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Tuesday August 30, 2011

Officials, bikers meet to change parking policy by mackenzie mays city editor

Officials from the West Virginia University Department of Transportation and Parking met with student motorcyclists Monday to discuss the recently introduced parking fees.

Until this year, student bikers were allowed free oncampus parking.

In August, the University introduced a $162 motorcycle parking fee, which allowed bikers to park on either the downtown or Evansdale campuses, but not both.

Following student protests in the Mountainlair parking garage last week, the University has decreased the price to a flat-rate fee of $100, which will allow bikers access to both campuses with the same pass.

John Dorsey, a sophomore political science major, in addition to five fellow members of the Morgantown Motorcycles group, met with parking officials Monday afternoon to reach a compromise.

“This is a lot better and a step in the right direction,” Dorsey said. “We’re happy that they listened to us and are making changes to benefit the group, but we hope to knock the price down

further.”

The Morgantown Motorcycles group protested in the Mountainlair parking garage by occupying about 15 spaces and holding signs that read “Are we parking in your would-be spot? We’ll be here until parking is free again.”

More than 400 students signed a petition in favor of changing the policy following the protests.

Since a motorcycle only occupies about 1/6th of a parking space and bikers can’t ride year-round, the group is pushing for a yearly fee of $55, Dorsey said.

“It makes sense that we should pay for parking, and $100 isn’t that bad of a figure. What happened was a compromise,” Dorsey said.

“We’re marginally happy with it, but we could still use some improvements.”

Hugh Kierig, director of transportation and parking, said the new policy will benefit parking-pass holders across the board.

“I was very happy to meet with the students and hear their concerns,” Kierig said.

“They went through great lengths last week, and I think we came up with a

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SGA 2011

COVERAGE

By Charles young Associate City Editor

SGA seeks candidates to fill executive officer positions

by Charles Young Associate City Editor

Remaining positions:

West Virginia University’s Student Government Association will accept applications for executive officer positions until Friday.

Executives serve as advisors and directors for specific areas of student government.

Executive officer appointments are approved by a vote of members of SGA’s Board of Governors.

Any student, regardless of age or year, can apply for a position, said Jason Bailey, SGA president.

“We look for candidates who are passionate about making a change on campus and who are extremely excited about getting involved in SGA,” Bailey said.

When selecting candidates, Bailey and Vice President Megan Callaghan said they look for two qualities above all others: knowledge and experience.

“We want students who are motivated to work hard and work with everyone in SGA,” Bailey said.

Callaghan said it was important to become involved with SGA because it is a student-run organization that aims to better the general college experience for all students.

“The more students that are involved, the more ideas we will have for more solutions,” she said.

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TYLER, THE CREATOR

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SEE TODAY’S EDITORIAL ABOUT THE CONSTRUCTION PROTEST

Robinson were appointed to the positions of Attorney General and Treasurer, respectively, during last Wednesday’s meeting.

Voting on the appointment of Chief of Staff was tabled during the last meeting due to the candidate’s absence.

Applications for executive officer positions can be picked up and dropped off at the SGA offices, located in the Student Organizations wing of the Mountainlair, until 5 p.m. Friday.

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TOP: A group of local contractors stand on Beechurst Ave. on Monday morning holding signs encouraging giving local jobs to local workers such as themselves. The men stand on the corner of where a new apartment complex is currently being built by a company not locally based. ABOVE: Protestors stand on a corner outside new construction that is being built.

Members of the West Virginia District of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Council of Carpenters protested the employment of out of state workers by MEDCO, the construction company building the Beech View Place apartments on Beechurst Ave., Monday by holding signs and waving at passing traffic.

Joe Murphy, a representative for the group, said the protest was meant to grab public attention and raise awareness about the plight of local workers.

“This is more or less a free speech thing to let people know we’d like to have local carpenters to build this building here in Morgantown,” Murphy said.

According to Murphy, MEDCO overlooked the resource of local, unionized workers and chose instead to hire workers from Pennsylvania and Georgia.

“We need local workers to be on a project this big,” said Paul Castner, a member of the group. “There’s a lot of money that local people aren’t getting a piece of.”

A representative for MEDCO declined to comment.

Murphy said the protests were planned to coincide with Labor Day, the national holiday celebrating the efforts of workers. The protests, which began last week, are planned to continue until next weekend. Murphy said no further actions are planned by the group.

The Beech View Place apartments, scheduled for

Programs aims to teach students to be healthier

by Jessica Lear Staff Writer

A monthly educational program sponsored by West Virginia University promotes healthy lifestyle choices for students.

LiveWELL aims to teach students how to handle college pressures and succeed academically while staying healthy.

“LiveWELL is a lifestyle education program that encourages students to embrace

healthy lifestyles,” said Colleen Harshbarger, Director of the WELLWVU Wellness and Health Promotion.

The program, run by the WELLWVU Wellness and Health Promotion, aims to make students healthier so they can do better in school while learning lifelong health habits.

“If students can learn to take care of themselves with positive lifestyle habits when they’re young, they’ll have the skills to continue those behav-

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iors as they get older,” Harshbarger said.

LiveWELL was started largely in part because of West Virginia’s status as one of the unhealthiest states in America, coupled with WVU’s reputation as one of the top party schools.

“We know that West Virginia leads the nation in lifestyle related diseases and believe that education and prevention targeted towards the young adults at WVU can help to turn that around,” Harshbarger said.

LiveWELL will focus on a new theme every month based on data collected from the National Collegiate Health Assessment.

“For liveWELL we have a different theme each month.

For August and September it’s drinkWell,” said Kati Seelbach, a senior multidisciplinary studies major and representative for WELLWVU. In October, students can

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Tuesday August 30, 2011

HURRICANE IRENE: THE AFTERMATH

Irene’s death toll continues to rise

People take photos of a washed-out section of Route 7 south of Rutland, Vt., Monday, following heavy rains from Tropical Storm Irene that swelled rivers the day before.

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — The full measure of Hurricane Irene’s fury came into focus Monday as the death toll jumped to 38, New England towns battled epic floods and millions faced the dispiriting prospect of several days without electricity.

From North Carolina to Maine, communities cleaned up and took stock of the uneven and hard-to-predict costs of a storm that spared the nation’s biggest city a nightmare scenario, only to deliver a historic wallop to towns well inland.

In New York City, where people had braced for a disaster-movie scene of water swirling around skyscrapers, the subways and buses were up and running again in time for the Monday morning commute. And to the surprise of many New Yorkers, things went pretty smoothly.

But in New England, landlocked Vermont contended with what its governor called the worst flooding in a century. Streams also raged out of control in upstate New York.

In many cases, the moment of maximum danger arrived well after the storm had passed, as rainwater made its way into rivers and streams and turned them into torrents.

Irene dumped up to 11 inches of rain on Vermont and more than 13 in parts of New York.

“We were expecting heavy rains,” said Bobbi-Jean Jeun of Clarksville, a hamlet near Albany, N.Y. “We were expecting flooding. We weren’t expecting devastation. It looks like somebody set a bomb off.”

Meanwhile, the 11-state death toll, which had stood

at 21 as of Sunday night, rose sharply as bodies were pulled from floodwaters and people were electrocuted by downed power lines.

The tally of Irene’s destruction mounted, too. An apparently vacant home exploded in an evacuated, flooded area in Pompton Lakes, N.J., early Monday, and firefighters had to battle the flames from a boat. In the Albany, N.Y., suburb of Guilderland, police rescued two people Monday after their car was swept away. Rescuers found them three hours later, clinging to trees along the swollen creek.

“It’s going to take time to recover from a storm of this magnitude,” President Barack Obama warned as he promised the government would do everything in its power to help people get back on their feet.

For many people, the aftermath could prove more painful than the storm itself.

In North Carolina, where Irene blew ashore along the Outer Banks on Saturday before heading for New York and New England, 1,000 people were still in emergency shelters, awaiting word on their homes.

At the same time, nearly 5 million homes and businesses in a dozen states were still without electricity, and utilities warned it might be a week or more before some people got their power back.

“Once the refrigerator gets warm, my insulin goes bad. I could go into diabetic shock.

It’s kind of scary because we don’t know how long it’s going to be out for,” said Patricia Dillon, a partially paralyzed resident of a home for the

disabled in Milford, Conn., where the electricity was out and a generator failed. Her voice cracking, she added: “I’m very tired, stressed out, aggravated, scared.”

Russ Furlong of Barrington, R.I., ruefully remembered the two weeks he went without power after Hurricane Bob 20 years ago.

“Hopefully, we won’t have to wait that long this time,” he said. “Last night we had candles. It was romantic. It was fun. But that feeling doesn’t last too long.”

Up and down the Eastern Seaboard, commuters and vacationers found their travel plans scrambled. Airlines warned it would be days before the thousands of passengers stranded by Irene find their way home. Some Amtrak service in the Northeast was suspended. Commuter trains between New Jersey and New York City were not running.

Trains between the city and its northern suburbs were also disrupted.

Kris and Jennifer Sylvester of Brooklyn sat on a bench in the town center in Woodstock, N.Y., with luggage at their feet and their daughters, aged 4 and 9, holding signs reading, “Need a Ride 2 NYC” and “Help Us, No Bus, No Train.”

They rode Amtrak out for a long weekend in the country, but were unable to get home.

“We’re hoping for anything,” Jennifer Sylvester said.

In Vermont, the state’s emergency management headquarters stood empty, evacuated because of river flooding from Irene’s heavy rains. Rescuers used a boat and bucket loaders to

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pluck seven people from a swamped mobile home park in Lyndonville.

In upstate New York, authorities were closely watching major dams holding back drinking water reservoirs.

Throughout the region, hundreds of roads were impassable because of flooding or fallen trees, and some bridges had simply given way, including a 156-year-old hand-hewn, wooden, covered bridge across Schoharie Creek in Blenheim, N.Y. In all, more than a dozen towns in Vermont and at least three in New York remained cut off by flooded roads and bridges.

Still, there were glimmers of good news. In Pennsylvania, the Delaware River largely remained in its banks, cresting several feet lower than feared. The forecast for flooding on the Mohawk River in New York also eased at Schenectady, N.Y., where officials had worried that high water might threaten the city’s drinking water and sewage treatment plant.

Early estimates put Irene’s damage at $7 billion to $10 billion, much smaller than the impact of monster storms such as Hurricane Katrina, which did more than $100 billion in damage. Irene’s effects are small compared to the overall U.S. economy, which produces about $14 trillion of goods and services every year.

While hard-hit regions, such as the North Carolina coast, will suffer from lost tourism, rebuilding homes, repairing cars, and fixing streets and bridges should provide a small boost to economy, experts said.

For NYC mayor, much at stake as storm approached NEW YORK (AP) — A few drops of rain fell early Saturday morning as Mayor Michael Bloomberg was about to talk to reporters about the encroaching Hurricane Irene. A staffer said the news conference was being moved under a nearby overhang, but somehow that never happened.

After examining some flatbottomed NYPD boats with Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly, the mayor stood in the open to deliver his remarks. He barely blinked as the rain began falling harder, and spoke in a steady voice as it soaked his button-down shirt.

“Heed the warnings,” Bloomberg said as he urged that residents evacuate. “It isn’t cute to say, ‘I’m tougher than any storm.’ ... I hope this is not necessary, but it’s certainly

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Workers at a residential building in the financial district of downtown Manhattan stack sand bags in anticipation of flood waters in the hours before Hurricane Irene’s arrival. prudent.”

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alyzing blizzard, Bloomberg hammered home the fact that he was taking Irene seriously.

He made an expensive, inconvenient and politically risky call, ordering 370,000 people to leave their homes in low-lying areas. And after the city ended up not seeing the urban nightmare he had warned about, he made no apologies.

“We were just unwilling to risk the life of a single New Yorker,” he said Sunday, after a night he said was spent getting up to look out the window at the storm and ultimately feeling relief as he realized the city had been largely spared. “I don’t know whether because of our decisions nobody died ... or maybe it was just luck. But the bottom line is, I would make the same decisions again without hesitation.”

Irene caused damage from North Carolina to Vermont

and left more than 20 people dead. In New York City, there were downed trees, flooding and some power outages, but no deaths and no injuries as of Sunday night – although a day later authorities said one person had drowned in the storm.

Some New Yorkers complained that the hurricane – actually a tropical storm when it reached the city – had been overblown, but many others praised Bloomberg.

“You can’t take the chance,” said Shafqat Ullah, back behind the wheel of his cab after riding out the storm with no incident at his Brooklyn home.

“The city or other management is not controlling it. It’s nature.

You can’t fight with nature.”

Sara Daver, who evacuated her financial district apartment during the storm, said she thought Bloomberg had been savvy and justified.

“If I was in his situation, I’d rather do too much than do too little,” she said. “If something bad had happened, it would have all been his fault.”

If many New Yorkers share that view, Bloomberg may enjoy a political rebound as he nears a decade in City Hall.

In recent months, voters have criticized him on a number of issues, including his treatment of New York’s public schools and his handling of a tight city budget – a signature issue. He spent more than $5 million of his own money on campaignstyle ads promoting his agenda without seeing any significant change in his sagging approval numbers.

AT A GLANCE:

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Charlotte Levine was killed early Sunday when a falling NORTH CAROLINA: 6 tree limb pulled power lines onto her house and started zz Katherine Morales Cruz, 15, of Manassas Park, Va., died a fire.

Saturday afternoon after the zz In Bristol, 46-year-old Shane SUV carrying her and family Seaver died after he and anmembers collided with another man went canoeing other SUV at an intersection down a flooded street and where Hurricane Irene had the canoe capsized. Seavknocked out power to trafer’s body washed ashore late fic lights.

Sunday in Plainville. zz Ricky Webb, 63, who lived on a Nash County farm near DELAWARE: 2 Nashville, was killed after a zz In Hockessin, New Castle tree limb fell on him outside County Police found the bodhis home Saturday morning. ies of two men who had sent a text message to a friend zz Tim Avery, 50, was found sitting in a chair facing the telesaying that they were runvision after strong winds topning through Irene during pled a tree onto his Ayden the height of the storm. home. zz In Pitt County, Jose Manuel FLORIDA: 2 zz In Volusia County, 55-yearFarabia Corona, 21, of Dover, old Frederick Fernandez died died in a traffic accident afSaturday off New Smyrna ter his SUV went off a road Beach after he was tossed off and twice slammed into trees his board by massive waves early Saturday as Irene’s cencaused by Irene. ter began to make landfall. zz In Flagler County, 55-yearold tourist James Palmer of zz Sabrina Anne Jones, 26, of Clinton, died when a tree fell New Jersey died Saturday in on a car carrying her, her husrough surf. band and their young daughter Saturday afternoon.

MARYLAND: 1 zz In Queen Anne’s County, Md., zz New Hanover County deputies on Sunday afternoon re85-year-old Anne Bell was covered the body of Melton killed when a tree knocked Robinson Jr., who had been a chimney through the glass missing since falling or jumproof of the sunroom where ing into the Cape Fear River she was sitting. as storms from Irene reached North Carolina on Friday MASSACHUSETTS: 1 night. zz In Southbridge, 52-yearold public works employee PENNSYLVANIA: 5 Richard Gorgone was electrocuted Monday morning zz Michael Scerarko, 44, was killed Sunday when a tree when he touched a railing on fell on him in his yard. his front porch that had become electrified by downed zz A 58-year-old Harrisburg man was killed Sunday morning power lines, officials said. when a tree toppled onto his tent, state police said.

NEW JERSEY: 6 zz Michael Kenwood, an emer- zz A man in a camper was crushed by a tree in northgency medical technician, eastern Pennsylvania’s Ludied of injuries after being zerne County, officials said. knocked over by floodwaters zz A motorist was killed on the in Princeton.

Pennsylvania Turnpike when zz Celena Sylvestri, 20, of Quinhe lost control of his car durton, called her boyfriend and ing the storm in Carbon then 911 early Sunday seekCounty, skidded over an eming help getting out of her bankment and hit a tree. flooded car in Pilesgrove. zz The body of Ronald Dawkins, zz The body of 64-year-old Patricia O’Neill, of East Norria 47-year-old postal worker, ton, was discovered Sunday was found about two hours afternoon in the Wissahickon after he abandoned his parCreek, around a half-mile tially submerged vehicle from where her car was found stepped into a hidden drainin the flooded waterway. age creek. zz Scott Palecek, 39, was walkVERMONT: 3 ing in Wanaque when a pipe broke loose and swept him zz Rutland Water Treatment Plant Supervisor Michael Joaway in floodwaters Sunday. seph Garofano had been zz The body of Jorge Hernanchecking Sunday afternoon dez, 25, of Point Pleasant on a water system intake in Beach, was found Monday Mendon. morning in a Manasquan zz A body recovered from the River inlet jetty.

Deerfield River is believed to zz The body of another man was be that of a woman who fell found in Manasquan River inin while watching flooding in let in Point Pleasant Beach on Wilmington.

Monday afternoon. zz Police said another man was found dead in Lake Rescue in NEW YORK: 6 Ludlow. zz Rozalia Gluck, 82, of Brooklyn, drowned in a cottage in the VIRGINIA: 4 Catskills community of Fleischmanns that was swamped zz Newport News authorities reported that 11-year-old Zaby floodwaters. hir Robinson was killed when zz A man in his 50s was electroa tree crashed through his cuted in Spring Valley when apartment. he tried to help a child who had gone into a flooded zz In Brunswick County, a tree fell across a car Saturday afstreet with downed wires. ternoon, killing 67-year-old zz Sharon Stein, 68, drowned in James Blackwell of Brodnax. a creek as she and her husband were evacuating their zz Chesterfield County police say a man died at a Hopewell New Scotland home Sunday. hospital Saturday after a tree zz Police in Suffolk County say fell on a house he was in.

68-year-old Joseph Rocco of East Islip drowned while zz A King William County man, 57-year-old William P. Washwindsurfing in Bellport Bay. ington, was killed when a zz One man died after his intree fell on him as he was flatable boat capsized on the cutting another tree SaturCroton River. day night. zz The body of 68-year-old

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Tuesday August 30, 2011

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Michigan man killed by grizzly bear in Yellowstone BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Wildlife agents were trying to capture a grizzly bear in Yellowstone National Park on Monday after it killed a Michigan hiker in the second fatal bear attack this summer at the famed park.

The body of John Wallace, 59, was discovered Friday in a backcountry area known for its high population of bears.

An autopsy concluded he died from injuries sustained in a bear attack.

After a fatal mauling last month – the first inside the increasingly crowded park in 25 years – authorities let the responsible grizzly go because it was protecting its cubs.

This time, rangers have set traps with the intent to capture and kill the bruin that attacked Wallace. Its guilt would be established through DNA analysis connecting it to evidence found at the mauling scene, park officials said.

“We know of no witnesses to the attack,” park superintendent Dan Wenk said Monday. “We’re going to err on the safe side of caution since we’ll never really know the circumstances in this case.”

The bear that killed Wallace is believed to be a different animal than the one in the July killing.

The earlier mauling occurred about eight miles away from where Wallace’s body was found. In that instance, a female bear with cubs attacked a couple from California, killing the man before fleeing.

There were no signs of cubs in the area where Wallace was killed.

Park spokesman Al Nash said the chances of trapping the killer bear are uncertain.

A favorite food for some grizzlies, the nuts of whitebark pine trees, became available in the last several days. That typi-

Insurers drive stocks higher; Dow Jones rises 254 points

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Trader Gordon Charlop, right, works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Monday.

NEW YORK (AP) — So much for Irene.

Stocks rose broadly Monday, led by insurance companies, after it became clear that the tropical storm caused far less damage than many had feared.

An increase in U.S. consumer spending also helped, as did as did a rare piece of good news from Greece: a merger of two major banks.

The Dow Jones industrial average jumped 254 points.

Trading volume, or the number of shares bought and sold, was the lowest since July 26 as many traders struggled to get to work in Lower Manhattan or were on vacation.

Insurance stocks rose sharply as analysts lowered their estimates of how much damage the storm would cause. Allstate Corp. rose 8.5 percent, Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. rose 13 percent, and Travelers Cos. Inc. rose 5.1 percent. Insurance and banking stocks in the Standard & Poor’s 500 rose 4.2 percent, the most of the 10 company groups that make up the index.

Kinetic Analysis Corp., a consulting firm, sharply lowered its estimate of storm damage from $20 billion late Thursday to $7 billion late Sunday as the storm weakened. Of that amount, insurers would probably have to cover up to $3 billion, Kinetic said. That’s less than the $6 billion the industry paid after Hurricane Isabel struck the region in 2003.

“The U.S. came more or less unscathed through the hurricane,” said Kim Caughey Forrest, equity research analyst at Fort Pitt Capital Group. “The cleanup isn’t going to cost as much as anticipated.”

Utilities companies also rose after it became clear their storm-related expenses would be lower than earlier estimates.

Duke Energy Corp., which serves customers in the Carolinas, rose 1.1 percent. New York’s biggest utility company, Consolidated Edison Inc., rose 1.3 percent.

The New York Stock Exchange and other major U.S. exchanges opened as usual Monday after making extensive preparations over the weekend. At the NYSE, executives brought in dozens of cots so employees could sleep

there to be ready for the opening bell.

The Dow Jones industrial average rose 254.71 points, or 2.3 percent, to close at 11,539.25.

It is now down just 0.3 percent for the year. It had been down as much as 7.4 percent for the year on Aug. 10.

The Standard & Poor’s 500 index rose 33.28 points, or 2.8 percent, to 1,210.08. The widely used market benchmark is now up 8.1 percent since on Aug. 8, when it hit low for the year because of a downgrade of the U.S. government’s credit rating.

The technology-focused Nasdaq composite index rose 82.26, or 3.3 percent, to 2,562.11.

The Russell 2000 index, a benchmark for small companies, rose 32.86 points, or 4.7 percent, to 724.65. The stairstep pattern of gains, from 2.3 percent in the Dow to 4.7 percent in the Russell, suggested investors were more willing to take on risk. Small company stocks are more likely to fall in economic downturns, but they also offer the potential of larger gains if the economy does well.

The Russell is still down 7.5 percent this year, nearly twice as much as the S&P 500.

Bank of America Corp. rose 8.1 percent, the most of the 30 stocks that make up the Dow average, after the bank said it would sell half of its stake in China Construction Bank Corp. The bank has been selling assets to raise cash to comply with new banking regulations.

Last week, billionaire Warren Buffett’s company, Berkshire Hathaway Inc., said it would invest $5 billion in BofA, giving the troubled company a badly needed boost. The nation’s largest bank has lost 34 percent of its value over the past year as investors worry that its liabilities from soured mortgages will get worse and that it will have to sell large amounts of stock to raise capital.

An increase in consumer spending also helped push stocks higher. The government reported that spending rose 0.8 percent in July. It was a sharp turnaround from June, when Americans cut spending 0.1 percent, the first decline in 20 months.

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cally draws bears to elevations higher than where Wallace was killed, Nash said.

Wallace had entered the park alone last Wednesday and pitched a tent in a developed campground, Wenk said.

Authorities said he likely was killed Wednesday or Thursday during a solo hike along the Mary Mountain Trail. The trail is closed from March to June because it passes through an area frequented by grizzlies feeding on the carcasses of bison that died over the winter, park officials said.

It is typically re-opened for public use on June 15, after the carcasses have been eaten, Nash said.

There are more than 600 bears in the greater Yellowstone area, and Chris Servheen, grizzly bear recovery coordinator for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, said the Hayden Valley where Wallace was killed is

known to have “a lot of bears.”

Wallace’s body was found along the trail in an area of open meadows interspersed with small stands of trees. He was about five miles from the nearest trailhead, where his vehicle was later located. Authorities said he was not carrying bear spray – mace-like canisters of compressed pepper spray used to defend against bear attacks.

A snack bar was found in his closed backpack, but authorities said it did not appear the grizzly tried to get at the food.

Rangers also found numerous adult grizzly tracks and scat, or bear droppings, near Wallace’s body.

A resident of Chassell, Mich., Wallace worked for about 20 years at the Portage Lake District Library in Houghton, a city in Michigan’s western Upper Peninsula. He was married and had no children, said Shawn

Leche, the library director.

Leche described Wallace as a quiet, easygoing man and conscientious worker who loved books, opera and the outdoors. He had asked for vacation time to camp and hike at Yellowstone, a park he had visited before, Leche said.

“It’s hideously perverse to think that someone who loved nature so much would come to such an untimely end at the hand of nature,” he said.

Two trails and a section of the Hayden Valley west of Yellowstone’s Grand Loop Road remained closed to hikers. Hikers elsewhere in the park were asked to stay on trails, hike in groups of three or more and carry bear spray.

Once a rare sight even in the wilds of Yellowstone, grizzly bears have become an almost routine cause for curious tourists lining up along the park’s roadsides for a glimpse. The

bears are protected from hunting even outside the park under the Endangered Species Act. Conflicts between humans and grizzlies have been slowly increasing in the Northern Rockies in recent years as the bear population recovered from near-extinction last century. Most interactions are relatively benign, such as raids on orchards or trash cans.

Yet Wallace’s death was the fourth caused by grizzlies in the greater Yellowstone region in the last two years.

Despite the killings, officials said the rate of dangerous encounters in the park is extremely low given that more than 3 million people visit the park every year.

“We’ve averaged one encounter that has caused injuries a year for the past 25 years,” Wenk said. “The record speaks for itself.”

32-year sentence given in Chicago death CHICAGO (AP) — The last suspect convicted in the 2009 videotaped beating death of a Chicago honors student was sentenced Monday to 32 years in prison, ending a tragic case that symbolized the brutality of youth violence and sparked outrage around the country.

Lapoleon Colbert, 20, was convicted of first-degree murder in June for participating in the mob attack on 16-year-old Derrion Albert. In addition to watching the beating, which was captured on a cellphone camera, a jury heard a recording of a police interrogation in which he admitted to kicking Albert in the head and stomping on him while he lay defenseless on the ground.

Before his sentencing, Colbert apologized to Albert’s family and pleaded with the judge.

“This is my first offense, have mercy on me,” Lapoleon said, standing to face Albert’s family before sitting silently with his hands folded in front of him.

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Continued from page 1 take part in loveWELL, followed by themes such as eatWELL, sleepWELL and chillWELL, which teaches students how to relax and reduce stress.

“The content delivered in liveWELL is directly related to key areas that students identify as impediments to their academic success,” Harshbarger said.

One of the ways liveWELL is

But Judge Nicholas Ford was not swayed. He previously had handed down prison sentences of 32 years to two other defendants convicted during separate trials and 26 years to a fourth who pleaded guilty.

A fifth suspect tried as a juvenile was ordered to remain imprisoned until he turns 21.

“There is a growing tolerance of conduct that history would view as unconscionable,” Ford said. People better “start understanding that there is a difference between right and wrong.”

The September 2009 fight erupted near Fenger High School on the city’s South Side where Albert and Colbert attended classes. In the video, Derrion’s attackers are seen punching and kicking him, slamming him over the head with large boards and finally, stomping on his head.

The sight of Albert trying to defend himself against waves of attackers, staggering to his feet and then crashing to the street

again as he was unable to cover his body from all the kicks and punches, prompted the Chicago police and school officials to promise dramatic improvements in security around schools. From Washington, President Barack Obama dispatched two top Cabinet officials to the city to discuss ways to quell the violence.

Albert’s family has reacted calmly to the verdicts. To them, the tragedy is about six young men thrown together on a sunny afternoon, just days into the beginning of the school year, and how all their lives were destroyed in a matter of minutes.

“The hard part is now six young guys, basically their lives are over – Derrion’s unequivocally, and these (five) guys are all going away for a long time,” said Norman Golliday, Derrion’s grandfather, in an interview. “Who knows what any of them could have been and what they could have accomplished.”

Chicago officials said they implemented various programs to help students get safely past neighborhoods where just walking by posed a danger – as well as initiatives such as conflict resolution programs inside the schools.

Among the security measures was a pilot program installing cameras allowing Chicago police to monitor events around Fenger and two other schools. Officials recently said that the number of crimes, arrests and cases of misconduct dropped dramatically at Fenger as a result, and that they would spend $7 million to introduce the cameras at a dozen other troubled schools.

“Despite the tough economic times facing our district, we’re taking additional steps to reduce crime and create school environments that are safe for students and staff,” Chicago Public Schools CEO Jean-Claude Brizard said in a statement when unveiling the program.

trying to gain student participation is through giving away wristbands each month.

“Students get a band like the Livestrong bands, but they’re liveWELL. If they earn 5 bands by the end of the year, they will be entered for a chance to win a larger prize. Last year it was an iPad,” Seelbach said.

The promotion seems to be working, as Harshbarger believes the program is a success.

“So far the program has been incredibly well received by students,” she said.

Students can get involved in liveWELL by attending information sessions around campus.

“Throughout the year we come into residence halls and the Mountainlair to do events and programs for students all based on our liveWELL campaign,” Seelbach said.

Incoming freshmen have already experienced the liveWELL program through the AlcoholEdu survey they had to complete this summer.

“AlcoholEdu was required for all incoming students un-

der 21 and is an example of a drinkWELL educational program,” Harshbarger said.

Freshmen are expected to complete a second part of their AlcoholEdu class and will have the opportunity to participate in more liveWELL programs throughout the year.

Though Harshbarger believes the program is a success, she said they are in the process of developing ideas that can broaden liveWELL’s reach.

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Construction was originally scheduled to be finished by August of this year, but it was pushed back due to weather conditions, said Tom Janidias, Beech View developer, in March.

The bottom level of the complex will be used for commercial space and will consist of a food store, a nail salon, an ice cream shop and restaurants. charles.young@mail.wvu.edu

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THE WEEK AHEAD TODAY AUGUST 30

WVU WRESTLING will be holding an informational meeting for anyone interested in wrestling this year.

Meeting will be held at 4 p.m. in the Jerry West Lounge in the Coliseum. Anyone interested must also attend Wednesday’s meeting.

WVU COMPETITIVE CHEERLEADING CLUB will be having an informational meeting from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the Laurel Room of the Mountainlair. For more information, call 304-483-6410.

WEDNESDAY AUGUST 31

WVU WRESTLING will be holding an informational meeting for anyone interested in wrestling this year.

Meeting will be held at 4 p.m. in the Jerry West Lounge in the Coliseum.

WVU MEN’S ROWING informational meeting will be held at 7 p.m. in the Mountaineer Room on the second floor of the Mountainlair. For more information, contact jlapointe36@gmail.com.

THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 1

WVU WOMEN’S ROWING informational meeting will be held at 7 p.m. in the Shenandoah Room in the Mountainlair. You only need to attend one meeting.

Anyone who cannot make the meeting contact tina.griffith@ mail.wvu.edu.

THE JOHN HENRY WORKS,

by Nyame Brown, will be open from 12 p.m. to 9:30 p.m at the Creative Arts Center on the Evansdale Campus. The galleries will be open until October 6. For more information, call 304-293-2312.

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 2

WVU WOMEN’S ROWING informational meeting will be held at 5 p.m. in the meeting room at the Rec Center.

You only need to attend one meeting. Anyone who cannot make the meeting contact tina.griffith@mail.wvu.edu.

WVU FANFEST will be held at 5 p.m. on the Mountainlair Plaza. The community is invited to support the university’s many sports teams for their upcoming seasons.

EVERY TUESDAY

MOUNTAINEERS FOR CHRIST, a Christian student organization, hosts free supper and Bible study at its Christian Student Center. Supper is at 8:15 p.m., and Bible study begins at 9 p.m. All students are welcome. For more information, call 304-599-6151 or visit www.mountaineersforchrist.org.

WVU SWING DANCE CLUB meets at 7:45 p.m. in Multipurpose Room A of the Student Recreation Center. No

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

partner needed. Advanced and beginners are welcome. For more information, email wvuswingdance@ gmail.com.

SIERRA STUDENT COALITION meets at 7 p.m. in the Blackwater Room of the Mountainlair. The group is a grassroots environmental organization striving for tangible change in our campus and community. For more information, contact Kayla at kmedina2@mix.wvu.edu.

FEMINIST MAJORITY LEADERSHIP ALLIANCE meets in the Women’s Studies Lounge of Eiesland Hall at 6 p.m. For more information, email rsnyder9@mix.wvu.edu.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL WVU CHAPTER meets at 7 p.m. in Room 106 of Woodburn Hall.

CONTINUAL

WELLNESS PROGRAMS on topics such as nutrition, sexual health and healthy living are provided for interested student groups, organizations or classes by WELLWVU Student 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, contact Adrienne Hines at vc_srsh@hotmail. com or 304-599-5020.

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.

CONFIDENTIAL COUNSELING SERVICES are provided for free by the Carruth Center for Psychological and Psychiatric Services. A walkin 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 304293-4117. 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 looking for service organizations to provide dinner for 20 to 40 Family House guests. For more information, call 304-598-6094 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 MCLV2@ comcast.net.

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

THE CONDOM CLOSET, a project of WELL WVU Student Wellness and Health Promotion, will be in the Mountainlair Kanawha Room from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m.

THE CONDOM CARAVAN, a project of WELL WVU Student Wellness and Health Promotion, will be in the Mountainlair from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m.

The Caravan sells condoms for 25 cents or five for $1.

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.

INTERVARSITY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP is an interdenominational student-led organization that meets weekly on campus. Everyone is welcome to attend events. For more information, email Daniel at ivcfwvu@ yahoo.com or visit the IVCF website at www.wvuiv.org.edu.

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BY JACQUELINE BIGAR BORN TODAY This year, you swing from extremely practical to high-minded.

You often seem to be detail-oriented, while at other times you can be friendly and charming. People interacting with you might not know which voice to respond to. You will tend to be viewed as unpredictable, especially concerning finances. You also have an unusual amount of creativity and the ability to transform emotional situations. If you are attached, your partner could be whimsical and at times spontaneous. If you are single, you’ll meet someone quite interesting this year. Curb a tendency to be too jealous or possessive. You could be pushing suitors away. LIBRA helps you make money.

lighted by what you discover. Tonight: Light up your life, as well as a loved one’s.

CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22) HHH The urge to stay close to home seems to prevent you from getting out the door. Trust your feelings and decide to stay home.

The unexpected hits on many sides of your life. Someone you care about is changing before your very eyes. Tonight: Order in.

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22) HHH Be aware of the costs of an indulgence. You might have difficulty determining what is a necessity. A boss lets you know how appreciative he or she is. Unexpected developments involve communication and mechanical equipment. Tonight: Hanging out.

ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19) HHH Use caution with your finances. What has been fortunate might not be quite as lucky at this point. Brainstorm with a trusted friend in order to solidify an idea. The unexpected sheds new light on a partnership. Tonight: Sort through suggestions.

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22) HHHHH You smile, and others respond. Intuitively, you make the right move involving someone at a distance, education and/or travel. Don’t be coerced by someone’s neediness or demanding nature.

You know what is best for you. Tonight: Your treat.

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20) HHHH You have become quite intuitive, knowing what works and what doesn’t. Today, you might be more reflective and have a long-overdue talk with someone who dominates your life. Seek out new information. Tonight: Off to the gym.

LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22) HHHH You might be laid back in the morning, but you know to put your best foot forward in the afternoon. A partner could feel so drawn in that he or she might need to pull back. Stay easy, and think about your long-term desires. Tonight: Whatever knocks your socks off.

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20) HHHHH There could be considerable tension between two different areas of your life. Allow your imagination to seek out unusual answers. You could be surprised and de-

SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21) HHH Use the morning for meetings. By the afternoon, you might want to pull back and come to a new understanding. How you

handle a personal matter could impact those involved more than you realize.

Think positively. Tonight: Vanish while you can.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21) HHHH You grab the limelight early on today. Express some of the ideas that flash by you during a discussion. Getting feedback could be very positive. The unexpected could impact a budding friendship. Tonight: Don’t be alone.

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19) HHHHH You might want to see a situation very differently from in the past. An unexpected insight causes you to regroup.

You feel that maintaining a certain demeanor might be important. Tonight: Could be late.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18) HHHH The unanticipated tosses your plans in the air. You might wonder when you can apply more of your adventurous ideas to a situation. The only person holding you back is you. Start exploring an outlet and a situation where you can learn and grow. Tonight: Treat yourself to a midweek movie.

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20) HHHH You might not realize how serious a partner could be about doing things his or her way. Challenging this person at the moment would be nothing but a mistake. Allow this person to have the comfort of having it his or her way. Tonight: Say “yes” to an invitation.

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Tuesday August 30, 2011

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Blame capitalism for lack of local work Members of the West Virginia District of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Council of Carpenters protested the employment of out-of-state workers by MEDCO, the construction company currently building the Beechview Place apartments on University Ave. Monday.

The workers wanted to raise awareness of the local carpenters who are able to perform the duties required for the building of Beechview Place, as well as other projects in the

area.

The Beechview apartments will be a 233-unit student living complex close to the downtown campus.

The bottom level of the complex will be used for commercial space and include a food store, a nail salon, an ice cream shop and restaurants.

While the workers do have a point, there is more to the situation than the public will get from their signs.

For one, the workers who are currently constructing the

building are part of a company that is not based in the local area, and have no vested interest in the area.

Construction companies do not hire in the local area of a job because they are required to travel. When this job is done, it is not feasible for MEDCO to hire all new workers for the next job; the crew will follow the work.

If local workers were hired for every job, construction companies would find it difficult to keep loyal and depend-

able employees.

The best way for workers to get local work is when a local company is contracted to complete the job. Then, local help would be assured.

It is not the fault of MEDCO for the situation; they bid on the job and got it, which is how a free market works in the U.S. In our cut-throat economy of today, building contracts will go to the companies that can complete the job in the most cost-efficient way, while

at the same time ensuring quality.

MEDCO simply beat their competition, which is the fault of local businesses for not bidding for the job well enough.

But when it comes down to it, it’s all about the almighty dollar. Local construction companies need to work to make their businesses thrive.

It should not be up to the public to promise work to anyone – local or not. jeremiah.yates@mail.wvu.edu

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Lower drinking age would promote healthy drinking david ciarolla columnist

Alcohol integrates into the lives of college students and presides over social life for young adults.

But how adult does the state see college aged citizens? Our nation deems us adult enough to vote responsibly, live and marry independently, and enlist in the military.

Yet, the United States joins the scant list of mostly tribal nations without repute and theocratic regimes that ban drinking altogether in denying us the legal right to alcoholic indulgence.

The National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984 uniformly rose the drinking age in all states to 21; a mere two years after the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration began analyzing alcoholrelated statistics for driving accidents.

The act’s primary motivation was to curb drunken driving accidents after many states had lowered their drinking age in response to the lowered voting age.

This old argument for a consistent age of responsibility, for voting, fighting and drinking, remains popular today, but it requires our nation to strive for a lowest common denominator of social risks.

Though, drunken driving concerns seem to contribute to the discomfort surrounding a lower drinking age, as the public opposition has remained at about three out of four for about 25 years, despite a nearly 50 percent decrease in drunken driving fatalities and an even more significant drop for under-21 fatalities.

Would a lower drinking age improve or worsen underage persons’ treatment of alcohol? Do the costs of allowing young adult drinking

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outweigh the merits of the timeless social decadence?

The risks of drinking extends to quite serious domains, from incapacitating addiction to vehicular manslaughter to fatal overdose.

If these ills to follow a straightforward trend as people gain more legal access to alcohol, there would be no suggestion of superior value

in legalizing such a menace.

But, denying a tradition so essential to the modern social atmosphere warrants more than impetuous speculation from policymakers and more importantly, their constituents.

Humans do not behave like animals on leashes in response to the law.

Loosing their reins would

not stir underage citizens to an endless rush to the liquor outlets or a unified spiral towards alcoholism.

Those interested in binge drinking continue to do it easily and frequently without purchasing rights.

In fact, abuse is more common among 18 to 21 year-olds in the U.S. than in nations like Germany, which, at 16, has a

loosely enforced drinking age.

As the current laws do not deter teens interested in using alcohol as a party drug, the illicit circumstances in which they drink promote irresponsible conduct in sheltered, inexperienced groups.

So, youths are denied the right to drink because of their irresponsible approaches to alcohol, but the law clearly

does not slow people seeking irresponsible amounts of alcohol.

It only forces them to do it in private, more dangerous environments.

How many teens have hesitated to call emergency protective or medical help because they needed to hide underage drinking?

They are also forced to buy alcohol in bulk when it is available and must drink with an attitude of youthful defiance. Both of these do nothing but add to the new drinkers’ temptation to overindulge.

A lower drinking age would barely increase teenagers’ access to alcohol but would allow public supervision over much more of their early experience with it.

They will have the opportunity to learn to use alcohol as a healthy, fun complement to their lives and perhaps still overindulge, but in more experienced knowledgeable company.

Clearly, the violent potential behind alcohol abuse stands as the primary concern in this debate.

If we must consult statistics, our most direct comparisons include healthier cultures for responsible drinking where lower age limits exist and the miserable, exacerbating effects of Prohibition.

Lowering the drinking age to 18, as nearly every other civilized country maintains, has little room for aggravating alcohol abuse and a large potential for improving our social drinking culture.

The U.S. should no longer senselessly punish our young adults on outdated, ill-researched speculation.

While the stagnant public opinion has shown no signs of changing on its own, younger students can use their rightful privileges in political activism and electoral voice to effect new consideration in the minds of the ‘adults’ with larger voting power.

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Students should continue to voice their opinions to the University tomas engle columnist

In a world where prices are rising everywhere, the last thing people need are more additions to the list.

While many goods and services have some justification as to why their price has gone up – inflation, crop failure, etc.

– others have made no significant improvements and simply harm the consumer. The increased price for parking passes across campus are a prime example of this.

From the parking passes at the three residential halls

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of West Virginia University that have parking lots – Fieldcrest, Pierpont, Summit – to the parking available at the Mountainlair, prices have either increased or new fees altogether have been imposed.

Fieldcrest Hall’s parking for example has gone from $250 to $342 over a period of just two years.

Summit Hall’s parking has seen the same increase in fees as Fieldcrest’s, but has actually seen a deterioration in quality, with the ceiling of the garage leaking a white substance staining cars.

These spots are now roped off, but nothing has been done to fix the underlying problem.

Now the cordoning off of these spots has only exacerbated the

parking problem.

The new $162 annual parking fee imposed at the Mountainlair for motorcycles: same situation, different place.

No improvement in quality at all; just paying now for something that had previously been free. Hopefully this will be the last straw, as The Daily Athenaeum reported last week, students who ride motorcycles protested in the Mountainlair parking garage by parking without paying and collecting signatures for a petition to revoke or reform the new fee.

The only justification for increased parking fees that comes to mind is we are all paying for the Mountaineer Station on Health Sciences campus.

Mountaineer Station is the large parking garage, new home for Transportation Services and hoped for a “transportation hub” built in 2009.

Coupling the projected construction cost of $16 million with the fact it is constantly virtually deserted, the facility will most likely never break a profit and may not break even at the end of its usable life as a building. Because I have to explain where or what this facility is should show what a failure it has been.

Students should not be held responsible for the financial mistakes and failures of the University.

We are all paying increased tuition. With many students taking out loans, we will be

paying on for a large chunk for the rest of our lives. You would be hard-pressed to not find a student whose parents have lost their jobs in the past year, or know someone that has.

These are difficult economic times where even the stability of homes and the value of a college degree has fallen dramatically.

It’s become normal, when speaking of graduating college, to hear many reply they are continuing on to graduate school due to lack of job options.

To even get to the point where professors are advising freshmen in introduction courses that they will have to continue on to graduate school just to find a decent job, makes

the University look less like an educational institution and more like a pyramid scheme with a football team.

Continually raising parking prices with no visible improvements, or legitimate explanations as to why, just adds to the general malaise college students are faced with here.

We are not only often resented by locals (who we keep in business), but we are also taken advantage of by the University’s near-monopoly on parking.

Students should peacefully demonstrate and protest, like the motorcyclists, to voice our grievances and get the answers we deserve from the University and the town we give so much of our lives and money to.

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Tyler, The Creator beat out top acts at VMA’s charles young associate city editor

Tyler, the Creator, the gravel-voiced ring leader of the Los Angeles-based skaterap collective Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All, won Best New Artist at the MTV Video Music awards Sunday night.

Althought the VMA’s have seemed to lose personality and MTV doesn’t even play the majority of the videos they handed out awards for, this is a huge step for Tyler and his gang of wolves.

Two years ago, Tyler spent his days skateboarding with his friends and infrequently attending film school. Out of

creative boredom and frustration, Tyler organized his group of friends into a makeshift collective which came to be known as Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All. The group set up a Tumblr account and began to self-release albums, videos and photos. With the release of Tyler’s debut album “Bastard,” the group’s Tumblr began to attract considerable attention from both fans and critics.

The thing that has helped Odd Future generate buzz is not their do-it-yourself work ethic or their surprising young age. It’s the shocking, controversial content of their lyrics and images. The group is antireligion, anti-parent, anti-just about everything. Tyler and his friends do whatever they

want, all the time, and make no secret about it. Tyler’s abstract, stream of concise lyrics feature murder, violence, Supreme box logo hoodies, ninjas, dolphins and depression.

On February 11 Tyler released the self-directed video for “Yonkers,” the first single off his second album “Goblin.” The black-and-white video, which shows Tyler eating bugs and eventually hanging himself, went viral online and quickly generated millions of views.

Thanks to the internet hype, Tyler was able to sign a unique one-album deal with British indie label XL to distribute “Goblin.” The deal allowed Tyler to maintain complete creative control over every aspect of the music and

to terminate the contract following the album’s release.

The album has currently sold over 100,000 copies in the U.S. alone.

Despite the impressive sale numbers, very few people outside of the underground music scene, know who Tyler and Odd Future are. Sunday night, all that changed. As soon as Tyler won “Best New Artist,” the hash tags “wolf gang” and “swag” began trending on Twitter. Monday morning, mainstream news outlets, like the Huffington Post, carried stories of Tyler’s success.

Now that the whole world is beginning to hear about Tyler and his friends, the question on everyone’s mind is, “What’s next?”

Will this change their style?

Tyler, The Creator took audiences by storm Monday night at the VMA’s.

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Their sound? Will the move with everything else they do, toward the mainstream cost the ball is completely in Odd them fans?

Future’s court.

To find out, we’ll have to charles.young@mail.wvu.edu wait for their next move. As

Fall Fashion in Morgantown CHRISTINA GUTIERREZ a&e correspondent

Although Lady Gaga’s fashion choices at the Video Music Awards were a hot topic of discussion, contemporary fashion is geared more toward, well, anything she wouldn’t wear.

While raw meat and cross -dressing will get you noticed, cotton and leather should be the real staples in your closet this year.

The key to maintaining a fashionable wardrobe this semester is mastering a balance between basic pieces and interesting accessories.

“Scarves are really in, and nude shoes are a must,” said senior occupational therapy major Cortney Grigsby.

Basic pieces will be your best friends. It’s not about the clothes you have but how you work with them.

Senior biology major Suzan Bilgesu chooses basic items because of the many uses and ways to wear them.

“They are multifaceted gar-

ments,” Bilgesu said, “the plain white T, for example, can dressed down with cutoff shorts or worn jeans or dressed it up with darker denim and perhaps a sweater or blazer,” Bilgesu said.

The biggest thing to keep in mind is to have an open mind.

The trendiest looks are ones that are slightly different without appearing awkward. So keep an eye out for unusual pieces that can create an interesting look.

Former WVU student, Dina Hocevar, lives by these simple rules.

“Blazers are a definite must, they’re perfect for almost any occasion,” Hocevar said, “and riding boots are my favorite thing to wear in the cooler weather.”

There are many different approaches to fall fashion. The great thing about it is that you can have a signature look or switch it up every day.

Senior forest resources management major Katy Trupo is ready more than ready for the temperature to drop. She uses the fall season as an opportunity to layer up and wear comfy, earthy clothes.

“I love to wear my Chacos

with comfortable layers, and long skirts of course!” Trupo said.

Despite what so many shaggyhaired, baggy-pant wearing guys may think, fashion is an important part of both male’s and female’s lives.

Senior business management major, Jon Miller, is just one of the many well-dressed men on campus who actually look forward to the available fashion that comes along with the weather change.

“Whenever fall comes around I look forward to wearing jeans and Timberlands with polos and button downs,” Miller said.

Senior horticulture major, John Wagers, also takes the season’s fashion trends into consideration but refuses to give in to certain trends.

“Skinny jeans and male leggings are not cool even if Wayne rocks them,” Wagers said.

Despite the many trends out there, the most important thing about fall fashion, and fashion in general, is to be inspired but ultimately create a style all your own. christina.gutierrez@mail.wvu.edu

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Leighann Durham, a senior industrial engineering student, shows off accessories including a ring that belonged to her grandmother.

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Trivium, an up-and-coming metal band, has recently released their new album “In Waves.”

Trivium’s ‘In Waves’ is recorded well but lacks creativity, diversity hunter homistek a&e correspondent

After nearly two years of expectation and anticipation, Florida metal band Trivium released their fifth album, “In Waves.”

The album debuted at 13 on the Billboard Top 200, easily making it Trivium’s strongest debut to date.

Along with this, “In Waves” marked Trivium’s first release without drummer Travis Smith, who left the band in 2009 for personal reasons.

When discussing a metal album, I believe it is necessary to firstly consider the production value.

Recorded at Audiohammer Studios in Trivium’s home state of Florida, the overall production is where “In Waves” really shines.

Singer and guitarist Matt Heafy’s vocals are clear and sit perfectly in the mix; they are never overpowering, nor are they overpowered.

Heafy, like on all previous Trivium records, uses both clean singing and a wide variety of screaming techniques, all of which sound spectacu-

lar on the album.

Aside from the vocals, the guitar tone is executed very well for a modern metal album.

Trivium’s dual guitar attack sounds crisp, tight and refined, but a bit generic within the genre today.

The production team at Audiohammer Studios did a good job with new drummer Nick Augusto’s parts, as the drums are powerful and punchy with bass drum rolls that rattle your chest spread throughout the album.

I find the production value of “In Waves” to be above average, but it is truly one of the best sounding metal albums I have heard to date.

For all of the positive aspects of this new album, there is also a number of negative things that must be said about the actual songs rather than just the production quality.

If this album were an EP consisting of only tracks one through six, it would be phenomenal and would almost certainly leave listeners thirsting for more.

This is not the case from track seven to the album’s conclusion at track 13. It is as if the album is stuck on

repeat.

The songs start to melt together, and Trivium’s style that seemed unique at the album’s launch is now a repetitive mess of Heafy’s alternating screamed verses and clean choruses.

Too-often-harmonized guitars and snare blast beats make Augusto seem like the kid who needs to show off in band class on his first day.

Such is the downfall of Trivium’s “In Waves.”

While the production team did a fantastic job making the album a worthy exhibition of applied modern recording technologies, the songwriting simply could not hold itself to the same standard of excellence.

In my eyes, “In Waves” marks a step backwards for a promising young band who is struggling to find their sound.

Truth be told, Trivium’s “In Waves” has you head-banging for the first twenty minutes and just banging your head on a concrete wall for the remainder of the album.

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Arco Iris returns to WVU with tie-dye for 20th consecutive year by jake potts a&e editor

For almost two decades, Matt and Linda Martin have returned to the sidewalk in front of the Mountainlair selling their tie-dyed clothes and other fabrics to West Virginia University students.

For 25 years, Matt and Linda have been designing and selling clothes at several universities, festivals and other social junctions.

“We’ve been coming to WVU, actually to about this same spot for the past 20 years, and business is as good as ever,” Matt said.

Matt and his wife are the only employees in their business, Arco Iris, but claim to be better known throughout Morgantown as Matt and Linda.

The couple designs a lot of the clothes and other items they sell and travel to several other countries to get the final

production of their inventiveness produced.

“We like to travel all over the place, and a lot of the places we go are happy to help our business,” Matt said. “We print in Bali, Nepal and India.”

When the Martins got their start 25 years ago, the couple knew they needed to find a sponsor to help them get on the right foot in the small business world.

After speaking with a close family friend, the couple de-

cided the most beneficial route would be to receive their sponsorship through the Sierra Student Coalition, a network of students throughout the United States working to protect the environment.

The Martins’ feel strongly about the protection of our environment, which made choosing the Sierra Student Coalition an easy choice.

“A portion of our profits go to the Sierra Student Coalition in exchange for their sponsor-

ship,” he said. “They’ve really been a huge help in all that we’ve done.”

The couple has appreciated the business they’ve received from the West Virginia University student body and other community members and looks for it to increase in the future.

“Over the past 20 years, the business here has been great.

It’s always been that way,” Martin said. “Not to mention, we like it here more than any-

where else we go to.”

Only here for a two day selling spree, the duo will be leaving Tuesday around 5 p.m. and won’t be returning until sometime in October, when they plan to sell some heavier items of clothing for the upcoming months, according to Matt.

The two plan on returning to WVU for several years to come, according to Matt. jakob.potts@mail.wvu.edu

‘JEFF The Brotherhood’ releases ‘We Are the Champions’ before 123 show alec berry Web editor

The lights still shine on the traditional swells and resonance of rock ‘n’ roll.

While the variety of genres and sounds are always welcome to, you know, spice things up, it is nice to know that electronic, hip-hop and the weak whimpers of this week’s indie sensation haven’t killed the sound.

Nashville sensation JEFF the Brotherhood stands as testament to such a statement.

Their latest album, “We Are the Champions,” is all about the classic, guitar-hissing aesthetic,

and celebrates such identity by way of twisted psychedelics and raging riffs of garage punk glory.

As typed, the duo of Brotherhood originates from Nashville, Tenn., and it’s from this background that JEFF powers its core concept: Do it yourself.

Made up of only Jake and Jamin Orrall, Brotherhood’s sound leaps beyond the casual two-man band.

In fact, that image, prior my reading about the act, never entered my mind. I saw the expected picture of a band – four, five members seemed ideal.

They achieve a grander sound through their origins. Brotherhood takes the wide spread creativity of their homeland, along with the garage band mental-

ity, and applies it to deepen their sound.

There must be something about growing up in an area of such creativity, where music constantly floats about the mind, because JEFF sounds like two guys taking their situation and making the most of it.

How exactly they accomplish the sound they do I could not describe or explain it. You’re reading the words of a wannabe writer, and I’ve never once set foot within the boundaries of a band.

The band livens up and fills your headphones though. Trust me on that. If anything, I’d blame the whining fizz of Jake’s guitar.

But, again, that’s a weak attempt at discussion.

Anyway, it’s similar to guerilla or low budget filmmaking.

You know, when the director really has to push to get that exact shot rather than simply throwing money at the problem. It’s a matter of dependable creativity because the resources, or in JEFF’s case manpower, are not available.

Something about the DIY mentality gives the duo a heightened persona.

It takes them past rock band to terms more relatable to engineers or even Renaissance handymen.

Still, I do not wish to paint these gentlemen as high and mighty songsmiths. At the end of the day, the Orrall duo are two dudes playing rock ‘n’ roll, which, by the way, is wonderful.

“We Are the Champions” puts

you in the garage. While wonderful-sounding, there is an edge of roughness to the music, and it’s this roughness that conveys images of concrete floors, tin trash cans, and easily moved equipment.

None of this should come off as a bash, either. This is the charm, folks.

The album sounds professional while withstanding feelings of hermetically sealed recording studios. The riffs and cymbal hits gain opportunity to buzz about and bounce around before they strike whatever microphone does the capturing, and it certainly makes the music a living organism rather than a methodical action.

Simply put, “Champions”

sounds very organic, and I love the personality found in that.

The whole album rings true to a love of music. Specifically, the Brotherhood’s love of music – rock ‘n’ roll music.

These gentlemen seemed to have fun making this album, and between the extended jam sessions and pop-centric riffs, I feel that’s easy to hear.

If interested, JEFF the Brotherhood actually plays in Morgantown this Wednesday, August 31st. They will be at 123 Pleasant Street, and the show will be presented by WVU’s own U92-FM. The show starts at 8 p.m.

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Tuesday August 30, 2011

Michael Carvelli sports editor

WVU in good hands with coaching staff

Good coaching isn’t something that should be underestimated.

A team can have all the talent in the world, but if it doesn’t have good coaching to go with it, the team won’t live up to its potential.

That should be one area the West Virginia football team shouldn’t have to worry about too much this season. The Mountaineers have put together one of the best coaching staffs in the Big East Conference.

Sure, Dana Holgorsen is in his first season as a head coach at any level, and it has yet to be seen whether or not he’ll be the head coach many people are expecting him to be. But Holgorsen definitely has a few things working in his favor.

He’s been preparing for this opportunity since he started coaching, and he’s had a handful of great mentors along the way who have shaped him into the coach who will be roaming the WVU sidelines when the Mountaineers take on Marshall Sunday.

His demeanor is eerily similar to that of former Texas Tech head coach Mike Leach, who Holgorsen coached under from 2000-07. Holgorsen has mentioned on numerous occasions that he has spoken with Leach and his other former bosses, Houston head coach Kevin Sumlin and Oklahoma State head coach Mike Gundy, about the transition and what it’s like becoming a head coach.

Getting to work with so many talented coaches is something that will benefit Holgorsen as he moves into the head coaching role this year.

There was no questioning how good Holgorsen was as an offensive coordinator. In fact, one thing people questioned about him when he became a head coach was how well he would be able to transition from working solely with the offense to having to worry about both sides of

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Andrew Buie is one of three true freshman running backs competing for the starting job this fall.

Holgorsen still looking for starter at RB, players excited to start season

By Ben Gaughan

associate sports editor

Less than one week before No. 24 West Virginia opens its season against Marshall in the Friends of Coal Bowl, and there are still questions to be answered about how well the Mountaineers will do this season.

WVU head coach Dana Holgorsen is happy with how his team has practiced over the last month and is ready to kick off the season.

“Every year at this time you get to the point when, one, you don’t know how good you are and, two, you can’t get any better until you play a game,” Holgorsen said on Monday at the Big East Conference coaches’ teleconference.

“Our guys are anxious and excited about game week, and this is our second week of being in school and they’ve kind of got into a bit of a routine.”

Speaking of Marshall, Holgorsen said the team has not started preparing for the Herd yet, but will watch film and begin game planning today.

“There is a lot of familiarity,” he said. “We played them last year. I coached against them a couple of years ago.

They are a very young team.

This is the second year that Coach (Doc) Holliday has been there so they are going to be more familiar with what all of their schemes are.”

The running back spot is still up in the air between true freshmen Vernard Roberts, Andrew Buie and Dustin Garrison. The head coach said he will not name an official starter until the end of the week to see who performs the best.

“What you do in practice is one thing,” Holgorsen said.

“Once you get into an actionable game situation will probably be better for one or two of them, and probably it won’t be as good for one or two of them. All three of those guys will play.”

Holgorsen said the offense would somehow play seven running backs in one form or another, at least for the opener on Sunday, whether it’s on special teams or any

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WVU head coach Dana Holgorsen is pleased with the team’s progress since the start of camp. running back spot.

“Whichever one of those skilled guys actually gets the hot hand is the one we will try to go with.”

The first-year coach is not focused on emphasizing a true starter at every position. He said a lot of play-

ers will be rotating in and out of the games until certain guys establish themselves as frontrunners.

Coach Holgorsen also touched on defensive end Bruce Irvin and how he’s been coming along by being an every-down player this year.

“Whether he can be every down as good as he is on specific pass rush things, time will tell,” Holgorsen said. “He set the bar pretty high as being a third-down pass rusher. You want a guy out there who does everything right and is good at all facets.”

Defensive end Julian Miller, who has been bothered over the last month with an ankle injury, should be ready to go by Sunday, according to Holgorsen.

Going into the first game, Holgorsen knows both WVU and Marshall will have to play some guessing games in order to figure out each other’s schemes and personnel to gain a better advantage.

“You do your best to try and anticipate what they are going to do. You get your kids prepared to, one, go out there and play mentally and physically and be fired up about it but, two, also be able to make adjustments throughout the game when you actually figure out what they’re doing.” ben.gaughan@mail.wvu.edu

Smith embracing role as punter Special teams focused on improving

By Cody Schuler

By Cody Schuler

There are two scenarios in which redshirt junior Corey Smith will enter the game for West Virginia this fall. The team hopes he will make his entrance after a touchdown rather than on fourth down.

The kickoff specialist and punter will be busy this fall, doing double duty for the Mountaineers for the first time in his collegiate career. He sees this as more of an opportunity than a hassle.

“It’s something I’ve done, obviously for a while,” Smith said of the dual roles. “I’ve done it in high school and I’ve still been doing it here. It’s something that a lot of people don’t like doing because they feel it’s too hard of muscle memory to master.”

The Musselman High School product was an allstate honoree as both a kicker and punter, breaking a pair of state records en route to earning a scholarship to Alabama, where he spent his freshman season serving limited time at kicker. In 2009, after a year in Tuscaloosa, Smith decided to return closer to home and enrolled at WVU. Up until last week, Smith had been battling with fellow kicker, junior Tyler Bitancurt, for the starting job. Bitancurt eventually won the battle but, throughout the contest, Smith showed his eagerness to take on more responsibilities in an effort to gain more playing time.

“It helps you stay in the game more, but it feels, not necessarily like you’re more a part of the team, but you feel like you make a bigger impact I guess,” he said. “As far as an added responsibility, it’s just as important for me to put a

Comprised of new and old faces, the West Virginia special teams unit is setting out to eliminate the stigma that they are the Mountaineers’ greatest weakness.

First-year assistant coach Daron Roberts, who also serves as the team’s wide receivers coach, will oversee the special teams unit this season as it attempts to piece together a breakout year across the board.

Roberts has worked at length with the return units on not only gaining precious field position on returns but focusing on trying to score – much like a regular offensive play.

Sophomore wide receiver Tavon Austin has a lot of experience returning kicks, but under last year’s regime, many believed it was too risky to place Tavon back for punt returns.

This year, Tavon will get his first opportunity to return punts – a task that gives West Virginia an additional scoring threat it previously lacked.

While Tavon is locked to return, there is a multitude of other players who could factor in once the season starts.

J.D. Woods, Devon Brown, Pat Miller, Travis Bell, Brantwon Bowser, Stedman Bailey and Brodrick Jenkins have all seen practice time returning kicks and punts. Out of that group, it is safe to say Roberts and head coach Dana Holgorsen have enough firepower to take the Mountaineers return game to a new level.

WVU’s kicking game will see the return of junior Tyler Bitancurt taking field goal and extra point duties this season.

Last season, Bitancurt made

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Redshirt junior Corey Smith competed for field goal kicker in camp, but will likely be the punter for West Virginia this season. kickoff where I need to with the right hang as it would be to put a punt where I need to with the right hang or go out and nail a field goal if we need it, so I can’t really say (there’s) any more emphasis on one thing.”

Trying to juggle all the kicking responsibilities may have been a bit too ambitious in the eyes of head coach Dana Holgorsen, who would rather Smith master one aspect of the kicking game rather than focus on all of them.

“I told Corey to quit acting like a kicker and to start focusing on being a punter. Hopefully that will help him. He hasn’t been punting poorly, but if he focuses on that, hopefully we’ll get a little better,” he said.

Smith agrees with Holgorsen about that focus, especially given his multiple roles.

Noting is more important than physically kicking the ball than being mentally prepared to do so.

“A lot of people can get off good punts, a lot of people can get off good kicks (and) good

kickoffs; in keeping everything separate, it’s more mental and focusing on it really, I think, than anything else,” Smith said.

This season will be the first in which Smith serves as punter at the collegiate level.

Despite not punting in a college game, Smith will draw on his experiences from high school to prosper in this newfound role.

A more prolific offense may limit his punting opportunities, but that void will be supplemented by an increased number of kickoffs. Smith produced eight touchbacks last year, which is twice the number the team had the previous year. At an average of 62.2 yards per kick, Smith’s ability to punt the ball deep into opposing territory makes kickoff coverage easier and gives opposing offensives a longer, tougher road to scoring on the Mountaineer defense.

To have a successful season, Smith believes he must rou-

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Junior Tavon Austin will return kickoffs and punts for the Mountaineers this season. all of his extra point attempts, but connected on only 10 of 17 field goals. This season, he has a reenergized attitude and renewed focus on making every kick count.

“The ball is expected to go in, that’s why field goals are called automatic,” Bitancurt said. “It’s all about the next kick … obviously you have to learn from your mistakes, but I have to be where I am this year.”

Bitancurt pushes his focus on scoring more points as a team, instead of scoring personally.

“It’s not about my numbers; it’s about putting points on the board for the team,” he said. “(I expect) plenty of extra points, and I’m happy about that. It’s plain and simple – (we’re) putting seven (points) up instead of three.”

Bitancurt has a new holder, redshirt freshman kicker Michael Molinari, to work with.

The two spent the offseason working on timing to get comfortable with one another.

They are at a point where they “completely trust each other.”

Long snapper and redshirt se-

nior Cody Nutter returns for his third consecutive season at the position. Nutter and his unit have not had a punt or extra point blocked in two straight seasons, but blocked field goals were somewhat of a common occurrence during early preseason camp.

First-year offensive line coach Bill Bedenbaugh has taken responsibility of the field goal and extra point teams. His work has shown impressive results in increasing the number of successful kick attempts for the groups.

Corey Smith, a redshirt junior, with be taking over kick-off and punting duties this season. Smith has never punted in a college game, but he kicked off in games for the Mountaineers last year, sending eight kicks for touchbacks – doubling the previous season’s total.

With no specific coach in charge of kicking, Smith and Bitancurt keep a watchful eye on one another.

“We both can help each other – we’re basically our

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Maniacs introducing new football chant by michael carvelli sports editor

The Mountaineer Maniacs are spreading the word to get a new chant started during West Virginia football games at Milan Puskar Stadium this fall.

It was an idea that came to Executive Director Steve Staffileno earlier this week.

What it is, put simply, is a variation of what is already done at games prior to each kickoff.

After chanting, “Ohhhhhhhh,” before the ball is kicked off, the fans will now chant “W-V-U” as the ball is in the air while doing the hand motions of each letter, like they do at the beginning of “Fight Mountaineers.”

“It was just kind of something I thought about,” Staffileno said. “There’s probably another school that does it, but I was just trying to figure out something we could add to the Mountaineer football experience, and the easiest way to add stuff and create new traditions is to add variations to things that are already there instead of just doing something completely new.”

In the past, the Maniacs have attempted to start new chants and other traditions to improve the gameday atmosphere, but they haven’t worked out.

This time, they hope things turn out a little differently.

“It’s difficult to (get new traditions started). People don’t like change at all,” said Mountaineer mascot Brock Burwell, who has been working with Staffileno in coming up with the idea. “But someone had to start the ‘Let’s Go Mountaineers’ chant, someone had to start the first down cheer and there were probably people back then who thought that was a bad idea.

“Tradition is an ongoing thing, and if it makes things better, the fans should be all for it.”

This is just another of the many new traditions that have started to take form as football season grows closer.

First-year head coach Dana Holgorsen has been adamant about making changes and adding new traditions to accompany the Mountaineer football program.

The big tradition they’ve added in the last few weeks is the Mountaineer Mantrip, which will have the football team walking through the Blue and Light Blue lots meeting and greeting fans two and a half hours before kickoff each week.

“That kind of stuff is extremely important,” Staffileno said. “People enjoy the excite-

By Cody Schuler sports writer

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Fans cheer on the West Virginia football team after a first down during the South Florida game last season. ment of having traditions like this, and it’s huge for the players as well.”

Since coming up with the idea on Sunday, Staffileno and Burwell have been hard at work promoting what they hope to be another great tradition at WVU. They’ve been talking with other media outlets about it and will be telling students more about it at FanFest in the Mountainlair on Friday.

They are also hoping to appear on the Metronews Statewide Sportsline with Mountaineer play-by-play an-

nouncer Tony Caridi helping get the word out to more fans who aren’t students.

But the biggest thing that will help it spread will be simply using the new chant during games.

“Steve’s original idea was to just start it with the student section,” Burwell said. “We’ve been talking to a lot of people about it, and we’re just trying everything we can to get the word out to everyone. I think it’s a really cool idea.” james.carvelli@mail.wvu.edu

men’s soccer

No. 17 Mountaineers fall to No. 4 Maryland by derek denneny sports writer

The No. 17 West Virginia men’s soccer team fell to No. 4 Maryland, 3-1, on Monday.

WVU (1-0-1) jumped to an early 1-0 lead in the first half of the game. But key penalties in the second half cost the Mountaineers their second victory of the season, according to West Virginia head coach Marlon LeBlanc.

“It’s a shame that the person with a jersey, unlike the rest on the field, decided the game,” LeBlanc said. “They wanted the spotlight when it should have been the players on the field.

We controlled the game for 50plus minutes. We know we can contend with a final-four team.”

Freshman Andy Bevin scored in the seventh minute after junior Uwem Etuk sent a perfect pass, setting up the goal. Bevin then beat a defender and rattled home his first career goal.

“Andy is a great player and capped a great play created from a series of one-touch passes,” LeBlanc said. “It’s a shame how the game panned out, because he stepped up for us in the first half.”

Maryland notched the equalizer on a penalty kick in the 53rd minute. John Stertzer clobbered the ball past diving WVU keeper Pat Eavenson. The penalty came following a handball in the box

by Uzi Tayou.

Maryland then took the lead in the 60th minute after Stertzer headed Taylor Kemp’s free kick.

The Terps found the goal again in the 68th minute after Jereme Raley headed Widner Saint Cyr’s corner kick to take the commanding 3-1 lead.

“Our defense was real tough for most of the game,” LeBlanc said. “We had to play one to two men down for the last third or so of the game. It really cost us.”

Franck Tayou was given a red card in the 63rd minute after go-

Women’s rowing to hold meeting for novice boat The West Virginia women’s rowing team will be holding informational meetings this Thursday and Friday for girls interested in joining the novice squad for the upcoming season.

Thursday’s meeting will be at 7 p.m. in the Shenandoah Room in the Mountainlair, and Friday’s meeting will take place at 5 p.m. in the meeting room at the Student Rec Center.

Associate head coach Tina Griffith will be stationed at a table near the sign-in desk at the student recreation center throughout the week with more details and information concerning the program and tryouts.

Griffith, who has been coaching at West Virginia for eight years, is looking forward to meeting with students who could possibly follow the same path to competing as a college athlete that she followed.

“I started as a sophomore, and I didn’t know how to row before I got here,” Griffith said.

“I saw an announcement in (The Daily Athenaeum) and I joined the team.”

Griffith said she is looking for anybody who may be interested, but particularly in women who had a sport before they came to college and are no longer competing on a team.

“For someone who is will-

ing to work hard, it’s a great opportunity to be able to walk on to a Division I team, and not have any experience and possibly make it to that level,” she said.

There are a few qualities and traits Griffith is keeping a particularly close watch for that may indicate an aptitude for potential success as a rower.

“We’re looking for athletic people that really enjoy working out and that want to be a part of a team,” she said.

“Rowing is extremely teamoriented – the most of any sport.”

The two meetings will consist of informational paperwork and videos.

Also, prospective rowers can ask questions to girls who were formerly on the novice squad and are now on the varsity team.

“We’ll go over what the year is like, what we expect from them, what they can expect from us and all of the things that they have to do to be a member of the team, and the things we offer them if they become a member of the team,” she said.

Those interested in joining the team are strongly encouraged to attend one of the informational meetings and to visit the rowing table at the student recreation center to speak with coach Griffith personally. charles.schuler@mail.wvu.edu

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The No. 17 West Virginia men’s soccer team lost on the road to No. 4 Maryland Monday.

The loss comes three days after the Mountaineers upset No. 11 Virginia. ing up for a header with Maryland’s goalie.

The Mountaineers were forced to play a man down the rest of the match.

Eavenson finished the match with three saves. After stopping a Casey Townsend shot 11 seconds into the match, the firstyear Mountaineer corralled Stertzer’s shot in the 21st minute and made a great play on a

Townsend header in the 43rd minute. But the Terrapin offensive attack proved to be too much for the WVU defense and inexperienced goalie.

“We just have to move forward knowing we can play with anyone,” LeBlanc said. “The officiating cost us that game. We know we can play with the best.” derek.denneny@mail.wvu.edu

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Big 12 coaches hope focus turns to games on the field (AP) — After another uncertain offseason for the Big 12, there is finally some talk about playing actual games.

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Oklahoma’s Bob Stoops and Texas Tech coach Tommy Tuberville know there will be plenty of attention given to the future of the Big 12, which was hit this month with word that No. 8 Texas A&M is exploring a jump to the Southeastern Conference.

All that before the league plays its first games since Nebraska and Colorado left in July.

“I’m excited that we’re starting so we can kind of get all this behind us,” Tuberville said Monday.

“Of course, there’s going to be rumors and things flying around as we go through this season. For our players, especially for our seniors on every team in the conference, hopefully we can get down to business and enjoy the game of football.”

All 10 league teams play their season openers this weekend at home. The last opener is Texas A&M’s game Sunday against SMU, a team whose athletic director has publicly expressed an interest in becoming a Big 12 member.

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“Well, changes are probably inevitable no matter who you are or what league you’re in. Everybody’s constantly looking for a different way to do something, so that’s OK,” Stoops said during the Big 12’s first coaches’ teleconference of the season. “The rest of us, we’re going about our business, working hard and getting ready to play this week.”

Even Texas A&M coach Mike Sherman insisted that his focus is on the upcoming season in the Big 12, not where the Aggies might be playing in the future.

Last week, Texas A&M formally informed Big 12 Commissioner Dan Beebe that the Aggies were considering all their options. The league’s board of directors has since discussed the expected departure.

“Things happen. We can only control what we control and that’s how we’ve prepared for the season,” Sherman said. “We have a bunch of seniors on this team that will never play in that conference, and they really at this point could care less.”

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Indianapolis Colts activate Peyton Manning INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Peyton Manning is back. Whether he is ready to play is an open question.

The Colts activated Manning from the physically unable to perform list Monday. A few hours later, the four-time MVP pulled on his white No. 18 jersey and a helmet, and jogged onto the practice field, renewing hopes that he might actually play in the season-opener at Houston on Sept. 11 four months after neck surgery.

“That’s kind of been my goal all along, trying to get better and I know everybody’s into predictions and everybody wants to have the breaking news,” an upbeat Manning said. “But I just can’t give you any more than what I’m giving you.”

What everyone wants to know, of course, is whether Manning will be ready. Nobody, including Manning, will say that yet and he said again that he won’t play in Thursday night’s preseason finale at Cincinnati.

Clearly, though, Manning is getting closer. He acknowledged that he is healthy enough right now to take a snap or play a series to keep

his consecutive-games streak intact but insists he won’t.

“Like I said the other night, I have to be able to competitively play,” he said. “I have too much respect for football. I’ve got to be able to compete and to help my team win, and that’s what’s fair to the team, fair to myself.”

Manning has started 227 consecutive games, including the playoffs, the second-longest streak in NFL history for quarterbacks behind Brett Favre. Of all the numbers Manning has put up over the years, the streak is the one he has usually said means the most.

Manning had been on the PUP since the team’s first training camp practice on Aug. 1 following the May procedure to repair a nerve in his neck. The Colts were facing a Saturday deadline to make the move or Manning would have missed Indy’s first six games.

Team officials issued a statement that said Manning would practice on a “scripted” and controlled basis. Coach Jim Caldwell did not elaborate on the plan.

“Obviously, he’s been throwing, but nevertheless it’s just going to

be in a limited amount,” Caldwell said. “I don’t think it needs a whole lot of explanation, I don’t believe.

Scripted means that we kind of know exactly what he’s going to do, prescribed by his rehab specialist and our medical team.”

Manning hadn’t been seen much at team headquarters, perhaps working out in private. He was at his playful best on Monday, teasing reporters about their memories, poking fun at the circus-like environment surrounding his neck injury and suggesting that his close friend and center, Jeff Saturday, was tired of answering questions about him.

Team officials have said all along that Manning would practice only when doctors cleared him and when Manning felt comfortable, and he again declined to say specifically what was holding him back.

“I don’t know what HIPAA stands for, but I believe in it and I practice it,” Manning joked, referring to the federal law protecting medical privacy. “So, uh, I’ll leave it at that.”

The fact he has been activated is

not only good news for Manning, his teammates and Colts’ fans, but it also eased some concerns expressed by Jim Irsay. Indy’s team owner recently wrote on Twitter that the Colts should be prepared to start the season without Manning and later posted comments that prompted speculation he was trying to convince Favre to come out of retirement.

Instead, the Colts signed another retired quarterback in 16year veteran Kerry Collins, who stood alongside Manning in a nationally televised loss to Super Bowl champion Green Bay last week. “(hash)18 to the practice field! Soon the leaves will fall/I looked at sideline sat.night n saw $30,000,000.00 standing there,my checkbook hurts,” Irsay wrote Monday. Manning signed a five-year, $90 million contract deal in the offseason to stay in Indy.

The next big question is how the Colts will divvy up the snaps.

Manning insists he’ll spend the next two weeks continuing the rehab and trying to get in sync with his teammates.

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Colts quarterback Peyton Manning, who has been sidelined this preseason by neck injuries, has been cleared to play by the team.

But the Colts need Collins to work with the starters and still want Curtis Painter, who remains No. 2 on the depth chart, to play, too, in case Manning misses the Houston game.

“Starting today, I guess I’d be getting quite a few reps,” Collins said. “What the breakdown will be, I don’t know, because I’m sure

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the ball and spend time away from the group he knows best.

To combat that argument, Holgorsen brought to the team a group of offensive position coaches he’s built relationships with over the course of his previous coaching stops.

They’re all extremely smart and know the system West Virginia is running well enough that Holgorsen has repeatedly said since he took over that he is completely fine leaving the offense to those coaches and letting them handle things for awhile if he needs to take care of other things.

Having that much comfort with the rest of his offensive coaches is just another thing that will make Holgorsen’s transition much easier this season. Most of the time he won’t have to worry about what’s going on with that side of the ball because they know what they’re doing; they’ve been around the offense before and they know what will work and what won’t.

But let’s not forget what could be the one thing that really makes this one of the best staffs you’ll see in the country.

The guys in charge of the defense.

Year in and year out, it’s

they’re going to try and get Peyton back into the swing of things.”

The surgery was expected to keep Manning off the field for six to eight weeks.

Instead, the recovery has gone slower than expected, something Manning has blamed, in part, on the 4 1/2-month lockout that kept him away from team trainers. tough to find many defenses that have been as consistently good as West Virginia’s since defensive coordinator Jeff Casteel took over in 2003.

The defensive staff is run by coaches who have been around for a long time and have been successful for their entire careers.

Defensive line coach Bill Kirelawich and safeties coach Steve Dunlap have coached at WVU for a combined 56 years and have produced numerous all-conference and all-American players.

Cornerbacks coach David Lockwood played corner for the Mountaineers and has since parlayed that into a successful coaching career, which has included stops at Notre Dame and Minnesota, where he served as the Golden Gophers’ defensive coordinator for two seasons.

And then there’s Casteel.

The Mountaineers’ linebacker coach was named Rivals.com’s Defensive Coordinator of the Year in 2007 and has been able to keep the WVU defense at its best since joining the staff.

With all of the solid coaches this West Virginia football team has on its side, there’s no doubt this team could live up to its expectations and make it to its third BCS bowl game.

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“Some days, if we’re having a little bit of trouble,” Smith said, “I’ll go to him and say, ‘Hey, are you seeing anything?’ or, if I spot something and he’s having a tendency to pull a few left maybe I’ll say, ‘Hey, you’re getting your hips around too far,’ but we can help each other if need be.”

Bitancurt and Smith spent preseason camp competing for the starting kicking job, and it was the experience that helped make both kickers better. That contest eliminated any awkwardness between the two.

“We have a good time all day at practice,” Smith said.

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Redshirt junior Tyler Bitancurt was named the starting kicker by head coach Dana Holgorsen two weeks ago. humbled him and made him a better kicker.

“He’s a great kicker, you can’t deny that,” he said.

“That’s always pushing me.

“I always have to be on top of my game to prove that I should be out there on that field.”

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