THE DAILY ATHENAEUM BIG EAST CHAMPS. AGAIN. Women’s soccer wins second consecutive Big East tournament championship
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Monday November 7, 2011
Volume 125, Issue 56
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West Virginia head coach Nikki Izzo-Brown is plunged with water following the final whistle at Sunday’s Big East Conference championship game.
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The No. 11 West Virginia women’s soccer team defeated Louisville Sunday at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium to claim a Big East Conference title for the second straight year. It’s the third Big East championship in the last five years for the Mountaineers. Read more from Sunday’s soccer game against Louisville in Sports.
Butler, Stinespring named 2011 Mr. and Ms. Mountaineer by lydia nuzum
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West Virginia University Mountaineer Week 2011 was capped off Saturday during the WVU vs. Louisville football game, when the University crowned seniors Ryan Butler and Katlin Stinespring as Mr. and Ms. Mountaineer. Stinespring, a senior public relations student, said the honor of being named Ms. Mountaineer is something for which she is thankful. “I’m very thankful for all the opportunities that I’ve been given through my time at WVU, and I have just strived to be the most positive representation
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of the University as possible,” Stinespring said. Stinespring was sponsored by the National Society of Collegiate Scholars. She is the vice president of public relations and membership of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars, as well as the assistant clarinet section leader and a woodwind rank leader of the ‘Pride of West Virginia’, the mountaineer marching band, among other
University activities. Stinespring is a native of Hurricane, W.Va., and is expected to graduate in May. Stinespring said her interest in WVU has grown since she was young. “It started out as a fanship of the athletic teams, but as I learned more and more about the University, I realized there was no other university that I could attend that I could get anything more from my university experience,” she said. Stinespring said her work toward earning a public relations degree has taught her the importance of being a positive reflection on the University. “I’ve learned that within the
University, the students are the immediate and most prominent public relations practitioners for any University,” Stinespring said. “It’s our job to positively represent the University in everything we do.” Butler, a senior master’s student in secondary math education, said he was surprised and pleased to be honored as Mr. Mountaineer. “Hearing my name called, I was just in complete disbelief that it was actually me,” Butler said. Butler was sponsored by the WVU Collegiate 4-H Club. He is a resident assistant at the
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Four awarded ‘Most Loyal’ awards Saturday by mackenzie mays city editor
West Virginia University honored four individuals who have proved to be “Most Loyal” during a halftime ceremony at Saturday’s football game against Louisville, as part of the 64th annual Mountaineer Week. Mountaineer Week is a University celebration of Appalachian heritage held from Oct. 28 to Nov. 5. Most Loyal West Virginian and Alumni Mountaineer awards have been presented since 1974, while the Most Loyal Faculty and Staff
Mountaineer Award was created in 1994. The 2011 honorees include Jim Justice, Most Loyal West Virginian; John Mallory, Most Loyal Alumni Mountaineer; Kerry Odell, Most Loyal Faculty Mountaineer; and Becky Lofstead, Most Loyal Staff Mountaineer. Lofstead, the assistant vice president of university communication in the Office of University Relations at WVU, is an award-winning communications and administrative professional. She said she was honored to be chosen as someone who exemplifies such faithfulness to WVU’s
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goals and ideals. “I am excited and thrilled to receive this honor. Saturday was an amazing day – one I will cherish for a lifetime,” she said. “Next to my family, WVU means the world to me. As a little girl growing up, my dad, an All-American basketball player in the late ‘40s, would talk about this magical place. So, there was never any doubt where I wanted to go to college. And now, working for my alma mater with great friends and colleagues is a true joy.” Justice is the chairman and CEO of The Greenbrier Resort, a luxury resort in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va., and
home to The Greenbrier Classic, an official PGA Tour event. He currently serves as the head boys’ and girls’ basketball coach at Greenbrier East High School in Lewisburg, W.Va. Justice is recognized as the Most Loyal West Virginian for his impact on the entire state’s economy through business and professional and civic achievement. Mallory earned the title of Most Loyal Alumni this year for his support of WVU activities and operations through leadership and service.
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Seniors Ryan Butler and Katlin Stinespring were named Mr. and Ms. Mountaineer.
ON THE INSIDE The West Virginia men’s basketball team was upset by Northern Kentucky Friday night 74-71 in its only exhibition game. SPORTS PAGE 9
Farmers market moving indoors for winter by erin fitzwilliams editor-in-chief
The weekly bustle of the Morgantown Farmers’ Market is over for the fall, but it will reopen Saturday, Nov. 19, at the Marilla Recreation Center building from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., said Lisa Lagana, the market manager. She said throughout the winter more meats, cheeses, eggs, woolen items and those farmers who utilize green houses are the ones that typically keep offering products throughout the winter. Currently there are 48 ven-
dors involved with the Morgantown Farmers’ Market, Lagana said. But, she disputes when the town began to recognize the group of local farmers. “It depends who you ask, but the market has been organized for about 10 years,” Lagana said. “It’s gotten bigger every year.” She said that before there was any sort of group for the farmers, a few vendors would bring out their produce in front of the Monongalia County Circuit Court on High Street. After growing for
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ANOTHER LOSS The West Virginia football team lost its second Big East game as Louisville took down the Mountaineers 38-35 Saturday. SPORTS PAGE 9