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Luck committed to Big East Conf. by michael carvelli sports editor

West Virginia Athletic Director Oliver Luck said Wednesday the school has not been contacted by any other conference offices about leaving the Big East Conference.

He said West Virginia University is committed to staying in the conference as of now, but also added that things could change.

“We think the Big East is a

great conference for the sports we compete in, but I wouldn’t say we’d rule out an invitation from any of the other conferences,” Luck said. “We’re very happy where we are and I hate to speculate because you never know what can happen, but we’re certainly committed to the Big East and we think there’s a great future in the Big East.”

Dennis Dodd of CBSSports. com reported Tuesday via Twitter that West Virginia was

among two schools the SEC was looking into adding as its 14th – the other being Missouri of the Big 12 Conference.

The rumors started after multiple media outlets reported Texas A&M was going to be approved as the 13th member of the Southeastern Conference Wednesday.

Texas A&M was approved by the SEC Board of Directors Wednesday to enter the league on the condition that the remaining nine remaining Big 12

iServe created to help students get involved by lydia nuzum

schools waived their rights to litigation against the SEC. “It’s fascinating,” Luck said.

“Once that is finalized, and it very well could be a number of weeks because of the lawsuit, a lot of people expect that to be the trigger that could cause other movement.”

ESPN.com reported late Wednesday night that eight of the nine remaining Big 12 teams will not waive that right.

The report said Oklahoma was the only school in the confer-

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ence that agreed to do so.

Earlier this week, multiple media outlets reported Oklahoma was a possible candidate to leave for the Pac-12 Conference.

“I’m convinced that none of these conferences have a grand plan,” he said. “They’re all just sort of responding to what other conferences are doing and that makes it very difficult to anticipate what we

We think the Big East is a great conference for the sports we compete in, but I wouldn’t say we’d rule out an invitation from any other conferences.”

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– Oliver Luck, WVU Athletic Director

A WISH GRANTED

FOR MORE INFORMATION

staff writer

The Center for Civic Engagement has implemented a new software system that will allow West Virginia University students to volunteer and track their community service hours online.

Brett White, operations coordinator for the Center for Civic Engagement, said the new program, called iServe, is a state-of-the-art software system that allows students to search for hundreds of opportunities and place themselves with local agencies.

The program will not only benefit community projects and charitable organizations, but will allow students to keep a personalized history of their work.

“We have been looking for years for a system that would allow students to be able to access their records online and do it themselves,” White said.

The CCE is partnered with more than 120 non-profit organizations. Students can also enter into an agreement with a

WVU students can create their own account through the iServe Online Service Management System by visiting http://iserve.wvu.edu non-profit organization from their hometown or native city to log hours during the summer months.

“As an effort to meet the growing demands of students, we have designed a format to place, track, record and organize civic engagement activities,” said Kristi Wood, interim director of the Center for Civic Engagement.

“With the addition of iServe, WVU remains one of the top innovators in civic engagement.”

WVU is ranked in the top 6 percent of schools for excellence in civic engagement, and the University has been actively seeking a way to automate its student volunteer Mallory Bracken/THE DAILY ATHENAEUM

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Insect zoo being built on Evansdale Campus

Hannah Underwood, right, spends time with Chi Omega sisters dressed as Disney characters, Natalie Wojdyla, center, and Claire Ulmer, left, at the Make-A-Wish party held for her Monday evening.

WVU Sorority helps grant wish for local child

by Amy Rogers staff writer

Members of the Chi Omega sorority at West Virginia University are helping one eight-year-old’s dreams come true.

Hannah Underwood suffers from agenesis of corpus callosum, a brain defect that inhibits the bone around the brain from forming properly.

The sisters of Chi Omega worked with the Make-A-

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Various gifts fill a table at the Make-A-Wish party held for Hannah Underwood Monday evening in the Mountainlair Ballrooms.

Prof receives grant for Alzheimer’s research by jessica lear staff writer

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An exotic stick insect from Papua New Guinea at West Virginia University’s Insect Farm.

By Ben Scott Correspondent

Insects will soon take over the West Virginia University Evansdale campus.

An upcoming insect zoo will display up to 40 different species, ranging from locally found butterflies to exotic spiders and centipedes, said Young-Lak Park, an assistant professor of entomology at WVU. “Insects make good material for all people. We want to

make a place where people can come to us and see things they haven’t seen before,” Park said.

The public will be allowed to hold and touch the less aggressive and less dangerous species of insects, while poisonous and more dangerous species will be on display.

Live insects will not be the only thing to see in the insect zoo, though.

There will also be samples of insects that have

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A West Virginia University Chemistry Professor has received a New Investigator Grant and will use it to benefit Alzheimer’s research.

Justin Legleiter said with the help of the $99,592 grant, which is awarded to only 40 researchers around the world, he’ll have the opportunity to get a head start on further development.

“Normally if you want funding, you need preliminary data.

For a new investigator, you don’t have that yet,” he said. “This grant lets us try out some new methods and new techniques.

It’s a riskier project than would typically be funded.”

Legleiter said he hopes the grant will be a start in the right direction and help answer questions concerning the disease.

“This grant makes the research more visible, lots of researchers apply and people are aware of who wins,” he said.

“The grant will basically get the whole project up and running.”

Legleiter said the need for Alzheimer’s research is greater than ever.

“This disease is not only tough for patients and caregivers, but also for society,” he said. “Because the baby boomers are almost to the age where Alzheimer’s is prevalent, there is a very pressing need for treatments.”

The pressing need for treat-

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ments and complex nature of Alzheimer’s disease is what drew Legleiter to study the disease.

“It poses some really interesting questions with an obvious need. I decided to pursue it further and learn more about the biology of the disease,” he said.

“Now I’m trying to bring the two together.”

Legleiter’s research will aim to learn more about protein deposits in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients, in the hopes of one day being able to formulate a new treatment.

“One of the hallmarks of Alzheimer’s disease is accumulation of protein deposits called plaques. We’re interested in how early aggregates of plaques

interact with the cell surface,” he said.

By learning more about these plaques, Legleiter may be able to keep them from attacking cells, effectively stopping the onset of Alzheimer’s disease.

Joining Legleiter in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease, the Alzheimer’s Association is a non-profit organization that aims to raise money to support research about the disease.

In creating events like memory walks to raise money to fund research projects like Legeltier’s, the Alzheimer’s Association hopes to find new treatments, and one day a cure, for Alzheimer’s disease. jessica.lear@maill.wvu.edu

NOT LOOKING AHEAD The No. 19 West Virginia football team isn’t trying to look past this weekend’s game against Norfolk State.

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Man pleads guilty to MLK Day bomb plot SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A man with extensive ties to white supremacists pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal charges he planted a bomb that was intended to hurl poison-laced shrapnel into the multicultural crowd marching in a Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade last January.

Kevin Harpham, 37, reached a deal with federal prosecutors for a recommended sentencing range of 27 to 32 years in prison just days before his trial was to begin in U.S. District Court.

The pipe bomb was loaded with lead fishing weights coated in rat poison, which can inhibit blood clotting in wounds, officials have said.

Harpham told U.S. District Court Judge Justin Quackenbush that it took him about a month to build the bomb. He acknowledged placing the device along the parade route in an attempt to commit a hate crime.

The backpack bomb was discovered before the parade

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Continued from page 1 Wish foundation to send the Underwood family to Disney World in October.

When Underwood talked about her favorite Disney characters, Ariel and Tinkerbell, the sisters knew the best way to send her off – a Disney Princess party.

“It’s great to help out local kids. We get to see our money go to them and know it’s going to a good cause and really helping somebody,” said Allison Rollins, Make-a-Wish chair for the WVU Chi Omega Chapter and senior chemistry and journalism student.

Twenty Chi Omega members decked in Disney costumes hosted the party Monday in the Mountainlair Ballrooms.

“We really wanted to send her off in a positive way,” Rollins said.

During the party, Underwood wouldn’t let “Ariel”

iserve

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The iServe software system was designed by Samaritan Technologies, which has been designing software for 14 years, and was recently voted first in the nation for volunteer service software by TechSoup.

by event workers in downtown Spokane and disabled before it could explode.

The annual parade drew a crowd of about 2,000 adults and children on a cold winter morning, and was forced onto an alternative route after the bomb was found. Harpham walked in the parade and took pictures of young black children and of a Jewish man who was wearing a yarmulke, prosecutors have said.

“This community was terrorized on Jan. 17 when this occurred,” U.S. Attorney Mike Ormsby said after the hearing.

“Hopefully the healing that needs to occur as a result of this happening can begin.”

Harpham acted alone, Ormsby said.

“There is no evidence to suggest anyone else was involved in this event,” he said.

Ormsby praised the various law enforcement agencies that gathered evidence leading to Harpham’s arrest on March 9. There was no particular tip

that led officers to Harpham, Ormsby said. Rather, it was evidence from the bomb itself, he said.

The detonator was a remote car starter purchased over the Internet. The shrapnel that would have maimed victims was purchased from Walmart.

Harpham’s DNA was on the handle of the backpack that held the bomb. After the arrest, officers found deleted photos in a digital camera that included pictures of Harpham and other marchers at the parade.

A key was discovering huge numbers of postings by Harpham, using a pen name, over a period of years on a white supremacist website called Vanguard News Network.

“He told others he was a white supremacist and white separatist,” said assistant U.S. Attorney Joe Harrington.

The bomb was planted “to further his racist beliefs,” Harrington told the judge.

The judge asked Harpham if he placed the bomb in an effort

to hurt people because of their race, color or national origin.

“Yes,” Harpham replied.

Ormsby said Harpham has offered no explanation for why he chose to commit a hate crime now.

The plea deal charged Harpham with attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction, and the hate crime of placing the bomb in an effort to target minorities. Harpham spoke in a clear voice when he said “guilty” to each of the two counts.

He will be sentenced Nov. 30.

Public defender, Roger Peven, did not answer questions outside the courtroom and was not available for comment later.

Harpham originally was charged with committing a hate crime, using a firearm in relation to a crime of violence, attempt to use a weapon of mass destruction and unauthorized possession of an unregistered explosive device. He could have faced up to life in prison.

(Dana Gregg, a junior Chi Omega member) leave her side, Rollins said.

Chi Omega surprised Underwood with $200 and a Disney-themed gift basket.

The Chi Omega members formed a circle with Hannah and ended the evening by singing songs from Hannah’s favorite artists, Lady Antebellum and Taylor Swift.

“You could just see her face light up – she was the center of attention,” Rollins said. “It was a really rewarding experience.”

Disney World partnered with the Make-a-Wish Foundation to accommodate Underwood’s family with a VIP treatment during their stay.

Chi Omega raises money to grant about two wishes per semester with fund raisers such as a paint ball tournament, dodge ball tournament and cookie sales.

“It’s great to see all of our hard work come full circle, and the actual wish-granting,” said Ali Mols, president of the WVU

Chi Omega chapter. “She’s a special little girl.”

In October, the members of Chi Omega will grant a second wish to a boy from Grafton, WV, who will get to visit Tokyo.

“We’re excited to get a new

pledge class and show them what Make-a-Wish is all about, and how we can really make an effect on the community,” Rollins said.

org and Idealware.org.

The system created for WVU took eight months to develop and was officially launched on Aug. 19.

“Samaritan Technologies is honored to provide West Virginia University with a stateof-the-art Volunteer recruiting, management, scheduling and tracking system,” said Todd McMullin, co-founder of

Samaritan Technologies.

“This technology assures that WVU has joined the latest generation of social networking and community engagement,” he said.

When hours are completed for a mandatory requirement, the system automatically notifies the University office responsible for the requirement.

The system also give WVU

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Continued from page 1 as a conference in the Big East should be doing.”

Because of that, the WVU athletic director has constantly been on the phone talking with people about where they stand. Wednesday, Luck spoke with the athletic directors at Texas Christian University and Pittsburgh to discuss things.

“I’m on the phone with (Big East commissioner John Marinatto) almost on a daily basis,” Luck said. “We think we’re in a very good spot in the Big East and that we’ve got a lot of stability, and we feel good about our upcoming TV contract.”

While a lot of the discussion surrounding conference realignment has been centered around football, Olympic sports like soccer, volleyball and baseball could be affected.

For example, only two SEC schools have men’s soccer teams and both the Kentucky and South Carolina men’s soc-

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Continued from page 1 been collected and preserved from different areas around the world.

The insect zoo was created not only to be used as an outreach program, but also as a way to research and observe new species of insects – that’s why Park is adamant on its free admission policy.

“The point of the zoo is to serve the people,” Park said.

“Why would we make people pay if we want them to come to us?”

Park said he hopes that the new zoo, which has been in the

cer teams play in the Conference USA. Currently, West Virginia’s men’s soccer team is ranked No. 9 in the country.

“It’s almost all about football. But having said that, the Olympic sports do matter and every conference does things a little bit differently,” Luck said. “You have regional differences that matter. Our Olympic sports are all very solid but at the end of the day, this discussion is all about football.”

Luck and WVU President James P. Clements have talked about the possibility of conference realignment as well.

“We have contact sometimes on an hourly basis with the president and the Board of Governors,” he said. “A big part of this is academic, too. If you look at a conference like the ACC, they have schools like Duke and North Carolina. Those are academically schools that we aspire to be like.” james.carvelli@mail.wvu.edu

works for three years, will start a trend of similar openings across West Virginia.

Park, along with assistant researcher Vicki Kondo and three graduate students, will run the program.

They will be responsible for capturing, exchanging and buying all of the insects on display, as well as providing food for the insects.

“The hardest thing will be stainability. We want to breed our insects and grow food for them as much as possible,” Kondo said.

The exact date of the zoo’s opening has not been decided. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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Chi Omega members fill the Mountainlair Ballrooms Monday evening for Hannah Underwood’s Make-A-Wish party. the ability to cite hundreds of reports for grant writing, University requirements and national awards. “iServe will enhance the ability for students to make a solid connection between what they are doing in the classroom and what they do in the community,” Wood said.

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Rock band Prison Book Club to headline at 123 by hunter homestik a&e correspondent

Prison Book Club is set to headline the 123 Pleasant Street stage tonight with opening acts M. Iafrate and Greg Lotus beginning at 10 p.m.

Prison Book Club features members of Shepherdstown garage-rock sensations The Demon Beat as well as members from “old-time string band” The Fox Hunt.

Both groups have performed in Morgantown and have taken the stage of 123 Pleasant Street numerous times.

This clash of styles comes together perfectly, and Prison Book Club is a fantastic blend of country and rock, with obvious southern influences.

These are tunes to groove and to rock to, and that is exactly what they plan to do tonight for the Morgantown crowd.

Lead guitarist Adam Meisterhans, who is also the vocalist and lead guitarist for The Demon Beat, set the stage on fire at 123 Pleasant Street last week opening for JEFF the Brotherhood.

As a front-row spectator, I witnessed firsthand his energy, passion and technical skill on the guitar which are all elements he will undoubtedly bring tonight.

Last week, Meisterhans said, “It’s always nice to play that club. Good people. Seemed like a lot of fresh faces, which is nice as well.”

Meisterhans enjoyed playing the 123 Pleasant Street stage, and tonight his skills

will again be on display for all the “fresh faces” to see.

Prison Book Club’s sound has the feel of old-time classic rock and roll with a twist of southern rock and country rock influences.

It truly is unique and cannot easily be classified under a single genre. In a polluted world of “one-trick pony” bands, Prison Book Club is able to stand out with their combination of several sounds mixed expertly to form a sold, tight-knit band.

Also hitting the stage tonight at 123 will be Big Bullet Records’ product Greg Loftus.

Loftus, of Boston, has been touring almost nonstop up and down the east coast behind his latest release “Heathens in Disguise.”

Loftus’ style is one of folk/

Americana, and his songs are driven by emotion.

Each song of Loftus’ is a story of differing topics, but he tells each with great skill and is able to convey not just the meaning, but the passion behind each tale.

One listen to Loftus’ acoustic stylings will have you singing, swaying or, most of all, feeling.

Tonight’s show at 123 Pleasant Street promises to exhibit the driving force behind nearly all music: passion.

On display will be three artists who are doing exactly what they love to do, and all are invited to come join the experience, to hear the stories, and to feed on the energy and emotion. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

Prison Book Club is made up of members of The Demon Beat and The Fox Hunt.

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‘David Comes to Life’ breathes life back to album format charles young associate city editor

Toronto post-hardcore band F----- Up have pushed the bounds of storytelling artistic ambition with their third fulllength release “David Comes to Life.”

Recently released by Matador Records, “David Comes to Life” is an epic eighteen-track hardcore opera which tells the story of the residents of a fictitious British seaside town in a not too distant dystopian future. The album clocks in at a

massive 78 minutes in length and will leave listeners feeling as though they have just completed a marathon.

F----- Up front man Pink Eyes lends his monstrous bark to narrating the tale of David Eliade, a simple light bulb factory worker who falls in love with a woman who may or may not be a domestic terrorist.

Honestly, the story gets pretty complicated beyond that. At one point David and the unnamed author of the story fight for creative control over who will write the ending.

As with all great rock operas, the only person who can fully explain the plot are its authors.

The story was written together by members of the band over a period of several years and holes in the story were improvised during recording.

The band, which has been together since 2001, has written about the character of “David” on previous albums and singles. During interviews, band members, who all perform under pseudonyms, will claim David Eliade as a band member or “spiritual” guide for their work.

Although though its meaning may be hard to decipher, “David Comes to Life,” is arguably one of the most dense and

complex releases of the last few years. Few other bands, let alone bands with hardcore roots, would have the courage to tackle such an ambitious project.

Although this album features an arsenal of multitracked guitars, a thundering rhythm section and Pink Eye’s signature screams, “David Comes To Life” marks a significant departure from F---- Up’s previous work.

Critics and fans alike noticed the decided switch toward more diverse song structures and narrative music passages. Upon its release, the album reached number

83 on the Billboard 200, a record high for any release by F----- Up. With so many artists focusing their attentions on music videos and iTunes downloadable singles, it’s comforting to see there are artists working today who still respect and appreciate the album format.

This album is best experienced in a single break-neck session.

It might not go down smooth, but this one is meant to be eaten whole.

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F----- Up’s newest album focuses on the traditional format of albums rather than just sales.

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The Devil Wears Prada reinvents Christian metal in ‘Dead Throne’ hunter homestik a&e correspondent

Christian metalcore giants The Devil Wears Prada have released their fourth full-length studio album “Dead Throne” under Warner Music Group.

Since their formation in 2005, The Devil Wears Prada has been at the forefront of the Christian metalcore scene.

With crushing breakdowns and ferocious screams combined with clean, melodic choruses and an abundance of synth work, the Ohio based band has been able to create a unique sound that has since been replicated over and over within the genre.

Dead Throne The Devil Wears Prada The Devil Wears Prada’s newest album keeps their original sound while adding more brute to the breakdowns.

“Dead Throne” follows the 2010 EP “Zombie,” a five-track outing that served as an adventure into a bit of a heavier tone for the band.

This theme carried over to “Dead Throne,” as well. The Devil Wears Prada vocalist Mike Hranica said of “Dead Throne,” “[The record is] a more heavy-focused sound from us.

We think it would be smart to push that beefy, heavy songwriting [from Zombie] into the new full-length (album), but with a strong blend of what we usually do with melody.”

That describes perfectly what the band has done with “Dead Throne.”

The album is every bit as heavy as “Zombie,” but it focuses a little more on the melodic, clean-sung choruses they are noted for.

They even managed to get a ballad-like tune on the album with surprising success.

“Chicago,” the tenth track on the album, is a slow-building, melodic tune littered with their trademark synth and Hranica’s unmistakable screams.

“Chicago” aside, this album is, along with “Zombie,” the heaviest The Devil Wears Prada to date.

Each song contains perfectly placed breakdowns, as is common within this genre.

But what really sets this album apart is the expert use of synth and post-production.

Simple, almost cliche breakdowns are made unique on this album by their use of synth.

For example, track 11, “Pretenders,” utilizes post-production to alter Hranica’s vocals

during the breakdown section resulting in a staccato, almost robotic passage that works perfectly in the context of the song.

Vocal effects are certainly more common in pop and rap music today, but The Devil Wears Prada has crossed genres to this degree on “Dead Throne,” and in doing so has pushed the boundaries of the Christian metalcore genre they already dominate.

Of course, no album is perfect, and “Dead Throne” is no exception.

When listening to the album in its entirety, it is a bit repetitive.

Such is the case with all The Devil Wears Prada’s new album ‘Dead Throne’ shows the band adventuring into a heavier style of metal. metalcore, though, and it is not df so much a knock on the album as it is the genre as a whole.

Despite this, “Dead Throne” is still The Devil Wears Prada’s strongest showing to date and will almost certainly become their career-defining record.

“Dead Throne” is heavy. It is melodic. It is expertly produced and mixed. Put simply, it is everything one could want in a new album from The Devil Wears Prada. It contains the elements fans of the band’s past work will appreciate while also pulling out a few new tricks for any casual listener to enjoy.

If you’re a fan of metalcore or The Devil Wears Prada in general, “Dead Throne” is a must-buy.

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Attend more games to support WVU athletics West Virginia University has made major efforts this year to draw fans to other sporting events besides basketball and football.

While WVU fans seem to be responding to and supporting other sports like men’s and women’s soccer, it’s important to attend games and fill the bleachers.

WVU students have a reputation of leaving Milan Puskar Stadium early during football games despite sports officials

continuously urging fans to fill the stadium – this needs to hold true for all Mountaineer teams.

The Mountaineer Maniacs are key in helping to raise interest and rally the student fan-base.

Even with the change in the annual FanFest to the Maniacs Tailgate Party, the group helped get students to attend soccer games at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium.

The women’s soccer team

won the Big East Championship in 2010. The team plays well and their games are exciting, the fans should be excited too.

At soccer games, fans can get closer to the game because they are allowed to stand on the edges of the field which lets the athletes and the fans interact during the games in traditions like celebrating together when the team scores.

Men’s soccer is ranked No.

9 in the country, and the atmosphere at games has fans spirited and excited about the sport and the University.

Attend a game – tickets are free with a WVU student ID, so head out to the soccer field and watch some great teams.

Check out other WVU sporting events like volleyball or gymnastics. Both teams have new coaches and are doing well with their teams.

College sports games are great to attend and support

because the athletes are re- ing events. ally just like you - students.

They work hard at their sport daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu and still have classes and homework.

Take advantage of being a student at a school for great athletics.

Take advantage of the many student seats offered in the Coliseum, Milan Puskar Stadium and other sports arenas.

Fill your weekends by filling the stands at WVU sport-

Grief stricken U.S. has lead to political abuse abroad tomas engle columnist

Sunday will be the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon in Washington DC. Tragically enough, one of the deadliest attacks on American soil has now become synonymous with emotional manipulation for political purposes.

This year, more than ever, Americans need to reject the crass calls for more interventions abroad and trades of liberty for security in commemoration of the attacks.

As any certified grief counselor will tell you, making rational decisions in the immediate aftermath of a traumatic event is nearly impossible.

If anything, the opposite is true, and emotional knee-jerk reactions rule the day until proper counseling can remedy the psychological pain brought on by the event. Americans collectively on September 11, 2001 – and afterwards – were unfortunately more under the influence of an enabling friend who escalates situations than a sober voice of reason.

Democrats and Republicans alike abused the innate trust Americans held for their government and sold them a blackand-white solution with broad, sweeping strokes that played on people’s fears and prejudices.

Taking advantage of our emotional vulnerability, we were led into numerous horrible choices out of fear of appearing weak or unpatriotic.

We invaded and continue to occupy a country (Afghanistan) that not only never yielded the number one suspect of the attacks, but has been the graveyard of every superpower from Alexander the Great to the Soviets.

An invasion and continuing occupation of a country (Iraq) where after the displacement of the country’s entire Christian community and deaths of hundreds of thousands of ci-

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US Army Specialist Seth Gerkin, right and Private First Class Brian Cruz, from the 303rd Armor Attached to the 81st Brigade, Logistics Support Area Anaconda, Iraq, fires an M120 120mm Mortar, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. vilians, “Weapons of Mass Destruction” that were supposed to be there in the first place were never found.

The seizing of suspects to CIA “black sites” around the world, where the Geneva Convention was shunned and torture methods used by communist forces on Americans during the Korean War were embraced.

These activities and other events ranging from the Abu Ghraib prison scandal to the passage of the privacy-violating PATRIOT Act have created new terrorists throughout the world due to the abuse and harassment of previously innocent

people whose lives are now ruined, and even their entire families killed.

Because of the desire of our politicians to sell us a quick remedy to our grief a decade ago, we are now stuck in a death spiral for decades to come as we expect different results with the same method.

The current crop of freshmen in college were mostly seven or eight years old on September 11th, 2001 and most have no memorable recollection of a pre-9/11 world.

A world where a trip to the airport involved nothing more than a metal detector and the

friend or family member who drove you there could say goodbye at the gate. A world where political discussions and elections were not dominated by war and which country the government would invade next, but real domestic issues.

They will not know what life is like where fear-mongering and security theater are not ever-present. They will not know what it was like to travel abroad and not have to constantly apologize for their government’s actions. They will unfortunately accept all of this without question as they know nothing else, just like the Pales-

tinians and Israelis born during and after the Intifada.

Our entire American society is at the point of no return from this drastic change in culture; from one of openness and freedom to closed and paranoid of everyone and everything.

We now live in country that’s in a perpetual state of war mentality because of our own unwillingness to accept that our government has made the wrong decisions in the past.

We need to commemorate the victims of September 11, 2001, not through revenge killings on their behalf, but through actually honoring and respect-

ing those who died.

Finishing the memorial at ground zero is a good first step, but work also needs to be finished on the long-overdue health care for 9/11 first responders. That we have waited 10 years for both is a travesty and an exclamation point to the statement that the response to 9/11 has veered wildly off course.

It is up to everyone as Americans on this anniversary to take back our country from the mindless patriotism that has taken us hostage so that future generations may know what it’s like to live in a free country.

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Women need to be seen for more than their beauty iman hasan columnist

Imagine a Friday in Morgantown where a typical girl gets invited to a house party. Before leaving her dorm or apartment, she would probably take a couple of hours to shower, do her hair, put on makeup and pick out an outfit – commonly a minidress and some high heels.

This is definitely not what she wore to class.

Now imagine a typical guy who’s invited to the same party.

He might take 10 to 15 min-

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utes to wash his face, load on some body spray and perch a baseball cap on his head at a jaunty angle before he’s ready to leave.

Note the difference in the time it took for each person to get ready.

One could say the girl didn’t have to go to all that trouble; she could easily have just gone out in what she wore to class – most likely a T-shirt and some jeans.

But in a college town such as this one it’s pretty rare to see that.

While guys usually don’t worry about what they look like when they go out, many girls have to rely on their appearances to get attention at parties and clubs – or even to

get invited in the first place.

Michelle Treadwell, a sophomore, agrees.

“You want to be the girl who looks good enough to be invited to parties on High Street, or at least get yelled at when you walk by,” she said.

“Guys don’t have to try to look hot because the girls aren’t the ones throwing the parties. If they have alcohol, the girls will come to them.”

This is especially true for girls who go to frat parties that are full of guys looking to get lucky.

But for a lot of girls, going out is a form of sexual validation.

If a typical girl dresses up in revealing clothes and piles on makeup, she’ll usually get invited to more parties. Once

there, she’s more likely to get laid than a girl who’s dressed down.

Sophomore Curtis Romine admits this is somewhat true.

“If I’m at a party and I see someone who looks really good, I’d be much more likely to talk to that person than someone in sweats with no makeup or anything,” he said.

Of course, this doesn’t mean guys are the only ones who care about appearances when they meet people at parties.

Girls definitely have standards when it comes to hooking up, but generally, a guy’s looks aren’t that important.

“For guys, if they have a good sense of humor or personality, they’re pretty much set,” said Anu Pokharel, a sophomore.

When it comes to partying, it seems guys have the upper hand.

A guy doesn’t have to look even remotely dressy, but he’s still capable of getting some action on a given weekend. A girl’s physical appearance usually determines the success of her night.

Whether people like it or not, this needs to change.

It may be unrealistic to hope for a change in the way students party, but girls want attention for something other than their looks.

Other girls would just rather not have to spend two hours of their time getting ready to go out.

It might help if girls weren’t made to feel they need to walk

around half naked on stilts to be attractive to the opposite sex.

One suggestion is for girls to take it down a notch when it comes to dressing up and for guys to, well, kick it up a few. It would be nice to see the guys at the club have at least shaved and taken the time to coordinate their outfits.

Another tip is for girls to throw more of their own parties instead of getting dressed up to go to someone else’s party.

Throwing a party is a great way to meet new people and to make some money if you are old enough to buy a keg or two.

If everyone takes a step towards a balance, going out will be much more enjoyable.

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VINCE GILL will be performing at the Creative Arts Center at 7:30 p.m. For more information, call 304-293-7469.

THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 8

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, contact Sarah Lemanski at sarah_lemanski@yahoo. com.

THE MON GROUP OF THE SIERRA CLUB WEST VIRGINIA CHAPTER will host a meeting at Wamsley Cycle in the Seneca Center at 709 Beechurst Ave. to try out an electricassisted bicycle. The event will begin at 7 p.m. Bring a bike helmet if you have one. For more information, call 304379-7567 or email sallywilts@ yahoo.com.

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 9

MOUNTAINEER IDOL will be holding the first elimination round from 8:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. in the Mountainlair. For more information, call 304293-2702.

EVERY WEDNESDAY

WVU FIRST BOOK ADVISORY BOARD meets at 7 p.m. in the Kanawha Room of the Mountainlair. Students and faculty are welcome to attend and get involved with First Book and the WVU Advisory Board. For more information, email wvu@firstbook.org.

CYCLING CLUB meets at 8 p.m. in the Bluestone Room of the Mountainlair. For more information, visit www.WVUcycling.com.

THE STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION meets at 7:30 p.m. at Hatfields in the Mountainlair. For more information, stop by the SGA or SOS offices in the Mountainlair.

WVU ULTIMATE CLUB/TEAM meets at 5 p.m. at the WVU Intramural Fields and is always looking for new participants. Experience playing ultimate frisbee isn’t necessary. For more information, email Zach at wvultimate@yahoo.com or visit www.sugit.org.

WVU-ACLU meets at 6 p.m. in the Monongalia Room of the Mountainlair.

TAI CHI is taught from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Other class times are available. For more information, call 304-319-0581.

CATHOLICS ON CAMPUS meets at 8 p.m. at 1481 University Ave. For more information, call 304-296-8231.

ESL CONVERSATION TABLE meets at 6 p.m. at the Blue Moose Cafe. All nationalities are welcome. The table is sponsored by Monongalia County Literacy Volunteers, a member of the United Way family. For more information on Literacy Volunteers, contact Jan at 304-296-3400 or mclv2@comcast.net.

WVU FENCING CLUB hosts advanced fencing practice from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the Stansbury Hall Gym. For more information, e-mail wvufencing@gmail.com or visit www.encingclub.studentorgs.wvu.edu.

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

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AIKIDO BEGINNERS CLASS is held at 6 p.m. at 160 Fayette St. Student rates are available. For more information, email. var3@cdc.gov.

STUDENTS FOR SENSIBLE DRUG POLICY meets at 7 p.m. in Room 105 of Woodburn Hall . For more information, email ssdp.wvu@gmail.com.

CHAMPION TRAINING ACADEMY offers free tumbling and stunting from 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. for those interested in competing on a Coed Open International Level 5 Cheerleading Team. For more information, call 304291-3547 or email CTA at ctainfo@ comcast.net.

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

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

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

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

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

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 5 years of age. This is an opportunity to earn volunteer hours for class requirements. For more information, contact Michelle Prudnick at 304-598-5180 or 304-598-5185.

FREE RAPID HIV TESTING is available on the first Monday of every month from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Caritas House office located at 391 Scott Ave. Test results are available in 20 minutes and are confidential. To make an appointment, call 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.

ROSENBAUM FAMILY HOUSE, which provides a place for adult patients and their families to stay while

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

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

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

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 in-service 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, a project of WELLWVU Student Wellness and Health Promotion, will be in the Mountainlair Kanawha Room from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m.

THE CONDOM CARAVAN, a project of WELLWVU Student Wellness and Health Promotion, will be in the Mountainlair from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m.

The Caravan sells condoms for 25 cents or five for $1.

MOUNTAINEER SPAY/NEUTER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM is an all-volunteer nonprofit that promotes spay/ neuter to reduce the number of homeless pets that are euthanized every year. M-SNAP needs new members to help its cause, as does ReTails, a thrift shop located in the Morgantown Mall. For more information, go to www.m-snap.org.

INTERVARSITY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP is an interdenominational student-led organization that meets weekly on campus. Everyone is welcome to attend events. For more information, email Daniel at ivcfwvu@ yahoo.com or visit the IVCF website at www.wvuiv.org.edu.

THE ASSOCIATION FOR WOMEN IN SCIENCE meets on the second Monday and fourth Tuesday of every month at noon at Hatfields in the Mountainlair.

All students and faculty are invited. For more information, email amy.keesee@ mail.wvu.edu.

THE CHEMISTRY LEARNING CENTER, located on the ground floor of the Chemistry Research Laboratories, is open Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Wednesday.

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, email morgantownnewcomers.com.

HOROSCOPES

BY JACQUELINE BIGAR BORN TODAY Be smart -- avoid arguments, yet clearly own your feelings.

You won’t hold in your emotions and cause yourself secondary issues and at the same time you will keep the air clear.

You often are too concerned about your finances, being such a practical sign. You also can learn to visualize and manifest more often. If you are single, romance won’t elude you, but on the other hand, be discriminating as to who you date and make a commitment to. You might want to play the field. If you are attached, the two of you need to walk away from fights and eye the greater good of the coupling.

A new addition is likely. CAPRICORN encourages you to imagine.

ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19) HHHH Take the lead, knowing some opportunities only happen once. A partner might not feel like bailing out, but he or she certainly has an issue, which for now is armored. You could be surprised by what goes down. Tonight: Avoid an argument.

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20) HHHHH Reach out for someone at a distance. You could be trying to make an impression when you don’t need to. Stop; clear; be yourself. An argument could be inevitable, but don’t hit below the belt. Tonight: Try to understand where someone is coming from.

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20) HHHH Investigate new possibilities with the help of a key associate. Together you’ll get past a block you might be experiencing. Be open to different types of self-expres-

sion. Not everyone says things the way you want them to. Tonight: Togetherness works.

CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22) HHHHH You cannot always let others dominate the scene, but right now, you might not have a choice. Slow down and evaluate what would be most effective. Don’t allow insecurity and/or a low level of negativity to dominate. Tonight: The only answer is “yes.”

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22) HHH Stay on top of your work and projects. Try not to cut someone off, and be as brief as you can. You might be best off screening your calls. Surely you feel overwhelmed at the possibility of everything you feel is about to happen. Tonight: Listen carefully.

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22) HHHH Allow for greater give-and-take right now.

You might be surprised by what is going on within a friendship, but given your energy and ingenuity, you are right on top of any unexpected developments.

Someone around you could be quite distraught. Tonight: Enjoy every single moment.

LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22) HHHH You are anchored and centered. You need to understand why you are having such a strong reaction with a key person. Try to demonstrate more warmth. You could feel stressed by your family and career demands. Tonight: Happy at home.

SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21) HHHHH You read a situation well, but be careful about absorbing another person’s anger. Clear the air. If you are resisting,

look within -- maybe you are more comfortable with the distance. Feel empowered through mastery of your feelings.

Tonight: Hanging out.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21) HHH You might have difficulty unleashing someone who feels a lot like an albatross.

You might try diplomacy, but arguments could start brewing. Choose your words with care. A friend could be difficult in either case. Tonight: Treat yourself well.

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19) HHHH Your energy, poise and knowledge could be quite challenging to many. You certainly will see the results of these qualities. You cannot turn a situation around, for now. Let the other person have his or her space. Say little. Tonight: A force to be dealt with.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18) HHH Know when to back off. News from another person isn’t forthcoming. You are not getting the full story. Don’t make a judgment just yet; stay open. A pleasant attitude will go far without revealing too much! Tonight: Some personal time.

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20) HHHH Don’t hesitate to zero in on a long-term goal. Meetings hold promise. You’ll discover just how much others support you in a venture. Your sensitivity comes out when dealing with a child or loved one.

Your goals might differ from someone else’s. Tonight: Midweek break.

BORN TODAY American folk artist Grandma Moses (1860), actor Corbin Bernsen (1954), singer Gloria Gaynor (1949)

COMICS

Pearls Before Swine

by Stephan Pastis

F Minus

by Tony Carrillo

Get Fuzzy

by Darby Conley

Cow and Boy

by Mark Leiknes

PUZZLES DIFFICULTY LEVEL MEDIUM

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

TUESDAY’S PUZZLE SOLVED

ACROSS 1 Outlook 6 Previewed, as a joint 11 Attempt 14 Part of a squirrel’s stash 15 Abundant 16 Little hopper 17 Bills and catalogues?

19 “The Simpsons” character who graduated first in his class of seven million at the Calcutta Institute of Technology 20 Advanced deg.

21 Quick look 23 Remnant in a tray 26 Bygone 28 Tentative assent 29 Monk’s unusual appendage?

33 Canaanite deity 34 Source of light meat 35 Nev. neighbor 38 Ohio hometown of LeBron James 40 It ended Nov. 11, 1918 41 The blahs 43 Vietnamese holiday 44 Sci-fi invaders 47 Iowa State home 48 Where a kid’s shovel may be found?

51 Take in 53 Yanks’ rival 54 Binghamton-to-Utica dir.

55 Show-off’s shout 58 Lyon king 60 “Disgusting!”

61 Traditional December spin around the harbor?

66 Top pitcher 67 Bert’s pal 68 Michelob __: light beer brand 69 Anderson Cooper, to Gloria Vanderbilt 70 “__ Hope”: ‘70s-’80s soap 71 Dinner course DOWN 1 Large container 2 Dangerous, as a winter road 3 Bribe 4 You might do it over your own feet 5 News show VIP 6 Oriole great Ripken 7 BBs, for example 8 Cross 9 Brings out

10 Convention representative 11 1961 Ricky Nelson chart-topper 12 Boxing ring borders 13 Letter sign-off 18 Go off-script 22 French affirmative 23 Plate appearance 24 Tremble 25 Like one just jilted 27 “On the Origin of Species” author 30 Rapper __ Rida 31 Walked down the 37-Down again 32 2010 Super Bowl champs 36 Scheduled to arrive 37 Bridal path 39 Pessimist 42 Brief sleep 45 Fundraising game 46 Newly wool-less 49 Rodent-induced cry 50 Genesis follower 51 Rap sheet name, maybe

52 Golfer Mediate 56 “Every __ Tiger”: Clancy book about Operation Desert Storm 57 “__ go bragh!”

59 One of las Canarias 62 Some MIT grads 63 World’s busiest airport: Abbr.

64 Nest egg letters 65 Youngster

TUESDAY’S PUZZLE SOLVED

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Vince Gill croons to sold-out crowd “ ” by ashley hite

a&e correspondent

Country singer Vince Gill performed for a full house at the Creative Arts Center sponsored by West Virginia University Arts and Entertainment Wednesday night.

The singer/songwriter has won multiple awards, including 20 Grammy Awards and 18 Country Music Association Awards, and released almost 40 albums.

Gill started the show with “Turn Me Loose,” the opening track from his debut album released in 1984. This song was the first of many to rank in the U.S. Country Billboard Charts.

Gill said onstage that he had asked a friend, “Have you heard my last record?” And received the reply, “I hope so.” Despite jests from his friends, Gill plans on releasing his next album, “Guitar Slinger” on October 24.

Gill’s performances are essentially two in one.

The main reason crowds are attracted to the performances is the award-winning music Gill has written over the years. Being a natural born entertainer, the comedic side of Gill seems to emerge without effort, giving the crowd a second source of entertainment during the concert.

Throughout the performance Gill entertained the crowd with both music and small anecdotes in regards to his personal experiences, including the implications of receiving a Brazilian wax.

Introducing himself as the opening act, Mr. Amy Grant, Gill charmed the crowd with his tale of his beginning days as a musician, when he was just playing for 20 minutes as an opening act, or “forty minutes, once he had a few hits under his belt.”

After Gill emerged into the

“ It’s Vince Gill! He’s a country music legend!”

James Mantheiy

Electrical engineering student

world of music, his career took off. Winning close to 40 awards and releasing almost 40 albums, Gill was a main name in the country music world in no time.

For some of the audience members, the performance was something they were anticipating specifically.

For other audience members, they just happened to luck into seeing the performance on that specific night like Mountain Stage veterans Gary and Denise Ulrich.

“We have partial season tickets,” Gary said. “We al-

ways come to see the Mountain Stage. We’ve probably seen about 20 to 25 shows.”

Throughout the performance, the audience was very involved in the music, expressing their enjoyment through endless applause, laughter at Gill’s comedy and a standing ovation at the end of the performance.

Electrical engineering student James Mantheiy was excited for the opportunity to see such a country music idol.

“It’s Vince Gill! He’s a country music legend!” Mantheiy said.

Vince Gill has made a name for himself throughout the country music world.

His performance at the Creative Arts Center Wednesday night gave the Morgantown audience a chance to hear his music and enjoy his comedic anecdotes during the performance.

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Vince Gill performs Wednesday evening at the WVU Creative Arts Center.

Blink-182’s single ushers in new album ‘Neighborhoods’ by jake potts a&e editor

Blink-182 is releasing a new album after years apart. The newest album, “Neighborhoods” is set to release Sept. 27.

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After 19 years of writing, recording and publishing their punk tunes, Blink-182 has released a new single to usher in their newest album, “Neighborhoods.”

For almost two decades, the members of Blink-182 have been playing their hearts out, capturing the adoration of millions of fans the world over.

After releasing five albums,

with a sixth one on the way, it’s no wonder the group has become one of the most recognized names in the world of punk music.

Since 1993, the band has sold over 27 million albums and has been nominated for eight different awards, winning five of them.

The band has become the most successful group in the history of Teen Choice Awards, claiming the awards for Choice Rock Group, Best Rock Group and Best Love Song, taking them above any other band in number of awards won.

In 1999, the band achieved their greatest height in success, having an album place number nine in the Billboard 200 because of the strength of the two singles, “What’s My Age Again?” and “All the Small Things.”

“All the Small Things” reached number six on the Billboard Hot 100 for singles that same year.

The success of the group has come from their ability to create tracks composed of serious lyrics and meaningful messages while still being able to write songs that make it hard not to laugh at what they are saying.

Over the years, the band has had very few band changes.

One change would include the changing of drummers in 1998 when Travis Barker replaced Scott Raynor during the middle of one of the band’s tours.

However, in 2009, the band split up completely when vocalist/guitarist Tom DeLonge left the band to form Angels and Airwaves.

Barker and bass player Mark Hoppus formed +44 until Barker pursued his career as a solo artist. He was featured in many popular songs, including several of rap artist Lil Wayne’s songs.

In 2009, the band reunited and began touring and working on the new album.

The simple riffs incorporated into their albums make their music fun to dance to while still grasping the punk feel their fans have grown to love so much.

In their newest single, “Up All Night,” the music takes a different route in the beginning.

With more intricate guitar playing and a heavier feel to it, the band strays far enough away from the style they’ve known as home for so long to cause the listener to wonder if Blink has changed their ways.

After a few seconds of the new inventive sound, the punk commonly tied in with the band comes back in and feels like the band has picked up right where they left off.

The released single is a good tool to bring us back into the world of Blink-182 just in time to enjoy their newest creation, “Neighborhoods” which is set to release Sept. 27, 2011. jakob.potts@mail.wvu.edu

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ben gaughan associate sports editor

WVU needs to correct mistakes

West Virginia moved up five spots to No. 19 in the AP Poll after its 34-13 win against Marshall.

But at this point in the season the rankings don’t really mean much, especially when you’re team didn’t even get to play a full game of football.

WVU still has a lot of work to do to get to the level they need to be at to defeat some of the teams remaining on their schedule. And what team doesn’t after just one game?

Still, LSU, who the Mountaineers play on Sept. 24 in Morgantown, defeated No. 3 Oregon 40-27 in its first game of the season. Granted, Oregon’s star running back LaMichael James injured his ankle, but LSU head coach Les Miles’ defense was fast, strong and smart, as they always seem to be. They got the win in front of over 87,000 fans at Cowboy Stadium.

LSU was stuck with the schedule they had, playing a team that made it to the national championship game in 2010, and came out and dominated the game.

WVU couldn’t control the draw of playing Marshall, and it is a formidable opponent, but not close to the same level as Oregon. It shows where the two teams are at this early point in the season, and clearly the Mountaineers need the three weeks until this showdown to get better at head coach Dana Holgorsen’s new offensive system.

I said in my column last week that the offense will greatly depend on how well the offensive line plays. Yes, Geno Smith was only sacked once against the Herd, but it wasn’t just about sacks. The O-line couldn’t give any room for its young running backs to get through a hole.

WVU’s leading rusher was Andrew Buie, who ran 15 times for just 30 yards and got injured in the second quarter.

Yes, all of the Mountaineer running backs that got the ball

see gaughan on PAGE 10

NO LOOKING AHEAD

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West Virginia head coach Dana Holgorsen walks the sidelines before the Mountaineers opening game against Marshall last Sunday.

by michael carvelli sports editor

Upsets happen just about every year.

Whether it was Appalachian State beating Michigan in 2007 or Virginia Tech falling to James Madison last season, FCS teams can often give the bigger, more powerful FBS teams a run for their money when they meet in the first few weeks of the season.

That is something the No. 19 West Virginia football team will be trying to make sure doesn’t happen against Norfolk State this weekend.

“We treat every opponent the same,” said WVU head coach Dana Holgorsen. “We make a big deal of saying, ‘This is who our opponent is. This is what they do. This is how we’ll prepare for the game, this is the routine of the game week, let’s worry about ourselves and go out and execute

it.’”

But Holgorsen has made it a point this week to mention a few of those upsets to his team to make sure the Mountaineers don’t let the same thing happen to them on Saturday afternoon.

His message to his players was simple.

“You never go into a game thinking you’re just going to win,” said senior inside receiver Tyler Urban.

And much like a lot of other Division I-AA schools, Norfolk State has a lot of players who have the talent to play at the Division I-A level, including quarterback Chris Walley, who threw for more than 1,800 yards in 2010 and started this season off with an 255 yard, two touchdown performance in its season opener and completed 25 of the 29 passes he attempted.

“The I-AA schools have a lot of talent,” said West Virginia

women’s soccer

sophomore linebacker Doug Rigg. “A lot of kids from my high school that were real good went to I-AA schools because they weren’t big enough or they didn’t have enough speed, but they were actually really talented and people overlooked them.

“They just want to find somewhere to play, and they’re hungry.”

It’s that hunger Rigg said really impresses him about teams like Norfolk State. It’s something to be admired.

“I have a lot of respect for them,” Rigg said. “You can see now how many people are in the NFL from I-AA school and they’re not bad players at all. They just didn’t have the right opportunity.”

Getting excited to take on an FCS team like Norfolk State can be difficult for a team to do.

But this Mountaineer team has put it in their mind that

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Senior inside receiver Tyler Urban runs in a drill during practice. even though the Spartans might be a less talented than them, they still can’t afford to look ahead to the next game.

“It’s something that you just know in your mind, that these guys shouldn’t match up with us but at the same time, I’ve seen it before. Up-

sets happen,” said sophomore wide receiver Stedman Bailey. “I don’t want to be a part of that. We’ve got some good things going on here, and I just want to continue to win.”

Regardless of the talent

see football on PAGE 10

big east weekly preview

WVU defense successful after Roller coaster weekend for first six games of 2011 season South Florida players, coaches by robert kreis

BY CODY SCHULER

sports writer

The West Virginia women’s soccer team recorded shutouts in all three of their victories this season.

With a 3-3 record to date, the Mountaineers expect to continue denying teams of goals.

Big East Conference play is rapidly approaching and the Mountaineers hope their defensive backline continues to play strong, while the rest of the team continues to rack up wins on their way to a second straight conference championship. “(West Virginia head coach Nikki Izzo-Brown) wants 14 shutouts this year,” said senior defender Drea Barklage.

“Coach always says defense wins championships.”

Last year’s team won the Big East championship by posting 14 shutouts, a new school record.

Of course, it is not just the backline that gets all the credit for West Virginia’s opponents posting zeroes in the scoring column.

Redshirt freshman goalkeeper Sara Keane has served admirably in her first year as the anchor of the Mountaineer defense. After being medically redshirted her freshman year, and redshirted again last season, Keane has stepped up to be the vocal leader of West Virginia’s backline in between the pipes.

“If we are going to win, we want a shutout, and Keane makes that happen,” Barklage said. “She is constantly back there screaming at us making sure we know what to do. She makes sure we are completely

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Senior defender Drea Barklage dribbles the ball upfield during a game against Ohio State last week. focused.”

The backline’s play can also be attributed to Izzo-Brown’s coaching.

“She has us very disciplined,” Barklage said. “She taught me almost everything I know defensively.”

Barklage is not the only West Virginia defender who learned how to play the position from Izzo-Brown.

Barklage, senior Meghan Lewis, redshirt senior Erica Henderson and junior Bry McCarthy make up the Mountaineers backline, and all once played somewhere other than defense before coming to West Virginia.

“She takes pride in her backline.” Barklage said. “I will contribute most of my success as a defender (to) her.”

As Big East play rapidly continues, Barklage knows her team has to perform more consis-

tently, and hopes their days of sub .500 play are behind them.

“We started off rough,” Barklage said. “We understand that coming up on Big East play none of this can happen again.

We have three significant losses.

We have to finish every game, and finish it with a shut out,” she said.

Izzo-Brown knows what she wants from her defense, and they know what is expected of them; shutouts.

“Goals are very hard to come by,” she said, “for us to eliminate that pressure of having to score is huge, and I stress that.”

As West Virginia’s offense continues to come from different directions, having eight goals come from eight different players, the Mountaineers continue to look at the backline as the backbone of their defense. robert.kreis@mail.wvu.edu

For head coach Skip Holtz and the South Florida Bulls, this weekend was one of the likes the program has never experienced it its history.

“It was a weekend of high and lows,” Holtz said.

“When you look at it, to experience a win on the road against Notre Dame for what a young program we are, and to come home and receive the news of Lee Roy Selmon and what we went through yesterday, it was a real, bittersweet weekend.”

Selmon, an NFL hall of fame defensive lineman, was the former athletic director at USF and performed over a decade of service to the school, including the launching of the football program in 1997.

“Lee Roy Selmon was such an inspiration to so many people in this program, and such a classy, incredible man,” Holtz said. ap “He has his fingerprints USF head coach Skip Holtz and his team defeated Notre Dame 23-20 in their first game all over this athletic de- of the season. partment and this football program.” pride in the way his team han- Daniels, who completed 18 of “He was the one that was dled the intense atmosphere 30 passes for 128 yards and a making the phone calls and and weather delays that cause touchdown against the Fightgetting into people’s offices play to stop twice. ing Irish. and getting people to rally be“Having the opportunity “I’m very happy with his hind building a football pro- to go to a program like Notre maturity and the way he’s degram here at South Florida,” Dame and come out of there veloped,” Holtz said of Danhe said. with a win, I was really proud iels. “I keep saying what a dif“When you look back at the of our players for the way they ference a year makes; I think game on Saturday, it was just went in there, the way they his field presence, his poise, the opposite,” he said. “It was competed, the way they hung his management of the game an extreme high on Saturday in there with the adversity we – I thought overall was a night and day difference from a went through.” as it was a low on Sunday.”

Holtz, who’s family is so inHoltz heaped a healthy year ago” trinsically tied to the program amount of praise on his startat Notre Dame, took great ing quarterback, junior B.J. see conference on PAGE 10

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NBA owners to meet today

WVU football

GameDay Predictions Do you think you really know the West Virginia football team?

Well, now you have a game to play to truly tout your knowledge.

Each week, The Daily Athenaeum sports staff will select 15 categories for the week’s upcoming game.

You will answer those questions and return them to us. You’ll also be up against DA Sports Editors’ Michael Carvelli and Ben Gaughan. Test your luck today!

Send your completed responses to DAsports@mail.wvu.edu by Saturday at 5 p.m. to enter.

Here are this week’s questions: 1. Team to receive opening kick 2. Longest kick return 3. Number of first half passing touchdowns for Geno Smith 4. How first points of game are scored 5. Number of receptions for Ivan McCartney 6. Number of combined turnovers for West Virginia and Norfolk State 7. Sacks allowed by Norfolk State offensive line 8. Halftime score 9. Passing yards by Chris Walley 10. WVU leading tackler 11. Time of game when Paul Millard takes first snap 12. Rushing yards allowed by WVU 13. WVU leading rusher 14. Time of game when last touchdown is scored 15. Final score

Thursday September 8, 2011

Michael Carvelli

Ben Gaughan

Sports Editor

Associate Sports Editor

Norfolk State 38 3

WVU 65 2

WVU TD pass 3 5

WVU TD pass 4 3

5

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31-7, WVU 162 Terence Garvin 9:37 left in 4th

27-3, WVU 200 Najee Goode 10:00 left in 4th

72 Vernard Roberts 4:34 left in 4th

75 Vernard Roberts 4:35 left in 4th

56-13, WVU

52-10, WVU

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NEW YORK (AP) — NBA owners and players met for about 5½ hours Wednesday, plan to resume negotiations Thursday, and could even sit down again Friday.

While neither side would say if progress is being made, the frequency of the discussions seems a good sign. They met only twice in the first two months of the lockout that began July 1.

But they went for about six hours last Wednesday, and decided they would go multiple days this week. Both sides said they could even carry over the discussions into a third consecutive day if things go well during Thursday’s session.

“We agreed that we’re going to sit here for as many days as we can to see whether we can make progress, but we agreed not to characterize anything at all,” Commissioner David Stern said.

Both sides were cautious not to portray any optimism though one player briefly did on Twitter, before saying his account had been hacked or any other feelings about what was happening in the room at a midtown hotel.

They said last week they wanted details of the discussions to remain private and seem intent on keeping that vow.

“It’s tough to characterize it in one fashion or another. Obviously, the more we have the opportunities to meet, talk and discuss and really try to figure out how we can put a deal together, the better, so you can characterize that as positive in a sense,” union president Derek Fisher of the Lakers said.

“But to characterize what comes out of the meetings and whether we’re making progress or we have momentum, we can’t say and it’s tough to say.”

“Until the deal is done, there is no deal.”

Stern was joined on the owners’ side by Deputy Commissioner Adam Silver, San Antonio Spurs owner Peter Holt, who heads the labor relations committee, and NBA senior vice president and deputy general counsel Dan Rube.

The union negotiators were Fisher, executive vice president Billy Hunter, attorneys Jeffrey Kessler and Ron Klempner, and economist Kevin Murphy.

Shortly after the meeting,

ap

NBA commissioner David Stern will meet with the owners today to discuss the process of getting the NBA back on track.

Knicks guard Roger Mason Jr., a member of the players’ executive committee, wrote “Looking like a season. How u” on his Twitter page. He later deleted that post and wrote a subsequent one that his account had been hacked.

Hunter, who long held a pessimistic view of the negotiations, said he thought clearly “there’s more than enough time” for a deal to be reached that would allow this season’s schedule to remain intact.

Training camps would likely open Oct. 3, the first preseason games are Oct. 9, and the regular season opener is Nov. 1.

Those long seemed in jeopardy as the sides remained far apart on most financial issues when the old collective bargaining agreement expired at the end of the day June 30.

They then didn’t meet again until Aug. 1, then not again until last Wednesday.

But both sides recognize that progress must be made soon, or the threat of losing games to a work stoppage for only the second time in league history will increase.

“There’s a window here. We

have an opportunity to make some progress, to try to hammer some things out,” Fisher said.

“Time is running down, not necessarily out, but I think we all feel in the room that if we continue to work at it we can possibly find a way to get a deal done.”

Each side has filed a charge against the other with the National Labor Relations Board for unfair bargaining practices, and the league also filed a federal lawsuit against the players seeking to block them from using decertification of the union as a tactic.

Fisher and the union negotiators were getting an update from outside counsel on where things stand with the legal matters after the meeting.

But perhaps the more frequent talks can allow the players and owners to take care of things themselves without court interference.

“We know we have a real problem to solve and there’s nothing personal about these negotiations, it’s going to be about problem solving,” Stern said.

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Plane crash in Russia kills 43, including several former NHL players (AP)—For the NHL, an already dark summer just became unimaginably worse.

From Anaheim to Montreal, the world’s best hockey players struggled Wednesday to comprehend a shocking loss to their sport after a chartered Russian plane carrying the Kontinental Hockey League’s Lokomotiv Yaroslavl team crashed, killing several NHL veterans in one of the worst air disasters in sports history.

Many players heard about the accident on their way back to work from summer breaks. Most NHL training camps open next weekend, and every club radiates optimism for the season ahead.

But hockey is hurting after an offseason of tragedies and disappointments, including the deaths

of three players in a four-month span before the catastrophic crash.

“The hockey world mourns yet again. Please God, we can’t take much more,” tweeted New York forward Brandon Prust, the former roommate of late Rangers enforcer Derek Boogaard.

Even a glorious, seven-game Stanley Cup series ended ugly with riots in Vancouver when the Canucks lost to the Boston Bruins. Looting, vandalism and sporadic violence left 140 people injured and resulted in 100 arrests and millions in property damage.

“This has been a terrible summer for the sport all around,” said Predators center David Legwand, who played four seasons in Nashville with Karlis Skrastins, a respected NHL veteran killed in the

crash. “(Hockey) is a pretty tightknit family, whether you play in Russia, Switzerland, Finland, Sweden ... it is a tough thing for everybody.”

No NHL team was left unscarred by the obliteration of a top club in the KHL, which emerged as Europe’s most lucrative league over the past three years, with teams in former Soviet republics competing with the NHL for players mostly from eastern Europe.

In the intertwined world of elite hockey, it’s impossible to find two teams without players who share a common playing history, nationality or friendship. Lokomotiv’s roster included three-time All-Star Pavol Demitra, a Slovakian who played for five NHL clubs; veteran Belarusian defenseman Ruslan Salei, who

met his wife in Anaheim and raised his family in Orange County; and Czech forward Josef Vasicek, who won the Stanley Cup with Carolina in 2006.

“I am still in disbelief about today’s tragic news,” said former Avalanche captain Joe Sakic, who played with Skrastins and Salei in Colorado. “Both Karlis and Ruslan were unbelievable individuals and great teammates. They will be sorely missed.”

Hockey had been reeling since May 13, when Boogaard died in his apartment in Minneapolis.

The personable forward was one of the NHL’s top enforcers, bringing charisma to the traditional hockey role of brawler who sticks up for his teammates in crowd-pleasing fights. Boogaard died from an ac-

cidental mix of alcohol and the painkiller oxycodone, officials said.

Meantime, Boston University scientists are studying his brain to determine whether he had a degenerative condition resulting from hits to the head.

Three months later the body of Rick Rypien of the Winnipeg Jets was discovered at his home in Alberta after a police official said a call was answered for a “sudden and non-suspicious” death. Although Rypien had suffered from depression for a decade, his brawling style of play raised additional questions about the mental health of enforcers.

Recently retired player Wade Belak hanged himself in Toronto on Aug. 31, a person familiar with the case told the AP.

The Lokomotiv disaster will linger over the upcoming NHL season, particularly for teams with direct connections to the club. The Detroit Red Wings were hit particularly hard: Lokomotiv coach Brad McCrimmon was Red Wings captain Nicklas Lidstrom’s defensive partner and an assistant to Detroit coach Mike Babcock until May, while Salei played 75 games for Detroit last season.

“It’s just so sad that their lives have suddenly changed forever, and now they’ve got no dad or husband,” Babcock said after driving to the McCrimmon family’s home earlier Wednesday. “It just goes to show that you can’t miss out on doing stuff with your family, because change can come in an instant.”

‘Old Style’ beer staying in Wrigley Texas A&M held up by legalities CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago’s iconic workingman’s brew will continue to have a place at Wrigley Field under a deal announced Wednesday by the Chicago Cubs and Pabst Brewing Co., the maker of Old Style beer.

Old Style has been available to Cubs fans since 1950, and under the new deal, it will be peddled at Wrigley Field through 2013.

This workingman’s brew is as much part of the lore at the home of the Chicago Cubs as bricks, ivy and the billy goat curse blamed for the team’s long championship drought so news that Pabst might pull the beer from the ballpark after six decades didn’t sit well with loyalists.

“I’m excited as a fan of both organizations that the Old Style tradition at Wrigley Field will continue,” said Cubs owner and board member Todd Ricketts.

Cubs spokesman Kevin Saghy says the intent of both sides is to keep the partnership going as long as possible. Saghy refused to disclose the value of the new contract.

In a city of refining tastes that is embracing craft beers and microbreweries, Old Style is a throwback to the six-pack. It’s an anachronism to the frequent criticism from crosstown White Sox fans that Wrigley is filled with yuppies less interested in the game than taking photos of one another.

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Playing games, no matter the opponent, will help the Mountaineers as they continue improving to get to where they will want to be when they enter into the bulk

Wrigley Field has been selling beer from Pabst Brewing Co. for 61 years. of drinking anything but Old Style during a Cubs game.

Pabst threatened earlier this year to pull the beer from the ballpark after the contract ended at the close of the 2011 season. According to a published report, billionaire C. Dean Metropoulos fired off a memo to senior staffers shortly after he bought Pabst last year that he wanted to “exit the Cubs deal” in favor of spending more to market Old Style Light.

On Wednesday, Metropoulos said it was important for Pabst to remain and Wrigley Field tradition.

“For more than six decades Cubs fans have been drinking Old Style beer at Wrigley Field and it has always been part of the game day experience at this legendary ballpark,” Metropoulos said in a statement. “It was important for us at Pabst Brewing Company to continue this long-standing tradition.”

of their Big East Conference schedule.

“It really isn’t about (the opponent). Sometimes it’s all about you,” said WVU safeties coach Steve Dunlap. “If you don’t continue to get better from week to week, then there’s a lot more challenges ahead for your team.

“As you put all the parts together and you put all the pieces in the right places, you’ve got to continue to matt sunday/the daily athenaeum improve.”

Sophomore wide receiver Stedman Bailey said the Mountaineers can’t look past james.carvelli@mail.wvu.edu Norfolk State.

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Southeastern Conference cleared the way for Texas A&M to join its ranks with a wrinkle.

Baylor is considering suing if the Aggies leave the Big 12.

If and when the legal issues are resolved, the SEC will make the Aggies the league’s 13th team to complete a courtship Texas A&M initiated in July.

The potential union announced Wednesday could lead to a massive realignment of the college football landscape, a significant push toward 16-team super conferences.

The SEC was set to become the first BCS conference with more than 12 members. League officials said they received “unanimous written assurance” from the Big 12 on Sept. 2 that the SEC was free to accept Texas A&M. The 12 presidents and chancellors all voted in favor of the addition late Tuesday.

Then the deal hit a snag.

“We were notified (Tuesday) afternoon that at least one Big 12 institution had withdrawn its previous consent and was considering legal action,” said Florida President Bernie Machen, chairman of the SEC leaders. “The SEC has stated that to consider an institution for membership, there must be no contractual hindrances to its departure.”

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Cincinnati Butch Jones and his Cincinnati team handled its season opener in impressive fashion, dismantling Austin Peay 72-0.

This week, the Bearcats will travel to Neyland Stadium to take on Tennessee in a game that will be much different from the team’s season debut at home.

“The level of competition, the speed of the game, the skill set grows immensely this week and its going to be a great challenge for us,” Jones said.

“Approximately 25 individuals will be traveling for the first time, so the thing that we can control is the way we prepare and our mental condition.”

To combat the intense atmosphere at Neyland Stadium, the Bearcats have been employing creative techniques in practice in an attempt to simulate what it will be like on the field on Saturday.

“We’ve been preparing for a long time and we like to use the term ‘controlled chaos’ and that’s how we practice,” he said. “We practice with crowd noise and a lot of that, so well rely on our veteran players that have played in some very large venues and big games before.”

Rutgers The Scarlet Knights play one of the marquee out-of-conference games on its schedule this week as the team travels to North Carolina. Rutgers

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Not acceptable.

Head coach Dana Holgorsen was critical of the team’s blocking schemes and inability to allow for an effective run game. Also, Smith was able to get away from pass rushers with his feet on several plays, otherwise the offense might have looked worse.

“It was spotty at best,” Holgorsen said of WVU’s blocking. “We’ve got two different types of running backs— smaller guys that carry the ball and the bigger guys that block for them. All of them need to pass-protect. All

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Big 12 Commissioner Dan Beebe said he “regrets” the confusion.

Beebe sent SEC Commissioner Mike Slive an email Tuesday night obtained by AP saying that Baylor had indicated “that its governing board has not waived the university’s rights” to take legal action against the move. He said the SEC must get waivers from each institution. Beebe had indicated in a Sept. 2 letter that the Big 12 and its members would “waive any and all legal actions” if Texas A&M left as

long as it happened by Thursday.

SEC spokesman Charles Bloom declined further comment on Wednesday.

Texas A&M President R. Bowen Loftin said in a statement the Aggies “are disappointed in the threats made by one of the Big 12 member institutions to coerce Texas A&M into staying in Big 12.

All the legal infighting “has derailed SEC expansion for the moment,” said LSU Chancellor Mike Martin.

won its season debut 48-0 over North Carolina Central.

“Now we turn our attention to North Carolina, a big step up in competition, and I think one of the more talented football teams in America,” said head coach Greg Schiano.

“Going on the road and playing in Keenand Stadium is going to be quite a challenge.”

Drawing from the season opener, Schiano saw some positives but he is keeping his eyes focused on the aspects of the game in which his team needs to improve if it wishes to leave Chapel Hill with a victory.

“I thought we were ok, I think we have a lot of room for improvement,” he said. “I was glad we had no sacks and were able to get rid of the football.

We had some break downs in protection that forced the quarterback to move around, but we were able to get out of it with no sacks.”

At the running back position, Rutgers continues to develop four options, but Schiano has reiterated that the answer to who the primary backs will be is something that will develop during the game.

“We’re not locked in yet,” Schiano said of the position.

“I think as we continue to prepare, we’ll kind of narrow it down as the week goes on. I think a lot of it will be each guy will have a role and I think some guys roles will be bigger than others.”

end, looking to go 2-0 for the season. Although Louisville beat Murray State 21-9 last week, Strong was not pleased with the performance of his team overall.

“It’s great to get a win, we didn’t play well the second half – the first half we scored three out of our first four drives, and the second half we just couldn’t move the ball it all,” he said. “It was one of those games where even though it was your first game, you still have to finish and you have to play well offensively.”

Strong was pleased with the performance of his starting quarterback, senior Will Stein. Stein, who has been scrutinized in the past by the Cardinals fan base, performed quite well in the eyes of his head coach.

“Will Stein played very well for us,” Strong said. “it’s just a matter of him managing the offense, which he was able to do.

“He’s a player that’s not afraid to take chances, and he can scramble – his feet help him get out of trouble a lot.”

The quarterback did leave the game later in the second half due to a rolled ankle, but Strong insists the injury is irrelevant and will no hinder the ability of Stein to perform on Saturday. “(Stein) sprained an ankle, but he should be ok,” Strong said. “We’re not worried about his injury because there is no injury, so we’re just looking forward to where (he) gets Louisville Charlie Strong’s Louisville ready for this next game.” team will take on Florida International at home this weekcharles.schuler@mail.wvu.edu of them need to run-block.”

Now, Holgorsen was talking about this from a running back standpoint, which I’d say is a little more difficult with three freshmen running backs, who all way much less than 200 pounds. However, that’s what WVU has to deal with when guys like redshirt junior running backs Ryan Clarke or Matt Lindamood are not in the game.

Lindamood did get injured, left the Marshall game early and did not return. The Mountaineers continued to struggle with blocking, which shows how vital he is in the blocking schemes for the Mountaineers.

What separates a great team from a good team is that it can make adjustments and fix its

mistakes to the point where they never, or rarely happen again.

Mountaineer nation will see if its team in old gold and blue can take care of the problems it has over the next three weeks. After that, the toughest test will be facing 2nd-ranked LSU, who will most likely be undefeated and could be No. 1 in the nation coming into the game, if an upset occurs.

The good thing is, it’s only week one of the season. There is time for improvement. The coaches and players need to take full advantage of that time to fix some of the mistakes that showed against Marshall. ben.gaughan@mail.wvu.edu

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