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Univ. changes registration schedule by joshua clark staff writer

The West Virginia University Student Government Association discussed the changes and improvements to the University’s method of class registration Tuesday.

The University adjusted the registration priority dates. In years past, registration has begun in mid-October, but this

year’s registration will not begin until Nov. 1.

Steve Robinson, University registrar, said problems in the past has made registration more difficult than necessary for students.

“We’re always in a continuous improvement cycle,” Robinson said. “We’ve heard from students and advisers in the past, and there just hasn’t been enough time to get in all the

appointments prior to registration opening. There’s historically been a five-week period between when freshman and graduating professional students can register. We really don’t need all that time any longer.”

Robinson said he recommended cutting the registration cycle down to three weeks, because it will allow students more time to schedule appoint-

School of Medicine to host Family Medicine event BY jessica lear staff writer

The West Virginia University School of Medicine will host the 37th annual Hal Wanger Family Medicine Conference today and Friday.

The conference, which is hosted by the Department of Family Medicine and the School of Nursing, will include lectures by health professionals from across the state.

“Continuing medical education is important because it helps these health care providers to be updated and kept current with advances in health care,” said Dr. James Arbogast, professor and chair of the WVU Department of Family Medicine.

One of the main objectives

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The fifth annual KentuckyWest Virginia Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation Research Symposium will work to encourage minority involvement in major fields of study today and Friday.

The program, which is funded by the National Science Foundation, features Marshall University, West Virginia State University, Kanawha Valley Community and Technical College and WVU, according to Michael Lee, executive director of LSAMP. Bluegrass Community and Technical College, Centre College, Kentucky State University, University of Kentucky, University of Louisville and Western Kentucky are

the registration start time 8 a.m., Robinson said. He said this is a temporary solution, but with feedback from students they can make registration easier.

Governor Ryan Campione announced his work on a campus-wide survey to create a new dining facility on the Evansdale campus during the meeting.

Campione said he hopes to work with the dean of the College of Creative Arts to add a

lounge and dining area to the Creative Arts Center.

“We want to hit a tremendous amount of students,” Campione said. “The administration of WVU is putting a hundred percent of options in the hands of the students, so I highly suggest for anyone who receives it to fill it out.”

More than 15,000 students

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of the conference is to provide professionals with a better understanding of the current state of health care in West Virginia.

“The conference helps the School of Medicine to provide outreach to physicians and other practitioners in the state by providing a forum for updating their medical knowledge,” Arbogast said.

Arbogast said it’s important to stay in touch with alumni and to give back to the state’s health care professionals.

“This is an important way for the WVU School of Medicine and the Department of Family Medicine to give back to the hardworking medical practitioners throughout our state,”

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Louis Stokes symposium encourages minority students in STEM field by mike atkinson

ments with their advisers.

“One of the worst-kept secrets is that registration starts at 8 a.m.,” Robinson said. “It really goes live at 6:30 in the morning.

That early, if your adviser forgot to lift your hold, or you got a parking ticket, there was no one who could help you. We felt we were doing a disservice to students.”

The solution will cause students less frustration by making

Kentucky LSAMP members.

“This is our primary event each year. We see it as an opportunity to introduce what we do to the West Virginia community,” Lee said. “Students at WVU have opportunities that don’t exist in Kentucky. We encourage parents and students to look for these opportunities. It’s very important to understand that this effort includes everyone. We want West Virginia to join the rest of the nation – we need each other.”

The program is targeted toward students interested in the STEM fields: Science, technology, English and math.

“Our charge is to encourage students to pursue STEM so they can acquire a degree. It’s

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A team of students from Arnold Hall begins work on a football field made of recycled plastics and cardboard in the Mountainlair Friday during WVUp All Night.

Students, staff compete in conservation project by ben scott correspondent

West Virginia University students, faculty and staff are competing to see who can save the most energy and recycle the most materials.

October marks the start of the Ecolympics, a campus-wide competition hosted by the WVU Energy Conservation Awareness Now group that encourages WVU buildings to compete for prizes by collecting the most recyclables and making efforts to conserve energy, said Traci Liebig, WVU’s conservation specialist.

“The object is to recycle the most material and save the most energy during the month of October,” she said. “We want it to be a fun competition, but what we ultimately want is to have students get used to those habits all year long.”

The competition is split into two divisions – residence halls and campus buildings.

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Students from Dadisman Hall create the Mountaineer out of recycled materials during an Ecolympics competition Friday in the Mountainlair.

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WELLWVU promotes sexual health with Condom Caravan by kelsey montgomery correspondent

WELLWVU: The Students’ Center of Health is promoting sexual health with its Condom Caravan.

The Caravan will offer discounted contraceptives every Tuesday from noon to 2 p.m. in the Mountainlair across from JAC’s, in addition to each Wednesday at the Health Sciences Campus at Mountaineer Station from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The program hopes its new weekly location will provide even more opportunities for students to make safe decisions, said WELLWVU Health Education Specialist Judy Murnan.

“Our goal for WVU students it to make ourselves more accessible,” Murnan said. “We want students to find our program convenient. We hope that our extended availability will allow students to make smart decisions.”

The program also offers the Condom Closet in the Monongalia Room from 11 a.m. to noon to accommodate students who prefer to buy the items in a more private atmosphere.

“At the Condom Closet, students are given an opportunity to purchase protection in a closed and private environment,” Murnan said. “It’s a way of providing comfort to those who are interested in buying our items.”

At off-campus convenience stores, popular brands of condoms can be up to $1 each. At the caravan, condoms are at a discounted price of 25 cents or five for a dollar.

Murnan said that having popular brands for lower prices is another way the Caravan works to promote safe sex across campus, in addition to visiting residence halls.

“By going around campus we are helping students learn more about our program and making more opportunities to purchase contraceptives,” Murman said.

To learn more about the Condom Caravan, visit www.well. wvu.edu. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

Condom Caravan was in the Mountainlair Tuesday, advocating safe sex on campus.

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Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, 56, dead Four WVU employees CUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) — Steve Jobs, the Apple founder and former CEO who invented and masterfully marketed ever-sleeker gadgets that transformed everyday technology, from the personal computer to the iPod and iPhone, has died.

He was 56. Apple announced his death without giving a specific cause.

“We are deeply saddened to announce that Steve Jobs passed away today,” the company said in a brief statement.

“Steve’s brilliance, passion and energy were the source of countless innovations that enrich and improve all of our lives.

The world is immeasurably better because of Steve” Jobs had battled cancer in 2004 and underwent a liver transplant in 2009 after taking a leave of absence for unspecified health problems. He took another leave of absence in January – his third since his health problems began – and officially resigned in August.

Jobs started Apple with a high school friend in a Silicon Valley garage in 1976, was forced out a decade later and returned in 1997 to rescue the company.

During his second stint, it grew into the most valuable technology company in the world.

Cultivating Apple’s countercultural sensibility and a minimalist design ethic, Jobs rolled out one sensational product after another, even in the face of the late-2000s recession and his own failing health.

He helped change computers from a geeky hobbyist’s obsession to a necessity of modern life at work and home, and in the process he upended not just personal technology but the cellphone and music industries. For transformation of American industry, he has few rivals.

Perhaps most influentially, Jobs in 2001 launched the iPod, which offered “1,000 songs in your pocket.” Over the next 10 years, its white earphones and thumb-dial control seemed to become more ubiquitous than the wristwatch.

In 2007 came the touchscreen iPhone, joined a year later by Apple’s App Store, where developers could sell iPhone “apps” which made the phone a device not just for making calls but also for managing money, editing photos, playing games and social networking. And in 2010, Jobs introduced the iPad, a tablet-sized, all-touch computer that took off even though market analysts said no one really needed one.

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Ecolympics is a way to draw students’ attention to how much energy they have been using as well as what they have been throwing out that could be recycled, Liebig said.

“Turning off lights when you leave the room, unplugging cell phones when you’re finished charging and using natural light during the day are good ways to conserve energy,” she said.

Liebig said she hopes the competition urges participants to incorporate the efforts made during Ecolympics month into their everyday lives.

“We’re hoping with continuing the program and adding in some other awareness campaigns that energy use will

inducted into Student Affairs Hall of Fame

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Sept. 5, 2007, Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduces the Apple Nano in San Francisco.

By 2011, Apple had become the second-largest company of any kind in the United States by market value. In August, it briefly surpassed Exxon Mobil as the most valuable company.

Under Jobs, the company cloaked itself in secrecy to build frenzied anticipation for each of its new products. Jobs himself had a wizardly sense of what his customers wanted, and where demand didn’t exist, he leveraged a cult-like following to create it.

When he spoke at Apple presentations, almost always in faded blue jeans, sneakers and a black mock turtleneck, legions of Apple acolytes listened to every word. He often boasted about Apple successes, then coyly added a coda – “One more thing” – before introducing its latest ambitious idea.

In later years, Apple investors also watched these appearances for clues about his health.

Jobs revealed in 2004 that he had been diagnosed with a very rare form of pancreatic cancer – an islet cell neuroendocrine tumor.

He underwent surgery and said he had been cured. In 2009, following weight loss he be reduced and our recyclables will go up over the whole year,” Liebig said.

The winning dorm will receive $3,500 to purchase something for their building.

The winning campus building will receive a two hour work release lunch break.

The winners will be announced at the beginning of next month and are judged

by Liebig, Stephanie Utt, of the University recycling office, and Lisa Saurborn, an engineer who performs energy calculations for the recycling office.

The items recycled for the Ecolympics must be plastic, paper and aluminum. Cardboard is also encouraged to be recycled, but will not be measured in the competition due to problems with quantifying it.

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initially attributed to a hormonal imbalance, he abruptly took a six-month leave. During that time, he received a liver transplant that became public two months after it was performed.

He went on another medical leave in January 2011, this time for an unspecified duration. He never went back and resigned as CEO in August, though he stayed on as chairman. Consistent with his penchant for secrecy, he didn’t reference his illness in his resignation letter.

Steven Paul Jobs was born Feb. 24, 1955, in San Francisco to Joanne Simpson, then an unmarried graduate student, and Abdulfattah Jandali, a student from Syria. Simpson gave Jobs up for adoption, though she married Jandali and a few years later had a second child with him, Mona Simpson, who became a novelist.

Steven was adopted by Clara and Paul Jobs of Los Altos, Calif., a working-class couple who nurtured his early interest in electronics. He saw his first computer terminal at NASA’s Ames Research Center when he was around 11 and landed a summer job at Hewlett-Pack-

ard before he had finished high school.

Jobs enrolled in Reed College in Portland, Ore., in 1972 but dropped out after six months.

“All of my working-class parents’ savings were being spent on my college tuition. After six months, I couldn’t see the value in it,” he said at a Stanford University commencement address in 2005. “I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life and no idea how college was going to help me figure it out.”

When he returned to California in 1974, Jobs worked for video game maker Atari and attended meetings of the Homebrew Computer Club – a group of computer hobbyists – with Steve Wozniak, a high school friend who was a few years older.

Wozniak’s homemade computer drew attention from other enthusiasts, but Jobs saw its potential far beyond the geeky hobbyists of the time. The pair started Apple Computer Inc. in Jobs’ parents’ garage in 1976.

According to Wozniak, Jobs suggested the name after visiting an “apple orchard” that Wozniak said was actually a commune.

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At the meeting, five organizations were awarded the maximum grant amount of $500 for upcoming events. Organizations awarded a grant included the WVU Women’s Lacrosse Team, Alpha Phi Omega, Arnold Air Society, WVU Model UN Club and the WVU Astronomy Club.

Applications for the SGA internship program are due by Oct. 19 at the SGA office in the Mountainlair.

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PRE-REGISTRATION PRIORITY DATES Nov. 1 Graduates/Professional Nov. 2-4 Honors Blue/Purple/Orange Nov. 7 Seniors Nov. 9 Juniors Nov. 11 Sophomores Nov. 14 Freshmen

West Virginia University’s Office of Student Affairs inducted four honorees into its annual Hall of Fame Induction and Awards Ceremony Wednesday night in the Mountainlair Ballrooms.

Michael Ellington, assistant vice president for Student Affairs, was Master of Ceremonies for the event, and Amanda Hughart, 2010 Mountaineer Idol winner, provided entertainment for the event by singing “Simple Gifts” and “One Moment in Time.”

Garrett Ford was the first honoree of the event and the recipient of the Outstanding Achievement Award. Ford was a running back for the WVU football team in the mid-1960s.

His 1965 achievement for 356 all-purpose yards still stands in the record book for Mountaineer football. Ford graduated with a bachelor’s degree in physical education from WVU in 1969 and earned a master’s degree in guidance and counseling from WVU in 1973.

Ford’s former positions within the program include being an assistant football coach, an academic counselor and an assistant athletic director for WVU. Ford helped develop the Athletic Director’s Academic Honor Roll, the Athletic Academic Performance Center in the WVU Coliseum and the Milan Puskar Center study area during his time at the University.

Marion “Mun” Kostka was also inducted into the Hall of Fame. Kostka earned a Bachelor of Arts in secondary education at WVU. Kostka returned to WVU after serving in the Vietnam War and was given a graduate assistantship with the Carruth Center for Counseling and Psychological Services. He spent 40 years with the center evaluating student needs and providing support.

Kostka also coordinated the WVU Hypnosis Workshop, which worked in cooperation with the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis

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During the two-day conference, topics such as eating disorders, the medical needs of U.S. Veterans and the best use of the Internet in medical care will be discussed.

“We choose the topics by feedback from conference attendees and attempt to present new and updated information in a variety of health care areas,” Arbogast said.

Specific lectures on subjects such as pediatric hypertension, autism and cardiomyopathies will be presented by doctors and Ph.D. scientists.

The lectures will be given from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Okey Patteson Auditorium of the Health Sciences Campus.

Two workshops concerning sports medicine and ultrasound will also be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the John E. Jones Conference Center at Health Sciences.

New to the conference this year, participants can display a poster during the Primary Care Poster Session Friday.

“Part of staying current in medicine is being aware of and being able to judge the quality of the scientific literature and

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Jennifer McIntosh, executive officer for the President’s Office for Social Justice at WVU, said the event will host several notable speakers who will work to teach the audience different tools to succeed in the future.

“Dr. Jenny Douglas will teach students how to write a proper resume, and Dr. Paul Hill will present research, along with students who will be presenting and discussing their own research,” McIntosh

and the Milton H. Erickson Foundation.

Hall of Fame inductee and WVU mechanical engineering graduate Kenton Colvin was recognized for his role in the Office of Admissions.

For 18 years, Colvin provided support for students who were interested in WVU, as well as students who were considering withdrawing from the University.

Colvin said he always made sure that WVU remained a haven for the students who decided to leave the University.

“I always told the students who were seeking to withdraw to come back,” Colvin said. “If you’re homesick, come back.

If you want to go to another community college closer to home, come back and finish your last two years here. WVU is always here for you.”

Colvin, a former assistant director of admissions, was a professor in the Department of Industrial and Management Systems Engineering.

After retiring from admissions, Colvin continues to teach at WVU. The last inductee to the Hall of Fame was Carolyn McDaniel. McDaniel, a 1972 graduate from Fairmont State College, was known as “the card lady” by many WVU students.

McDaniel’s achievements include the expansion of the Mountaineer Card and its service, Ellington said. The Mountie Bounty debit card services and University computer printing and copying were made possible through her efforts, he said.

McDaniel also led the installation of WVU’s first electronic door-lock program on the WVU campuses.

Kenneth D. Gray, the vice president of student affairs, said the outstanding individuals were instrumental in creating the multiple opportunities that today’s WVU students have.

“Our Hall of Fame inductees are loyal and dedicated to our students and West Virginia University,” Gray said.

“This ceremony is the perfect way to honor them and all they have done.” danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

investigative procedures,” Arbogast said.

Participants submitted proposals outlining an area of research in primary care they have been working on in order to submit a poster.

“The Poster Session is a showcase of research and medical investigation being done by residents. The quality of the work will be peer-reviewed, and awards will be given,” Arbogast said.

Although it is the 37th year the conference will be held in Morgantown, it originated in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia with the help of Dr. Hal Wanger.

“Dr. Wanger saw the need for keeping current with advances in medicine, so he organized a conference with expert speakers,” Arbogast said.

Wanger did not have the funds to pay the guest speakers at his first conference, so he gave each of them Eastern Panhandle apples as a thank-you, Arbogast said.

The tradition continues today.

“Every presenter is given a box of Eastern Panhandle apples. I picked them up in Martinsburg (W.Va.) yesterday,” Arbogast said.

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said. “President Jim Clements will be the principal investigator for the event, and Kentucky State University’s President Mary Sias will be speaking, as well,” McIntosh said.

McIntosh said the event will create exposure not only for the University, but for the state as a whole.

“We are very happy to be able to host this event. It’s exciting to provide good exposure to the University, and it’s nice to expose more students to WVU and give a good name to the University and the State,” McIntosh said.

The event will be held at Waterfront Place and on the Downtown Campus. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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‘Battlefield’ series releases beta for latest version Jake Potts a&e editor

One of the most highly anticipated games of the fall, “Battlefield 3” released an online beta demo this week for all systems.

The “Battlefield” series along with many other shoot-em-up games, including the “Call of Duty,” “Halo” and the “Gears of War” series’, have become extremely popular throughout the gaming community over the past few years.

Advances in online play, graphics and several other elements have attracted many gamers to the fast-paced action of these games.

The newest rendition of the “Battlefield” collection takes these appealing elements a step further, advancing every possible aspect of the game.

“Battlefield” has been a name in the shoot-em-up game scene since 1999 when they released “Codename Eagle.”

Since then, the “Battlefield” producers have released 20 installments, including several expansion packs for games.

Throughout the years, the games have followed the trends of the competing shoot-em-up games, focusing mostly on online play but still keeping strong campaign modes.

After a phase of trying out different time periods, the “Battlefield” games fell in line with current times which is the theme for the newest installment.

Like the other shoot-emup games that have grown so popular, the trends seen in the newest “Battlefield” can also be found in “Call of Duty.”

While the “Halo” and “Gears

of War” series go after a futuristic feel with unrealistic weapons and gruesome gameplay, the gameplay and weaponry found in “Battlefield” is realistic.

As a matter of fact, all of the weapons used throughout the game are factual, all attachments found for the weapons are real and the damage these weapons do is realistic, as well.

Although none of the weapons have chainsaws attached to the front, the attachments available do more than enough to increase damage done to the enemy.

For instance, some of the heavier artillery comes equipped with a bipod on the front of the game. Rather than simply automatically increasing accuracy, the bipod is only deployable in the prone position or near an item on which the weapon can be placed.

That way, the weapons and their attachments’ uses are more realistic. They aren’t simply added into the accuracy or power but must be used in their proper way to take advantage of them.

One of the ways in which “Battlefield 3” varies from its competitors is in the multiplayer gameplay. The player has the option of four different roles: Assault, Support, Engineer and Recon.

After playing the beta, one of the major things that attracted me to this game was the realistic movements of the player.

Rather than simple movements that don’t match up with what would be done in real life, the reactions that the player would have to an obstacle match up with what the character does.

For example, if you feel like owning some “n00bs” during a match and camp out with a

sniper rifle, when you’re in the prone position, rather than simply floating over the surface to crawl, the character onscreen will reach out and pull himself forward or sideways rather than the awkward shuffle other games provide.

When sprinting across a map, it’s inevitable to come across an obstacle or two, but rather than jumping 15 feet in the air to clear them, the character’s feet are visible as they kick out forward to clear the obstacle and continue onward.

Possibly the most attractive element of this game is the high-quality graphics provided.

I remember last year when a friend showed me the advertisement for this game – I could have sworn it was a commercial for a new war movie.

When I was informed it was a game, I had to see it for myself.

When the first match took off in the beta, my hopes and expectations were met. The graphics are crisp, clean and as realistic as any video game I’ve seen.

Granted, it was a beta so there were a few bugs in the system yet to be worked out, which caused a little glitchiness, but nothing that severely detracted from the game.

After playing this beta, there is no question I will be at a midnight release for this installment of “Battlefield.” High quality graphics, realistic weaponry and movement, and an overall awesome flow of gameplay – this is destined to be one of the best games of the fall.

The game hits the market October 25 but the beta is available for download for Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and PC. jakob.potts@mail.wvu.edu

Dice Games has released a beta version of the latest installment in the ‘Battlefield“ series.

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Microsoft brings on- Former CEO of Apple, Steve Jobs passes at 56 demand TV content to Xbox 360

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In this Jan. 9, 2007 file photo, Apple CEO Steve Jobs holds up an Apple iPhone at the MacWorld Conference in San Francisco. Jobs the CEO, Jobs the technologist and futurist, Jobs the inventor and innovator and refiner of others’ ideas: All of them, in the end, relied upon another Steve Jobs who sewed the others together and bottled their lightning: Steve Jobs the storyteller, spinning the tale of our age and of his own success, and making it happen as he went.

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Microsoft Corp., the makers of the Xbox 360, announced the addition of TV shows and other on-demand content.

NEW YORK (AP) — Owners of the Xbox 360 will soon be able to watch a broad breadth of TV shows and other content through their gaming consolesthough most of that won’t be free.

Microsoft said Wednesday that it’s partnering with Comcast Corp., HBO, Bravo, Verizon’s FiOS service and others to bring on-demand and live television content to the Xbox.

What they will still need is a subscription to Comcast or other pay-TV services. The Xbox may make it easier to access those HBO shows, but you’ll still have to pay for them.

In some cases, you’ll also need a subscription to the Xbox Live Gold online service, which costs $60 a year.

Besides on-demand shows and movies, some live TV channels will be available. For example, Verizon said it will bring a selection of popular live TV

channels to the Xbox. The key word here, Pidgeon points out, is “some.” Verizon subscribers will still need a set-top box to access all channels and digital video recording services, he said.

The deal helps Microsoft position the Xbox 360 as more than a gaming console. The Xbox, along with Sony Corp.’s PlayStation 3 and the Nintendo Wii, already stream Netflix.

“We continue to invest and focus on games. It’s a key pillar of our offering,” said Ross Honey, general manager of content acquisition at Microsoft. The latest TV offerings, he added, “bring another pillar” to the Xbox experience.

Microsoft has sold 55 million Xbox 360 consoles worldwide since they were introduced in 2005. The company said the new entertainment content will be available this holiday season in more than 20 countries, but did not give an exact timing.

For years the name Steve Jobs has been synonymous with one of the biggest companies known to man. From the iPad to the iPod, the Macbook to the iPhone, Jobs has pushed the envelope with technology since he first entered the game in 1977.

Jobs was born in San Francisco on February 24, 1955. After receiving his education, Jobs entered the computing business in 1976, co-founding the company Apple.

In 1977, the Apple II was introduced, taking the first necessary step forward into the world of home computers.

In 2004, Jobs announced to his employers he had a cancerous tumor on his pancreas. All health concerns were remained private until December of 2008, when Apple announced marketing vice-president Phil Schiller would be delivering the company’s final keynote address at the Macworld Conference & Expo.

In January of 2011, Jobs was granted a medical leave after re-

ceiving a liver transplant.

In August 2011, Jobs announced his resignation as CEO from Apple.

Jobs knew from the beginning the creations being produced would change the world of technology forever.

Jobs’ accomplishments are bountiful, stretching back as far as his career.

In 1984, Jobs was awarded the National Medal of Technology by President Ronald Reagan.

In November 2007, Jobs was named the Most Powerful Per-

son in Business by Fortune Magazine.

In November 2009, he was named the CEO of the Decade

by Fortune Magazine.

Jobs’ ambition and intelligence has taken the way we look at technology to an entire new world unimaginable by the past.

The way we look at technology has been changed forever by this man.

After a long battle with medical issues, Jobs passed away Wednesday at the age of 56. jakob.potts@mail.wvu.edu

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Hit the books, study hard for midterms It’s that time again on the West Virginia University campus – midterm exams.

With half of the semester gone, students will know how their classes are progressing.

Instead of blowing off midterms and having the “I’ll catch up for finals” attitude, study hard and get a decent grade for your classes now.

After all, there’s only half a semester of material to study

for, whereas final exams sometimes include lessons from the entire semester.

This is also the best time to ask professors about your personal performance and what improvements can be made for the rest of the semester. Go visit during their office hours, which are there to help students succeed.

Have research papers? No problem. Head over to the

Center for Writing Excellence, the English Department’s writing center. They can help you with anything from narrowing topics to revising your final drafts.

Student Support Services offers tutoring to students throughout the semester.

Individual colleges and schools may offer one-on-one tutoring by program students.

Residence halls also some-

times offer tutoring programs with their resident assistants, resident faculty leaders and residence hall coordinators.

Remember, Friday, Oct. 28, is the last day to drop a class with a “W” for this fall semester.

Don’t let a poor midterm grade pull your overall grade down.

Prepare for it, and make sure you get some sleep the

night before.

Take advantage of the tutoring and writing opportunities the University offers.

Head to the library for some quiet studying time and help if you need it.

Get a jump-start on getting good grades now, so you aren’t scrambling for that “A” for final exams in December.

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The world should have its eyes on ‘Occupy Wall Street’

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Occupy Wall Street protesters join a labor union rally in Foley Square before marching on Zuccotti Park in New York’s Financial District, Wednesday.

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What seemingly started out as mere talk from “hacktivist” group Anonymous, the Occupy Wall Street protests have now morphed into what they were always meant to be – a large scale European-style protest exported to the U.S. With influences also coming from the Arab Spring and the Spanish Indigents – (a largerthan-normal) European-style protest currently going on in Spain – the question must be asked: Will the protests carry on that far as well?

To answer that question, one must first know how Occupy Wall Street (OWS) first got started. Initially suggested by Canadian consumer group “Adbusters” to their email list in mid-

July as a reaction to the current global financial crisis and corporate bailouts, OWS has since exploded in popularity. That in the span of 2 months a random idea floated through a specific email list can go viral nationwide should be a testament to its historical significance.

The ball really started to roll with OWS as soon as hackers in Anonymous started to upload videos onto YouTube promoting Sept. 17 as the day to begin “occupying Wall Street.” But just like the Anonymous organization, the protests have been completely leaderless.

And while much of the credit of OWS’ viral status should go to Anonymous, OWS’ ideals should receive some credit as well since they have achieved this spread – up until this week – without the help of traditional media organizations.

This media blackout can be largely understood, as traditional media organizations are

top-down organizationally with defined leaders and roles. Since these protests are basically the polar opposite, bottom-up organizationally with no defined leaders and roles, the media have written them off as spoiled Leftist twentysomethings and marginalized them.

While this gross stereotype may have been true of the antiWorld Trade Organization protests and others in the ‘90s, OWS has massively broad appeal – proven to be true by how quickly it has spread.

OWS’ ideals stem from protesting the amount of influence corporations have on government and, according to Adbuster’s original idea, a plea to President Obama to “ordain a Presidential Commission tasked with ending the influence money has over our representatives in Washington.”

But like any truly significant mass-movement, OWS has also evolved to include protests

against social inequality and the Federal Reserve to appeals for keeping specific programs safe from “austerity cuts” and ending foreign wars.

OWS also continues to be a fascinating insight into how we organize ourselves into groups as humans, as by the 13th day of “occupation” the protestors split into two groups.

One group wants to write a draft with specific demands to government officials, and the other wants to remain unstructured to continue protesting and growing in numbers.

Personally, I am split by this decision. The first group’s decision, if followed, would likely result in the protests being moderated and hijacked by groups who oppose them.

Since they would no longer be operating as efficiently as they were, a bottom-up organization suddenly becoming top-down with leaders and roles, all momentum would stall and rad-

ical ideas watered-down into insignificance.

The second option however, while more promising than the first in regards to achieving meaningful goals, holds its own pitfalls. By continuing to amorphously grow, with raw numbers out in the street being the primary goal, OWS runs the very real and dangerous risk of becoming the dictionary definition of a mob. Tapping into anger for political change is absolutely necessary, just like the popular bumper sticker “If you’re not mad, you’re not paying attention” could attest to, but just like fire, its usefulness can quickly become deadly.

If the protests continue to grow in raw numbers, one of two things could happen. The protests could continue to be peaceful on the protesting side until a convenient lone wolf throws something at the police and all are assumed to be violent and taken down thusly.

While this has precedence in the Haymarket Square riot and other Anarchist marches at the past turn of the century, this is unlikely to happen with the Internet Revolution making everyone interconnected at the press of a button.

The other outcome is the protests continue to grow with no end in sight, morphing into who knows what, as legitimate anger is funneled into a blind rage against the establishment.

With high unemployment, numerous expensive wars cutting into funding for basic social services, an entrenched political class and blatant crony capitalism being common through two supposedly polar opposite administrations, OWS has the perfect conditions to plant down a nationwide protest.

Unfortunately for them, and for us, this could easily end up becoming a revolution no one was bargaining for. Stay tuned, history is happening.

American educational system is in need of immense change DOUG WALP correspondent

The educational sector has been a hotbed for debate in American society at the state and federal level for a number of years, but gained an insane amount of media coverage during the spring and summer months of this year.

Additionally, all-too-familiar domestic economic struggles re-emphasized and re-energized these oft-heated debates as the efficient distribution of resources and labor continues to collectively plague a majority of the nation.

Widespread protests by educational labor unions sprung up in many towns and cities, beginning notoriously in Wis-

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consin in spring, but seemed to also ignite similar scenarios in other states across the U.S. in which teachers fiercely and passionately demonstrated against what they believed to be unfair layoffs, as state governments continue to face significant budget cuts in almost all corners of the country.

Historically, however, seniority taking precedence over teaching effectiveness has long been established as a fundamental priority throughout almost all teaching unions.

As with a multitude of other social issues, Democrats are seemingly always ready to completely overhaul the system, with massive influxes in educational spending, while Republicans remain more geared to reforming education in order to ideally reward the most efficient and successful teachers with the better salaries and job security.

Unfortunately, but not surprisingly, the conflicting bipartisan perspectives have become so rooted in antagonizing the opposition that cultivating a resolution between the two sides seems virtually impossible at this point.

That means for any real progress to be made, both sides must first be willing to re-evaluate if not completely dismiss inherited political priorities in order to most effectively reform the current system.

This neutral perspective is, of course, always easier to explain than to actively participate in, but eliminating those negative predispositions can greatly affect our choices.

Regrettably, in this particular scenario it seems both the government and even some of the teachers have lost sight of the paramount priority, – the education of young Americans.

Of course, teachers have every right to be dismayed. For many, careers and pensions are at stake – but this does not discount the importance of the ultimate goal of better educating our youth.

We as a society need to establish a better way of justly compensating teachers effectively, where the most exceptional teachers can finally be recognized for their sometimes immeasurable or unquantifiable qualities; anyone who has ever been involved in education from a student’s standpoint has surely recognized certain teachers are simply far more capable or talented than their colleagues.

There are certain abilities and attitudes embedded in the instruction of these teachers that allow learning to become much more accessible or relatable to students.

The current educational infrastructure lacks recognizing and adequately compensating these influential scholastic figures, at least with respect to their pay if nothing else.

Unfortunately, it is admittedly difficult to find a way to measure these individuals’ true value with traditional methods.

And currently, there are far too many variables in the GOP’s suggested legislature that evaluate teachers strictly through traditional methods like test scores though the fundamental idea of rewarding the most talented teachers does seem logical.

It wouldn’t take anyone losing current pensions or widespread layoffs, but slowly beginning to institute systems where efficiency is prioritized could help to ultimately benefit students and teachers alike.

Usually it takes many years for teachers to gain enough

experience or recognition to progress further into positions at higher learning institutions.

But with more alluring salaries available to the most exceptional secondary and primary education teachers, they would be more attracted to the idea of continuing to provide their tremendous academic influence unto the youth of America.

It’s a tough sell in a society that has come to believe that everyone should be promised a job regardless of disparities in occupational passion, preparation or in some cases even raw ability, but it’s hard to argue against the fact that one of the biggest growing problems in our society is how undervalued teachers are – literally and figuratively.

Adopting new educational policies could eventually sufficiently reward all those involved.

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A SENIOR RECITAL by Amy Cheung will begin at 8:15 p.m. in the Bloch Learning and Performance Hall of the Creative Arts Center. She will be performing on the piano. For more information, call 304-2934359 or email charlene.lattea@ mail.wvu.edu.

FRIDAY OCTOBER 7

THE PNC PRACTICUM PROGRAM–ECONOMIC SEMINAR SERIES presents Buhong Zheng of University of Colorado–Denver. It will be held in room 441 of the Business and Economics building at 3:30 p.m. For more information, email william. trumbull@mail.wvu.edu.

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CO-DEPENDENTS ANONYMOUS, a 12-step program to assist participants in developing healthier relationships of all kinds, meets at 7 p.m. in the conference room of Chestnut Ridge Hospital. For more information, call Mary at 304-296-3748.

LUTHERAN DISASTER RESPONSE COLLEGIATE CORPS meets at the Lutheran Chapel at 8 p.m. The LDRCC responds to regional and national disasters. No experience is necessary. For more information, visit www.lutheranmountaineer.org/disaster.

MUSLIM STUDENTS ASSOCIATION hosts a weekly Islam and Arabic class at 6:30 p.m. in the Monongahela Room of the Mountainlair. For more information, contact Sohail Chaudhry at 304906-8183 or schaudhr@mix.wvu.edu.

THE MORGANTOWN CHESS CLUB meets from 7 p.m. in the basement of the First Christian Church at 100 Cobun Ave. Meetings will not be held the last Thursday of every month. For more information, visit www.morgantownchess.org.

CAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST holds its weekly CRU meetings at 9 p.m. in Room G24 of Eiesland Hall. People can join others for live music, skits and relevant messages. For more information, email roy.baker@uscm.org or visit www.wvucru.com.

UNITED METHODIST STUDENT MOVEMENT meets at 7 p.m. at the Campus Ministry Center on the corner of Price and Willey streets. For more information, email wvumethodist@comcast.net.

WVU CLUB TENNIS practices from 9 p.m. to 10 p.m. at Ridgeview Racquet Club. For carpooling, call 304906-4427. New members are always welcome.

THE WVU YOUNG DEMOCRATS meets at 7 p.m. in the Blackwater Room of the Mountainlair. For more information, email kross3@mix.wvu.edu.

WVU WOMEN’S ULTIMATE FRISBEE team meets from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Shell Building. No experience is necessary. For more information, email Sarah Lemanski at sarah_lemanski@ yahoo.com.

TRADITIONAL KARATE CLASS FOR SELF-DEFENSE meets at 9 p.m. in Multipurpose Room A of the Student Recreation Center.

INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ORGANIZATION meets at 8 p.m. at the International House on Spruce Street.

BISEXUAL, GAY, LESBIAN AND TRANSGENDER MOUNTAINEERS meets at 8 p.m. in the Laurel Room of

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CHESS CLUB meets from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the food court of the Mountainlair. Players of all skill levels are invited to come. For more information, email wvuchess@gmail.com.

THE CATALAN TABLE will meet at 4 p.m. at Maxwell’s restaurant. All levels welcome. For more information, call 304-293-5121 ext. 5509.

FREE ARABIC/ISLAM CLASSES will be hosted by the Muslim Students’ Association from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Kanawha Room of the Mountainlair.

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INTERVARSITY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP meets at 7 p.m. in 316 Percival Hall. For more information, call 304-376-4506 or 304-276-3284.

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WELLNESS PROGRAMS on topics such as drinkWELL, loveWELL, chillWELL and more are provided for interested student groups, organizations or classes by WELLWVU: Wellness and Health Promotion. For more information, visit www.well.wvu.edu/wellness.

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

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

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

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

SCOTT’S RUN SETTLEMENT HOUSE, a local outreach organization, needs volunteers for daily programs and special events. For more information or to volunteer, email vc_srsh@hotmail.com or call 304-599-5020.

CONFIDENTIAL COUNSELING SERVICES are provided for free by the Carruth Center for Psychological and Psychiatric Services. A walk-in clinic is offered weekdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Services include educational, career, individual, couples and group counseling. Please visit www.well.wvu.edu to find out more information.

WOMEN, INFANTS AND CHILDREN needs volunteers. WIC provides education, supplemental foods and immunizations for pregnant women and children under five years of age. This is an opportunity to earn volunteer hours for class requirements. For more information, contact Michelle Prudnick at 304-598-5180 or 304-598-5185.

FREE RAPID HIV TESTING is available on the first Monday of every month from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Caritas House office located at 391 Scott Ave. Test results are available in 20 minutes and are confidential. To make an appointment, call 304-293-4117. For more information, visit www.caritashouse.net.

BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS, a United Way agency, is looking for volunteers to become Big Brothers and Big Sisters in its one-on-one community-based and school-based mentoring programs. To volunteer, contact Sylvia at 304-983-2823, ext. 104 or email bigs4kids@yahoo.com.

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which provides a place for adult patients and their families to stay while receiving medical care at WVU, is looking for service organizations to provide dinner for 20 to 40 Family House guests. For more information, call 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 7-10 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 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 You can be serious and creative at the same time. If you are aware of your objectives and don’t lose sight of them, you will have little problem manifesting your goals. Allow your intellect and imagination to intertwine in order to draw success. If you are single, your determination could scare some people away. That characteristic is part of you. If someone reacts to it, this person might not be the right person for you. Trust that knowledge. If you are attached, encourage your sweetie to join you in making a long-term goal a reality. AQUARIUS can be provocative.

ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19) HHHH Avoid being feisty at all costs. Words said are difficult to take back, don’t you think? You will have a difficult time warming up the atmosphere if you don’t keep yourself somewhat restrained. Not everyone has the bounce that you do. Tonight: Find your friends.

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20) HHHHH Friends surround you left and right. You could be amazed by what you accomplish. Lighten up and worry less. A family member pushes you too hard for your taste, and you react. Giving this person the cold shoulder might not be most effective. Tonight: A must appearance.

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20) HHHH You might want to try empathizing with someone. Detach and imagine being this person; put yourself in his

or her life. You discover that an effort to warm up your discussion might have been more stifled than you realized.

Try again. Tonight: Choose the unusual.

withdrawn. Assume a low profile rather than cause a problem. A boss or authority figure could be most touchy. Use your instincts. Tonight: Head on home.

CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22) HHHH A partner makes an offer that could be too good to be true. Don’t overthink the issue; simply leap into action and deal with a key associate directly. Listen to what a family member or roommate shares. Tonight: Follow another’s lead.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21) HHHH Phones ring. You experience considerable pressure to do something the way someone else does. You feel as if you have no choice. A friend works hard to make peace with several people. Could you be one of them? Tonight: Talk is free.

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22) HHHHH Stay anchored, knowing what is necessary in order to handle others who cannot help but test their limits. Your easygoing attitude but relatively stern face lets them know this is a real boundary and you are being nice. Tonight: Sort through invitations.

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19) HHHH Steer clear of making assumptions or tossing a sarcastic statement in the middle of a conversation. You want to get to the bottom of a problem. Do it in a kind and orderly manner. Tonight: Togetherness works.

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22) HHHH You might want to rethink a decision that revolves around an important choice.

Your finances might restrict you from doing what you want. Accept the fact that you might be holding back some intense feelings. Tonight: Squeeze in some exercise.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18) HHHHH Your bounce counts more than you realize. You seem to mitigate someone’s anger so it doesn’t hit others so hard, yet at the same time you honor his or her feelings. If you so choose, you could clear the air. Tonight: As if there is no tomorrow.

LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22) HHHH You could be overly serious, and might get a strong reaction from others. If you can be a little less withdrawn, you might be able to draw stronger responses. A male or very assertive friend could be on a rampage. Tonight: Where the action is.

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20) HHH Take advantage of an offer that might be too difficult to say “no” to. Realize the ramifications. You also could be too busy for words. A touchy associate might have less time with you. How nice! Tonight: Get plenty of rest while you can.

SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21) HHHH You cannot avoid dealing with family issues. You could be overly tired or

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29 Performed, in a way 32 Band that performed “Whip It” 33 Bars in stores 34 1965 NCAA tennis champ 35 Aaron’s team for 21 seasons 37 Unexpected twist (and a hint to what’s hidden inside 18-, 20-, 51- and 56-Across) 40 Make 41 Gloom mate 42 Rural stretch 43 “... two fives for __?”

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13 When repeated with “oh” in between, “Wow!” 19 Slippery swimmer 21 Mythical beast, to locals 24 Epiphanies 25 Score-tying shot 26 Olympics broadcaster Bob 27 Mideast capital 28 Last lap efforts 30 Spa sounds 31 Indigent 32 Lake creator 34 Interior decorator’s concern 35 Juiced 36 Sleep acronym 38 Cooking utensil 39 Dawn goddess 44 French onion soup topping 45 Numbers after nine, often 47 Sam & Dave, e.g.

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‘Dolls’ concert still has tickets available

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One of America’s favorite bands, the Goo Goo Dolls is making its Morgantown debut on Oct 16th at the Morgantown Event Center.

This will be one of the last spots on their “Something for the Rest of Us” tour.

The Goo Goo Dolls will be among the most famous acts to perform in Morgantown. One

might think this would be one of those acts worthy of a midnight lineup at the box office.

The Buffalo, N.Y., band has generated a devoted following since its formation in 1986. The group has made 13 consecutive top 10 songs and have sold over 10 million albums worldwide.

The Goo Goo Dolls are best known for their song “Iris,” from their sixth album, “Dizzy Up The Girl.” The song spent almost an entire year on the Billboard

charts and 18 weeks at No. 1.

The album also held such favorites as “Slide,” “Black Balloon” and “Broadway.” Their ninth, most recent studio album, “Something For The Rest of Us,” was released in 2010.

According to Jennifer Cooper, senior public relations student and ticketing intern at the West Virginia University Creative Arts Center’s box office, said there are still plenty of tickets left.

“The venue can hold 3,000 people and of those, there are about 2,000 left,” Cooper said.

The band is widely popular and has had great success in the past two decades. They have sold out shows in cities across the country.

Senior Spanish student, Steve Tasker, has his theories.

“There are plenty of Goo Goo Doll songs that we all know, but they just aren’t the greatest thing out there,” Tasker said.

Melissa Alexander, senior exercise physiology student, bought her ticket as soon as the box office opened.

“They’re a band that I will always love,” Alexander said.

Tickets for the concert can be purchased at the Mountainlair and Creative Arts Center box offices Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Tickets are also on sale at all Ticketmaster outlets, as well as the Giant Eagle on Green-

bag Road and the Clarksburg Walmart.

A $10 discount will be given to any University student with valid WVU student ID at all campus box offices.

Tickets can also be purchased by calling (304)-293SHOW(7469), and the student discount can be acquired with verification of your WVU 700 number.

by hunter homistek

like the Rolling Stones’ “Gimme Shelter” and Aretha Franklin’s “Chain of Fools” thrown into their mostly original setlist, Planet 9 left the stage on fire Tuesday night despite little preparation and proved they can hold their own anytime and anywhere.

After Planet 9 closed out, Texas Hippie Coalition took the stage—the whole stage.

Their singer, a 300-plus pound monster of a man named “Big Daddy” Rich, is the epitome of a good ol’ country boy.

Between songs, he told stories about drinking, smoking, teaching his kids “by the belt” and owing child support.

The best part? It was 100% genuine, and it truly added to Texas Hippie Coalition’s stage presence.

Big Daddy Rich knew how to command the stage, and he did it flawlessly Tuesday night.

The crowd was sent into a frenzy, moshing and jumping throughout the entire set.

It was certainly an intense atmosphere, and Texas Hippie Coalition’s brand of outlaw southern metal cranked up the voltage.

Two superb acts were in the books, and the night’s feature attraction, Kill Devil Hill, was left to take the stage.

Formed by ex-Pantera bassist Rex Brown and platinum selling artist Vinny Appice, the band has created quite a buzz in the metal community – resulting in incredibly high expectations.

They met them, and then some.

From the opening scream of vocalist Dewey Bragg to the final thumping chord from Rex Brown, Kill Devil Hill brought the heat.

They had everything the crowd expected: driving, intense rhythms courtesy of Brown and Appice, expert guitar work by Mark Zavon, and incredible stage presence forged from years in the music business.

What I didn’t expect, however, came from vocalist Dewey Bragg.

The only member of the band who hasn’t previously worked with a national act, Bragg flies under the radar when discussing Kill Devil Hill.

Despite this, he sang with ferocity and a chilling passion that reminded me of a combination of the late Alice in Chains singer Layne Staley and ex-Pantera/ Down vocalist Phil Anselmo.

“That dude can sing. I can’t believe how good he is, man,” said Blake Willard, Morgantown resident and metalhead.

Needless to say, if you’re getting compared to Staley and Anselmo, you’re doing something right. Bragg is most definitely on a collision course to fame thanks to his hauntingly incredible vocal abilities.

123 Pleasant Street hosted three remarkable heavy metal acts Tuesday night, and they continue to impress with their hospitality and great atmosphere inside.

Kill Devil Hill delivered a show of epic proportions Tuesday night. From beginning to end, the performance quenched the thirst of Morgantown’s metalheads.

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“Get those fists in the air and don’t put ‘em down until I say you can!”

These words bellowed out of Texas Hippie Coalition’s massive frontman, shaking the walls of 123 Pleasant Street with their ferocity.

Such power and intensity summed up Tuesday night’s show as all three acts showed up with intent to destroy and conquer.

Planet 9, a late replacement on the bill, showed no signs of under preparation, and they got the crowd of over 100 moving early and often with their style of barroom heavy metal.

“The crowd was unreal. You guys were a blast!” said Planet 9 vocalist/guitarist Alan Kennedy after their set.

With heavy remixes of covers

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Staying in Big East wouldn’t be a bad thing West Virginia is not going to the Southeastern Conference.

While that statement isn’t necessarily guaranteed to be true, how would you feel if it were?

Would it mean the Mountaineers missed a golden opportunity to jump ship on what many believe to be a sinking conference?

Whether out loud or in the back of your mind, the topic is still lingering. As I’m typing this column, I can think of about a dozen other things I would rather write about.

The problem is, I can’t get online, on my phone or into class without hearing the latest rumor of conference reshuffling.

Early this week, the popular rumor circulating on Twitter was that West Virginia was all but assured a spot in the SEC. With Missouri’s board of curators deciding to explore options outside the Big 12, the SEC may well end up with 14 teams, and West Virginia may not be one of them.

So while anxious fans wait on the realization of what may end up being just a dream, I want to make a case for staying in the Big East Conference.

I’m aware that at a moment’s notice, everything can change.

I’m also very aware that the best future position for West Virginia’s athletic program may not be in the Big East.

That being said, I am going to play devil’s advocate and tell you why staying in the Big East wouldn’t be as bad as you think.

There is no doubt the Big East is going to expand. Teams like Navy, Air Force, East Carolina and even SMU are being mentioned as possible additions to fill the voids created by the departures of Pittsburgh and Syracuse.

Yes, hosting the Midshipmen isn’t as exciting as playing against Alabama, but it does create a unique and geographically relevant matchup that hasn’t existed before.

Besides, adding service academies to the Big East is almost a universal positive. All have great tradition, great academics and great alumni bases.

Additionally, Air Force and Navy would reportedly join as football-only members – meaning Big East basketball wouldn’t be further cluttered.

Oh yeah, basketball – that

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A PROPER SEND-OFF

Forward Blake Miller is one of six seniors who will be playing their final two home games this weekend for the West Virginia women’s soccer team.

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West Virginia’s six seniors to play in final two home games this weekend by robert kreis sports writer

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Meghan Lewis in one of three Mountaineer seniors who start on the backline.

The West Virginia women’s soccer team returns home to compete in the final two regular season games of the season this weekend.

O n Sunday, against Syracuse, the program will honor the senior class with Senior Day. “Dick Dlesk is a special place for us and we want to take care of business,” said West Virginia head coach Nikki Izzo-Brown.

The Mountaineers will honor six seniors Sunday.

This year’s group of seniors includes leading goal scorer Blake Miller and three members of WVU’s impressive defense: Meghan Lewis, Drea Barklage and Erica Henderson.

West Virginia will also be honoring senior forwards

Chelsey Corroto and Morgan Betscher.

“There are so many (seniors) that have done so many special things at special times,” Izzo-Brown said.

“I think they are all very special.”

Izzo-Brown is looking forward to honoring her seniors who have given their all to the program over the last couple years and hopes the fans show their support as well.

“Sunday will be our last regulation home game and we want to make sure we recognize all their accomplishments and hard work,” IzzoBrown said. “It will be a little bit of a celebration in making sure that the fans come out and pay tribute to what these seniors have given this university, this team and this athletic department.”

The veteran head coach wants to see the fans at both

games this weekend, not just Senior Day. “It is huge (to get the fans out) because we are at a critical point, and we need these points,” she said.

The Mountaineers are coming off their first Big East loss of the season and hope a quick turnaround this weekend will help them return to sole possession atop the Big East. West Virginia is currently tied with Marquette, a team they beat earlier this year, for first place in the Big East.

WVU rattled off seven consecutive wins, including going 5-0-0 in the Big East before losing to Villanova Oct. 2.

The Mountaineers were faced with adversity in the Villanova game with constant rain and playing with a man

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Defensive line saw improvements in Bowling Green win by ben gaughan

associate sports editor

Usually when teams in any sport give 100 percent effort every game, good luck tends to roll in their favor sooner or later.

Throughout West Virginia’s first four games, WVU’s defensive line was giving full effort but was not getting the bounces or plays it needed to make a significant impact in games.

They recorded just one sack before the fifth game of the season.

Against Bowling Green, the Mountaineer defense got two sacks in the game, and redshirt senior defensive end Julian Miller got his first sack of the season, leading to a fumble.

“It felt good,” Miller said of finally sacking an opposing quarterback. “A lot of teams (WVU has played have) been 3-stepping, hurrying up, getting the ball out. It definitely felt good to get back there and at least get one, so hopefully from here on out (the sacks) will start rolling in.”

Because of last year’s success on the defensive line, the Mountaineer defensive line has been bombarded with questions as to why things haven’t been going the way they did a year ago.

The players don’t really have the exact answers, but all they can do is keep going out on the field and playing as hard as possible. Miller and his team-

mates are prepared to bring back the success they had last year and know what they must continue to do.

“One thing that everybody talked about going into this season was me and Bruce (Irvin) being a good tandem,” Miller said. “With Big East play starting, especially here at West Virginia, we understand what’s ahead of us and what’s down the road – hopefully a Big East championship.

“If that means me having to step up from this whole ankle thing then definitely I’m willing to do that,” he said.

A nagging sprained ankle suffered early in the season has bothered Miller, so the defensive line hasn’t gotten a true chemistry going with all its starters on the field.

Miller believes having a tight chemistry between the players on the defensive front, like that of last year’s squad with Chris Neild and Scooter Berry, will help the line evolve into a more dynamic and efficient front that will continue to create more turnovers as it did against Bowling Green.

The challenge starts Saturday during the Mountaineers’ Big East opening game against UConn.

The Huskies’ offensive line has been known to be very large and athletic. The situation is no different this year, with one of their linemen being 6-foot-9.

Senior defensive end Bruce Irvin is confident the D-line can

Senior defensive end Bruce Irvin rushes the quarterback last week against Bowling Green. Irvin forced a fumble in the game. continue to play well this week.

Playing against LSU’s massive offensive linemen prepared them for almost anything.

“They’re pretty big guys,” Irvin said. “It can’t be any worse than LSU. Those are physical guys. Last year UConn was physical. From what I’ve seen on film they look like the same

type of guys this year. So, pad under pad, which I say almost every week, and leverage.

That’s the only way we’re going to survive.”

In order to force more turnovers against opposing offenses, the defensive line has to be the anchor for the rest of the defensive unit, according

to Miller.

It all starts with solid play from the front three or four guys.

“The rest of the season, we’re going to try to emphasize to the rest of the D-line that we have to play a lot lower and a lot tougher up front,” Miller said.

“The linebackers play off of

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how we play blocks, how we read blocks and being where we’re supposed to be. So for them to make the plays that they can make and the plays that (former linebacker) J.T. (Thomas) made last year, we have to play better up front.” ben.gaughan@mail.wvu.edu

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Thursday October 6, 2011

SEC athletic directors discuss 14th team Mizzou hopes to join SEC, wanted Big Ten

Texas A&M President R. Bowen Loftin, left, exchanges helmets with Southeastern Conference Commissioner Mike Slive, right, Sept. 26, after A&M agreed to join the SEC in July.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — SEC athletic directors and Commissioner Mike Slive met Wednesday to discuss the logistics of Texas A&M’s entry as the 13th member even though No. 14 might soon be on its way.

The meeting comes a day after University of Missouri curators voted unanimously to consider leaving the Big 12 likely to join the Southeastern Conference instead of committing to the league for the long term.

However, SEC spokesman Charles Bloom said the AD meet-

ing at league headquarters was scheduled several weeks ago and was “to integrate Texas A&M into the Southeastern Conference and plan for a 13-team schedule for all sports in 2012-13.”

SEC school administrators have indicated that adding a 14th school is likely, perhaps imminent.

And though the vote by Missouri curators makes the Tigers a leading contender, Mississippi State athletic director Scott Stricklin said the conference is in a wait-andsee mode on further expansion.

He said there were no discussions

about a 14th team on Wednesday.

“The commissioner has done such a great job of positioning us and we continue just to kind of look for his guidance and for him to lead us in whatever direction we decide on,” Stricklin said. “When he says, ‘Hey, here’s an idea,’ we’re going to listen to him.

“Until then, I think we are all very comfortable with where we are at 13 for the time being.”

Mississippi AD Pete Boone said a 14-team schedule would be preferable, but he and his peers focused on a 13-team schedule be-

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cause that’s how many schools they have right now.

“Certainly, we’ve discussed that conceptually, it would be nice to have a 14-team league and to have a 14-team league sooner rather than later,” Boone said. “But I don’t believe anything is imminent at this time.”

Other athletic department staffers and the transition team formed after Texas A&M’s admission into the league also participated in the four-hour meeting in a conference room in the downtown Birmingham offices.

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Continued from page 7 down for most of the game after Lewis was issued a controversial red card.

Although the Mountaineers suffered a blow with

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Not to say playing at Kentucky wouldn’t be amazing, but traveling to Auburn for a conference hoops clash sounds a little lame.

The Big East may be losing two great basketball teams to the ACC, but don’t be so quick to forget about basketball-only schools like Georgetown and Villanova.

There is still great basketball to be had in the Big East – Bob Huggins will tell you that.

I know Auburn would be a great venue in which to play football. The problem is, af-

ST. LOUIS (AP)—Missouri is hoping to join the Southeastern Conference but would have preferred an offer from the Big Ten that never came, a university official said Wednesday.

Missouri hoped to join the Big Ten last year but the league instead chose Nebraska. The university official said the Big Ten remains Missouri’s top choice but that conference “has no interest.”

“That’s what’s left,” the official said, referring to the SEC. The official, who is familiar with school discussions involving conference affiliation, spoke on condition of anonymity because the school has not commented publicly about its intentions.

Missouri curators agreed unanimously Tuesday night to give Chancellor Brady Deaton the authority to look elsewhere rather than immediately commit to the reeling Big 12. Just one day earlier, Deaton and other Big 12 chancellors and presidents agreed to equally share revenue from the conference’s most lucrative television deals if member schools agree to give those top-tier rights to the league for at least six years.

The agreement is subject to approval by university governing boards. It was a step Missouri curators don’t want to take until the school is able to “fully explore options for conference affiliation which best serve the interests of the University of Missouri,” board chairman Warren Erdman told The Associated Press.

The Big 12 is down to 10 members and will lose Texas A&M to the SEC next year after the departures of Colorado (Pac-12) and Nebraska.

SEC athletic directors and Commissioner Mike Slive met Wednesday in Birmingham, Ala., to discuss the logistics of Texas A&M’s arrival. Mississippi State athletic director Scott Stricklin said there were no discussions about a 14th team, though Slive has not ruled out further expansion.

Sticking with the Big 12 remains an option, Deaton said Tuesday, and the costs of leaving could prove troublesome with Missouri likely forfeiting most of its annual conference revenues.

The revenue-sharing plan approved Sunday by the Big 12 board of directors a move designed to keep Missouri and other potential stray members in the fold would give each school an estimated $20 million in June.

And that figure is expected to grow by 2013 when the league’s new 13-year contract with Fox Sports kicks in, according to two people with knowledge of the deal and ties to the Big 12. They spoke only on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly about the revenue-sharing plan.

The Big 12’s television contract with ABC/ESPN expires in 2016 and also likely will bring in additional money when renegotiated.

The SEC, by contrast, distributed $18.3 million in revenue to each of its 12 members this year.

But that league can also expect more lucrative contracts when the next round of TV rights’ negotiations occur.

State Sen. Kurt Schaefer, a Republican whose Columbia district includes the Missouri campus, said his constituents are “hands down” in favor of an SEC move. Now that Missouri has made its desire to roam known, he has doubts that a union with

the Big 12 can be salvaged.

“It’s kind of like a boyfriendgirlfriend relationship,” said Schaefer, a Missouri graduate.

“Once it’s fractured and somebody gets a wandering eye, can you repair that? It’s not clear.”

While Missouri is a charter member of the Big 12, founded in 1996 when the Big Eight schools added four members of the defunct Southwest Conference, dissatisfaction with the conference has grown. In the early `90s, with the Big Eight on the verge of collapse, Missouri pushed to join the Big Ten and a group of state business leaders even formed a lobbying group.

A year ago, Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon, an avid sports fan, was an outspoken supporter of a move to the Big Ten, noting that its schools, like Missouri, are members of the invitation-only Association of American Universities.

The Big Ten instead chose another AAU school in Nebraska.

Besides being a fresh blow to the Big 12, a Missouri departure would threaten its long-standing rivalry with neighboring Kansas, one of the oldest in college sports. Kansas basketball coach Bill Self told the Lawrence Journal-World that the border showdowns may not continue if Missouri bolts.

“I have no ill will toward Missouri at all, but to do something at a time that could be so damaging and hurtful to a group, I can’t see us just taking it and forgetting,” he told the newspaper.

Erdman, a Kansas City attorney, said the school takes longterm relationships and regional affiliations seriously. But the financial allure of seven-figure TV contracts and the broader benefits of such deals to a university are equally if not more important, he said.

“The cultural and economic effects of a decision like this on all parts of the state are important,” he said. “And we should be sensitive to those factors as part of our overall consideration.

However, when it’s all said and done, our fiduciary duty is to the University of Missouri.”

Missouri alumni, donors and fans haven’t been shy about sharing their opinions with university leaders, barraging curators with emails encouraging a Big 12 exit.

“It’s been pretty overwhelmingly positive to leave the Big 12,” said Todd McCubbin, executive director of the Missouri Alumni Association. “And the SEC has been a popular choice.”

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University of Missouri Chancellor Brandon Deaton addresses the media in September.

the loss to Villanova, Coach Izzo Brown said they are not down for the count.

“When you have to play with a man down and in standing water, there are other factors that come into (the game),” Izzo-Brown said. “There is no ‘we peaked

and now we’re done’-type mentality at all, especially coming after a 3-1 win at Georgetown.

“I think that if the conditions are different, the game is different.”

ter playing those Tigers, next up would be a conference matchup against the LSU Tigers, followed by a “down” week against Mississippi State before taking on Alabama.

Brutal? A typical Big East schedule doesn’t show the half of it.

There is a possibility the Big East could lose its automatic BCS bid for its conference champion. There’s also a more likely scenario in which it doesn’t.

With the addition of TCU, as well as any other school that may eventually join, it’s easy to envision the conference keeping the automatic qualifying bid.

Would it be so bad to have a greater opportunity to dom-

inate conference play, collect the $20 million payout, upgrade facilities, win more games, lure more recruits and continue repeating that cycle?

I’m not saying West Virginia should stay in the Big East if presented with the opportunity to join another conference. Maybe it should, maybe it shouldn’t.

What I am saying is that any decision that occurs isn’t a beall and end-all verdict.

At the end of the day, West Virginia can still be the headliner of the Big East. Losing Pittsburgh and Syracuse doesn’t affect the Mountaineers’ ability to be a continued presence on a national stage.

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Huskies ready to bounce Huskies bring talent at back after loss to WMU running back, receivers football opponent scouting report

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by nick arthur sports writer

Quarterback Redshirt junior Johnny McEntee is in his first season as the starting quarterback for the Huskies. McEntee won the starting position in preseason camp over two other possible candidates. He has been a bit shaky through Connecticut’s first five games while completing 65 of 129 passes for 913 yards and six touchdowns.

Grade: C+ Running Backs The rushing attack for Connecticut has been very impressive over the past few seasons.

Last year’s starting running back Jordan Todman is now in the NFL, and freshman Lyle McCombs has been forced to fill the void. McCombs has been efficient early in the season. He has tallied 502 rushing yards and four touchdowns, and is averaging 4.1 yards per carry.

Grade: B Wide Receivers/Tight Ends The Huskies feature depth and experience as their strengths at the wide receiver position, with four different receivers catching a touchdown pass this season. Senior Isiah Moore leads the team in receptions (18), senior Kashif Moore leads the team in receiving touchdowns (3), and junior Ryan Griffin leads the team in yards per catch (19.0). The group can make plays in space.

Grade: B Offensive Line Much like the Huskies’ effective ground game, the offensive line has been impressive over the past few seasons in Hartford. However, Connecticut has had to replace three starters this season. The unit has allowed 10 sacks early this season. Senior center Moe Petrus was named to the preseason watch list for the Out-

UConn freshman running back Lyle McCombs dances his way into the end zone. land Trophy.

Grade: C+

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Defensive Line The strongest part of the They allowed 479 passing yards Huskies’ defense is the de- and five passing touchdowns. fensive line. Senior Defensive Grade: C tackle Kendall Reyes anchors a strong defensive front. Reyes Special Teams Connecticut’s placekicker already has four sacks through four games in 2011. Fellow se- Dave Teggart is one of the best nior Twyon Martin provides kickers in country. Teggart another strong force in the kicked the Huskies to the Fiesta middle. Martin has two sacks Bowl in 2010 and was named this season to go along with 15 to the preseason watch list for tackles.

Lou Groza Award. Sophomore punter Cole Wagner is in his Grade: B+ second season as the starter.

Wagner is averaging 41 yards Linebackers The Huskies’ linebackers per punt. are mostly inexperienced. JuGrade: B nior Sio Moore is the only returning with legitimate playCoaching ing time. Moore has 28 tackles Paul Pasqualoni is in his first and 3.5 sacks this season. He season as the head coach of the is joined by Jory Johnson who Huskies. Pasqualoni had a very posted an astonishing 44 tack- successful stint as head coach les through four games. Fresh- of Syracuse during the ‘90s and man Yawin Smallwood is the has spent the last few years in third linebacker. the NFL. His team is 2-3 on the season. Connecticut has lost Grade: C+ 3 winnable games this season Secondary and is yet to register a win over No one in the Connecticut a BCS conference opponent. secondary stands out as a star However, Pasqualoni’s experiplayer. However, all four mem- ence can’t be questioned. bers are experienced. Juniors Grade: BBlidi Wreh-Wilson and Jerome nicholas.arthur@mail.wvu.edu Junior are tied for the second-

No. 16 West Virginia will begin Big East Conference play against the defending Big East champions, Connecticut, Saturday.

The Huskies are 2-3 on the season but could easily be undefeated. Their three losses were by a combined 14 points, and Connecticut was leading in the fourth quarter of each of those games.

The most recent of the Huskies’ losses came last Saturday against Western Michigan. The Broncos were able to win 38-31.

“Obviously we had another hard-fought, disappointing result for us,” said Connecticut head coach Paul Pasqualoni. “We were able to generate some offense, but we didn’t play well enough defensively.”

Western Michigan was able to compile 490 total yards of offense against Connecticut.

Broncos quarterback Alex Carder carved up the Huskies’ defense for 479 yards and five touchdowns.

“We didn’t play well enough on pass defense last week,” Pasqualoni said. “We will certainly try to tighten up the coverage this week and hopefully do a better job rushing the passer.”

Pasqualoni understands the team must be better in all facets defensively to slow down the high-octane West Virginia offense. In fact, he thinks the realization of the Mountaineers’ offense potential may spark his team.

“It’s big motivation,” he said. “I would expect them to have a very well-focused week of practice, realizing the task at hand and how good the people we are playing really are.

“We’re moving on to an awfully good West Virginia team at West Virginia, so this will be a huge challenge.”

One of the biggest challenges for Pasqualoni and his staff will be preparing

Paul Pasqualoni is in his first year as head coach of Connecticut. for West Virginia head coach Dana Holgorsen’s offense.

Mountaineer quarterback Geno Smith has thrown for over 1,700 yards in five games this season.

“Geno is a very exceptional quarterback,” Pasqualoni said. “His receivers are excellent with vertical speed and real athleticism.”

Smith wasn’t the star in West Virginia’s game last week, though, as freshman running back Dustin Garrison ran for 291 yards and two touchdowns. Coach Pasqualoni feels Garrison made the Mountaineer offense ex-

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tremely difficult to prepare for.

“The system they’re in, obviously, is difficult enough to defend,” Pasqualoni said.

“When you’re able to run the ball like that it just makes it that much harder to defend.”

The Huskies are 0-3 alltime in Morgantown, and coach Pasqualoni knows what type of atmosphere to expect at Milan Puskar Stadium this weekend.

“It is an intense place to play— there is no question about that,” he said. nicholas.arthur@mail.wvu.edu