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DOWN GO THE CATS “I was really proud of how the team came together, played four quarters and got excited when things happened.”

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Relay For Life aims to raise $100,000 by mackenzie mays city editor

When Betsy Maldonado lost her nephew to liver cancer last year, she decided to try to turn a negative experience into something positive.

“It was the toughest year of my life, and it affected me and my family tremendously. I guess I never realized how prevalent cancer was until I saw it in my family and how much it can affect a person until it affected me,” she said.

Maldonado, chair of the West Virginia University Relay For Life Committee, said she’s keeping the memory of her nephew Alex alive while helping others join together to fight against cancer.

“We work hard to honor those who have cancer and remember those we have lost. Joining the fight against cancer gives me relief and hope. It’s a nice feeling I can’t completely explain,” she said.

The WVU Relay For Life Committee is a student organization that plans fundraising events across campus to benefit the American Cancer Society.

Last year, the committee raised more than $89,000 for the ACS and registered 1,851 participants in Relay For Life events, according to Maldonado.

“Relay For Life is about celebrating those who have survived, remembering those we have lost and fighting against cancer through awareness, funding and research,” she said.

Maldonado said the group of students works together to show support for those who have lost loved ones to cancer and continues to encourage community members to fight

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Office for Social Justice hosts Veterans Appreciation event West Virginia quarterback Geno Smith celebrates on the field following West Virginia’s 24-21 win against Cincinnati Saturday afternoon.

No. 23 WVU uses blocked field goal to beat Cincinnati

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Tavon Austin looks up field after catching a pass in Saturday’s West Virginia win against Cincinnati.

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West Virginia senior Eain Smith blocked a game-tying field goal as time expired to give the Mountaineers a 24-21 victory. Junior quarterback Geno Smith was 29-for-43 with 372 yards and a touchdown, while junior Tavon Austin had nine receptions for 126 yards. Read more from Saturday’s game against Cincinnati in Sports.

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FIRST QUARTER WVU 0, CIN 7 (13:09) Isaiah Pead 40-yard touchdown run.

Tony Miliano with the PAT. WVU 7, CIN 7 (11:37) Stedman Bailey 59-yard touchdown reception from Geno Smith. Tyler Bitancurt with the PAT. SECOND QUARTER WVU 10, CIN 7 (9:35) Bitancurt 28-yard field goal.

WVU 17, CIn 7 (8:11) Julian Miller recovers a Zach Collaros fumble in the endzone for a touchdown. Bitancurt with the PAT. THIRD QUARTER WVU 17, CIN 14 (4:25) Munchie Legaux 7-yard touchdown run. Miliano with the PAT. FOURTH QUARTER WVU 17, CIN 21 (13:20) Pead 10-yard touchdown run.

Miliano with the PAT. WVU 24, CIN 17 (8:52) Shawne Alston 1-yard touchdown run. Bitancurt with the PAT.

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In celebration of Veterans Day, the West Virginia University President’s Office for Social Justice and Division of Human Resources hosted the fourth annual WVU Veterans Appreciation Breakfast Friday at the Erickson Alumni Center.

The breakfast recognized WVU employees, students and members of the Morgantown community who have dedicated their time and served in the nation’s armed forces.

“There are more veterans on our campus today than anytime in our history,” said Sharon Mallow, program coordinator for the President’s Office for Social Justice. “These men and women have sacrificed so much. Just as we recognize the accomplishments of many of our student groups and our employees, we recognize them.”

The event included a presentation of colors – a performance of “Taps” by members of the “Pride of West Virginia,” the Mountaineer Marching Band, a welcome by President James P. Clements and remarks from other guest speakers.

Col. Douglas L. Flohr, the deputy director of operations of the Army G3/5/7 Biometrics Identity Management Agency, was the keynote speaker for the event. Flohr also serves as a site manager for BIMA offices in Clarksburg.

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Wary about Iran, Obama lobbies Russia and China HONOLULU (AP) — Searching for help, President Barack Obama lobbied the skeptical leaders of Russia and China on Saturday for support in keeping Iran from becoming a nucleararmed menace to the world, hoping to yield a “common response” to a crisis that is testing international unity.

Yet Obama’s talk of solidarity with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Chinese President Hu Jintao was not publicly echoed by either man as Iran moved anew to the fore of the international stage – and to the front of the fierce U.S. presidential race.

Obama, at home in Hawaii and holding forth on a world stage, also sought to show aggressiveness in fixing an economy that has weakened his standing with voters. He pushed Hu about American impatience with China’s economic policy, touted the makings of a new pacific trade zone and showered attention on the lucrative Asia-Pacific export market.

The United States’ vast worries about Iran grew starker with a report this week by the U.N. atomic agency that asserted in the strongest terms yet Iran is conducting secret work with the sole intent of developing nuclear arms. The U.S. claims a nuclear-armed Iran could set off an arms race among rival states and directly threaten Israel.

Russia and China remain a roadblock to the United States in its push to tighten international sanctions on Iran. Both are veto-wielding members of the U.N. Security Council and have shown no sign the new report will change their stand.

With Medvedev on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific summit

President Barack Obama meets with Chinese President Hu Jintao at the APEC Summit in Honolulu Saturday. here, Obama said the two “reaffirmed our intention to work to shape a common response” on Iran.

Shortly after, Obama joined Hu, in a run of back-to-back diplomacy with the heads of two allies that hold complicated and at times divisive relations with the United States. Obama said that he and the Chinese leader want to ensure that Iran abides by “international rules and norms.”

Obama’s comments were broad enough to portray a united front without yielding any clear indication of progress. Medvedev, for his part, was largely silent on Iran during his remarks, merely ac-

knowledging that the subject was discussed. Hu did not mention Iran at all.

White House aides insisted later that Russia and China remain unified with the United States and other allies in preventing Iran from developing nuclear weapons, and that Obama, Hu and Medvedev had agreed to work on the next steps. Deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes said the new allegations about Iran’s programs demand an international response, and “I think the Russians and the Chinese understand that. We’re going to be working with them to formulate that response.”

As the president held forth

on the world stage in his home state, Republicans vying to compete against Obama for the presidency unleashed withering criticism in a debate in South Carolina. It was a rare moment in which foreign policy garnered attention in a campaign dominated by the flagging U.S. economy.

“If we re-elect Barack Obama, Iran will have a nuclear weapon. And if you elect Mitt Romney, Iran will not have a nuclear weapon,” said Romney, the former Massachusetts governor. Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann warned that Iran’s attempt to develop a nuclear weapon is setting the table “for worldwide nuclear war

Pressure to leave mounts on Occupy camps OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Occupy Oakland protesters rallied and marched Saturday even as city officials have increased pressure on them to leave their encampment in front of City Hall.

For the second time in as many days, Oakland city officials warned protesters Saturday morning that they do not have the right to camp in the plaza overnight and face immediate arrest and the removal of their tents, stoves, sleeping bags and other belongings. The eviction notices come as officials across the country urged an end to similar gatherings in the wake of three deaths in different cities, including two by gunfire.

Relay

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“Many students who have lost their loved ones believe that no one else should go through the same experience, and we hope that someday cancer will no longer take lives,” she said.

A kick-off event will be held at 7 in the Mountainlair Ballrooms to raise awareness for the cause and start working toward this year’s goal of raising $100,000 and recruiting at least 2,000 participants.

While Relay for Life is dedicated to helping others, Maldonado said she benefits from

“Your activities are injurious to health, obstruct the free use of property, interfering with the comfortable enjoyment of (Frank Ogawa Plaza), and unlawfully obstruct the free passage or use of a public park or square,” the notice read.

Police and a city official did not respond to requests for comment on whether police were preparing to forcibly clear the camp. Protesters said Saturday’s peaceful march and rally in front of City Hall was a show of solidarity with activists in Egypt.

Oakland officials first issued the eviction notice Friday after first pleading with protesters to leave the encampment.

The notice came after a fatal

shooting just outside the camp Thursday.

Police officials have said a preliminary investigation suggested the shooting resulted from a fight between two groups of men at or near the encampment. Investigators do not know if the men in the fight were associated with Occupy Oakland, but protesters said there was no connection between the shooting and the camp.

The victim has not been identified.

The shooting occurred the same day a 35-year-old military veteran apparently committed suicide in a tent at a Burlington, Vt., Occupy encampment.

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In Vermont, police said a preliminary investigation showed the veteran fatally shot himself in the head in a tent in City Hall Park.

The death of the Chittenden County man raised questions about whether the protest would be allowed to continue, said Burlington police Deputy Chief Andi Higbee.

Oakland officials had issued written warnings similar to Saturday’s eviction notice before officers raided the encampment on Oct. 25 with tear gas and bean bag projectiles, arresting 85 people. Oakland became a rallying point for demonstrators when an Iraq War veteran was injured during the clash.

working within the organization, too.

“When I was a freshman, I attended Relay for Life with students from my dorm for no particular reason other than something to do for a good cause. I never thought five years later I would become the committee chair and that this event would be so close to my heart,” she said.

“Being involved with Relay has been the most rewarding experience I’ve had at WVU. Connecting with other students who have gone through similar situations has helped me feel better and become a stronger person.” mackenzie.mays@mail.wvu.edu

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Students from Summit Hall participate in Relay For Life at the WVU Track last year.

against Israel.”

Iran has insisted its nuclear work is in the peaceful pursuit of energy and research, not weaponry.

U.S. officials have said the report by the International Atomic Energy Agency was unlikely to persuade China and Russia to support tougher sanctions on the Iranian government. But led by Obama, the administration is still trying to mount pressure on Iran, both through the United Nations and its own, for fear of what may come should Iran proceed undeterred.

More broadly, Obama sought Saturday to position the United States as a Pacific power determined to get more American jobs by tapping the explosive potential of the Asia-Pacific.

For businesses, he said, “this is where the action’s going to be.”

“There is no region in the world that we consider more vital than the Asia-Pacific region,” he told chief executives gathered for a regional economic summit.

The president went so far as to saying the United States had grown “a little bit lazy” in trying to attract business to the United States.

Obama’s aides said he was blunt with Hu in expressing concern about China’s undervalued currency, which keeps its exports cheaper and U.S. exports to China more expensive.

Deputy National Security Adviser Mike Froman said Obama made it clear that Americans are growing “increasingly impatient and frustrated” with the state of change in China economic policy. China had a $273 billion trade surplus with the U.S. last year and U.S. law-

Tomblin sworn in as governor, pledges fiscal soundness CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin, sworn in Sunday as the Mountain State’s 35th chief executive, pledged to keep a tight rein on government finances and to champion the state’s coal industry, stances he credits for his close October special election win.

Tomblin, a Democrat who had been acting governor since last Nov. 15, made the pledges during an afternoon inauguration ceremony.

The 59-year-old became acting governor after Democrat Joe Manchin stepped down to become a U.S. senator. The state constitution had Tomblin, as Senate president, fill in during the vacancy. The state Supreme Court subsequently required the Oct. 4 special election to resolve legal challenges arising from the state’s succession process.

The Logan County native took the oath of office in private once the Legislature met in special session to declare him the victor, and once he had resigned as Senate president, a post he had occupied for a record 17 years. He’d served in the Senate since 1980.

Tomblin then took the oath again in front of a crowd of about 1,000 during an hourlong ceremony on the state Capitol’s south steps and plaza.

The warm, breezy and nearly cloudless weather was unusual for a gubernatorial inauguration, traditionally held in mid-January.

Tomblin cited his years in state government in telling the crowd that his goal has

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makers say the imbalance hurts American manufacturers and taken away American jobs.

Underscoring the search for some good economic news ahead heading toward a re-election vote, Obama announced the broad outlines of an agreement to create a transpacific trade zone encompassing the United States and eight other nations. He said details must still be worked out, but said the goal was to complete the deal by next year.

“The United States is a Pacific power and we’re here to stay,” Obama said.

The eight countries joining the U.S. in the zone would be Australia, Brunei, Chile, Malaysia, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam. Obama also spoke with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda about Japan’s interest in joining the trade bloc.

In a sign of potential tension with China, Froman shrugged off complaints from China that it had not been invited to join the trade bloc.

He told reporters that China had not expressed interest in joining and said the trade group “is not something that one gets invited to. It’s something that one aspires to.”

Addressing the European debt crisis, Obama said he welcomed the new governments being formed in Greece and Italy, saying they should help calm world financial markets.

Obama’s ever increasing attention to the Asia-Pacific is driven in part by Europe’s own financial woes and the U.S. need to get more aggressive in tapping its export options.

Obama will be in Honolulu through Tuesday, when he leaves for Australia before ending his trip in Indonesia.

Continued from page 1 Veterans Day has been designated as the University’s “Day of Concern.” This allowed any WVU Veteran or military student to miss classes Friday in order to participate in Veterans Day-related events or ceremonies.

According to G.I Jobs, has been listed for the third consecutive year as one of the nation’s top “military-friendly schools.”

WVU provides an array of opportunities for its veterans, including health and education benefits, legal advice and programs dedicated to aiding veteran students in their transitions to life as a student.

Executive officer of the President’s Office for Social Justice, Jennifer McIntosh said serving veterans is something the Uni-

always been to put West Virginia first. He pointed to a number of recent successes, including a general revenue budget surplus, improved Wall Street credit ratings, scheduled tax cuts and new jobs courtesy of national employers Amazon.com Inc. and Macy’s Inc. Tomblin promised to continue the policies that yielded them.

“My priorities remain clear and steadfast,” he said.

Manchin helped introduce Tomblin at the ceremony and heralded him as the right leader to build upon the state’s progress. Others on hand included U.S. Reps. Shelley Moore Capito, a 2nd District Republican, and 3rd District Democrat Nick Rahall, as well as former Gov. Bob Wise, now president of the Alliance for Excellent Education. State Supreme Court Chief Justice Margaret Workman administered the public oath.

The contingent from Logan County included Landau Eugene Murphy Jr., winner of this fall’s “America’s Got Talent” television competition. Landau sang the national anthem and “Amazing Grace” during the ceremony.

About two dozen demonstrators protested the ceremony from a lawn alongside the plaza. Most held signs targeting the mountaintop removal method of surface mining. They turned their backs when Tomblin took the oath and then began chanting, but they were largely drowned out during the cannon salute that followed. versity values.

“Our campus is enriched by the diversity in our midst. That includes the special people we call veterans,” she said.

Veterans of WVU is a student organization dedicated in participating in civic outreach and supporting student veterans of the University.

The program has sponsored care packages to marines and soldiers in Iraq, raised and donated money to “Canines for Combat Vets” and sponsored a blood drive in conjunction with WVU Reserve Officer’s Training Corps.

The organization became a member of the national organization Student Veterans of America in 2008. For more information, visit http://wvuveterans.wvu.edu. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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Despite similarities, ‘Immortals’ can’t live up to ‘300’ Hunter Homistek a&e Writer

Director Tarsem Singh had a vision, and it looked exactly like “300.”

Singh’s swords-and-sandals epic “Immortals” was released Friday under the premise of being an entertaining, and bloody mythological tale of heroic proportions.

Did it meet this expectation?

No. “Immortals” tells the tale of Theseus (Henry Cavill), a peasant who was born as the bastard child of a raped mother.

While Theseus never knew his real father, he was under the constant guidance of an unnamed old wise man (John Hurt) who trained him in the art of battle and self-defense.

This storyline takes a sharp turn when the audience learns that Theseus’ mentor is, in fact, the disguised Zeus, ruler of Olympus.

Anticipating an imminent war, Zeus descended from his heavenly position to teach Theseus and prepare him to lead his people against the ruthless King Hyperion (Mickey Rourke).

To this end, “Immortals” had me hooked. King Hyperion was developed masterfully and, from lighting a monk on fire to “sterilizing” a captured soldier in a barbaric

manner, he truly seemed to be as callous and brutal a ruler one could imagine.

The same expertly constructed character development cannot be said for the hero, Theseus though – and this is the one of the movie’s major downfalls.

One would think, given these circumstances, Theseus is easy to root for, but that simply isn’t the case.

Despite all the unfortunate situations surrounding him, we see Theseus as a hero from the start.

In one of his earliest scenes ,he is confronted and insulted by a soldier, and instead of being bullied and shown as the weak peasant we are meant to believe he is, he fights back and proceeds to hold off a small infantry with ease.

Along with this, we never really see the struggle of Theseus’ home life. Instead, we are simply told he is a peasant and must accept this fact with little validation.

Because of this, Theseus is seen as a savior and a god-like character from the beginning rather than developed into this role through the story’s proceedings.

That aside, “Immortals” is undeniably about the action and fight scenes, and here it certainly does not disappoint.

Like “300,” the action sequences are shot with visually striking computer-generated backgrounds and rely heavily upon ramping — the alternating slow/fast motion

shooting style.

“Immortals” is successful in pulling this off. The style is perfect and the imagery is nothing short of outstanding.

The fight scenes are absolutely brutal and vicious, just like one would hope for in an epic warrior tale.

This comes to a climax near the end of the movie when the gods descend from Mount Olympus and become directly involved in what is unquestionably one of the most brilliant and entertaining fight scenes in cinematic history.

The problem is, though, the characters involved in these scenes weren’t developed nearly enough to garner any emotional response to their success or failure.

In “300,” it was devastating to watch a Spartan’s demise or to see King Leonidas fail, but in “Immortals,” the characters are inessential to the plot’s happenings – and this prevents the viewer from becoming completely engrossed.

Singh’s “Immortals” is a visual masterpiece which lacks the depth of a story and characters to truly propel itself to epic proportions.

While it is immensely entertaining, in 20 years’ time when you recall the great swords and sandals epics of our time, you will remember “300,” not “Immortals.”

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Despite sharing similar qualities with ‘300,’‘Immortals’ is a forgettable film.

‘Immortals’ reigns with $32M opening weekend box office LOS ANGELES (AP) — The gods of ancient Greece have extended their rule to the weekend box office with a No. 1 debut for the action tale “Immortals.”

The story of Greek hero Theseus took in $32 million domestically, while Adam Sandler’s comedy “Jack and Jill” opened at No. 2 with $26 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.

The new movies bumped the animated hit “Puss in Boots” to the No. 3 spot after two weekends at the top. “Puss in Boots” earned $25.5 million, raising its domestic total to $108.8 million.

Director Clint Eastwood’s “J. Edgar,” a film biography starring Leonardo DiCaprio as longtime FBI boss J. Edgar Hoover, played in narrower release and opened at No. 5 with $11.5 million.

Released by Relativity Media, “Immortals” stars Henry Cavill and Freida Pinto in a tale of hu-

man heroes battling an evil king (Mickey Rourke) who aims to bring down the Olympian gods.

With males making up 60 percent of its audience, “Immortals” has a chance to corner much of the action market through Thanksgiving weekend and beyond, a period likely to be dominated by family movies such as “Happy Feet 2,” “The Muppets,” “Hugo” and “Arthur Christmas.”

“The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn: Part 1” does open Friday, but that blockbuster action fantasy franchise mainly draws female crowds, typically a smaller segment of the action audience.

“There’s really not another action movie until you approach the Christmas holidays,” said Kyle Davies, head of distribution for Relativity. “Over the next few weeks, there’s no real competition for us.”

“Immortals” added $36 million in 35 overseas markets, bringing its worldwide total to

$68 million.

Sandler plays dual roles in “Jack and Jill,” portraying a sturdy family man and his needy sister, who comes to visit for Thanksgiving.

“Jack and Jill” got off to a solid start but came in on the low end for Sandler, whose comedies typically open in the $30 million to $40 million range. Still, it continues Sandler’s virtually unbroken string of strong openings for his broad comedies dating back to the late 1990s.

“A big part of his success is just that sort of Everyman appeal he has, whether it be the guys going out to have a beer or girls thinking he’s just as charming as all hell,” said Rory Bruer, head of distribution for Sony, which released “Jack and Jill.”

“J. Edgar” played in 1,910 theaters, compared with more than 3,000 for the rest of the top-five movies. It was the weekend’s grown-up choice, with 66 percent of viewers over

age 50, according to distributor Warner Bros.

Like “Immortals” with action crowds, “J. Edgar” has the prospect to dominate among older viewers through Thanksgiving weekend, one of the busiest times of the year for movie theaters.

“We’re the adult choice,” said Dan Fellman, head of distribution for Warner. “We feel we have really good play time ahead of us going into the holiday.”

“J. Edgar” will join a parade of potential Academy Awards contenders arriving before year’s end as Hollywood rolls into its most diverse season, when drama, comedy, action and family films share screen time.

“This was one of the first weekends we’ve seen in a while that had a nice combination of films that gave us a really solid weekend,” said Paul Dergarabedian, an analyst for box-office tracker Hollywood.

com. “To me, this is what the holiday season is all about, having films like `Immortals’ in the mix in the top-five with a drama like `J. Edgar.’”

The variety clicked with audiences this weekend. Overall revenues came in at $137 million, up 13 percent from the same weekend last year, when “Megamind” led with $29.1 million, according to Hollywood.com.

Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Hollywood.com. Where available, latest international numbers are also included. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.

1. “Immortals,” $32 million ($36 million international).

2. “Jack and Jill,” $26 million ($2.7 million international).

3. “Puss in Boots,” $25.5 million ($4.5 million international).

4. “Tower Heist,” $13.2 million ($7.6 million international).

5. “J. Edgar,” $11.5 million.

6. “A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas,” $5.9 million.

7. “In Time,” $4.2 million ($8.5 million international).

8. “Paranormal Activity 3,” $3.6 million ($7.1 million international).

9. “Footloose,” $2.7 million.

10. “Real Steel,” $2 million ($12 million international).

Estimated weekend ticket sales at international theaters (excluding the U.S. and Canada) for films distributed overseas by Hollywood studios, according to Rentrak: 1. “Immortals,” $36 million.

2. “The Adventures of Tintin,” $26.7 million.

3. “Real Steel,” $12 million.

4. “In Time,” $8.5 million.

5. “Tower Heist,” $7.6 million.

6. “Paranormal Activity 3,” $7.1 million.

7. “Contagion,” $6.8 million.

8. “The Lion King,” $4.8 million.

9. “Puss in Boots,” $4.5 million.

10. “Moneyball,” $4.2 million.

Magazine’s 1st MAD men get a rare reunion SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Think of them as the senior class of the “usual gang of idiots.” Or the original MAD men perhaps.

There’s Al Jaffee, who at 90 still draws the optical illusion fold-in gags for MAD magazine’s back page. And Sergio Aragones, still whipping out eye-straining and gut-busting miniature cartoons in the magazine’s margins after 48 years.

And Jack Davis, who was there at the beginning, drawing the horror spoof “Hoohah!” that appeared in MAD’s debut issue in 1952.

They’re among the cartoonists wwho put MAD on the map in the 1950s. Over the next six decades, they blended celebrity caricature, pop-culture parody and political satire in a way that would influence American comedy from Saturday Night Live to The Onion and more.

And some of them are still churning out gags for MAD, in defiance of the ever-expanding generation gap with the magazine’s young audience.

“I have kids come to me at conventions saying, `My grandfather grew up with your work,’” said Aragones, 74, whose recent features include “A MAD Look at Lady Gaga.” “Older people think the older MADs were funnier. But not really. You grew up. Your sense of humor has changed.”

Aragones, Jaffee and Davis were among eight veteran MAD contributors gathering Saturday for a rare reunion on the Georgia coast. With their homes and studios spread across the U.S., the artists who put their work side by side in hundreds of MAD issues don’t often meet face to face.

This weekend, the cartoon-

ists are being honored and humored by their hosts, the Savannah College of Art and Design and the National Cartoonists Society. Their art is hanging in a gallery, while their schedule includes workshops with the college’s art students and a panel discussion on MAD’s history and their work.

John Lowe, the Savannah art college’s dean of communication arts, said the MAD reunion represents “roughly 400 years’ worth of comic book experience collected in one place.”

“MAD, to me, was really the first print publication to satire popular culture and American political culture,” said Lowe, 44.

“It is still very edgy. I can see parents wanting to keep it out of the hands of their children.

And children wanting to get it in their hands.”

Launched in 1952 by comics publisher William M. Gaines and editor-writer Harvey Kurtzman, MAD evolved from stories spoofing its owners’ stable of horror comics to a broader range of send-ups lampooning American culture, celebrities and politics. By 1956 the magazine had a gap-toothed mascot, Alfred E. Newman, who soon became a cartoon icon.

The artists worked on a freelance basis, but Gaines rewarded their loyalty with annual group trips overseas for decades, beginning with a trip to Haiti in 1960. Davis recalled being cajoled by Aragones into fighting a bull - a very young one without horns, he admits - in Spain. Jaffee still laughs at how a MAD writer, during a tour of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City, shattered the hushed reverence by remarking aloud that Michelangelo’s painted ceil-

ing was so priceless that God couldn’t afford the rent.

MAD’s stable of artists and writers embraced the group moniker “the usual gang of idiots.” Now published by DC Comics, MAD similarly downplays its own influence. On its website, MAD touts its success as “the best-selling magazine in the world with that title.”

Jaffee, who first contributed in 1955, recalls how Time magazine initially dubbed MAD a “short-lived fad.”

“They didn’t think this crappy little magazine would last this long,” Jaffee said from New York. “However, I think MAD is challenging Time for longevity.”

And perhaps, in an off-

beat way, challenging Time in stature?

Jaffee’s MAD fold-ins which have jabbed at everything from the Beatles and the Vietnam War to TMZ and “The Jersey Shore” recently received the kind of star treatment normally reserved for major literary works. In September, Jaffee’s entire 36-year run of some 400 fold-ins was collected in a hefty, $125 set of four hardbound books, a package he called “hernia-inducing.”

While Jaffee and Aragones still work to keep pace with MAD’s younger audience. Davis, 86, chose to end his more than half-century affiliation with the magazine more than two years ago.

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Support cancer research with ‘Relay For Life’ By the end of 2011, there will be an estimated 571,950 deaths from cancer, according to the American Cancer Society.

While advances in modern medicine and technology have improved, the disease still kills thousands per year.

More research is needed, which ultimately requires more funding.

According to the National

Institute of Health, annual cancer expenses may reach $158 billion by 2020.

While doctors work diligently to find more efficient ways to treat cancer, the money needed to support the research can be raised by you – the average student.

Tonight at 7, the West Virginia University Relay for Life Committee will hold a kickoff event to raise awareness and

influence more students to become a part of the fight to stop cancer.

Everyone should attend.

Many people know at least one person who has been diagnosed with cancer. Some of those people have passed away; others were more fortunate and overcame the disease.

Relay For Life is not only a much-needed fundraiser for cancer research, it’s also a

time to celebrate the victories of cancer survivors and to have remembrance for the lives lost to the disease.

The event gives support to the families who are torn apart my the disease and gives honor to those who won the fight.

The WVU Relay for Life Committee is looking to gain 2,000 participants for this year’s event and to ultimately raise $100,000.

Volunteering for the Relay For Life doesn’t require you to donate money; there is a job for everyone.

Come to the event with questions and even some fund-raising ideas of your own.

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Enjoying craft beer responsibly is a rewarding hobby brandon muncy columnist

This isn’t your father’s Bud Light.

The American beer industry is rapidly changing, trending towards more finely crafted and more flavorful beer.

In other news, reaching the legal drinking age has become far more rewarding.

When consumed legally and responsibly, these “craft beers” are worthwhile investments for people wishing to expand their drinking horizons.

Enjoying a craft-brewed beer is a far cry from the old experience of having a beer that is essentially designed to be consumed in mass amounts and operate as a party favor for college students.

Craft beer is designed to be enjoyed as more of a hobby, as opposed to a party tool.

The differences don’t stop there, either.

Craft beer is a term founded by the American Brewer’s Association and is defined as a beer brewed by a small, independent brewery which produces no more than six million barrels of beer annually.

These “microbreweries” have begun forming all over the country, changing the beer industry for the better.

Even Morgantown has a growing craft beer scene, with specialty beer bars such as Jay’s Getaway.

While microbreweries yield far less product than the traditional “Big Three” macrobreweries of Anheuser-Busch-Inbev, Miller and Coors, they have become regional phenomenon in their respective distribution areas.

We even have our own microbrewery, Morgantown Brewing Company.

Additionally, craft beer has gone a long way in altering the stigma attached to beer.

Tag lines such as a “drinkability,” “less filling” and “brewed cold” don’t dominate the craft beer scene as

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A wide selection of beer, including some microbrews. it does with it’s more mainstream cousin.

A microbrewery isn’t ultimately judged by its advertising prowess but rather the quality of the beer.

Moreover, craft beer and macrobrewed beers typically differ substantially. While tastes and preferences are always subjective, even among the biggest beer enthusiasts, the craft beer industry offers a valuable alternative to the seemingly homogenous offerings of the “Big Three.”

Microbreweries offer more flavorful, fuller bodied experiences. Not only do craft beers taste different, they feel, smell

and drink differently.

Perhaps even more importantly, the typical microbrewery offers far more variety than any of the “Big Three.”

Likewise, the industry as a whole, adds color to an otherwise bland and repetitive painting.

Someone unfamiliar with beer would be surprised to know of the numerous styles and the large differences between each.

From stouts, to witbiers, tripels, india pale ales, marzens, etc. There is a list of an almost uncountable number of different styles for which to account.

Each style varies from flavor, to how it is brewed and even the type of hops and extra ingredients used in the brewing process.

For example, it is becoming more common for a brewery to brew a stout with coffee and/or chocolate and to age it in bourbon barrels.

Craft beer is often heralded by its enthusiasts because the level of complexity and flavors it offers.

Flagship microbreweries, like Dogfish Head out of Delaware, take it another step farther by constantly experimenting and create tasty, yet unique beers.

One such beer they produce called “Theobroma” is brewed with cocoa powder, cocoa nibs, honey, chili peppers and annatto.

But more so than revolutionizing the act of brewing, microbreweries bring the beverage to new customers and establish beer as more of a hobby than a means through which to become intoxicated.

And their mainstream counterparts have taken notice.

The big brewing companies are making ardent shifts and investments that they hope will make inroads into this growing sub-industry.

Brews like Shock Top, Wild Blue and Blue Moon are being produced by the large companies in hopes of capitalizing on the booming industry of craft beer.

Ultimately, beer boils down to what individuals enjoy.

A beer doesn’t have to be rare or expensive, or even craft, to be enjoyed. There’s nothing wrong at all with liking something common or ordinary like Bud Light, but if you enjoy beer, you’re doing yourself a disservice by at least not experimenting a little.

After all, you may enjoy what you come to find.

Don’t blame the US for deforestation in the Amazon trevor zakov ka leo o hawaii uwire

The amount of biodiversity on this planet is truly aweinspiring. Scientists nearly unanimously agree that deforestation directly leads to global climate change.

Furthermore, scientists lament loss of biodiversity, particularly with respect to still undiscovered and undocumented species.

Some believe these unidentified species could hold the key to curing diseases or provide a blueprint for further scientific innovation based off of Mother Nature’s diverse creations.

People from around the world who are conscientious of the destruction of this important ecosystem commonly cite the Amazon rainforest as the largest and most wellknown example of this man-

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made calamity.

Other rainforests also face similar – albeit less publicized – challenges throughout Indonesia and Southeast Asia.

Focusing on the Amazon rainforest specifically, for decades now, it has been the modus operandai to blame the “evil” foreign investors and multinationals who recklessly steal the national resources of this fertile region.

The word “imperialist” is a one-size-fits-all method of passing the buck to others far away.

But concerned citizens need to take a closer look at the real forces leading to the continued deforestation of the Amazon rainforest.

For far too long, the blame for deforestation has been placed on international corporations, as well as other powerful multinational entities such as the International Monetary Fund or the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation.

In the case of Brazil, the pronationalist, avidly anti-imperi-

alist Workers’ Party has been in power for nearly 10 years.

Since assuming control of the country, the party has made several key changes.

Most notable has been the systematic and methodical alienation of the IMF and other multinationals operating inside Brazil; in other words, Brazil has become increasingly protectionist economically.

One ambitious goal set by the party was the creation of more jobs for Brazilians. As a result, the first decade of the 21st century will be remembered in Brazil as a decade of tremendous growth, with extensive construction projects and infrastructure development.

Scientists have confirmed that deforestation increases greenhouse gases much more than fossil fuel emissions do.

By far the largest cause of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest is land clearing for cattle and livestock; for the past decade, it was estimated

that close to 70 percent of all deforestation in the Amazon was for the purpose of cattle ranching. Surprisingly, the often-vilified practice of logging, long associated with imperialists, was deemed to be the cause of a mere 2-3 percent of all Amazonian deforestation.

Add into the equation the fact that Brazilians consume more beef per capita than nearly any other nation worldwide, and a much clearer picture emerges, further clarifying what really is the driving force behind the continued deforestation of the Amazon.

The biggest irony of them all concerning deforestation in the Amazon has yet to be spelled out. As mentioned earlier, the term “imperialist” has an extremely negative connotation.

Throughout history, imperialists are best remembered for arriving from distant foreign lands, claiming territory that was not their own, enforcing their preferred sets of rules on local inhabitants, and imple-

menting de facto ownership.

Funny enough, in the case of Brazil as well as several neighboring nations, the government honors and safeguards the imperialist practice of squatting.

This essentially means people come from somewhere else, arrive on a location, set up shop, claim it as their own, implement their own lifestyle and way of life and, after a certain period of time, expect legal recognition as the rightful owners of that piece of land.

In the case of Brazil, anyone looking to start life anew simply abandons the city, leaves for the edge of the rainforest and squats.

Ownership is legal after exactly one year and one day of inhabiting the land, and this land can be resold after five years of ownership.

In a region that notoriously prides itself on fervent nationalism and staunch anti-imperialism, it is ironic to see the Amazon rainforest being ravaged not by foreign imperi-

alists, but rather by millions of native mini-imperialists, all of whom are taking advantage of the legal system for what they hope will be a better life.

The only loser at the end of the day is their own national treasure, pillaged and soon to be exhausted by its own people.

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THE WEEK AHEAD TODAY NOVEMBER 14

WVU FENCING CLUB is hosting beginners 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. fencingclub.studentorgs.wvu. edu.

TUESDAY NOVEMBER 15

THE SOCIAL SCIENCE CAFE hosts “American Democracy: Brought to You by General Electric” as part of its brown-bottle lecture series. The discussion is based on a recent Supreme Court decision and its impact on campaign financing. The event begins at 5 p.m. at Morgantown Brewing Company.

WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 16

PSYCHOLOGY CLUB meets from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in G15 of the Life Sciences Building. Dr. Christina Duncan will present on her work as a pediatric psychologist and will hold a short discussion afterwards.

THURSDAY NOVEMBER 17

THE MON GROUP OF THE SIERRA CLUB WEST VIRGINIA CHAPTER hosts a free screening of the highly acclaimed documentary film “The Last Mountain” at 6:30 p.m. at the Monongalia Friends Meeting House, 648 E Brockway Ave.

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 18

THE WVU CHAPTER OF THE NCPA is holding a bone marrow donor registration drive from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Westover Rite Aid. The event is free of charge and potential donors will have the inside of their mouths swabbed at that time.

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

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

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.

CONTINUAL

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-

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.

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 inservice trainings per year and help with one fundraising event. For more information, call 304-296-3400 or email trella.greaser@live.com.

CATHOLIC MASS is held at St. John University Parish at 4:30 p.m. on weekdays.

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

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

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

For more information, visit www.msnap.org.

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

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

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

NEW GROUP THERAPY OPPORTUNITIES are available for free at the WELLWVU: Carruth Center for Psychological and Psychiatric Services. The groups include Get More Out of Life, Understanding Self and Others, Insomnia Group, A Place for You, Sexual Assault Survivors Group, Adult Children of Dysfunctional Parents and Transfer Students: Get Started on the Right Foot. For more information call 304293-4431 or email tandy.mcclung@ mail.wvu.edu.

HOROSCOPES

BY JACQUELINE BIGAR BORN TODAY This year you open new doors and respond to the unexpected.

Learn not to come from a knee-jerk impulse. Take your time to form a response; practice detachment. Good will comes forward when you become less incisive and far more easygoing. If you are single, you will attract someone quite unusual. This bond easily could evolve into a romance.

If you are attached, planning a special trip or scheduling a seminar together will bond you even more. CANCER really understands you.

ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19) HHH You feel torn between your professional world and your home life. Dropping either-or thinking could be the first step in finding a resolution to the conflict. Let others see your determination. Tonight: Brainstorm with a trusted friend.

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20) HHHHH Stay open to the unexpected, even if you want to run. The unpredictability exists to help you revise your thinking where it might be antiquated. Nobody is making demands, per se, but your decision is yours, no one else’s. Listen to an associate who has a different outlook. Tonight: Find your friends.

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20) HHH Slow down and find out where you might be lacking information. Once you gain greater clarity, you will be able to make changes that add to your security and ability to function. Let go of a controlling individual, knowing you cannot change this person. Tonight: Pay bills, then decide.

CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22) HHHH You might want to rethink a personal relationship or a business partnership. Though you might have a tight agreement, when one person radically changes, the agreement might no longer be functional. Ask yourself if this is a possibility. Tonight: All smiles.

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22) HHH Listen to your sixth sense when dealing with someone you care a lot about. Don’t try to change someone’s mind about an expenditure. Unfortunately, this person needs to indulge, more for him- or herself than anything else. You might need to look within to see what’s triggering you. Tonight: Vanish while you can.

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22) HHHH A meeting carries a message. You might need to decide what you are willing to do to further a goal. You could be most uneasy with what is coming up. Reach out for someone at a distance whose perspective seems to be valuable more often than not. Tonight: Hook up with a pal. Catch up on news.

LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22) HHH Pressure builds. You might feel that if anything is going to be done properly, you will have to do it yourself. Perhaps you need to work on your delegating skills. Look at how you communicate. Though you could be impatient and frustrated, a change is needed.

Tonight: Working late.

SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21) HHHHH Your intellect combines with an incredible imagination. With this mix you can walk in others’ shoes and find solutions that work for the majority. A meeting or male friend

drives many of your actions right now. Tonight: Put on some dreamy music.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21) HHHHH Deal directly with another person. Close relating draws strong results.

You can’t hold your position any longer without taking action. A partner and those you deal with on a daily basis understand what is happening and support you. Tonight: Togetherness.

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19) HHHH Release an immediate issue. Once you relax, you will see the situation in a different light. Touch base with several people in the know or who you respect. You’ll get interesting feedback. You can see options that, up till now, were not part of your mind-set. Tonight: Follow another person’s suggestion.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18) HHH Pace yourself. A partner or associate will pitch in and help you clear out more than you anticipated. You are coming from an anchored point of view. Be positive, not rigid.

You will want to avoid a power play if possible. If you must, turn away from matters of control. Tonight: Do for you.

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20) HHHH Your imagination seems endless. You come up with solutions when others don’t. Team up with several creative people, and a solution can be found. Someone lets you know how dissatisfied he or she is. Choose not to respond. Expect changes. Tonight: A friend changes his or her tune.

BORN TODAY Musician Yanni (1954), Charles, Prince of Wales (1948), actress Veronica Lake (1922)

COMICS

Pearls Before Swine

by Stephan Pastis

F Minus

by Tony Carrillo

Get Fuzzy

by Darby Conley

Cow and Boy

by Mark Leiknes

PUZZLES DIFFICULTY LEVEL EASY

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

LAST WEEK’S PUZZLE SOLVED

ACROSS 1 Out of the office 6 NRA part 11 La-la lead-in 14 Madison Square Garden, e.g.

15 How some losses are shown 16 French water 17 Big corporations, lawsuit-wise 19 Sprint alternative 20 Alan of “M*A*S*H” 21 Retriever restraint 22 Folk music’s Kingston __ 23 Divining implement 25 Native blanket makers 27 Godiva choice 32 Sch. in the smallest state 33 Bull: Pref.

34 Petite pastries 37 Money maker 39 More factual 42 Hop, __ and jump 43 Lox holder 45 Hollywood Walk of Fame feature 47 Campus URL ender 48 Anonymous fan 52 Shapewear fabric 54 Quaint stopover 55 Sir __ Belch of “Twelfth Night” 56 Lavish celebrations 59 Bangkok tongue 63 Play for a sap 64 “For your ears only” ... and a hint to first words of 17-, 27- and 48-Across 66 V.P. Biden’s state 67 March march VIP 68 U or I, e.g.

69 Armani competitor, initially 70 Flashy tank fish 71 Part of a college application DOWN 1 Nothin’ 2 Baseball’s Hershiser 3 Ready for kickoff 4 Out of gear, as a car 5 Hammock snooze 6 Paddy product 7 Durante song title word 8 City ESE of San Francisco 9 Murderous 10 Newspaper VIPs

11 Two-hanky film 12 Betting odds, e.g.

13 Traffic jam components 18 Passé 22 Breezy bye-byes 24 Leaf-peeping mo.

26 Winery container 27 Idiotic 28 “La Traviata” number 29 Sounds familiar 30 Pronoun for you and me 31 Sicilian pizza has a thick one 35 Ocean phenomenon 36 Cowpoke’s prod 38 Itsy-bitsy 40 Expected coming-in hr.

41 Red root veggie 44 HDTV feature, often 46 LBJ follower 49 Prove wrong 50 Not subject to taxes 51 Paired up

52 Hit the books 53 Prepares to be photographed 57 Old Russian despot 58 Bluesy James 60 “__ it going?”

61 Word with dining or picnic 62 Lazy way to sit by 64 Hrs. in Phoenix, Arizona 65 Eden’s second resident

LAST WEEK’S PUZZLE SOLVED

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A KNIGHT TO REMEMBER

R&B/soul singer Gladys Knight performed to a sold out crowd Saturday night at the WVU CAC

by Elizabeth Finley a&E Correspondent

Legendary performer Gladys Knight held a concert as part of the University Arts Series Saturday, at the West Virginia University Creative Arts Center.

Knight is best known for her R&B and Soul hits she recorded in the ‘70s and ‘80s as the lead vocalist of her group, Gladys Knight & the Pips.

Knight looked stunning in a sparkling black outfit. When she appeared on stage for the first time, the whole audience stood up and cheered for her.

Aiming to please her eager crowd, Knight opened her show with a medley of the greatest hits from her days at Motown Records: “Midnight Train to Georgia,” “I Heard it Through the Grapevine” and a few of her other upbeat hits.

“It was a really fun show,” said Cody Mullens, a sophomore pre-engineering student. “Everyone was singing and clapping along to the music. The energy in the room was really high.”

The audience remained enthusiastic throughout the entire show, and there were no empty seats.

“I would call the show a great success,” said Kristie

Stewart-Gale, WVU Arts & Entertainment marketing and advertising manager and interim box office manager. “It was sold out.”

Knight kept the mood of the show light and fun, and she would repeatedly stop the song to tell a quick joke or story which resonated with the audience.

About midway through her performance, Knight brought a

surprise guest to the stage.

Everyone clapped and cheered as she introduced her brother and former “Pip,” Merald “Bubba” Knight, Jr. Merald sang the song “Yesterday,” which was a hit with the unsuspecting audience.

“The effect that the show had on the audience was the best part for us,” Stewart-Gale said. “We have already had several people ask us to bring her

back!”

The next person to take the stage at the CAC is Michael McDonald who will perform Friday at 7:30 p.m.

Tickets for any event at the CAC can be purchased at the Mountainlair and Creative Arts Center box offices from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Student tickets for the event are $27. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

Married duo perform at The Blue Moose Cafe

by Rebecca Lebherz A&E Correspondent

Michael and Carrie Kline shared an intimate night of music with folks at The Blue Moose Cafe in downtown Morgantown Friday.

The married duo played acoustic guitars and sang folk, gospel and old-country ballads for the audience, who were given lyrics to several of the choruses to sing along.

“I enjoyed it; I like the emphasis on West Virginia culture and Appalachia,” said Judy Werner, a Morgantown resident.

Her husband, Eb, said it’s a basic, traditional performance to get the family together.

“It’s not the great big show with 20,000 people; you get closer to the performers,” Eb said.

The Klines have being singing together since they met 20 years ago. They found they knew a lot of the same songs related to West Virginia, and they continue to build on their common repertoire.

The duo has played in Morgantown before, but this was their first appearance at The Blue Moose Cafe.

They have toured extensively traveling to New York City and Europe to spread their musical knowledge of West Virginia.

Three of the Klines’ CDs were available at the show

Friday night. Their most recent CD, “Damp as the Dew,” is made up entirely of coalmining songs. The focus of the Klines’ work is cultural preservation.

“They kind of keep the old time music alive, and they sing important songs about coal mining and the mountains,” said Gary Tannenbaum, owner of the Blue Moose Cafe.

“It’s great; it’s a pleasure to hear them. They’ve been around for years but I’ve never heard them.”

The couple from Elkins, W.Va., have produced 23 oral history audio tours, audio histories and musical recordings total. Their documentary “Born and Raised in Tobacco Fields: Portrait of Changing American Landscape,” won the 2005 Oral History Association’s Non-Print Award and the 2006 Spirit of West Virginia Division of Tourism Award for the Pendleton County Heritage Travels Project.

The audience at the Blue Moose Cafe was treated to renditions of David Norris, Hazel Dickens, Jean Ritchie, Darrell Scott, Kate Wolf and many more great musicians at Friday’s show. The couple also shared some interesting bits of history about their songs.

They learned Darrell Scott’s “Never Leave Harlan Alive” for its line about canaries.

Michael said coal miners used to use canaries to check

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Folk singers Michael and Carrie Kline performed at The Blue Moose Cafe Saturday night. for methane in the mines because the birds are dependent on clean air.

According to Michael, there has been a resurgence of interest in coal-mining songs re-

cently, and new ones are being written as well.

The Klines also spoke and sang songs about mountain top removal and urged people to join in the protest against it.

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Folk singer Carrie Kline performed at The Blue Moose Cafe Saturday night.

“If the World Had a Front “I’m happy to have them.

Porch,” an original song co- It’s nice to have good roots written by Michael and Tracy music in the cafe,” TannenLawrence, gave the audience baum said. a taste of Michael’s own personal style of music. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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Folk singer Michael Kline performed at The Blue Moose Cafe Saturday night.

North American Flutists gather for semi-annual event

by Christina Gutierrez A&E Writer

The West Virginia University Creative Arts Center hosted its semi-annual Fall Flute Fling Saturday.

Fall Flute Fling is a daylong event featuring master classes, workshops, vendors and exhibits, and a gala concert performance.

The event was hosted by

the WVU Flute Studio and internationally acclaimed flute professor, Nina Assimakopoulos, who said she had high hopes for the event.

“The event was a hugely successful for visibility, recruitment and community outreach,” she said.

Musicians and students from universities around the continent, including WVU and the Morgantown area,

attended the event.

Assimakopoulos said there were about 40 performers, including guest artists Michelle Cheramy from Memorial University in Canada, David Houston from the Boston Flute Academy, Katherine Kemler from Louisiana State University, Therese Wacker from University of Indiana, Pennsylvania, WVU student performers, high school stu-

dents and some students from Bowling Green State University.

The Gala Concert showcased performances by the guest artists, as well as by West Virginia Symphony members Lindsey Goodman (principal flute) and Pam Murchison (piccolo) and flutist Dorothy Skidmore of Morgantown.

“The energy was really exciting. It was primarily con-

temporary music, which everyone really loved,” Assimakopoulos said.

This is her first year at WVU, but she is excited and looks forward to future endeavors as a Mountaineer.

Assimakopoulus is credited with more than 50 international world premiere performances and commissions, as well as multimedia collaborative projects and concerts

integrating baroque through contemporary flute music with visual and digital arts, dance and theater.

“I could not have been happier with the turnout,” she said.

The event was free for WVU students and provided an opportunity for exhibitors and vendors. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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Field goal block lifts No. 23 WVU to win over Cincinnati by ben gaughan

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Redshirt senior safety Eain Smith blocked a field goal as time expired and West Virginia escaped with a 24-21 victory against No. 23 Cincinnati Saturday.

The energy on defense and special teams lifted the Mountaineers in a game that had several big plays by both teams.

“It was a low-projected ball.

I saw it come off his foot, got my hands up and blocked it. We won the game,” Smith said. “It was the best feeling to block that kick and come out with the win and beat the best team in the Big East.”

It was the first blocked field goal by a WVU player since 2004.

West Virginia also got a field goal of its own blocked during the game, but was able to make a few key plays at the right times to come out on top.

Junior running back Shawne Alston scored the game-winning touchdown with just under nine minutes left to play. He took the ball from the one-yard line and put his head down as he ran into the end zone.

The rushing touchdown was Alston’s eighth of the season and his sixth touchdown in the last four games.

“I’m honored the coaches and my teammates have enough trust in me to give me the ball when the game is on the line down at the goal line,” Alston said. “So I just try to do my best to respond every time they put me in those situations.”

The WVU defense gained momentum on a 4th-and-goal play in the first quarter when Cincinnati senior quarterback Zach Collaros was still in the game. The Bearcats on the two-yard line and Collaros rushed, but was stuffed by Miller and Keith Tandy.

Cincinnati then took a blow when Collaros went down with a right leg injury in the second quarter and did not return.

The Mountaineers gained a 10-point lead on the play in which Collaros was injured when the defense created pressure and forced Collaros to fumble in the end zone.

Senior defensive lineman Julian Miller recovered the fumble in the end zone, giving West Virginia a 17-7 advantage.

Cincinnati sophomore quarterback Munchie Legaux replaced Collaros, and gave the Bearcats a boost of energy with a 65-yard run in the second quarter followed by a seven-yard touchdown run.

West Virginia’s defense was able to mostly contain him the rest of the game. Legaux finished with 144 yards passing, 89 yards rushing and a score.

“I think doing what you’re supposed to do really helps you win games,” said West Virginia defensive coordinator Jeff Casteel. “The kids played hard. Sometimes we don’t tackle very well, and it gets us in trouble, but we found a way to win.”

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Defense made plays at right times against Cincinnati michael carvelli sports editor

Under defensive coordinator Jeff Casteel, the West Virginia defense has always been known to live by a motto: “Bend, but don’t break.”

Offenses may be able to pile up yards and put together good drives against the Mountaineers from time to time, but they rarely come away with a lot of points.

That’s changed the last few weeks.

Starting with its loss to Syracuse, WVU has hit one of it’s tougher stretches since Casteel took over defense in 2003.

In the three games leading up to the Mountaineers’ win over Cincinnati Saturday, the defense had allowed 118 points – the most in any three-game period since Casteel was hired.

They needed something to

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Redshirt senior safety Eain Smith blocked a field goal with no time left to give West Virginia a win over No. 23 Cincinnati Saturday.

get them moving in the right direction. Eventually, the tough breaks they were getting had to shift over into their favor.

That’s exactly what happened against the Bearcats.

Sure, there were times when the Mountaineers struggled to stop Cincinnati senior Isaiah Pead. Backup quarterback Munchie Legaux sometimes gave the defense fits.

But, at the same time, WVU was finally able to do something it hadn’t been able to accomplish in those previous three games.

Even after giving up some big plays, they were able to come up with big stops and force turnovers when they needed them the most.

“Once the kids settled in and we executed a little better, then those big runs go away,” Casteel said. “They’ll play 10 plays pretty good and then the 11th one, something bad happens. We’ve just got to

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Mountaineers hold off late Oral Roberts rally by john terry managing editor

West Virginia was able to hold off a late second-half run by Oral Roberts, en route to its seasonopening 78-71 win Friday night at the WVU Coliseum.

The Mountaineers opened up a 59-45 lead with 10:31 remaining in the game, but that was the furthest the Mountaineers were able to extend their lead.

Oral Roberts put together a second-half comeback and cut the WVU lead to 72-71 with 2:40 remaining.

However, senior guard Truck Bryant was able to penetrate the Golden Eagles’ defense to extend the Mountaineers’ lead to 74-71 at the 2:00 minute mark, and then finished the game off with four free throws.

“We don’t know how to put people away yet,” Bryant said, who scored 17 points in just 21 minutes due to early foul trouble. “That’s patrick gorrell/the daily athenaeum something that comes with time Senior forward Kevin Jones led West Virginia with 20 points in the Mountaineers’ for freshmen. I blame that on myself leaving them out there to try 78-71 win over Oral Roberts.

to pull away themselves. I have to give K.J. (senior forward Kevin Jones) and the Turk (junior forward Deniz Kilicli) some help.”

Jones led West Virginia with 20 points and eight rebounds.

West Virginia jumped out to an early 22-10 midway through the first half after a pair of layups by freshman point guard Jabarie Hinds.

Oral Roberts was able to cut the Mountaineer lead to four by halftime. Forward Dominique Morrison kept it close for the Golden Eagles, scoring 11 points in the first half before finishing with a game-high 21 points.

“I was disappointed with the veteran club to come in here – I thought we played scared the first 10 minutes of the game,” said ORU head coach Scott Sutton. “I thought the last 10 minutes of the first half we settled down and took care of the ball, and we had good shots. Then, the same thing happened in the second half.”

West Virginia head coach Bob

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Monday November 14, 2011

RIFLE

No. 3 West Virginia beats Ole Miss to end fall semester by alex sims sports writer

The No. 3 West Virginia rifle team overcame a bit of a down week to earn its sixth victory of the season to close out the first semester.

Despite being bested by one point in the air rifle category, the Mountaineers (6-0, 4-0) topped No. 5 Mississippi 4,671-4,646.

Ole Miss took home four of the top six scores in the air rifle category to win 2,349-2,348, but smallbore saved the victory for WVU, which held the advantage 2,323 to 2,297.

“We had quite a few of them that struggled today and didn’t shoot their best match,” said West Virginia head coach Jon Hammond. “It’s not the highest that we can shoot, but that’s going happen with the inexperience.”

Despite the slight drop in overall performance this weekend, Hammond is far from discouraged.

“This wasn’t a match, nor were any of them this semester, where we wanted to peak,” Hammond said. “Some of them were trying some new things, and some things just didn’t quite work. But, today’s score

was higher than what we shot in the first two matches of the season, so we’re still on the right track.”

Sunday’s match was the last for the Mountaineers due to a 70-day break, during which some members will be competing in the U.S. Olympic Trials.

Junior Petra Zublasing led all competitors with a 592 in smallbore and a 598 in air rifle for a combined total of 1,190, surpassing her personal best set in WVU’s last match against Murray State.

Her 592 in smallbore and her 598 in air rifle is the second and third highest score in

volleyball

the nation in each category, respectively.

The Appaino, Italy, native now owns the top three smallbore scores and two of the top three air rifle scores in the NCAA this season.

Melissa Quartarone used a 583 in smallbore and a 589 in air rifle to lead the Rebels and finish second overall with a combined total of 1,172.

Senior Justin Pentz had another solid performance for the Mountaineers, shooting a combined total of 1,168.

Joining Zublasing and Pentz in the count for WVU were freshmen Thomas Kyanko and

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The West Virginia volleyball team lost its final home game of the season over the weekend.

Mountaineers lose in final home game for five seniors The West Virginia volleyball team might have lost the game, but the day was far more about celebrating the countless achievements of five great students-athletes’ careers.

The Mountaineers (7-18, 5-9) dropped to 1-2 in five set matches after their comeback attempt fell short, losing the season finale 3-2 to South Florida (11-15, 7-6) on senior night.

WVU lost the first two sets 1525 and 23-25, looking sluggish and rattled. After the break, the Mountaineers looked like a new team – flipping the tables and taking the third and fourth sets 25-15 and 25-23, respectively.

South Florida’s J’beria Davis and Valerie El Houssine each had four kills to help the Bulls edge the Mountaineers 15-11 in the deciding fifth set.

“The fact that we bounced back was an important one, but I wish we would have done it at the end there. But I still think we did a lot of great things,” said head coach Jill Kramer.

Taking to the court one final time in Morgantown were seniors Michelle Kopecky, Kari Post, Kylie Armbruster, Abby Monson and Serinna Russo.

The game had a senior night atmosphere, as fans painted replica jerseys of the graduating class on their bodies and hung signs in the stands around the Coliseum.

“It’s bittersweet,” Kramer said. “They’ve done a lot of great things in their careers. I know,

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“It’s been very much a new team this year, but they’ve jelled really well as a team,” Hammond said. “I think on a daily basis in practice they helped each other more than any other team I’ve had.

“Score-wise, we have definitely been right at or even ahead of my expectations coming in this year. And the younger ones are improving everyday and learning a lot, too.

So there will be growing pains with that, but that’s expected.

Overall, it’s been a really good progressing semester.”

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Meelis Kiisk who shot 1,157 and 1,155, respectively.

Senior Mike Kulbacki shot a 579 to be counted in air rifle, and freshman Taylor Ciotola had his 573 counted towardsthe smallbore total for West Virginia, as well.

Freshman Amy Bock did not have her scores counted, but her 577 in smallbore was the fourth highest for the Mountaineers, behind only Pentz, Zublasing and Kyanko.

Overall this semester, Hammond has been pleased with the way his young team has shot and how it has been progressing.

like the rest of the team, we would have liked to got more out of (the season) and gone into some serious post season play,” Kramer said. “You learn from it like you would anything in life, and they’ve learned a lot through the experience. And I think it’s been a great journey for them.”

West Virginia actually had an early 9-7 lead until South Florida caught up with a 12-9 advantage that led Kramer to call a timeout. Following the timeout, the Bulls would score four more unanswered, and force Kramer to use her final timeout in the set.

WVU struggled during the set, recording only four kills and a hitting percentage of -.219.

After dropping a close second set, the Mountaineers turned the game around with impressive efforts in the third and fourth sets. The team scored 17 kills with a .364 hitting percentage in the third set, and with the help of seven fourth-set kills from Kopecky, WVU was able to force a fifth set.

“We just had some pregame jitters. It’s our last game and there’s so much emotion in the first two games; we were stuck in that ‘Oh my gosh!’ phase,” Post said. “Finally we were like, ‘We have to come out and play because they’re not going to come out and give it to us. Even if it’s our senior night we have to go work hard for it.”’

In the fourth set Kopecky sent a kill flying by USF libero Janice Rivera to bring the

Mountaineers within two.

WVU would catch a break on the next play when Kopecky and Russo hit the ball at the same time, watching it barely get over the net and fall in front of the USF defense. The play got a roar out of the crowd and even got a smile from most of the players and Kramer.

“We didn’t think that was going to get over the net, and it ended up being a kill. And I think that was actually a momentum changer for our team,” Post said.

The seniors each had quality performances. Armbruster had a double-double of 13 kills and 10 digs while Monson made her presence felt with four blocks.

Kopecky would go on to finish with a game-high 18 kills with a .298 hitting percentage while Russo, the first-year libero, had a team-high 29 digs.

Post recorded her seventh double-double of the season with 45 assists and 11 digs. The Yuba City, Calif., native moved into fourth place on the school’s career assist list, passing Kailee Goold.

“I wish they were going to be around a little bit more so we could work with them some more,” Kramer said. “She’s done a great job, and she’s been a good leader and continued to improve, and I’m proud of her.”

The Mountaineers will finish the season away against instate rival Marshall – a team WVU beat last season for the first time in eight years. sebouh.majarian@mail.wvu.edu

The West Virginia rowing team competed in its last regatta of the season Saturday in the Philadelphia Frostbite on the Cooper River.

The competition was important to the Mountaineers due to determining progression with the spring racing season approaching.

The Mountaineers have seen some success in the past, finishing second in the Varsity 4+ “A” crew, while the Varsity 8+ “A” crew finished in first.

This race was also different than others in which they have competed, because it was the first event of the season in which both the novice and var-

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Junior quarterback Geno

sity crews raced together.

In the conclusion of the fall season, the Mountaineers won three medals.

“The Frostbite is typically a hectic day of racing for us as we take advantage of the opportunity to double up rowers among the fours and eights despite the tight schedule,” said head coach Jimmy King. “We had rowers literally returning to one dock, then taking their oars and walking to another dock to get in another boat to race again.”

In women’s open doubles competition, the “A” crew of Rachelle Purych and Karen Verwey finished in first with a time of 7:59.39.

In varsity open four competition, the “A” crew, consisting of Verwey, Purych, Schrand, Meale

and Sarah Cartwright won flight two, with a time of 7:50.05. They finished just ahead of Drexel “A” who had a time of 8:13.93 and George Mason “A,” who finished at 8:46.83.

West Virginia took first and second place with the “B” crew, consisting of Kramer, Spencer, Brittany Doss, Mollie Rosen and Ellen Shular, finishing with a time of 8:13.17.

King thinks there is still room for his team to improve come spring.

“All of our crews can easily point to things that we did not do well today, but we also saw signs of things that we are doing better than this time last year,” King said.

Smith completed 29 of 43 passes – throwing for 372 yards and one touchdown – even with the five sacks by the Bearcats defense.

Senior receiver Tavon Austin gained 249 all-purpose yards in the game, including 126 receiving yards on nine catches.

The Mountaineers displayed high amounts of energy on all three sides of the ball throughout

the game – something the team had been talking about all week “I was really proud of how the team came together, played four quarters and got excited when things happened,” said head coach Dana Holgorsen.

“This was a classic example of just trying to find a way to win.”

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Continued from page 7 Huggins thought he saw the best his team had played in the first 10 minutes of the second half when it opened up a 14-point lead – the largest lead in the game.

But it was far from over.

Oral Roberts’ second-half comeback was fueled by a fullcourt press, which seemed to catch the West Virginia freshmen off guard.

“It got us back into the game,”

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Continued from page 7 continue to fight through that.

“You’ve got to love the way the kids rebounded from it and we talked about that (Saturday) morning that these guys were going to make some plays. You’ve just got to survive and don’t let the last play affect the next one.”

That has been one of the toughest things for WVU this year. Maybe it’s just the players being perfectionists, but there are always plenty of things they point out upon which the team can improve.

From the way they talk, one wouldn’t even know that this is a defensive unit ranking

Sutton said. “I would imagine that having so many new guys, I am sure hurt them.”

Huggins said that his players got nonchalant and complacent when Oral Roberts applied full court pressure.

“We didn’t come get the ball,” he said. “You have to catch the ball, and look up the floor. It’s a pretty simple concept.”

West Virginia was outrebounded 37-24, including 21-7 on the offensive glass.

“The precedent has been set here that we’re going to bust you in the mouth,” Huggins

said. “We’re going to take things away from you. If you don’t come match our intensity level, you’re going to have a hard time. They don’t understand that. They don’t understand they’re going to get everyone’s best shot because everyone understands how hard we’re supposed to play.”

Kilicli scored 11 points after missing the exhibition game due to an injury. Freshmen Gary Browne and Hinds each scored nine points.

No. 28 in the nation for total defense.

“It’s not that bad,” Casteel said. “Things just have a tendency to get harped on. And I think the kids, they really worry about what we do and how we go about our business day to day. That’s what we have to worry about – not what everybody else thinks or what not.”

This is the time of year when West Virginia has to play its best football. Like last year, the Mountaineers have backed themselves into a corner by losing games they shouldn’t have.

With two games left in the season, they have to be as close to perfect as they possibly can.

While the defense is far

from perfect, strides were made against Cincinnati.

Things that have been big problems recently for WVU are its red zone defense, holding opponents on third downs and getting off the field to give the explosive offense a chance to put more points on the board.

They were able to improve in those areas Saturday against one of the better offenses in the league.

Casteel and his defense definitely aren’t quite where they want to be yet. There’s still a lot of room for them to grow, but they were able to take some steps in the right direction Saturday with the way they made big stops when they were desperately needed.

“It’s about winning games and trying to get better,” Casteel said. “That’s what the kids are focused on.”

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10 | SPORTS

Monday November 14, 2011

END OF THE ROAD

West Virginia falls to Virginia Tech 1-0 in first round of NCAA tournament by nick arthur sports writer

All good things must come to an end: This was the case Saturday night at Disk Dlesk Soccer Stadium.

The No. 9 West Virginia women’s soccer team was upset by Virginia Tech, 1-0, in the first round of the NCAA tournament.

The Hokies were able to use a swarming defense to prevent the Mountaineers from finding any rhythm offensively.

“I have to give Virginia Tech credit – they were a team that finished their opportunities tonight,” said West Virginia head coach Nikki Izzo-Brown.

“We played a good 75 minutes of soccer, and when you play a team like Virginia Tech, you have to play 90 (minutes).”

Virginia Tech finished the regular season 12-7-1 in the Atlantic Coastal Conference.

The Hokies were able to score in the 16th minute off brooke cassidy/the daily athenaeum the leg of midfielder Kelly West Virginia’s Blake Miller, left, Erica Henderson, middle, and Bry McCarthy react after losing to Virginia Tech in the first round of the NCAA Conheeney. The goal set the tournament. tone for the remainder of the

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first half. But, it wasn’t the first time the Mountaineers had trailed at halftime.

“We had faced similar situations and had been able to respond,” Izzo-Brown said.

“We just didn’t tonight.”

The second half showed some promise for the Big East Conference Champions.

West Virginia was able to take 11 second-half shots after recording just three in the first 45 minutes.

“Second half we definitely came out and were ready to roll, but there just wasn’t enough time,” Izzo-Brown said.

The physicality of the match was apparent. There were 29 combined fouls called on both teams. IzzoBrown thought the officials didn’t do an effective job of managing the match.

“I just thought the consistency of the refereeing was something that wasn’t there tonight,” she said. “Even if we would have won the game, I would have thought refereeing was not consistent tonight.”

Some felt the Mountaineers were snubbed after not receiving one of the 16 available seeds in the tournament.

This forced them to play a quality first-round opponent.

“Since I’ve been here, that is hardest competition we’ve ever had in a first-round game,” senior forward Blake Miller said.

Six seniors played their final game in a West Virginia uniform.

“I just wanted to do so much for my seniors,” junior defender Bry McCarthy said.

“I kind of feel like I let them down.

“I know that as a team, we still fought hard. We win as a team; we lose as team.”

West Virginia had multiple chances in the final 15 minutes but was unable to score.

“We just ran out of time,” Izzo-Brown said. “Give me five more minutes, I think that team would have put one away.”

The Mountaineers finished the season 17-5-0. nicholas.arthur@mail.wvu.edu

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Defense adjusts to Cincy Palmer’s 33 points lifts WVU over Youngstown St quarterback change

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West Virginia linebacker Najee Goode, No. 52, tackles Cincinnati backup quarterback Munchie Legaux during the game Saturday.

by cody schuler sports writer

Without question, Cincinnati’s leader and most important player on offense is senior quarterback Zach Collaros.

This was never more apparent than Saturday when the Bearcats offense lost its way after Collaros sustained a season-ending leg injury midway through the second quarter.

On third down from the Cincinnati 15-yard line, Collaros took a shotgun snap and dropped back into the pocket – only to find redshirt senior linebacker Najee Goode and senior defensive end Bruce Irvin waiting for him.

Irvin sacked Collaros, forcing the 2010 first team all-Big East quarterback to fumble into the hands of senior defensive lineman Julian Miller, who picked up the ball and scored to give West Virginia a 10-7 lead.

As Goode would explain, the play was made possible

by Irvin’s move at the defensive line.

“He was hard to block the whole game, and we had been running blitzes off the edge, so we said, ‘Forget it, let Bruce do what he wants to do,’” he said. “(Defensive coordinator Jeff Casteel) just told me to cover him up. (Collaros) actually came around, made (Irvin) miss, I hit him, and Bruce wrapped around him and jumped on top of him, and Collaros let go of the ball, and Julian (Miller) got the touchdown.”

Collaros was carted off the field after the play, signaling for the emergence of sophomore quarterback Munchie Legaux.

A 6-foot-5, speedy quarterback, Legaux initially struggled against the Mountaineers defense but would find

a rhythm later in the game that almost led to a Cincinnati victory.

The West Virginia defense was able to adjust to the runfirst tendency of Legaux, but not before he energized the crowd and gave a glimpse of what is to come for Cincinnati at the quarterback position next year. “(Legaux) started to get in a groove the more and more he started to play,” Goode said.

“We had him flustered when he first got in the game, and the more and more we started to blitz him and get him out of his pocket we were able to mess with him.”

Head coach Dana Holgorsen knew that with Collaros out, Cincinnati would have a tough time offensively for the remainder of the game.

“He’s one of the better players in this conference,” he said of Collaros. “That was a tough break for them.” “(Legaux) looked pretty good to me too. He’s probably going to get better and better.”

Legaux would finish the day 10-of-21 on pass attempts, accruing 144 yards passing to go with 89 more yards and a touchdown on the ground.

Cincinnati wasn’t alone in adjusting its personnel as a result of injuries.

Junior safety Terrance Garvin missed Saturday’s game, opening up the way for sophomore Travis Bell to get his first career start.

Defensive coordinator Jeff Casteel was proud of the way his team responded, noting that it took a tremendous effort from players and coaches to adjust on the fly the way it did.

“We juggled some guys around,” he said. “(Safeties and defensive special teams coach) Steve (Dunlap) did a good job with them during

the week and did a good job with them during the game, but that’s why you have twos.”

“If somebody goes down, then they have to step up and play for us.”

There was no denying that Collaros’ departure changed the game.

West Virginia had a chance to separate itself from Cincinnati, but according to Casteel, Legaux’s speed kept the Bearcats in the game.

“We had an opportunity in the third quarter where we had them pinned up, and we let (Legaux) go (65 yards) on a play, and we just didn’t do what we’re supposed to do,” he said.

“That flipped the field and that’s what really started getting us in trouble, I think, in the second half.”

Casteel and the defense had a good grasp of the challenges Legaux would present once he entered the game – even though it didn’t feel like it at times.

“We had a pretty good idea of what they were going to do, it just probably doesn’t seem like it,” he said.

Redshirt senior defensive back Keith Tandy knew that Collaros and Legaux both liked to scramble, but after the game, it was obvious which of the two was better at it. “(Legaux) was faster, more of a runner,” he said. “We didn’t prepare for that at all.”

“We knew Collaros ran, but (Legaux) doesn’t run like that.

That was really big for them; he came in and got the crowd back in the game,” he said.

Collaros had completed 7-of-11 passes before going down with the injury. He would eventually return to the sidelines on crutches to watch the remainder of the game. charles.schuler@mail.wvu.edu

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Sophomore point guard Taylor Palmer scored 33 of the Mountaineers’ 69 points during the team’s season opener against Youngstown State.

by nick arthur sports writer

Taylor Palmer scored a career-high 33 points while leading West Virginia to 69-37 victory over Youngstown State in the Mountaineers’ home opener Friday night.

With the win, West Virginia has now won four consecutive home openers.

Palmer, a sophomore guard from Mount Vernon, N.Y., finished 12-23 from field and 8-16 from three-point range.

Palmer was only 4-14 from the floor at halftime, but connected on 8-9 shots in the second half and 6-6 from threepoint range.

“I just came out in the second half and tried to not think about the first half,” Palmer said.

“That’s one thing about shooters – you might miss eight in a row, but then the next eight you might make. You’re going to miss some, you’re going to make some, but you have to keep shooting.”

Head coach Mike Carey

started the game with three guards and two centers. Even though she did not start in the exhibition game last Wednesday, redshirt sophomore guard Christal Caldwell – a transfer from Florida – started the home opener.

Both teams offense played poorly in the first half.

Youngstown State had just five made field goals on 29 shot attempts. West Virginia’s shooting performance didn’t fare much better. The home team shot just 30 percent in the first half and 12 percent from threepoint range.

West Virginia held a 26-15 advantage over the Penguins at halftime.

“We’ve got a long way to go,” Carey said. “But that’s what’s good.”

Sophomore guard Taylor Palmer led the Mountaineers in scoring at halftime with 10.

Palmer started to find her rhythm early in the second half. She hit back-to-back three pointers before the first media timeout to extend the Mountaineers’ lead to 36-17.

Palmer’s sharp-shooting was also the difference in the second half as West Virginia was able to outscore Youngstown State 43-22 after halftime.

The second half was where West Virginia had its way.

“Taylor Palmer started hitting some threes and Christal Caldwell started to take it off the dribble, and hit some shots,” Carey said.

Caldwell had an impressive game in her first career start in a West Virginia uniform. Caldwell joined Palmer as the only two Mountaineers in double figures, finishing with 15 points.

Youngstown State collapsed its defenders down low, allowing the Mountaineers to get many open outside shots. Offensively, the Penguins rarely worked the ball down low.

“This was a tough team to match up with,” Carey said. “Everyone was on the perimeter.”

Redshirt junior center Ayana Dunning led all players with 15 rebounds. nicholas.arthur@mail.wvu.edu