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Student wounded near campus

Male suffers non-life threatening injuries during shooting

BY JOEL MORALES ASSOCIATE CITY EDITOR

A West Virginia University student was shot multiple times in Morgantown’s Sunnyside neighborhood and was sent to Ruby Memorial Hospital for treatment of non-life threatening injuries on Tuesday night.

Marlan Joseph Robinson was identified as the victim of at least two gunshot wounds, according to a press release.

At press time, a Ruby Memorial Hospital representative said the identity of the gunshot victim was not confirmed.

Morgantown Police Department responded to a call saying shots had been fired at 9:15 p.m. at 151 Beechurst Ave. The victim was located on First Street between Hall Street and Beechurst Avenue, according to a press release.

Emergency Medical Service and the Morgantown Fire De-

partment were also dispatched at 9:15 p.m. and arrived on the scene four minutes later. Beechurst Avenue was blocked off by a single MPD patrol car for a brief period. The scene was cleared at 11:03 p.m., according to a press release.

The shooting occurred on the street near the PRT track between the Engineering and Beechurst stations. This location, which is near Honors Hall and the Life Sciences Building, is

not considered to be “on-campus,” said one MPD officer at the scene.

“There was a shooting off campus the Morgantown Police Department is investigating,” said Bob Roberts, University police chief. “We don’t see an ongoing threat to the community.”

He said the victim had an altercation with a man in a dark-colored PT Cruiser and it

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Police officers talk at the crime scene of the Tuesday night shooting near Beechurst Avenue.

STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

‘BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIGGER CITY’ Clements, Gray have faith in future of SGA

BY JOEL MORALES ASSOCIATE CITY EDITOR

Some of West Virginia University’s top officials believe in the future of the WVU Student Government Association.

James P. Clements, West Virginia University president, and Ken Gray, vice president for Student Affairs, both agree SGA will rebound despite the negative reputation perceived by the student body after April’s election.

Accusations of “mass voter fraud” damaged the integrity of SGA and a revote was conducted, where less than five percent of eligible voters participated.

“You always like for an election to go well, but I can’t say I’m disappointed with how the students handled it,” Gray said. “I think the Judicial Board did its job in handling the revote.”

Gray said the administration did the right thing when deciding not to get involved.

This allowed the students to discuss what was best for the University and the validity of the elections, he said.

Clements agreed the election process was a student issue and belonged in their hands.

President-elect James Bailey and Vice-President-elect Megan Callaghan said they noticed students lost trust in SGA and want to do what they can to restore the student’s trust.

“One of immediate goals is to restore the integrity of SGA and what we stand for and can do for students,” Bailey said.

Clements said he wants to congratulate all students who worked hard and gave it their all throughout the election

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Libyan students lose financial support

BY ALEX DUFOUR CORRESPONDENT

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Cee Lo Green opens for Thirty Seconds to Mars Tuesday night at the Coliseum.

Thirty Seconds to Mars, Cee Lo rock the Coliseum Thirty Seconds to Mars and Cee Lo Green bring diverse, energetic acts to the WVU Coliseum Tuesday night. CB7, the side product of Shannon Leto, opened the concert.

Read more about Tuesday’s concert on page 9 in Arts and Entertainment.

WVU 4-H Club receives national award

BY EMILY SPICKLER STAFF WRITER

West Virginia University’s 4-H Club has been recognized as the 2011 National Collegiate 4-H Club of the Year.

4-H is a youth development program sponsored by the U.S. Department of Agriculture that reaches youth between the ages of five and 21.

The award is the highest honor a collegiate 4-H club can receive. WVU received the award at the National Collegiate 4-H Club conference in Atlanta, Ga., April 14 through 17.

A committee was formed to fill out an application highlighting activities throughout the year done by the club, said Becca Fint-Clark, the chapter’s co-advisor and the Monongalia County 4-H extension agent.

Each region selects a winner to advance to the national competition.

“They said before they gave the award that it was a tough year and there was stiff competition,” she said.

Eighteen students from WVU, Marshall University, West Virginia Wesleyan College and Fairmont State University traveled by bus together

to attend the conference.

“It was a really great time.

We had an opportunity to take part in lots of workshops,” Fint-Clark said.

The group participated in service projects during the conference for Global Youth Service Day. “We all sort of split up and went into Atlanta to take part in different projects,” she said.

More than 150 people participated at the conference, said Brent Clark, the chapter’s co-advisor and the Harrison County 4-H extension agent.

“With the WVU collegiate club, it reaches adults ages 18 to early 20’s,” he said.

Clark estimates the WVU 4-H collegiate club has at least 75 members, but encourages more to join.

The club is free to join and open to any WVU student including people who are not members of 4-H. They are recruiting new members over the summer and will hold a picnic at the beginning of the 2011-12 school year.

“I’m really proud of our collegiate 4-Hers, and am glad to be their advisor,” Fint-Clark said. “I know they work really hard to give back to the community and University.” emily.spickler@mail.wvu.edu

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CITY COUNCIL ELECTION RESULTS

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Students perform original pieces with their own puppets.

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INSIDE THIS EDITION The young core of West Virginia linebackers are trying to replace the vocal leaders lost to graduation on the Mountaineer defense. ON PAGE 7

Financial support for Libyan students at West Virginia University will be terminated May 1 by the Libyan government due to ongoing strife in the country.

The Libyan government is currently in a state of turmoil while battling rebel forces and a coalition of U.N. troops for control of the country. The government ended funding for all students studying abroad until the crisis is resolved.

The financial support covered the cost of living, health insurance and tuition for students financially.

“These students planned to complete their education and their entire lives are now uncertain, including financial resources to meet their basic needs and educational expenses,” said Bob Jones, a representative for the Office of Student Employment.

“I think the WVU community should be aware of this situation.”

University administrators are considering all available options to aide Libyan students.

“This is a huge deal because these Libyan students have been properly taken care of, and they will now face many challenges if the agencies decide to discontinue these expenses,” said

Grace Atebe, assistant director of the Office of International Students and Scholars.

Atebe said she hopes the decision changes based on how the Libyan government deals with the situation.

“We want to be as supportive as we can to these students on campus,” she said.

The Libyan students must find work to cover some basic needs but face many difficulties with work regulations. International students are only allowed to work up to 20 hours a week.

“We do need to abide by these immigration regulations,” Atebe said. “We hope they will be able to take the situation into consideration to review this and come back with some positive feedback.”

The Office of Student Employment is working to ensure students are aware of the job opportunities available through campus job kiosks, MountaineerTRAK and email blasts.

“International students can present a unique challenge in that their visa status often requires that they work on campus only, and some times of the year are better than others for students to find this type of employment,” said Susan Lantz, assistant director of the Office of Student Employment. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

THE SEARCH IS OVER WVU gymnastics associate head coach Jason Butts was promoted to replace retiring Linda Burdette-Good as head coach.

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WEDNESDAY APRIL 27, 2011

Lecture discusses science at local pub

BY CONOR GRIFFITH CORRESPONDENT

The Morgantown community experienced science in a casual manner as part of the second “Science on Tap” program Tuesday at the Morgantown Brewing Company.

“Science on Tap” is an informal opportunity to discuss areas of science and how they affect everyday life.

Jim Belanger, an associate professor of biology at West Virginia University, held the discussion “Scents of Direction: what Moths Taught the U.S. Navy about Finding Things by Smell.”

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Continued from PAGE 1 appears to be a “targeted incident.”

According to a press release, “The suspect was described by witnesses as a black male wearing a black ‘do-rag’ and dark colored clothing.”

Eric Richard, a pre-political science major, and Kyle Kimerer, a chemistry major, heard the gunshots while outside.

“Me and my friend were jogging on the (Morgantown Rail Trail), and we were a quarter mile out when we heard one shot,” Richard said. “My friend took off, he knew it was a gunshot right away. I turned around and saw a muzzle flash, and then I heard the

second two shots and I was gone.”

“We ran up to Beechurst to walk to my car and saw the victim laying beside the house,” Kimerer said.

This is the second confirmed shooting in the Sunnyside neighborhood since February.

One man was hospitalized on the morning of Feb. 19 following a shooting occurring after midnight on Grant Avenue. This incident was said to be accidental, and no arrests were made. There is no ongoing investigation for this incident.

Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to contact the Morgantown Police Department Detective Division at 304-284-7454.

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municating Science to the Public.”

“West Virginia is one of the few states that doesn’t have a science cafe,” she said.

A science cafe, like “Science on Tap,” is a casual meeting where researchers can engage in conversation about science in plain language to those who simply have a curiosity in the topic.

“Bringing the Science of Learning into the Classroom” is the next meeting of “Science on Tap.” It will be held on May MALLORY BRACKEN/THE DAILY ATHENAEUM 24 at the Morgantown Brewing Community members listen while Jim Belanger, associate professor of biology at West Company.

Virginia University, gives a presentation for ‘Science on Tap,’ that was held at the Morgantown Brewing Company Tuesday night. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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to change the election process for their benefit.

“I think if they continue to engage students and try to get as many involved in student government as possible, it can create an atmosphere where students will have confidence in their leaders.”

Clements and Gray agree SGA will rebound and the new administration will succeed in their goal.

“I think they will be able to rebound,” Gray said. “A lot of it has to do with the ability of the new administration to lead and to engage the best of the student body. I think those who were elected will do a good job.”

track the source of a chemical spill more than half a mile from its source.

“Everything we knew about moth sensors we built into the submarine, and you can program it with any chemical you have a sensor for,” Belanger said.

“Evolution has spent a long time prototyping. It’s silly not to borrow these concepts,” he said.

Belanger’s discussion was followed by food and socializing.

“Our goal is to get people involved and understand science,” said Bea Vianna, a biology graduate student who helped organize the event.

Vianna is a student in Belanger’s graduate course, “Com-

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process.

“I have great respect for student leaders and look forward to working with them,” Clements said.

Bailey and Callaghan plan to hold “Speak-Ups” to see what the student body wants to see changed about the election process.

A “Speak-Up” is where members of SGA go to different locations around campus, inviting students to discuss issues that are important to them.

Gray said this is a great way to restore students’ faith in SGA and to find the best way

Belanger used his lab footage from the University of Arizona to explain how moths and other animals evolved to rely on their sense of smell to find food, mates and other necessities.

“There are many animals that use odor plumes to locate distant, unseen resources,” Belanger said.

The Office of Naval Research and Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency have used Belanger’s research to develop technology for finding mines and explosives.

With this research, a miniature robotic submarine was developed.

The submarine uses scent to

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NATIONAL

High radiation levels found at Ohio nuclear plant CLEVELAND (AP) — High radiation levels recorded at a nuclear reactor in northeast Ohio have prompted a special inspection by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Workers at the Perry Nuclear Power Plant immediately evacuated it on April 22 when radiation levels rose while it was shutting down for a refueling outage, the commission said Tuesday. Plant officials don’t believe workers were exposed to radiation levels “in excess of NRC limits,” the commission said.

“The plant is in a safe condition and there has been no impact to workers at the plant or members of the public from

this issue,” the commission said in a statement.

Radiation levels rose while workers were removing a monitor that measures nuclear reactions during start-up, low-power operations and shutdown, the commission said.

The highest radiation exposure to any of the workers was 98 millirems, which is equivalent to two or three chest X-rays, a spokesman for the plant’s owner said. The NRC’s limit for radiation exposure in a year is 5,000 millirems, he said.

The commission, which began inspecting the plant on Monday, did not say how high the radiation levels were or how often such inspections occur.

The nuclear plant, owned by Akron-based FirstEnergy Corp., is about 35 miles northeast of Cleveland and began operating in 1987. FirstEnergy spokesman Todd Schneider said the four workers involved were contractors hired to assist with the plant refueling. He said the contractors were working in a containment building underneath the reactor at the time.

“The contractors did not use the proper method to remove this piece of equipment from underneath the reactor,” Schneider said.

The plant refueling has continued on schedule, Schneider said.

“It shouldn’t have happened,

but the bottom line was it did not impact the safety or health of the contractors or the public,” he said.

In March 2010, a small fire broke out in a water pump’s lubrication system at the plant.

The fire burned for several hours, and two members of the plant’s fire brigade were taken to a hospital for heat stress.

The plant experienced numerous safety problems several years ago, causing the NRC to monitor its safety operations every three months in 2005, when the plant was forced to shut down briefly because of problems with pumps that circulate coolant through the reactor’s core.

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Manchin backs spending Storms unleash deadly tornado cap, balanced budget plan CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Sen. Joe Manchin linked his willingness to support increasing the federal debt limit Tuesday to bipartisan proposals to cap government spending and amend the U.S. Constitution to require a balanced budget.

The West Virginia Democrat endorsed a measure by Sens. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., and Bob Corker, R-Tenn., that would phase in a federal spending cap of 20.6 percent of the size of the economy. The sponsors expect such a move would whack almost $8 trillion from the budget over a decade’s time.

During scheduled appearances in South Charleston and Bluefield, Manchin also planned to tout the version of a balanced budget amendment sought by Sens. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., and Mark Udall, D-Colo.

“The truth is, raising the debt ceiling without a real budget fix would be the definition of irresponsibility,” Manchin said in a statement. “Both of these proposals offer a good starting point and framework for negotiating a final debt fix.”

The government now borrows about 42 cents of every dollar it spends. Congress is under growing pressure to increase the debt ceiling from its current limit of $14.3 trillion, which the Treasury Department expects will be hit on or around May 16.

The debt limit has been

raised ten times over the past decade.

Manchin had earlier vowed not to support raising the limit in the Democratic-controlled Senate without a long-term plan to fix the nation’s deficit. Congress’ GOP leaders have pressed the Obama administration for more spending cuts. The large crop of teaparty aligned Republicans are balking at raising the cap under almost any circumstance.

The National Republican Senatorial Committee dismissed Manchin’s move Tuesday as a “latest round of political maneuvering.”

“Senator Manchin knows full well that the proposals he is endorsing today have zero chance of becoming law because they are being blocked by the same liberal Senate Democrat leaders that he voted to put in power,” NRSC spokesman Brian Walsh said in a statement.

While blaming both sides, Manchin cited how President Barack Obama voted against then-President George W. Bush’s debt-limit increase in 2006 as a senator. Obama had then accused Bush of “a leadership failure.”

“Under both Republican and Democratic administrations it has actually nearly doubled, to more than $14 trillion dollars, with no end in sight,” Manchin said. “Failing to address our exploding debt in 2006, and every year since, was indeed a failure

of leadership and we are now facing the consequences of that failure.”

The Great Recession has become the debt’s chief culprit. It slashed tax revenues and led to hundreds of billions of dollars in recession-fighting spending by both Bush and Obama. The debt was $9 trillion in late 2007 before it began, and it’s just a sliver under the $14.3 trillion limit today.

Congress has debated a balanced budget amendment for decades.

The late Sen. Robert C. Byrd, a fellow Democrat whose seat Manchin won in a 2010 special election, had often been a leading foe of earlier versions.

Among other grounds, Byrd argued that such measures demean the powers of the legislative branch.

Senate Democrats have been decidedly cool to the McCaskill-Corker proposal, which would cut an estimated $800 billion from the budget within its first year. Cuts of that size would likely hit both Social Security and Medicare heavily, as the costs of those retirement programs are being driven the retirement of the baby boom generation.

“In the coming weeks, I will work with my colleagues to improve these ideas and to ensure that we can agree on responsible cuts that do not threaten our commitments to seniors and our most vulnerable,” Manchin said in his statement.

Official defends Macy’s tax deal CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The leader of Berkeley County’s government believes that if the county hadn’t offered Macy’s a tax break, the company would have built its multimillion-dollar fulfillment center in New York.

And Macy’s did get a tax break.

It will pay no property taxes for 15 years and no payments in lieu of taxes for six years.

That was negotiated with the Berkeley County Council.

From other local and state government entities, the company received a loan for site preparation, grants for job training and an exemption from the state sales tax for the equipment it purchases for the center.

In December Acting Gov.

Earl Ray Tomblin announced that Macy’s would build a 1.3-million-square-foot distribution center in Martinsburg to help fill orders coming from its website. Ground was broken April 15.

Berkeley County Council President William Stubblefield said Monday in a phone interview, “It was our belief and I still believe this – I am certain – we would not have gotten Macy’s without some incentive, a PILOT (payment-in-lieu-oftaxes agreement). The state provided incentives. This was the county’s way of providing incentives.”

Norwood Bentley, the county’s legal director, said, “Macy’s would have gone to New York had we not offered the PILOT. So they would have paid us

zero – nothing.”

“Our intelligence indicated that both the governor of New York and Sen. (Charles) Schumer, D-N.Y., were involved in the competition in the last few days before we concluded the deal. We know that New York put up several million dollars at the end in addition to what they had already offered.”

Last week Steve White, director of the West Virginia Affiliated Construction Trades Foundation – an organization that represents union construction workers – complained that West Virginia companies did not get to bid on the construction of Macy’s center and no one seemed to know about all of the tax breaks the company will receive.

ODD NEWS

Burglars steal hair from Chicago business CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago police have a real head-scratching case on their hands as they try to root out who stole human hair from a beauty-supply company.

Police say the theft of what they consider a “very valuable” amount of hair was taken early Sunday by burglars of the Beauty One shop.

Authorities say the culprits pried open a huge steel door that had been secured with two deadbolt locks, then swiped the hair.

No dollar amount for the hair was given, and there was no immediate explanation why thieves would want it.

Termites eat millions of Indian rupees in bank LUCKNOW, India (AP) — It was an all you can eat buffet at the bank.

An army of termites munched through 10 million rupees ($222,000) in currency notes stored in a steel chest at a bank, police in northern India said Friday.

The bank manager discovered the damage when he opened the reinforced room in an old bank building on Wednesday, police officer Navneet Rana told The Associated Press.

“It’s a matter of investigation how termites attacked bundles of currency notes stacked in a steel chest,” he said. The money was put in the chest in January.

The termites had damaged bank furniture and documents in the past.

The police have registered a case of negligence against bank officials in Barabanki, a town 20 miles (30 kilometers) southwest of Lucknow, the Uttar Pradesh state capital. In India, police register a case before opening an investigation.

Nesting mallard rules roost at Chitwood says the departOhio supermarket ment sees about a half-dozen similar deliveries a year and MEDINA, Ohio (AP) — The can sometimes track down the eggs may not be fresh, but sender. they are drawing attention at an Ohio supermarket.

Boys drive excavator at Pa. A female mallard duck is mine, smash bulldozer nesting atop bags of mulch just outside the main entrance of GREENSBORO, Pa. (AP) — a Giant Eagle store in Medina State police say two boys, ages in northeast Ohio. A small sign 12 and 9, drove a large excavaadvises shoppers to beware of tor at a southwestern Pennsylthe bird and to grab their mulch vania strip mine, smashing a from another pile. bulldozer in the process.

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POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. (AP) — Floodwaters threatened earthen levees protecting thousands of homes in the nation’s midsection Tuesday, rising so fast in some places that panicked residents didn’t have time to pile up sandbags.

Storms have unleashed as much as 15 inches of rain across the region, and the forecast offered little hope for relief. Another, larger storm system was brewing along the same path, bringing several more days of rain and the threat of tornadoes.

The greatest flooding threat loomed in the southeastern Missouri community of Poplar Bluff, a town of 17,000 residents about 130 miles south of St. Louis. Six inches of rain fell Monday alone, bringing the four-day total to 15 inches.

By midday, the deluge had caused the Black River to pour over a levee in 30 places. The flood wall, which extends from Poplar Bluff to the town of Qulin downstream, was also breached in at least one place, allowing water to gush through a hole.

“Each heavy downpour, each hour that passes by with the water pushing on that levee, the likelihood of a failure is that much more possible,” said Deputy Police Chief Jeff Rolland, calling it was a “miracle” that the first hole did not develop until late morning.

In another area near the confluence of the swollen Mississippi and Ohio rivers, authorities debated a desperate plan to blow up one levee to ease the pressure on others.

Rolland credited emergency crews for their work to bolster weakened areas of the Poplar Bluff barrier and for evacuating residents from about 1,000 homes.

Butler County Sheriff Mark Dodd said the water pouring through the levee was unlikely to make it far enough upstream to add to the threat facing Poplar Bluff, where about 1,000 homes had already been evacuated. But authorities planned to evacuate more homes closer to the breach, which was in a sparsely populated area.

Terry Jones went to St. Louis over the weekend to attend her sister’s funeral. By the time she returned to Poplar Bluff, her home was flooded.

“By the time I got out there, water was over my porch,” said Jones, a 51-year-old retiree.

“My front room is messed up.

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People walk on a road in Vilonia, Ark., Tuesday, April 26, after a tornado hit the area late Monday. The storm system killed at least seven people, including three who drowned in floods in northwest Arkansas. rooms because I couldn’t get in.”

Jones, who lives with her 12-year-old granddaughter, said she has nowhere to go if her house becomes uninhabitable.

Despite the punishment the region has already endured, the weather was expected to get worse — and soon. A second system moving through western Oklahoma and North Texas on Tuesday carried the same threat of tornadoes and flooding but over a broader area that stretched from Dallas to northern Louisiana and up to Memphis.

Greg Corbin, the warning coordination meteorologist for the National Weather Service’s Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Okla., said having two such storms in such rapid succession is unusual.

“It’s basically in the same place for two days in a row.

That doesn’t happen very often. Such rapid succession doesn’t give any time for a break,” Corbin said.

In 2008, flooding damaged or destroyed hundreds of homes in Poplar Bluff, raising doubts about whether the levee was capable of protecting the town during heavy rain. A federal inspection gave the le-

vee a failing grade, and the private district that maintains the levee has been unable to make repairs.

The storm system dumped rain on several states over the past week, soaking Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, Mississippi and Tennessee.

The storms spawned at least one tornado Monday in Arkansas that killed four people and blasted a path of destruction through the town of Vilonia, 25 miles north of Little Rock. Four other people were killed in floods.

On Tuesday, the National Weather Service sent survey teams to Vilonia and nearby Garland County to investigate the damage and assess how much of it was caused by tornados or straight-line winds.

“It wouldn’t surprise me if we were to end up with a count of 10 or 12 tornadoes by the time all the surveys are completed,” said John Robinson, another weather service meteorologist.

Authorities in Mississippi say a 3-year-old girl in the city of McComb was killed when a storm toppled a large tree onto her family’s home. The girl’s parents, who were in the room with her, were both injured.

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WVU 4-H Club inspires community service There is much to be learned from the West Virginia University 4-H program.

The members who make up the WVU collegiate chapter of 4-H have demonstrated enough dedication to receive the 2011 National Collegiate 4-H Club of the Year.

Their continuous efforts to better the community through selfless act such as performing service at the Bartlett House homeless shelter, making cards for nursing homes and helping 4-H

camps around the state have not only been appreciated locally, but nationally as well.

Many members have been active for years, and they are not strangers to helping others.

The national program has been active for more than 100 years, helping thousands along the way. All community members should be inspired by the tenacity of the 4-H Club and its noble services.

Not that other clubs and organizations on campus do not

participate in community service, but not many do so in the same way as 4-H. Society benefits immensely from children who are taught at a young age to be conscious of their surroundings and to assist others who are less fortunate, and the 4-H program does exactly that.

It teaches life’s lessons by giving back to the community, building self-esteem and creating a proactive attitude toward many problems in the world.

If more people invested more time into making their communities a better place, the world in general would be much improved.

This is not a new concept to many people. Public service announcements have been on radio and televisions for years urging others to do their part.

But it is still common to see a moderately wealthy person walk past someone who is homeless without even the slightest concern of his or her well-being.

It is not expected of anyone to completely care for a stranger, but at least help by directing him or her to the nearest shelter. Show concern for your fellow man or woman.

Helping those in need is a noble cause, and we would like to say thanks to the members of 4-H for it.

They should carry on with their services and promote a humanitarian way of life.

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Violence is never the best option, but OK in self defense JARROD BARRY COLUMNIST

Philip Struthers had had enough. For the past 6 months, his 16 year-old son, Jake, had suffered under the torment of bullies at school.

And so one day, when the other boys showed up outside the Struthers’ house looking for a fight, Philip decided the only way to settle the dispute once and for all would be a good, old-fashioned throw down, so he brought his son outside to face the other boy man-to-man.

The resulting brawl was captured on video and later posted online. The video included Philip shouting encouragement to Jake: “Punch his eyes out! Slam his head on the ground!”

It seemed like a standard after-school fight between two teenage boys, but the Hillsborough County Sheriff didn’t see it that way, and a few days later, they arrested Philip on charges of child abuse.

It should go without saying what Philip did was stupid. Encouraging your son to go out and fight another boy in the street, let alone standing off to the side and cheering him on as if it’s some kind of MMA match, is clearly irresponsible parenting.

It’s one thing for two teenage boys to duke it out, but it’s another for an adult – who we hold to higher levels of maturity and responsibility – to condone and encourage it.

And let’s not even get started on what could have happened if one of the boys had been badly injured or even killed. If that had happened, this would be a far more tragic story.

That being said, I have to give credit to Jake for doing something few others ever get a chance to – standing up to a bully and putting them in their place.

I despise bullying. Few things anger me more than a group of larger kids picking on a single, smaller one.

Even as a psychology major,

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Kimberly Struthers, 42, and her husband, Philip Struthers, 41, say the boy their son fought had been taunting him for months.

I’m bewildered by what would make a pack of boys team up on another weaker boy. Is it personal insecurities? Lack of motherly love? The inherent male need for dominance?

Whatever the case may be, it happens everyday all over the country; punks like these roaming neighborhoods, raring for a fight.

In a “Good Morning America” interview with the family, George Stephanopoulos asked Jake, “What’s going on with all this bullying? Why couldn’t it be resolved in any other way?”

This type of question shows

a complete misconception of the problem. Has Stephanopoulos never been a 16 year-old boy struggling to survive high school?

Bullies are little more than mini-terrorists, using threats and violence to intimidate their victims. These kids are young, stupid and walk around with a chip on their shoulders. You can’t reason or negotiate with them. They only understand one thing: brute force.

Schools are either unaware of the problems or just don’t care.

Some teachers, whether

they’ll admit it or not, see bullying as just another right of passage, something every teenage boy has to deal with sooner or later, like shaving.

Parents aren’t receptive to hearing their bullying child is anything other than an angel. And there’s little legal recourse for the police. So what’s a 16 year-old boy to do to combat the daily plight of bullies?

And what about his father, caught between not wanting his son to resort to violence while also wanting him to stand up for himself – but most of all just wanting him

to be happy and safe?

It’s primal and immature, perhaps, but bullying is a primal, immature act, and any solution has to come in kind.

Just last week, a 7 year-old from North Dakota got plastic surgery because she was being bullied in school. Is this where we’ve come to, elementary school children getting plastic surgery to keep from getting made fun of?

I don’t condone fighting. I don’t condone fathers teaching their sons to settle their problems with violence. But I do condone self-defense.

And I do know that when

you’re sixteen and a group of other boys are giving you problems, day-in and dayout, there’s often only one way to get the message across once and for all – a fist and pavement.

What Philip did was stupid.

For that matter, everyone involved – teenagers and adults alike – acted stupidly. But, Philip is an adult and a father, so he gets less of a pass here, and justly so. His actions may be irresponsible, but they’re also understandable.

I for one am just glad to see a bully finally get what he had coming.

‘Scream 4’ villain follows same pattern, thriller lacks originality PATRICK BALES KANSAS STATE COLLEGIAN UWIRE

I am going to start this review by letting you all know I am not a fan of the “Scream” movies.

I’m letting you know this now for two reasons.

First, I want to assure you my two-star rating is not from someone who usually loves the “Scream” movies. Second, I want you to know I am aware of my general dislike for the series, and I will try to not let that get in the way of discussing the film’s positives and negatives.

The story in this sequel begins with Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell) returning to Woodsboro to promote a new book about her experiences dealing with the aftermath of the Ghostface killings. But just as she re-

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turns, the blood bath begins. A new person has taken on the identity of Ghostface, and he wants Sidney dead.

They’ll even go after Sidney’s teenage cousin (Emma Roberts) and her friends (Hayden Panettiere, Rory Culkin) to ensure this massacre will be remembered forever.

It’s up to Sidney, Gale Weathers (Courteney Cox), and Sheriff Dewey Riley (David Arquette) to use their vast knowledge of the Ghostface killings to determine the identity of the elusive killer.

Just like in the other movies, there’s much discussion about the rules of a horror film. Specifically, “Scream 2” talked about the rules of a sequel, “Scream 3” discussed the rules of a trilogy, and now, “Scream 4” is all about the rules of a horror reboot. According to the rules of a reboot, everything is fair game.

The killer can play by an en-

tirely different set of rules or choose to ignore them entirely.

So with the ability to change the rules, why does the killer here follow the same pattern? There’s the elaborate death scene in the beginning, the Roger Jacksonvoiced phone calls, the slow and steady killing of people connected to Sidney, and finally the big reveal of the killer at the end where they yap on for 10 minutes over why they chose to lead a psychopathic lifestyle.

Throughout the course of these events, there are very few surprises. Ghostface predictably pops up and kills all of the people you expect to die, and the killer does it in a way that’s very similar to the Ghostface killers of the past. It seems like a squandered opportunity for screenwriter Kevin Williamson to have a killer who follows the rules in an entry where there supposedly are none.

There is one surprising as-

pect of “Scream 4,” and that is the revealing of the killer at the end. Not only are there quite a few suspects to choose from to make it surprising, but also it ends up being a brutal and bloody ride. It still seems like the makers were too concerned about setting this up for a possible “Scream 5”, but overall, it is one of the strongest endings in the series.

“Scream 4” is also one of the bloodiest. The body count is about the same, but the kills involve a surprising amount of blood gurgling and ripped out intestines. If red corn syrup is what you’re looking for, you will get plenty of it here.

The original “Scream” was released as a result of the tired and unoriginal slasher films of the late ‘80s and early ‘90s.

It was a breath of fresh air for horror fans because they were finally able to experience a slasher movie in which the vic-

tims were just as aware of the horror movie rules as they were.

The characters knew to never say, “Who’s there?” or “Be right back,” and they knew that having sex was practically a death sentence. When “Scream” was released, it reinvigorated the horror genre and made it cool again to watch a slasher film.

But in its fourth go-around, the “Scream” series feels as tired and unoriginal as the horror films it tried to distance itself from. The movies now have their own set of rules that are just as predictable as the rules of any other slasher film.

This one especially feels worn down. Even with the surprising reveal of the killer and the increase in blood, “Scream 4” feels like the weakest entry of the series.

If you’re still unsure whether or not “Scream 4” is for you, let me leave you with this advice.

If you want to watch “Scream

4” for the blood and the mystery alone, you will enjoy it. But if you were hoping this 11-year hiatus would somehow spur Kevin Williamson into coming up with something as original and entertaining as the first one, you will be sorely disappointed.

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Jones made the right choice to test NBA waters Before I get started, let’s get one thing straight.

I don’t think West Virginia forward Kevin Jones should leave for the NBA draft yet.

With that said, however, I completely agree with his choice to declare for the draft without hiring an agent.

Sure, he didn’t have the best season last year. But, especially near the end of the year, he showed flashes of the player everybody expected coming into the year.

He wasn’t first team allBig East Conference like people, including myself, touted him to be before the season started. It took him a while to get going, and you could tell at times he wasn’t completely comfortable being “the guy” like he was expected to be after the departure of Da’Sean Butler and Devin Ebanks.

But still, his numbers were nothing to scoff at and it shouldn’t really be a surprise that he is a least testing the waters in the NBA Draft.

Now that he has declared himself eligible, he will get a chance to do something that could help him tremendously if he decides to return for a final season. He’ll get to work out in front of NBA teams.

Of course, everybody is saying Jones is a guy who will be stuck between positions in the NBA. He’s too small to be a prototypical four, and a lack of athleticism will keep him from getting to play small forward at the next level.

By getting the chance to work out in front of NBA scouts and coaches, Jones will have an opportunity to not only impress them with what everyone who has already gotten to see him play knows he can do, he’ll also get to find out what he still has left to work on before he’s ready for this level.

Whether he decides to stay in the draft or not, getting that feedback about what he still has left to work on will be great for him down the road.

Honestly, Jones has put himself in a great position right now by deciding to declare without an agent.

The best thing that could come of this decision is if he wows people in his workouts and shoots up the draft board – even though he still will more than likely not be a first-round pick.

And the worst case scenario for Jones – other than stay-

WVU assistant named new head gymnastics coach

BY MICHAEL CARVELLI SPORTS EDITOR

When former West Virginia gymnastics coach Linda Burdette-Good hired Jason Butts as an assistant coach in 2007, she never imagined he would be the Mountaineers’ next head coach.

“That wasn’t even a thought at first,” Burdette-Good said.

After five seasons on the coaching staff and being honored twice as the NCAA Southeast Region Assistant Coach of the Year, Butts, WVU’s associate head coach, was selected

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West Virginia’s new gymnastics coach Jason Butts hugs a gymnast during a meet last season.

to be Burdette-Good’s replacement on Tuesday.

Butts agreed to a two-year contract worth $75,000, starting July 1. That is nearly a $30,000 raise and is $10,000 less than Burdette-Good’s annual salary.

“Following in the footsteps of a legend like coach Linda Burdette-Good is an honor, and I am anxious to build on the 37-year foundation she has left behind,” Butts said in a release. He was unable to be reached for comment. “I look forward to continuing her success and taking the team to

new levels.”

The hire comes after a threeweek search by WVU Athletic Director Oliver Luck and his search committee, which included Burdette-Good, former Athletic Director Ed Pastilong and Vice President for Student Affairs Ken Gray, among others.

Luck interviewed numerous candidates in Cleveland during the NCAA National Championship competition.

“Virtually all of the coaches from around the country are

see BUTTS on PAGE 7

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Young linebackers try to fill voids of veterans

BY TONY DOBIES SPORTS WRITER

The West Virginia defense looks much different this spring than it did when it left the field at the Champs Sports Bowl in late December.

It sounds that much different, too.

Gone are the team’s most vocal leaders. Gone are the ultra-experienced players that allowed the Mountaineers to be a top-10 defense in 2010.

“Everybody knows we lost some good football players, but we also have some good football players here,” said defensive coordinator Jeff Casteel earlier this spring. “We just have to get them all on the same page.”

It’s different at every level of the defense. But, at linebacker, it’s the most significant.

see FOOTBALL on PAGE 7

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ishes. Tonight: Go till the wee hours.

you can enjoy yourself.

BORN TODAY This year, you get a new beginning. In June, you enter a new life and luck cycle. Often, the first year of this period draws unusual events -- some longed for, and others unexpected. During this period of expansion, if you’re not careful, you could gain some weight, as expansion also refers to your waistline. No matter -- you will land on your feet like a cat with nine lives. If you are single, you could meet someone of significance this year.

What role this person plays will be determined by you. If you are attached, the two of you seem to exchange happiness rays between you. PISCES can be counted on.

CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22) HHHH Take an overview rather than get into a catfight. Details might count, but not as much as the concept. The little details can be negotiated if you are on the same page. Tonight: Let your imagination flow. Go with an idea.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21) HHH Consider how you might be able to spend more time at home. Perhaps a home-based business could work, or simply working more from home. A major change could be in the offing. Tonight: Be honest with yourself about what you want.

ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19) HHH You might want to assume a less dominant profile. A change from activist to observer will draw more information and insight. What you see could alter your mental perception. Test this view on those you trust. Tonight: Get some much-needed R and R. TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20) HHHH You might want to take a stand and revise a project or plan. Sometimes you don’t say enough and allow the collective to run with your idea. If it goes haywire, who is really to blame? Tonight: Get tickets for a ballgame.

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20) HHHH You will want to visualize more of what you want. Work on conveying these abstract ideas in a more concrete manner. You will need supporters, and they need to understand more. Your creativity flour-

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22) HHHH You move from one situation to the next.

Understand that your flexibility is unique. Some people get stuck. Allow others to get more involved, though you might need to rework the schedule or let go of an issue. It won’t hurt -promise. Tonight: Dinner for two.

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22) HHH You might not have the strength or power you want to make an imprint on an issue. Rethink a decision. Others approach you with various requests. Pick and choose by what appeals to you. Tonight: Defer. Everyone likes to think he or she has the final say.

LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22) HHH Honor what needs to happen between you and an associate. Though you might be uncomfortable with your role, you will follow through. Your creativity funnels into a daily situation, making it more interesting. Tonight: Easy works.

SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21) HHHH Your imagination might be difficult to ignore, as you have so many crazy thoughts. Let in someone who cares.

Allow greater give-and-take between you and a neighbor or sibling. A change might be needed. Tonight: Only where

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19) HHHH A change of pace or different lifestyle needs to get greater attention. You might not be as sure of yourself as in the past. Part of the issue is that you are walking in your old shoes and need ones that fit and suit you better. Tonight: Call a friend and make plans.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18) HHHH Understand what is happening behind the scenes. What is for sure is that much more than you realize is occurring. Though at first you might be uncomfortable with what you hear, trust that you will adjust. Know that there is something better ahead. Tonight: Keep your own counsel.

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20) HHHHH A meeting brings about a different message than individual talks would. Understand what is going on between you and another person -- is that coloring your interactions? Be willing to process an attitude. Tonight: Where your friends are.

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NFL, players struggle through lockout AP — Lockout has turned into limbo for NFL players and owners, and everyone is stuck there for the time being.

“It drives me insane, that’s what it does,” said Chicago rookie J’Marcus Webb, who was told he and a handful of other Bears couldn’t use the team’s weight room Tuesday. “I’m trying to eat healthy and work out, do my job and right now I’m just stuck at home working out and watching cartoons all day.

“What’s up with that? Let me get back to what I do best.”

That could take a while. The 2011 season, and the business between 32 teams and their thousands of anxious players, is in a holding pattern. With more court fights and appeals expected, the NFL said it needed “a few days to sort this out” and provide some rules for everyone to follow.

“We are in the process of determining throughout the league as to just how we’ll proceed and when we’ll open the new year across the league, the new football year,” Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said. “We have not done that.”

At least the draft will be held this week, even if free agency and personnel swaps are up in the air.

In one of the oddest days in NFL history, players showed up at their team headquarters and most were told that they were welcome to come inside as long as they didn’t participate in any sort of “football activities.”

Most left in a matter of minutes with more questions than answers about where the $9 billion business is headed. And there was no consistency – some teams allowed players to work out (Giants) while others turned them away altogether (Bills).

No rules, not yet. Just uncertainty.

In a question-and-answer memo distributed by the NFLPA and obtained by The Associated Press, free agents were told they can contact teams and shop their services, putting pressure on the NFL to set up a free agency system that complies with antitrust laws.

The document also told players that teams are responsible for care of any football-related injury, meaning it’s “safer for players to work out on club property.”

U.S. District Judge Susan Richard Nelson lifted the 45-day lockout late Monday, but that did nothing to clear this up. The NFL asked her to put her order on hold, and she agreed to weigh the request after the players’ response is filed Wednesday.

That means the questions will linger at least another day and if the NFL loses again, it will place its hopes with the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis.

With Nelson’s decision pending, NFL lead negotiator Jeff Pash said it was too soon to tell exactly when free agency would begin and

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Continued from PAGE 5 up there,” Luck said. “I spent a day interviewing a bunch of coaches, and when I compared them to Jason, I thought Jason was superior in almost every respect.”

This will be the fourth head coach Luck has hired since taking over as Athletic Director last June. Luck previously hired volleyball coach Jill Kramer, tennis coach Tina Samara and football offensive coordinator and coachin-waiting Dana Holgorsen.

Butts will be Luck’s first hire from inside the Athletic Department.

“Every situation is a little bit different,” Luck said.

“Linda left the program in good shape, and I thought Jason was the guy to do it.”

Burdette-Good feels her team will be excited to hear Butts will take over.

“If they had their choice, I think they would have selected Jason,” she said. “They know him, they know how he coaches and they know how he deals with situations. So, the transition is going to be much easier.”

As Burdette-Good began giving Butts more responsibilities since being hired in 2007, she was impressed with the way he handled himself.

“There were three years that we had three different teams with very different personalities, and I watched him deal with those teams,” BurdetteGood said. “There were about two situations where he had to handle the situation, and the way he handled it was exactly the way I would’ve done it.

“At that point, I thought to myself that he could handle a job like this.”

Luck was most impressed

Cleveland Browns tight end Benjamin Watson talks to reporters as he and punter Reggie Hodges arrive at the team’s headquarters.

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which players would be eligible.

“What we need to do is let the dust settle for a day or two and see if the stay is put in place, and then we’ll all know more and go from there,” Pash said.

Green Bay Packers president and CEO Mark Murphy said the owners were concerned about restarting league operations – and then perhaps having another “unstart” in two months.

“One of our lawyers described it as trying to unscramble an egg,” Murphy said. “I think that’s what we all want to avoid.”

Little was clear Tuesday as both sides seemed to make up the rules as they went along. And the vast majority of players simply stayed away.

“It’s very chaotic for the teams right now,” agent Drew Rosenhaus said. “It’s not chaotic for the players. Our position is the lockout is over, free agency should begin, signings should begin, offseason workouts should begin, everything should be going on. The longer the NFL doesn’t do that and drags this out, the more there are concerns of collusion and violations of antitrust laws.”

Cleveland wide receiver Josh Cribbs and a small group of Browns players showed up at the team’s training facility and were greeted

by Lew Merletti, senior vice president and director of security.

Merletti handed them an official letter.

“It basically told us to be patient,” Cribbs said. “It let us know we can’t go upstairs and can’t have any personal contact with coaches or staff. It was kind of awkward because we don’t talk to our security staff unless there is a security issue, so the security issue was us.”

Buffalo cornerback Leodis McKelvin said he was turned away at

the security gate, told to expect a call from his coach for clarity on when he could return.

One concern, particularly for teams with new head coaches such as Tennessee’s Mike Munchak, is lost time for players learning the new schemes. Titans right guard Jake Scott left his team’s headquarters after 10 minutes, told no staff was available to meet with players.

Then there is the issue of offseason bonuses built into existing contracts. Redskins linebacker Lorenzo Alexander is in that position, one reason he joined Anthony Armstrong in showing up for work.

“I wanted to make sure I took full advantage to come up here and work out because I don’t want some technicality to happen later: ‘You didn’t show up. You didn’t come.’ And then I’m out of my workout bonus,” Armstrong said.

Lawyers and leaders for the players accused the league of essentially fostering the confusion by not being clear or consistent about how players could use the facilities.

“It was a little weird,” Washington Redskins wide receiver Anthony Armstrong said after a brief stop at team headquarters. “It felt like you were sneaking into the club or something like that, and they knew you weren’t supposed to be in there but they hadn’t done anything about it yet. Just a little awkward.”

NFL Players Association spokesman George Atallah blamed the league for “chaos.”

“The owners didn’t seem to have a plan in place for an injunction. We were in a situation today where there were no uniform rules across the league,” Atallah said.

Said New York Jets defensive lineman Mike DeVito after a fruitless visit to his team’s facility: “It was like a ghost town in there.”

“I think it was a little bizarre today, given the fact that the players couldn’t work out, but that’s apparently what the NFL decided to do,” said James Quinn, a lawyer for the players from Weil, Gotshal and Manges in New York. “They will set up the rules, and if we think they’re reasonable and legal, then God bless. If not, then we’ll keep fighting about it in court.”

Pash said the league had “some dialogue” with lawyers about the question of which rules would govern the launch of a new league year if the lockout remains in place.

If Nelson’s injunction is upheld – by the judge herself or the appellate court – the NFL must resume business in some fashion. It could invoke 2010 rules requiring six seasons of service before players can become unrestricted free agents when their contracts expire.

There also was no salary cap in 2010, meaning teams could spend as much – or as little – as they wanted.

Seth Borden, a labor law expert at McKenna, Long and Aldridge in New York, said he thinks the chaos could help the owners’ cause for a stay.

“The confusion, about trades, free agency, signings, workouts, possibly provides the league with an argument that until the appeals can be heard, it doesn’t make sense to go forward with a new league year,” Borden said.

Owners imposed the lockout after talks broke down March 11 and the players disbanded their union.

Nelson ordered the two sides into mediation.

The owners and players, who failed to reach consensus after 16 days of mediated talks earlier this year, met over four days with a federal magistrate without any sign of progress.

by how prepared Butts was during the application process for the head coaching position.

That was just one of the many things Luck was looking for when he was determining who would take over.

“The characteristics I was looking for were really the same characteristics I would look for in any head coach that I hire,” Luck said. “I want people who are on their way up, who are young, who are energetic and have a real passion for what they do.”

When mentioning all of the things she felt would make

Butts a successful head coach, Burdette-Good described somebody who could, perhaps, be just what Luck likes to see.

“He’s very organized,” she said. “He’s very upbeat; his glass is always half full. He’s a good motivator and I hope he learned from me that you find out what you do well and you make sure you surround yourself with others who can fill in the blanks.”

Burdette-Good, who retired as the winningest WVU head coach of all time, compiling 644 wins in her 37 seasons in Morgantown, said she will

continue to be around the program next season, especially with Butts as the head coach.

She’ll stay away for a while until he’s had the job for a few months.

“I’ll feel very comfortable.

I don’t feel Jason would think that I would be a threat or in any way trying to move in and do anything because he knows me so well,” BurdetteGood said. “Right now, and for the next few months, he pretty much needs to stand on his own two feet and start to lay the groundwork.”

There are no leaders like J.T. Thomas, Anthony Leonard or Pat Lazear – all dependable starters and playmakers.

Now, the lone returning starter and experienced linebacker is redshirt senior Najee Goode, who started 11 games as a junior and was one of the team’s biggest surprises in 2010.

“It was a little bit different last year because the coaches almost let us do whatever we wanted,” Goode said. “Now, we’ve got younger guys in there … and I’m trying to help them out and at the same time make plays.”

Goode has been a consistent player this spring and has improved his leadership skills enough that Casteel said he has used Goode as a leader this spring.

Outside of Goode, though, it’s a free-for-all of who could be the Mountaineers’ other two starters at linebacker when WVU faces Marshall to open the 2011 season on Sept. 4 in Morgantown.

One of those players is a mirror-image of Thomas – at least in terms of his demeanor on and off the field.

That’s Doug Rigg.

“Last year, if we made a mistake, Coach Casteel didn’t have to say anything to me, J.T. would,” Rigg said.

“This year, I’m communicating with other people instead of them talking to me like my older brother. It’s weird out there.”

The underrated recruit from New Jersey received some limited time last season as a freshman on special teams and in mop-up duty on defense behind the starters. He is working predomi-

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Continued from PAGE 5 ing in the draft and not being picked – is he comes back to WVU for another year and can use the experience and the pointers he got from the workouts he participated in to make himself into a better prospect for next year’s NBA draft.

Overall, Jones is a very good player and has a lot of potential to do some great things at the next level.

The fact that he is best when he doesn’t have opponents game-planning around him is something that could make him a really good roleplayer in the NBA. He’s just not ready to be a pick in the 2011 NBA draft.

Jones isn’t a guy like Joe

nately with the No. 1 defense this spring.

“I know the scheme a lot better than I did when I came in last summer,” Rigg said. “It makes a huge difference, because I think about a lot of different things, so everything just flows naturally.”

Redshirt senior and Seneca Rocks, W.Va., native Casey Vance has been starting consistently alongside Goode and Riggs this year.

Prior to this season, he has played in 13 games, mostly on special teams.

The surprise candidate could be junior college transfer Josh Francis, who has shown a knack for making plays this spring.

While he has had struggles as any new player, Francis has received a significant amount of work with the first-team defense over the last two weeks.

“I’m definitely going to work my way up,” Francis said. “It’s a lot faster out there, and I find myself thinking a lot more because of pre-snap reads than I did in JUCO.” If it’s not Goode, Rigg and Francis out there on opening day, it shouldn’t surprise fans. There are other linebackers in the running including redshirt sophomore Tyler Anderson, redshirt sophomore Branko Busick, redshirt freshman Troy Gloster, redshirt junior Donovan Miles and redshirt freshman Jewone Snow.

Right now, it’s wide open.

“Whoever is the most consistent is going to get the spot, and that’s what Coach Casteel tells us every day in practice,” Rigg said. “Najee has stepped up his game a lot. I’m just trying to step up to his level.”

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Jones doesn’t have the same kind of build up that Alexander’s venture into the draft did. Right now, Jones will likely go undrafted or very late in the second round.

That’s the main reason he needs to embrace this opportunity to test the waters and work out in front of NBA teams as a way to get better and help raise his stock for next year’s draft.

It wouldn’t be the right move to stay in those waters this season.

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Woods has minor knee injury, will miss weeks QUESTIONABLE CALLS What aspect of spring football practice has been the least impressive?

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BY TONY DOBIES

BY BRIAN GAWTHROP

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When I look back at everything that’s gone on during spring practice of the West Virginia football team, a lot has been very good.

But, of course, there have been a few things that have stood out to be a little disappointing.

One of those things has been the offensive line. Even though it has had to play without senior Don Barclay and junior Jeff Braun, the team’s two starting tackles who have both missed the spring due to shoulder surgeries, I still expected the offensive line to play a little better than it has.

Sure, almost any offensive line in the country is going to look bad at times, especially when it has to block guys like Bruce Irvin and Julian Miller.

With that said, there’s still no reason for this unit, that has given up 13 sacks in the two scrimmages this spring, to struggle as much as it has so far.

They’ve even had a hard time on special teams, allowing multiple field goal blocks during the scrimmages.

But, as offensive coordinator and head coach-in-waiting Dana Holgorsen said after practice on Monday morning, the line will improve and it will get better, especially when it gets guys like Barclay and Braun back.

When it gets back to full strength is when we will really see how good the offensive line can be, but until then, the team will still need to have guys capable of stepping in and making plays in case those guys happen to have to miss time during the season.

And right now, it doesn’t have that kind of depth.

The least impressive aspect of West Virginia’s spring so far has been the inability to progress on offense despite a solid starting quarterback.

It’s been tough, as first-year offensive coordinator and head coach-in-waiting Dana Holgorsen admitted earlier this week after practice.

WVU is having a hard time putting a two-deep together for multiple reasons. For one, there just aren’t the caliber of players that would commonly make a two-deep roster. In addition, there are injuries across the board on offense, particularly at the skill positions that hurt what the offense can do at times during the spring.

At running back, Shawne Alston and Ryan Clarke have missed much of the last week. At receiver, Brad Starks went down with a spring-ending injury after having one of the most promising starts. Fellow receiver Ivan McCartney seems to have a minor injury, as well. Along the offensive line, WVU is reeling without starters Don Barclay and Jeff Braun.

There’s not much Holgorsen can do besides plug in players here and there and just wait until more bodies come in from this year’s recruiting class.

That doesn’t mean the depth and competition won’t come in the fall, because it surely will. The coaching staff needed this spring to teach a new offensive system with a bunch of new defensive starters learning the ropes, as well.

In the fall, when WVU can put together two solid teams on both sides of the ball, the competition will be where it needs to be.

This spring, though, it’s been disappointing.

If there’s any truth to the saying games are won and lost by the play of special teams, West Virginia may be in trouble this season.

The Mountaineers’ kicking situation is in dire need of an upgrade.

There’s no better way to describe the team’s PAT and field goal situation other than consistently inconsistent.

In WVU’s two organized scrimmages thus far in spring camp, Mountaineer kickers are a combined 1-for-8 with that one field goal being a 49-yarder off the foot of Corey Smith.

West Virginia offensive coordinator and head coach-inwaiting Dana Holgorsen said he believes the majority of the problem has come from the unit’s inability to block. Many field goals have either been blocked or tipped at the line of scrimmage.

These struggles could be traced back to the absence of linemen Don Barclay and Jeff Braun, who are recovering from shoulder surgery from Spring Camp.

WVU head coach Bill Stewart blamed the struggling special teams on the kickers sitting on the sidelines for much of the practice and having to overcome that hour and a half break and kick field goals.

However, the unit hasn’t looked any better during nonscrimmage situations.

Whatever the problem is, it’s admittedly a cause for concern for the WVU coaching staff.

It’s certainly been the most disappointing aspect of spring camp from my point of view.

Thus far, the West Virginia football team’s spring practices have gone very smoothly, as the Mountaineers are in the midst of overhauling their offense and reloading on the defensive side of the ball.

Despite the undertaking of these tough tasks, there has been a decent amount of positives that have shown through during drills.

To me, however, there has been one area, in particular, that has been thoroughly lacking throughout the spring, and that is WVU’s kicking game.

Thought to be a strength of the Mountaineers with the return of kicker Tyler Bitancurt, it has been filled with nothing but disappointment so far.

It has not been just this spring the field goal unit began to show cracks.

Last season, Bitancurt converted on just 10-of-17 field goal attempts, while recovering from an injured kicking foot.

To add to his personal struggles, he had four kicks blocked during the 2010 season.

Whether it was low kicks by Bitancurt or bad blocking by the guys in front of him, it is clear there was a problem.

Now, after watching the kickers during scrimmages, it is obvious there are still issues that need to be resolved before the season begins.

Kicks are still being blocked by defenders, and Bitancurt along with Corey Smith are still missing relatively easy kicks from inside 40 yards.

If the coaching staff does not address these issues, you can bet WVU will lose a game due to their inability to convert field goals in 2011.

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Former Mizzou RB looks for fresh start COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Former Missouri running back and co-captain Derrick Washington, who was kicked off the team after being charged with sexual assault and domestic violence, says he hopes to again play football this fall. Whether he gets that opportunity remains uncertain.

Washington, 22, still faces two criminal trials in the coming weeks. He is set to appear in court on May 11 on two misdemeanor domestic violence charges and again on June 28 on a charge of felony sex assault. He has pleaded not guilty in both cases.

Missouri’s leading rusher in 2008 and 2009 was initially suspended by coach Gary Pinkel but dismissed from the team two days later as the Tigers prepared for the start of the 2010 season.

He’s charged with assaulting a former Missouri tutor in her offcampus apartment while she slept. Two weeks later, Washington was charged with beating an ex-girlfriend who said he hit her in the face five to 10 times and choked her during a late-night argument.

Washington was allowed to remain in school and keep his scholarship, but he quickly dropped out. He said on Twitter last week that “the plan right now is to get back in school.” He would have to sit out one year if he transferred to another major-college program but could play immediately for a Div. II school or in the Football Championship Subdivision.

Washington also tweeted that he hopes to work out for an NFL team as an undrafted free agent once the labor dispute is settled, or perhaps play in Canada. He did not respond to an Associated Press interview request, and his attorney was in court Tuesday morning and could not immediately be reached for comment “Hopefully this fall That’s wat I’m praying for idk where,” Washington said in response to a Twitter follower’s question about his expected return to football.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Tiger Woods has a minor injury to his left knee and Achilles’ tendon that will keep him out of the Wells Fargo Championship next week, raising more questions that his health might be the biggest obstacle in his chase of Jack Nicklaus’ record.

Woods said on his website Tuesday that he hurt himself hitting a shot during the third round of the Masters. It’s the fourth time he has missed a tournament because of his left knee. Woods did not say when he might return, but he hopes to be back in a few weeks.

“This is precautionary. We’re not at all concerned,” said Mark Steinberg, his agent at IMG. “He’s just listening to his doctors, which is kind of nice. He certainly didn’t listen to them before the U.S. Open in 2008.”

Steinberg said Woods has been in a protective boot when he’s moving around and has not hit a shot since the Masters. He said Woods considered playing the Wells Fargo until Tuesday.

Woods won at Quail Hollow in 2007 and had not finished worse than 11th in four appearances until a year ago when he missed the cut with his highest 36-hole score.

The following week is The Players Championship, which Woods won in 2001, although it is not among his favorite courses. He has finished in the top 10 only four times in 13 appearances and withdrew from the final round a year ago with a neck injury.

Steinberg said there was a “reasonable chance” Woods will be at The Players Championship.

“We’ll do the same next week, do an early to midweek test to see if it’s good enough where he can be hitting the ball,” he said.

Woods described this injury as minor – a mild sprain of his medial collateral ligament in the left knee, along with a mild strain to his left Achilles. Woods said the injury occurred when he had to squat to play a shot from under the Eisenhower tree left of the 17th fairway.

His left foot got caught in the pine straw as the momentum of the swing carried him backward. Woods hit into a front bunker and saved par on his way to a 74, then shot 31 on the front nine Sunday to tie for the lead.

He wound up tied for fourth, and he appeared to be limping coming to the 18th green.

Woods, who held a series of clinics in Asia the week after the Masters, said he later sought a medical evaluation. He said doctors have advised rest and coldwater therapy, along with soft tissue treatment that is to begin this week.

“I personally contacted tournament officials and expressed my regret in not being able to play,” Woods said. “This is an outstanding event, but I must follow doctors’ orders to get better.”

Woods also missed Quail Hollow in 2006 when his father died and in 2008 while recovering from knee surgery.

“Apologies to tourney & fans, but working hard to get healthy,” he said on Twitter.

His health is becoming an issue with each year. Woods already has had four operations on his left knee, dating to his freshman year at Stanford to remove two benign tumors and scar issues. His most recent surgery was after winning the U.S. Open in 2008, and he wound up missing the next eight months after his left knee was rebuilt.

When he returned from a sex scandal last year at the Masters, Woods revealed that he had ruptured the Achilles in his right leg in December 2008, two months before he came back from the knee surgery. Woods had a cortisone shot in his right ankle last December.

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Nicklaus holds the record of 18 professional majors, a mark that once looked to be easily within Woods’ reach.

College basketball games draw 32.8 million fans INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — College basketball attendance across the three divisions has decreased slightly to 32.8 million.

The NCAA announced Tuesday that it still ranks No. 5 all-time.

Division I schools drew 27.6 million fans, an increase of more than 86,000 over the previous season.

Kentucky led the nation in average home attendance for the 15th time in 16 years. The Wildcats averaged 23,603. Syracuse was second at 22,312.

For the 35th consecutive year, the Big Ten led all conferences in home attendance with 2.4 million.

Brigham Young had the nation’s biggest one-season increase, 4,685 per game. San Diego State was the only other school to have an increase of more than 4,000 fans per game.

Overall attendance for the three divisions dropped by about 0.5 percent from 2009-10.

Herzlich set for NFL draft after bout with cancer BOSTON (AP) — Mark Herzlich is heading into the NFL draft after missing a season with Boston College because of cancer.

The linebacker returned to play in 2010 and is one of 25 college players scheduled to attend the draft in New York that begins Thursday night.

Herzlich was the Atlantic Coast Conference defensive player of the year in 2008 then was diagnosed in May 2009 with Ewing’s sarcoma, a rare form of bone cancer. He had the tumor removed and underwent chemotherapy and radiation. In September 2009, he was pronounced free of cancer.

Herzlich said Tuesday he doesn’t expect to be drafted as high as he would have been before the diagnosis, but will be thankful whenever he’s chosen.

Richard Pitino returns to Louisville staff LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Richard Pitino is back coaching alongside his father Rick at Louisville.

The school announced Tuesday that Richard Pitino and former New Mexico assistant Wyking Jones have joined the Cardinals’ revamped coaching staff.

This marks Richard Pitino’s second stint at Louisville. He served as an assistant coach from 2007-09 before leaving to join Billy Donovan’s staff at Florida.

Wyking comes to the Cardinals after two seasons as an assistant under Steve Alford at New Mexico.

The hirings fill two of Louisville’s three open assistant. Assistants Steve Masiello and Tim Fuller left earlier this month and director of basketball operations Ralph Willard is stepping down.

Redskins’ Haynesworth charged with sexual abuse WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington Redskins defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth(notes) was charged Tuesday with misdemeanor sexual abuse for allegedly fondling his server’s breast at a Washington hotel.

A grand jury returned an indictment formally charging Haynesworth. The waitress’ allegations have been reported by the media after the alleged incident in February.

If convicted, Haynesworth, 29, faces up to six months in jail and a fine of up to $1,000.

According to the U.S. attorney’s office, the government’s evidence shows Haynesworth slid a credit card down the front of the server’s dress and fondled her breast.

Telephone and e-mail messages left for Haynesworth’s agent, Chad Speck, were not immediately returned. At the time the server’s accusations became public, Speck said “there seems to be no truth to these allegations.”

Redskins spokesman Tony Wyllie said the team was referring all calls to Haynesworth and his agent.

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Thirty Seconds to Mars saves the show ALEX MCPHERSON A&E WRITER

Grammy award-winning Cee Lo Green.

Billboard hit makers Thirty Seconds to Mars.

Teaming up for one night to present West Virginia University with the show of their dreams.

Although the soul-pop artist and progressive rock group may never have anticipated meeting, they treated Morgantown to an event for all brands of music lovers Tuesday night at the Coliseum.

Alex Coffman, senior history major, won the WVU Arts and Entertainment free ticket drawing, and brought her friend Kaitlyn McKitrick, junior political science major.

First time Coliseum concertgoers, the two were interested in the range of acts.

“I’m excited to hear Cee Lo Green,” Coffman said. “I haven’t heard a lot from him, but I’m always in for new experiences.”

“I don’t know any of their songs,” McKitrick said about Thirty Seconds to Mars. “But, it’s always good to branch out.”

CB7, Shannon Leto’s pop-infused side project, opened the night with its single “Pretend for

the Weekend.”

The up-and-coming group brought enormous energy to the arena, attempting to get the crowd pumped.

But what the group didn’t anticipate was a lack of crowd to entertain.

Whether it be a Tuesday showtime, dead week, or students’ lack of cash at the end of the semester, the Coliseum looked painfully empty.

Selling around 1,600 tickets, according to a WVU Arts & Entertainment representative, audience members were shocked by how much of a ghost town the arena appeared to be.

“When I think Thirty Seconds to Mars, I think huge crowds,” said Evan McCaffrey, junior visual journalism major. “This crowd was pretty disappointing.”

However, some were optimistic of the small turnout.

“Music’s not about how many people you have, it’s about jamming,” said Richard Johnson of South Middle School. “People should have fun.”

And fun was soon to be had as Cee Lo Green took the stage with his foursome of rockstar vixens.

Opening his act with “Bright Lights, Bigger City,” Cee Lo brought the soul and attempted to pump some energy into the ailing crowd.

Soon inviting his old crew

Goodie Mob to the stage, he performed classic rap before moving on to a collection of singles he scored as one half of Gnarls Barkley.

With “Crazy,” “Run (I’m a Natural Disaster),” “Smiley Faces” and “Gone Daddy Gone,” he built to what everyone was waiting for – his hit single “F--- You.” Between the audience’s favorite song and sipping tequila from a tea cup, Cee Lo finally won over the audience, only to leave them with the lag before Thirty Seconds to Mars.

“I’m hoping for a mosh pit and a real rock and roll show,” Johnson said before Thirty Seconds to Mars.

Johnson was not disappointed, as Thirty Seconds to Mars came out and stole the audience’s attention and hearts.

While every act previously had noted the small crowd, Thirty Seconds actually did something about it.

After opening the set with “A Beautiful Lie,” the band invited the entire audience onto the floor for one big party.

Patrons streamed out of their seats to get closer to the band and to join the growing crowd around the stage.

By the end of the evening people were taking off their shirts, jumping up and down and all around excited for the show.

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Jared Leto, lead singer of Thirty Seconds to Mars, encourages the crowd to sing along during ‘Search and Destroy.’

White confetti dropped from the ceiling with phrases like “We love you – @ThirtySECONDSTOMARS” and “Help I’m trapped in a fortune cookie factory.”

Ending the set with “Closer to the Edge,” the crowd was able to coax front man Jared Leto back out for an acoustic encore be-

fore he invited everyone in attendance onto the stage, as a mad dash was made to join him.

Against all odds, Thirty Seconds to Mars managed to turn a small-sized unenthusiastic crowd into a raging mob.

For those who didn’t make it out, it was a night to remember as the artists proved why we’re

so in love with them.

They do more than just play, they perform. And in the process, they make us smile.

Here’s hoping for a return trip for Thirty Seconds to Mars. This was one evening, a select few in Morgantown will never forget. alex.mcpherson@mail.wvu.edu

Students take part in puppetry program

BY DAVID RYAN A&E WRITER

West Virginia University students were pulling the strings Tuesday night as part of a “Miniature Madness” puppet show.

A total of nine acts were written, created and staged by students enrolled in the honors puppetry class at the College of Creative Arts Puppetry and Creative Dramatics program.

The performances – which included dramatic miniature reenactments of “Jersey Shore” and love stories gone awry – have been created in three weeks, said Joann Siegrist, professor of puppetry and creative drama.

The program is one of only three in the nation.

“Each student had to work on their own individual idea,” she said. “What I’m seeing and what the audience is seeing is what they’ve perfected in that time.”

The evening was hosted by Ringmaster Mayhem, a mischievous puppet performed by Chris Williams, graduate student in art education.

“The character is the ringmaster from another show, so I adapted to use with the idea of madness,” Williams said. “I just played up the idea he was controlling all the characters.”

One such act included a dramatic retelling of “Romeo & Juliet” with Easter candy Peeps.

“I was walking around the Dollar Store looking for inspiration,” said Cori Lucotch, freshman journalism major and honors student. “There was a big Easter display, and I thought, ‘if Peeps could talk they would be kind of silly.’”

Though not seeking a bachelors in puppetry, Lucotch recommended the class for students interested in taking the class for their honors requirement.

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Sock puppets act as the main characters featured in Hannah Lubman’s puppet show during Miniature Madness Tuesday.

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Puppeteer Cori Lucotch performs her puppet show ‘Romeo and Juliet’s Peep Show’ in the WVU Honors Hall Tuesday.

“I loved it. I wasn’t sure at seen they’re going to do some first,” she said. “But I got to meet very good work.”

Elmo, which was awesome.”

Students in the department david.ryan@mail.wvu.edu also travel across the state as part of the WVU Puppet Mobile, of which Siegrist is the director.

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Bachelor of Fine Arts exhibits showcase WVU senior artwork

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This week marks the third presentation of the West Virginia University Bachelor of Fine Arts Senior Project Exhibitions.

These exhibits showcase what Professor of Sculpture Jason Lee describes as some of the best art students at the University.

Printmaking major Ben Snyder and painting major Carrie Grubb will graduate this Spring and both have featured art in the exhibitions.

Snyder’s work will feature a mix of silk screen prints in the exhibit titled “Lost and Found” and said his work is inspired by personal experiences.

“The prints have to do with things I’ve lost throughout my life – the imprint they have left on me and the way nostalgia changes the way you see things,” Snyder said.

The pieces are black and white cartoon-like representations of these lost things.

The black and white prints represent a range of objects from the tangible to the figurative, such as reflective images of sneakers and Legos, Snyder said.

Intertwined with these physical images are themes such as time, depicted by an old-fashioned pocket watch and self-images depicted by mirrors.

Although the style of the art seems lighthearted and fun, Snyder urges his audience to search for deeper issues.

Grubb’s project will feature intricate paintings that will act as a sort of statement against “how poorly the earth is being treated.”

Grubb said her interest was sparked after an art and environment course she took as a sophomore with Erika Osborne.

“I was appalled by the devastation I saw – sick to my stom-

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Artwork by Carrie Grubb is currently displayed at the CAC as part of the BFA exhibit. ach. I was horrified,” Grubb said.

For the past two years Grubb has also focused her paintings on her own photos of landscapes.

“For my senior thesis I wanted to tackle more than just the landscapes, but the communities that are affected by this also,” Grubb said.

Grubb said she was disgusted to find so many West Virginia natives were getting sick from simply drinking polluted water out of their own wells.

After much research, Grubb had enough ammunition for her senior piece.

These students are just two of the eighteen talented artists showcasing their work in the exhibit.

The BFA Senior Exhibitions are free and open to the public from 12 to 9 p.m. and will continue through May 15.

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No experience necessary. Training available. Become a bartender. Age: 18 plus.

800-965-6520 Ext. 285

NEW TOWNHOMES- LEASE STARTING Available in May/August.

Garage, Laundry, All Appliances included. $400/mo. per person. 304-494-2400 or 7 1 9 - 6 7 1 - 7 1 9 4 www.chesstownhomes.net

BUCKET HEAD PUB. BARTENDERS WANTED. Will train.10-mins from downtown Morgantown. Small local bar.

Granville.304-365-4565. All shifts available.

S m i t h R e n ta l s , L L C Houses For Rent

AVAILABLE MAY 2011 Check out: www.smithrentalsllc.com

(304) 322-1112

304-296-7400

Mountain Line Bus Service Every 10 Minutes and Minutes From PRT ABSOLUTELY NO PETS WWW.PRETERENTAL.COM

525 Inc. 525 + Elec 350 + Elec 400 + Util 395 + Util

ROOMMATES

3/BR, 2/BA. COLLEGE AVE. Offstreet parking, carpet, no pets. $700/mo. plus utilities. (724) 324-9195

NO PETS

EFF: 1BR: 2BR: Now Leasing For 2011 OFF-STREET PARKING EVANSDALE / STAR CITY LOCATION LOCALLY OWNED ON-SITE MAINTENANCE MOST UNITS INCLUDE: HEAT, WATER, and GARBAGE SECURITY DEPOSIT REQUIRED

UNFURNISHED HOUSES

NO PETS!

LARGE 3/BR APT. IN QUIET SOUTHPark. Rent/incl utilis. W/D. On bus line.

Short walk to downtown PRT & main campus. 304-292-5714.

NOW LEASING!!! starting @ $320.00/person Skyline Ashley Oaks Copperfield Court Valley View Woods CALL TODAY!!!

304-598-9001 www.metropropertymgmt.net

AUG-MAY LEASE ON 2/BR. AS LOW AS $400/person plus utilities.

Call 304-598-7368. www.ricerentals.com No pets.

3/BR, 2/BA C/AC. W/D. GAS, HEAT, deck/yard. Near airport. NO PETS. $840/mo plus utilities. 304-291-6533.

304-290-0548. 304-288-2740.

409 High Street

304-692-8879

4BR HOUSE utilities included, W/D, paved offstreet parking, close to campus. Availabe in August. Contact Ben 304-826-6000

Rice Rentals

Downtown Apartments

NO PETS

$2000/MO UTILITIES INCLUDED. 756 Willey St. 304-290-7368 or 304-377-1570.

3-4/BR NEAR SOUTH PARK. $1200/MO + utilities. Student housing. No Section 8 or pets. Off street parking. Lease and deposit required. WD/DW. 304-366-9744

304-598-7368

1 & 2 BR Apartments Off Street Parking W/D

FURNISHED HOUSES

TOWNHOUSE RENTAL BUILT 2009 Central location, 2BR/2.5BATH includes WD, off-street parking. Ready 5/1/11. Reduced $1150/month. About Town Realty Property Management.304-292-2244. Broker, Allan Collins. CALL 304-680-2332.

UNFURNISHED CONDO. 7 SPACES available. $400/space. Call for details (304)-222-2329 or (757)-724-0265 A.V. WHARF DISTRICT- 3BR, 2BR & 3BR HOUSES for rent. $350/person/month, includes gas,elec,water. W/D, off-street parking, large houses, big kitchens; 10min walk to campus. Avail. June 1st. Howard Hanna Premier Properties by Barbara Alexander, Owner/Broker, Independently Owned and Operated. 304-594-0115.

ROOMMATES 1-3 ROOMMATES, MALE, 4BR, 4BATH apt. Evansdale, $425/month, WD/DW, AC, Furn kitchen/living room. Parking. 1yr lease.

Available May 15. 304-482-7919.

FEMALE ROOMMATE. HILL STREET. DW. Parking. Non-smoker. 2/BR house. $325/person. No pets. 304-906-7866 FURNISHED APT AVAILABLE $400/month utilities included, free parking, 2BR/ 1Bth Westover 386-931-8197 JUST LISTED! MALE OR FEMALE roommate for brand-new apt. Close to downtown. Next to Arnold Hall. WD, DW, AC, parking. NO PETS. $420/mo. includes utilities.

Lease/dep.

304-296-8491. 304-288-1572.

Computer Graphic Artist & Production Foreman The Daily Athenaeum is now accepting applications in the Production “Department for Computer Graphic Artist & Production Foremen.

Experience Preferred Adobe InDesign, Photoshop & Flash Apply at 284 Prospect Street Bring Class Schedule EOE STUDENT ACCOUNTING ASSISTANT NEEDED for full-time during the summer and part-time during fall. Excellent organizational skills required. Must have completed 12/hrs of accounting and be proficient with Microsoft Office products, Quickbooks experience preferred. Email resume to studentassistant2012@gmail.com or fax to (304) 599-6929

HELP WANTED

Call Center Now Hiring Success . Opportunity.

Apply in Person or Call Today!

2208 Industrial Park Rd. Morgantown WV. 26501

Phone (304)296-9122 we are a EOE

SUMMER EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY. The Health Sciences & Technology Academy (HSTA) is looking for WVU Juniors, Seniors, and Graduate Students to serve as Mentors for WV High School Students during our 2011 HSTA Summer Institute Program. 1, 2 and 3 week employment opportunities as well as paid training starting the week of July 5 thru July 30. For more information and an application see the HSTA Web site at www.wv-hsta.org or contact Wanda Stone at 293-1651, Room 3023 DAIRY CASTLE now accepting applications. 345 E. Brockway Ave. Apply in person M-F 8 to 5. Must be kid friendly

IT’S EASYTO ORDER AFAST-ACTING LOW-COST Daily Athenaeum CLASSIFIED AD..

CALL 304-293-4141 OR USE THIS HANDY MAIL FORM

The Daily Athenaeum is now accepting applications for

Graphic Artist in the

PRODUCTION DEPARTMENT Experience Preferred Adobe InDesign, Photoshop & Flash

Apply at 284 Prospect Street Submit Class Schedule with application.

EOE

Help a 16-year old boy facing uncommon challenges, including mobility, intellectual, vision and hearing impairment. This is an employment opportunity for students interested in teaching or providing care for individuals with disabilities. Employment is through REM. Additional information from his family: 304-598-3839.

JERSEY SUBS - HIRING DAYTIME CASHIER 11-2p.m. Also cooks & drivers.

All shifts. Experience preferred. Apply: 1756 Mileground.

MOTHER’S HELPER NEEDED: Flexible hours. Organizational/cleaning skills needed. Also need own transportation for errands. Call: 304-599-6425. Fax resume: 304-599-6929 (9am-9pm) PART TIME HANDYMAN wanted to take care of rental properties downtown 304-594-3817

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12 | ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

THE DAILY ATHENAEUM

WEDNESDAY APRIL 27, 2011

THIRTY SECONDS TO CEE LO Artists Thirty Seconds to Mars, Cee Lo Green and L490 brought diverse live acts to WVU Coliseum Tuesday night.

For the full story see page 9.

TOP: Cee Lo Green performs with his band posing around him.

RIGHT: Jared Leto , lead singer of Thirty Seconds to Mars, plays guitar and sings during the band’s hit single ‘Attack.’

MATT SUNDAY/THE DAILY ATHENAEUM