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Woodburn celebrates with new LED lights by kelsey montgomery staff writer

West Virginia University students and members of the Morgantown community came together Friday evening for a timeless Mountaineer tradition: the lighting of Woodburn Hall.

But, this year was a little different from the rest – the iconic, 135-year-old building was adorned with LED lights as part of a new green initiative.

A $3.9 million renovation project to the historic building began in 2010 and included a

new roof, stonework, copperlined gutters and safety features for employees working on the rooftop.

LED lights were selected to increase the bulb life cycle, reduce maintenance costs and reduce energy consumption.

WVU First Lady Beth Clements said for her, the lighting of Woodburn Hall reflects the University’s achievements over the past year.

“As we light up this hall, let us reflect on the good we have collectively accomplished throughout the year,” she said.

“This is a time for us to be thankful for what we have been given and to be generous in our giving.”

Charitable actions through the University, faculty and students this year included $335,000 raised for the United Way Campaign of Monongalia and Preston counties and the Toy Mountain located in the Mountainlair.

“This year, let us all remember the true meaning of the holidays by counting our blessings and sharing those blessings with others,” Clements said.

“Thank you for making this community a warm and inviting place to call home.”

Student Government Association President Jason Bailey was the master of the ceremonies for the annual tradition.

“The work is now complete on Woodburn Hall, and we are very proud to show it off for its 135th anniversary,” Bailey said.

“We will also unveil brand new energy efficient LED lighting that will shine in different ways all year round.”

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Woodburn Hall is lit up this year by yellow and blue LED lights. In mid-January, the lights will change to white to spotlight the iconic building throughout the year.

Ceremony MOST INFLUENTIAL honors 1,500 person of 2011 WVU grads The Daily Athenaeum’s

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The yearly award to find and give credit to the University’s most influential person as voted on by The DA Editorial staff.

Milan ‘Mike’ Puskar WVU philanthropist

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The death of Milan Puskar

By Erin Fitzwilliams Editor-in-chief

Milan “Mike” Puskar, the cofounder and former chairman of generic drug maker Mylan Inc., made an impact on the West Virginia University community before and after his death on October 7. He died following a prolonged battle with cancer at age 77.

Puskar donated tens of millions of dollars to WVU throughout his lifetime, as well as contributing his name to the football stadium.

Puskar served 25 years as president and 16 years as chairman of Mylan Incorporated, a Fortune 500 company that produces and distributes generic drugs to more than 150 countries and territories.

In 2003, Puskar donated $20 million to the Building Greatness fundraising campaign, a gift which remains the largest one-time cash gift in WVU history.

“The West Virginia University Foundation and WVU have lost a great friend in Mike Puskar,” said WVU Foundation President and CEO R. Wayne King in a statement following Puskar’s death. “He embodied the

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true meaning of generosity by transforming and enriching lives through his philanthropy. From academics to athletics, Mike’s love for WVU was evident in the depth and breadth of his support. His legacy of giving to WVU and the Morgantown community will live on for decades to come. Mike’s family and friends are in our thoughts and prayers.”

The University used $14.5 million of the gift for athletics, and $5.5 million supported academic and leadership programs. In 2005, Puskar was the first recipient of the Foundation’s Outstanding Philanthropist Award, and the award was renamed to honor Puskar in June. He also served on the WVU Foundation’s Board of Directors from 1997 to 2000.

Mylan Inc. gave more than $6 million to the WVU Foundation during Puskar’s tenure as chairman.

Puskar received an honorary doctorate from WVU in 2000 and was inducted into WVU’s Order of Vandalia in 2003, an honor given in recognition of outstanding service to the University. erin.fitzwilliams@mail.wvu.edu

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Milan ‘Mike’ Puskar was honored on Oct. 1 at WVU’s football game against Connecticut.

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OLIVER LUCK

WVU Athletics Director WHAT: WVU Athletic Director Oliver Luck hired Dana Holgorsen as the head coach in-waiting and eventually promoted him to head coach after former head coach Bill Stewart resigned in June. Holgorsen won the Big East Conference in his first season and led WVU to a BCS appearance for the first time since 2007-08. He also pushed for beer to be sold at Milan Puskar Stadium for the first time this fall, which led to a decrease in the number of alcohol-related incidents at the stadium.

MOST MEMORABLE MOMENT: Luck played a key role in helping West Virginia join the Big 12 Conference. Pending a lawsuit against the Big East, the Mountaineers will join the conference for the 2012-13 season.

QUOTE: “When Pitt and Syracuse made the decision to leave the Big East and join another conference, I think all the remaining Big East schools really had to take a step back and think about what was best for that specific university,” he said.

Katherine Bomkamp

WVU political science student

WHAT: West Virginia University sophomore political science student Katherine Bomkamp designed an invention called the “Pain Free Socket” which is a prosthetic addition for amputees suffering from phantom limb pain, a pain felt in a limb which is no longer there. The device works by applying heat to the amputee’s joint socket through thermal biofeedback. The invention is currently waiting for a patent.

MOST MEMORABLE MOMENT: Bomkamp was featured as one of Glamour Magazine’s “21 Amazing Young Women.” She was also featured in The Prototype column of the New York Times.

QUOTE: “I wanted to find a way to treat the problem holistically without the use of these drugs,” she said. “Before, it was a project, and now it is a business opportunity that I’ve created a company around.”

Daniel brewster WVU sociology professor

WHAT: Daniel Brewster approached The Daily Athenaeum in October to publish a column titled “Enough is enough.” The column also chronicled an incident at a WVU football game when a young man approached Brewster with “words of condemnation” and “defamatory terms” concerning his sexual orientation.

MOST MEMORABLE MOMENT: The WVU President’s Office for Social Justice opened an investigation of the allegations of harassment by a student against a professor following the printing of the column. Brewster said the day after the column ran that he received more than 700 emails and Facebook messages from around the country. He said he spent almost eight hours replying to each message.

QUOTE: “I’ve lived my life telling people that I was asexual, but I constantly fight for the rights of others. I would always defend someone else, but not myself. I have no doubt that from now on I’m going to be more confident in that,” he said. “This wasn’t about me or coming out. It was about the fact that I was going to use my experience to help others. This wasn’t intended to be a story – it was a chance to use what happened to me as an educational tool for students, staff and faculty here at WVU.”

BROCK BURWELL

Mountaineer Mascot

WHAT: Brock Burwell was the little mascot under his uncle Rock Wilson long before he became WVU’s Mountaineer Mascot for the last two years. Burwell served as the alternate mascot for two years prior to being named the Mountaineer for 2010. Burwell has attended hundreds of WVU athletic events and other WVUrelated events. Burwell has embodied Mountaineer pride during his tenure as the mascot.

MOST MEMORABLE MOMENT: While any moment seeing the Mountaineer leading the team out of the tunnels on gameday is memorable, Burwell’s final run on the field prior to the Pitt game could be one of our most memorable moments. He’s always cheering on the Mountaineers, rain, snow or shine. Burwell also appeared briefly on ESPN’s College GameDay when the set was brought to Morgantown.

QUOTE: “Just like (former WVU quarterback) 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.”

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by Bryan bumgardner Staff writer

More than 1,500 West Virginia University students celebrated their upcoming transition from student to alumni at the December Convocation Sunday.

Students and family gathered at the WVU Coliseum to celebrate the event, and WVU President James P. Clements and Professor Laurie Badzek were present as keynote speakers.

Music was provided by the University Choir and the Trombone Troupe from the College of Creative Arts.

Students who participated in the convocation did not receive official diplomas, as the students will have to take this semester’s final exams before their diplomas can be awarded.

As students walked onto the court they were met with cheers and applause. Clements began the ceremony by addressing the graduate candidates.

“Today marks the end of an important chapter in your life and the beginning of a new adventure,” he said. “This is an occasion to celebrate, and you’ve earned it.”

Badzek, a school of nursing professor, gave the main convocation address. Badzek is an active scholar who holds several degrees in nursing and law. She is also the director of the American Nurses Association Center for Ethics and Human Rights, and has implemented strategies for educating nurses across the country on ethical law.

Badzek offered life advice to the potential graduates in her address.

“We can, and should as Mountaineers, always help those with whom we cross paths,” she said.

Badzek said it is important for students to re-

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AXE tour brings Girl Talk to Morgantown for ‘One Night Only’ by mackenzie mays city editor

West Virginia University students chased the AXE Snow Cone Truck around campus Thursday hoping to snag a ticket to a surprise performance by mash-up artist Girl Talk.

The show was part of AXE’s “One Night Only” tour, which travels to college campuses across the country to surprise students with a free concert.

Students took to the “Axe: One Night Only” Facebook page to track down the truck’s location, which made multiple trips downtown to distribute the free tickets.

Haleigh Collins, a public relations student, has seen Gregg Gillis, frontman for Girl Talk, five times, and said she used social media to keep up with the event to land a ticket.

“I thought the whole ticket experience was fun. I literally ran out of my class to catch the truck,” Collins said. “Not knowing where and when the show would be or if you would even get a chance to see it was exciting. It’s definitely different than most concert experiences.”

Collins said AXE made the right decision by

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WVU TAKES DOWN MIAMI The West Virginia men’s basketball team used an early second-half run to propel it to a 77-66 win against Miami Saturday.

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Stalnaker Hall, Rec Center win Ecolympics Hospitality & tourism program upgrades to ‘area of emphasis’ by lydia nuzum associate city editor

The Ecolympics competition, a month-long challenge held during October to determine the most environmentally friendly residence halls and buildings at West Virginia University, has announced its winners for 2011.

Stalnaker Hall was chosen as the winner of the residence hall division of the competition. The hall recycled more than 3,000 pounds of material during the month and reduced its energy consumption by 9 percent.

The Student Recreation Center won the campus building division of the challenge. The Rec Center recycled 1,107 pounds of material and reduced its energy consumption by 17 percent.

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“I think we have some good stewards,” said Dave Taylor, director of the WVU Student Rec Center. “We participate in good stewardship on a month-tomonth basis. I think that being green and being environmentally conscious, all those things are just good learning experiences for our students and staff.”

Taylor said the Rec Center has been recycling for years, and its staff has implemented several new techniques to conserve energy and make the building more efficient.

“All of our staff, once we first started implementing more environmentally friendly policies, even started recycling more at home,” he said. “I think things like that are really positive outcomes of programs like this.”

Meghan Bosley, a business management student, said Girl Talk’s legendary live performances is what brought her to the concert.

“I heard about it from a friend and knew I had to track this truck down,” Bosley said. “I love Girl Talk because he’s all about creating a fun atmosphere.”

Bosley said that despite Gillis’s rising mainstream success, she’s happy to see him still playing some of his favorite small venues.

“He’s gotten so big over the years, and it’s cool that he’ll still play small intimate shows like this one,” she said.

Mary Maley, a geology student, said no Morgantown venue could’ve hosted the Girl Talk show better than 123 Pleasant Street.

“I’m a regular at 123 Pleasant Street because I like the live music venue atmosphere,” Maley said. “This is a perfect stop for the tour because it’s really the only place in Morgantown that caters to live music like this, and it’s really cool to see big names here.”

choosing someone like Gillis, who turns digital samples of songs into catchy dance mixes, for its one-of-a-kind tour.

“He’s a self starter. So, a tour like this allows people who didn’t even know him to have an opportunity to hear his music. And most of the time, they’re always into it,” she said.

AXE chose 123 Pleasant Street as the concert’s venue – which isn’t so “One Night Only” for Gillis, who’s played there more than 10 times since 2004.

As no stranger to performing in the area, Gillis, a Pittsburgh native, knew how to work up the Morgantown crowd.

“I’ve got to say, Morgantown was happening for me long before Pittsburgh was,” he said at Friday night’s concert.

Gillis brought his signature wild live performance to 123 Pleasant Street Friday night, covering the audience in everything from balloons and confetti to toilet paper. Back

Residence halls in the student division were also able to earn extra points in the competition with other activities, which included a recyclable sculpturebuilding contest at WVUp All Night and volunteering for the Mountaineers Recycle program at a home football game.

Ecolympics is an annual competition sponsored by WVU Environmental Conservation Awareness Now, a program geared toward sponsoring sustainability efforts on campus and creating a more environmentally conscious University.

WECAN has 12 specific focuses for improving its environmental outreach including research and innovation; curricular education; transportation; waste management; water; food

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member the importance of spreading goodwill.

“Always remember you can make a difference,” she said.

Badzek said the keynote speakers from her own graduation ceremonies gave her a message of pursuing success in every aspect of her career, which she hoped to pass on to the December graduates.

Students should recognize those who have helped them succeed in their academic career, she said.

“Success is also taking people who’ve helped you through the years to dinner, and of course, picking up the tab,” she said.

She also encouraged the potential graduates to live healthy lifestyles, to be kind to others, and to take mistakes in stride.

“We learn from our mistakes.

Often, through our failures, we find our greatest successes,” she said.

Leo Schlosnagle is finishing his doctoral degree in develop-

and dining; and community and civic engagement.

Traci Liebig, conservation specialist within WVU Facilities Management, said the Ecolympics competition is meant as a reminder to students and faculty to lead eco-friendly lifestyles.

“Ultimately, though, we hope that the month of extra attention surrounding recycling and energy conservation energizes students, faculty and staff to continue to use less and recycle more all year long,” Liebig said. “The competition is meant to be an impetus to think about how our choices affect our environment, no matter if we are at home or at work or school.” lydia.nuzum@mail.wvu.edu

mental technology.

“I’ve been working at this for four years, and I’m relieved that it’s over,” he said. “This is the end of college, but in a way, it’s also a beginning.”

Schlosnagle has a faculty job at the WVU Health Sciences Center waiting for him after he graduates.

Tyler Berryman, a finance student, is going to Argentina to study Spanish.

Berryman said he is both nervous and excited to graduate and move on from college.

“It’s kind of a ‘What do I do now?’ feeling,” Berryman said.

Berryman’s mother, Joyce said, she was glad the two friends and potential graduates attended WVU. “They received a quality education here in Morgantown, both academically and socially,” she said. “I’m very proud of both of them.”

Diplomas will be mailed out after final grades have been confirmed in January. To view an archived webcast of the Convocation, visit http://decemberconvocation.wvu.edu/webcast.

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by carlee lammers staff writer

The West Virginia University College of Business and Economics is upgrading its Hospitality & Tourism Management program into an academic “area of emphasis.”

Teaching assistant professor and program coordinator Frank Demarco said faculty from the College of B&E answered the call from West Virginia state officials to create a program designated to the state’s second-largest industry.

The Hospitality & Tourism Management academic major program, which currently offers four courses, will prepare students for careers in hospitality and tourism leadership, hotel operations, tourism management and restaurant operations management.

“We’re moving pretty quickly. We are hoping to have it established as a full academic major program by the 2013 fall semester,” Demarco said.

The University has already established an advising board for the program and is working in partnership with officials across the state to prepare a curriculum.

Demarco said that WVU, being the flagship university for the state, has several strong connections to the industry, which will allow for an array of opportunities for students.

“The internship opportunities and possibilities are going to be endless,” he said.

The new program would provide students with the opportunity to gain experience in several of the disciplines throughout the school including marketing and financing, Demarco said.

“We are definitely excited about being able to cross disciplines with our program and within the business school,” he said.

The College of B&E has received the support of two alumni through Taziki’s Mediterranean Cafe located in the Mountainlair, which will donate a part of its profits to the program.

Out of anticipation for the new program, students within the college have formed a new Hospitality Club.

The club will be an official University student organization beginning in the spring semester. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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First Lady Beth Clements delivers an address prior to the annual lighting of Woodburn Hall Friday night.

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The new LED lights change from Mountaineer gold and blue to red and green for the holiday season.

The ceremony also included musical performances from Mountaineer Idol finalists and Mountaineer Idol winner Chelsea Malone.

Special guests of the cer-

emony included 4-yearold Brody Wilmoth and his parents.

Wilmoth represented WVU Children’s Hospital for the ceremony. He was born prematurely and developed a serious condition known as a pulmonary hemorrhage. After treatment at the hospital, he recovered and is a healthy young boy.

Wilmoth was given the honor of pressing the button to light the display during the celebration.

Hundreds of students attended the ceremony to mark the beginning of the holiday season.

“Seeing everyone come together for the lighting and seeing children like Brody enjoying the spirit of the holidays was inspiring,” said Sarah Eckles, a sophomore wildlife and fisheries student. “It is something that every WVU student should come to during their college career.”

The lights on Woodburn will shift to white in mid-January and will continue to be illuminated during the course of the school year.

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FOLLOW THE TRUCK

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Senior guard Truck Bryant scored a career-high 27 points and had four assists during West Virginia’s 77-66 win Saturday night against Miami (Fla.) at the WVU Coliseum.

Truck’s career-high 27 points, second-half run lead West Virginia to 77-66 win over Miami by john terry managing editor

West Virginia used an early second-half run against Miami to win its second consecutive game 77-64 Saturday night at the WVU Coliseum.

The Mountaineers (6-2), trailing Miami (5-4) 37-35 at halftime, went on a 25-3 run to jump out to a 60-40 lead with 11:27 remaining in the second half.

Miami didn’t score its first field goal in the second half until the 10:55 mark.

“We guarded a lot better (in the second half ),” said WVU head coach Bob Huggins.

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Truck Bryant points and eight points by junior Deniz Kilicli. It also energized the season-high 12,257 fans in attendance.

“When the students show up, they have got such great enthusiasm, and it is just so much more fun when they are here,” Huggins said.

Bryant finished with a new career-high of 27 points and four rebounds. Kilicli was 7-for-11 from the field with 18 points – one short of his career-high – and eight rebounds.

“Truck and Deniz really carried us today,” said senior Kevin Jones, who finished with a quiet 12 points and

nine rebounds. “We were still dead from Thursday’s game.

Coach snapped us out of that at halftime.”

Huggins said he was pleased the team was able to win without a dominating performance by Jones. Jones’ 12 points is the least number of points he has scored all season.

The Mountaineers shot 54 percent from the field in the game, including an 8-for20 mark from 3-point range.

West Virginia is now 30-0 under Huggins while shooting at least 50 percent.

The Mountaineers were 15of-18 from the free-throw line – its best mark from the line

this season. It’s also the highest since last year’s Big East tournament loss to Marquette.

Everything went Miami’s way early, however.

The Hurricanes shredded the West Virginia defense, and they extended their firsthalf lead to seven on two different occasions, but both times West Virginia was able to climb back into the game.

The Hurricanes were able to limit the touches for Jones in the first half. The senior was just 1-of-4 with 2 free throws for four points.

Miami junior Garrius Adams came off the bench to score nine points. He was 3-for-3 from the field – all of

which were 3-pointers. He fin“We are starting to learn ished with 15 points. how to deal with adversity,” Miami point guard Mal- Bryant said. “I thought it colm Grant scored 17 points, would take a lot more time.” and Durand Scott scored 15 points. john.terry@mail.wvu.edu

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Dance team should be thanked for spirit In the wake of a thrilling 77-66 win over Miami Saturday in front of a loud 12,254 at the West Virginia University Coliseum, and unfortunate incident took place that went unnoticed.

A WVU volleyball player, who was at the game as a fan, tweeted: “‘Loling’ aat our ‘dance team’.”

A dance team member and the volleyball player ex-

changed tweets at each other – both poking fun at the volleyball team’s 7-19 record and dance not being a real sport.

The details really don’t even matter, but the fact this even took place is embarrassing, and behavior like this needs to change.

Mountaineers should not be bashing fellow Mountaineers. We’re all one.

It’s natural to put your

own program ahead of others, but this mentality needs to change.

The oneWVU campaign was launched a few years ago to combat prejudices on campus, but it applies to situations like this as well. Whether it be an athlete, a dance team member, a member of the pep band or a student, all of us are equal.

The WVU dance team, winner of back-to-back national

championships, practices just as hard as any WVU sports team and arguably has more commitments.

The dance team practices for roughly 9 hours per week this semester and attends all home men’s and women’s basketball games. The team will practice almost every day next semester.

And no member of the team is receiving any type of

athletic scholarship. In fact, the dance team has to raise most of the $20,000 it takes to compete at Nationals.

It’s laughable that anyone associated with the University would attack the dance team.

The dance team provides support for teams when they are winning and when they are down by 20 – something WVU students don’t even do.

The behavior was childish and embarrasses the University.

We’re all students with the goal of graduating with a degree and preparing ourselves for successful careers.

Saturday’s incident is just a reminder that no Mountaineer is bigger or better than another. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

Classification of marijuana conflicts with medical value danielle faipler columnist

On Nov. 30, Gov. Christine Gregoire of Washington and Gov. Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island asked the federal government to change the schedule rating of marijuana. They said it would be helpful for distributing the drug safely and would not put employees in a spot where they could be prosecuted.

This is a smart move because it brings into question the legitimacy of marijuana as a form of treatment and opens a door for more clinical research. It would also create a safer environment for patients to access medical marijuana without having to go underground.

Right now, marijuana is classified as a Schedule I drug, which means it has no medical value and a high potential for addiction and abuse. This is the same schedule that includes heroin, LSD and ecstasy.

Schedule II drugs are drugs with a high potential for abuse and addiction, and also have a medical use.

Drugs in this category are cocaine, morphine and opium.

Research has shown the medicinal values of marijuana, so it only makes sense for it to be in Schedule II at the very least.

A study done at the University of California Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research found that marijuana is affective in treating a type of nerve pain often linked with cancer, HIV/AIDS and spinal cord injury.

Marijuana has also been researched as a form of treatment for Alzheimer’s disease. In 2006, researchers at The Scripps Research Institute in California found that THC can hinder the enzyme responsible for the buildup of amyloid plaque, the tell-tail sign of Alzheimer’s.

Marijuana has also been found to lighten symptoms such as nausea from chemotherapy, and researchers are investigating its ability to modify diseases such as multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis and inflammatory bowel disease. Marijuana is also effective in the treatment of pain.

Ac c o rd i n g t o w w w .

NORML.org, there have been 37 studies evaluating the medical use of marijuana since 2005. FDA-approved drugs go through far fewer studies.

Moving marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule II will create more research opportunities in the U.S. to study the drug.

Right now, marijuana research takes place outside of the U.S. because of its strong anti-marijuana policies. Research is still pre-clinical, which means researchers have to use animals and individual cannabinoids such as THC, cannabidiol or synthetics.

However, if marijuana is changed from Schedule I to Schedule II, lesser restrictions will mean further research can be done on human and nonhuman subjects.

Moving marijuana to Schedule II will also create a safer environment for the distribution and supply of medical marijuana.

Medical marijuana dispensaries are subject to federal prosecution.

Last spring, Washington tried to pass a bill regulating the supply and distribution of medical marijuana. However, since growing and distributing marijuana is against federal law, employees conducting these activities could still be subjected to federal prosecution.

Gov. Gregoire ended up vetoing the majority of the bill.

Gov. Chafee also tried passing a law regulating marijuana dispensaries. However, federal prosecutors would have targeted those as well.

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Medical marijuana being grown in a lab. and federal law makes it difficult for patients to buy the drug because there is no regulation of supply. This could mean that pharmacies could be used as the means to safely distribute the drug.

There is opposition to this because of the different strengths and because it is

smoked, making dosing difficult. However, the active components of marijuana can be extracted and consumed in different foods.

This means that there can be potential for regulated doses like any other medication via pill form.

Marijuana has potential

for great medical use, and the federal government is hurting legitimate patients who are prescribed medical marijuana.

Its classification as a Schedule I drug is nonsensical because it has been proven to have medical value in the treatment of Alzheim-

er’s disease and neuropathic pain found in cancer and HIV/AIDS patients.

More extensive research would be done under Schedule II classification, and more research could create a safer avenue for patients to access the drug without having to go into an underground market.

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EVERY MONDAY

THE PUBLIC RELATIONS STUDENT SOCIETY OF AMERICA meets at 5 p.m. in 205 Martin Hall.

KAPPA PHI, a Christian women’s service organization, meets at 7 p.m. at Wesley United Methodist Church on the corner of N. High and Willey streets.

For more information, email kappaphi_pi@hotmail.com or visit www. freewebs.com/kappaphipi.

RIFLE CLUB meets from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in Room 311 of the Shell Building.

For more information, email Abbey at aheiskel@mix.wvu.edu or Bob at rdriscol@wvu.edu.

FREE ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE Advanced Conversation Group meets at 6 p.m. at the Blue Moose Cafe for conversation, friendship and free English conversation lessons. New friends are always welcome. For more information, email Erin at mclv_advanced_conversation@yahoo.com.

STUDENTS TAKING ACTION NOW: DARFUR meets at 7 p.m. in the Mountain Room of the Mountainlair. STAND is active in planning events to raise money and awareness on the ongoing genocide in Darfur, Sudan. For more information, email Felicia at fgilber@mix. wvu.edu or call 732-674-8357.

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.

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

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

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

THE WVU EQUESTRIAN TEAM meets in Room 2001 of the Agricultural Sciences Building. The Western Equestrian Team will meet at 7 p.m. and the English Equestrian Team will meet at 8 p.m.

RESIDENCE HALL ASSOCIATION will meet at 7:30 p.m. Any issues pertaining to residence halls can be brought up and discussed at this meeting. For more information, email Victoria Ball at vball@mix.wvu.edu.

EVERY TUESDAY

THE INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ORGANIZATION meets at 8:30 p.m. at the International House at 544 Spruce St. For more information, call 304-777-7709.

MOUNTAINEERS FOR CHRIST, a Christian student organization, hosts free supper and Bible study at its Christian Student Center. Supper is at 8:15 p.m., and Bible study begins at 9 p.m.

All students are welcome. For more information, call 304-599-6151 or visit www.mountaineersforchrist.org.

SIERRA STUDENT COALITION meets at 7 p.m. in the Blackwater Room of the Mountainlair. The group is a grassroots environmental organization striving for tangible change in our campus and community. For more information, email hlargen@mix.wvu.edu.

ECUMENICAL BIBLE STUDY AND CHARISMATIC PRAYER MEETING is held at 7 p.m. at the Potters Cellar of Newman Hall. All are welcome. For more information, call 304-288-0817 or 304-879-5752.

MCM is hosted at 7:30 p.m. in the Campus Ministry Center at 293 Willey St. All are welcome.

BCM meets at 8:30 p.m. at the First Baptist Church on High Street.

THE CARRUTH CENTER offers a grief support group for students struggling from a significant personal loss from 5:30 p.m. until 7 p.m. on the third floor of the Student Services Building.

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

If a group has regularly scheduled meetings, it should submit all

AMIZADE has representatives in the commons area of the Mountainlair from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. to answer questions for those interested in studying abroad.

WVU WOMEN’S ULTIMATE FRISBEE meets from 10 p.m. to midnight at the Shell Building. No experience is necessary. For more information, email Sarah Lemanski at sarah_lemanski@ yahoo.com.

BRING YOUR OWN BIBLE STUDY AND PIZZA NIGHT is at 6 p.m. in Newman Hall.

WVU SWING DANCE CLUB will meet at 7:45 p.m. in Multipurpose Room A of the Student Recreation Center. No partner needed. Advanced and beginners are welcome. For more information, email wvuswingdance@gmail. com.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

pital. For more information, call Mary at 304-296-3748.

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

MUSLIM STUDENTS ASSOCIATION hosts a weekly Islam and Arabic class at 6:30 p.m. in the Monongahela Room of the Mountainlair. For more information, call 304-906-8183 or email schaudhr@mix.wvu.edu.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

BISEXUAL, GAY, LESBIAN AND TRANSGENDER MOUNTAINEERS meets at 8 p.m. in the Laurel Room of the Mountainlair. For more information, email bigltm.wvu@gmail.com.

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

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

INTERVARSITY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP meets at 7 p.m. in 316 Percival Hall. For more information, call 304376-4506 or 304-276-3284.

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

To register, email schaudhr@mix.wvu. edu.

BORN TODAY This year you mix energy and caring in a way that makes others feel nurtured. The balance in your relationships could change as you transform into a much more expressive person. Your popularity soars. Your ability to communicate will expand as you grasp new styles of verbalizing or getting your point across. You feel evolved and more effective. If you are single, you could have a wonderful time dating, and might meet someone who hangs in there with you.

If you are attached, you will naturally want to do the right thing to help your sweetie see the new you. VIRGO encourages a quietness within you.

ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19) HHHH You are direct about what must be done, no matter what your immediate circle’s concerns are. Once a situation mellows out, you seem to be ready to lie back.

Your thoughts could be a bit indulgent.

Use care when shopping. Tonight: Happily head home.

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20) HHHHH Reach out for someone at a distance. You might be confused about a situation. Be proactive in order to gain clarity. Extremes seem natural, and not necessarily bad. The holiday season is taking its toll on others. Tonight: Chatting up a storm.

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20) HHHH There is a tendency to go to extremes -whether it is with spending or an emotional situation. Honor a change and examine what is happening with someone at a distance. You will tend to go over-

board with spending and caring. Tonight: Your treat.

CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22) HHHHH You are full of energy. If you don’t get a call or someone doesn’t behave as you think he or she should, don’t stand on ceremony. Pick up the phone. Know what you want. You might want to indulge a friend or your sweetie. Tonight: Out. LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22) HHH Note what is going on behind the scenes. You also could decide to observe rather than participate. Others could be overly sensitive -- you might be as well. Listen to your inner dialogue. If it is a repeat inner talk, you might want to really delve into the issue. Tonight: Either alone or with someone you trust.

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22) HHHHH Your interest unites with others to make a goal more plausible. Just finding likeminded people seems like a reason for celebration. You experience a unique sense of friendship that you rarely feel.

Walk toward a new opportunity. Tonight: Surround yourself with people.

LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22) HHHH Take a stand if need be. You have a way of knowing the exact words to say to make the right impression. Don’t sell yourself short.

Investigate an offer that might be too good to be true. Some of you might feel manipulated. Tonight: A force to behold.

SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21) HHHHH Reach out for an adviser or someone you respect. The feedback you get could be more important than you think. Someone knows how to flatter you by show-

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PUZZLES DIFFICULTY LEVEL EASY

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EVERY FRIDAY

LUNCH FOR A BUCK takes place at the Campus Ministry Center on the corner of Willey and Price streets. For more information, call 304-292-4061.

THE CHABAD JEWISH STUDENT CENTER offers a free Shabbat Dinner every Friday night at 7 p.m. at the Chabad House. For more information, email Rabbi@JewishWV.org or call 304-599-1515.

WVU HILLEL offers a Shabbat dinner at 6:30 p.m. at the Hillel House at 1420 University Ave. For more informaEVERY THURSDAY CO-DEPENDENTS ANONYMOUS, a tion or a ride, call 304-685-5195.

CAMPUS LIGHT MINISTRIES hosts 12-step program to assist participants in developing healthier relationships a weekly meeting and Bible study at of all kinds, meets at 7 p.m. in the con- 7 p.m. in the Bluestone Room of the ference room of Chestnut Ridge Hos- Mountainlair.

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Pearls Before Swine

ing you a great deal of respect. Be willing to demonstrate more of what others see that is so special in you. Tonight: Choose something different.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21) HHHH A partner has an interest in working with you. At first you might try to avoid this connection. Once you decide to listen and brainstorm together, you could discover how much you like the interaction.

Tonight: Continue the theme over dinner.

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19) HHHH Others might act as if they know it all.

Who are you to tell them otherwise? You could have difficulty being heard. Know when you are better off heading in another direction. You might be surprised by how fast someone taps on your shoulder. Tonight: Go along with another person’s ideas.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18) HHHH Stay on topic in your head, as well as with others. You easily could be triggered by others. Follow-through counts, or else a close associate could push. Avoid an argument at all costs. Rather than criticize, praise. Tonight: Make it easy.

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20) HHHHH Tap into your ingenuity in order to make what appears to be a boulder in your path but a mere pebble. Someone could be wildly hostile, and you can talk this person down. Remember that ultimately much more is gained by positive feelings.

Tonight: Ever playful.

BORN TODAY Singer, actor Frank Sinatra (1915), painter Edvard Munch (1863), TV personality Bob Barker (1923)

ACROSS 1 Brewpub choices 5 Bottle tops 9 Newly hatched pigeon 14 Lower California, familiarly 15 Mother Goose baddie 16 Hearing-related 17 Downside of reading in poor light 19 Magic wand wielder 20 PC go-to type 21 Use the ballot 23 Mlles., in Spain 24 Drive-thru cleanings 29 Checkpoint “Hold it!”

31 Little-known information 32 Prefix meaning “billion” 36 Harbor landing 38 Bridge positions 39 Range for indoor comfort 42 “Tomorrow” title singer 43 High spirits 44 1974 Sutherland/Gould spoof 45 “Burnt” crayon color 47 Egyptian cross 49 Staunch political group member 51 Montezuma subject 56 Admin. aide 57 Hawkish 58 Not so many 62 Solid baseball hit 64 African antelope 65 Muscular woe 66 Born and __ 67 Prepares, as cocktails 68 “Little” Dickens girl 69 “Besides that ...”

DOWN 1 Helps illegally 2 Hen, vis-ˆ-vis eggs 3 Kick out 4 Olympic skater Cohen 5 Apple heart 6 Turkish title 7 Doctor’s self-employment, and a hint to the starts of the five longest across answers 8 Hombre’s title 9 Low-crime section of town 10 Sine __ non: essential 11 Ocean State sch.

12 River to the Rhine 13 Activist Nellie 18 Addams Family nickname 22 Howard Hughes’s airline 24 Scale, as Everest 25 Improvises like Armstrong 26 Welcomes to the penthouse 27 Blog piece 28 Freelance writers’ encls.

30 Zoo swinger 32 Hold tightly 33 Ancient Greek region that was home to Heraclitus 34 One with no hope 35 Make ___: rake it in 37 Sign anew, as a contract 40 Thirty feet 41 Soldier of Seoul 46 Sighs of relief 48 Difficult 50 “The Chronicles of Narnia” lion 52 “___ the Greek”

If you read the clues Then you probably know The name of our Hero Who Stars in a Show!

53 Handle, as a baton 54 Rain gutters run under them 55 System of belief 57 Banana covering 58 Like “la” in Fr. or Sp. 59 Quarterback Manning 60 Like many lifelike museum displays 61 Opposite of WSW 63 Buffalo Sabres’ org.

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6 | SPORTS/CLASSIFIEDS

Better effort leads to WVU’s secondhalf turnaround against Miami by michael carvelli sports editor

The first half of West Virginia’s win over Miami (Fla.) looked similar to its loss earlier in the season to Kent State.

While the Mountaineers were shooting 50 percent and had turned the ball over just four times in the first 20 minutes, lackadaisical play led to them falling behind and not holding a lead for the first half.

So, what changed to allow WVU to catch fire early in the second half and continue to bury the Hurricanes en route to the win?

“It was the effort,” said junior forward Deniz Kilicli.

“We understood the situation, and we went out and played our best, and everybody gave what they’ve got. That’s why it happened.”

By the time Miami made its first field goal of the second half with 10:50 to play, West Virginia had gone on a 25-3 run and opened up to a 20-point lead.

Much of the scoring on that run was done by senior guard Truck Bryant and junior forward Deniz Kilicli, who combined to score 20 of the 25 points during that stretch.

Bryant finished the game with a career-high 27 points.

He started slow, missing his first two shots within the first 1:10 of the game but responded well the rest of the game, making nine out of his final 10 shots, including going 5-of-6 from 3-point range. matt sunday/the daily athenaeum The scoring outbursts from Junior forward Deniz Kilicli finished with 18 points in West Virginia’s win over Miami (Fla.). Bryant and Kilicli, who finished with 18, came at the perfect time for a Mountaineer team that got just 12 points from its leading scorer, senior forward Kevin Jones.

It was the second straight 20-point game for Bryant. The Brooklyn, N.Y. native scored 24 against Kansas State on Thursday.

He has attributed the better shooting to a change in his routine before the games.

Before the Kansas State game, he went to the court before anyone else and would put shots up to help him get into a groove quicker so he could make more shots once the game started.

“It’s something that worked last game, so it’s something

that I’m going to keep doing,” Bryant said. “Me and (assistant coach Jerrod Calhoun) come in about 45 minutes before we’re supposed to be as a team, and me and him shoot for about 30 minutes.”

But the win wasn’t just because of the adjustments made offensively at halftime.

The Mountaineers received a wake-up call from veteran head coach Bob Huggins when they went into the locker room.

“You don’t want me to say (what he said),” Kilicli said.

“He talked about how if we lose this game, the last one we had is not going to mean anything.”

When the second half came around, it looked like a completely different WVU team on the court – especially on the defensive end.

“Once they picked up the intensity and started denying us more, our guys were frozen in their tracks,” said Miami head coach Jim Larranaga.

“Instead of us playing a little better (in the second half ), we became unglued.”

After shooting 50 percent from the field and from beyond the arc in the first half, the Hurricanes ended the game shooting close to 44 percent from the field and made three of their 11 3-pointers in the second half.

Other Notes: zz Coming into Saturday’s win over Miami (Fla.), West Virginia was shooting just 60 percent from the free-throw line. But after shooting 15of-18 from the line Saturday, the Mountaineers are now 62 percent on the year, and they jumped Cincinnati to move to 15th in the Big East Conference. zz Huggins, who was the head coach at Cincinnati for 16 seasons, was asked following WVU’s win over the Hurricanes how he would have handled a situation like the one that took place earlier that day when a bench-clearing brawl broke out in the Bearcats’ game against cross-town rival Xavier.

“I think my guys understand that they really don’t want to screw with me,” Huggins said.

“When I tell them to stay (on the bench), they stay there.” james.carvelli@mail.wvu.edu

Monday December 12, 2011

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West Virginia begins preparations for Orange Bowl Mountaineers’ Jan. 4 game against Clemson will be Holgorsen’s 13th consecutive bowl game by ben gaughan

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You deserve a factual look at . . .

The Deadly Threat of a Nuclear-Armed Iran What can the world, what can the USA, what can Israel do about it?

Iran’s president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has declared publicly – not once, but repeatedly – that Israel must be “wiped off the map.” That effort, the destruction of Israel, seems to be the main goal of Iranian policy. When Iranian missiles are paraded through the streets of Tehran, the destination “to Jerusalem” is clearly stenciled on them.

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that in a daring and unprecedented raid. Iraq’s nuclear capability was eliminated in one stroke, never to rise A death wish for Israel. Ahmadinejad and the up again. Israel had done the world an enormous ayatollah who is the “supreme leader” have publicly service. Had it not been for Israel’s decisive action, the mused that one or two nuclear bombs would obliterate Iraqi conquest of Kuwait and, without question, also of Israel, but that, though it would cause devastating Saudi Arabia and its enormous oil fields, and, for that damage and millions of casualties, Iran would survive matter, of Iran, could not have been prevented. Saddam Israel’s retaliatory attack. Iran is a huge country, with Hussein would have been the ruler of the world. about 60 million inhabitants, so they are probably The solution to the deadly threat that Iran poses to correct. And who can doubt that those religious the world is obvious. Of course, diplomacy and fanatics would not hesitate to allow the destruction of persuasion, threats and promises, sticks and carrots – much of their country and to sacrifice a third or even every possible means one-half of their population in order to “An attack on the Iranian nuclear installations short of military action – should be eliminate the hated Jewish state. When our would fall under the heading of “anticipatory used until it becomes even to the most country was entangled self-defense,” recognized and sanctioned by clear obdurate that nothing with the Soviet Union international law and by common sense.” can deviate Iran from in the bitter 40-year its chosen path of long “cold war,” with becoming a nuclear power and to dominate the Middle both sides having sufficient nuclear weapons to destroy East. the opponent’s country and its people, things were kept There is reason to believe that the people of Iran, in place by MAD – Mutually Assured Destruction. especially the young people, oppose the oppressive and However “evil” the leaders of the Soviet Union (the theocratic regime of their country and are hostile to “Evil Empire”) may have been, there was one great the mullahs who control everything. But the consolation and assurance: They were not crazy. But government has the tools of power firmly in its hands. the Iranians and other Muslims are crazies, as we It controls the instruments of coercion – it can kill understand the concept. Because they take people and it controls the oil money. While it would be instructions directly from Allah, who tells them to kill most desirable and in the interest of the world to be the Jews and other infidels, whatever the cost. able to foment an overthrow of the Iranian regime, Israel has no problem with Iran. They share no that is an unrealistic and unattainable prospect. borders and have no territorial dispute. In fact, they Regrettably, there is only one solution to the terrible face common Arab enemies and should be natural dilemma confronting the world, the unacceptable allies, as they indeed were under the Shah. Iran’s death danger of a nuclear-armed Iran. The terror, the wish for Israel is based entirely on religious fanaticism. destruction and the 60 million dead of World War II In contrast even to the intractable North Koreans, the could have been prevented at several times during the determination of the Iranians is immutable. It cannot Nazi regime. But the Allied powers, under the be changed by persuasion, by diplomacy, by sanctions leadership of Britain’s prime minister Neville or by threats.

Chamberlain, opted for appeasement and for “peace in Once Iran is in possession of nuclear weapons, it will our time.” We cannot afford to make that same mistake not only be a deadly danger to Israel, but to all of the again. The world must give Iran an ultimatum: Desist Middle East and to virtually all of Europe. The flow of immediately from the development of nuclear oil from the Middle East, the lifeblood of the weapons; if you do not, we shall destroy the facilities industrialized world, would be totally under its control that produce them. There still is a window of and so would be the economies of all nations of the opportunity to do that. That window may close very world, very much including the United States. soon. But who would do the job? The United States What is to be done? In 1981, then prime minister of would be the obvious choice. But if the United States Israel Menachem Begin, being aware of Iraq’s nuclear were in accord, Israel could do it, just as it did the job ambitions and looming realization of those ambitions, in 1981 in destroying Iraq’s nuclear potential once and decided that its nuclear reactor at Osiraq had to be for all. destroyed. The IAF (Israeli Air Force) accomplished

The Discover Orange Bowl on Jan. 4 will be the 13th straight bowl appearance for West Virginia head coach Dana Holgorsen.

Holgorsen has learned the do’s and don’ts of preparing for a big bowl game.

“One of them is get work done here,” Holgorsen said of one of his jobs to prepare the team before leaving for Miami.

“Making sure that you’ve got a pretty good plan and you get a lot of work done prior to leaving. Once you get down there, it is a reward and you want (the players) to enjoy it, but you don’t want to them to enjoy it so much to where they’re tired and wore out and bored. It’s a tricky balance, and I think we’ve got a pretty good idea.”

Right now, the players are working on finishing up finals and getting their academics straightened out before the bowl game.

Holgorsen was not worried about keeping them focused on the game, because they

don’t need to worry about Clemson right away.

In practice, the team is focusing on getting the younger players reps and getting the veterans healed over the next few weeks to be ready to perform at a high level.

The Mountaineers have 15 practices between now and Jan. 4. The coaching staff intends to use every one of them – 10 while still in Morgantown and the other five when the team gets to Florida.

While the players take exams, Holgorsen and his staff will travel the country to recruit for next season. He mentioned the Mountaineers’ appearance in the Orange Bowl probably has an upside that gives the program a bit more of an advantage than if it were to have gone to a less significant bowl game.

“Recruiting is going well, and anytime you win it helps,” Holgorsen said. “There is a tremendous amount of interest out there right now after what’s transpired in the last year.

The other advantage is it made the team meeting I had

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in practice a lot easier, too, because these guys are a lot more tuned in and excited about what’s ahead of them than what could have been, I guess.”

One thing the team is confident with going into the game against Clemson is team defense. The unit has made leaps and bounds since the beginning of the season and has kept the team in games over the last three weeks for it to be able to come out on top.

There is still work to be done even though things are going well on one side of the line.

“The whole team responded to adversity,” Holgorsen said of his team’s late-season success.

“The defense probably played a little bit better than offense, but still not good enough to win if it wasn’t for the offense making some plays and special teams making some plays. This is a team that needs to play well on all three sides of the ball to be able to win.”

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just that in the Mountaineers’ last four games. Following a blowout victory over Morehead State in Charleston, WVU had games against Akron, No. 21 Mississippi State, Kansas State and Miami (Fla.).

All four of those teams are currently ranked in the top 100 of the RPI and could have a large impact on the Mountaineers’ NCAA tournament resume when March rolls around, and the players said the same thing. The three leaders also said wins in the stretch would be huge for the confidence of this young team as it gets closer to Big East Conference play.

So, after going 3-1, including a road win in double overtime against Kansas State and a big second half to lead them to a double-digit win over Miami, what grade would the Mountaineers give themselves now that these four games are over with?

“A-minus,” Kilicli said.

“There were lots of ways it could have been better. We played good games against Akron and Kansas State, but there were five- to 10-minute periods in all of those games where we went down and we didn’t guard well.”

In all of the last four games, the three players who returned from last year’s team did what they had to do to help keep the team in tough games.

Jones, Bryant and Kilicli have accounted for close to 68 percent of West Virginia’s total points in those games.

And while those three stepped up and played better when they needed to, the rest of the team was also getting better and more confident. It looked at times as if we were seeing the Mountaineers grow up before our eyes.

It was a great contrast from the team that lost by 10 to Kent State in the Coliseum at the beginning of the season.

“We’re starting to learn how to deal with adversity. We lost one on the road to Mississippi State but then turned around and won two big ones that we needed to win,” Bryant said.

“That put us right on track and our next game is next Saturday, and we’ve just got to get ready for that.”

Gaining momentum like they did in the last four games is extremely important for this team with its first Big East game coming around in a little more than two weeks. And it’s not the fact that the Mountaineers won these games that could help them the most.

Sometimes it’s nice just to play good teams to see how the younger players will react.

“When they start the Big East, they’re going to be like, ‘I’ve played players who are as good as this guy. I guarded the same type of guy a month ago,’” Huggins said.

“They’re going to be more confident, and that gives us a lot of advantages. That’s the great thing about our schedule.” james.carvelli@mail.wvu.edu

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Monday December 12, 2011

ben gaughan associate sports editor

WVU must improve quickly By looking at the score of the West Virginia women’s basketball game against North Florida, a game which the team won by 56 points, you might think head coach Mike Carey and his team have everything figured out by now.

You’d be wrong.

The fact of the matter is, this team is still making a lot of mistakes. Because it’s still so early in the season, it just so happens the mistakes have been coming against teams like North Florida – teams that are not good enough to capitalize and make a comeback run against the Mountaineers.

Carey admitted after the game Saturday that his team started “playing for the score” instead of just playing their game of basketball in the second half. They got lazy on defense and turned the ball over too much on the offensive end. “ They haven’t been through it enough to understand we need to get better in certain areas,” Carey said of his team. “They start playing the score and doing things defensively and offensively that they shouldn’t be doing because we are up 30 or 40 points. That was a great opportunity for us to get better and we really didn’t get much better that second half.”

The Mountaineers go on the road in less than a month for their first Big East game against No. 2 Connecticut. I wish them luck if they will be turning the ball over 17 times (like they did against UNF) against UConn and expecting to be anywhere close by the time the game is over.

I’m not saying they have to be perfect; not even Connecticut can do that, usually.

But, the freshmen and sophomores on this team are going to have to listen to every word Mike Carey says during the next month and improve dramatically so they can be more competitive in Big East play this season.

One thing West Virginia does seem to have is good chemistry with each other.

They get along off the court and that will certainly carry onto the hardwood floor as the season progresses. The team knows it has a lot of work to do and is preparing everyday to get where it wants to be.

WVU’s defensive strategy isn’t all that bothersome, because Carey has always gotten on his players about communicating every play on defense. It’s all about working as a unit and knowing where everyone needs to be and who to guard.

The offensive decisionmaking of these young players is what has been worrying me so far. The team will get on a three-on-two or two-onone fast break and either not pass to the open man, or try to shoot or dribble past a defender and turn the ball over.

There’s no question – it’s not easy to make quick decisions in live-game situations, but that’s part of playing the game. The young players have to find a way to limit the mistakes and try to make the right decisions for the majority of the time. If they can do that, the season will not be as much of a roller coaster as Carey has said it’s going to be.

Thankfully, the Mountaineers have an off week to work out some of the kinks in their game, and prepare for a good Duquesne team that brings back several of its players from last year.

This week is critical to the team’s success over the next few games. They need to take advantage of every practice and every opportunity to improve for the rest of the season.

This year will be a great learning experience for everyone on the team, and if they can move a few steps forward in the process, WVU will have a bright future in the coming years. ben.gaughan@mail.wvu.edu

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“That’s exactly why we have to keep up the intensity in the second half,” Hampton said. “That’s how the game is – it’s all about runs. We are really focusing on that in practice and working different situations in practice to prevent that from happening.”

The Mountaineers won the rebounding battle again, doubling North Florida’s total (42-21) on the day.

West Virginia was particularly hot from distance, connecting on 9-of14 three-point tries and shot 52 percent from the field.

The West Virginia bench scored 48 points in the game, while North Florida’s bench only managed to score 13.

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wears them both down,” Carey said. “When you can put them in there together when they are fresher, then they play.”

Since the change in the starting lineup, the Mountaineers are 4-0.

So, does Hampton enjoy coming off the bench?

“It doesn’t really matter to me, whatever he (coach Carey) wants to do, I’ll go with it,”

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Hampton said.

The sophomore feels it helps coming off the bench so she can dissect the opposition.

“It’s good coming off the bench to see how the other team is playing defense and what their strategies are,” Hampton said.

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West Virginia dominates North Florida 86-30 by cody schuler Sports writer

The West Virginia women’s basketball team picked up its seventh win of the season Saturday with a dominating 86-30 win over visiting North Florida.

The Mountaineers forced 28 turnovers and held the Ospreys to just 26 percent shooting from the floor – never allowing North Florida to have a lead in the game.

After junior forward Jadhken Kerr hit a three pointer with 16:41 remaining in the first half, North Florida was held scoreless for more than fifteen minutes of game time.

West Virginia scored 34 unanswered points, and they never brooke cassidy/the daily athenaeum looked back.

Despite the lopsided outWest Virginia head coach Mike Carey applauds his team during its win over North Florida Saturday. come of the game, head coach

Mike Carey was disappointed with how his team handled such a big lead.

“I thought the first half, until the last two minutes, we played hard, we played with intensity and then we let them – I hate to even say anything – we let them score three possessions in a row because we slacked up,” Carey said.

“I will say – the first 14 minutes we came out and played hard and didn’t give them anything.”

Every player on West Virginia’s roster played at least 10 minutes and scored at least two points. Sophomore guard Taylor Palmer led the balanced attack, scoring 16 points during the game.

Redshirt junior center Ayana Dunning continued her great play as of late, finishing

the game with 15 points and 9 rebounds in 18 minutes. Sophomore guard Brooke Hampton and freshman guard Akilah Bethel finished with 10 points each.

Palmer admitted that continuing to play with a high level of intensity with such a large lead is difficult to do, but something the team must learn to do in the coming weeks as it prepares for conference play.

“We just have to learn that every game is different, and we have to bring the same energy from the beginning of the game to the end of the game,” Palmer said. “We just have to build on our leads and not let up.”

Carey agrees with Palmer, noting games like this are the times when his team should be improving – not coasting to an

easy win.

“We played the score and that’s hard not to do when you have a young team,” Carey said.

“They haven’t been through it enough (to know) that we need to get better in certain areas. They start doing things we shouldn’t be doing because we’re up 30-40 points. It was an opportunity for us to get better in the second half and we didn’t,” he said.

Hampton noted that second half letdowns like the one today leave room for teams to comeback and defeat the Mountaineers when they shouldn’t – like Syracuse almost did.

She described some of the things in practice the team has

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Dunning and Hampton have responded soundly.

In the last two games while coming off the bench, Dunning has had a total of 34 points and 23 rebounds, and Hampton has had 25 points and 11 assists.

Why the sudden change in performance?

“I know before I was playing more timid,” Dunning said. “I play with more confidence now, so that’s helped.”

Hampton felt Carey’s decision was a wake up call.

“We finally realized that we need more players to step up and be a threat,” Hampton said.

In the Mountaineers’ 86-30 rout of North Florida on Saturday afternoon, Carey wanted to counter the speed presented by the Ospreys.

“I really wanted to go with a little bit more quickness and more defense and bring offense off the bench and that is what Ayana has given us,” Carey said. “Brooke Hampton gave us some offense off the bench the last couple of games – which is good to see.”

Dunning only played 18 minutes against North Florida, but was able to tally 15 points and nine rebounds.

“Ayana played hard. She has a lot of confidence right now and is playing hard,” Carey said.

“She rebounds well for us, and now she is starting to score. If we can continue to get that, that is going to be great.”

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‘A Celebration of Dance’ at the CAC

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The West Virginia University Dance program presented its annual season concert, “A Celebration of Dance,” at the Creative Arts Center Friday and included a diverse selection of songs and genres to please the audiences.

Directed by Yoav Kaddar, a WVU professor of dance, the cast of dancers produced quite an entertaining show for those present as they displayed Kaddar’s teachings from this semester.

The program gave the audience a preview into the department’s new “Masterworks” initiative and a sneak peek into their upcoming production “Aureole,” written by Paul Taylor in 1962.

“Aureole” will be the main focus of the dance department’s spring concert “Dance Now!” and the students’ opening performance of a segment from the classic masterpiece gives the promise of a very entertaining and well-choreographed show in February.

“A Celebration of Dance”

was a collection of thirteen pieces each with its own story – and several different genres of dance mixed together.

The enthusiasm and joyous spirit of the dance students transposed well into the audience as they displayed their holiday spirit and gave their best effort into performing these dances.

Some of the pieces performed included a somewhat psychologically stimulating show called “Conformed” – inspired by today’s “social norms” and the fact that many try to follow instead of lead.

An upbeat and energetic performance to Beyonce’s “Run The World (Girls)” instrumental track gave the audience a straight-forward message – reminding them of the power that women have today and their overall influence in society.

Other pieces included a solo performance of “Free” by Kelly Muller, an enlightened take on the Postal Service track “Brand New Colony” and an R&B inspired performance of “Yes,” accompanied by the Musiq Soulchild song of the same name.

Acting student and dance

minor Demiah Edwards was featured in six of the performances as he looked to display.

“Its quite the experience to learn all these new choreography routines every day and adapting to new genres.

The teachers here do really well to help us and stick it to us,” Edwards said.

“They always correct our mistakes in the best way possible and make sure we carry out our dances just the way they want it, but we end up improving in the way we wanted, and so it all works out in the end.”

Toward the end of the concert, audiences were getting quite involved with the dances – especially with the closing performance of “Disco Fantasy” choreographed by Kyle Hayes.

Audience members clapped along with the dancers and showed their appreciation of the performances as well as their overall entertainment, and it was quite clear that they very much enjoyed every piece performed throughout the concert.

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He decided to put an end to his engineering career in 2007 to focus on music where he uses samples from different songs to make a completely new song.

Gillis has managed to take decades of songs and mash them together in ecstatic and awesome compilations.

Friday’s performance marked the first appearance

by Gillis in Morgantown since 2009 when he performed in the Mountainlair Ballrooms for West Virginia University’s FallFest.

Fifty pairs of tickets for the show were distributed Thursday via an AXE “One Night Only” Snow Cone Truck that, according to the event’s Facebook page, “rolled around town.”

Having heard the musician a handful of times and learning of this low-key event a mere 24 hours before it was to begin, I wasn’t certain what this show would entail. However, I came away awestruck and enthused.

I don’t know how someone can take decades (especially the best parts the best music of a decade) of music and splice them into one continuous string of enjoyable awesomeness, but Gregg Gillis can.

The musician began the show with “Oh No,” the first track from his most recent album “All Day,” and the audience, including me, could not have been happier. Though people were grinding, shoving and pushing – the quickly-paced tracks practically required it – there was a sort of a hedonistic aura to the room – something I had not seen before at the local venue of 123 Pleasant Street.

As I made my way closer to the stage, I caught a glimpse of Gillis, a man who seemed intently focused on his mix of music, just as a singer would focus on his vocal chords.

He was in a state of ecstasy, standing on a table, watching his sweaty fans surrender to the aural intensities.

Just then, I felt someone’s shoe slam into the back of my head. Did I care?

No. And even if I had wanted to care, I had neither the space nor time.

This was a no-holdsbarred experience that required you to connect with the timing and rhythm of the copious amounts of songs spanning decades that Gillis had condensed into one playlist.

It was indeed a night to remember, as suggested by the event’s title, “One Night Only.”

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Grammy-winning artist Lady Antebellum to perform Sunday

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Six-time Grammy-winning artist Lady Antebellum will be performing at the West Virginia University Creative Arts Center Sunday, at 7:30 p.m. Joining the “American Honey” artist will be singer/ song writer Josh Kelley as well as Eden’s Edge.

Lady Antebellum released its third album, “Own The Night,” Sept. 13.

“We named our new album ‘Own the Night’ with our tour in mind,” said Lady Antebellum’s Charles Kelley, in an interview with Billboard. “Creating a once-in-a-lifetime night for our fans in every city we visit is the goal … living in the moment and ‘owning the night’ together. Hillary and Dave and I can’t wait to be back out on the road sharing some of the new stuff we’ve been working on, in addition to all of the hits we’ll probably never get tired of playing.”

Based out of Nashville, Tenn., Lady Antebellum is comprised of three members: Kelley, Dave Haywood and Hillary Scott. Scott and Kelley began writing together after meeting at a local music spot in Nashville. Kelley and his high school friend and

co-writer Haywood were living with Charles’ brother Josh Kelley at the time.

“Late-night songwriting sessions with the new trio soon became the genesis through which they discovered the remarkable emotional effect that was created when Charles and Hillary’s vocals blended,” according to Lady Antebellum’s website.

In 2011 alone, Lady Antebellum took home a Billboard Award for Top Country Song with “Need You Now;” CMT Music Award for Group Video of the Year for “Hello World;” Teen Choice Award for Choice Country Group; Country Music Association Awards’ Vocal Group of the Year; American Music Awards Favorite Country Band, Duo or Group; and American Country Awards Duo/Group Country Artist of the Year.

In addition to all their awards, “We Own The Night” is up for a 2012 Grammy Award for Best Country Album.

“I think they need to get more country acts here and make it a regular thing. This is West Virginia – we like country music,” said Andy Altemus, an athletic coaching education student at WVU. For more information on

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Lets be honest; the Nintendo 3DS doesn’t have a lot going for it.

Until this past November, the best parts of its game library were re-relases like “Star Fox 64 3D” and “The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D.” Thankfully, the release of “Super Mario 3DLand,” a brand new game, injected some life into the system, and that trend continues with “Mario Kart 7.”

Letting gamers take control of a number of players from the Super Mario franchise, peo-

ple can race computer controlled characters, friends on their own 3DSes or players from around the world with a wireless connection.

The cast includes plenty of familiar faces like Luigi and Bowser, but the game also adds new faces like Lakitu and Wiggler.

In exchange, the game cuts a number of fan favorites like Waluigi and Diddy Kong, which is a shame. It can be fun to race as Shy Guy, but who cares about Metal Mario?

Like “Mario Kart Wii,” players can also race as their personally designed Mii on their 3DS. Besides choosing a racer, players also have a say in what cart they’re driving, or able to choose things like body type and wheels, with more options

becoming unlocked as coins are collected in races.

The game also adds a new element of being able to glide as well as drive underwater, two changes that, while strange at first, quickly become easy to control and a fun aspect of the game.

There are four different game modes for players: Grand Prix, Time Trial, Balloon Battle and Coin Runners, each offering something different.

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from the Super Nintendo days as well as frustrating levels that should burn in a fire like “Waluigi Pinball” from the Nintendo DS “Mario Kart.”

Some of the new tracks are exceptionally long – so long that the race is only one lap with checkpoints spread throughout.

It is a nice touch that lets players see how massive these levels are as well as present something fresh.

Time Trial hasn’t changed from the previous entries in the series, letting players focus on beating developer times and focus on the race instead of worrying about shells.

The other two modes focus more on item battling and collecting. Fun, but definitely something that is more enjoyable with real people instead of AI racers.

The offensive items haven’t changed too much, with the notable additions including a fire flower so you can spam fireballs at every opposing racer .as well as a Super Leaf which gives the player a Tanooki tail to both defend and attack.

The most frustrating part about items is that they cause you to lose coins and make unlocking things more difficult.

Still, it captures the proper spirit of “Mario Kart,” and for those with a 3DS, this is a must buy. Those looking for a reason to take the plunge need not look further.

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‘Shrek the Musical’ tour to visit WVU at CAC in January

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The 2012 West Virginia University Arts & Entertainment Series will start off with a bang from America’s favorite ogre.

Based off the highly popular “Shrek” movie series, the critically acclaimed “Shrek the Musical” will be making a stop in Morgantown.

The national tour will be in town for two nights, Jan. 18 and 19, at the WVU Creative Arts Center.

Making its debut on Broadway in 2009, the musical has been hugely successful in both

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the U.S. and London.

Though based loosely on the movies, the musical is a completely new production.

Telling the classic story of Shrek, Donkey and Fiona from William Steig’s book and the DreamWorks Animation film, the musical feature 19 new songs and one originally featured in the movie.

David Ryan WVU Arts & Entertainment Public Relations Specialist said he’s sure this original version will be well received among Shrek lovers.

“We think this will be a hit with audiences and reaffirm their place in people’s hearts,”

Ryan said.

The theme of the production is acceptance. The story features unlikely characters who are misjudged upon first meeting, and they are eventually impossible not to love.

“Each of the characters is unique- whether it’s the green ogre who lives in his swamp or the wise-cracking donkey, ‘Shrek the Musical’ is about being accepted for who you are,” Ryan said.

“Shrek the Musical” tells the story of a swamp-dwelling ogre who sets out on an adventure to reclaim his land. With the help of his amusing sidekick Don-

key, Shrek slays a dragon and saves the feisty princess, Fiona, making him an unusual- but lovable-hero.

Lukas Post, who plays Shrek, spends two hours before each performance becoming the beloved green ogre through prosthetics and makeup.

Liz Shivener, who plays Princess Fiona, recently performed as Belle in Disney’s “Beauty and

the Beast” in May as part of last year’s University Arts Series.

This production is sure to be a hit with audiences of all ages.

“College students have grown up with the ‘Shrek’ movie series, and anyone familiar with the characters will love the new production,” Ryan said.

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Despite his comedic attitude daa&e@mail.wvu.edu and a few funny lines here and Jonah Hill teams up once there, this film fails to deliver as again with director David Gordon Green (“Pineapple Express”) in his latest comedy flick “The Sitter,” which opened in box offices Friday.

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Sure, a child swearing brings laughs to a lot of viewers, but it seemed the director didn’t really think of anything else for this character.

The film did had plenty of funny moments – there is no doubt the script provided just enough lines to make viewers laugh – but the actual sentiment behind the slightly more serious scenes fell a little short.

The director tries to fit in emotional moments where they simply didn’t belong.

Viewers would be laughing at a certain incident and then suddenly feel almost forced to switch to a dramatic mindset and sympathize with the characters – that is until Hill throws in an “icebreaker” line.

Rodrigo, an adopted SouthAmerican kid with an amusing gangster-like attitude, gives Noah the hardest time as he constantly tries to run away, blows up toilets with cherry bombs, hot-wires and drives a minivan and makes constant threats to bite people’s ears off. His attitude problems are well -worth mentioning, as they were probably my favorite part of the whole film.

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