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Event benefits former student’s recovery by lacey palmer staff writer

Monday marked the twoyear anniversary of the brutal attack against former West Virginia University student Ryan Diviney.

Diviney, a student from Ashburn, Va., was attacked outside the Willey Street Dairy Mart Nov. 7, 2009, and remains in a coma-like state.

Following the attack, his family established a website

called Ryan’s Rally as a place for friends and loved ones to show support and make donations to support his future medical needs.

A benefit social at de Lazy Lizard on Thursday at 8 p.m., sponsored by Ryan’s Rally, the Golden Finch restaurant, Media Foundations and Sigma Alpha Mu Epsilon, will work to raise money for Ryan’s Trust Fund.

“It is our mission to organize a grass-roots type of fun-

draiser in order to give back to a member of the Mountaineer and Morgantown community,” said Dave Small, WVU Student Government Association Director of Safety, who is also supporting the event.

Small has been an active member of Ryan’s Rally since the accident, and he said he hopes the event helps spread awareness of Diviney’s story.

“The goal of the fundraising events is not only to raise awareness of this act of vio-

lence, but also to assist in the fundraising for the Diviney family,” Small said.

“It’s important to create awareness because in the past couple years, it seems as if the bar fights, and the crime in Morgantown has risen due to the consumption of alcohol.”

Small said by continuing to keep the community informed about Diviney’s story, Morgantown has the potential to become a safer environment for students and residents.

ALWAYS A MOUNTAINEER by carlee lammers staff writer

Photo by Matt SUnday

For Mountaineer Mascot Brock Burwell, West Virginia University has always been the only option.

Burwell, a graduate athletic coaching education student, served as the Little Mountaineer to former mascot Rock Wilson, his uncle, and has grown up with a strong connection to the University ever since.

“I knew about WVU and have been close with WVU from a young age. It’s the only school I applied to,” Burwell said.

Now, Burwell is following in the footsteps of his uncle as he serves his second year as the Mountaineer.

“I grew up loving WVU athletics and watching WVU sports, so having the opportunity to be close with that was a dream come true,” he said. “It’s all about being close with the team and university that you love.”

Burwell auditioned to be the Mountaineer two times prior to receiving the position, and it was the inspiration from his uncle that drove him to continue pursuing his goal.

“He’s really been an inspiration to me in many ways and in different aspects of my life. I wouldn’t be the same person I am today if it wasn’t for him,” he said. “He inspired me to continue pushing for it when I didn’t get it the first time, and even the second time.”

As the Mountaineer, Burwell represents the University and state of West Virginia through his appearances at various athletic events.

Burwell said the time he spent as the Little Mountaineer taught him about the unique passion WVU fans have.

“Everyone in the state rallies for this University. WVU fans have a lot of passion, and I just wanted to be a part of that,” Burwell said.

During his first year as the Mountaineer, Burwell made nearly 300 appearances, with the majority of them being at events outside of the University.

“I’ve literally been to every corner of the state, from May to Chester – literally everywhere,” he said.

Burwell said while he loves being on the football field and basketball court, the best part of being the mascot is off the field, when he gets to serve as an inspiration to young

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WVU awarded grant for golden eagle research by ben scott correspondent

The golden eagle, a predatory bird found in the Northern Hemisphere, is the focus of a $321,000 grant awarded to researchers at West Virginia University.

The grant is funded by the Bureau of Land Management, a program affiliated with the U.S. Department of the Interior that manages more than 264 million acres of land in the U.S. Golden eagles breed during the summer in Canada. During the winter season, golden eagles migrate to the southern Appalachia region.

“West Virginia is probably the most important part of the

eastern range for these birds,” said Todd Katzner, assistant professor of Wildlife and Fisheries Resources at WVU and golden eagle researcher. “It’s wild and wonderful. There’s a lot of space in West Virginia that has the type of habitat these eagles like.”

The focus of research is to determine where the golden eagles are nesting, as well as how large their population is, Katzner said. Among other methods, researchers set up trail cameras and use bait to capture images of the golden eagles, as well as hawk count data, which helps in estimating the golden eagle population.

While the actual size of the golden eagle population is un-

certain, researchers estimate their population to be roughly 2,000 birds in the eastern range.

The relatively small population in W.Va., as well as the wide range of rural areas, makes the state an ideal spot for golden eagles to nest, Katzner said. Golden eagles mainly eat small to mid-sized animals and have also been known to scavenge.

“Golden eagles are symbols of wilderness and wildness,” Katzner said. “I think it speaks highly of West Virginia that we have so many of them in the winter, and it’s important to protect that symbol.”

There are several factors negatively affecting the golden eagle population. Wind tur-

bines built in the middle of migratory paths have killed golden eagles and tainted meat left by hunters, Katzner said.

“We need to stop using lead ammunition when hunting,” he said. “If you shoot a deer with a lead bullet, it fragments; if you leave a gut pile in the woods, there will be lead in that pile. Birds are very susceptible to lead poisoning.”

Katzner said he prefers to use copper bullets when hunting and urges others to do the same, as well as make efforts to protect the environment that is a part of the golden eagle habitat.

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“Our goal is to create awareness that, as citizens of Morgantown, we do not support the violence that happens in our town. We support, and try to create, a more safe environment for students and citizens of Morgantown to live,” Small said.

Small said he and other members of Ryan’s Rally will continue to support Diviney in any way they can, and they encourage other fellow WVU students to do the same.

“When you have damage to the brain, the process of healing takes a lot of time,” Small said. “He’s slowly improving, which is great, but we’ve still got to keep pushing and praying for his efforts to get better.”

The event is free, but donations are accepted. Cash or check donations will go directly to Ryan’s Trust Fund.

The money raised will be used by the Diviney family in

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WVU graduate helps rebuild African school by kesley montgomery staff writer

A music and dance ensemble at the Metropolitan Theatre tonight will help give students in West Africa access to an education.

The event will benefit the Kposowa Foundation, an organization founded by West Virginia University alumna Sarah Culberson, that’s dedicated to rebuilding Bumpe High School in Sierra Leone, West Africa.

Culberson was adopted as an infant and in 2004 she discovered her biological father was a tribal leader of the Mende tribe in Bumpe, Sierra Leone – making her the princess of the tribe.

A year after the discovery of her father, Culberson founded the Kposowa Foundation in hopes of creating recovery efforts in Sierra Leone following an 11-year civil war in the region.

Proceeds from tonight’s event will help to rebuild Bumpe High School, a boarding school that provided an

education to more than 600 students and was destroyed by the Revolutionary United Front army during the war, which lasted from 1991 to 2002.

Profits raised will also help to pay teachers at the school and fund scholarships.

Culberson said scholarships in the region are especially needed for female students.

“Scholarships for the girls at the school are important.

Many girls drop out because they get embarrassed of the changes their bodies are going through during puberty, and a lot of times, they get pregnant at 14 or 15 years old,” Culberson said. “We’re trying to show them the importance of an education.”

Culberson is the author of the book “A Princess Found” and has appeared on “Good Morning America” to speak about her experiences.

Culberson said she hopes tonight’s event will continue to better the futures of the

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College of B&E establishes new major by jessica lear staff writer

The West Virginia University College of Business and Economics will soon offer a new general business major to students.

The general business major will allow students to study business and economics in a broad sense instead of focusing on one area, said Karen France, the associate dean of the College of Business and Economics and a professor of marketing.

“The general business major is for students who decide that rather than picking a specific major, they would like to have a broader overview,” France said. “They will take the same classes as other business majors at first, but will be able to design their own program of study over time.”

France said the new major is part of the College of Business and Economics’ fouryear proposal that began this year with admitting freshmen directly into the college.

“Adding a general business major was part of our fouryear college proposal because there seemed to be a great deal of demand for it,” France said.

The new major will allow students to learn a little about a handful of fields

without having to choose between accounting, business management, economics, finance, management information systems and marketing, she said.

France said the general business major does not require the college to create any new courses but will instead provide students flexibility with current courses.

“General business majors will still take all of the core business classes that introduce the different disciplines, but rather than start electives their junior year, they can be broader,” France said. “If a student wants to take both finance and marketing classes, they can without getting a double major or a minor.”

The new major will also function as an option for students who do not meet the requirements of the more focused majors, she said, a problem that has caused many students to leave WVU in the past.

Since the general business major will be so expansive, France said there are a number of opportunities for students majoring in it after graduating.

“The other areas are more narrow; they focus on one specific thing,” France said.

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GENO VS. COLLAROS Saturday’s game between West Virginia and Cincinnati will pin two quarterback stars against each other.

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Defiant Cain says he won’t drop out of GOP race SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Under rising pressure from fellow Republicans, presidential hopeful Herman Cain sought to muddy the reputation of one accuser, forcefully denied any and all allegations of sexual impropriety and vowed Tuesday the growing controversy would not drive him from the race for the White House.

“Ain’t gonna happen,” he declared.

Cain flashed defiance one day after a woman publicly accused the candidate of groping her more than a decade ago, adding her voice to three other accusers with allegations that presidential rival Mitt Romney called “particularly disturbing.”

Speaking at a news conference, Cain vowed, “we’ll get through this,” as he sought to steady a campaign that has made him the leader in an unofficial race to emerge as Romney’s principal conservative rival.

At one point he said he would be willing to take a lie detector test, but then appeared to hedge his answer seconds later.

The Georgia businessman was in the midst of his second week trying to curtail the furor surrounding his unorthodox campaign. There were signs his political trouble was far from over less than two months before the leadoff contests of the GOP nomination fight.

Romney joined other GOP

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Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain addresses the media Tuesday in Scottsdale, Ariz. Cain said Tuesday that he would not drop his bid for the Republicans’ presidential nomination in the face of decade-old allegations of inappropriate sexual behavior. opponents in urging Cain to answer the allegations. Prominent Republicans pressed for a full accounting. And there were growing indications of unease in conservative circles.

“If there is a pattern then it’s a part of his character and then, yes, it is going to matter,” Tony Perkins, head of the conservative Family Research Center, said in an interview.

Another name confronted Cain, as well, when one of his two original accusers gave an

interview to The New York Times and was identified publicly by news organizations including The Associated Press as Karen Kraushaar, now a spokeswoman in the Treasury Department’s office of inspector general for tax administration.

When asked about Kraushaar, Cain said he recalled her accusation of sexual harassment but insisted “it was found to be baseless.”

Kraushaar and her lawyer, Joel Bennett, did not re-

spond to questions from The Associated Press. But Bennett has told other news organizations that he hopes to arrange a news conference in which all of Cain’s accusers will appear.

An upstart in the presidential race, Cain shot to the top of opinion polls and emerged in recent weeks as Romney’s main opponent, with tea party activists and other conservatives flocking to the former pizza company executive’s tell-it-like-it-is style and out-

sider image.

But, since Oct. 30, he’s been dogged by accusations from women that he acted inappropriately toward them while he headed the National Restaurant Association in the 1990s.

And in recent days, the women have started to step forward publicly.

At least two women who worked at the restaurant association the same time as Cain filed sexual harassment complaints with the trade group and received financial settlements.

One of them was Kraushaar.

After her name was revealed by several news sites on Tuesday, The AP chose to publish it after independently confirming she was one of his accusers.

Kraushaar and her attorney previously had attempted to keep her name out of the public discussion, but they issued an anonymous statement last week that confirmed she had complained of sexual harassment and received a financial payout from the trade group.

Kraushaar later confirmed to news organizations that she had filed the complaint. And she spoke publicly on Tuesday to the Times, saying she had decided to speak out since her name was public.

“When you are being sexually harassed in the workplace, you are extremely vulnerable,” she said. “You do whatever you

can to quickly get yourself into a job some place safe, and that is what I thought I had achieved when I left.”

Kraushaar, 55, previously worked as a news reporter, and she has held other U.S. government jobs since she left the restaurant association after she settled her complaint against Cain. She also has written a children’s book with her mother-in-law, “Gas Station Charley,” about a dog. Her husband, Kevin, has worked as a lobbyist on environmental, municipal and health issues. He has donated money to both Democrats and Republicans. They live in suburban Maryland.

A third woman told The AP last week that she considered filing a workplace complaint against Cain over what she deemed sexually suggestive remarks and gestures that included an invitation to his corporate apartment. And a former pollster for the restaurant association has said he witnessed yet another episode involving a different woman.

The AP has not identified the other woman who filed a claim against Cain while working at the restaurant association.

It also has not identified the third woman, who did not file a claim, because it promised confidentiality to her because she said she feared retaliation if her name became public.

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Brock Burwell receives his new musket at halftime of last Saturday’’s football game against Louisville.

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Mountaineer fans.

“Kids are great. They don’t care what happened on the field at the game before. They don’t talk about football, basketball or any other athletic event – they just love to see you,” he said. “Being able to hang out with the kids is my favorite part.”

After he graduates in May, Burwell hopes to obtain a sports marketing position in a university’s athletic department.

Burwell said he will treasure the memories he’s made as the Mountaineer.

“Just in the past year and a half of being the Mountaineer, I think I’ve made more mem-

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ories than I would have in a lifetime,” he said. “I wanted to make my parents proud. They actually never went to college, so I wanted an to be able to do that for them.”

But, no matter what happens after graduation or where the future leads him, Burwell said he’ll always be a Mountaineer, quoting former WVU quarterback Pat White.

“Just like Pat White said, ‘Once a Mountaineer, always a Mountaineer,’ and there is a lot of truth in that,” he said.

“I’ve been all over the region and all over the country, and it’s just something different.

In Morgantown, and in West Virginia, there’s just something different about being a Mountaineer.” danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks turned higher Tuesday once investors got the news they had been hoping for: Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi promised to resign once a new budget was passed. The Dow Jones industrial average closed up 101 points.

Italy became a key focus for investors this week after doubts emerged that the country would go through with a tough package of austerity measures. Many investors saw Berlusconi as an obstacle to sweeping economic reforms needed to help Italy avoid sinking into a debt crisis.

The yield on the 10-year Italian government bond spiked close to 7 percent Tuesday, a sign that markets are questioning the country’s ability to pay its debt. Unlike Greece, Portugal or Ireland – all of which received financial lifelines – Italy has too much debt to be rescued by its European neighbors.

Europe’s evolving debt crisis has been a major driver of trading in financial markets since the beginning of October. The S&P 500 is up 14.9 percent since hitting a 2011 low on Oct. 3 after European leaders began to move more forcefully to get the situation under control. Markets have been quick to respond to worrisome signals that Greece might be edging closer to a default, which would cause huge losses for European banks.

“Europe is the last big question hanging over the market,” said Rick Fier, vice president of equity trading at Confier Securities. “The market has been so whipsawed lately that it’s really just staying in place until we know some more outcomes.”

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Continued from page 1 “General business is broader and provides an overview of all of these areas, and because of that, students will likely get entry level positions or prepare for graduate school.”

From data they have collected, the college has come to expect around 40 students to graduate with general business degrees every year.

The new major is just one of the major changes the College of Business and Economics has made this year.

The college has also begun

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De Lazy Lizard event is open to ages 18 and up until 9 p.m. After 9 p.m., only those 21 and older will be allowed inside. Attendees of the event are asked to wear semi-formal attire.

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Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi smiles to Equal Opportunities Minister Mara Carfagna upon his arrival at the lower chamber on the occasion of a voting session in Rome Tuesday.

The Dow Jones industrial average rose 101.79 points, or 0.8 percent, to close at 12,170.18. Manufacturer 3M Co. gained 2.7 percent, the most of the 30 stocks in the average.

The S&P 500 rose 14.80, or 1.2 percent, to 1,275.92. Financial companies posted the strongest gains. Regions Financial Corp. jumped 5.3 percent. Wells Fargo & Co. climbed 4.4 percent.

The Nasdaq composite rose 32.24, or 1.2 percent, to 2,727.49.

U.S. stock indexes fell in the morning after Berlusconi narrowly survived a confidence vote, a sign that he might con-

admitting freshmen directly instead of making them wait to apply during their sophomore year.

Freshmen in the College of Business and Economics will now have access to the same resources and services as upperclassmen.

“Freshmen now get to take an introduction to business class and use the new learning center that functions as a writing center,” France said. “They will also have access to business advisors and our career services center right when they start.”

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The Golden Finch will provide food for the event, preparing some of Diviney’s favorite foods.

The Golden Finch will also host a family-oriented fundraiser Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and all meal sales will benefit Ryan’s Trust Fund.

For more information, visit www.ryansrally.org. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

tinue to cling to power. The market turned higher immediately after headlines crossed around 2 p.m. Eastern saying Berlusconi had promised to step down after economic reforms are passed. That is expected to happen next week.

European stock markets were also higher. Italy’s main index rose 0.7 percent. Germany’s main index rose 0.6 percent, France’s 1.3 percent.

In the U.S., the Labor Department said employers advertised more jobs in September than at any other point in the past three years. The 7 percent increase in job openings is a hopeful sign that companies may step up hiring.

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“Right now, one of our main concerns is the water filtration and plumbing system for the school,” she said.

“Toilets to this point have just been holes in the ground and have caused a lot of sanitation issues since the original bathrooms were destroyed by the Rebel Army.”

The Kposowa Foundation is pushing its efforts even further than the classroom, creating sustainable opportunities for students by giving them land and teaching them how to properly farm.

“Students are not only learning the trade of farming, but it benefits the community by creating a marketplace and making healthy food available,” Culberson said.

One of Culberson’s primary goals is to raise enough funding to provide a transportation system for the students.

“Right now, some students

Priceline.com Inc. rose 8.6 percent after its third-quarter earnings more than doubled from a year earlier. Most of the gain was attributed to a jump in hotel bookings.

Activision Blizzard Inc. gained 1.4 percent as analysts expect the company’s latest “Call of Duty” video game to sell about 10 percent more units than last year’s version.

Auction house Sotheby’s fell 2.2 percent after the company posted a wider-than-expected loss in the third quarter.

Nearly three stocks rose for every one that fell on the New York Stock Exchange. Trading volume was above average at 3.9 billion shares.

have to walk nine to 10 miles just to go to school,” she said.

“A bus system would not only benefit them, but it will be used by community members as well so they don’t have to travel up to 16 miles by foot just by doing daily tasks.”

The event starts at 7:30 p.m. at the Metropolitan Theatre and is free to the public, but donations are encouraged.

Performances will include selections by the WVU Theatre & Dance department along with the WVU African Music and Dance Ensemble.

A physical silent auction will be held at the MET from 4 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. prior to the event. Auctions will also be available online at www. bumpeauction.com.

“Past events at the Met in Morgantown have gone incredibly well,” Culberson said. “The Morgantown community, along with WVU students, give amazing support to the foundation.”

For more information on the Kposowa Foundation, visit www.bumpenya.com.

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Underground Sound

‘Man vs. Metal’

‘The Devil’s Rain’

‘The Bootleg Series Volume 1: Live in Europe 1967 ’

The Adventures of

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Local Morgantown deathcore band The Adventures of Bear Grylls is primed to make a name for itself in an increasingly competitive genre with the release of “Man vs.

Metal,” a three-track demo showcasing the band’s skills.

“Man vs. Metal” kicks off with an introductory track that can only be described as epic. Full of ambience and highlighted with a well-constructed orchestral piece, this track serves to pump up the listener and is a great buildup for the coming onslaught.

Track two, “City Buildings Collapse,” begins with four cracks of the snare drum and proceeds to propel the listener down the path of brutality. All in all, this track has everything one looks for in a fierce deathcore outing.

The Adventures of Bear Grylls goes out with a bang on track three, “Intergalactic Kegger.” This song showcases the band’s musicianship a bit more than the previous track and is brought together with tight rhythms, tempo changes and hard-hitting riffs galore.

Bandleader and composer Miles Davis is a musical legend. His discography boasts more than 50 albums, and his illustrious career spanned many different groups, phases and styles.

As with all late, great legends, no matter how prolific their output during their lifetime, fans will always be wanting and digging for more. To satisfy die-hard Davis fans, Columbia has unearthed “The Bootleg Series Volume 1: Live in Europe 1967,” which features rare, previously unreleased performances.

On this collection, Davis is backed by an all-star quintet featuring tenor saxophonist Wayne Shorter, pianist Herbie Hancock, bassist Ron Carter and drummer Tony Williams.

For those who are obsessed with Davis and aren’t fulfilled by his studio albums, this collection is must-have. It offers a rare glimpse of a master at work during a pivotal transitional phase and features some of Davis’ early experimentations with electric jazz.

If you don’t already know Davis, now is the time to start.

“The Devil’s Rain,” the seventh studio album released by horror punk legends The Misfits is the first album of new material released by the group in nearly 12 years.

While on the surface this seems like a reason for punk fans to rejoice, after listening to the album it’s apparent that it is merely a caricature or an imitation of The Misfits former glory.

In the mid-’90s, Misfits leader Glenn Danzig was sued by bassist Jerry Only for the rights to record and tour using The Misfits moniker.

In a strange twist of fate, Only won and has since resumed work with a new incarnation of the band.

After adding old-school punk Black Flag guitarist Dez Cadena and Murphy’s Law drummer Eric Arce to the lineup to hopefully give the project a shred of legitimacy, Only released “The Devil’s Rain” a predictable, sloppy stab at reclaiming faded glory.

All the familiar elements are there – horror B-movie references, the iconic logo font, lots of lyrics about the undead – but something is still missing. This album is a classic example of an idea gone too far. Only should have hung up his devil locks years ago.

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Miles Davis

‘The Vision’ UK post-dubstep artist Joker, also known as Bristol’s Purple Prince, has been making a name for himself in the underground music scene for the past few years.

Since the release of his mesmerizing, futuristic debut single “Purple City,” bass-heads, ravers and critics have been holding their breath waiting for Joker to release a proper full-length album.

With the recent release of “The Vision” on independent record label 4AD, Joker has announced himself as a major player in the future of electronic music.

Although Joker has switched his focus from the dirty dubstep sounds of early singles like “Tron” toward a more pop and club sound, “The Vision” explores and manipulates a wide range of electronic sub-genres.

These tracks illustrate Jokers genius. He has taken diverse elements of music, blended them together and created something fully his own. Just a few tracks into this album and it becomes apparent – everything is purple.

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Music, voting, singing and marching on Occupy agenda NEW YORK (AP) — Occupy Wall Street demonstrations in New York City went old school on Tuesday as activist musicians David Crosby and Graham Nash delivered a touch of Woodstock, plans for a march to Washington were unveiled and some participants practiced another kind of democracy voting.

Demonstrators have been making their voices heard in the nation’s town squares for some time now, and the spirit of protest has remained paramount. At Zuccotti Park, Crosby and Nash, of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young were the latest entertainers to lend their talents to the cause.

The white-haired duo led a chant of “No More War!” and played a 20-minute acoustic performance for about 1,000 protesters and onlookers who stood elbow-to-elbow and spilled out of the lower Manhattan park onto nearby

streets.

There was an air of nostalgia - and the smell of marijuana wafting over the crowd as the pair had fans humming along to hits like “Teach Your Children Well,” from the 1971 `Deja Vu’ album, and “Long Time Gone,” from their first album.

Teenager Tyler Westcott wasn’t around when Crosby and Nash made it big, but knew well the impact they made.

“These relics of Woodstock came and supported our movement,” said the 19-yearold college student from Hunt, N.Y., his voice rising with excitement. “It’s wild, how things line up.

“What you have here is the New Left from the Vietnam era and the new left here now.”

Last month, folk music legend Pete Seeger and `60s folk singer Arlo Guthrie joined Occupy Wall Street demonstrators in their campaign against corporate greed. Recently, rap-

pers Talib Kweli, Kanye West and Lupe Fiasco visited protesters in the park. In California, hip hop heavyweights MC Hammer, Raymond “Boots” Riley of hip hop group The Coup, and local rapper Mistah FAB have stopped by encampments.

Taking the Occupy protest on the road to the country’s elected officials was also on the agenda Tuesday.

A small group of Occupy Wall Street activists will start a march Wednesday with the hope of arriving in Washington on Nov. 23, the deadline for a congressional committee to decide whether to keep President Barack Obama’s extension of Bush-era tax cuts. Protesters say the cuts benefit only rich Americans.

Kelley Brannon is organizing the 240-mile march through New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland with a core group of a dozen

activists. They hope to pick up other marchers along the way - even if for a day, or only an hour.

“Occupy the Highway” as it’s been dubbed - will start from the Manhattan park and continue with a ferry ride across the Hudson River to Elizabeth, N.J. Brannon likened the effort to the long-distance marches led by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., during the civil rights era.

“I mean, I’m not comparing us to Martin Luther King,” said Brannon, of Queens, referring to three marches King led in 1965 from Selma, Ala., to Montgomery. Those marches ranged in size from 600 to 8,000 people.

“That’s the premise Occupy is taking to the road: the historic relevance of such longdistance marches for social causes,” Brannon said.

But a day before beginning

Football puts CBS back on top of TV ratings NEW YORK (AP) — The LSUAlabama matchup gave CBS its biggest college football audience in 22 years, helping the network clobber its rivals in the weekly television ratings.

Twenty million people watched LSU’s 9-6 overtime victory on Saturday, the Nielsen Co. said. Not since a 1989 game between Notre Dame and Miami had CBS drawn so many people for a college football game. It brought a huge audience to CBS on a night where television viewing is usually light.

It also illustrated how matchups count: ABC’s Saturday night game either Notre Dame vs. Wake Forest or Kansas State vs. Oklahoma State, depending on the market had 3.1 million viewers.

“The Big Bang Theory,” “Blue Bloods,” “Rules of Engagement” and “Survivor” had season highs in viewer-

ship for CBS last week.

The premiere of Brian Williams’ newsmagazine, “Rock Center,” had 4.1 million people on NBC last Monday, losing in its time slot to ABC’s “Castle” (12.6 million) and CBS’ “Hawaii Five-0” (10.6 million). Williams wasn’t helped much by the show that preceded it, a two-hour “Sing Off,” which had only 4.4 million viewers.

Take away Sunday night football programming and NBC continued to struggle for viewers. Its most-watched entertainment show, “Harry’s Law,” finished No. 48 for the week with 7.3 million viewers. CBS had 22 non-football shows with bigger audiences last week.

CBS averaged 13 million viewers in prime time last week (8.0 rating, 13 share).

Fox was second with 8.2 million (4.9, 8) and ABC had 8.1

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million (5.2, 8); ABC’s rating was higher because more people watched the network alone. NBC was fourth with 7.2 million (4.5, 7), the CW had 1.7 million (1.1, 2) and ION Television had 1 million (0.7, 1).

Among the Spanish-language networks, Univision led with an average of 3.3 million viewers (1.8, 3), Telemundo had 1.1 million (0.6, 1), TeleFutura had 490,000 (0.3, 0), Estrella had 220,000 and Azteca 210,000 (both 0.1, 0).

NBC’s “Nightly News” topped the evening newscasts with an average of 8.7 million viewers (5.8, 11). ABC’s “World News” was second with 7.6 million (5.2, 10) and the “CBS Evening News” had 6 million viewers (4.0, 8).

A ratings point represents 1,147,000 households, or 1

percent of the nation’s estimated 114.7 million TV homes. The share is the percentage of in-use televisions tuned to a given show.

For the week of Oct. 31Nov. 6, the top shows, their networks and viewerships: Sunday Night Football: Baltimore vs. Pittsburgh, NBC, 22.12 million; College Football: LSU vs. Alabama, CBS, 20.01 million; “NCIS,” CBS, 19.71 million; “Sunday Night NFL Pre-Kick,” NBC, 17.61 million; “Dancing With the Stars,” ABC, 16.29 million; “The Big Bang Theory,” CBS, 15.98 million; “The OT,” Fox, 15.67 million; “NCIS: Los Angeles,” CBS, 15.52 million; “Dancing With the Stars Results,” ABC, 15.45 million; “Two and a Half Men,” CBS, 13.9 million.

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the march begins, some protesters recognized Tuesday as election day in the U.S, and cast their vote in some of the many local races and higher profile races being decided in several states.

Tom Hagan, a 61-year-old salesman from Queens and a Vietnam War veteran, flashed a big smile as he stood in the Zuccotti Park with a sign that read: “Election Day Sale. Buy One Politician. Get One Free.”

Hagan, a registered Democrat, said he votes in every election, including Tuesday’s.

He also said he had come to the Occupy protest “because our democracy is for sale; we don’t have a representative democracy anymore.”

Shawn Cronick voted in Philadelphia’s mayoral race before heading to the Occupy Philadelphia encampment.

“It’s easy to be cynical and wonder if it can change a political climate dominated by

money,” he said. “That’s not an excuse to check out of the process; it just means we have to do more than vote. We have to stand up for ourselves and against corporate interests.”

Not all demonstrators felt their votes would mean anything. In Louisville, Pamela Newman stayed away from the voting booth, even as her daughter and fellow Occupy Louisville demonstrator, Pam Newman, voted.

The younger Newman said voting is a way to live the values they are trying to stand up for.

“We want to make serious changes,” Pam Newman said.

“We want people to be engaged. It’s a good example for us to be involved.”

Her mother, though, was skeptical.

“I didn’t see anything to vote for,” Pamela Newman said.

“There’s no candidate who said anything I wanted to vote for.”

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Become educated before the election The presidential election is rapidly approaching, and voters must educate themselves about the relevant issues at hand and each candidate’s solutions to them.

Negative campaigns have become just another part of American politics, but voters must take them with a grain of salt.

For the most part, the negative political advertisements only share half of the informa-

tion suggested and only from a single perspective.

If a political advertisement grabs your attention, become more educated with the issue.

Don’t allow what you’ve seen or heard within a single advertisement to be considered the truth. Words could be out of context or manipulated to support a candidate and not to represent the actual truth.

The advertisement may be true, but find out for yourself.

Choosing the next president of the United States is an important decision that should not be taken lightly. Candidates may agree or disagree on many issues, and forming a decision on only one of them should not sway support for any candidate.

Voting is every American’s right, but it should be perceived as a privilege. People around the world fight and die to elect their leaders – many

of them will never live to see that dream. This right of ours should be used by all who are able.

Furthermore, during election season, political debates often become a heated discussion among Americans. Everyone has a right to his or her opinion, but it is important that the opinions of others are respected by all.

The one title that Republicans, Democrats and indepen-

dent voters share is that they are Americans.

We are all are in it together; don’t let politics distort that truth.

The election may seem far off in the distant future, but it will be here sooner than most think.

Don’t let time go by without researching the facts. An uninformed vote is a wasted one.

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Stores don’t market holidays during appropriate times sam viggiano columnist

There it stood, its spiky appendages towering over me, threatening to drag me into the bulk of its quills, craving to scratch my face and arms.

Its punitive odor paralyzed my senses as it quickly lulled me into an unconscious state.

With its blinding, rapidly blinking features causing temporary blindness, I felt a quick quake through my body. Amidst the gruesome ambiance of Halloween decorations, a cheery Christmas corner stood out as rose does among thorns.

Although many super stores – such as Kroger, WalMart, Target and Sam’s Club – understandably over stock and over prepare for the busy holiday season, it was to my surprise that I caught a glimpse of glitter, smelled the scent and felt the feeling of Christmas – two weeks before Halloween.

Indeed, Christmas has come too early for Morgantown and the rest of the county.

Trick-or-treaters had barely left Utah’s Layton Hills Mall before Christmas decorations appeared in around the shopping center, according to Jasen Asay’s recent article in the Standard Examiner, “Do malls get in the Christmas spirit too early?”

Galen Spencer, Layton Hills Mall manager, stated in the article that, “As soon as we closed the doors on (Halloween) night and opened the doors Tuesday morning, we started setting up the Christmas decorations.”

Because of the multiple holiday celebrations during the fall and winter seasons, we, as a community, need to take the time to recognize and appreciate our holidays at hand before we rush past these monumental milestones as commercial celebrations.

Decorating is crucial to the holiday season. I enjoy the lights, decorations and smells that trigger many happy memories with my family.

But when I cannot even enjoy the present holiday because of the intrusion from another holiday, my feelings are neutralized.

For many, the early decorations and commercials desensitize the holiday season.

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Wal-Mart displays its holiday marketing campaign.

According to the BBC News Talking Point, early decorations and commercials invoke premature pressures to buy presents and an emphasis on consuming lots of food and drink.

On the other hand, it takes a lot of effort and time to decorate for the most wonderful time of the year. Utah’s Newgate Mall general manager Brent Parkin has been busily decorating for Christmas since August.

Because many winter holidays, especially Christmas,

employ vast amounts of decorations, mall management must decorate quickly in order to beat the rush of shoppers hoping to quickly transition between Halloween to Thanksgiving to the various winter celebrations.

Once the shoppers begin to overpopulate the stores, decorating becomes impossible and a safety hazard.

This year alone, Halloween was on a Monday, Thanksgiving is on a Thursday (as always), Christmas Eve is on a Saturday and Christmas Day

is on a Sunday.

Hanukkah begins Tuesday, Dec. 20, and ends at sunset on Wednesday, Dec. 28, and New Years Eve is that Saturday evening. This sporadic mix of days is shocking to the consumers as well as employees in terms of preparation for the holiday season.

Stores need at least two weeks in advance in order to fully decorate.

But with this jumble days, decorating for major commercial holidays, such as Christmas, has needed to

start as early as October to produce the full effect of the holiday season.

As early as Nov. 12th, the Newgate Mall will have Santa’s first visit.

For me, I don’t even think about Santa’s arrival until he’s in Time Square during the Thanksgiving Day Parade.

That is when the holiday season should explode. But, with Santa visits and countdown to countdown TV specials, we are forgetting that these winter holidays have hardly touched the horizon.

The holiday seasons will quickly come and go, so enjoy the holiday at its time.

There is no need to rush the reindeer, curse the carolers or trim the tree yet.

As we quickly approach Thanksgiving break and finals, do not let the holiday hocus-pocus deviate from your focus.

As Charlie Brown and his droopy Christmas tree have taught us, it is not what you celebrate with but how you celebrate that makes the holidays special.

A step toward equality on campus melissa chesanko guest columnist

Student Government Association Gov. Benjamin Seebaugh proposed a resolution to the West Virginia University SGA Wednesday to voice students’ calls for equality on campus for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning students and faculty.

The resolution has three main goals, which encourage the campus administration to: add gender identity to all of the University’s social justice policies, participate in campus

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climate surveys on LGBTQ issues and “begin investigating the feasibility of establishing an LGBTQ advocacy office or administrator.”

While the audience offered only assenting comments, concerns arising during the debate show that more education is needed regarding the importance of these requests.

Objections to the resolution included cost, redundancy to existing policies/services and that these are “special interest” concerns.

“Gender identity” differs from gender and sexual orientation.

This means that transgender and transsexual individuals or anyone with a non-con-

forming expression of gender are not protected under our University’s policies.

It is important to note that this refers to actual or perceived gender identity, so it is applicable to every student on campus, not only those who self-identify as a part of this group.

Campus climate surveys can provide national visibility creating a welcoming, supportive environment and outreach to prospective students.

It can also provide specific feedback on how the campus can improve its climate for LGBT students/allies.

This costs nothing but the time it takes to complete the survey by University

personnel.

LGBTQ advocacy offices and administrators serve to provide programming, support and advocacy. It is currently no one’s job on this campus to do that for LGBTQ students.

Regardless of how one defines “peer institution,” WVU’s peers are all moving in this direction, in no small part because of the evidence that this is an “at-risk” population.

Hate crimes and suicides at other universities should serve as cautionary tales for us to do more.

The Queer Student Union (QSU) is a student organization and not a University office with trained professional staff.

Untrained students with no resources cannot adequately help peers who have been harassed, struggle with workplace issues or need professional psychological support.

QSU members do what they can; they refer to the Carruth Center, but many needs are left unattended.

This resolution will cost only the time of WVU personnel needed to undertake the assessments.

We cannot leave decisions like this to the student body alone. Historically, when civil rights have been voted on by a general population, they are voted down. The next step will take the resolution to the WVU Board of Governors to deter-

mine implementation. It’s important for those serving students to represent their best interest.

All of us have multi-faceted identities. As long as it is acceptable for anyone to be treated unequally due to one aspect of identity, we cannot have a socially just campus.

This resolution does not create a special interest group.

It expands upon an aspect of identity that is not currently protected or served at WVU and would create a climate that benefits everyone.

Melissa Chesanko is a Graduate Teaching Assistant in the Center for Women’s Studies and doctoral student in Curriculum & Instruction

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THE WEEK AHEAD TODAY NOVEMBER 9

THE WVU STUDENT CHAPTER OF THE WILDLIFE SOCIETY will have a meeting at 6 p.m. in 308 Percival Hall.

THURSDAY NOVEMBER 10

THE MOUNTAINEER HOT WHEELS CLUB meets on the second Thursday of every month at 7 p.m. at the Fairmont, W.Va., Moose Lodge. For more information, call 304-3633777 or email mountaineerhwc@hotmail.com.

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 11

AQUACULTURE PRODUCT AND MARKETING DEVELOPMENT PROJECT investigators will give brief presentations on their progress at the annual project meeting. The meeting takes place from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Room 101A of the National Research Center for Coal and Energy. For more information, call 304-293-2657 or email ken. semmens@mail.wvu.edu.

GLOBAL INTERVARSITY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP hosts “So You Think You Can Act?” a night of impromptu skits, food and prizes. All are welcome to participate. The event will be held at the International House at 7:30 p.m.

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 7p.m. to 9 p.m. in the Stansbury Hall Gym. For more information, email wvufencing@gmail.com or visit www.encing-

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AIKIDO FOR BEGINNERS is at 6 p.m. at Lakeview Fitness Center. There are special rates for WVU students. For more information, email var3@comcast.net.

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 304-291-3547 or email CTA at ctainfo@comcast.net.

WVU’S GENDER EQUALITY MOVEMENT, formerly the Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance, meets in the Cacapon Room of the Mountainlair at 6:30 p.m. For more information, email wvugem@gmail.com.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

WOMEN, INFANTS AND CHILDREN needs volunteers. WIC provides education, supplemental foods and immunizations for pregnant women and children under five years of age.

This is an opportunity to earn volunteer hours for class requirements. For more information, call 304-598-5180 or 304-598-5185.

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 receiving medical care at WVU, is look-

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ing 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 is held in the Monongalia room of the Mountainlair from 11 a.m. to noon every Tuesday.

THE CONDOM CARAVAN is held in the Mountainlair from noon to 2 p.m. every Tuesday. The caravan sells condoms for 25 cents each or five for $1.00.

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

THE ASSOCIATION FOR WOMEN IN SCIENCE meets on the second Monday and fourth Tuesday of every month at noon at Hatfields in the Mountainlair. All students and faculty are invited. For more information, email amy.keesee@mail.wvu.edu.

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

FREE STUDENT SUCCESS SUPPORT, presented by the WVU Office of Retention and Research, helps students improve on time management, note taking reading and study skills as well as get help with the transition to WVU. Free drop-in tutoring is also available every night of the week in different locations. For more information, visit http://retention.wvu.edu or call 304-293-5811.

THE M-TOWN MPOWERMENT PROJECT, a community-building program run by and geared toward young gay or bisexual men 18 to 29, is creating an environment in the Morgantown community where young men can feel empowered to make a difference in their lives. MPowerment also focuses on HIV and STD prevention education. For more information, call 304-319-1803.

COMMUNITY NEWCOMERS CLUB is a group organized to allow new residents of the Morgantown area an opportunity to gather socially and assimilate into their new home community. For more information, visit morgantownnewcomers.com.

NEW GROUP THERAPY OPPORTUNITIES are available for free at the WELLWVU: Carruth Center for Psychological and Psychiatric Services. The groups include: Get More Out of Life, Understanding Self and Others, Insomnia Group, A Place for You, Sexual Assault Survivors Group, Adult Children of Dysfunctional Parents and Transfer Students: Get Started on the Right Foot. For more information call 304-293-4431 or email tandy.mcclung@mail.wvu.edu.

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BY JACQUELINE BIGAR

a new decision. Tonight: Play it low-key.

BORN TODAY This year you experience many challenges but, happily, everything seems to work out. Lady Luck rides on your shoulder, and you are very grateful for the end results. If you are single, you might have two different potential suitors. Of all signs, you are best equipped to handle this issue. If you are attached, sometimes your sweetie can be hard on you, but you can handle it. Let your listening skills evolve, and don’t personalize every comment. Your daily life takes on a very exciting tone. Flexibility can define your success or failure. TAURUS has the same issues as you but different solutions.

CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22) HHHHH Zero in on what might be important for the moment. Understand what is happening within a set group of friends. You could be taken aback by their priorities.

Do more understanding than judging. Tonight: Where people are.

ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19) HHHH Curb a need to be possessive and difficult. A friend could be quite threatening and touchy in some form. You might wonder what is the best way to handle this tension. Your directness and positive approach really will be appreciated. Tonight: Know your limits.

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22) HHH Take a stand while you can. You come to a new understanding and realization. Understand where someone is coming from.

Finally, a melding of the minds becomes possible. You discover the power of two minds. Tonight: In the limelight.

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22) HHHH Break through mental restrictions. If you want a certain outcome, you will need to rid yourself of any idea that prevents you from having what you desire. A possible trip or the possibility of taking a class or two opens your doors. Tonight: Be imaginative.

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20) HHHHH Immediately you feel your energy. Finally, you start the day off on the right foot. You have many reasons to smile. Honor your priorities first. Express your caring only when you are sure you understand where the other person is coming from. Tonight: As you like it.

LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22) HHHH Work individually with one person, and you’ll get strong, positive reactions. If you defer and talk to several people at once, you could be overwhelmed. Your vision of possibilities could change dramatically as a result of this type of conversation. Tonight: Togetherness seems to be the best way to go.

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20) HHH Honor your feelings. You might be best off keeping your concerns to yourself. A partner might try to be helpful but, unfortunately, “try” is the operative word. Take time to rethink your position. You might come to

SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21) HHHH Others appear to be challenging and exciting. A personal matter could take you down a new path. You have the ability to move through a situation with ease.

Understand where you are coming from,

as well as another person. Tonight: Bond over a good meal.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21) HHH Be aware of what you need to accomplish.

Stay upbeat and be ready to indulge a little. Your financial situation is transforming and, in the long run, not for the worse.

Be direct with a loved one. You could be a bit out of kilter. Tonight: Pushing into the wee hours.

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19) HHHH You have a greater ability to adjust than you realize. Your ingenuity comes up with a great idea, which could also increase the givens in a financial or emotional situation. Stay in contact with a loved one.

Tonight: Ever playful. Take a fun midweek break.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18) HHH You are building your own security and allowing greater give-and-take among those you live with. A home office or a homebased business might be more to your liking than you realize. Your ability to bring out others might not have the same effect today. Tonight: Stay close to home.

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20) HHHHH Once more, you reveal much more of what is on your mind. You could push very hard to get your way. Listen to what someone is saying; integrate his or her thinking into your own. A brainstorming session proves to be fertile, with many possibilities. You could be delighted by a call. Tonight: Hang out.

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16 Recommendations at the salon 19 Greatly smacked of 20 At the right time 21 Intricacies of cells 26 Gloss target 27 Collector’s goal 28 Roleo roller 29 Word with weight or worth 30 __ Bator 32 Feverish fits 34 Attributes at the links 41 Exams for future attys.

42 “As __ saying ...”

43 Airport safety org.

46 Brit. record label 47 Hugs, symbolically 50 Crew tool 51 Vicissitudes of cargo space 55 11th-century Spanish hero 56 Jacket material 57 Miscellany of benevolence?

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36 Wheelchair access 37 Bluesman Redding 38 “Man, that hurts!”

39 Asian bread 40 Old red states?: Abbr.

43 Something to step on while driving 44 “Bye” 45 “Little Women” author 47 Leader’s exhortation 48 Danish seaport 49 Had too much, briefly

52 Gogo’s pal, in “Waiting for Godot” 53 Sailing, say 54 “Awake and Sing!” playwright 58 Souse’s syndrome 59 Party bowlful 60 “All the news that’s fit to print” initials 61 Prohibitionist 62 Jazz combo horn

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Band performs semester end concert

By Caitlin Graziani A&E Correspondent

The West Virginia University Symphonic Band performed in the Lyell B. Clay Concert Theatre at the Creative Arts Center Tuesday.

The pieces were conducted by assistant director of bands Dearl “Jay” Drury, assistant to the directors Christopher Nichter and graduate assistant Johnny Leonard.

The band played a variety of symphonies, and they began with “Gandalf” from Symphony No. 1, “The Lord of the Rings” by Johan de Meij.

A short intermission followed the ensembles performance of “Slava” by Leonard Bernstein.

After returning from intermission, the band played “Arabesque” by Samuel R. Hazo.

WVU alumnus Stephen Barr, who received his doctorate in composition from WVU, com-

posed the next song performed, “In Aeternam.”

Barr is a conductor, composer and orchestrator in the greater Pittsburgh area, and he is the assistant professor and director of choirs at Slippery Rock University. “‘In Aeternam’ means ‘for eternity’ in Latin. The piece was composed in 2009 for the Slippery Rock University Wind Ensemble and premiered in November 2009,” Barr said.

The band also performed “American Civil War Fantasy”

by Jerry Bilik.

“A few friends of mine are in the symphonic band class, I am here to support them.

They sounded really great,” said Matt Mister, a pre-journalism student.

The Symphonic Band is a 45-member ensemble open to both music and non-music majors.

Membership is through au-

dition. Emphasis is placed on a learning and performing standard and modern concert literature. This ensemble rehearses two days per week and performs a concert at the end of each semester.

Later this month, some of the other WVU student performance groups will be performing.

The Wind Symphony will perform Nov. 15 at 7:30 p.m., The Symphony Orchestra on

Nov. 17 at 7:30 p.m., and the “Pride of West Virginia”, the Mountaineer marching band Keynotes Concert on Nov. 28 and 29 at 7:30 p.m.

For information about Stephen Barr, visit www.stephenbarr.com.

For more information on the musical ensembles and upcoming performances at the CAC, visit http://cac.wvu.edu. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

‘Shrek’ spin-off film ‘Puss in Boots’ is the cat’s meow Madeline Carey a&E Correspondent

The animated comedy “Puss in Boots” dominated the box office this weekend – making $33 million and beating out Johnny Depp’s muchawaited venture, “The Rum Diary,” which barely made a dent with $2.9 million.

The “Shrek” spin-off features the same comedic genius its brother movies have displayed time and again. After already four “Shrek” films, it’s quite a surprise that another installment could make such a hit.

Like the “Shrek” films, “Puss in Boots” drives audiences into a new take on the same stories we all grew up knowing while incorporating such fairy tales and nursery rhymes as “Jack

and Jill,” “Humpty Dumpty” and “Jack and the Beanstalk.”

The movie showcased a star-studded cast including the likes of Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Billy Bob Thorton and “The Hangover’s” Zach Galifianakis.

Setting itself apart from the “Shrek” films, “Puss in Boots” contained its own storyline and didn’t rely on the same tale we’ve seen for the past three movies.

The movie is centered on Puss’ (Banderas) search for treasure to use to pay a fine for a crime he was wrongly accused of committing. In the search, he comes across another outlaw cat played

by Hayek and his childhood friend-turned-enemy, “Humpty Dumpty.”

Zach Galifianakis, who voices the role of Dumpty, stole the show as the almost creepy but beloved egg man.

Obsessed with the myth of magic beans, Puss and the others take to the road, going after the very ferocious Jack and Jill, an outlaw couple themselves, who are in possession of such beans.

After having retrieved the beans and finding the golden goose waiting for them atop the beanstalk, Puss discovers that his friends may not be what they seem.

The movie’s animation and nursery rhyme aspects are sure to play to the younger audiences, but the movie appeals to an older audience as well. With references to movies like “Fight Club” and many others, “Puss in Boots” had the audience laughing throughout the film. Such memorable instances include the quote, “The first rule of bean club …”

A number of sexual references and innuendos that would fly way above the head

‘Shrek’ spin-off ‘Puss in Boots’ is a family film with something for everyone. of any child were also dispersed throughout the “Shrek” film franchise has become known for.

The movie’s combination of 3-D animation and all lev-

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Clay’s novel ‘Broken’ mirrors ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ Hunter Homistek a&E Writer

“Broken” is a psychological thriller by British author Daniel Clay. Drawing inspiration from Harper Lee’s classic “To Kill a Mockingbird,” Clay tells a disjointed tale that depicts the best and worst in mankind and brilliantly showcases just how feeble our lives are.

“Broken” is set in Hedge End, England, a small, average town filled with average people who work average jobs. Life in Hedge End is boring, and, well, average.

This all changes when Bob Oswald, an overprotective, hot-headed father of four, hears that an adolescent neighbor boy, Rick Buckley, has raped his daughter Susan.

Bob, not knowing his daughter is lying about this allegation, proceeds to beat

Buckley to a bloody pulp in broad daylight for the entire square to witness. From this point on, life in Hedge End is never the same.

Although Bob doesn’t kill Buckley in this early scene, the 19-year-old suffers psychological damage beyond repair.

He becomes a hermit, shacked up in his bedroom at all hours, muttering to himself and slowly slipping further and further to insanity.

As Buckley, who is now referred to by the town as “Broken Buckley,” falls deeper into the confines of his own mind, rumors begin to spread about his condition. Is he a murderer? Is he plotting to kill the entire town?

This deterioration of Buckley’s mind creates the tension the rest of the plot thrives on, and it is a particular topic of interest for the story’s main character and occasional narrator, Skunk Cunningham.

Eleven-year-old Skunk Cunningham lives with her older brother Jed, father Archie and nanny Cerys. She possesses a most curious mind and constantly nags her father, a solicitor, with questions about Buckley and the current state of their previously monotonous town.

Along with this, her brother Jed constantly teases her that Broken Buckley is planning to kidnap her and toss her with the remains of his other victims, a fate which she believes and becomes increasingly fearful of.

Such is the story of “Broken” a single, random act of violence destroys not only those immediately involved, but also those who witnessed the act and had to deal with its aftermath.

An interesting device Clay uses to accomplish this storyline in “Broken” is his alternation between an omniscient, third-person narrator and

first-person narrator.

Skunk serves as the first person narrator, but it becomes apparent she is, in fact, in a coma as she tells her story.

Clay utilizes this comatose narrator early on in the novel, so he is able to create dramatic irony by leaving the reader to wonder how Skunk, the playful and curious young girl, falls into such a dire situation.

Following the lives of residents in the small town of Hedge End, “Broken” spins an entertaining and psychologically gripping tale of loss, despair, love and the futility of our existence.

“Broken” certainly is not for the faint of heart, and there is little joy to be had in the plot, but for those seeking an exquisite, albeit sinister, tale of humankind, “Broken” is a must read. www.filede.com

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‘Broken,’ the latest novel from Daniel Clay, draws from ‘To Kill A Mockingbird.’

Comics uncovered: reasons why comic books and graphic novels matter ALEc Berry Web Editor

Comic books. Those pulpy collections of scrap. A trashy source of entertainment only fit for those on the fringe of the social circle. A laughable commodity. A dead end. A zone

preoccupied by childish fantasies. Who cares about comic books?

Me. I do.

As Scott McCloud notes in his seminal work “Understanding Comics,” communication through pictures holds deep roots in man’s history. Cave paintings depicted the life and culture of our ancient ancestors. These were the first exam-

ples of man’s ability to create and pursue artistic ventures.

Maybe these remnants are now considered paintings, pertaining more to a medium of acrylics, but look at what those early visuals accomplished. They told stories. They illustrated an idea.

And in such a direct fashion.

Like comics.

Comics derive their power

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from how accessible they are.

Anyone with a pencil and a sheet of paper can cartoon. In fact, I’d say most of us already have.

Middle school, stuck in a useless math class, you doodled. Maybe your doodles didn’t shape up into panels and sequentially act upon one another, but the idea of pencil to paper is the same.

What you thought of in your mind only took minutes to translate to physical copy.

Whatever your idea was, it came out on paper without going through a middle man of some sort.

Other media does not offer such a luxury. Hollywood makes it nearly impossible for a director or screenwriter to tell the exact story they desire. Television shows act similarly because of network constraints.

Hell, even news reporters are confided to two minute packages, and even me, the little sophomore of a writer in the old college newspaper, I go through a middleman. You may not even read this statement.

Comics, in their ideal form, bypass this. Anyone with an idea and a lick of talent can draw and publish a comic book, and because of that comics can offer a wide variety of perspectives, genres and voices.

The artists behind them also possess much more control over the final product and ensure their vision comes through.

What matters more, though, is the form of communication.

We all know, on some base level, how comic strips work.

There’s a picture, and there’s a caption or word balloon laid overtop of it. It seems simple, and most would say the combination requires little to no complexity because of how little attention it takes to read a comic.

Fact is, you’re wrong.

The marriage of images and words involves a lot more than you’d initially expect. Both elements have to coexist. It’s like a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Both can work well on their own decorating bread, but when you combine them, they have to be even. If one overpowers the other, the formula fails, and you end up with an unsatisfying experience.

You need to find joy in both elements in an even, collaborative state.

Many artists fail to find this balance, but when the execution works, man, it’s like nothing else.

Because, even though ideas through visuals may seem first grade, the form strikes a chord.

We’re all influenced and emotionally struck by images. Visuals are visceral and up front.

Novels packed with thousands of words may seem scholarly, and they are, but text, prose – it takes much more effort to inspire reaction.

Comic panels may seem infantile because they can be so direct, but, fact is, the ease of ability to convey a point makes comics a complex beast. Skill of an artist is responsible for such an ease of understanding on the reader’s end.

If anything, comic books are a breeding ground for new ideas. The accessibility I mentioned earlier allows creative individuals to go wild, and it seems with some comics – at least the very good ones – ideas manifest on each and every page.

Comic books aren’t slow. At least, they shouldn’t be. They work in small chunks of 20 pages and release on a monthly basis. An artist has little time while telling a story through comics. Not only because of the system and format but because of how the medium works.

Panels cannot act repetitive.

It’s like film in that sense. You become bored after staring at the same image for so long.

Comics have to keep you on your toes; therefore, each page and each panel go somewhere new.

And through this comes, what should be, an ever exciting landscape of narrative.

But, even as I write this in order to somehow legitimize comics, remember: They are comic books. Never are they cool. Most of them involve tights and capes or zombies and space ships.

The medium itself, the inner working of the art form. Yeah, that’s sophisticated. But the content? Sure, large, universal ideas can be communicated and often are, but usually these themes shine through grown men punching each other while wearing funny outfits.

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S V H T I M S : F F O E C FA Two of Big East’s best QBs face off in Cincinnati Saturday by michael carvelli sports editor

When West Virginia and No. 23 Cincinnati take the field Saturday at Paul Brown Stadium, two of the best quarterbacks the Big East Conference has to offer will step between the lines to lead their respective teams into battle.

On one side will be WVU junior signal caller Geno Smith.

Smith has proven to be a pretty good winner himself in his two seasons as the Mountaineers’ starter. And his performance this year has him on pace to break multiple WVU single-season records.

“When you look at Geno, first of all, you look at his stature and his physical makeup, and he’s an NFL quarterback,” said Cincinnati head coach Butch Jones. “He means so much and he’s going to present a number of challenges.

“The deceiving thing about Geno is he can weave his way out of trouble, and he can also run with the football.”

On the other side is Cincinnati senior and the reigning first team all-Big East quarterback Zach Collaros.

In his career as a starter, the Steubenville, Ohio, native has made a name for himself as a do-it-all quarterback who has been known to be able to beat teams with his arm and his legs.

But there’s one defining characteristic that makes Collaros truly stand out. He’s a winner.

“When you watch Zach play, he’s the guy – I don’t care what sport you’re playing – you’re going to pick him on your team,” said West Virginia defensive coordinator Jeff Casteel.

“He’s a good athlete, he’s a tough kid, and he’s a competitor.

And that shows in the way he plays.”

Jones said both quarterbacks have been so good and so vital to their teams’ success over the past few years because of intangible factors that not every quarterback possesses.

“Both young men will help their teams win. They’re both great leaders; they’re very poised and extremely confident,” Jones said.

But they both know how to find ways to lead their teams to win, that doesn’t mean they do it the same way.

In fact, they aren’t very similar quarterbacks at all.

“I really don’t see any similarities really,” said WVU safety Darwin Cook. “Geno’s more of a pocket passer and Zach does a lot of different things scrambling. They’re like two different quarterbacks really.”

The multi-dimensional play of Collaros will be the biggest challenge for a West Virginia defense that has struggled containing teams the last few weeks.

In their last three games, the Mountaineers have allowed quarterbacks to throw for almost 237 yards per game and seven touchdowns, including four by Syracuse quarterback Ryan Nassib.

For the Mountaineers to have more success this week, they know they need to find a way to get better pressure in the backfield to try to make Collaros make mistakes.

“A guy that can scramble and has the ability to make plays like he does is definitely a challenge you like to face,” said senior defensive lineman Julian Miller. “It’s definitely something where you want to go out there and really be able to get

WVU offense played well in loss to NKU Managing Editor

Embarrassing.

Shocking.

Disappointing.

Those were three words that West Virginia players used to describe last Friday’s upset to Northern Kentucky in the Mountaineers’ only exhibition game.

After a dismal first half allowing the Norse to shoot 53.8 percent, the Mountaineers allowed them to shoot more than 54 percent in the second half.

But, there was a small glimmer of hope for West Virginia: the offense.

The Mountaineers shot just 33.3 percent in the first half.

But, after going into halftime down 13 to the Division-II school, West Virginia shot 58.6 percent in the second half and started to show some offensive rhythm.

“We ran a good offense today. We were hitting the pass,” said freshman guard Gary Browne, who scored 11 points and had four assists in his first game as a Mountaineer. “We need to get more involved with the extra pass. We need to (play a better offense) both halves so we can win games.”

Seniors Kevin Jones and Truck Bryant had offensive explosions. Bryant led all scorers with 24 points, his most since West Virginia played Notre Dame on Feb. 19, while Jones scored 22.

Freshman point guard Jabarie Hinds scored 10 points in

his West Virginia debut.

Browne said he thought the offense was most successful when they had a three guard lineup with himself, Bryant, and Hinds because they could push the ball quicker up the court.

Despite being able to push the ball up the court, it resulted in just two fast-break points for the Mountaineers for the game.

Even though the secondhalf offensive performance of the team was much improved from the season’s first 20 minutes, head coach Bob Huggins thought the offense could be more effective, but noted it would take time with the young team.

“We don’t pass the ball.

We’ve got seven freshmen that are all used to having the ball coming to them – we have a bunch of catchers and not enough pitchers,” he said.

“When the ball comes to catchers, it stops there.”

Huggins said it occurs because of what they were used to in high school when the players were their teams’ go-to scorers.

West Virginia had 28 points in the paint, even without senior Deniz Kilicli, who sat out Friday’s game with a knee injury. Huggins joked following the game that Kilicli may not have helped the defensive effort at all but would have been dominant on offense.

“He’s going to score on just about anybody, I think,” Huggins said. john.terry@mail.wvu.edu

Completions Attempts Yards Touchdowns Interceptions

240 334 3,125 23 5

Zach COLLAROS Completions Attempts Yards Touchdowns Interceptions

147 232 1,790 14 8

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By John Terry

SEASON STATS Geno SMITH

Unpredictable Mountaineers need to find consistency in NCAA tournament alex sims sports WRITER

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Senior guard Truck Bryant led West Virginia with 24 points in the Mountaineers’ 77-74 loss to Northern Kentucky in its exhibition game Friday night.

Unpredictable, exciting, disappointing, dumbfounding: These just are a few words that come to mind when I think of the season the West Virginia men’s soccer has had up to this point.

This is why I am perplexed whenever I am asked if the Mountaineer men’s soccer team will win its upcoming match.

I never quite know how to predict the performance of a squad that seems to have as much potential as any team in the country, but all too often fails to live up to that potential.

I incorrectly predicted a win against No. 13 USF, a loss against No. 1 Connecticut and a win over unranked Providence just three days later and most recently a win over No. 13 St. John’s.

All of these games even took place at home, where the Mountaineers are supposed to be nearly unbeatable.

So, I’ll now look to learn from my mistakes and figure out the source of my outcome-predicting shortcomings and, more importantly, attempt to put my finger on the causes of WVU’s inconsistencies.

The first thing to note is West Virginia’s rigorous

schedule, which has been arguably one of the most difficult in the nation.

The average RPI ranking of the seven teams to beat WVU is 18, exactly the same as its RPI before its loss in the Big East Conference tournament quarterfinals to St. John’s.

West Virginia faced four of the top five teams in the RPI, and its opponent furthest down the ranking was Big East Blue Division champion Marquette, coming in at No. 58.

Yes, the journey has been rough – about as rough as the average Morgantown road – but the Mountaineers want to win a national title. And to be the best, you have to beat the best, which is something WVU has not been able to do consistently.

This search for consistency has been ongoing throughout this season, much thanks to the injuries the Mountaineers have suffered, particularly as of late.

Senior forward and captain Nick Claudio and sophomore midfielder Allan Flott, both starters, have missed significant time due to injury, and another captain, Raymon Gaddis, just returned to the West Virginia lineup against St. John’s after missing three games with an ankle injury.

The fourth critical injury was to midfielder and total

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Holtz, South Florida look to get on track against Syracuse by cody schuler sports writer

After three consecutive losses by an average of four points, frustration continues to build for South Florida head coach Skip Holtz and his team.

“I don’t know that I’ve ever been this close and this frustrated; because we can be so close, but we just haven’t been able to close the door, so to speak,” he said. “To start the season the way we did with a win at Notre Dame obviously was really nice, but then to come back and lose these three conference games we’ve had makes it difficult.”

The Bulls’ most recent loss came in overtime at Rutgers, a game Holtz thinks was decided by special teams play.

“The difference in the game was special teams,” he said. “I know Rutgers is a very wellcoached football team, and coach (Greg) Schiano does a great job with (special teams).

“It was 17-3, and they returned a kickoff for a touchdown. We had a botched punt that led to a field goal for them, and in a close football game like that, you can’t give them 10 points from a special teams standpoint.”

This week, USF travels to Syr-

acuse for a matchup in another tough environment. With travel considerations on top of the team’s recent stretch of rough play, it will be another difficult challenge for Holtz and his team in their hopes of breaking the losing streak.

“It doesn’t get any easier this week as we will travel again to Syracuse,” he said. “Travel is always a big event when you’re traveling from Florida to New York for a trip, so it will be an issue for us.

“Syracuse is probably a lot like we are, and a couple of their losses are a couple of plays away from sitting there talking about being undefeated.

“You put on the West Virginia film, and you see what (Syracuse) did to them and their explosiveness as an offense and a defense – it’s a very good football team,” he said.

Syracuse Syracuse has lost two straight games after its 49-23 home victory over West Virginia. Last week’s 28-21 defeat at Connecticut was a particularly sloppy loss in a game that saw seven turnovers in the first quarter alone. Head coach Doug Marrone acknowledged the strength and parity of the Big East as a driving fac-

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South Florida head coach Skip Holtz hopes his team can bounce back and end its threegame losing streak against Syracuse. tor behind his team’s recent struggles.

“It’s a very difficult conference to play in,” he said. “We’ve been on the road for two weeks now – it’s very difficult. And now we’re coming home to play a South Florida team that’s extremely talented, that’s in the same situation we are – trying

to get a win.”

Marrone put it simply when he described the method with which his team will overcome its recent poor play.

“The mindset is you have to go to work. We know in this conference, and we’ve said it many times, that you have to go out there, (and) you have to

play,” he said. very impressed with them. We “Teams are fighting, teams have our hands full going into are making mistakes, teams are Louisville.” earning wins – it’s a fist fight.

It’s unbelievable.”

Louisville The Louisville Cardinals will Pittsburgh return home this week to host Pittsburgh had a chance to Pittsburgh. Head coach Charlie beat Cincinnati last week but Strong is extremely proud after faltered late in the game and his team’s 38-35 win last week allowed the Bearcats to escape at West Virginia.

“It was a really big win for us,” with their spotless conference record intact. Head coach Todd he said. “We haven’t won there Graham was pleased with his in so many years … for our footteam’s effort and thinks a cou- ball team to go into their staple of key plays are what cost dium and play as well as they the Panthers the game. played was unbelievable.”

“Each week we continue “It came down to just a couple of plays, and we turned to grow up with the youth on the football over in the second this football team, and players half twice, which resulted in are getting better, and they’re 10 points,” he said. “We had a learning how to play,” he said. chance to tie it up in the end The challenge for Louisville and missed a field goal, so it is to display consistent play afwas a heartbreaking loss for ter a big victory – something us. I’m very proud of our play- that has eluded the team so far ers and how hard they played.” this season.

The Panthers will try to re“We know this: We beat Kengroup this week against Louis- tucky then we came back and ville, who is arguably the hot- we (lost) to a Marshall team … test team in the conference.

Now that we beat West Virginia, “The thing that sticks out we have to be prepared to go to you when you watch film play Pitt,” Strong said.

“It’s a conference game. Pitt is how they run to the ball and how passionately they has beaten us the last three play defense,” Graham said of years, so it’s going to be a good Louisville. challenge for us.”

“Coach Strong is doing a tremendous job there; I’m very, charles.schuler@mail.wvu.edu

across the country

Steve Lavin attends Penn State trustees’ support first St. John’s practice for Joe Paterno eroding

NEW YORK (AP) — Steve Lavin attended St. John’s basketball practice Tuesday, his first since undergoing prostate cancer surgery on Oct. 6.

Assistant coach Mike Dunlap has run the team in Lavin’s absence. The Red Storm won their season opener on Monday, beating William & Mary 74-59 in the 2K Sports Classic benefiting Coaches vs. Cancer.

The school said there is no definite timetable for his full-time return.

This is Lavin’s second season at St. John’s. He led the Red Storm to a 21-12 record and their first NCAA tournament bid since 2002.

Only one player from last season’s team returned but Lavin put together an impressive nineman recruiting class. However, three of those players were ruled ineligible for the fall semester.

“I’m definitely feeling closer to full strength, and eager for a return to the sidelines,” Lavin said.

“I’ve been pleased with the progress made by our young team.

During this period of recuperating, Coach Dunlap and the staff have worked in an impressive, collaborative manner to prepare our team for the challenges ahead.”

Lavin has kept tabs on the Red Storm while he was away.

“I have been monitoring the team’s progress by watching DVDs of practices and games.

I have also been in contact via

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St. John’s basketball coach Steve Lavin attended his first practice since undergoing prostrate cancer surgery in October. iPhone, text and e-mail with our coaches, student-athletes and recruits,” he said. “Naturally we still have much to do in terms of implementing our system and style of play, but the effort from this team has been outstanding.”

St. John’s hosts Lehigh on Wednesday night. The Red Storm will play three of the top five teams in the AP’s preseason Top 25, six games against the top 10, eight against the top 20 and 11 against the top 25.

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Continued from page 7 points leader Shadow Sebele.

The junior was tied with freshman Andy Bevin for the lead in total goals and was red hot, scoring three goals in his last three games before injuring his knee against Providence.

But, with their backs against the wall in their final two games of the regular season, the Mountaineers united and fought their way to backto-back road victories in two of their most impressive performances of the season.

With those exemplary displays of depth in mind, it’s hard to blame the irregularity on injuries, even to such impactful players.

So, I thought about what West Virginia head coach Marlon LeBlanc, the man who knows the Mountaineers better than anyone, said following the quarterfinal loss to the Red Storm.

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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Coach Joe Paterno is fighting for his job amid “eroding” support from Penn State’s board of trustees and a widening sex-abuse scandal and possible cover-up centered on former assistant and one-time heir apparent Jerry Sandusky.

Paterno’s regularly scheduled news conference was abruptly canceled Tuesday. A university spokesman cited “ongoing legal circumstances,” a reference to charges announced over the weekend that Sandusky molested eight young boys between 1994 and 2009, and that two PSU administrators who have since stepped aside failed to notify authorities of a 2002 incident reported by an eyewitness.

Penn State’s board of trustees was “in sessions” Chairman Steve Garban acknowledged when asked in a brief interview with The Associated Press if the board had called an emergency meeting. A person who spoke on condition of anonymity because the schedule was not made public said the trustees were having a teleconference Tuesday evening.

“The board of directors is very concerned about the chain of events that have occurred,” trustee Paul Silvis told the Centre Daily Times.

Hundreds of fans staged a raucous rally outside Paterno’s home a short time earlier. He appeared briefly, along with some family members, and thanked the crowd for coming.

“I’ve lived for this place. I’ve The one thing that disturbed him the most was that his team really only showed up at the end of the match, when it was already down 1-0.

Then, it hit me – the Mountaineers too often approach the game like many college students (myself included) approach schoolwork.

They wait until the last minute, until they absolutely have to perform, to actually give a perfect effort.

This may work in your 100-level classes, but it just will not fly the NCAA tournament.

How far West Virginia advances in the postseason will be heavily contingent on its attitude and effort going forward.

The Mountaineers definitely have a run in them, but we will have to wait and see if they can make that run.

If I had to make a prediction, I’d say this team is not done yet. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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since the two played together on an all-star team when they Continued from page 7 were in high school in Ohio, and, like his defensive coorafter him and stop him from dinator, he said the biggest making big plays.” challenge that the Bearcats’ Miller has known Collaros quarterback presents has

lived for people like you guys and girls,” Paterno said.

“It’s hard for me to say how much this means,” the 84-yearold coach said.

“As you know, the kids that were the victims, I think we ought to say a prayer for them.”

Asked if he was still the coach, Paterno didn’t answer but a young woman who stood with her arm around him replied: “Now is not the time.”

Paterno’s son, Scott, said his father was disappointed over the decision by PSU President Graham Spanier to cancel the news conference.

Addressing reporters outside his parents’ house, Scott said Joe was prepared to answer questions about Sandusky — who maintains he is innocent — and further that his father plans to coach not only Saturday’s game against Nebraska, but for the long haul.

In the afternoon, Paterno stepped out of a silver sedan being driven by his wife, Sue, and headed to the team practice.

At one corner of the facility, managers hastily put plywood boards over an exposed fence to block photographers’ view of the field.

At the spontaneous rally at his house, Paterno held his fists over his head three times and said, “We are ...”

And the crowd replied, “Penn State!”

“We’re always going to be Penn State,” Paterno said. “I’m proud of you. I’ve always been

proud of you. Beat Nebraska.”

Paterno, who earns about $1 million annually from the school, has been head coach for 46 years and part of the Penn State staff for more than six decades, and his old-school values pervade every corner of the program.

Over that span, the Nittany Lions won two national championships, but unlike many other Division I powerhouses, the program avoided run-ins with the NCAA. The team generates millions of dollars each year in revenues from attendance, TV rights and sponsorships, but it has stubbornly stuck with the basic white-and-blue uniforms that are now among the most recognizable in college football.

All those things have inspired pride in the region and fierce loyalty to Paterno, who is the winningest coach in Division I and one of the most respected in any sport.

That lofty status, however, has been the subject of heated arguments in recent days, among students on campus, construction workers on the street and the PSU board of trustees.

A person familiar with the trustees’ discussions said support there for Paterno was “eroding,” but couldn’t gauge whether the board would take action. The same person said Spanier has also lost support ahead of Friday’s board meeting, which Gov. Tom Corbett said he plans to attend. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the subject.

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Freshman forward Andy Bevin and the West Virginia men’s soccer team needs to be more consistent if it wants to have more success in the postseason.

nothing to do with how well he can throw the ball.

“He’s a winner. He’s very smart. You talk about senior leadership – that’s the type of guy you want to resemble,” Miller said. “He’s a great

player, he can make great plays, and it’s going to be a challenge for us to get after it.

Defensively we’re up for the challenge, and we can’t wait.” james.carvelli@mail.wvu.edu

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Wednesday November 9, 2011

WVU didn’t take advantage of chances against St. John’s

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Senior Nick Claudio and the West Virginia men’s soccer team was shut out in the Big East Conference quarterfinals Sunday afternoon.

by amit batra sports writer

The No. 16 West Virginia men’s soccer team had many opportunities to score in Sunday’s loss to St. John’s in the Big East Conference quarterfinals.

It just didn’t capitalize on any of them.

In some of the team’s losses, the Mountaineers were unable to capitalize on some key shots. It’s clear how much talent is on the roster from top to

bottom, but letting the foot off the gas pedal has been a recurring theme for the Mountaineers this season.

“We take two steps forward, and we take one step backwards,” said head coach Marlon LeBlanc following the 2-0 loss. “We have a bunch of guys that really want to win, but you have to put in the effort. I don’t question that they wanted it, especially in the last 20 minutes when we were down a goal, and all of a sudden we saw a renewed energy

in the team.

“The fact that I saw our team show up in the last 2025 minutes of the game bums me out a little.”

A win would have done a great deal for the Mountaineers in terms of their resume for the NCAA tournament.

“I don’t know if we quite understand what an opportunity is and to make use of that opportunity,” LeBlanc said.

“I don’t doubt that my guys wanted to win this game, but the resolve to go out there and

football

do it wasn’t there.”

With the NCAA tournament quickly approaching, West Virginia has done a lot of things to make its tournament resume more favorable to the selection committee, but will the Mountaineers be able to capitalize on their opportunities if they get the chance?

“We had one of the toughest schedules in America,” LeBlanc said. “We’ve got a strong RPI. Whether or not that’s enough is up to the NCAA. If we won today, I think you’re

talking about a top-16 team.

“To lose today, now we’re playing in a first-round game, no doubt about that. Do we have the resolve to come back and move forward is going to tell a lot about us in the next eight days.”

The NCAA tournament Selection Show takes place on Monday, Nov. 14, at www.

NCAA.com. It is set to take place at 4:30 p.m.

WVU has certainly built up a solid resume for the NCAA Tournament. With a record

of 10-7-1 and a 6-3-1 record in the brutal Big East, the Mountaineers have upset No. 1 Connecticut and have picked up quality wins against Notre Dame, Georgetown and Virginia.

In non-conference play, West Virginia has had some very difficult games against UC Santa-Barbara, Cal Poly and Maryland. The Mountaineers finished non-conference play 4-4-1 overall. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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Holgorsen questions team’s effort WVU knows improvements

must be made before opener by michael carvelli sports editor

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West Virginia players and coaches talk in a huddle on the sidelines during the game against Louisville Saturday.

by ben gaughan

associate sports editor

West Virginia head coach Dana Holgorsen was not happy with the effort his team displayed against Louisville.

A lot of the talk at Tuesday’s weekly press conference dealt with his opinions of the team at this stage and how things need to get back on the right track in order to be more successful for the remaining three games.

“In order to win we have to play with effort all the time,” Holgorsen said. “There were spurts last week where there was effort, but there wasn’t a bunch of it. It didn’t happen all the time.”

“That’s our challenge this week. Our challenge is to get guys to play with effort and energy,” he said.

Holgorsen admitted the final product the team puts on the field every week ultimately lands on his shoulders, but the whole coaching staff and everyone else involved are in it together to continue to help West Virginia grow as a football industry.

The overall effectiveness on all sides of the ball was not what it should have been last week against Louisville, and the team is trying to figure out how to handle the situation in practice as the week moves closer to the game against Cincinnati.

“You can point the finger at a

specific thing that happened in the game, but that’s really not it. It doesn’t fix what the problem is,” Holgorsen said. “The problem is offensively playing good in spurts but not having a winning performance – not doing the specific things to dominate one side of the ball to the point where it won the game.

“We’re still learning how to play as a team.”

The situation WVU is in right now is similar to the one it was in a few weeks ago, according to Holgorsen. The team had just come off the loss to Syracuse and was looking for answers against Rutgers and willed themselves to a victory on the road.

The first-year coach is trying to instill a message in his players’ minds that they have to give everything they have in every game to be successful.

If they do that they will more than likely be on top when the game is over.

“What we’re trying to obtain as a program (is), plan on being here a long time and establishing the way it is all the time, to the point to where this isn’t about thinking we can get up one week and not get up the other week,” he said.

“The league that we’re going to (Big 12) is full of a whole bunch of talented teams that play hard. The team that figures out, whether it’s the conference we’re in or the conference we’re going to, the team

that figures out that you’ve got to play to the best of your ability each week, or you’re going to get beat is the team that’s going to win it all.”

Holgorsen is still trying to get some players on board with everything that he and his coaching staff have brought to the table this year, which is a challenge that will probably last beyond this season.

He expressed the reality of the situation the team is in right now and the importance of how the players deal with it going forward and doing their job until the season comes to an end.

“They have to buy into what’s being said … It’s not my team, it’s their team,” Holgorsen said.

“We do our best to organize in a way to where we put them out there and put them in the best position we possibly can to play, and then it’s really about how they play.

“We have to have guys that have enough invested into the program, that have enough to them, that step up and give their absolute best all the time.”

The leaders on the team are the ones who have to tell the other players to step up when things aren’t going well. According to Holgorsen, Those leaders know who they are, and they’re not doing what they need to do to be good leaders on a consistent basis. ben.gaughan@mail.wvu.edu

The debut of the new-look West Virginia men’s basketball team didn’t go quite the way the players had hoped it would.

With a roster of six freshmen and only three returning players who played significant minutes last season, the Mountaineers fell to Northern Kentucky in their only official exhibition game before they begin the regular season against Oral Roberts Friday night.

After such a disappointing performance, there wasn’t just one thing the players could point to as a reason they struggled. But there was one thing that was glaring that hadn’t been missing in the past.

“It’s just effort,” said senior forward Kevin Jones. “It’s stuff that was never a question before. They just went out and they wanted it more than us, and it’s just that.

“We let a team come in front of our home crowd and just outwork us, and that never happens.”

Jones and fellow senior Truck Bryant appeared to be in disbelief following the loss.

It was a loss that neither saw coming, especially the way the Mountaineer defense played.

The Norse shot 54 percent for the game and scored 42 points in the first half – the most points scored in a half against the Mountaineers since Pitt scored 48 in the second half against them Feb. 7.

“I don’t remember the last time we gave up 40 points in the first half,” Bryant said. “(In the past) even if we only scored 29 points, the score was 29-26. Even if we’re not scoring the ball well, we can’t give up that many points.

That’s something we’ve got to pick up and get back to.”

Friday’s loss wasn’t the first time WVU head coach Bob Huggins has had a team lose

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Senior forward Kevin Jones, right, holds the ball in the exhibition game last Friday night against Northern Kentucky. an exhibition.

And while some think a loss in an exhibition could be used as a learning experience, Huggins disagrees.

“You’ve got to be not the most intelligent person to have to lose to learn,” Huggins said. “I don’t know why you can’t win and learn. I don’t know why you can’t go to practice and learn.

“It obviously sinks in a little bit more when you lose, but why would you have to go through that? You would think intelligent people wouldn’t do that.”

The Mountaineers know that with the start of the regular season just a few days away, they don’t have a lot of time to spend correcting the mistakes they had against Northern Kentucky.

Bryant said having the benefit of the fourth-winningest active coach in the country roaming their sideline will be a big help in making those improvements.

“We just need to listen

more as a team. (Huggins) is a Hall of Fame coach; he knows what he’s doing. We just need to listen to him, and that’s all going to start in practice.”

If they don’t get better, and they come out in the regular season the same way they did against the Norse, the Mountaineers know how tough it will be to win games with the difficult schedule they have.

But they know the loss in the exhibition won’t define their season – it doesn’t even count on the record.

They just need to move forward and make sure they get better in the areas where they didn’t play well Friday.

“It’s not the end of the world, but it’s close to it,” Jones said. “We have to get this thing turned around, we have to get everyone buying in, and we have to play together as a unit.

“Until we do that, we’ll be a mediocre team.” james.carvelli@mail.wvu.edu