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West Virginia University’s historic silver maple lies on its side after being up-rooted during a windy storm on May 26.
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Stewart Hall’s 122-year-old Silver Maple toppled during storm By Charles Young City Editor
High winds from a microburst storm toppled a historic silver maple tree in front of West Virginia University’s Stewart Hall. The 70-foot-tall tree snapped at its base at around 4:30 p.m. on May 26, due to 70 to 80 mph winds and fell between Stewart Hall and the Mountainlair. The National Weather Service said on Friday that the microburst produced winds between 70 and 80 mph. At 122 years old, the silver maple was WVU’s fifth-oldest tree, according to tree surgeon Daniel Brown, author of WVU’s “Eight Oldest Trees.” WVU Facilities Management workers spent about 60 hours removing the tree and debris from the Downtown Campus, said Baron Smith, director of roads and grounds of Facilities Management. Smith estimated the cost of
the clean up at approximately $1,700. Becky Lofstead, assistant vice president of University Communications in the Office of University Relations, said University officials have yet to make an official decision about what to do with the remains of the tree. Until a decision is made regarding how to best preserve it, the tree is being stored at the University farms. The tree, planted in June of 1889 by Dr. Charles Millspaugh and members of his grounds crew, became one of the most recognizable natural landmarks on the downtown campus. During its lifetime, the silver maple survived one tornado in 1978 and suffered some limb damage by tornado, with removal of hanging branches and cabling of some major limbs by Larry Boyles, first WVU tree surgeon, according
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By Amy Rogers Correspondent
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West Virginia University’s historic silver maple lays on it’s side after being uprooted in a windy storm on May 26. The maple was planted in 1889.
A new study has been released by researchers at West Virginia University, to explore the health effects of living near mountaintop removal sites. Michael Hendryx, an associate professor in the department of community medicine, and Keith J. Zullig, an associate professor and director of the Ph.D. program in the department of community medicine published the study in the American Journal of Public Health. Hendryx said the objective of the study was to examine
the health-related quality of life of residents in mountaintop mining counties of Appalachia using the 2006 national Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. According to the findings, residents of mountaintop mining counties reported significantly more days of poor physical, mental and activity limitation and poorer selfrated health compared with the other county groupings. Results were generally consistent in separate analyses by gender and age. Hendryx said the study focused on the varying effects on men and women.
“When analyzed by gender and age group, although the effects were slightly stronger for men, effects were present for women as well, and trends were similar for the mountaintop mining communities. So it’s not just occupational,” he said. Many believe the effects of mountaintop mining are occupationally related and isolated to the coal miners, he said. “Mountaintop mining county residents experience, on average, 18 more unhealthy days per year than do the other populations. That’s approximately 1,404 days, or almost four years, of an average
American lifetime,” Zullig said. Now with the many of the health risks discovered, will it affect the growth of mountaintop removal sites? Lisa Langley, a resident of Hurricane, W.Va., said the jobs the sites provide are important, but environmental factors should be considered as well. “Removing the mountains is against who we are, the Mountain State,” she said. Langley said people who are affected by runoff of the changed landscape need to be thought of as well.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia University officials blame a computer error for an email mistakenly sent to more than 14,000 students saying they’re ineligible for financial aid. Financial aid director Kaye Widney says about 15,000 students received the email. But it was supposed to go to only 688. The email stated “A review of your academic transcript in-
dicates that you have reached the limit on attempted credit hours and are no longer eligible for financial aid. Any financial aid previously offered to you for 2011-12 academic year has been cancelled.” Associate financial aid director Theresa Weimer says the computer randomly pulled emails out of the system. She says WVU officials don’t know what caused the glitch. A message on the financial
aid office’s voicemail system notified students about the error and said “This morning we sent out notifications to 688 ‘timed out’ students, making them ineligible for financial aid. Due to a system malfunction, other students inadvertently received this notification. If this status does not apply to you, please disregard. If you are uncertain, stay on the line.”
An email was sent out Wednesday morning to those student financial aid applicants explaining the mistake. The email said “on Tuesday afternoon, May 31st an e-mail that was intended for a small group of students was inadvertently sent to a far larger population--our records indicate that you were probably included in the distribu-
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WVU, WVDOH join for highway research development
New study shows Mountaintop health effects By Gina DaBaldo
In the hopes of helping West Virginia University take a “giant leap forward,” Stuart and Joyce Robbins have donated $3 million to be divided between two colleges at WVU. The gift has been donated through the WVU Foundation, a private, non-profit corporation that receives and distributes gifts to improve the University. The Stuart M. and Joyce N. Robbins Center for Global Business and Strategy 20/21 will be developed with $2 million of the gift as part of College of Business & Economics. With the gift, the center will focus on the G20 countries in the 21st century. “When we started talking about creating this center, ‘Stu’ Robbins kept saying that it would be great to have a global focus within the School of Business and Economics. If we could focus on these critical countries, we could create something great,” said Jose Sartarelli, Dean of the College of Business and Economics. This new global center will provide opportunities for students to conduct studies and research. “This new center is a demonstration of the commitment to create the best place for students to learn,” Sar-
tarelli said. Other possible ideas for the new center include study abroad programs, exchange programs, exchange programs for professors and the development of a Global Business major. The Global Business major would require the development of new courses, modification of some existing courses and developing new permanent faculty positions, including a director within the new major. “Mr. and Mrs. Robbins wanted to make sure that whatever the gift was, the gift would be important and impactful enough to help the students in an impactful, global way,” he said. “The nice thing about the gift is that he’s not a graduate from the College of Business and Economics but is still very involved with a lot of activities supporting the university.” Also with the donation, the Stuart M. and Joyce N. Robbins Distinguished Professorship in Epidemiology will be created within the new School of Public Health. The new school is not yet official, as the process of creating it has not yet been completed. This is the first large gift that will help transform the
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ON THE INSIDE The WVU defense still has some work left to do before the 2011 season starts in September. SPORTS PAGE 3
West Virginia University’s Environmental Research Center has been awarded a grant from the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. WVU’s team of researchers joined together with the West Virginia Division of Highways and other partners to conduct research on the impacts of developing four-lane highways in the southern coalfields region of West Virginia. “The southern part of the state needs more help or more transportation. It is difficult to get from one point to the other fast, based on the small roads,” said Jim Anderson, Lead Investigator of the project and a professor of Wildlife and Fisheries Resources in the Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design at WVU. Anderson said a key priority for the researchers would be to balance the needs of animals, the environment and people. “We want to identify ways to mitigate the impacts for wildlife and biodiversity,” said Todd Katzner, a member of the research group and research assistant Professor of Wildlife and Fisheries Resources. Concerns of the research group include the contamination of streams and wetlands, watershed management, endangered species, destroying habitats, fragmenting or “chunking” parts of habitats and disrupting animal movement in the environment. “If you think about how any highway goes in, it dra-
matically changes the way water moves, runoff movements and continuous forests will be broken up,” Katzner said. Damaging the water quality in the environment can impact the well-being of animals as well as humans when ecosystems are not functioning normally. “As soon as we pump pollutants and chemicals into waterways, we impact our health and well-being,” Katzner said. When habitats are lost or fragmented, the chance of losing endangered species increases, he said. Creation of roads can be disturbing to animal movement. One way to help the endurance of animal movement is to build wildlife tunnels crossings into tunnels that run under the highway. Placing a camera within the tunnel allows every animal that walks through the tunnel to be seen to get a sense of what types of animals are actually adapting to and using the tunnel. “From salamanders to bears, there is a variety of animals that might be using the wildlife crossings in the underground tunnels,” Katzner said. Anderson said despite the vast scope of the program, his team is excited to begin work. “We have already made good progress and will be working over the next six to nine months to develop good research to make educated decisions and work to bring in stakeholders and collaborate with others,” he said. Throughout the next
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Baseball falls in tournament The West Virginia baseball team’s season ended last week after two losses in the Big East Tournament. SPORTS PAGE 5
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emerging plans for the School of Public Health. “Epidemiology will be an extremely important position to be created that will be transformational for the School of Public Health,� said Alan Ducatman, chair of the Department of Community Medicine in the School of Medicine at WVU. “This position will make a big difference in this new school.� Epidemiology is the study of diseases and their determinations within the public and includes the scientific methods for the study of populations.
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The historic tree outside of Stewart Hall at West Virginia University lies on its side following a brief, but strong storm on May 26. The tree was 122 years old and stood more than 70 feet tall. The fallen tree caused debris to cover much of the Downtown Campus and fell on top of a staircase between Stewart Hall and the Mountainlair.
Continued from page 1 months the team will work to devise mechanisms to lessen the impacts of the highway construction to wildlife and ecosystems. “We want to live a high quality life but also have biodiversity, and biodiversity can be considered an aspect of having a high quality life,� Katzner said.
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Continued from page 1 tion. In most cases, you can be assured you are not impacted by the federal regulation that is referenced in the e-mail.� The email also directed those students to view their STAR accounts through MIX to verify if their financial aid
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Limbs cover the stairs next to Stewart Hall at West Virginia University following a strong storm a 122-year-old historic silver maple tree.
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to a press release. In 1989, dead branches and broken stubs were removed from the tree by second tree surgeon, Daniel E. Brown, said a press release. The silver maple also with-
stood storm damage during the winter of 1993-94. Although the tree is now gone, it will not soon be forgotten by members of the WVU community. “It was such a beautiful tree and it’s been there so long that so many generations of students, alumni and employees passed by or sat under it
over its long life – so it will be missed,� Lofstead said. To help preserve memories of the tree, WVUToday is hosting a comment box on their website where users can submit and share stories, memories and other comments regarding the tree.
The development of the Professorship of Epidemiology will help attract top-level candidates to compete for positions at WVU to join the already active group. “But in addition to that, Mr. and Mrs. Robbins have shared their time and expertise historically with WVU,� Ducatman said. “When national leaders have an additional level of engagement, that is what really makes the difference.� The Robbins’ have previously established a chair-position within the history department of the Eberly College of Arts & Sciences. Stuart Robbins is a native of Parkersburg, W.Va. and is an alumnus of WVU with an
A.B. in history. He has been a member of the WVU Foundation from 1991 to 2008, a member of the WVU Academy of Distinguished Alumni and the Vandalia Society at WVU. Stuart is also a member of the College of Business & Economics Visiting Committee and a member of the board of directors of the Blanchette Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute. Joyce Robbins has a B.S. in special education from California University, a master’s in special education from the University of Pittsburgh, a M.B. in accounting through Pace University and achieved her CPA.
Investigating the complexity of the elements in plan will also be conducted by Walter Veselka and Todd Petty of the Division of Forestry and Natural Resources, Sam Lamont of the Natural Resource Analysis Center, Hodjat Ghadimi of the Division of Design and Merchandising, Lian-Shin Lin from civil and environmental engineering and Mike Strager, from the resource economics program. The Environmental Re-
search Center at WVU was established in 2009. “The goal of the Environmental Research Center (ERC) is to provide a center of excellence at West Virginia University that facilitates the integration of environmental research, outreach/education and practitioner science,� according to the research website, http://erc.davis.wvu. edu/.
status is still “satisfactory.� Sara Wise, a senior journalism student from Point Pleasant said to the Charleston Gazette that she was at the financial aid office Tuesday morning for a different reason and said the error was “mentioned offhand.� Wise said though she appreciates the explanatory voice message, she believes more should’ve been done.
“I think it’s wrong. When you work at the financial aid office, you need to care about what you’re doing, instead of using automated answers for everything,� she said. “It’s not enough. The entire student body should have immediately been notified.�
to sophomore year is around 80 percent. Also in the guide, WVU President James P. Clements’ five-year contract was incorrectly compared to peer institutions’ president contracts and salaries. University of Kentucky pays its President Lee Todd $587,703 per
Information from a story in the Charleston Gazette was used in this AP story.
year for total cost of employment. Ohio State University President E. Gordon Gee, a former WVU President, earns more than $1.8 million for total cost of employment. We apologize for any inconveniences these may have caused.
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Big East down, but not out When it comes to basketball, the Big East Conference certainly lives up to its namesake. It is the biggest conference in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I-A, boasting 16 member schools. Its talent is unprecedented, sending 11 teams to the NCAA tournament a year ago, including the reigning National Champions, the Connecticut Huskies. Although often debated, the Big East is considered by most as the best basketball conference in the country. And then there is Big East football ... The Big East is the smallest Bowl Championship Series football conference, with only eight members. Currently, it finds itself clinging on to its BCS distinction for dear life, as some pundits argue that the Big East should not remain as an automatic qualifier. Last season, the Big East posted a 19-18 record against non-conference Football Bowl Subdivision opponents, while going 0-6 versus ranked nonconference competition. Also, Big East teams have lost in three consecutive BCS appearances by a combined score of 106-51. But the future of Big East football is going to be just fine, and here are some reasons why. zz The first order of business for the Big East is to expand the conference to 10, 11 or possibly 12 teams, thus allowing it to hold a conference championship game. A scenario where the top two teams would go head-tohead for a BCS berth would add some much-needed excitement heading into the bowl season. zz The addition of TCU next year is also going to pay great dividends for the struggling conference for years to come. TCU proved themselves last season on a national stage, defeating Big Ten champion Wisconsin in the Rose Bowl and finishing the season undefeated. Furthermore, the addition of TCU is vital because they are located in the fifth largest media market in the country. Combine this with WVU’s new television exposure in Texas due to new offensive coordinator and head coachin-waiting Dana Holgorsen’s deep recruiting ties in the Lone Star State, and the Mountaineers could end up with a recruiting pipeline that leads from Texas straight to Morgantown. zz In addition to TCU, the Big East is also eyeing a few other schools for expansion.
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GROWING PAINS Young, inexperienced WVU defense still has work to do before 2011 season BY MICHAEL CARVELLI SPORTS EDITOR
The last time the West Virginia defense walked off the field, it was after the Gold-Blue Spring Game. It was the first time this new edition of veteran defensive coordinator Jeff Casteel’s unit played in a game in front of fans. And they came away pretty unimpressed with that performance. “I see a defense that needs a lot of work,” said senior defensive end Bruce Irvin after the Spring Game. “We’re giving up big plays to the (second-team ofMatt Sunday/The Daily Athenaeum fense), and that ain’t going to cut West Virginia senior cornerback Keith Tandy is one of the only returning starters for it, not when we’ve got LSU and Maryland and UConn, teams the Mountaineers in 2011.
like that on our schedule.” In that Spring Game, the Mountaineer defense gave up more than eight yards per play to the offense, including more than 600 yards through the air. But even with the struggles in the spring, the players on the defensive side of the ball have realized there will be some growing pains this year before they get to where they want to be as a unit. After all, this is a team that is looking to replace seven starters from a defense that ranked in the top five nationally in just about every defensive category. “It’s just another learning step for this new defense that we’ve got with the new guys out there,” said senior defensive end Julian
Miller. “We’ve just got to work hard in the summer and get everybody right.” And with everyone who departed from last year’s defense, not only will the Mountaineers have to have players step into new roles as starters, but they will be looking for new leaders to take charge of the defense on the field. With players like J.T. Thomas, Chris Neild and Brandon Hogan all gone and in the NFL now, this edition of the WVU defense is looking for players to step into the role those three provided over the last couple of seasons as ones who will show the way
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Football opponent previews
WVU to take on Norfolk State in second game of 2011 season by tony dobies sports writer
When West Virginia takes on Norfolk State on Sept. 10 in Milan Puskar Stadium, it will likely be the Mountaineers’ least important game of the season. It could be Norfolk State’s biggest game, though. The Spartans have one game against a higher-division foe, and that’s West Virginia. The Mountaineers won’t start with a lower-division opponent for the first time since the 2007 season, when they faced Western Michigan (The Mountaineers haven’t faced a team from an automatic qualifier conference since 2005, when they faced Syracuse). The biggest question isn’t whether WVU will overlook Norfolk State when the two teams get together. The question will be, however, if the Mountaineers do overlook the Spartans, will it matter? file photo Norfolk State went 6-5 last year and was fifth in the Mid West Virginia inside receiver Tavon Austin could have a big game when the Mountaineers Eastern Athletic Conference. take on Norfolk State on Sept. 10. It has some WVU ties, as head coach Pete Adrian (34-33 in six years) was an offensive lineman for the Mountaineers from 1967-68. Former WVU linebacker from 1997-99 Mark Thurston is the team’s defensive line coach. On offense, the key for the Spartans will be quarterback Chris Walley, who started last season and passed for 1,859 yards and rushed for another 190 yards. He set new school records for completion percentage (61.4) and ranked second in Norfolk State’s conference in total offense (2,049).
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Students should be aware of hookah risk Smoking hookah, also commonly referred to as shisha, is a relatively new fad that is rapidly spreading across college campuses nationwide. A hookah is a multistemmed water pipe that has been used to smoke tobacco in the Middle East for centuries. Hookahs have recently gained popularity in other parts of the world. Because this is a new phenomenon in the United States, the general public is ignorant of many of the potential dangers of hookah smoke. Since hoo-
kahs are becoming especially prominent on college campuses (including right here in Morgantown), it is important for students to understand the risks posed by them. A recent study conducted by researchers at the Wake Forest School of Medicine found that 40 percent of college students in North Carolina had smoked hookah before. Of those, 22 percent admitted to being regular hookah users and say they had never smoked a cigarette before. This statistic highlights a ma-
jor perception problem surrounding hookah smoke. While it’s not entirely clear why this is the case, the study found that many students believe smoking hookah is not as dangerous as other forms of smoking. One of the most popular myths backing this assumption is the claim that the water at the base of the hookah filters out many of the toxins from the tobacco. Unfortunately, this assumption is far from the truth. A study that was published by
the World Health Organization found that only 5 percent of nicotine is filtered out by the water in the hookah. They also found that hookah smoke contained many of the same carcinogens present in cigarette smoke. The coals used to heat the hookah also release carbon monoxide, a gas that is highly toxic to humans. Additionally, a typical hookah smoke session lasts from 30 minutes to an hour. These prolonged smoke sessions increase exposure to the carcinogenic substances in the smoke.
The WHO found that smoking hookah over such a long period of time was the equivalent of smoking 100 cigarettes. Even if it is only done periodically, smoking hookah exposes an individual to the same risks that smoking cigarettes or cigars would. While it is up to the individual to decide whether or not to indulge in smoking hookah, this decision should be made with the potential risks in mind.
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Mainstream economists oversimplify economic crisis brandon muncy Columnist
Almost every day you are being misled by most mainstream outlets. This is especially true in the realm of economics. Understanding America’s current economic crisis can be achieved by understanding an economic concept whose importance is often overlooked in most schools of economic thought – capital structure. The capital structure is essentially an array of all the machines, tools, pieces, etc. in an economy, which lead to the creation of consumer goods, reflected by consumer demand. Consumer goods are goods of the first order. Goods of a higher order are capital goods. Here’s a rudimentary example: a ham sandwich is a good of the first order, a consumer good. The bread, ham and plate upon which your sandwich sits are goods of the second order, capital goods. The oven you use to bake your bread, the knife you use to slice your bread and the cabinet in which your plate was stored are goods of the third order. This order can be traced to the butcher who cut your ham, the transportation from farmer to butcher, the farmer who raised the pig, the food that fed the pig, so on and so forth. Ironically, if capital structure is being considered at all by the mainstream school of economic models, it is a homogenous lump of aggregation summed up in an equation as “K”. The problem with this approach is it misses the complexity and real applica-
tion of capital goods throughout the economy. In these mainstream economic theories, the argument that recessions occur at the end of booms, fueled by the expansion of money and artificial credit, holds no water. Yet, recessions, also known as busts, occur precisely because the boom created by monetary expansion and creation of credit is not sustainable. The reason behind the different conclusions is due to the misunderstanding of the capital structure and it being seen as nothing more than a variable in a math equation. To further explain the role the capital structure plays in the boom/bust cycle, it’s important to explain the role of interest rates in the economy. The market rate of interest is set by consumer spending. A higher interest rate means that consumer spending is relatively high, juxtaposed to a low interest rate, which means consumer spending is relatively low. The lower the interest rate, the more attractive long-term investment projects become and entrepreneurs begin investing in a more future-oriented fashion. The interest rate is essentially the way the market tells entrepreneurs to expect increased future spending. When a central bank, which controls the rate of interest in an economy, pushes interest rates below its natural market level, entrepreneurs get the same message as a naturally low interest rate and begin investing in long-term projects. However, the lower interest rates also cause consumers to spend more money, which is the exact opposite of what happens naturally in a market. This will set forth a sequence of events that will in-
House Speaker John Boehner speaks to reporters outside the White House after House Republicans met with President Barack Obama regarding the debt ceiling. evitably lead to a bust, either because the central bank decides to raise interest rates in response to an “overheating economy” or naturally because, as economist Robert Murphy notes, “It is physically impossible for the economy to continue cranking out the higher volume of consumption goods as well as the increased capital output.” The importance of the capital structure rears its head in the bust phase. Mainstream economists miss the point when they argue workers are not unemployed because they have zero marginal product, or
in layman terms, have nothing to offer employers. During the boom created by the monetary expansion and credit creation, the incentives of spenders and investors are altered. The capital structure, by its very nature, reflects current consumer demand and when the bubble of the boom pops, we are left with a capital structure that represents the demands of the bubble economy, not the economy in equilibrium. The resulting bust is the attempt of the market to allow entrepreneurs to invest their capital in sectors of the economy that reflect the new con-
sumer demand by liquidating the bad capital currently taking up the resources of the economy. To further elaborate on why mainstream economists miss the point, I’ll quote Robert Murphy again, “... you can’t ‘demand’ a TV set unless the store has an actual unit on the shelf. Pushing it back one step, no matter how many customers are lining up outside his store, the manager of Best Buy can’t stockpile his shelves with TVs unless the manufacturer has previously assembled them. And of course, the manufacturer can’t do so – re-
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gardless of how much money he is offered by the Best Buy manager – unless he can find enough workers, and enough of the relevant parts, to actually make the TVs.” This process of reallocating capital is painful and takes time and interventions into the market, which make the process slower. One of the biggest misunderstandings in mainstream economics is based in the capital structure. Until it is understood by these schools, recessions and depressions will be an inevitable part of our economic present and future.
Cultural relativity is important to an increasingly materialistic society Sam Viggiano columnist
Since the dawn of multiculturalism and the subjugation of immigrants in the 18th and 19th centuries, prejudice has been a foul-smelling flower in the garden of American culture. Aberrant to its perceived smell, this blossom is actually quite beautiful and its existence is necessary for a wellkept garden. Today, prejudice is a loosely used term being planted in anyone’s garden who is willing to use it. If an attack on character or perceived performance is at hand, just as grass grows green, race, sex or ethnicity have become common scapegoats for those being blamed. In the 1780s, the melting pot metaphor in advocacy of a homogeneous society desired a fondue-like assimilation for
immigrants, cultural homophony. As a strong believer in the salad bowl theory of the 1970s, a heterogeneous metaphor in advocacy of cultural distinction with a single, light connection via the salad dressing, American pride, I found myself feeling prejudice and borderline racist in hopes that my Japanese Hibachi chef was of Japanese descent. For homecomings, birthdays, new babies, pre- and post-holiday events, Japanese steak houses have been a Mecca for family functions. Instead of trying to plan a meal and make room for 13plus family members, the stove top table with high chairs provided for me the Americanized cultural outing my family needed. I can picture the temple where we ate surrounded by samurai figurines and swords, juxtaposed by delicate flowers and calligraphy meticulously placed to trick the average American into thinking this was Asian culture. Even the steak house chefs deliv-
ered a show with flaming onion rings pronounced Mt. Fuji or exclaimed indecipherable Japanese or English phrases we clapped at because that was what was done. But when my table was approached by a calm Hispanic woman, my heart sank. She introduced herself, in Japanese, as Laura, and said she would be cooking for us this evening. Where was the energized ex-ninja-turned-steak chef? Where was the charm of the thick Asiatic accent with choppy English? Of course, the food turned out alright, and we applauded her efforts in making our dinner, but an important element of the hibachi experience was missing and abating as I noticed more and more multicultural chefs working the tables. Is it important for cultural relativity to exist in a place of materialistic culture? Already, the word culture, defined by Merriam-Webster as, “the customary beliefs, social forms and material traits of a racial, religious or social group; also,
the characteristic features of everyday existence (as diversions or a way of life) shared by people in a place or time” exists twice in the latter question. Is there a need for fusion in an already assimilated culture, especially at the hand of cultural expectations? Morally, ethically and logically having a Hispanic or any other race, ethnicity or gendered chef shouldn’t matter when the consumption and camaraderie during the meal are the focal points of the dinner. It would have been rude to dismiss the chef, especially because this was her job, and she did a fine job in presentation. In a blind taste test, it is likely that one would not be able to tell the difference between her hibachi chicken and another steak chef’s. Yet having worked in the food industry since 16, I have learned that ambiance is key to a successful restaurant. Regardless of how the food tastes, the comfort and feeling perceived during the dining expe-
rience are make-or-break attributes that will determine if the customer comes back. Our question soon abjures the social situation in the code of ethics and realizes itself in greatest question of all time: how does one sell a product, and how does one sell it well? The presentation of the meal is what I recall the most in my hibachi experience. I am not absconding an idea of cultural racism but advocating that in order to have an authentically materialistic garden, one must produce the right plants. If one wants a rose garden, one shouldn’t plant daisies. The need for cultural representation in that exact cultural experience, regardless of authenticity, is as important as understanding if a flower is a perennial or annual. Sure, the flowers look the same, they are grown the same, they are treated the same. This is the American way: an equal opportunity provider. Yet, these flowers, by name, function differently. Perennials persist for several years and
bloom every season, whereas annuals are a one-time only blossom. If a customer cannot feel the culture of the room, then the business is at a loss. This is not a matter of employment based on race, ethnicity or gender but a business decision in order to sell a product and keep customers wanting more. The temporary abeyance of individuality is directly related to a successful culture in business and the world. It’s lucky fast food and materialistic culture are staples to the American way. Our puzzlepiece culture is dependent on individuals to make a diverse population. Separate but equal is an impossible and immoral practice that should not be constituted in the land of the free and home of the brave. But innately cultural practices, even if materialistic in nature, are fundamentals to color the garden. There are many types of roses, and as Shakespeare said, “by any other name would smell as sweet.”
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WVU ends season with losses at Big East Tournament by nick arthur sports writer
The West Virginia baseball team’s appearance in the Big East Conference tournament came to an end this past Thursday, as did the Mountaineers’ season. The double-elimination tournament saw the No. 4 seeded Mountaineers fall to eventual champion Seton Hall on Wednesday by a score of 10-4. The team then lost to Notre Dame on Thursday 1-0. The game was only the third 1-0 final score in the 27-year history of the tournament. West Virginia got off to a slow start against Seton Hall. A four-run third inning gave the Pirates an early advantage, and they never looked back. Seton Hall’s senior pitcher Joe DiRocco was on his game, throwing seven innings, while allowing just three runs on nine hits to earn his third win against the Mountaineers in the past two seasons. West Virginia head coach file photo Greg Van Zant said the slow West Virginia senior pitcher Andy Berry threw eight innings in a loss to Notre Dame in the Big East Conference Tournament. Berry was start proved to be the big difference in the game. one of 10 seniors on the WVU baseball team this season.
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WVU sends seven to NCAA championships Seven of the 12 athletes representing WVU at the Outdoor Track East Regionals will be moving on to the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Bloomington, Ind. The seven athletes will be competing in seven different events at the championships, set to be begin June 8. Leading the Mountaineers in two events is senior Chelsea Carrier, the Big East Conference’s Most Outstanding Track Performer. The Buckhannon, W.Va., native is set to run in both the heptathlon and 100-meter hurdles. Carrier had already qualified for nationals in the heptathalon before Regionals took place last weekend, and earned a spot in hurdles after finishing third with a time of 13.08. Fellow seniors Keri Bland,
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stop. “He’s athletic and is just a really good person, a hard worker, very respectful and led by example” The Mountaineers finished the season with a record of 28-27, including a 14-13 mark in conference play, an impressive feat considering the amount of injuries the team experienced throughout the season. “We had a good year,” Van Zant said. “At the end, the injuries just caught up with us and we just couldn’t keep playing at the level we were playing at.” Overall, Van Zant was content with how his team performed through adversity. “We had a winning season in the conference, finished fourth out of 12 teams,” he said. “Of course we would have liked to have done better, but I was really proud of the effort our guys gave us. “I told our guys they had absolutely nothing to be ashamed of, they did really well considering everything we went through.”
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“If you get behind against a first-team all-conference pitcher like that, it’s hard to come back,” Van Zant said. “They had a senior out there who was a very veteran, seasoned pitcher, and that was kind of the difference in the game.” Thursday’s matchup against Notre Dame also featured an impressive pitching performance, but this one came from Mountaineer starter Andy Berry. The senior pitched eight strong innings only surrendering one run, which was unearned. Berry was one of ten seniors who were playing their final game in a West Virginia uniform. “We had a big senior class,” Van Zant said. “The 10 seniors we had were all really good guys.” The featured senior in the class was fifth-year senior Grant Buckner. Buckner went 2-4 against Notre Dame, making Thursday his 49th consecutive game of reaching base safely. “He got better every year,” Van Zant said of his short-
Kate Harrison, Katelyn Williams and April Rotillo also qualified in their respective events over the weekend, as did juniors Meghan Mock and Sarah-Anne Brault. Bland advanced to the NCAA championships in the 1,500-meter run after finishing ninth in the event, with a time of 4:19.82. Harrison won the 10,000-meter run, while Brault finished sixth in the event to also qualify to run in the Championships. Williams cleared 1.78 meters in the high jump, which was good enough for ninth overall in the region. Rotillo, who won the Big East championship in the 400-meter run, placed 10th in the event at Regionals, with a time of 53.31. Mock qualified for Nationals in the long jump, finishing 11th with a jump of 6.07 meters.
Last week, news came out that new West Virginia offensive coordinator and head coach-inwaiting Dana Holgorsen was involved in an incident at the Mardi Gras Casino & Resort, located in Charleston, W.Va., after 3 a.m. on May 18, which resulted in him being escorted from the building. “I learned a valuable lesson from this incident,” Holgorsen said in a release. “As a football coach, I am always in the public eye, and I have to hold myself to a higher standard, which is what I ask our players to do. “I’m sorry that this incident put the University and the football program in a difficult position. I will not put myself in that situation again.” According to the Charleston Daily Mail, Holgorsen cooperated with the Nitro (W.Va.) Police Department when they arrived, and no arrest was made. The incident was deemed “inappropriate” by WVU Athletic Director Oliver Luck, who also released a statement on May 25. “Coach (Bill) Stewart and I have made it clear, and will reiterate, that our coaches and staff are representing the University and the state at all times,” Luck said. “We expect them to always display appropriate behavior. “I take this matter very seriously, but I do not plan on commenting on it further.”
Holgorsen was hired in December of 2010 and will serve this year as the Mountaineers’ offensive coordinator before taking over the team’s head coaching duties in 2012. Turnbull selected for Erie Hall of Fame West Virginia wrestling head coach Craig Turnbull has been selected as a member of the 2011 class of the Metro Erie Chapter of the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame. Turnbull has been the head coach at WVU for 33 years and currently ranks ninth among all active Division I-A wrestling matt sunday/the daily athenaeum coaches with 259 wins. In his West Virginia offensive coordinator and head coach-in-waiting Dana Holgorsen looks on time at West Virginia, Turnbull has been named the Eastern during the Gold-Blue Spring Game. Wrestling League’s Coach of the Year four times and has five EWL titles with the Mountaineers. The Erie, Pa., native will be inducted to the hall at a banquet on June 21, at Zem Zem Shriners in Erie, Pa. Summer Coupon Clipper He will be honored along with fellow inductees Julian is coming soon! Blanks, Cliff Crosby, Nancy Eisenman-Elwell, Brooke Freeburg, John Leisering, Andy Schulz, Joe Scholtis, Roger Sweeting and the late Joe Sivak.
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CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22) HHH Step back and see a situation for what it’s worth. Your ability to read through a personal matter comes through once more. Still, the time to act might not be here yet. Do more for yourself. Take a break, at least mentally, from what was/is going on. Time is your ally right now. Tonight: Distance, please. LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22) HHHHH Discussions lead to new discussions. You might be surprised by some of the ideas that could breeze in. Don’t wonder why. Take time to network in a meeting or two. You can never know too many people. Tonight: Where your friends are. VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22) HHH A younger person keeps adding to a conversation. Though this “pipsqueak” might annoy you at times, his or her ideas are excellent if you distance yourself enough to assess what you are hearing. Being reasonable usually comes naturally to you. Let it be so. Tonight: Could be late. LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22) HHHH You can talk all you want, but when reality hits, you need more space. Intellectualizing and evaluating happen easily. Make a phone call to a younger person at a distance. Honestly evaluate the possibility of a trip. Perhaps you have been a little too stationary, even for you. Tonight: Open up to positive changes. SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21) HHHH You cannot keep making demands with a key person and then sitting back. Eventually this prodding or back-and-forth effect could have him or her yelling about what is going on. Know when you have
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Shaq on Twitter: “I’m about to retire” BOSTON (AP) — Shaquille O'Neal, a 15-time All-Star who struggled to get on the court last season because of injuries, tweeted on Wednesday that he is going to retire after a 19-year career in which he won four titles and the 2000 league Most Valuable Player award. O'Neal wrote on Twitter shortly before 2:45 p.m., "im retiring." It included a link to a 16-second video in which he says, "We did it; 19 years, baby. Thank you very much. That's why I'm telling you first: I'm about to retire. Love you. Talk to you soon." An inveterate prankster who gave himself a new nickname – or several – in each of his six NBA cities, O'Neal did not notify the Boston Celtics, his latest team, of his plans. He played just 37 games this year, the first of a two-year deal at the veteran's minimum salary, making just three brief appearances after Feb. 1. "To my knowledge, he has not informed any of us that he's retiring," Celtics spokesman Jeff Twiss said. If he goes, O'Neal retires fifth all-time with 28,596 points, 12th with 13,099 rebounds and a .582 field goal percentage that is second only to Artis Gilmore among players with more than 2,000 baskets. His free throw percentage of
.527 – well, now is not the time to dwell on that. "I'm a little bit sad," said Pat Riley, the Heat president who was also the coach when O'Neal won a title in Miami. "It's the end of an absolute 20-year career. Great, great player. ... The league's going to miss Shaq. I'm sure Shaq will do something big and beyond." O'Neal's contributions to basketball went far beyond his presence on the court. One of the most charismatic players in NBA history, O'Neal was a franchise-saver when the Orlando Magic made him the No. 1 overall pick in the 1992 draft. He took them from the lottery to the playoffs in two years, and then led them to the NBA finals in his third year before they were swept by the Houston Rockets. O'Neal, 39, signed with the Los Angeles Lakers in 1996 and had his greatest success there, winning three titles alongside Kobe Bryant and coach Phil Jackson. But amid tension between O'Neal and Bryant after a loss to the Detroit Pistons in the finals, O'Neal was traded to the Heat in the summer of 2004. After 3 1/2 years in Miami, a tenure that included his fourth NBA championship, O'Neal became a veteran-for-hire, moving to Phoenix and then Cleveland, and
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Continued from page 3 My vote is for Central Florida and Houston to join the league. Located in Orlando, UCF would be an excellent fit for the Big East. The Knights, currently in Conference USA, finished their 2010 campaign with an 11-3 record, including a Liberty Bowl victory over SEC opponent Georgia. Orlando is in the 19th largest media market in the U.S., and could prove to be a natural rival with USF. Besides, what Mountaineer fan wouldn’t want an excuse to travel to Orlando once every other year? If Houston were to join the Big East, the conference would be adding another large media market, as well as a potential rival for TCU. The Cougars went 10-4 in 2009 with Holgorsen serving as their offensive coordinator, including an upset victory over fifth-ranked Oklahoma State, 45-34. zz With expansion in mind, Big East Commissioner John Marinatto announced last week that a new TV deal is on the horizon. The current deal with ESPN expires in September
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habit of adopting a new nickname that he felt embodied his role with his new team. In Phoenix he was the "Big Shaqtus"; in Boston, the "Big Shamroq." But O'Neal's off-court persona couldn't disguise the fact that he was getting old, and while he showed he could still play with younger opponents, he couldn't manage to stay on the court with them. He missed a week in November with a bruised right knee, a week in December with a calf injury and another in January with a sore right hip.
of 2012, allowing them to negotiate with other networks. Adding schools in large media markets will make the conference more appealing when they sit down at the negotiating table in 2012. The latest power conference to ink a new TV deal was the Pac-12, who signed for $3 billion over 12 years, or $250 million per year. The Big East could come very close to those numbers, improving on its current deal worth only $200 million over six years, or $33.3 million per year. In 2005 after Miami, Boston College and Virginia Tech bolted to the Athletic Coast Conference, the college football world sat at the edge of their seats, waiting for the Big East to collapse and lose their BCS right. How did the Big East respond then? It added three new teams in Louisville, South Florida and Connecticut and went 5-0 in bowl games that season. The Big East is a resilient conference that has faced this sort of adversity before, and although Big East football is down at the moment, no one should count it out just yet.
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Continued from page 3 for the younger, more inexperienced players. One of those leaders who emerged was senior cornerback Keith Tandy. After accepting a bigger role and thriving last season, Tandy – who usually leads more by example – will have to try to take a more vocal role in the 2011 season and will be pretty hands-on when helping the other players in the WVU secondary. “A lot of times you don’t even watch the Spring Game, but I’m going to make sure that I sit down with at least all of the secondary to make sure we watch this game because we’ve got a lot of stuff we need to correct,” Tandy said. Knowing there will be a lot of young players on the secondary who need a person showing the right way to do things, Tandy said he’s just going to go about his offseason the same way he usually would – by working hard and hoping others will see it and follow suit. “I always try to out-compete everyone who’s working here,” he said. “I don’t take any days off, and I just try to do everything I can.” Another player who will be counted on to lead in the defensive backfield along with Tandy is junior safety Terence Garvin. Garvin had his breakout season last year as a sophomore and offers another player with much-needed experience into the secondary. “He’s progressed a lot. He probably made the most plays on the defense in the secondary this spring,” Tandy said of Garvin. “Every day he called me and was like, ‘Come on, let’s get this extra work in. Let’s go watch this film.’ He’s really buying in to it. “He has to be a leader, too, because he’s the second-most experienced player we’ve got (in the secondary). So, he has to be, whether he wants to or not.” In addition to all of the losses the defense suffered thanks to the NFL and graduation, WVU has had to get adjusted to facing a different type of offense than it
will be facing when the season starts. Last year in the spring, the defense got to go up against former offensive coordinator Jeff Mullen’s offense, which was very similar to a lot of the other offenses in the Big East Conference. Or, at least it was very similar to new offensive coordinator and head coach-in-waiting Dana Holgorsen’s Air Raid offense. “We haven’t really seen an offense like we’re going to be playing from week to week,” Irvin said. “When fall comes, we can get the scout team players to come in and get them to show the type of offense we’re going to see every week.” Even without seeing an offense like they’ll usually see and having a lack of experienced players, Irvin said he believes the talent is there, it’s just a matter of putting things together. “I feel like we’ve got a group of guys who are going to run around, fly to the ball and make plays,” he said. “The other stuff – like the missed tackles and the broken coverages – we’ve got to work on that. “We’ve got a lot of guys who can give a lot of effort and give 100 percent every time we take the field together.”
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Continued from page 3 The Tallahassee, Fla., native played one year at Joliet Junior College (Ill.) before making his debut with the Spartans last season. The veteran will have a solid corps of wide receivers to throw to and the opportunity to make plays (WVU isn’t set with two cornerback starters and likely will put in someone with little experience to start the season). He will have to improve on his touchdown-to-interception ratio from last season, however. He threw just 10 touchdowns and eight interceptions last year in 11 games. The Mountaineers could take advantage of that. The Spartans don’t have much experience at the running back position, as starter DeAngelo Branche, a 2010 all-MEAC first-team selection, is gone. Norfolk State will likely start Takeem Hedgeman, a junior who played in 10 games last season and rushed for 220 yards and two touchdowns. Outside of that, expect Walley to be a bigger part of the rushing attack. In the passing game, Walley will have three returning starters to pass to – Reggie Garrett, Victor Hairston and Kelvin Lewis. Hairston is the best of that group, catching 52 balls for 580 yards and two touchdowns a year ago. Garrett is more of a home run hitter, as he had a 14.5 yards-per-catch average in 2010. The Spartans will miss four departed offensive lineman from last year, which might be the team’s biggest weakness heading in 2011. They will rely on the experience of second-team all-MEAC
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‘Rock the Lot’ in Va. to benefit Diviney by mackenzie mays A&E Writer
A “Rock the Lot” benefit concert at Tortoise & Hare Bar & Grille in Arlington, Va. will work to raise money for the American Cancer Society and Ryan Diviney, a former West Virginia University student who was put into a minimally conscious state after being attacked on campus in 2009. The event is sponsored by the National Capital Area Chapter of the WVU Alumni Association and will feature performances by five bands, in addition to other activities.
The organization has a set goal of $7,000 to raise for the benefit, with 25 percent of the proceeds going to Rally for Ryan, 70 percent donated to the ACS, and the rest benefiting the Arlington County Fire and Police Deptartment, according to Kim Wierzbicki, NCAC WVU Alumni vice president. “I think everyone enjoys music, and I feel that this is a good way to get people out to enjoy the day and raise money for good causes,” Wierzbicki said. “It’s important, no matter what age, to give back to the community in some way.”
The NCAC WVU Alumni Association has been around for more than 30 years, Wierzbicki said, and is dedicated to assisting fellow WVU alumnus who live around the Washington, D.C. area and to staying connected to the University through different events. “We play sports together, we organize and attend many events and we give back to the community throughout the year. Our mission is to keep the Mountaineer spirit alive around the nation’s capitol,” Wierzbicki said. She said when the group
started discussing its next event, Rally for Ryan was at the top of the list, since he is a former WVU student and is from a Northern Virginia suburb. Diviney’s story hit close to home for Wierzbicki, and she wanted to help. “The events that surrounded Ryan’s horrific story pulled at my heartstrings. My junior year at WVU, my roommates and I helped a guy who was getting beaten up by three other young men,” Wierzbicki said. “I’m still appalled at the lack of help Ryan received directly after he was attacked.” Weirzbicki also has a con-
nection to the ACS. Her brother passed away when she was a freshman at WVU, after a five-year battle with cancer. “I wanted to help out an organization that helped out my family in so many ways,” she said. Josh Swiger, vocalist and bassist for The New Relics, the official band of the WVU Alumni Association, will be performing at the event, and said he’s honored to take part. “We love to give back to the chapters outside of Morgantown to help them in any way we can. Anytime you can do a
show to benefit others, especially for awareness and cancer, is a good thing,” Swiger said. Swiger said he hopes to allow attendees a day to relax. “We hope that we can bring to the stage an ability to forget about everything that is going on, and give people an opportunity for some stress relief,” he said. “Sometimes the best thing you can do for others is to give them a few hours to get away from everything they’re dealing with.” mackenzie.mays@mail.wvu.edu
‘Kung Fu Panda 2’ won’t make fans bamboo at screen Jamie Carbone A&E Editor
This past a weekend, a movie was released that forced a comedic prodigy to fight against an evil peacock to embrace his legacy. No, it wasn’t a tale about Conan O’Brian, instead, Dreamworks released the much awaited sequel to their 2008 blockbuster, “Kung Fu Panda 2.” The film picks up where the original left off, as panda Po (Jack Black) and the Furious Five train under Master Shifu (Dustin Hoffman), spending their time meditating and saving the day from bandit attacks. Things change, however, when Gongmen City is attacked by Shen (Gary Oldman), the former heir who fell out of favor with his parents due to his evil ways. With him, Shen has a new weapon, one that utilizes gunpowder and may destroy kung fu if given the chance. While working to stop Shen, Po starts to realize that his duck father Mr. Ping (James Hong) may not be his true father and the chosen one starts to ask questions about his own past. “Kung Fu Panda 2” reunites the main cast of the original, giving them more characterization, more humor and, perhaps most important of all, more fights. It also features some surprising new additions, such as Jean-Claude Van Damme as Master Croc and Danny McBride as the boss of the wolf thugs.
This may have been the first time I have heard McBride speak without his usual accent. Black once again captures the child-like excitement that makes Po such a fun character and, while the actor may not have much variance with his characters, Po is clearly one built for his strength. The Furious Five, who didn’t have a very large role in the original, come into this movie as the most important supporting characters. If Dreamworks wanted to, they could create a film based around each of these characters and have the star power to back it up, with Angelina Jolie’s Tigress, Jackie Chan’s Monkey, David Cross’ Stork, Lucy Liu’s Viper and Seth Rogen’s Mantis each being interesting characters in their own right. Jackie Chan should have had more lines though, especially when considering that Mantis had more jokes than the supposed funny man of the team. Hoffman seemed almost criminally underused, although he did dominate when given the chance. Oldman also deserves praise for his portrayal of the evil lord. If it had been another actor, Shen would not have been nearly as interesting or likable. Out of all this star power, the best performance in the movie belongs to Hong. Hong’s performance as a father who wants his adopted child to know he loves him is wonderfully done and easily the best plotline in the film. Of course, with good acting, the animation needs to be stellar to back it up – and Dreamworks does just that. Besides using traditional
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The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald’s American classic, released in 1925, will see another big screen adaptation sometime in 2012. Baz Lurhmann (“Moulin Rouge!”) will helm the film, which follows Nick Carraway, a midwesterner who observes the rich life of his neighbor, Jay Gatsby. The book serves as a cautionary tale of the American Dream, with the self-made millionaire Gatsby succumbing to obsession and greed. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Gatsby, Tobey Maguire as Carraway and Carey Mulligan (“An Education”) as Daisy Buchanan, Gatsby’s love interest. A popular film adaptation of the novel was also released in 1974 starring Robert Redford, Mia Farrow and Sam Waterston. jesse.tabit@mail.wvu.edu
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Continued from page 10 for this adaptation from the 2001 novel by Yann Martel. The story follows a young boy, the son of a zookeeper, named Pi Patel and his family as they emigrate from India to North America on a Japanese cargo ship with their animals. After the ship sinks, Pi manages to escape in a lifeboat, his only companion a Bengal tiger. The film stars Tobey Maguire and is scheduled for a 2012 release.
CGI animation, the film also uses traditional 2D animation that is reminiscent of classic Disney films. They even use a simulation of paper theatre for the flashback intro, a unique method of storytelling that does a great job. It sometimes looks a little awkward, but at least they’re trying something new. This film also focuses more on the fights than the previous entry. Unlike the previous entry where the amount of fighting was barely passable, this one really kicks it up a notch. For those who just want to see some wicked kung fu done by animals, this is the film. Yet, it seems like this movie may not have been made for its target audience. For years, Dreamworks has done a good job of putting in jokes that both adults and children can enjoy, but this film seems to skew more toward adults. Children will still enjoy it, but at times it just doesn’t feel like it is made for them. Something on the screen may be WEB funny, and kids may laugh, but Dreamworks’ ‘Kung Fu Panda 2’ reunites Po and the Furious Five to once again save the day. The movie stars Jack Black, Gary Oldman, odds are they don’t know why Angelina Jolie and Jackie Chan. it’s funny. The only complaint I have about this film is that, as stories go, it isn’t exactly memorable. It’s like a subpar episode of a TV show, with the character elements really shining through, but the plot doesn’t matter. For a sequel, this is a solid job, but years down the road when “Kung Fu Panda 5” is coming out, it might not be remembered.
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X-Men spinoff ‘Uncanny X-Force’ is exciting Writer Rick Remender’s unique take on Marvel’s ‘Uncanny X-Force’ Alec Berry web editor
“As Tyler, the Creator, suggests, everyone has those dark thoughts when alone. Whether it is something as extreme as murder or simply cheating on a test, all of our minds wander from time to time and bring about images of misbehavior. Superheroes would be different, you might imagine. Their pop-god status is beyond humanity; therefore, they escape our common traits. The supermen stand for truth and justice, and they are clearly the good guys. Never would a dark thought cross a hero’s mind. Except in a Marvel Comic where the men in capes are more human than they are god, and the merry mutants known as the X-men run their own black-ops team. This is Uncanny X-Force; a revitalized version of a 1990s concept now taken into territory that blends metafiction and the technique of comic writer Grant Morrison. X-Force, in its fictional existence, runs alongside the traditional idea of the X-men. They are the second team that works in secret, as they commit the actions the X-Men cannot. Namely, killing when necessary. And such action happened at the conclusion of the series’ first story “The Apocalypse Solution,” as X-Force delivered a bullet to a young version of a villain who is a plague to all mutantkind. Blood on their hands, the members of X-Force – Wolver-
ine, Deadpool, Psylocke, Archangel and Fantomex – storm into this second story arc reviewing their actions while also dealing with other dimensions and zombie robots. Please, take a second and line up the details. I usually hate superhero comics that tend to be “real.” Those books that wallow in the selfpity of characters or that try to be topical, or basically anything written like J. Michael Straczynski’s “Superman” put me off. Why? These are superheroes. They wear ridiculous get-ups and exist in comic books. I want goofy and insane. I want fun. I want energy. Something like Superman walking across America and crying takes everything I like and tells it to “grow up.” “Uncanny X-Force” does not take the usual crying path, though. Instead, the book presents a wonderful juxtaposition that pits the way of the critical super-hero against the action of the fun hero. From this very detail of the XForce reviewing their murderous actions while romping in a pocket dimension, the book immediately takes on another form. It is a work that comments. See, comics and their creators alike have held this juxtaposition higher than just a story element. The past decade of mainstream cape books has been riddled with stories about superheroes acting slightly unheroic and whining The direction only felt natural in an era post-Watchmen, as superheroes were seeing more attention than ever through media like film. Suddenly, the superhero had to be a bit more serious
because of all the eyes thrown on it. The pendulum always shifts at some point, and now it seems the age of the energetic, comic book hero is returning. X-Force understands this, as writer Rick Remender obviously overpowers the drone of superhero thought with ultra-sci-fi superhero action. The book feels like a personal statement in that way. This is how hero comics should read. The comic contains exceptional character work, as well. This is partially from the sound dialogue and skill Remender has at positioning and focusing on his cast, but largely the book receives its charm from simple context. It asks the question, “what do we already know about these characters?” and wraps the story’s theme around such knowledge. At its core, this story is about accepting the truth of who you are. Characters such as Wolwverine or Archangel work really well in this situation, especially when they interact with cast members Psylocke or Fantomex. Why? Psylocke and Fantomex currently work to deal with their questionable selves, and a guy like Wolverine has been there before many times. Seriously, read any Wolverine story. It is like this is a cast of Wolverines. Characters working on a team designed as a weapon to do what needs to be done. That is Wolverine. This arc, though, resides a little closer to Deadpool. The backdrop of extreme violence overdriven by a less than serious outlook and a “let’s have fun”
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‘Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, ‘City of Bones’ Spy’ Swedish director Tomas AlCassandra’s Clare’s first fredson, who brought us the novel in “The Mortal Instruhighly acclaimed vampire- ments” series is set in modernflick “Let the Right One In,” day life, where a teenage girl named Clary discovers she has the ability to see supernatural elements such as demons, portals and magic that other people cannot. Upon this discovery, she meets those who protect this alternate realm, among them a young man named Jace. The two embark on a journey to find Clary’s missing mother and uncover more of her shady and fantastical past. Lily Collins (“The Blind Side”) will take on the role of Clary and the film, due in theaters sometime in 2012, is being helmed by Scott Charles Stewart (“Priest,” “Legion”). Life of Pi Ang Lee (“Brokeback Mountain”) is in the director’s chair
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