a 23-10 in the run to secure the 75-62 victory over the Mountaineers (4-2). “They went up six, and we didn’t really get back into it after that,” Huggins said. “We got to get better. That’s my job for them to get better.” Arnett Moultrie led all scorers, scoring 21 points and grabbing 13 rebounds. Despite shooting 39 percent, the Mountaineers had four double-figure scorers. Senior Kevin Jones and junior Deniz Kilicli each had 14 points. Senior Truck Bryant finished with 13 points, while freshman Jabarie Hinds scored ten points. West Virginia was just 2-of-15 from 3-point range. Jones, the Mountaineers’ top offensive threat, got into foul trouble early. The senior picked up his second foul of the game with 11:30 remaining in the first half. Mississippi State took advantage and jumped out to a 10-point lead going on a 6-2 run with Jones out of the game.
But when Jones reentered the game, the Mountaineers started to show offensive life. The Mountaineers went on a 11-3 run to cut the Bulldog lead to 28-26 with 2:45 remaining in the first half. “We got killed by the ball screen,” Huggins said. “We’re back to standing there and watching them. The truth is Kevin Jones can’t get into the foul trouble, and he did. Kevin Jones can’t go 0-for-6 from three, and he did.” West Virginia freshman Pat Forsythe came off the bench to provide a first-half spark, scoring four points on 2-of-3 scoring. Jones picked up his third foul at the 3:10 mark and was on the bench for the rest of the game. West Virginia took its first, and only, lead of the game at the 17:30 mark of the second half, after Kilicli made a basket and free throw., to make the score 35-34. It didn’t last for long, however. The Bulldogs took the lead back on the next possession after another bucket to make it 37-35. The Mountaineers were able to tie up the game again with a Jabarie Hinds layup, but Jones would pick up his fourth foul just seconds later. The Mountaineers did have the rebounding advantage over the Bulldogs with a 33-30 edge. “It’s not that we can’t win,” Huggins said. “We can’t not do right and win.” john.terry@mail.wvu.edu
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WVU led by transfer Nesbit, in first meet by ethan rohrbaugh sports writer
The 2011-12 indoor track and field season kicked off Saturday with the WVU Holiday Classic at the Shell Building in Morgantown, W.Va. West Virginia hosted California (Pa.), Frostburg State, Glenville State, Juniata, Washington & Jefferson, Waynesburg, Wheeling Jesuit, and West Virginia Wesleyan at the annual meet. The Mountaineers saw an impressive performance right out of the gate by their field athletes, as four posted Big East championship qualifying marks in the season-opener. Sophomore Stormy Nesbit, a transfer from the University of Minnesota, had West Virginia’s first conference qualifying mark of the season as the Roseville, Minn., native posted 11.9 meters in the triple jump. Nesbit had no problems clearing the 11.28 meter requirement for conference qualification and ran to an 8.06 second time in the 60 me-
ter dash – for first place in the event. WVU head coach Sean Cleary said it was exciting to see the transfer student near her career jump in the season’s first meet. “It’s been a while since we’ve had a good triple jumper,” Cleary said. “She’s headed in the right direction.” Senior Terina Miller and junior Heather Adams also posted Big East championship worthy numbers. The pair threw for 16.05 and 15.53 meters, respectively, besting the qualifying mark of 15.4 meters. Miller and Adams finished two and three in the event behind Megan Pratt, who threw for an outstanding mark of 17.23. Pratt also won the shot put, the meet’s other throwing event. West Virginia’s Karissa Knabenshue and Jazmyne Claggett went for second and third place, respectively. Cleary said all of his throwers have been beating careerbest tosses early on. He added that having two qualify for the
conference finals this early is a first during his tenure. “That’s unheard of for us the last five or six years and an exciting plus for our program,” he said. Sophomore Katlyn Shelar rounded out the championship qualifying day for the Mountaineers as she bested the league’s minimum of 3.55 meters in the pole vault by 0.2 meters to earn a Big East finals spot. Cleary said his vaulters entered the meet very well prepared, and it showed as Shelar placed first in the event and was joined by four more Mountaineers in the top seven. WVU continued its dominance of the field events as junior Sydney Cummings took first place in the high jump, and senior Meghan Mock took first in the long jump. The Mountaineers will return to competition Jan. 14 in University Park, Pa., as the squad will take part in the Penn State Nittany Lion Challenge. ethan.rohrbaugh@mail.wvu.edu
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Ryan advances to finals at Las Vegas Invitational by ethan rohrbaugh sports writer
West Virginia redshirt senior Matt Ryan was able to advance to the championship quarterfinals of the 184-pound weight division at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational over the weekend in Las Vegas, Nev. Ryan, who missed the Mountaineer’s last two tournaments with an elbow injury, pinned his first two opponents in times of 1:40 and 1:32 seconds, respectively, on his way to the team-best finish at the meet. The Eighty-Four, Pa., native faced Nebraska’s No. 2 seeded Josh Ihnen in the championship quarterfinals match and dropped a tight 3-0 decision. Ryan started day two of competition with a 10-3 decisive victory in his weight class’s consolation bracket, but would see his tournament end shortly after, due to his coaches’ decision to pull him for precautionary reasons – something they had discussed going into the Invitational.
Veteran head coach Craig Turnbull said they didn’t plan to risk further injury to the strained ligament in Ryan’s elbow and would pull him at any time they deemed necessary, and that’s what the coaching staff felt they had to do. “We had mixed emotions about pulling him from the rest of the tournament because he was wrestling so well, but we had to be safe,” Turnbull said. “Matt came into this tournament with very little preparation, but still wrestled in a very tactical manner. It was a positive experience for him.” Redshirt sophomore Nathan Pennesi, West Virginia’s top finisher in the event a year ago, was ousted from the tournament by Michigan’s No.1 seeded Kellen Russell in the 141-pound consolation bracket. Russell, last season’s national champion at that weight class, went on to claim the consolation prize. Turnbull was happy to see his top grapplers get pushed by the level of competition and the atmosphere at the Invita-
tional. He said the valuable experience that is gained by wrestling at a tournament like this is why you put it on the schedule in the first place. “You want your wrestlers to have experiences against guys such as Kellen Russell that are national champions,” he said. “It was very valuable to him, and it was a tremendous test of skill for him.” After an opening-round bye, the Latrobe, Pa., native took a 9-0 decision over Wisconsin’s Thomas Glenn. Evan Henderson, of North Carolina, was able to get by Pennesi with an 11-6 in the next round to send the weight class’s No. 10 seed to the consolation bracket. Pennesi won his first two consolation matches by way of 8-0 and 14-6 decisions before losing to Russell, 8-1. West Virginia will be back on the mat this Sunday, as the Mountaineers travel to University Park, Pa., for a meeting with the defending national champion Penn State Nittany Lions. ethan.rohrbaugh@mail.wvu.edu
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Woods ends two-year victory drought THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — Two years after his life and career came crashing down, Tiger Woods is a winner again. One shot behind with two holes to play, Woods finally looked like the player who dominated golf for so much of his career. He birdied his last two holes Sunday, making a 6-foot putt on the 18th, to win the Chevron World Challenge by one shot over former Masters champion Zach Johnson. Woods closed with a 3-under 69, sweeping his arm when the final putt dropped, then slamming down his first in a celebration that was a long time coming. It had been 749 days and 26 official tournaments since he last won on Nov. 15, 2009 at the Australian Masters, back when he looked as though he would rule golf as long as he played. But he crashed his car into a fire hydrant outside his Florida home on Thanksgiving night, and shocking revelations of extramarital affairs began to emerge, which eventually led to a divorce. Since then, he has changed swing coaches and endured more injuries, missing two majors this summer and missing the cut in another. Now, however, it looks clear that Woods is on an upward path. This was his 83rd win worldwide, and the fifth time he has captured the Chevron World
Challenge, which he hosts for his foundation. Woods finished at 10-under 278 and donated the $1.2 million to his foundation. The win moved him from No. 52 to No. 21 in the world ranking, and likely will send expectations soaring for 2012. Woods will not play again until starting his year in Abu Dhabi at the end of January. Asked if the emotion was joyous, satisfying or simply relief, Woods smiled and said, “It just feels awesome whatever it is.” He had a worthy adversary in Johnson, who had a one-shot lead going into the final round and trailed for only three holes. Johnson tied Woods with a birdie on the par-5 13th, made an unlikely par on the 14th by chipping from the bottom of the green, and appeared to seize control by holing a 12-foot birdie putt on the 16th hole. Johnson thought his birdie putt on the 17th was good all the way until it burned the edge of the cup. Woods, running out of time, drained his birdie putt to force a tie and send the tournament to the 18th. Woods also was tied on the 18th at Sherwood a year ago and stuffed his approach into 3 feet. Graeme McDowell holed a 20-foot putt to force a playoff, and beat Woods on the first extra hole. Johnson, however, missed his
birdie putt from 15 feet, leaving the stage to Woods. He hasn’t been in these situations much over the last two years, but this one, finally, had a familiar ending. Johnson closed with a 71 and still took home $650,000 for the holidays. Paul Casey, who opened with a 79, had his third straight round in the 60s to finish alone in third at 5 under. “Tiger can have a long career,” Casey said when he finished. “We might look back in another 10 years and actually forget about the last couple of years.” Woods had a four-shot lead over McDowell a year ago, a margin that evaporated quickly when Woods showed early signs of a struggle, particularly with a pair of three-putts. There was no such evidence this time. Despite nearly driving into trouble to the right of the par-5 second, Woods escaped and hit wedge to 3½ feet for birdie. His lone bogey on the front nine came at the par-3 eighth, with a back right pin that requires a fade. Woods tugged it well left of the green, and his pitch at a 45-degree angle was too strong and rolled into the fringe about 15 feet away. Johnson’s chip on the third was too strong, he three-putted from about 35 feet for bogey on the fifth and he played a poor chip from below the eighth green for another bogey.
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Twelve people hurt after Oklahoma St. wins Big 12 STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — After an annual football game they call Bedlam, thousands of Oklahoma State fans jumped, ran and pushed their way onto the field in joy. The Cowboys had just taken apart the Oklahoma Sooners, their bitter and often more successful rivals. The Cowboys’ first national championship suddenly seemed within reach. But fans were pressing toward the field, which is separated from the stands by a nine-foot brick wall. Some students jumped down, others were pushed. The crowd pulled down the goal posts, and in the 45 minutes or more it took police to restore order Saturday night, some fans were trampled as the crowd struggled to reach the exits. At least 12 people were injured, including one who was airlifted to a hospital, in the chaos on the field after an emotional win in the heart of football country. “Thousands of people stormed the field. You couldn’t move, there were so many people,” said Michael Authement, who heads the command post at emergency medical provider LifeNet EMS. “It was a nasty deal.” The field is not designed to allow huge crowds to get in or out. Narrow staircases on the north, south and west ends are the only ways to reach the field from the seating areas. There are two ramps on the east end, which has no seats. To get back off the field, fans were crunched together and pushing to get their way to the exits. The public address announcer had warned fans not to storm the field, but “we just laughed,” said Alex Lillibridge, a 19-year-old freshman from Belton, Texas. Fans started jumping the wall in the last seconds of Oklahoma State’s 44-10 win, and Lillibridge said that soon after he followed. Some people said they were forced to jump because of the crush of fans. “A girl pushed me over the wall,” said 21-year-old Jennifer Payne, a junior from Stillwater. “Luckily, I didn’t get injured, but I didn’t have control of when I jumped off the wall. You just moved with the crowd.” Jerry Nevils, who was at the game but did not storm the field, said Sunday that the yellow-jacketed security force surrounding the field was no match for the “slow, steady avalanche” of Oklahoma State students and other
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Continued from page 7 defensive lineman Josh Taylor. They all graduated from Miramar High School, which is located just three miles away from Sun Life Stadium. “I’m sure they’re excited,” Holgorsen said. “I want them to be excited about going to the game and playing the game. We’re not going to treat it like a vacation, we obviously want to have a good time down there and let them enjoy it. “We’ve still got to get our work done in preparing and do the best that we can to
fans. “They weren’t stopping them, not with the 20 or 30 people they had there,” said Nevils, of Sapulpa. Oklahoma State spokesman Gary Shutt said two people were airlifted to Oklahoma City for treatment, including one adult who had a medical problem well before the end of the game. Eight people were taken to Stillwater Medical Center — including two who were having surgery Sunday on broken ankles. Three others were treated at the field, he said. Shutt said university’s policy is to keep fans off the field, and that he heard fans booing the announcer’s warning to remain in the stands. Still, the mood in Stillwater on Sunday was not of shock but excitement over what may be the football program’s most successful season ever. With their rout of No. 13 Oklahoma, the third-ranked Cowboys claimed their first-ever Big 12 championship, snapped an eightgame losing streak in the “Bedlam Series” against the Sooners and made a case to play for the Bowl Championship Series national title. The Cowboys (11-1, 8-1 Big 12) were awaiting the final BCS rankings to see if their victory would propel them over No. 2 Alabama and allow them to play undefeated Louisiana State for the national title Jan. 9. The Cowboys have rarely been the first word in football in Oklahoma, where the Sooners boast seven national championships. Getting pushed around in the crowd was worth it for Garrett Stone, 25, a recent OSU graduate who came in from Dallas to see the game. “The thrill, the national exposure, doing so well this year and being able to potentially jump Alabama, the first Big 12 title, beating OU for the first time in eight years,” he said. Authement said the crowd was so big it took police at least 45 minutes to clear fans from the field at the university’s Boone Pickens Stadium, which has a capacity of more than 60,000 people, according to the school’s website. Shutt, the university spokesman, said he did not know if any of the injuries were related to the goal posts being brought down. He said the university does not use the form of collapsible goal posts that get laid flat on the ground after the game, but they do use a form that is easily dismantled.
make it a competitive game.” With a month remaining before the game takes place, both teams will take a little bit of time off before getting back to business and preparing for the game. Holgorsen, who likes to keep the way his team prepares consistent, doesn’t think the long layoff will affect his team too much. “You’ve got to give them some time off. But you’ve still got to get some work done. You can’t take two weeks off and expect to have your timing right,” he said. “You’ve got to balance a couple of things.”
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Dana Holgorsen finished 9-3 in his first regular season as West Virginia’s head football coach. They did. And now they’re heading to the Orange Bowl. But Holgorsen isn’t taking a lot of time to think back on what’s happened so far this year. His focus is on the future. “I don’t sit there and reflect on anything. I keep full steam ahead and whatever the next challenge is is what we’re going to focus on,” he said. “I’m sure when I’m old and gray I will sit back and reflect on it. “Until that happens, it’s all about what’s in front of us.”
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304-599-0850
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Perilli Apartments
3BR, Downtown, First St. $400+ util.(per person), 2BR Evansdale, Bakers Land $425+ util.(per person). Scott Properties, LLC 304-319-6000 or scottpropertiesllc.com
FIVE (5) 1/BR APARTMENTS NOW available. West Run, Morgantown. $600/mo each plus $300/dep. NO PETS. Call Jess: 304-290-8572.
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1,2,3,4 & 5 person units Grandfathered in - City Approved 9. CONVENIENT LOCATIONS
South Park, Med Center, High St., Walkability-SAVE ON FUEL 8. INDOOR AND OUTDOOR QUALITY
We keep every commitment we make. Qualified Staff
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304-296-7476
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1-2 & 3 Bedrooms
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• Furnished & Unfurnished • Pets Welcome • 24 Hour Emergency Maintenance • Next To Football Stadium & Hospital • Free Wireless Internet Cafe • State of the Art Fitness Center • Recreation Area Includes Direct TV’s ESPN,NFL, NBA,MLB, Packages • Mountain Line Bus Every 15 Mintues
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Glenlock N. Glenlock N.
1 BR $545-$585 2BR $480/Person $960
Courtyard E. 1BR $525-$575 Courtyard E 2BR $470/Person $940 Glenlock S.
2BR $525/Person $1050
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$980
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BARRINGTON NORTH. 2BR, 1BTH. Prices starting at $605. 304-599-6376. www.morgantownapartments.com
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1-5 BEDROOM HOUSES AND APARTMENTS Walk to classes! Downtown campus
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BEVERLY AVE. APARTMENT. 2-3-4/BR Well-maintained. Off-street parking. W/D. DW. A/C. NO PETS. Available 5/16/12. 304-241-4607. If no answer: 304-282-0136.
AVAILABLE May 15, 2012 ALL SIZES ALL LOCATIONS
304-291-2103
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DOWNTOWN! 1BR loft, central heat/air, w/d, 1/2 block to PRT- $575/month plus utilities; owner pays garbage. Call Steve at 304-288-6012.
CONDO FOR RENT. 2/BR-2/BA. June/2012. $900/mo plus electric/cable. Internet ready all rooms.Near Hospitals, Stadium. WD. Parking. Pets negotiable. 304-282-1184.
FOR RENT. 1,2,3, and 4 BR Apartments. Lease. No Pets. Nice. Behind Summit Hall. 304-622-6826.
SPRUCE STREET RENTAL 3/BR Furnished including all utilities. Other than cable and internet. Avail. now. $535/person 304-292-8888
SUNNYSIDE 1 MINUTE WALK to campus. 1-2-3 BRS. Lease and deposit. NO PETS. Call 291-1000 for appointment.
UNFURNISHED APARTMENTS 1, 2 & 3BR APARTMENTS & 4BR HOUSES. Close to campus and South Park locations. Utill. W/D included. Some with parking, Pets considered. 304-292-5714 5 BEDROOM HOUSE in South Park across from Walnut Street Bridge. W/D. call Nicole at 304-290-8972 1,2 & 3 BR APARTMENT available May 2012. No pets. Washer/Dryer. Some utilities included. 304-288-6374 or 304-594-3365.
Evansdale (Per Person) 1 Bd Van Voorhis
500 + Elec
2 Bd Bakers Land
450 + Utilities
3 Bd Bakers Land 4 Bd Bakers Land
400 + Utilities 375 + Utilities
WILKINS RENTALS 304-292-5714 Now Leasing for 2012 - 2013 Apartments & Houses
Ashley Oaks 2BR $380/Person $760 Valley View 1BR $610 Valley View 2BR $320/Person $640 Valley View 2BR/2BA $410/Person $820 Skyline Skyline
1BR 2BR
$450/Perosn
$675 $900
Copperfield 1BR $610 Copperfield 2BR $370/Person $740 Copperfield 2BR/2BA $397.50/Person $795
EVANSDALE PROPERTIES Phone 304-598-9001
All Include Utilities and Washer/Dryer Many Include Parking Pets Considered
HTM PROPERTIES 1 -7 Bedroom Sunnyside, Evansdale & Arnold Hall Great Units “New Units on 3rd”
304 - 685 - 3243 htmproperties.com
NOW RENTING TOP OF FALLING RUN ROAD Morgan Point 1+2/BR $590-$790+ utilities. Semester lease. WD. DW. Parking. NO PETS. Call: 304-290-4834.
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PRETE RENTAL APARTMENTS
3 Bedroom 2 Bath Mobile Home in Star City For Rent. Washer/Dryer. No Pets. 304-599-1643.
EFF: 1BR: 2BR: Now Leasing For 2012
JEWELMANLLC.COM close to downtown, next to Arnold Hall. 3,4,5&6/BR houses. Excellent condition. A/C, W/D, parking and yard. Utilities included. No dogs. 12 month lease. 304-288-1572 or 296-8491
ABSOLUTELY NO PETS WWW.PRETERENTAL.COM PROFESSIONAL/GRADUATE Quiet 1/BR Kitchen, Bath. 5/min walk to Walnut PRT. Lower South Park. Everything included. Permit parking. $500/mo. 304-216-3332, 304-296-3332
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Jones Place In Sunnyside 4 Bedroom, 2.5 Bath Unfurnished Townhomes With covered Parking $650 per person Now Leasing
ROOMMATES MUST SEE MALE/FEMALE ROOMMATE NEEDED close to Arnold hall excellent condition, W/D & parking. Individual lease. $395-$450 all utilities included. 304-288-1572 or 304-296-8491.
WANTED TO SUBLET AVAILABLE NOW! 1BR OF 4 AT THE RIDGE. $415/month plus utilities. Please contact Kathy at kathychia@embarqmail.com or 908-256-4565 or 908-256-0727. FEMALE NEEDED TO SUBLET APARTMENT with two other girls in a huge 4 bedroom, 2 bathroom apartment, downtown campus. $350/mo + utilities. Second semester, Jan- May. 304-437-4363. LOOKING TO SUBLET! MID DEC-AUG at the District Apartments. $435/month all utilities included. Please call 571-249-4002.
AUTOMOBILES FOR SALE CASH PAID!! WE BUY CARS and trucks. Any make! Any model! Any condition! 282-2560
HELP WANTED BARTENDING UP TO $300 A DAY potential. No experience necessary. Age 18 plus. Training available. 800-965-6520 Ext. 285
Move-in ready home, 2BR, 1BA on 9/10 acre. Full basement, detached garage, new roof. 20 minutes from Morgantown. $69,900, 304-296-7593 WILES HILL! 3BR house, modern kitchen/bath, w/d, off street parking$445/person/month plus utilities; owner pays garbage. Call Steve at 304-288-6012
UNFURNISHED HOUSES 2 BR HOUSE. W/D, dishwasher. $800/mo Newly available. Call 304-292-8102. No calls after 8:00 p.m. please. 5 Bedrooms 683 Willey St. $400 per person +utilities. 4 Bedrooms 209 Waverly St. $400 per person +utilities. Hymarkproperties.com. 304-319-1243.
Dog/House Sitter needed. January 5-29 and February 5- March 1. Must have references. Can discuss stipend. Call 617-833-9116. EARN $1000-$3200 TO DRIVE OUR CAR ads. www.FreeCarJobs.com. EXTRAS NEEDED TO STAND-IN BACKGROUND for major film-production. Earn up to $200/day. Experience not required. All looks needed. Call 877-465-3612 FARM MANAGER. Full time position available. Experience with cattle and equipment necessary, beef cattle farm in Bruceton Mills, Preston Co.; send resume/qualifications with contact information to PO Box 187, Bruceton Mills, WV 26525.
Townhome Living Downtown 304-319-6000/304-296-7400 scottpropertiesllc.com
JERSEY SUBS - HIRING DAYTIME CASHIER 11-2p.m. Also cooks & drivers. All shifts. Experience preferred. Apply: 1756 Mileground.
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LOOKING FOR A JOB? With fun and excellent pay, Noviohenk’s is now hiring Bartenders and Cooks! Apply in person at 1494 Cheat Road, Morgantown WV 26508. 304-594-9821. Please Dress to Impress.
1 and 2 Bedroom Apartments For Rent AVAILABLE MAY 2012
Locust Ave. Walking distance to downtown campus. 3BRS + 2 full BA, WD $1000/mon. 304-983-2529.
SEEKING JOB SECURITY? We are a stable international company that has been around for 50 years and we have never had a lay-off. We have had double digit growth each of the last 3 yrs. Seeking the competitive and career-minded. Interviewing for sales— sales management— customer service representatives. Forward resume to Courtney Hemphill at chemphill@ariasagencies.com
UNFURNISHED CONDO. 6 SPACES available. $400/space. Call for details (304)-222-2329 or (757)-724-0265 A.V.
WANTED: GYMNASTIC AND/OR TUMBLING COACHES Experience needed. Call WVGTC at 304-292-5559.
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(304)322-1112 TWO APARTMENTS: 2/3 BR—W/D, Off-street parking. 3/BR—W/D. Leases start 05/15/12. Garbage, cable not included. 717 Willey Street up from Arnold Hall. No Smoking, No Pets 304-685-9550.
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Mountain Line Bus Service Every 10 Minutes and Minutes From PRT
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UNFURNISHED/FURNISHED OFF-STREET PARKING EVANSDALE / STAR CITY LOCATION LOCALLY OWNED ON-SITE MAINTENANCE MOST UNITS INCLUDE: HEAT, WATER, and GARBAGE SECURITY DEPOSIT REQUIRED
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GREEN PROPERTIES: Downtown on Fayette! 4BR, 2 full bath, W/D, D/W & parking! Sunnyside: Clean 3, 4 & 5BR apts. and houses. South Park: 1 & 3BR apartments, very nice! No pets. 304-216-3402
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AFFORDABLE LUXURY, 1 & 2 Bedroom, 1 & 2 Bath, prices starting at $485. Bon Vista & The Villas. 304-599-1880, www.morgantownapartments.com
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4BR AVAILABLE NOW DOWNTOWN location. 2BA, backyard, porch, parking, and laundry facility. 304-685-6565 or 304-685-5210. August and May lease.
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THE DAILY ATHENAEUM
10 | SPORTS
Monday December 5, 2011
women’s basketball
West Virginia powers past Boston University 78-53
brooke cassidy/the daily athenaeum
West Virginia celebrates after defeating Boston University 76-53 Saturday at the WVU Coliseum.
by nick arthur sports writer
Junior center Asya Bussie paced four Mountaineers in double figures as the West Virginia women’s basketball team defeated Boston University 7853 Saturday afternoon at the Coliseum. Bussie’s 17 points and 10 rebounds were both game highs. West Virginia improved to 5-2 on the season, while Boston fell to 3-4.
WVU head coach Mike Carey used a different lineup with more speed. “We changed up our starting lineup tonight, and we came out with a little more energy to start the game, and we came out in the second half with more energy,” Carey said. “We are going to keep trying things. That is my job to keep trying things and see what is going to help us win basketball games.” Freshman guard Linda Stepney and freshman forward
Crystal Leary both made their first career starts. Even though the two only combined for four points, it was clear they forced multiple Terriers’ turnovers and allowed the home team to play more up-tempo. “I was more surprised that Linda (Stepney) didn’t get more tired. She played 24 minutes, and that is the most she has played all year,” Carey said. “She did a good job pressuring the ball, pushing the ball
up. She scored a little bit for us, and then when she got tired you could tell.” West Virginia only led by nine at halftime. But, the fast pace of the game proved to wear down the visitors. Boston committed 21 turnovers and only shot 20.8 percent from the floor in the second half. “One thing we had to start doing better was pick up our energy and not let them catch the ball,” Palmer said. “We
were letting their best players catch the ball and take us one on one. We tried to limit their touches as much as possible.” The Mountaineers had their best shooting performance of the season. They shot just less than 50 percent from the field. West Virginia also had 19 assists on 30 field goals. The win might have been the Mountaineers’ best all-around performance of the season so far. “Coach Carey has been
on us for playing a complete 40-minute game,” said junior forward Jessica Harlee. “That was what he stressed in practice, and I think this is our best game yet.” Sophomore guard Taylor Palmer scored 16 points. Palmer is now averaging 18.3 points per game on the season. Harlee and sophomore guard Christal Caldwell both added 10. nicholas.arthur@mail.wvu.edu
Stepney, Leary shine in first start
brooke cassidy/the daily athenaeum
Freshman point guard Linda Stepney controls the ball in the game against Boston University Saturday Stepney, along with fellow freshman forward Crystal Leary, earned her first career start for the Mountaineers.
by cody schuler sports writer
They may be young, but true freshmen Crystal Leary and Linda Stepney proved in Saturday’s 78-53 win over Boston University that they are ready. The pair of freshmen recorded its first starts as Mountaineers in the game – a move made by head coach Mike Carey to infuse some energy and tempo into the lineup. “We changed up our starting lineup here tonight,” he said. “I thought we came out with a little bit more energy (and) I thought we (played) the second half with a little more energy. “We ran better and got some easy ones on the other end.” Junior center Asya Bussie agreed with Carey, noting the team’s increased tempo – particularly in the second half – allowed for a more efficient offensive attack to close out the win. “In the second half, I felt like we pushed the ball and (ran) a lot more and were able to score easy points,” she said. “Hopefully we can carry that over to two halves and have a full 40 minutes of pushing and running.”
Both Leary and Stepney have made a visible impact throughout the season as reserves, but now they are getting the chance to make a difference right from the tip. The two freshmen hail from Norfolk, Va., and played for Lake Taylor, where they helped the team reach a 30-1 record en route to capturing the Virginia AAA state championship. Leary, a 6-foot-2 forward, is known as an intense competitor on both sides of the floor. She is averaging four points and 5.1 rebounds per game so far this season. She recorded three steals and two rebounds in the victory. Carey believes that with more game exposure, Leary will be able to fully utilize her physical talents and play to her full potential. “I thought she was a little nervous,” he said. “She’s a great athlete. She’ll get it – she just needs more reps. We just have to continue to get her more reps.” Stepney, a 5-foot-7 guard, has drawn praise from Carey and her teammates for her ability to penetrate off the dribble and push the fast break. She finished the game with four
points and five assists. Sophomore guard Taylor Palmer, who was a fan of the new lineup, complimented Stepney on her ability to make opportunities on offense through her style of play. “I thought (the lineup) went well,” she said. “We were able to run the floor more.” “(Stepney) creates all the time basically – or at least she tries to. We’re learning how to play with her, and she’s learning how to play with us, so I thought (the lineup) went well.” The pace at which Stepney plays made Carey worry that she would get tired after the first half, but her output in the second half showed she is ready to capitalize on an increased workload. “I was surprised (Stepney) didn’t get more tired than she was,” he said. “She played 24 minutes – the most that she’s played all year.” “I thought she did a good job pressuring the ball (and) pushing the ball up when she got tired. You can really tell she struggles when she gets tired, but her conditioning is not there (yet),” he said. charles.schuler@mail.wvu.edu