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Sports facility opens at Mylan Park by ben scott correspondent

A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held Tuesday afternoon to celebrate the opening of a new $5 million sports facility at Mylan Park.

The facility consists of lighted baseball and softball fields, a turf rugby and lacrosse field and an indoor complex.

The new facility is part of the 300-acre state-of-the-art Mylan Park recreational complex, which will be located on reclaimed surface mined property.

The new fields are a symbol of the partnership between West Virginia University and the greater Morgantown community, said WVU Club Sports President Jared Fabian, who has anticipated the new recreation center’s opportunities since first discussed in 2009.

“It is our intention that these facilities will tie community partners and the University together to promote recreational activity and student health,” Fabian said.

WVU President James P. Clements has expressed an interest in additional recre-

ation space and support for club sports since he arrived on campus and was eager to see the new facility finally come to life.

“I want WVU to be seen as one of the best campuses in the entire country for student health and wellness. If we’re going to go for it, let’s go for it. Let’s try to be the best,” he said at the ceremony.

Clements said in addition to bettering the University’s health and wellness options, he wanted to create something a variety of community members could enjoy for years to come.

“We could have done something really simple and easy, but we wanted to do something we could be proud of five, 10, 15 years down the road,” Clements said. “That’s really what it’s all about – making this a better place for those who follow us.”

Other speakers at the Mylan Park ribbon-cutting ceremony were President of Mylan Park Craig Walker; Greg Morris, of the Mylan Park Foundation, and Mark Nesselroad, president of the Mylan Park Foundation. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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Jared Fabian, club sports president, and members of club sports participate in the cutting of the ribbon for the new facilities at Mylan Park Tuesday afternoon.

Tobacco Free Mountaineers urge student involvement

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Jessica DiRocco, a freshman studying Business, left, enjoys her free ice cream with Cristina Fiorentino, right, a sophomore, studying mathematics Tuesday, Sept.

27, at Cold Stone Creamery on High Street. Cold Stone gave out free 3oz. ice creams to customers in exchange for donations to the Make-A-Wish foundation.

Community attends social at Cold Stone for Make-A-Wish

The Tobacco Free Mountaineers will meet today to discuss the next steps in achieving their ultimate goal – a tobaccofree campus.

The group is a studentlead coalition that advocates for tobacco prevention on campus and in the local community.

With Monongalia County’s vote on the smoking ban in the near future, the Tobacco Free Mountaineers will be discussing their opportunities to play an integral role.

Alyssa Iannamorelli, president of the Tobacco Free Mountaineers, said this is an opportunity for students to make a change that will not only affect the University, but the Morgantown community and county as a whole.

“We will be discussing our role on campus in getting the

county to pass the smoking ban, and be the student voice to promote the smoking ban,” Iannamorelli said.

The Morgantown City Council has already passed an ordinance implementing smoke-free zones around the city, but the ultimate goal now is to make it countywide, Iannamorelli said.

Iannamorelli believes there are many benefits to having a smoke-free campus – even for smokers.

“If you cannot smoke in certain areas, then you are more likely to quit entirely,” she said.

The environmental limitations of the smoking ban would not only benefit the health of smokers, but greatly reduce secondhand smoke for local nonsmokers, too.

Iannamorelli said the WVU student body is integral to the smoking ban efforts.

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Local postal workers spread knowledge of bill

By Carlee Lammers correspondent

In an effort to make wishes come true, Cold Stone Creamery franchises nation-wide partnered with the Make-a-Wish Foundation Tuesday to host its 10th annual “World’s Largest Ice Cream Social” in support of Make a Wish Month, which is in September.

Members of the Morgantown community attended the social at the Cold Stone Creamery on High Street to receive a special “Sprinkled with Wishes Creation” while donating to the Make-a-Wish Foundation of Northern West Virginia.

The Make-A-Wish-Foundation is an organization devoted to making wishes come true for children faced with life-threatening medical conditions.

“I think it’s an all-around positive thing whenever you can help someone out,” said High Street Cold Stone

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A Cold Stone employee scoops the special Make-A-Wish flavor Tuesday, Sept. 27, during the event Cold Stone called, ‘The World’s Largest Ice Cream Social’. The event raises money for the Make-A-Wish foundation.

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A rally to save America’s Postal Service took place on Tuesday on High Street outside of the Morgantown circuit courthouse. Supporters of House Bill 1351 signed a petition to support the rallyers cause.

Study Abroad fair to lead students in right direction by alex dufour correspondent

West Virginia University will host its annual Study Abroad Fair today from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Blue and Gold Ballrooms of the Mountainlair.

Students who are considering studying abroad are urged to attend the fair, which will provide contacts and information to help lead students to the program that best suits them.

“In today’s increasingly globalized society, direct international experience is a key component to a complete college education,” said Jason Burns, a

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More than 800 WVU students traveled to another country for study abroad courses in 2010, according to the Office of International Programs.

“West Virginia University currently has a large variety of study abroad opportunities to choose from including faculty-led programs, exchange programs and service-learning programs,” Burns said.

Representatives at the fair will promote 58 facultyled Spring and Summer programs as well as 31 exchange programs.

“These programs offer skills

that employers seek in prospective employees. Studying abroad also increases students’ global awareness and improves the scope of an overall WVU education,” Burns said.

The fair will include table displays featuring photos, facts, videos, brochures and catalogues to help students get familiarized with these programs.

There will also be local travel agencies and University staff, who will provide students with information on financial aid, travel arrangements, health insurance, foreign health requirements and cultural activities.

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Associate Provost for International Academic Affairs Michael Lastinger said studying abroad can be invaluable to a student’s success in the real world.

“Given the growing interconnectedness of education, business and societies throughout the world, including an international component in one’s academic experience is more important than ever,” he said.

WVU’s Office of International Programs works with students, faculty and staff on campus and around the world

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Local postal workers gathered on High Street Tuesday evening to rally in support of a bill being passed regarding a surplus of money held in a medical pension.

The H.R. 1351 is a bill supported by postal service workers in regards to a surplus of money invested into a medical pension.

The leftover money has remained in the pension, but could easily be used to solve the financial crisis overwhelming the postal service at this time.

Steven Hose and Patricia Cress, local postal workers, helped with the rally and were excited to promote the

new bill.

“Not only did we come out to raise awareness of the state of our postal service’s finances, but we just wanted to let people know about the H.R. 1351 and how important it truly is,” Hose said.

The Congressional bill H.R. 1351 has been gaining notice from several individuals on Capitol Hill as it awaits voting.

According to Cress, H.R. 1351 wants to transfer the leftover money for the medical pension to the 2006 Congressional Mandate, which will grant the postal service $5.5 billion per year for future retirees, solving the financial crisis.

The workers couldn’t have been happier with the re-

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Physician helps students understand cancer’s role in history by brooke boening correspondent

Researcher, physician, educator and award-winning author Siddhartha Mukherjee spoke to West Virginia University students Monday night about cancer’s role in shaping human history and the modern advances that are helping people understand the disease.

Mukherjee’s lecture was part of the David C. Hardesty Jr. Festival of Ideas lecture series and addressed the key contributors of the cancer treatment movement.

He challenged present cultural attitudes concerning cancer and suggested the need for more widespread conversation about the disease’s implications.

“Cancer becomes not only a metaphor for civilization but changes the course of civilization,” Mukherjee said.

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Continued from page 1 to provide international educational opportunities that are safe, affordable and academically sound, Lastinger said.

“We encourage all students and faculty to take advantage of the numerous programs and partnerships that we have around the world,” he said.

Studying abroad is made affordable to students who qualify for federal financial aid, as student loans and scholarships apply these funds toward the cost of most exchange and faculty-led programs.

Faculty-led programs are study abroad opportunities that are developed by WVU faculty in conjunction with the Office of International Programs.

Students enrolled in these programs receive credit while studying abroad with a group of fellow WVU stu-

tobacco

Continued from page 1 “Hopefully, we will be using the county’s decision as a stepping stone to refocus the University administration on the importance of the tobacco-free campus. But, we really need to drum up the student support for that,” Iannamorelli said.

Statistics from the National College Health Assessment, a survey given by the American College Health Association in Spring 2011, will be presented at the meeting to address the social norms as-

Drawing mainly from his 2011 Pulitzer Prize-winning book, “The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer,” Mukherjee presented a brief historical time line of the development of cancer treatment.

He cited figures such as Sidney Farber (a.k.a the “doctor of the dead”), researcher Lucy Wills, and philanthropist Mary Lasker (a.k.a. the “fairy grandmother of biomedical research”) in pushing forward chemotherapy treatment just over half a century ago.

“In 1945, Sidney’s fantasy was to develop a medicine to attack malignant cells and spare the normal ones. Mary Lasker was convinced that we in the United States could transform the geography of health,” Mukherjee said. “There has to be a mechanism to keep alive this kind of hubristic thinking.”

Despite his personal comdents in classes taught by WVU instructors.

Exchange programs allow students to study abroad for a semester or an entire school year by swapping places with a student from more than 44 exchange institutions around the world, Lastinger said.

Service learning programs are offered through Amizade, a global service-learning community that empowers individuals through connections across cultures, cooperative service efforts and deliberate local learning around the world.

Students interested in studying abroad can attend a Study Abroad 101 Seminar, hosted in 336 Stansbury Hall, to learn about upcoming study abroad opportunities.

The seminar schedule is available online at http://internationalprograms.wvu. edu.

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“Many students think a lot more people smoke than is actually true,” Iannamorelli said.

“So, we’re going to be discussing options on how to get that information out there.”

Quitline will also be discussed at the meeting – the campus cessation program to help stop smoking.

The meeting is open to the public and takes place in the Mountain Room of the Mountainlair at 8 p.m.

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mitment to cancer research, Mukherjee stressed the importance of personal links between health professionals and their patients.

“Medicine doesn’t begin with a CAT scan or an MRI. Medicine begins with someone telling you their story,” he said.

Jame Abraham, medical director of WVU’s Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center Jame Abraham, confirmed the importance of a personal connection between health care professionals and patients.

“The fascinating thing that he (Mukherjee) said is that medicine is a conversation between two individuals,” Abraham said. “That is the foundation of health care – I firmly believe that. At the end of the day, it’s all about personal connection.”

Alexandra Rice, a sophomore pre-pharmacy student`,

said she enjoyed Mukherjee’s unique way of presenting research by incorporating it with real-life stories.

“I really loved how the speaker communicated his ideas, the personal stories he used,” Rice said.

Nainika Nanda, a sophomore biochemistry student, said she was able to learn about cancer in a different method than what’s taught inside the classroom.

“I liked that he talked about what cancer is in modern medicine. We don’t really talk about it in class,” Nanda said. “The same virus is causing a bunch of different cancers around the world – it’s fascinating.”

Jerry West, WVU alumnus and legendary NBA star, will be the University’s next featured Festival of Ideas speaker. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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Siddhartha Mukherjee, author of ‘The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer,’ speaks at the Creative Arts Center for the Festival of Ideas.

‘Power of Change,’ airport plans discussed at City Council

BY JOSH CLARK STAFF WRITER

Morgantown Police Sgt. Bryon Hennessey introduced a plan to Morgantown City Council members Tuesday night that would benefit a good cause through one of the city’s biggest problems – parking.

The “Power of Change” initiative will allow businesses to sponsor a special recycled parking meter that will take coins, going directly to social services in Morgantown, Hennesy said.

The Morgantown Police Department has been working in cooperation with the Bartlett House homeless shelter to devise a plan that improves the lives of all community residents.

“We have a significant

homeless problem in Morgantown,” Hennessey said. “The bigger problems downtown are the aggressive panhandlers of the homeless population. We have a generous community, but the contributions don’t ease the problem.”

The meters will be placed at problematic areas such as the bus depot and at the corner of Willey Street.

Further city development plans were also discussed during the Committee of the Whole meeting Tuesday, with continued efforts geared toward the community revitalization initiative “Sunnyside Up.” Sunnyside, overdue for urban renewal, has the capability of being “America’s best college neighborhood,” said Sunnyside Up Executive Director Jim Hunt.

Hunt also said he hopes to combat the parking problems in Morgantown by creating additional lots in Sunnyside and plans to address the issues of dumpster fires and graffiti throughout the area with new initiatives.

“There is nothing we have that a group of committed, negligent students cannot destroy overnight,” Hunt said.

“We’ve painted over graffiti on dumpsters sometimes eight to 10 times. Our goal is to repaint over vandalism quickly so people don’t see it as an incentive to just burn dumpsters.”

A major re-beautification of the Rail Trail has already been accomplished in the area and motivated student volunteers have worked tirelessly to keep Sunnyside clean, Hunt said.

In other news, major ren-

ovations are in store for the Morgantown airport including work on both east and west hangars, the access road, breaking ground on a new armory and the addition of new equipment.

The projects are headed by new Airport Director Michael Clow and are slated to be completed in late April 2013.

“This is probably going to have major economic impact on the City of Morgantown,” said Mayor Jim Manilla. “It’s one of the biggest projects that we have had in a long time. It’ll be a domino effect.”

The airport renovations and beautification projects are thanks in part to a Five Year Capital Improvement Program consideration. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

Census: 131,729 gay couples report they’re married WASHINGTON (AP) — Increasingly visible, the number of gay Americans telling the U.S. census they’re living with same-sex partners nearly doubled in the past decade, to about 650,000 couples. And more than 130,000 recorded partners as husband or wife.

Census figures released Tuesday provide a rare snapshot of married and unmarried same-sex couples in the U.S. based on the government count conducted last year, when gay marriage was legal in five states and the District of Columbia.

It comes at a time when public opposition to gay marriage is easing and advocacy groups are seeking a state-by-state push for broader legal rights.

Some 131,729 same-sex

couples checked “husband” or “wife” boxes on their decennial census forms, the first time people could do so, after gay marriage became legal in Massachusetts starting in 2004.

That 2010 tally of married gay couples is higher than the actual number of legal marriages, civil unions and domestic partnerships in the U.S. Even after New York legalized gay marriage in June, a Census Bureau consultant, Gary Gates of UCLA, put the actual number of legally recognized gay partnerships at 100,000.

“There’s no dispute the samesex population increases from 2000 and 2010,” said Martin O’Connell, chief of the fertility and family statistics branch at the Census Bureau. In cases of

couples who reported they were living in a marriage relationship, “they basically responded that way because that is truly how they felt they were living.”

The total of 646,464 gay couples in the U.S. was a downward revision of the Census Bureau’s count of 901,997 released last month. The bureau said Tuesday it had to make the adjustment after determining that coding errors resulted in an exaggerated count for the initial number.

Still, researchers believe the new estimate could be as much as 15 percent lower than the actual number of gay couples in the U.S. because of social stigma, discrimination or other concerns about confidentiality. In a small number of cases,

younger gay couples also may not have been counted in the census if they were “doubling up” in a home where neither was the head of household.

Based on revisions made to the 2000 census figure as well, the number of same-sex couples nationwide rose 80 percent from an adjusted 2000 figure of 358,390. Previously, the Census Bureau had reported there were 594,391 same-sex couples in the U.S. in 2000.

Nationwide, about 51 percent of the couples last year were female. Nearly one in five of the same-sex couples was raising children at home – widely distributed among those who reported being in marriage relationships and those who were not.

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Continued from page 1 sponse to the rally, which included participants spanning from Clarksburg to Point Marion, and everywhere in between. The workers were glad to be part of one of three major hot spots promoting the bill. The other two spots were Charleston and Wheeling.

Although the college students of today may rely more on modern technology than the postal service, Cress stressed the importance of the postal service to college students, whether they realize their everyday uses or not.

“I deliver birthday cards, graduation cards, care packages, baked goods, money from parents and grandparents,” Cress said. “These are things that college students look forward to every day and without our postal service, they wouldn’t be able to get them.”

Another major concern throughout the postal service has been the interest in cutting

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Rallyers listen in attention to speakers Tuesday, Sept. 27 on High Street outside of the Morgantown Circuit Court. Postal employees designated the day as a ‘Day of Action to Save America’s Postal Service’. back how many days a week the postal service delivers, but according Hose, this wasn’t the main concern for the rally.

“We didn’t want to focus on that today,” Hose said. “If we just focus on getting this bill passed, all of those problems

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of a profit, along with several other companies who benefit from our deliveries.”

“It’s not only our futures that will be affected,” Cress said. “Everyone’s will be.”

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Creamery Supervisor Amanda Ramsey. “It puts us out to the community and shows that we’re trying to do some good.”

Over the past 10 years, Cold Stone Creamery franchises have raised more than $4 million for the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

Freshman nutrition student Jen Arnold attended the social as a way to celebrate and give back to others on her birthday.

“It’s my birthday and I thought that coming here with my friends and donating to Make-A-Wish would be a re-

will solve themselves.”

A cut in days of delivery would, however, affect more people than expected.

“Delivering six days a week, I fill up my gas tank twice a week,” Cress said. “If we were to cut it back, they’d make less

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ally awesome way to celebrate,” she said.

Members of the WVU Exercise Physiology club were encouraged to attend the event in exchange for community service hours.

“It’s a great way to get community service and help out a good cause,” said junior exerBrooke Cassidy/THE DAILY ATHENAEUM cise physiology student Megan Cold Stone customers enjoy ice cream treats on Tuesday, Sept., 27 in downtown MorWhetzel. gantown. Cold Stone sponsored the ‘World’s Largest Ice Cream Social’ on Tuesday to raise danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu money for the Make-A-Wish foundation.

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Rearview Music

Zaireeka

Mellon Collie

Quadrophenia

The Flaming Lips

The Who

When “Zaireeka,” the eighth studio album by The Flaming Lips, was released, critics and fans alike felt an equal measure of confusion and frustration.

The album consists of four discs, each containing one-fourth of the audio tracks of a full, single album.

When played simultaneously from four separate stereo systems, the listener could experience the album as if it was all mixed together.

This experimental effort was widely dammed and largely ignored simply because it was silly and burdensome.

However, those who took the time and effort to actually listen to album found a thoughtful, experimental exploration of noise and uncharted musical landscapes.

On the Internet, you can now find the “perfect mix” versions of the album in which fans and Lips enthusiasts have attempted to fuse the album together. If you love this album or you hate it, you have to admit it’s interesting, at the least.

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All Eyez On Me

The Smashing Pumpkins

The Who’s second full-length rock opera “Quadrophenia” tells the story of Jimmy Copper, a troubled British youth growing up in the midsts of the early ‘60s mod explosion.

Over the course of 17 tracks, two discs and four musical themes, The Who tells Jimmy’s story.

Jimmy suffers from “quadrophenia,” a disease similar to schizophrenia, in which his personality is divided into four distinct parts. Each of these parts, represented by a recurring musical theme, stands for a member of the band and is a reflection of their experiences growing up.

The Who’s other major rock opera, “Tommy,” tends to get all of the attention from critics, but its cloudy storyline and messianic metaphors make it hard to follow. “Quadrophenia,” on the other hand, is human and universal.

With its story of unrequited love, teen angst, pills and sleeping on the beach, “Quadrophenia” has something for everyone to relate to.

—cdy

The Smashing Pumpkins 1995 double-disc release, “Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness,” is one of the greatest rock albums in history.

Usually rock artists focus on a few hit tracks to sell and the rest of the album are filler tracks- not the case with “Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness.”

The record is easy to enjoy all 28 songs from beginning to end.

The first disc, titled “Dawn to Dusk” features unforgettable tracks such as, “Bullet with Butterfly Wings,” “Zero” and “Tonight, Tonight.” And the second disc titled Twilight to Starlight,” featured more hits like “1979” and “Thirty-Three.” “Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness” went for beyond making great music. The entire layout of the album was put together perfectly.

With the astounding artwork and amazing musicianship, the album was destined to be a classic.

—jjy

2Pac “I bet you got it twisted you don’t know who to trust. So many playa hating n-----tryin to sound like us.”

2Pac sums up his 1996 double album “All Eyez On Me” in these two lines better than any review could.

In a time when hip-hop was taking off, his double album stayed true to the rap game he called home and which had accepted him with such open arms.

The albums worked pretty well together, but each hit the rap scene harder as individual tracks rather than one collective work.

The album’s feature track, “All Eyez On Me,” has become one of 2Pac’s most infamous songs, among many other featured on the album.

As far as double album’s go, it’s hard to find one that is truly a success.

But 2Pac’s “All Eyez On Me” pretty much hits the nail on the head as far as hip-hop double albums go.

—jpp

Jackson’s voice echoes through Los Angeles court LOS ANGELES (AP) —First, prosecutors showed a photo of Michael Jackson’s pale and lifeless body lying on a gurney.

Then, they played a recording of his voice, just weeks before his death.

Slow and slurred, his words echoed Tuesday through a Los Angeles courtroom at the start of the trial of the doctor accused of killing him. As a worldwide audience watched on TV and Jackson’s family looked on from inside the courtroom, a drugged Jackson said: “We have to be phenomenal.

When people leave this show, when people leave my show, I want them to say, `I’ve never seen nothing like this in my life.

Go. Go. I’ve never seen nothing like this. Go. It’s amazing.

He’s the greatest entertainer in the world.’”

Prosecutors played the audio for the first time during opening statements as they portrayed Dr. Conrad Murray, 58, as an incompetent physician who used a dangerous anesthetic without adequate safeguards and whose neglect left the superstar abandoned as he lay dying.

Defense attorneys countered that Jackson caused his own death by taking a drug dose, including propofol, after Murray left the room.

Nothing the cardiologist could have done would have saved the King of Pop, defense attorney Ed Chernoff told jurors, because Jackson was desperate to regain his fame and needed rest to prepare for a series of crucial comeback concerts.

A number of Jackson’s family members were in the courthouse, including his father Joseph, mother Katherine, sisters LaToya and Janet, and brothers Jermaine, Randy and Tito.

LaToya Jackson carried a sunflower, her brother’s favorite flower.

Murray, who arrived at court holding hands with his mother, is charged with involuntary manslaughter. If convicted, he faces up to four years in prison and the loss of his medical license.

Speaking for more than an hour, prosecutor David Walgren relied on photos and audio recordings to paint Murray as an inept and reckless caretaker.

Walgren showed a photo of a lifeless Jackson on a hospital gurney. He juxtaposed the image with those of Jackson performing. Walgren also played the recording of Jackson speaking to Murray while, the prosecutor said, the singer was under the influence of an un-

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Conrad Murray looks up during the defense opening arguments in his involuntary manslaughter trial at Superior Court, Tuesday, Sept.

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known substance roughly six weeks before his death.

Jackson trusted Murray as his physician, and “that misplaced trust in Conrad Murray cost Michael Jackson his life,” Walgren said.

The recurring theme was Jackson’s never ending quest for sleep and propofol, the potion he called his “milk” and that he believed was the answer. Jurors were told that it was a powerful anesthetic, not a sleep aid, and the prosecutor said Murray severely misused it.

The prosecutor said while working for Jackson, the doctor was shipped more than four gallons of the anesthetic, which is normally given in hospital settings.

Chernoff, the defense attorney, claimed the singer swallowed several pills of the sedative lorazepam on the morning of his death and that was enough to put six people to sleep. After taking propofol, Jackson did not even have a chance to close his eyes, Chernoff said.

Chernoff, who had long hinted that the defense would blame Jackson for his own death, added a surprise. He claimed that Jackson died not because his doctor continued to give him the drug but because he stopped it, forcing Jackson to take extreme measures.

“What we will hear is that Dr. Murray provided propofol for two months to Michael Jackson for sleep,” Chernoff said.

“During those two months, Michael Jackson slept. He woke up and he lived his life.

“The evidence will not show you that Michael Jackson died because Dr. Murray gave him propofol. The evidence is going to show you Michael Jackson died when Dr. Murray

stopped,” the attorney said. He said Murray was trying to wean Jackson off of propofol and had been giving him other sleep aids known as benzodiazepines trying to lull him to sleep.

On June 25, 2009, the last day of Jackson’s life, Chernoff said, he was in the third day of a weaning process and it didn’t work.

“Michael Jackson started begging. He couldn’t understand why he wasn’t sleeping.

When Michael Jackson told Dr. Murray `I have to sleep. They will cancel my performance,’ he meant it,” Chernoff said.

Murray, in a recording of his interview with police detectives, acknowledged that he relented and agreed to give Jackson a small dose of propofol.

Walgren said Murray’s claim that he gave the singer a minuscule dosage, enough to keep him asleep perhaps five minutes, was not true.

He also accused Murray of deception when he hid from paramedics and hospital emergency staff that he had given Jackson propofol. He said they were desperately trying to revive him but didn’t know about the drug.

He returned repeatedly to the fee Murray was to be paid - $150,000 a month - and pointed out that he first had asked for $5 million.

“There was no doctor-patient relationship,” Walgren said. “... What existed here was an employer-employee relationship. He was not working for the health of Michael Jackson. Dr. Murray was working for a fee of $150,000.”

Jackson’s family members appeared pained as Walgren described the singer as a vulnerable figure, left alone with drugs coursing through his body.

“It violates not only the standard of care but the decency of one human being to another,” he said. “Dr. Murray abandoned Michael when he needed help.”

Following opening statements, Jackson’s choreographer and friend, Kenny Ortega, testified that Jackson was in bad shape physically and mentally less than a week before his death.

He said he sent a message to Randy Phillips, producer of the “This Is It” concert, telling him that Jackson was ill, probably should have a psychological evaluation and was not ready to perform.

“It’s important for everyone to know he really wants this,” he wrote. “It would shatter him, break his heart if we pulled the plug. He’s terribly frightened it’s all going to go away.”

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Smoking policy should reflect all opinions As the smoking ban debate continues at West Virginia University, it is the students’ responsibility to speak up and assure a policy is set in place that reflects their opinions.

The Tobacco Free Mountaineers, a student-lead coalition at WVU advocating for a smoke-free campus, will meet tomorrow to hear from members and fellow students.

Regardless of one’s opinion on the issue, all should attend.

Smoking is an issue that

concerns everyone.

Many are involved to ensure a healthier campus; others want to simply encourage smoking cessation everywhere.

It is incontestable that smoking causes many health concerns. But is it the duty of the University to tell students not to smoke?

Those who are smokers should attend to voice their position, as well.

Smoking cessation pro-

grams are available through the WVU Wellness Program of the WVU Health Sciences Campus as well as many other forms of assistance, such as patches and gums.

But the truth is, if a smoker doesn’t want to quit, they will not do so. It takes the will to quit.

The Tobacco Free Mountaineers should encourage others to live healthier, but they should not infringe on others’ rights. And choosing

to smoke or not to smoke is a right.

Having smoke-free areas on campus is acceptable, but smokers should have somewhere to go.

Ultimately, a plan should tend to everyone’s needs, but if the national trend carries over to WVU, it will become a smoke-free campus. There are already more than 500 colleges and universities in the U.S. that are smoke–free, according to CNN.

Monongalia County is going to hold a vote for a smoking ban in the near future, which will be discussed at the meeting, as well.

WVU has held public forums on the smoking ban before, but the turnout has been low.

With an issue affecting a large sum people, there should be more students involved.

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Student section was much classier than expected sam viggiano columnist

I dedicated two years of my time playing in “The Pride of West Virginia,” the Mountaineer Marching Band.

I loved being in the band for its people and dedication; being something bigger than myself, but most of all, I loved being front and center on the football field. Within a few feet, I was watching the same football game that most students saw from yards and tiers away.

And when I couldn’t return to the marching band for my junior year, I thought I lost my interest in football forever.

How could being in the stands, which are yards away from the field, and sitting in the Upper Level, which is a greater vertical distance from the field, compare to the action I was so close to?

Of course, going to the football game with your friends affects your enjoyment of the game – watching football alone in the crowded stands can be intimidating.

But, by joining the student section, I have learned a different dynamic in football, and that is we have the greatest fans in country.

Likely obvious to those who attend West Virginia University, having the greatest fans in the country is an assumption every college makes about their attendees to sporting events.

But in the last week, the students and fans have been attacked for vulgar behavior and property, such as the “West F------ Virginia” shirts, which has stirred tremendous controversy.

But what I observed on game day, in and out of stands, was not what was predicted of crazy WVU fans.

Although there will always be the obtuse fan who acts belligerently during the football game, I was happy to report I observed more class in the student section than expected. Not that I didn’t trust those students at WVU, but

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Students cheer on the Mountaineers at Milan Puskar Stadium. many students attempted to stop the harassment and belligerency of fans who were not acting appropriately.

While coarse “boos” were being yelled when injured LSU fans were escorted off the field, many students, at least those in the Upper Level, respected and applauded the injured player as he left the field as well as mollified those who had been shouting at the opposing team.

Likewise, when a fan threw his beer bottle into the crowd, several students, asked him to find another seat and let him know he wasn’t welcome to stay in the Upper Level if he was going to act belligerently.

And, while these events might have happened only in my section, our greatest fan moment was founded not in the act of concurrently cheering, but in simultaneous silence.

In our sea of gold, there were no waves of cheers crashing while the Mountaineers had the ball. Silence engulfed the stadium.

But the greatest moment was founded when a student shaking an elderly LSU man’s hand as he left the stadium. No greater was this juxtaposition of young and old, WVU and LSU, exemplified by a traditional “good game” handshake.

Yes, the Mountaineers lost.

There is no amount of finger pointing that can be done to correct the situation. Yet, in a bitter sweet exchange, this loss was a gain.

While being berated as a party-school university with disrespectful fans, we must recognize the whole is the sum of its parts and not vice-versa.

These individuals who acted disrespectfully do not represent the majority of the student population. They were not encouraged by the students around them.

Likewise, WVU should recognize our fans are respectful to the opposing players and act

with class.

Undeniably, many fans do pregame, do become intoxicated and do yell obscene cheers at the opposing team.

But these actions are too expected at any football game, and although I do not condone their actions, fans will do what they do.

Whether or not we choose to partake in game-day spirit, what should be highlighted about the WVU verses LSU game is the pride and respect shown by students, alumni and fans. In the eyes of America the true mountaineer spirit Saturday was projected in style.

Standing and observing

those around me in the sea of gold, only a few fish really stuck out and were quickly removed for their actions. And, although those who disobey the rules should be reprimanded, those who represent the University with pride should be thanked for their actions.

Thus, I never left The Pride of West Virginia. We are a single body made of individuals who participate in the football game in many ways.

Whether or not I was few feet away or a several stories above the field, Mountaineer pride is conducive to all levels and peoples, and was shown in true fashion that evening.

Violence is a reoccurring detriment to sporting events in the U.S. doug walp columnist

Violence has become increasingly prevalent at sporting events across the country this year, including here in Morgantown.

Unfortunately, the biggest games and most bitter rivalries are usually the most prominent breeding grounds for these despicable actions to be carried out, despite the spectacular excitement that often accompanies them.

This past weekend in Morgantown was regrettably yet another example of this growing undesirable American cultural trend.

According to a report by Morgantown news affiliate WAFB, four Louisiana State University fans were attacked

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while attempting to leave the football game Saturday night at Milan Puskar Stadium.

It was reported that multiple individuals participated in the assault. It began with one of the suspects throwing a rock through a car window and ended with all four passengers of the car sustaining injuries( including a pregnant woman).

Appalling attacks like this have not been limited to Morgantown.

In fact, even more horrific attacks, referring to those that involve coma(s) and in some cases even death, have seemingly enveloped multiple sports at both the college and professional levels in this year alone.

Two of these events occurred in the state of California within the last sixth months, one in which a San Francisco Giants fan was beaten to within an inch of

his life at Dodger Stadium on opening day of the Major League Baseball Season and another where two men were shot while tailgating outside of the San Francisco 49ers and Oakland Raiders NFL game just weeks ago.

In an article published in the New York Times, Sgt. Michael Andraychak of the San Francisco Police Department was quoted as saying that because of the intense security measures sports organizations are adopting, violence like this is a rare occurrence, but as we’ve seen throughout this year and others recently, this is hardly the case.

Throughout the entire week leading up to the highly touted college football matchup in Morgantown Saturday night, Morgantown and WVU officials pleaded with students and local college football supporters to both safely and respectfully show their alle-

giance for the Mountaineers.

However, I think these news releases, not just reminding but actively urging enthusiasts to responsibly support the Mountaineers, is ultimately a lost cause, because the values of respect and sportsmanship are either instilled in an individual or are not.

When an egregious act of violence, like the aforementioned, is carried out at a sporting event, it is almost always perpetrated by an individual or group of people predisposed to fighting or violence.

This is also why I believe the placement of blame on alcohol is also misappropriated in these circumstances.

Plenty of sports enthusiasts can consume substantial quantities of alcohol without any negative ambitions.

The fact that alcohol can be a catalyst for those already

volatile individuals who come to an event, with initial intentions of violence should not even be a factor in the discussion.

That’s why I’m not condemning the drunken bodypainted members of the student body who spent a majority of their afternoon sledge hammering a purplepainted “LSU van” into oblivion or even those showering visiting fans with explicativeladen chants; most students and others across the country would most likely consider these and other similar game day proceedings as commonly shared fan rituals.

But when it comes to violence or sometimes even potential outcome of a game within fan-bases of any nature of sporting event is absolutely deplorable.

Again, notably, it is also often the (least educated) and ill-motivated fans are the

ones who are throwing bottles at the opposition because they’ve taken a lead or physically assaulting them in the parking lot after a trouncing defeat.

In fact, it’s not even appropriate to label these loathsome offenders as fans.

Their disgrace prevents them from being known as anything other than a common criminal.

Their lack of perspective leads them to think they are defending the honor of their school or team, but, in reality, they are a complete embarrassment to themselves, along with the rest of their fan base.

It’s up to these people to ultimately decide to take action in permanently removing the inherently violent individuals who are becoming a collective plague unto the moral, safety and well-being of contemporary sporting events all across the United States.

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THE WEEK AHEAD TODAY SEPTEMBER 28

TOBACCO FREE MOUNTAINEERS will meet at 8 p.m. in the Mountain Room of the Mountainlair. Discussions will include the many opportunities that play an integral role in Monongalia County’s vote on the smoking ban.

EREV ROSH HASHANAH will be at 5:30 p.m. at the Hillel house. For more information or a ride, call 304-685-5009.

PSYCHOLOGY CLUB will meet at 6:30 p.m. in G15 of the Life Sciences Building. Dr. Kevin Larkin will provide information on how to apply to graduate school and will hold a short Q&A afterwards.

THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 29

FREE ARABIC/ISLAM CLASSES will be hosted by the Muslim Students’ Association from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Kanawha Room of the Mountainlair. To register, email schaudhr@mix.wvu.edu.

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 30

CAMPUS LIGHT MINISTRIES is hosting a weekly meeting and Bible study at 7 p.m. in the Bluestone Room of the Mountainlair.

EVERY WEDNESDAY

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

AIKIDO BEGINNERS CLASS is held

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

WOMEN, INFANTS AND CHILDREN needs volunteers. WIC provides education, supplemental foods and immunizations for pregnant women and children under 5 years of age. This is an opportunity to earn volunteer hours for class requirements. For more information, contact Michelle Prudnick at 304-598-5180 or 304-598-5185.

FREE RAPID HIV TESTING is available on the first Monday of every month from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Caritas House office located at 391 Scott Ave. Test results are available in 20 minutes and are confidential. To make an appointment, call 304-293-4117.

For more information, visit www.caritashouse.net.

BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS, a United Way agency, is looking for volunteers to become Big Brothers and Big Sisters in its one-on-one community-based and school-based mentoring programs. To volunteer, contact Sylvia at 304-983-2823, ext. 104 or email bigs4kids@yahoo.com.

ROSENBAUM FAMILY HOUSE, which provides a place for adult patients and their families to stay while receiving medical care at WVU, is look-

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

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

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

ing for service organizations to provide dinner for 20 to 40 Family House guests. For more information, call 304598-6094 or email rfh@wvuh.com.

LITERACY VOLUNTEERS is seeking volunteers for one-on-one tutoring in basic reading and English as a second language. Volunteer tutors will complete tutor training, meet weekly with their adult learners, report volunteer hours quarterly, attend at least two in-service trainings per year, and help with one fundraising event. For more information, call 304-296-3400 or email trella.greaser@live.com.

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

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

THE CONDOM CARAVAN will be held in the Mountainlair from noon to 2 p.m every Tuesday. The caravan sells condoms for .25 each or 5 for $1.00.

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

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

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

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

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

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

COMMUNITY NEWCOMERS CLUB is a group organized to allow new residents of the Morgantown area an opportunity to gather socially and assimilate into their new home community.

For more information, email morgantownnewcomers.com.

NEW GROUP THERAPY OPPORTUNITIES are available for free at the WELLWVU: Carruth Center for Psychological and Psychiatric Services.

The groups include Get More Out of Life, Understanding Self and Others, Insomnia Group, A Place for You, Sexual Assault Survivors Group, Adult Children of Dysfunctional Parents and Transfer Students: Get Started on the Right Foot. For more information call 304-293-4431 or email tandy.mcclung@mail.wvu.edu.

HOROSCOPES

BY JACQUELINE BIGAR BORN TODAY This year, you feel empowered. You will learn not to feed negativity or controlling people.

Though you often might hold your feelings back, you learn to express them once more, more often. You can have what you want -- that is, if you know what you want. If you are single, you draw potential suitors like honey attracts bees. The art of choice could be very significant. Know to bail out quickly if a bond isn’t working. If you are attached, the two of you could flow even more together, but you need to be a little less me-oriented. The world doesn’t revolve around you and only you! SCORPIO could be possessive.

your ideas out there could start a complete conversation. Confirm a meeting.

Tonight: Take a midweek break. Have fun.

CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22) HHH If you can work from home, do. You will be more comfortable there. Some of you might be concerned with domestic matters. You express yourself in a genuine, caring manner. Others hear you. Tonight: Happy at home.

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22) HHHH Consider your options before you dive into a situation. You might not be sure which way to go, but once you have a discussion with those involved, a clear idea and direction evolve. Tonight: Visit with favorite people.

ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19) HHHH If need be, review and revise some of your feelings toward a key associate or partner. This person knows how to draw strong responses. He or she often closes down and might do so again. Just remain open. Tonight: Go with another person’s idea.

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22) HHH Be sensitive to what your budget allows as well as what you want to spend. Play Ralph Nader, and do some price comparison before making a purchase. Remember, you have a lot to offer and have many different talents. Use them.

Tonight: Out on the town.

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20) HHH Juggle what you must, knowing you need to make time to concentrate on a key project or issue. A brainstorming session could be quite fruitful. Avoid a controlling situation if possible. Your creativity comes forward. Tonight: Put your feet up.

LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22) HHHHH Be positive as the day begins, even though there could be a last-minute hassle. Be smart, and bypass a power play. Act on an inspired idea; listen to your sixth sense. Jump over several pebbles tossed in your path. Tonight: Whatever fits your fantasy.

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20) HHHH Knowing what you want could be instrumental in the long run, as we all know. Sharing your desires and putting

SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21) HHHH You might want to approach a situation differently, especially if there is a problem that keeps tripping you up. Look to

changing the manner in which you express your needs. That might be part of the issue. Tonight: Do your own thing.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21) HHHHH Keep reaching out for someone you care about. If you’re unsure about a matter, toss it on the table and get feedback. You will be happier after getting a consensus. Don’t take others’ comments personally. Tonight: Where your friends are.

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19) HHH Take charge of a situation, as you want a matter handled your way. You might need to be unusually stern to get your point across. You look at many ideas and issues differently from how many people do. Tonight: Burning the candle at both ends.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18) HHHH Try to think outside the box. Get past your immediate reaction. You cannot help how you react, but you can choose your responses. Understand where you are coming from and why you might be triggering. Tonight: Choose a mind and body relaxer.

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20) HHHH If another person is overly serious, understand where he or she might be coming from. A new beginning is possible, but it doesn’t come from being demanding. A friend might give you advice. You are your own person. Tonight: Chat over dinner.

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Buckwheat Festival kicks off this weekend by leighann mcclurg a&e writer

The 70th annual Buckwheat Festival kicks off the fall season right this weekend.

Located in Kingwood, W.Va., just 22 miles northwest of Morgantown, its the perfect getaway for a little fall fun.

The festival is dedicated to the famous Buckwheat cakes, which you can find any time of day – for breakfast lunch or dinner – starting on Thursday.

The Kingwood Volunteer Fire Department Community Building, which will open Thursday morning at 9 a.m. and close at 9 p.m., is the most popular place to dine on these sour cakes.

The cost for adults is $8 per person and $5 for every child under the age of 12.

Other various locations selling the cakes are some of the restaurants surrounding Morgantown, and the mix can be bought in some grocery stores.

In addition to the plentiful cakes, other food and vendors are available. Hot apple cider and slow-cooked homemade apple butter can be smelled throughout the fairgrounds, enticing all those nearby. With the variety of traditional fair food anyone can be satisfied.

“There will be 67 arts and crafts vendors this year,” said Darla Kuhn, secretary of the festival. “There will also be 14 bands.”

As for entertainment, music and an archery show is provided.

Darryl Worley will be performing Friday night, and will be opened for by the Davidson Brothers according to Kuhn.

The tickets for general admission to the concert are $25 per person, and reserved tickets are $30.

The show begins at 7:30 p.m., and the doors will open at 6:30 p.m.

Along with the shows, games and rides are available

and are open generally around noon each day to close.

Jessica Evens, who has worked as a vendor, said she has been looking forward to the event after several years of attendance.

“It’s a good experience and a fun place to be,” Evans said.

“It definitely sets the mood for fall with all the delicious smells and the atmosphere.”

Although the the festival’s namesake cake wasn’t Evans’ favorite when she was young, she’s says she has grown to like them.

“They’re a little sour at first, but when you eat them with fresh maple syrup and fresh sausage, you can’t stop,” she said.

The first Buckwheat Festival was held in October of 1938.

The idea for the event was conceived when the buckwheat flour was cultivated and thought to have been a major selling good for the region. Since then, attendees have eaten thousands of buck-

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Buckwheat Pancakes draw hundreds of tourists and visitors to Kingwood for the festival. wheat cakes, played countless games, participated in the colorful parades and welcomed outsiders to this day.

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wheat cakes and other inforTo purchase a ticket, conmation about the festivities tact Darla Kuhn at (304) and times is available online 379-2203. at www.buckwheatfest.com/ index.html. leighann.mcclurg@mail.wvu.edu

Local Irish rock band Staggering Cardoons will perform at 123 Pleasant

By Rebecca Lebherz A&E Correspondent

Local Appalachian rock band Staggering Cardoons will headline a show at 123 Pleasant Street tonight.

Staggering Cardoons will take the stage at midnight, following Bobby E. Lee & The Sympathizers at 11 p.m. and 3rd Round Knockout at 10 p.m.

“We’ve never played with them, but we’re really excited about it,” said Chris Herrington, lead singer of Staggering Cardoons. “I heard they are both fantastic.”

St a g g e r i n g Ca rd o o n s started out at as an Irish rock band in 2007, when guitarists Erik Rieder and Mike Brown got together.

They have since evolved and boiled their style down to Appalachian rock, according to Herrington.

The band is made up of Erik Rieder, on rhythm guitar and vocals, Mike Brown on guitar and mandolin, John Lynch on upright bass and vocals, Chris Herrington on lead vocals, Mike Crawford on harmonica, Sara Rieder-Bennett on accordion and Alex Baker on percussion and vocals. All but one member in the sevenpiece band are from Morgantown, W.Va. According to Herrington, the band is recently getting into the touring circuit. They have toured throughout the state, stopping at places such as Charleston and Flatwoods but are ready to branch out.

Staggering Cardoons have played at local venues such as 123 Pleasant Street, McClafferty’s Irish Pub and the Purple Cow Lounge in order to help build their fan base in Morgantown.

Their debut album, “Thun-

dermug,” was released a year and a half ago and will be on sale along with other merchandise at the show.

“We are due for another album,” Herrington said.

The tentative title for Staggering Cardoon’s new album is “Breakfast in Osage.”

Herrington said they plan to begin work on it in a month or two, after they have some more shows under their belt.

Some influences for the acoustically driven band are the Dropkick Murphys, Johnny Cash and Flogging Molly.

Bobby E. Lee and the Sympathizers are a Baltimorebased band with members from all over the country.

The rockabilly and folk musicians call themselves Bobby E. Lee, Bear, Honkis Fleabottom, Tom Foolery, Jimmy Crow and Uncle Thomas.

Ian Finch, also known as

Honkis Fleabottom, from Westminster, Md., plays bass and drums in the band. According to Finch, Bobby E. Lee and the Sympathizers have never played at 123 Pleasant Street or in Morgantown.

“It seems like they have quite the mix of bands, and I’ve heard nothing but good things,” Finch said. “Our feelings beforehand would be best described as a bunch of hillbillies that stumbled across a moonshine distillery and decided that they never wanted to see the light of day again. In other words, pumped up.”

Bobby E. Lee and the Sympathizers are coming up on their second anniversary and 50th show, Finch said.

The Staggering Cardoons’ show at 123 Pleasant Street starts at 10 p.m. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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It’s no secret the “Gears of War” trilogy has been one of the main names in shoot ‘em up games since its inception in November of 2006.

Running as a happy medium between the realistic qualities of the “Call of Duty” series and the overloaded futuristic weapons and alien combat tactics of the “Halo” series, “Gears of War” has had a knack for keeping gamers wanting more for the past five years.

The third piece of the trilogy does nothing but carry on this tradition to the fullest extent.

As I sat in my room, engaged to a level deeper than reality with this new game, I almost took over the personality and traits of Marcus Fenix, a badass soldier equipped with enough weaponry to take on the Spanish Armada.

The game as a whole is very pleasing, and worth the buy.

The storyline, however, really doesn’t outdo (or seem to make any attempt to outdo) the predecessors in the series, but with so much more going on in the game, that small negative isn’t nearly enough to pull down the game’s true value.

In terms of “Gears’” combative elements, the series pulls hard toward the realistic side of things.

While in other shoot-’emup games crouching and illusiveness is frowned upon as cowardice, these tactical moves are key to survival on the “Gears’” playing field.

Rather than using turbo jumps and other futuristic jetpack wanna-be garbage to get an angle on the enemy, the third-person view of this game gives you the ability to quickly glance around a wall or hunker down over a destroyed barrier and light your opponent up like a Christmas tree.

The online play for the game has taken the bar to a new level. Bringing back their classic Hoard mode, along with other interactive modes, the online play has been improved for smoother gameplay and less lagging and delays than the previous installments, which has overall improved the value of the game.

There are several different elements incorporated with the newest “Gears of War.” From taking the multi-player field to the next level to several new customizations, this game has surpassed the expectations of gamers everywhere, ending one of the best shoot-’em-up video game trilogies on a very high note. jakob.potts@mail.wvu.edu

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Holgorsen and Geno getting on same page Peter Drucker, an influential 20th century management consultant, once said, “The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn’t said.”

For West Virginia head coach Dana Holgorsen and his quarterback, junior Geno Smith, effective nonverbal communication of Holgorsen’s constant, unspoken commands from the sidelines is a prerequisite for offensive success.

Holgorsen’s Air Raid offense thrives off adjustments made during games.

Notoriously simplistic at its core, the offense is able to adapt at a moment’s notice when Holgorsen – headset attached, arms crossed on the sidelines – sees an opportunity in the opposing defense’s coverage he wants to exploit.

With only 40 seconds on the play clock, most of which is chewed up getting set at the line of scrimmage or unutilized due to the pace of the offense, time is limited to make these adjustments.

Smith has to ensure the offense is lined up properly and ready to snap the ball. He has a finite amount of time to decipher Holgorsen’s nonverbal cues and implement them on the field.

As hectic as it already sounds, envision the amplified difficulty for Smith in performing the necessary reads, while a crowd of thousands rumbles in anticipation of the play.

Since Holgorsen’s arrival, a litany of time and effort has been exerted getting Smith prepared to make those necessary pre-snap adjustments.

Holgorsen and Smith have worked extremely hard to get to the point they are at now, which isn’t far off from their ultimate goal.

During preseason camp, Holgorsen made a comment about Smith’s confidence that came across as an attempt to keep the ambitious quarterback grounded.

When later asked about the comment, Smith was taken off guard. He asserted that he never heard from Holgorsen

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On the road again

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Junior midfielder Travis Pittman controls the ball against USF Sunday. The Mountaineers lost the game 2-1.

No. 25 WVU finishes nonconference play on road against JMU by amit batra

sports correspondent

Coming off of a hardfought game against South Florida, the No. 25 West Virginia men’s soccer team will travel to Harrisonburg, Va., to face James Madison Wednesday.

The Dukes will come into Morgantown with a 4-1-1 record. They’ve had wins over Florida Atlantic, UNCAsheville, UL-Layfayette and Towson.

West Virginia played the Dukes last season at home and used an early goal from then-sophomore Peabo Doue to propel the Mountaineers to a 1-0 victory.

“We played them last year when they were unbeaten and it turned out pretty well for us,” said WVU head coach Marlon LeBlanc. “James Madison’s a good program.”

All of James Madison’s

victories this season have come at home. Last season, WVU struggled on the road, finishing the season 1-6-2 in games away from Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium.

Those struggles have continued in the early part of the 2011 season as the Mountaineers have yet to win a road game this year.

But they haven’t been playing pushovers, losing to No. 3 Maryland and No. 10 UCSanta Barbara and tying Cal Poly.

James Madison goalkeeper Justin Epperson has been solid this season. He has three shutouts and is averaging less than 1.3 goals per game on 17 saves this year.

Patrick Innes leads the Dukes offensively. He has scored four goals to go with two assists through the team’s first six games of the season. JMU also has three

more players who have scored at least two goals this season and have had a total of seven players score.

In their most recent game against Towson on Sept. 24, James Madison had a strong first half with two goals in their 3-0 rout.

Paul Wyatt had two goals for the Dukes against Towson.

Led by coach Tom Martin, the Dukes have developed a solid program, which is recognized by LeBlanc.

“Martin’s been coaching forever, but I wouldn’t trade my team for anyone,” he said.

The game against James Madison is the final nonconference game of the season for the Mountaineers before the Big East schedule begins this Saturday with a road test against Cincinnati. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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Junior forward Peabo Doue dribbles the ball against USF. Doue scored the game-winning goal in last year’s match against James Madison.

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Holgs’ attitude rubbing off on players

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There is a lot to talk about after No. 22 West Virginia’s loss to LSU Saturday.

But, the Mountaineers are ready to fix the mistakes they made in last week’s game and move on to prepare for their next opponent – Bowling Green. “(The players are) going to have to learn their opponent,” said West Virginia head coach Dana Holgorsen, at Tuesday’s weekly press conference. “(They) have to figure out who they are, what they like to do and go through a normal week at practice to the point where they’re ready to play the game on Saturday.”

One of the areas the team needs to fix is on special teams, as evident by the 99-yard touchdown return it gave up against LSU. WVU is dead last in the country (120th) in net punting, which is the difference between the actual distance of the punt, minus the return, penalty yards, and touchbacks. Bowling Green is No. 1 in the country in net punting.

“We’re going to have to improve on that specific special team, but then our punt team needs to improve, as well,” Holgorsen said.

A lot of talk after the LSU game was on the play of punter Corey Smith. Holgorsen reiterated the unit will continue to practice to get better and the coaches will coach the players to help them try to do the right things once the game begins.

“The only way to fix those kind of things is working on it. We’re

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West Virginia head coach Dana Holgorsen yells on the sidelines during the game against Norfolk State.

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Senior defensive end Bruce Irvin makes a tackle in the backfield against LSU Saturday. WVU got pressure, but failed to record a sack against LSU, and has only one sack on the season. not going to hit panic mode,” he said. “LSU has been known for being as good a special teams team as there has been over the last decade. So, part of that that is discouraging for everybody involved is the fact they were better than us in all four (special teams) phases. (LSU) just set the bar and we’ve got to work hard to get to the point to where we’re like they are.”

The Mountaineer defense failed to register any sacks or turnovers once again this week, but Holgorsen was not discouraged with the overall play of his team’s defense last week.

“We asked them to be physical against a very physical team and they were. They were every bit as physical as what LSU was, which

see holgorsen on PAGE 8

With Dana Holgorsen coaching the No. 22 West Virginia football team this year, things are very different.

He’s a new coach and he brought a new offensive system to Morgantown that has already had great success.

The Mountaineers are also finding their way back into the national spotlight as well as the rankings.

And they’re having fun doing it.

“There was more tension on the team (last year). Everybody was uptight and we didn’t have fun,” said sophomore wide receiver Ivan McCartney. “That’s some-

thing coach Holgorsen has changed this year. He just told us to loosen up and go out there and have fun playing.”

It’s not tough to find Holgorsen on the sidelines during games, especially when he gets fired up about a call.

But his players said he’s not just that guy all the time.

He’s actually more laid back most of the time he’s roaming the sidelines.

“If we’re doing good, he’ll come over and pat you on the back,” said redshirt junior offensive lineman Jeff Braun.

“But if we mess up, he’s right in our ear about it. He’s an honest coach and he’ll tell you how it is, whether it’s good or bad. He doesn’t

care.”

Not only is he quick to get on his own players when they do something, Holgorsen doesn’t hesitate to say things to the officials if he doesn’t think something should have been called a different way.

That’s another thing his players enjoy seeing.

“When you have coaches that will rise with you and are always there for you and stick up for you, what more could you ask for?” McCartney said. “You don’t want a coach that won’t stick up for their players. That just makes us realize we have a coaching staff that we can go to battle for.”

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Phelps back in pool to train for next Olympics NEW YORK (AP) — It’s still September, and Michael Phelps has already been training for six weeks.

He couldn’t say that in any of the last three years since his record-setting Beijing Olympics.

The 16-time medalist is swimming more yards per week now — 10 months before the London Games — than he ever did in the lead-up to this past summer’s world championships.

“It’s going ... “ Phelps paused to search for the right word, then settled on: “better.”

“I’m a lot happier,” he told The Associated Press on Tuesday. “There’s a lot more drive inside of me.”

The drive that carried him to eight gold medals in 2008 hasn’t always been there in the years since. But now another Olympic meet is looming, his last one.

Phelps isn’t in good enough shape yet to swim the kind of distances he was doing in September 2007, when he could crank out workouts of 8,000 yards 10 times a week. But he says that when it comes to the intensity of coach Bob Bowman’s sets, it’s the same as four years ago.

Phelps won seven medals, including four golds, at worlds, when he acknowledged he wasn’t at peak fitness. The more telling numbers were that teammate Ryan Lochte took home five golds and beat Phelps in both of their matchups.

“He definitely has shown what he’s made of,” Phelps said.

“Yeah, he’s made statements.

He’s very hungry and knows what he wants, and he goes out and does it. He’s somebody good for me to race who brings the best out of me every time I

attitude

Continued from page 7 A coach like Holgorsen is another benefit a lot of the players haven’t had before.

Some, like senior inside receiver Devon Brown, haven’t had a college coach who is as interactive with his players as Holgorsen and the rest of the Mountaineer coaching staff.

“At Wake, coach (Jim)

race him. I’m looking forward to the next year seeing how everything’s going to happen.”

Phelps noted that he set a personal best in the 200-meter individual medley in Shanghai.

The problem was Lochte was faster, setting the first world record since high-tech bodysuits were banned 19 months earlier.

“For the situations, it was OK,” Phelps said of his performance at worlds. “But for me, OK isn’t good enough. I know what I have to do. It’s going to take a lot of hard work, and it’s something I’m ready for.”

He wasn’t totally ready for worlds with only about eight months of preparation.

“Hopefully, I can get back to some kind of physical level like I was in Beijing,” Phelps said.

“That was the best shape I’ve ever been in my life. If I could work on getting close to that, I’ll be able to accomplish the goals that I have.”

He’s not sure how many events he’ll be seeking to win.

Other than Phelps swearing off the grueling 400 IM, everything else he has swum regularly over the years is still on the table. It will all depend on whether he believes he can handle certain combinations of races in the same session. In Beijing, he won those record eight golds because he repeatedly withstood quick turnarounds.

“I think it really just comes down to what kind of shape I’m going to be in that day and what I think I can put my body through and be successful at,” Phelps said. “I don’t want to jeopardize other events.”

Bowman warned Phelps that he wasn’t putting in the time to do his best at worlds. Now his

star pupil seems to be listening.

“Bob’s a lot more relaxed. I’m a lot more relaxed,” Phelps said.

“I think it’s going to be a better outcome.”

Phelps was in Manhattan on

Tuesday to run and swim with eight-time Winter Games medalist Apolo Anton Ohno, who’s training for the New York City Marathon for shared sponsor Subway.

Grobe didn’t say too much to us. There were a few times when you did something and he came over to you, but not many,” Brown said. “Coach Holgorsen’s a player’s coach.

That’s the kind of coach that you want to have.”

While he’s a player’s coach, that doesn’t mean he can’t get serious at times. The players said when Holgorsen is coaching, they can sense the true passion he has for

football.

They feed off of it, using it to help them play the way they’ve been playing through the first four games of the year.

“His passion for the game just flows through everybody else on the team,” McCartney said. “I mean, what sense does it make for the head coach to have so much passion if the players don’t show it back?”

And when it comes down to it, the team’s passion comes down to one common theme.

They all just want to win.

“He’s a guy that loves to win, and we’re right with him,” said senior safety Eain Smith. “He gets the team hyped. We just follow his lead and go out and try to win for him and the rest of our team.”

holgorsen Continued from page 7

was very good to see.”

The team knows it must make plays on the ball in order to force more turnovers and attack opposing offenses more often. Holgorsen wants his players looking for the ball at all times and looking for the strip, like what happened against them in the LSU game.

The first-year coach feels the defensive line just has to keep working in practice and figure out the reasons to why they aren’t getting the pressure on opposing offenses the nation saw all of last year.

“Whatever the reasons are we have to overcome them,” Holgorsen said. “If that’s frustration

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US Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps holds up a gold medal he won at the FINA World Championships in China this summer.

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and that his confidence is an essential component of his play – going further to say he was not too cocky, as Holgorsen may or may not have implied.

To me, this illustrated the work both Holgorsen and Smith had to do to improve their relationship with one another.

The two had the utmost faith in one another and acknowledged the importance of their relationship, but at that point in time, universal trust had not yet been established.

That awkward exchange back in August is long gone.

It is safe to say Holgorsen and Smith have an exorbitant level of trust between them.

That trust is what allows accurate interpretations of Holgorsen’s sideline demands.

The rapport of coach and quarterback is at an all-time high. What both will admit, however, is that the nonverbal communication between them during games still needs improving.

Holgorsen alludes to it in every postgame conference.

Each week, Smith and Holgorsen are getting closer to the ultimate goal of a fluid, simultaneous exchange of ideas.

Ideally, Holgorsen would

to the point to where we’re not getting the effort to where we want it to be then they’ve got to give the effort.

“It’s something that we’ve talked about, it has nothing to do with coaching.”

Bowling Green’s offense is experienced and gives opponents all different types of attacks, whether it’s in the running game or the passing game with a tight end set. The Mountaineers have already started looking at film this week and prepare for the best out of its next opponent.

“You look back at their last 10 years and they’ve got some impressive wins over some BCS schools,” Holgorsen said.

“This is a quality opponent; this isn’t a fill in game.”

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like Smith to think exactly the way he does – to see the same coverage and know where to attack and in what fashion.

This goal is not far off, but there are still improvements to be made.

Smith needs to arrive at the point that every hand motion, head nod and stare from Holgorsen translates to a specific set of instructions.

Both have made exceptional strides in this department, but there are still times during games when Holgorsen will give Smith a nonverbal cue and the quarterback becomes confused.

Smith has approached the opportunity of this season with a robust work ethic and unwavering attitude.

He has shown on and off the field that his desire to lead his team and win football games is at an uncompromising level.

He is continuously working on his ability to decode what Holgorsen is transmitting from the sidelines, watching film and practicing an understanding of the unspoken reads from his coach.

It’s a process that requires time and experience more than anything else.

The increase in successful nonverbal communication between the two is impressive, and it won’t be long before Holgorsen and Smith reach utopia. charles.schuler@mail.wvu.edu

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10 | SPORTS

Wednesday September 28, 2011

big east weekly preview

South Florida, Pitt preparing for Thursday night showdown by cody schuler sports writer

With a 52-24 win over UTEP last Saturday, USF head coach Skip Holtz and his team improved its record to 4-0.

With the team’s Big East conference opener coming up Thursday at Pittsburgh, Holtz discussed some of the difficulties in preparing for a game with limited preparation time.

“It’s going to make it a little bit harder, and losing Wednesday as a travel day on a short week makes it difficult, but I think Pitt has a similar problem – they just don’t have to travel,” he said.

USF will travel to Pittsburgh Wednesday, leaving only two full days for the team to practice.

“We got done with our game at about 10:30 Saturday night, and we had our players over here (Sunday) and then trying to practice on Monday – typically, Monday is the day we give our players off for academic reasons … to find a time when we can have everybody here to practice, we’re practicing (Monday) at 10:00 (p.m.),” he said.

Instead of installing new facets to the team’s game plan, Holtz has stressed the importance of keeping a routine approach so as not to disrupt and confuse the groove USF has found so far this season.

“You just have to be smart with what you do. You can’t try to reinvent the wheel or add a lot of new things,” he said. “You just have to polish up some of the things that you’ve been running to this point to be able to get ready for this game.”

Pittsburgh Head coach Todd Graham and Pittsburgh are coming off of a tough 15-12 loss at the hands of Notre Dame, who mounted a fourth-quarter comeback to seal a comefrom-behind victory over the Panthers.

Graham called Notre Dame “the best football team we’ve played to this point,” and described the primary indicator behind his team’s struggles against the Fighting Irish.

“Offensively, (we) just didn’t play very well and weren’t able to score more than 12 points, that’s kind of the story behind it,” he said. “It was another ... two weeks in a row, really, losing close games. I was really proud of our players thought they played extremely hard, played probably their best game defensively.”

Graham is hoping his team can put last Saturday’s loss behind them and continue to prepare for the team’s conference opener against USF. “It starts the Big East. This is for the Big East champion-

ship,” he said. “We had the best practice we had all year today, so our guys are focused and excited, and our deal is single-focused this Thursday night – South Florida.”

Graham is well aware of the success USF and junior quarterback B.J. Daniels have found so far this season.

“I think (Daniels) is playing his best football, they’ve been very, very impressive – explosive – very, very well coached,” Graham said.

Cincinnati Butch Jones and Cincinnati moved their record to 3-1 overall after last Thursday night’s 44-14 win over North Carolina State. For Jones, the key to the Bearcats’ success against the Wolfpack was the complete play of his team in all phases of the game.

“Obviously I thought it was a great team win, and I thought all three phases – offense, defense and special teams – really played off of each other and complimented each other,” he said.

Jones also stressed the importance of the Bearcats’ support system, noting that his team consists of more than just the coaches and players on the field.

“When I say team, I’m not just talking about our players or coaches,” he said. “I’m talking about everyone else who helps us win and has a role in the success of our program.”

“From our community, our fans, our student body, our administration – I thought the atmosphere was tremendous. And, I know there was a lot of planning that went into it, so obviously anytime you get national attention like we received Thursday, I thought it was great for our program,” he said.

This week, Cincinnati is on the road, where they will take on Miami (Ohio) in what is one of the longest-running, nonconference rivalries in college football.

“Every week is basically, in college football, the start of a new season,” he said.

“Obviously, this week we play in what is the oldest nonconference rivalry in the FBS. It’s the 116th game of this great tradition with Miami. They’re defending (MidAmerican conference) champions, and we have to go to their place.”

Jones pointed out while Miami may not be the toughest game on the Bearcats’ schedule, it will still be a game that requires a solid performance to achieve a victory.

“We’ll be challenged this Saturday, I think Miami probably has the best defensive front in the MAC, and they’re very aggressive.”

South Florida head coach Skip Holtz said his team is ready to face Pittsburgh Thursday night when the Bulls open up Big East Conference play on the road.

– a game in which junior wide receiver Mohamed Sanu set the Big East single-game receptions record.

Hauling in 16 passes for 176 yards and two touchdowns earned Sanu Big East player of the week honors.

For Schiano, it’s more about the type of person Sanu is than the types of plays he is able to make on the football field.

“We’re all very proud of Mohamed and what he’s done here at Rutgers throughout his time ... but I’ve said it many times, the best thing about Mohamed, better than anything he does on the field, is the kind of person he is off of the field,” he said. “He’s one of those guys who you get every 10 or 15 years, and it couldn’t happen for a better guy. So, hopefully he can stay healthy and maintain his ability to do these things because he’s a great guy.”

Rutgers now faces a tough road test in which they will take on conference foe Syracuse in the first conference game for both schools. The key to success this Saturday in Schiano’s mind is to prepare exceptionally well against a Rutgers Rutgers and head coach confident Syracuse team.

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Pittsburgh running back Ray Graham runs for a first down against Notre Dame last week. The Panthers will take on South Florida Thursday night in their Big East Conference opener. the Carrier Dome to face Syracuse,” he said.

“Watching them and beginning our preparations for them, I just see a football team that is gaining confidence every week. They keep winning these close football games, and they’re a talented

group,” he said.

“We’re playing at their place so it’s going to be a huge challenge and one that we’re going to have to prepare as well as we can just to have a chance to win.” charles.schuler@mail.wvu.edu

BIG EAST CONFERENCE WEEK 5 SCHEDULE THURSDAY, SEPT. 29 Pittsburgh vs. South Florida 8 p.m. | Pittsburgh, Pa.

SATURDAY, OCT. 1 Syracuse vs. Rutgers Noon | Syracuse, N.Y. Miami (Ohio) vs. Cincinnati 1 p.m. | Oxford, Ohio Louisville vs. Marshall 3:30 p.m. | Louisville, Ky. Connecticut vs. Western Michigan 3:30 p.m. | East Hartford, Conn.

West Virginia vs. Bowling Green 3:30 | Morgantown, W.Va.

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