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Monday October 31, 2011

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GOING BIGGER West Virginia joins Big 12 effective July 1, 2012

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West Virginia University President James P. Clements and Athletic Director Oliver Luck walk on Mountaineer Field in June 2010 after Luck was hired as WVU’s athletic director.

Clements: Big 12 offers WVU tremendous opportunities for success by michael carvelli sports editor

After nearly a week of speculation, West Virginia University officially accepted an invitation to leave the Big East Conference in favor of the Big 12 Conference Friday.

The Big 12’s Board of Directors voted unanimously Friday morning to extend the offer to WVU. “(West Virginia) is very competitive. They bring a very strong program into the Big 12 and I think that this only

AT A GLANCE: - West Virginia joins the Big 12 Conference effective July 1, 2012 after a unanimous vote by the Big 12’s Board of Directors.

- Despite West Virginia’s intentions of leaving, the Big East Conference expects West Virginia to respect the 27-month exit period.

- WVU Athletic Director Oliver Luck said when Pitt and Syracuse made the decision to join the ACC, all the remaining schools had to look at their options. helps the Big 12 look toward the future,” said Big 12 Interim Commissioner Chuck Neinas.

“We’re on the way up. The con-

ference is solidified.”

Even though the Big East has a rule stating teams leaving must wait 27 months, West Virginia made its intentions clear that it is joining the Big 12 Conference effective July 1, 2012.

The 27-month wait period is currently keeping Pittsburgh and Syracuse in the Big East after they announced last month their intentions to join the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Big East commissioner John Marinatto said in a statement Friday that he still expected

West Virginia wait 27 months before leaving the Big East.

However, President James P. Clements reiterated Friday evening that he fully expects the school to be out of the Big East in nine months, saying he is “excited” to join the Big 12 on July 1, 2012.

“I had discussions with John Marinatto this morning, and we did send in our official withdrawal letter,” he said. “Our University has been in discussions with the conference office.”

Clements dodged several

questions during Friday’s call about how West Virginia was going to get around the 27-month rule, saying only that the University was going to work with the Big East office on its exit.

“We’ve been a good member of the Big East for a long time,” Clements said. “Our University is in discussions with the conference office.”

Clements confirmed that the University has already paid $2.5 million of the $5 million exit fee to the Big East. Clements said the first half is due

with the notification of withdrawal, while the second payment will be paid on June 30, 2012 – the school’s final day in the Big East.

Reports last Tuesday stated that the Big 12 was ready to officially invite West Virginia into the conference, but by Wednesday the progress had been halted and Louisville started to be tossed around as the league’s potential 10th member instead of WVU. During Friday’s conference

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Second-half comeback fuels No. 24 WVU to 41-31 win over Rutgers After trailing 31-21 at halftime, West Virginia outscored Rutgers 20-0 in the second half, and Geno Smith scored two touchdowns in the fourth quarter to lead the Mountaineers to the victory. Read more from Saturday’s game against Rutgers in Sports.

West Virginia inside receiver Tavon Austin celebrates after West Virginia’s 41-31 win against Rutgers Saturday.

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SEMIFINALS AGAIN The No. 13 WVU women’s soccer advanced to the Big East Conference semifinals after a 5-0 win against Seton Hall.

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Monday October 31, 2011

University honors ‘Doctor of Music’ for 50 years of service by kelsey montgomery staff writer

The West Virginia University College of Creative Arts honored professor James “Doc” Miltenberger Saturday to celebrate his 50 years of service in the WVU Division of Music.

Miltenberger, who joined the WVU music faculty in 1961, is the recipient of the Outstanding Teacher Award and a world-renowned pianist.

“Throughout his 50 years at WVU, he has been a beloved professor and an influential mentor to many students, using his first-rate composing experience to teach others,” said Virginia Thompson, a professor in the Division of Music.

“WVU officials have been unable to name any other professor in the history of the institution who has taught

full time at WVU for 50 years,” Thompson said.

Miltenberger, who received his doctorate in musical arts at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, N.Y., has worked to influence the University beyond the classroom, with active roles in composing and arranging for the “Pride of West Virginia,” the Mountaineers Marching Band and various jazz ensembles.

His devotion to his students has been recognized by the Music Teacher’s National Association on state and national levels.

He has also toured internationally with his group, the Miltenberger Jazz Quartet and has performed on NBC’s “The Today Show.”

The planning of Saturday’s celebration was an extensive project due to Miltenberger’s constant dedication to his musical career, Thompson said.

But, for those who have been influenced by Miltenberger, it was important to give the professor a celebration he deserved.

“Dr. Miltenberger’s current performing and teaching schedule is so full that it was very difficult to schedule this celebration,” Thompson said.

Miltenberger currently has no plans to retire from his full-time teaching position at WVU. The celebration was an appraisal for the excellent service the “Doctor of Music” has provided for half of a century, Thompson said.

“Many are familiar with Dr. Miltenberger’s vitality and dedication,” Thompson said.

“They are, along with myself, wishing him well for his next 50 years of teaching here at WVU.” danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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Miltenberger, who joined the WVU music faculty in 1961, is a world-renowned pianist and the recipient of the Outstanding Teacher Award.

Wildlife displays open on Evansdale Campus Appalachian craft fair kicks off 2011 Mountaineer Week by joshua clark staff writer

Wildlife displays featuring native West Virginia species and other taxidermy pieces have opened in the West Virginia University Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources & Design in classrooms 308 and 309 of Percival Hall.

The displays are housed within the Division of Forestry & Natural Resources of the Davis College are open to the general public.

“This lets students be in charge of their own learning, instead of just attending structured lectures,” said Jim Anderson, professor of wildlife ecology at WVU. “Some students learn better with informal education and independent learning. Plus, it’s a perfect complement to the 2020 WVU Strategic Plan. There’s a need to expand culture among both students and the general public.”

After Robert Estler, a taxidermist from Barboursville, W.Va., donated more than 400 taxidermy specimens in 2008, the Davis College has been working to create a permanent display for the collection, Anderson said. The college hopes to create a permanent natural history museum located on the Evansdale Campus, he said.

Ann Anderson, a wildlife biologist with the WVU Environmental Research Center and adjunct instructor at the Davis College, said the Estler Collection is important for the University because it allows WVU to showcase the resources and history that can be found within the state.

“Normally, school kids would need to drive to Pittsburgh to see natural history at this level,” Ann said. “We’re building displays with what building materials we have to protect Estler’s life work, but funding will go toward hir-

ing someone to build sturdier displays.”

The displays showcase several different varieties of native birds, reptiles, mammals, insects and nests. One display features different specimens of waterfowl and traditional wooden hunting decoys. Another depicts a late 1700s scene of trappers in the Appalachian region and features a flintlock rifle designed by 1965 WVU graduate Marvin Wotring, the gunsmith responsible for producing the Mountaineer Mascot’s rifle.

Ann said the museum is still seeking certain species of wildlife to enhance its collection.

“We need a moose head and some larger life-size animals,” Ann said. “Many of our larger game have broken during the move and due to decomposition, as taxidermy specimens need specific temperatures close to their natural habitats to survive. Yet no two pieces are alike, the only similar ani-

mals being male and female of the same species.”

This is the second exhibit featuring these specimens in West Virginia. For years, Oak Hills Golf Course in Barboursville, W.Va., was a museum displaying the work of Estler.

“Oak Hills Clubhouse was his family home,” said Mary Lou Estler, Bob’s wife. “There were animals on both the first and second floor. Not many people took advantage of it, but it was open to the public.

We even had an opening with friends back when it started.”

Mary Lou said her husband has been working as a taxidermist for decades and is an avid hunter and naturalist.

“He’s started when he was 12 years old,” Mary Lou said.

“He used to go and hunt before school in the early morning. He really worked on his collection and taxidermy skills his entire life.” joshua.clark@mail.wvu.edu

LOCAL NEWS

W.Va. attempts scaled-down candidate funding pilot CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia still plans to offer public campaign funds to its Supreme Court candidates during next year’s election, but supporters of the pilot program say they’re concerned about its prospects after a recent legal setback and a failed bid to increase its revenue sources.

Two of the court’s seats are up in 2012. Program officials say one of four declared precandidates has sought to participate so far, independentturned- Republican Allen Loughry.

The program has $3 million, and sets several requirements for participating. Among them: Candidates must first meet a financial threshold, raising between $35,000 and $50,000 from at least 500 West Virginia voters who each give no more than $100.

Candidates who qualify would be eligible to receive $200,000 for a primary or $50,000 if they face no opponent in that race, though either amount would be offset by what they raised to qualify.

Candidates would then draw down $350,000 for a general election or $35,000 if it’s uncontested, minus what funds remain from the primary phase.

The public funding initiative

seeks to address concerns that judicial elections in the U.S. increasingly are swayed by big spending, particularly by special interest groups.

“The story of the 2009-10 elections, and their aftermath in state legislatures in 2011, reveals a coalescing national campaign that seeks to intimidate America’s state judges into becoming accountable to money and ideologies instead of the Constitution and the law,” according to a national report, “The New Politics of Judicial Elections,” issued last week by The Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law and two other groups.

The report noted that West Virginia lawmakers balked at imposing new fees on lawyers and court filings to ensure sufficient funding for their state’s program. The measure passed the House, with 35 of 100 delegates opposed, and then failed to clear the Senate. Fiscal notes for the bill – paperwork that estimates the financial impact of a piece of legislation – do not say how much revenue the fees would have generated.

“We were disappointed when we didn’t get some of the extra funding,” said Carol Warren, coordinator of the West Virginia Citizens for Clean

Elections Coalition. “It faltered and didn’t make it through.

That worried us. If the candidates perceive that the program is not properly funded, then they’ll shy away from it.”

House Minority Leader Tim Armstead and other state lawmakers who opposed this year’s bill questioned the timing for charging new fees.

“I think (the public is) concerned that with the current economic situation, that tax dollars be used for essential programs or that there be tax relief,” said Armstead, R-Kanawha.

The Brennan Center’s report listed the legislative outcome as a setback for West Virginia’s program. The Brennan Center compiled the report with the National Institute on Money in State Politics and the Justice at Stake Campaign.

The latter is an advocacy group that describes its mission as keeping special interests out of the courtroom.

“In West Virginia and elsewhere, critically needed reforms either stalled over were even reversed,” Bert Brandenburg, Justice at Stake’s executive director, said in a prepared statement. “In many states, a renewed effort is needed to ensure that courts are widely seen as fair and impartial.”

For supporters of the pilot program, its success is particularly important after a 2009 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that targeted spending in a West Virginia judicial election. The 5-4 decision faulted Justice Brent Benjamin for failing to remove himself

from a multimillion-dollar appeal involving the coal company run by his 2004 campaign’s top supporter. Warren cited other cases that drew scrutiny to the state’s courts, and saying it all helped spur the blue-ribbon commission study that recommended a public financing pilot project.

“There really was a reason why this program was put in place, and it still applies,” Warren said. She added, “I think we’ve really gotten a black eye several times.”

A more recent 5-4 U.S. Supreme Court found that Arizona’s public financing program unconstitutionally infringed on free speech by providing extra money to qualifying candidates through matching funds that kicked in when privately funded rivals or independent groups spent more.

The West Virginia attorney general’s office has since concluded that this June decision nixes a similar provision in the pilot program.

Warren said supporters have proposed an alternative, allowing candidates to resume raising private funds to draw down matching public funds.

While championed by Secretary of State Natalie Tennant, West Virginia’s election chief, the proposal has yet to go before lawmakers. The summer’s two special legislative sessions were devoted to redistricting.

Gov.-elect Earl Ray Tomblin has not ruled out convening another session, to focus on Marcellus shale natural gas drilling regulations, before year’s end.

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A craft fair that highlighted the skills of more than 60 vendors from across the state this weekend was also used as a kick-off event for the 2011 West Virginia University Mountaineer Week.

Vendors had the opportunity to highlight West Virginia heritage and traditions through food, jewelry, crafts and woodworking.

“This is a great way to show students in the WVU and Morgantown community that things are still made by hand. You can find your friends and family gifts that are more unique than store bought items,” said Student Chairperson of the Craft Fair Committee John Higgins.

“It shows people that are not from the area about the culture and that West Virginians are very proud.”

Zendik Arts, of Marlinton, W.Va., showcased their work at the event.

The art collection featured jewelry made with beads composed of recycled magazines and covered with an eco-friendly protection coating.

Laura Parsons, of Zendik Arts, said the company is dedicated to creative survival and social change through the arts.

“Our art is a reflection of what we feel needs to happen – a sustainable and creative way of living on planet earth,” Parsons said.

Zendik Arts’ creations reflect the resourcefulness of many in the state, Parsons said.

“We are resourceful people.

It shows that even if we don’t have fancy materials, we can still make nice things,” Parsons said.

Steve Colon, of Mountain Craft Shop Company, in Proctor, W.Va., said he prides himself in

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call, Neinas explained what really happened when the decision to add the Mountaineers was delayed.

“We were moving forward and we came across the fact that if we were to add a new member and the University of Missouri, for some reason, either remained (in the Big 12) or delayed their departure (to the Southeastern Conference), we would have to look at an 11team conference,” Neinas said.

“As a result, the executive committee felt it would be important to share that information with the Board of Directors.

“That is why we wound up having additional telephone calls to make certain that we could accommodate 11 teams.”

During the few days when West Virginia’s future seemed to be in doubt, West Virginia Athletic Director Oliver Luck felt some nervousness, but remained confident that things would end up working out the way they did on Friday.

“From our perspective, we felt confident based on all the discussions we have had with Commissioner Neinas and others in the conference,” Luck said. “We were patient and I think through the entire process felt very comfortable and very confident that things would out.”

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the state’s ingenuity that is found in his old-time toys.

“We use West Virginia wood, West Virginia labor and make West Virginia toys,” Colon said.

“You can really tell there’s a lot of West Virginia and Appalachian ingenuity in these toys.”

Ulrika Browing, of Rock Cave, W.Va., utilizes the by-products of several industries within the state to create jewelry.

Browning’s most popular item is the earrings she makes out of the sheds of deer horns, which she personally collects.

Browning said West Virginia provides a wealth of natural resources, and it’s important to utilize and honor them.

In conjunction with the craft fair, WVU also hosted a quilt show presented by the Country Roads Quilt Guild.

The quilt show showcased the long tradition of quilting within the state by displaying various different types of quilts.

“A lot of us grew up with quilts.

I think quilts are something special. A lot of us have grown up sleeping under grandma’s quilt,” said Terry Chilko, member of the Country Roads Quilt.

Audience members had the opportunity to vote in the viewers’ choice competition, where the quilters of the top three quilts received a ribbon for their work.

Freshman journalism student Annaliese Niemeyer attended the event and said as an out-of-state student, it helped her learn more about West Virginia culture.

“I’m not from West Virginia, so it was really interesting for me to see the heritage of the state and to learn more about it from what was reflected from their work,” Niemeyer said. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

Luck admitted that one of the things that prompted WVU to begin looking around at the possibility of switching conferences was Pittsburgh and Syracuse announcing their intentions to leave for the Atlantic Coast Conference.

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

“I’m not sure I can give you any timeline, but since the day Pitt and Syracuse left, a lot of thought has been given by a lot of schools to look at what’s important and what opportunities may exist and what the best fit may be.”

As it appears, this will be the final move the Big 12 will make in expansion unless Missouri opts to remain a member of the league to push it to 11 teams. But even then, Neinas said they wouldn’t want to add another team to go toward the championship format a lot of other conferences have started using.

“Our mission was to move forward with 10 teams at this point,” Neinas said. “Right now, we’ve got our house in order. I don’t sense any sentiment for the Big 12 Conference to go back to a championship game.” james.carvelli@mail.wvu.edu

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3 million powerless as October snow surprises Northeast

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A downed tree limb lies across power lines in Belmont, Mass. Sunday. A snowstorm with a ferocity more familiar in February than October socked the Northeast over the weekend, knocking out power to 2.3 million, snarling air and highway travel and dumping more than 2 feet of snow in a few spots as it slowly moved north out of New England.

SOUTH WINDSOR, Conn. (AP) — When winter’s white mixes with autumn’s orange and gold, nature gets ugly.

A freak October nor’easter knocked out power to more than 3 million homes and businesses across the Northeast on Sunday in large part because leaves still on the trees caught more snow, overloading branches that snapped and wreaked havoc.

Close to 2 feet of snow fell in some areas over the weekend, and it was particularly wet and heavy, making the storm even more damaging.

“You just have absolute tree carnage with this heavy snow just straining the branches,” said National Weather Service spokesman Chris Vaccaro.

From Maryland to Maine, officials said it would take days to restore electricity, even though the snow ended Sunday.

The storm smashed record snowfall totals for October and worsened as it moved north.

Communities in western Massachusetts were among the hardest hit. Snowfall totals topped 27 inches in Plainfield, and nearby Windsor had gotten 26 inches by early Sunday.

It was blamed for at least nine deaths, and states of emergency were declared in New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts and parts of New York.

Roads, rails and airline flights were knocked out, and passengers on a JetBlue flight were stuck on a plane in Hartford, Conn., for more than seven hours. And while children across the region were thrilled to see snow so early, it also complicated many of their Halloween plans.

Sharon Martovich of Southbury, Conn., said she hoped the

power will come back on in time for her husband’s Halloween tradition of playing “Young Frankenstein” on a giant screen in front of their house. But no matter what, she said, they will make sure the eight or so children who live in the neighborhood don’t miss out on trick-or-treating.

“Either way we will get the giant flashlights and we will go,” she said.

More than 800,000 power customers were without electricity in Connecticut alone – shattering the record set just two months ago by Hurricane Irene.

Massachusetts had more than 600,000 outages, and so did New Jersey – including Gov. Chris Christie’s house. Parts of Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, New York, Maine, Maryland and Vermont also were without power.

“It’s going to be a more difficult situation than we expe-

rienced in Irene,” Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said.

“We are expecting extensive and long-term power outages.”

Thirty-two shelters were open around the state, and Malloy asked volunteer fire departments to allow people in for warmth and showers. At least four hospitals were relying on generators for power.

Around Newtown in western Connecticut, trees were so laden with snow on some back roads that the branches touched the street. Every few minutes, a snap filled the air as one broke and tumbled down. Roads that were plowed became impassible because the trees were falling so fast.

One of the few businesses open in the area was a Big Y grocery store that had a generator.

Customers loaded up on supplies, heard news updates over

limbs crashing into her Simsbury, Conn., home. She was buying disposable plates and cups in a darkened supermarket, a setting that she said resembled “one of those post-apocalyptic TV shows.”

“They didn’t hype this one as much” as Irene, she said. “I didn’t think it was going to be as bad.”

In Concord, N.H., Dave Whitcher’s company had yet to prep its sanding equipment before the storm dropped nearly 2 feet of snow. His crews were plowing and shoveling parking lots Sunday and would be back Monday to salt sidewalks and walkways.

“It was a bit of a surprise, the amount and how heavy it was.

We should’ve probably come out and got a little earlier start, but we did all right,” Whitcher said.

the intercom, charged up their cell phones, and waited for a suddenly hard-to-get cup of coffee – in a line that was 30 people deep and growing.

Many of the areas hit by the storm had also been hit by Irene.

In New Jersey’s Hamilton Township, Tom Jacobsen also recalled heavy spring flooding and a particularly heavy winter before that.

“I’m starting to think we really ticked off Mother Nature somehow, because we’ve been getting spanked by her for about a year now,” he said while grabbing some coffee at a convenience store.

It wasn’t just the trees that weren’t ready for a wintry wallop.

Kerry McNiven said she was “totally unprepared” for the storm that knocked out her water and power and sent tree

Qantas expected to resume flights after court acts More Occupy protesters DALLAS (AP) — Qantas Airways was expected to resume flying Monday after an Australian court intervened in a labor dispute that led the airline to ground its entire fleet over the weekend.

By the time the labor-relations court acted, several hundred flights had been canceled and tens of thousands of passengers stranded around the world.

Some airline industry experts say Qantas’ surprise grounding of its entire fleet Saturday could cause many travelers to book future trips on other airlines.

Qantas CEO Alan Joyce said he had no choice but to order the lockout of union workers and end months of rolling strikes that led to canceled flights, $70 million in losses and a collapse in future bookings.

Joyce told the Australian Broadcasting Corp. that he expected some flights to resume by mid-afternoon Monday. It was unclear how long it would take for the airline to resume a full schedule. The airline had estimated that it would lose $20 million a day during the lockout.

The Australian labor-relations court issued its ruling ending the standoff early Monday morning – midday Sunday in the United States – after holding an emergency hearing that included testimony from company, labor union and government officials.

The president of the laborarbitration panel, Geoffrey Giudice, said the group acted to protect Australia’s tourism and aviation industry.

The airline said 447 flights had been canceled in the first 24 hours of the lockout. Qantas did not immediately up-

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A Qantas Airbus A380 sits on the tarmac at Heathrow Airport in London Saturday after Qantas Airways grounded its global fleet indefinitely after weeks of disruptive strikes. date that figure.

Qantas is the largest of Australia’s four national domestic airlines, carrying about 70,000 passengers a day on a fleet of 108 planes that operate in 22 countries. In 2010, it was the 16th largest airline in the world by passenger miles flown, according to the trade publication Air Transport World.

Its major international destinations include Singapore, Hong Kong and London. In the United States, Qantas flies to Los Angeles, Dallas, New York and Honolulu.

Travelers reported being ordered to leave planes that were already on the tarmac when the lockout began Saturday.

More than 60 planes in midflight flew to their destinations, then were parked.

Qantas said it paid to rebook passengers on other airlines, including compensating those who had to pay higher last-minute fares to get home.

For several weeks, workers have carried out rolling strikes and refused to work overtime to demand higher pay and protest the airline’s plans to cut about 1,000 jobs. Qantas, which has about 32,500 employees, wants to reduce costs by creating new Asia-based airlines for international flying. International flights were a roughly $200 million drain on the company last year.

The company reported in August that annual profit had doubled. But it said the business climate was too turbulent – partly because of labor turmoil – to forecast future earnings.

Henry Harteveldt, an airline industry analyst in San Francisco, predicts the shutdown will do long-term damage to the Qantas name by hurting its reputation for reliability.

“A lot of travelers won’t take a chance and will book away to Virgin Australia, Air New Zealand and other airlines,” Harteveldt said. “Brand loyalty in the airline business is very low, and there is so much competition.”

Before the court ruling, Virgin Australia said it was scheduling extra flights and offering 20 percent fare discounts to help stranded Qantas passengers through Thursday.

If Qantas loses customers, that could also hurt partners in its alliance of global airlines, including American Airlines.

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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Dozens of anti-Wall Street protesters were arrested Sunday in Texas, where they clashed with police over food tables, and in Oregon, where officers dragged them out of a park in an affluent neighborhood.

In New York and many other East Coast cities, it was a snowstorm that was making it difficult for demonstrators to stay camped out in public places.

The “Occupy” movement, which began six weeks ago in lower Manhattan to decry corporate influence in government and wealth inequality, has spread to cities large and small across the country and around the world. Demonstrators have spent weeks camped out in parks, wearing at the patience of city officials – even those who have expressed some level of support for their cause.

In Portland, Ore., police have allowed protest-

ers to sleep in two parks surrounded by office buildings despite policies outlawing camping, but Mayor Sam Adams warned demonstrators last week that he would not allow them to take over any more parks. Late Saturday, hundreds of protesters gathered in another park – Jamison Square in the wealthy Pearl District – and defied a midnight curfew.

About 30 people who had decided to risk arrest sat on the ground as other protesters walked around them and chanted “Whose Park?

Our Park!” and “Make No Arrests.”

When police moved in around 2 a.m., all but the sitting protesters backed off. An Associated Press photographer said most of those protesters went limp and were carried or dragged away by police. There was no violence during the arrests, which took about 90 minutes.

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Explore other career paths while at WVU Students are now scheduling classes for next semester, eager to complete the requirements for graduation. While it is important to stay on track and finish a degree in a concise time frame, it is equally important to explore other fields of study as well.

College degrees are a valuable investment for anyone, but it is essential for students to be sure to pursue degrees that are right for them.

In reality, most 18-year-old

freshmen don’t know what career path they want to take. High school doesn’t provide enough experiences for students. They need to explore options before becoming confident of a desired career path.

West Virginia University has plenty courses available which allow students to get a view of other majors and possible career options.

No student should feel they are trapped in a degree. If you

are honestly unhappy with your chosen field, then find something else.

There is too much at stake for students to pursue an unwanted degree.

It may seem that college will last forever, but time moves fast and before long, the real world will sweep in and life will become a burdensome routine of bills and other inescapable responsibilities.

Opportunities available at

WVU will not last either. College is a once in a lifetime experience for most people, so take advantage of all amenities WVU offers.

Students are encouraged to visit the Career Services Center, which assists students with career plans.

Internships and other job-related workshops are other ways for students to develop a better understanding for his or her desired job.

Don’t wait until your degree

is almost complete to investigate other career options. By that time, too much money and time will be invested.

It is best for students in their first two years to focus on GEC courses, which are basically required for all majors, and explore other fields that may be a better fit.

College only happens once, so make the best of it. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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Depression can be treated through lifestyle changes danielle faipler columnist

More than 15 million people in the U.S. suffer from depression. It’s a mood disorder where simple, everyday tasks become difficult due to feelings of hopelessness, anger and sadness.

Depression can be treated with antidepressants, psychotherapy or with lifestyle changes.

Antidepressants are good for short-term treatment, but they do not facilitate with the long-term changes needed to treat the illness, and they add to the growing prescription drug abuse problem in the U.S. Studies have shown that other treatment options, such as exercising or learning how to manage stress, can be just as or even more effective than medication alone. Medication can be dangerous because the patient can develop a dependency on it – something that can result in even more problems.

A side effect of antidepressants is hallucinations, and most of the time, different medication is prescribed to the patient. If the patient does not take the medication properly, they can develop a dependency.

There is already a prescription drug abuse problem in the U.S. In 2009, seven million (citizens) confessed to taking prescription medication for nonmedical use.

A misconception about the safety of prescription drugs, as well as the growing availability of them has added to the problem, and doctors need to do more to steer patients away.

The most effective action a doctor can take to help treat a patient with depression is to give them the skills necessary to deal with stressful situations which trigger the de-

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Antidepressants. pression, as well as suggest activities to increase levels of serotonin, endorphins and other chemicals related to feeling good.

Exercise, eating well and getting the proper amount of sleep are all good starts to treating depression naturally.

Exercising for at least half an hour every few days boosts feel-good brain chemicals, but also starts the growth of new brain cells and connections, which is what antidepressants do.

Eating well is also impor-

tant for mental health because it keeps up energy, and minimizes mood swings.

Studies have also correlated a positive relationship between vitamin D and depression. A study published in the scholarly magazine, the Journal of Internal Medicine, featured 441 overweight people that were given either a mock or real dose of vitamin D to see how the nutrient affects depression.

The study concluded that symptoms of depression improved in subjects given vi-

tamin D, and there was no change in symptoms of subjects not given vitamin D. Besides nutrition and exercise, having strong relationships with people also helps treat depression. Depression can be caused by social isolation.

A study done be Duke University found that 25 percent of all Americans are completely alone in the world; they do not have close friends beyond their immediate family.

Social interaction is important for happiness because it

gives people a support system.

This support system acts like a wooden beam holding up a balcony; the more personal relationships (beams) a person has in his or her life, the easier it is for them to deal with the weight of their problems (the balcony).

Having someone to talk to (even if they do not have any advice) can be very helpful in the treatment of depression.

A combination of treatment is needed in more severe cases of depression, but it would be more beneficial for patients

to try to make these lifestyle changes before popping a Zoloft or Cymbalta.

Doctors should wait to prescribe antidepressants to patients because they can be very costly, health-wise, and ineffective in the long run.

Doctors need to help fight prescription drug abuse – it is their job to practice medicine ethically and help their patients.

A walk in the park may be all it takes for someone with depression to get out of their funk.

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Discriminatory practices cause blood shortages in the US elise cowgill copy editor

In July, the Chicago Sun Times reported that a 22-yearold heterosexual man was rejected from giving blood because the center declared him “too gay.”

While that statement in and of itself creates many issues, here is the bottom line: Although we’re now in the 21st century, where all blood is tested and the ridiculous stigma associated with HIV and homosexuality has been disproved, the governmentoperated Red Cross would still rather accept blood from a homeless man than someone who appears to be a

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homosexual.

Let me first say this – I am, by all accounts, a socially liberal person.

That being said, my beliefs regarding the rights of these individuals really play no role here.

What does play a role?

If I’m in a car accident tomorrow and in need of a blood transfusion, I’m not going to care whether the donation has come from an African American, Asian, male, female, heterosexual or homosexual donor – as long as it allows me to carry on with my life.

However, in the current state of our blood bank system – there’s a good chance that this may not happen.

There is a blood shortage throughout the country. Many factors contribute to the com-

patibility of blood – the most crucial being blood type.

This shortage could be supplemented if only the approximate nine million homosexuals in America could be allowed to donate blood.

In retrospect, those numbers are also realistically skewed.

While the most widely accepted statistic is that one in 10 individuals is either lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender, the fact remains: In a society which has been plagued in recent months by LGBT bullying and suicide incidences, people are not likely to identify themselves into those categories via a survey.

This means that there are likely many more than nine million people in America who cannot donate blood –

all because of their sexual orientations.

Let’s take a closer look at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s procedure for processing blood donations.

According to the American Red Cross website, www. redcrossblood.org, blood is scanned into a computer database after it leaves the donation site.

It is then most likely spun in centrifuges in order to separate the transfusable components – red cells, platelets and plasma.

During a simultaneous process, test tubes are shipped to one of five Red Cross National Testing Laboratories. In those facilities, more than a dozen tests – including one for HIV/ AIDS – are done to each unit of donated blood.

These results are available within 24 hours. If a test result is positive, the unit is discarded and the donor is notified.

What this proves is that the blood is being tested – regardless of the sexual orientation of the person who donates it.

The National Center for Health Statistics reports that since 2005, more than half of new HIV infections diagnosed in the U.S. have been reported by individuals identifying themselves as heterosexuals.

This statistic shows the bottom line; the stigma which places HIV/AIDS in the pocket as a “rampantly homosexual disease” is based off prejudice – not fact.

America continues to move toward a more socially liberal society, and research con-

tinues to show us that as humans – despite our differences – are all composed of the same stuff.

Why then, do we continue to allow this ridiculous and prejudiced predisposition which scientific fact has disproved to pervade our way of life and continue furthering the shortage of a necessary life component – blood – when we could instead be saving lives?

Because society has yet to take a stand.

While I encourage all ablebodied individuals to donate blood, we all know now that this is not enough.

A viable solution for the problem exists, but is unutilized. Until the entire populace can donate, people will continue to die from blood loss.

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THE WEEK AHEAD TODAY OCTOBER 31

THE LAUREATE WIND QUINTET hosts a recital beginning at 8:15 p.m. in the Bloch Learning and Performance Hall of the Creative Arts Center. For more information, call 304-293-7469.

TUESDAY NOVEMBER 1

THE WVU CHAPTER OF THE NATIONAL COMMUNITY PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATION is hosting an educational event to register potential donors for a bone marrow drive. The education session will take place from noon to 1 p.m. on in the Fukushima Auditorium at the WVU Health Sciences Center.

For more information, call 304293-7192 or email adnewton@ hsc.wvu.edu.

WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 2

THE WVU DAVIS COLLEGE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER presents “Common Reed Invasion into Chesapeake Bay Tidal Wetlands” from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. in 334 Percival Hall. The presentation is part of the fall seminar series and is free and open to the public.

For more information, call 304-293-3825 or email jim. anderson@mail.wvu.edu.

THURSDAY NOVEMBER 3

A DOCTORAL RECITAL on the piano by Yana Tyulkova takes place at 6 p.m. in the Bloch Learning and Performance Hall of the Creative Arts Center. For more information, call 304293-4359 or email charlene. lattea@mail.wvu.edu.

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 4

THE PNC PRACTICUM PROGRAM – ECONOMIC SEMINAR SERIES presents Olena Kostyshyna of Portland State University. It will be held in room 441 of the Business & Economics Building from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, email william. trumbull@mail.wvu.edu.

EVERY MONDAY

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

KAPPA PHI, a Christian women’s service organization, meets at 7 p.m. at Wesley United Methodist Church on the corner of N. High and Willey streets. For more information, email kappaphi_pi@hotmail.com or visit www.freewebs.com/kappaphipi.

AIKIDO FOR BEGINNERS is at 6 p.m. at 160 Fayette St. The first class is free, with special rates for WVU students. For more information, email var3@cdc.gov.

RIFLE CLUB meets from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in Room 311 of the Shell Building. For more information, email Abbey at aheiskel@mix.wvu.edu or Bob at rdriscol@wvu.edu.

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

STUDENTS TAKING ACTION NOW: DARFUR meets at 7 p.m. in the Mountain Room of the Mountainlair.

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to raise money and awareness on the ongoing genocide in Darfur, Sudan. For more information, email Felicia at fgilber@mix.wvu.edu or 732-674-8357.

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

WVU CLUB TENNIS is practicing from 9 p.m. to 10 p.m. at Ridgeview Racquet Club. For carpooling, call 304-906-4427. New members are always welcome.

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

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

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

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

CONTINUAL

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

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

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

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

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

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

CONFIDENTIAL COUNSELING SERVICES are provided for free by the Carruth Center for Psychological and Psychiatric Services. A 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 five years of age.

This is an opportunity to earn volunteer hours for class requirements. For more information, call 304-598-5180 or 304-598-5185.

BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS, a United Way agency, is looking for volunteers to become Big Brothers and Big Sisters in its one-on-one community-based and school-based men-

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.

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toring 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 trella.greaser@live.com.

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

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

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

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

THE ASSOCIATION FOR WOMEN IN SCIENCE meets on the second Monday and fourth Tuesday of every month at noon at Hatfields in the Mountainlair. All students and faculty are invited. For more information, email amy.keesee@mail.wvu.edu.

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

Monday through Wednesday.

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

THE M-TOWN MPOWERMENT PROJECT, a community-building program run by and geared toward young gay or bisexual men 18 to 29, is creating an environment in the Morgantown community where young men can feel empowered to make a difference in their lives.

MPowerment also focuses on HIV and STD prevention education. For more information, call 304-319-1803.

COMMUNITY NEWCOMERS CLUB is a group organized to allow new residents of the Morgantown area an opportunity to gather socially and assimilate into their new home community. For more information, visit morgantownnewcomers.com.

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

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

HOROSCOPES

BY JACQUELINE BIGAR BORN TODAY This year you seem to say the right words at the right time.

You experience greater ease with life and people. You might indulge more yet still be able to discipline yourself. A natural talent becomes more evolved and apparent. If you are single, you enter a year in which you attract many potential suitors.

Choose with care. If you are attached, frequently indulge your sweetie. Hang out with CAPRICORN. ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19) HHHH A sense of responsibility emanates through your day. You could be focused on a money matter involving another person or simply how to distribute the Halloween candy. A sense of letting go marks later today. Tonight: Keep it light.

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20) HHHHH Keep reaching out for someone at a distance. You could be disturbed by everything that you are seeing and feeling.

Worry less about others. You can always opt to go solo, if need be. What you feel might not be communicated in your words. Tonight: Put on music first.

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20) HHHH Deal with money and work issues. Instead of negligence or a power play, would it not be better to achieve a cohesive attitude and a game plan? Act on what you discover to be so. You will like the end results. Tonight: Togetherness is the theme.

CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22) HHH Those who know you past your defensive Crab attacks recognize how very nurtur-

ing and caring you are. However, you don’t need to be the lead player every time. You could be much happier letting someone else assume the responsibility he or she has coveted for a long time.

Tonight: Enjoy the people around you.

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22) HHH You are really into a project and determined to get as much done as possible. Still, you are likely to discover how easily you could be distracted. Remain focused and stay on top of communication. If you are longing to go off and do something personal, do. You might be too distracted anyway. Tonight: Go for something relaxing.

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22) HHHH Nearly everyone around you is focused and in Monday mode. Your mind might be aware that it is Monday, but your imagination goes haywire. You have some very fun thoughts and ideas.

Maybe you can indulge and leave your routine behind early in the day. Tonight: Lighten up.

LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22) HHHH Stay centered and remember your priorities.

Whether your mind goes on overdrive or you are inundated with calls and requests, it seems close to impossible to complete a project. You will want to move a project to the back burner for a short period. Tonight: Head home.

SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21) HHHHH You have a lot to say, and considering the way you express yourself, you will be noticed. Use your gift of communication to make waves and be heard. From that point on a discussion becomes possible.

Don’t allow a sense of depression to get to you. Tonight: Enjoying the haunted quality of the night.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21) HHH Be aware of what you have to offer. Don’t diminish yourself through comparison.

Sometimes all of us want to play a lowkey role, and you are no exception. Be aware of how hard you are pushing someone close. Try for understanding.

Tonight: Treat time.

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19) HHHHH Understand where you are coming from, then act. If you can sort out your personal agenda from your actions, you would be better off. Don’t roll into action too quickly. Indulge a special person in your life. Make a call and plan a get-together. Tonight: Beam in what you want.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18) HHH Back off for now and say little. Still, a friend or associate could give you a nudge or two to let you know that he or she understands what you are up to. Make sure you connect with a boss or someone you really care about. Tonight: Vanish if you can.

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20) HHHHH Knowing what you want is the first step in making your desires happen. You don’t really need agreement from others, but their support will only please you. Bring others together, whether it is with Halloween cookies at the office or some other idea. Tonight: Where the fun is.

BORN TODAY Author Dick Francis (1920), actor Michael Landon (1936), newscaster Jane Pauley (1950)

COMICS

Pearls Before Swine

by Stephan Pastis

F Minus

by Tony Carrillo

Get Fuzzy

by Darby Conley

Cow and Boy

by Mark Leiknes

PUZZLES DIFFICULTY LEVEL EASY

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

LAST WEEK’S PUZZLE SOLVED

ACROSS 1 About, date-wise 6 Togo neighbor 11 Band booster 14 Ancient Greek theater 15 Hershey’s caramel candies 16 Card game with a belligerent name 17 *Shows like “Cheers” and “Friends” 19 Author Umberto 20 “Garfield” dog 21 Be shy, poker pot-wise 22 Onion kin 24 Wheel edges 25 *Precious metal trading venue 29 Pub mug 31 Simba’s mate, in “The Lion King” 32 Like a mint Mickey Mantle rookie card 33 Drilled commodity 35 Drill parts 37 Understand 38 *Soft, lumpy chair 42 *Winter fisherman’s access 44 Klutz 45 Riverbank deposit 47 “__ Haw” 48 Another, in Andalusia 50 Like sour cherries 52 Bust makers 56 *Attractive facial mole 59 Hindu scripture 60 Beatles meter maid 61 Zip 62 Bring home 63 Certain eBay click 64 1987 market crash, and this puzzle’s title, whose first word can precede each word in the starred answers 68 “__ Misérables” 69 Flood barrier 70 Demoted planet 71 Chinese menu general 72 “Yikes!”

73 Keys in DOWN 1 Red, white and blue 2 “Yay, me!”

3 Ruling period 4 Ability to stick together 5 Picnic bug 6 Gradually appeal to 7 Amateur photographer’s workshop

8 Bar pint contents 9 Green light 10 Safe havens 11 Seven days before now 12 Holy fish?

13 Poker tour player 18 Minor player 23 Goof up 26 552, to Caesar 27 Fire starter 28 Head, in France 30 Penpoints 34 Flock at church 36 Spotted 38 Half-wit 39 Diners and such 40 “Yes, unfortunately” 41 Glittery rock genre 43 Angelic 46 Hypnotized 49 Ump’s call 51 Tots’ rides

53 Do research (on) 54 Percentage quoted by a bank 55 Some plasma TVs 57 Dining room piece 58 Merged Dutch airline 63 Short lunch order?

65 57-Down support 66 Gardner on screen 67 Pick, with “for”

LAST WEEK’S PUZZLE SOLVED

He hears things That others don‛t Or maybe it‛s just things That others won‛t

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Monday October 31, 2011

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In this time lapsed image, a snowboarder makes a run during the Motown Throwdown on High Street.

Pathfinder brings snow sports to High Street

by Caitlin Graziani a&E Correspondent

15,000 pounds of snow fell on High Street in Morgantown Saturday for the Motown Throwdown, a snowboarding and skiing competition.

The custom feature snowpark setup, sponsored by Seven Springs, included two rails and a “down box,” making for the biggest and tallest feature setup in Motown Throwdown history.

Contractors built the park setup, Seven Springs Terrain Parks crew put in the rails, and snow was blown onto the setup.

“This is my fourth year in a row going to the Motown Throwdown. The setup got better, the skiers and snowboarders got better, more and more people came out,” said Lucas Hilsbos, a freshman economics student.

Onlookers crowded the sidewalk, street and roofs of nearby buildings to catch a glimpse of

the competition.

Of the 40 competitors, the competition could only have two winners.

Morgantown native, Josh Zerkle, competed in the snowboard category of the throwdown.

“I was lucky and went to New Zealand over the summer ... skateboarding also helps me prepare,” Zerkle said.

Professional snowboarders Cale Zima and T.J. Schneider judged the events, narrowing it down from 20 snowboarders and 20 skiers to two winners.

For the second consecutive year, snowboarder Shaun Murphy won the snowboard category, taking home the $1,000 prize, while Justin Petriko won the first prize for the ski category.

“Thank you to everyone coming out for this year’s event.

I would really like to thank the City of Morgantown for making this possible,” said Andrew

A skier lands a jump during a run on Friday.

Walker, manager of Pathfinder and event coordinator of the Motown Throwdown.

Pathfinder remained open during the event, and held a sale on selected items. Walker said Saturday was one the biggest retail days if the year for the store.

DJ Zimmie, of Pittsburgh, provided music during the event. Phife Dawg, of 90’s hiphop legend A Tribe Called Quest, performed at the event’s finale.

Oakley sunglasses, Seven Springs season passes and Redbull free “swag” were thrown into the crowd.

After the competition, it took contractors three hours to take down the setup. The residual snow was loaded into a truck and hauled away.

Attendees over the age of 21 were invited to an after party at de Lazy Lizard where DJ Zimmie performed an encore set. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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DJ Zimmie of Pittsburgh and Phife Dawg performed for the event’s finale.

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Pathfinder’s fifth annual Motown Throwdown attracted hundreds on extreme sports enthusiasts to High Street.

WVU’s Kent painting goes to LSU after lost bet

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Following a bet with the Louisiana State University Museum of Art, the West Virginia University Art Museum has shipped one of its most prized works of art to LSU to be displayed until Dec. 12.

Joyce Ice, WVU’s Art Museum director, and Thomas Livesay, LSU’s art director started the bet weeks ago, with each University offering their most prized piece of art to the winner of the football game, which was LSU/.

LSU was prepared to give WVU their 19th century teaand-coffee service, which was made before the Civil War. WVU agreed to hand over the 1940 Rockwell Kent painting “To Make Dream Homes Come

True,” which depicts a divine figure of a man holding a glowing piece of coal over homes.

On Sept. 24, the two football teams came head-to-head in what was one of the most anticipated games of the year. LSU managed to swipe the Mountaineers aside with a 47-21 victory, paving the way for the Kent painting to make its journey down to Baton Rouge.

Many will argue, though, that this is not a complete defeat as LSU students and Louisiana citizens alike will be able to experience a little piece of Appalachia and widen their appetite for its rich heritage.

The painting will be displayed in the Modern Gallery of the LSU Museum of Art until Dec. 12, to give the museums visitors a chance to experience the importance of coal mining

within Appalachian culture.

“I’m happy for the opportunity to share an important work of art from our museum collection with colleagues at the LSU Museum of Art and the citizens of Louisiana,” Ice said. “I know they will appreciate being able to see this painting firsthand on campus.”

Had the Mountaineers tamed the Tigers instead, we would have seen the 19th century coffee and tea set sitting in the Art Museum until mid-December.

The five-piece set was made by a New Orleans silversmith, Adolphe Himmel, between 1855 and 1861.

The set included a coffeepot, teapot, sugar bowl, creamer and a bowl. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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24th annual Pumpkin Drop, a smashing success

by Rebecca Lebherz A&E Writer

Pumpkins plummeted from the top of West Virginia University’s 11-story West Virginia University Engineering Sciences Building for the 24th annual Pumpkin Drop Friday.

The goal was to land a pumpkin safely and closest to the target on the ground. Each pumpkin had to be at least 10 inches in diameter, and the carrying container with the pumpkin inside could not weigh more than 60 pounds.

217 teams from elementary, middle and high schools across West Virginia and Pennsylvania competed in the event. The entry fee was $10 per team.

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers hosted the event, and proceeds benefited the Ronald McDonald House in Morgantown.

Daniel Whitlow, president of WVU’s ASME and junior mechanical and aerospace engineering student, said the event raised more than $2,500.

Students competed for a

$50 first-place prize, a $25 second-place prize and a $10 third-place prize.

Pumpkin pies and WVU goodies were given out for other prizes including trivia questions.

“We try to bring in as many volunteers as we can, and other clubs help out throughout the day,” Whitlow said.

On Thursday, about 30 freshman Engineering 100 students participated in a mini-drop as part of the event.

Anthony Chen, an eighth-grade student at Mountaineer Middle School, participated for a project for his “Talented and Gifted” class.

His team used a cardboard box, duct tape and pre-wrap to hold their pumpkin. Unfortunately, the pumpkin fell out of its carrier and smashed to the ground with the box lagging behind.

“It’s fun because you get to see the other designs and anticipate seeing yours fall off, and see if it works,” Chen said.

Aishwarya Sharma, another eighth-grade student from Mountaineer Middle School, said the Pumpkin

Drop was fun and interesting.

“It was interesting to see if our pumpkin would survive,” Sharma said. “It landed right on the target but exploded into pieces.”

Cardboard boxes, duct tape, bubble wrap, tarps and parachutes were some of the common materials used. Some teams were creative and used more unusual items, such as marshmallows.

Teams used many different techniques in an attempt to safely land their pumpkins.

“We made it with cardboard and memory foam, and we built it like a rocket, so whenever it would crumble the bottom of the rocket would meet with the bottom of the pumpkin,” said Cheyenne Myers, a senior at Hundred High School in Hundred, W.Va. Refreshments and Pumpkin Drop T-shirts were for sale at the event, which was attended by a large crowd.

“It’s a great day for kids to have a fun experience that is interactive with the community,” Whitlow said. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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The 24th annual Pumpkin Drop featured 217 teams elementary, middle and high schools across West Virginia and Pennsylvania

CAC Showcases works of Composer-in-Residence John Beall

by Ashley Hite a&e WRITER

The West Virginia University Creative Arts Center showcased the works of WVU Composerin-Residence John Beall Thursday in the Bloch Learning and Performance Hall.

Members of the WVU voice faculty Hope Koehler, William Koehler, Nicholas Perna and Mandy Spivak performed Beall’s vocal music alongside pianist Robert Thieme and vi-

olinist Mikylah Myers McTeer.

The songs for the evening included Beall’s collections based on poems by German poet Rainer Maria Rilke and Swedish diplomat Dag Hammarskjold, compositions from his two-part opera based on Edith Wharton’s novel “Ethan Frome” and works inspired by the New Testament.

The first collection of songs were composed of poems “Lament,” “Autumn Day,” “To Say Before Going to Sleep” and “Au-

tumn,” performed by soprano Mandy Spivak.

Beall’s second collection of songs, based on Hammarskjold’s works, included “Thus It Was,” “Gethsemane” and “Thou,” sung by tenor Nicholas Perna. After the intermission, William Koehler performed “He’ll Not Go for Mattie” from Beall’s two-part opera and joined with soprano Hope Koehler to perform “Love Duet.”

The performance ended with

Beall’s collection of songs inspired by the New Testament.

Soprano Hope Koehler performed “The Word,” “If Then, We Have Been Raised With Christ,” “Let Us Love One Another” and “If God is on Our Side.”

“I try to focus on just one poet at a time,” Beall said.

Sharon Lankford, a graduate voice performance student, said she enjoyed the way Beall constructed his pieces.

“I’ve enjoyed it – it’s differ-

ently a different kind of music the way he sets it to poets,” Lankford said. “I really liked the autumn piece.”

Beall has won multiple awards for his contributions in the music realm. He currently holds the 1972 Louis Lane Prize, the 1973 Howard Hanson Prize, and the 1981 Composer of the Year award by the West Virginia Music Teachers Association.

He has received commissions from the National En-

dowment for the Arts, Radiological Consultants Association of West Virginia and the West Virginia Symphony Orchestra.

His two-part opera “Ethan Frome” was featured as a part of the centennial celebrations of the West Virginia University School Of Music.

Beall continues to contribute to the academic field as a professor at WVU’s and is an asset to the school’s music program. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

Filmmaker, multimedia artist Colburn reveals meaning being work

by Ashley Hite A&E Writer

Multimedia artist and filmmaker Martha Colburn presented a guest lecture on Tuesday at the West Virginia University Creative Arts Center.

Art enthusiasts swarmed to the performance hall, packing the seats and standing along the back walls and doorways.

Colburn began the lecture with her 2011 antifracking video she created for WBAI Radio. It depicted the harmful effects of fracking on the water in New York City, using skeletons, skulls, flames, burning water and

explosions.

“That was actually my first PSA,” Colburn said.

Colburn followed the video up with one of her early films from 1994.

The scenes were filled with magazine images transformed into vampires. Colburn said the video played with the idea of anti-commercialism using the legend of Dracula.

Colburn also showcased some scenes from one of her more recent videos, “Triumph of the Wild.”

The film is a chronologic view of American history through four wars, beginning with the American Revolution.

She followed her videos up by showing the audience how the process behind her films worked with a slideshow entitled “Making of Triumph.”

Colburn said she attached magnets to the back of her art and used a vertical piece of glass with magnets on the back to display them.

“I would take a picture, move a piece, take a picture, move a piece,” Colburn said.

Colburn also showed scenes from her “Join the Freedom Force” video and her entire “Myth Labs” film.

“What I’ve been doing recently is I went to Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Amsterdam and other protests,” Colburn said of her “Join the

Freedom Force” film.

Colburn said her artwork was displayed and shipped using interlocking pieces as well as where her art has been displayed.

“Art spaces now want moving images, because it’s such a large part of our society,” she said.

The event was followed by a question-and-answer session, in which students and professors had the opportunity to ask Colburn about her process and her films.

For more information on Martha Colburn and samples of her work, visit her website at www.marthacolburn.com.

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Filmmaker and artist Martha Colburn lectured and showed her works at the CAC on Oct. 25.

YouTube launches broad entertainment venture into original content NEW YORK (AP) — YouTube is making a bold step into original programming in an entertainment venture with some 100 content creators, from Madonna to The Wall Street Journal.

The Google Inc.-owned video site said Friday that it’s launching more than 100 new video channels. The partners include an array of Hollywood production companies, celebrities and new media groups that will produce mainly niche-oriented videos.

YouTube is shelling out $100 million to producers, according to people familiar with the mat-

ter, who spoke on condition of anonymity. The money is an advance on advertising money the videos will bring in, and Google will recoup its portion first before splitting the proceeds. Advances are as high as $5 million per channel, said another person familiar with the arrangement, also speaking on condition of anonymity.

Neither person was authorized to comment publicly on the matter.

Google declined to offer financial details of the deals, but said the majority of revenue will go to partners.

Participants include Ma-

donna, former NBA star Shaquille O’Neal, comedian Amy Poehler, actor Ashton Kutcher, “Office” star Rainn Wilson, spiritual doctor Deepak Chopra and “Modern Family” actress Sofia Vergara. Most are creating channels through their production companies. Madonna is a partner with the dance channel DanceOn, while O’Neal plans the Comedy Shaq Network.

Lionsgate is presenting a fitness channel, and other channels will be launched by news satire the Onion, professional wrestling’s WWE, online magazine Slate and news service Thomson Reuters.

The channels will roll out beginning this month, though most will premiere next year.

YouTube says the channels will add 25 hours of new original content daily, with dozens of Web series debuting at scheduled times.

Ultimately, YouTube is aiming to create a new digital video platform that will rival television programming.

In a blog posting Friday night, YouTube said the channels are being developed “specifically for the digital age.” The video site compared the expanded video offerings to the advent of cable television.

YouTube has tried to build a more advertiser-friendly product of professional-quality video, as opposed to simply user-created videos. Advertisers generally prefer to have their ads matched with known quantities. YouTube has also previously tried to urge viewers to stay longer with TVlike services like the YouTube Leanback, which continuously plays a personalized selection of videos.

Google is also looking to add professionally produced content to its huge roster of usergenerated videos, to give users of its Google TV platform some-

thing to watch.

Major Hollywood networks such as News Corp.’s Fox and The Walt Disney Co.’s ABC have blocked their content from being shown on Google TV because the sides have been unable to come to a licensing deal that the networks believes pays them fairly. Networks also don’t want to jeopardize their lucrative relationship with pay TV distributors like Comcast Corp. and DirecTV. Google is a platform that has been adopted by set-top box maker Logitech, which makes a device called a Logitech Revue that sells for $100.

Montel Williams impressed with Israel’s liberal attitude toward medical marijuana JERUSALEM (AP) — Emmy Award-winning television personality and patient activist Montel Williams said Sunday he was impressed with Israel’s liberal attitude toward medical marijuana, and he believes the U.S. could learn a thing or two from the Jewish state.

Williams was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1999 and he has since been an outspoken advocate of medical marijuana to relieve pain caused by the disease.

The former host of the popular long-running talk show “The Montel Williams Show” is in Israel on a fact-finding mission to learn about its medicinal cannabis practices. He is meeting with legislators, scientists and physicians.

At the height of his TV career, Williams was one of the most recognizable faces in America alongside fellow daytime TV hosts Oprah Winfrey, Phil Donahue and Geraldo

AP

Montel Williams says Israel is at the forefront of providing patient access to medical marijuana.

Rivera.

“We need to get out of the dark ages and into the new ages,” he told The Associated

Press. “Not every patient can use cannabis, but for those who can - why deny it?”

In Israel, certain doctors can approve cannabis prescriptions and disperse them to patients, said Itay GoorAryeh, the head of the pain management unit at the Sheba Medical Center in central Israel.

He said that while marijuana use is strictly regulated, many doctors prefer prescribing it to patients who qualify because it is “the lesser of evils.”

“Those patients, if they do not get cannabis, they will get morphine-like drugs and other harmful drugs,” said GoorAryeh. “I think that in many ways, cannabis is tolerated and is less addictive that morphine-based drugs.”

Sixteen U.S. states have decriminalized the use of medical marijuana to some extent.

Critics claim dispensaries are often no more than drug traf-

ficking fronts.

Williams said that those merely seeking to smoke pot won’t go through the lengthy bureaucratic process when they could just “go down the street.”

Williams, 55, said he takes cannabis on a daily basis.

“For me, there is nothing else that can do what it does,” he said. “It helps me suppress my pain ... When I am not using cannabis I am thinking about my pain every 45 seconds.”

He said the drug has been “vilified to substantiate the false reason why it was banned in the first place,” and that he hoped it would one day become a regular prescription drug.

“There are chemicals within that plant,” he said, “and some of the leading science on where and how those chemicals work is being done right here in this country,” referring to Israel.

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‘Shrek’ spinoff ‘Puss in Boots’ tops weekend box office

‘Puss In Boots’ grossed an estimated $34 million over the weekend to lead the box office.

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NEW YORK (AP) — The “Shrek” spinoff “Puss in Boots” landed on all fours, opening with an estimated $34 million to lead the box office.

The DreamWorks 3-D animated film, distributed by Paramount Pictures, proved the popular character voiced

by Antonio Banderas was a big enough draw outside the “Shrek” franchise.

The PG-rated “Puss in Boots” scored with family audiences on the weekend before Halloween and also drew a large Hispanic crowd, which made up 35 percent of its audience.

Though the box office for the top 12 movies was up 7.8 percent from the corresponding weekend last year, it was still affected by both the unseason-

able winter storm on the East Coast and the appeal of the game 7 broadcast of the World Series on Friday night. DreamWorks estimated the storm took off several million dollars from “Puss in Boots.”

The new release on the weekend from 20th Century Fox, the Justin Timberlake scifi thriller “In Time,” was down as much as 20 percent Saturday in markets like New York and Philadelphia.

But the largest estimated opening didn’t happen in North America. “The Adventures of Tintin,” which is being distributed overseas by Sony Pictures and Paramount Pictures, opened in 19 international markets and hauled in $55.8 million.

The performance-capture 3-D animated film, directed by Steven Spielberg and adapted from the beloved Belgian comic series, was especially popular in France, where its $21.5 million was the largest opening for a non-sequel Hollywood film. The film opens in the U.S. on Dec. 21.

“We’re still waiting for the holiday season to kick in in earnest as we get into November,” said Paul Dergarabedian, boxoffice analyst for Hollywood. com. “The holiday season is going to be very strong at the box office.”

Paramount also claimed the weekend’s second top performing movie with the lowbudget horror flick “Paranormal Activity 3.” That film took in $18.5 million in its second week of release, bringing its cumulative total to $81.3 million.

Paramount’s “Footloose” was the fourth film on the weekend, adding $5.4 million for a three-

week total of $38.4 million.

“In Time” opened with $12 million domestically but took in more ($14.5 million) overseas.

The biggest disappointment was “The Rum Diary,” the Hunter S. Thompson adaptation starring Johnny Depp. It earned just $5 million, a low figure for a film headlined by Depp that cost an estimated $50 million to make.

But the solid opening for “Puss in Boots” was much needed for DreamWorks. The company said Tuesday its net income fell by half in the third quarter as its early summer release, “Kung Fu Panda 2,” did not haul in as much at the box office as last year’s “Shrek Forever After.”

Reviews and audience reaction have been positive for “Puss in Boots.” Its release date was moved up a week to essentially give the film more time to run in theaters before other large fall movies are released. It added $17 million internationally, with most of that coming from Russia.

“We always looked at this as a two-weekend release strategy, so we think we’ve got a good start on that plan,” said Anne Globe, head of worldwide marketing and consumer products at DreamWorks. “Being the No. 1 movie and the likely Halloween weekend record-breaker, we’re well-positioned to go into week two, as well as play through the holidays.”

Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Hollywood.com. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.

Activists slam US studio for filming in China city

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BEIJING (AP) — Rights activists have criticized a Hollywood studio for filming a buddy comedy in an eastern Chinese city where a blind, self-taught activist lawyer is being held under house arrest and reportedly beaten.

Relativity Media is shooting part of the comedy “21 and Over” in Linyi, a city in Shandong province where the activist Chen Guangcheng’s village is located. Authorities have turned Chen’s village of Dongshigu into a hostile, nogo zone and activists, foreign diplomats and reporters have been turned back, threatened and had stones thrown at them by men patrolling the village.

The news that Relativity Media had chosen Linyi, a city of 10 million, as a location for its film and was touting its close government connections comes at a time when activists have renewed their attention on Chen. A campaign to visit the lawyer to draw attention to his plight has caught on and intensified over recent weeks, though none have succeeded and many visitors have been met with violence.

On China’s popular Twitter-like microblog, Sina Weibo, some bloggers circulated email addresses for Relativity staff, urging users to write to the company in protest. A few called for a boycott of the film.

Relativity declined comment but said in a press release that filming in Linyi began last Wednesday. In the release, Linyi’s top Communist Party official Zhang Shajun is quoted as calling Relativity’s chief executive Ryan Kavanaugh a “good friend” while Relativity’s Co-President Tucker Tooley describes Linyi as an “amazing” place.

“I hope Relativity Media will learn more about the real Linyi, about Chen Guangcheng, and

see that what is currently happening in Dongshigu village is what is really ‘amazing’,” said Nanjing-based activist He Peirong in an interview.

“Especially at this time, when every day there are people trying to visit Chen Guangcheng, people who have been robbed and beaten, I express deep regret to see such remarks whitewashing the city of Linyi,” she said.

In the past several weeks, dozens of activists and Chen’s supporters have risked being violently assaulted to attempt visits to his home in a bid to draw attention to his plight.

The latest group was made up of 37 petitioners who traveled there by bus from Beijing on Sunday and fled after being attacked by about 50 unidentified thugs as they approached Chen’s village, said one petitioner, Peng Zhonglin, from Jiangxi province. Linyi police refused to comment when reached by phone.

Human Rights Watch senior Asia researcher Nicholas Bequelin said it was puzzling that Relativity appeared comfortable cozying up with the city’s political leadership.

“They seem to be eager to assume this role of being a prop in Linyi’s propaganda campaign to cast itself as a civilized municipality that promotes culture when the reality is that it is not only holding one of China’s most prominent human rights defenders, but going to extraordinary lengths to persecute him,” Bequelin said.

Relativity describes “21 and Over” as a comedy about two childhood friends who drag their friend out to celebrate his 21st birthday the night before a medical school interview in an evening that turns into “a wild epic misadventure of debauchery and mayhem.”

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WVU ‘grew up’ against Rutgers

michael carvelli sports editor

There was one common theme throughout West Virginia’s week of preparation for Rutgers after a disappointing

letdown last week at the hands of Syracuse.

The team that had done so well all season at falling behind early in the first half and coming away with a victory after a strong second half finally met its match against the Orange.

The Mountaineers didn’t handle the adversity well that week,

and they’d be the first ones to say so.

When West Virginia took on the Scarlet Knights Saturday afternoon, more adversity came its way.

And between the miserable weather, the Scarlet Knights’

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Junior quarterback Geno Smith threw two passing touchdowns and ran for another in No. 24 WVU’s comeback win over Rutgers.

No. 24 Mountaineers overcome deficit, weather to down Rutgers 41-31 by ben gaughan

associate sports editor

Shut-down defense in the second half allowed No. 24 West Virginia to make a 41-31 victory over Rutgers on a cold, snowy day at High Point Solutions Stadium in Piscataway, N.J. WVU trailed 31-21 at halftime, allowing Rutgers to score the most points it has scored in a half all season. But the Scarlet Knights failed to find the end zone after halftime, thanks to big plays in key situations by the Mountaineer defense.

“I was proud of how we went out and, on all three sides of the ball, we played harder than (Rutgers) did,” said West Virginia head coach Dana Holgorsen.

One of the biggest plays of the game came on a Rutgers’ fourth down play with 11 minutes left in the fourth quarter.

Rutgers attempted a fake field goal at WVU’s 11-yard line, but junior safety Darwin Cook got back to cover a receiver who was wide open, Brandon Coleman and broke up the play in the end zone, holding the Rutgers’ lead at 31-28.

“They challenged us in every way possible,” said junior quarterback Geno Smith about Rutgers. “I think we responded better than we did last week.

That’s signs of improvement from this team. Our defense did a great job of getting us the ball back and creating turnovers.”

The Mountaineers took the lead for the first time since the first quarter after the turnover on downs. With six minutes to go in the game, Smith ran in the go-ahead score from one-yard out on fourth-and-goal.

“They actually ‘manned’ it up on that play, so it was the kind of thing where we just read the safety, and I just have to beat him to the goal line,” Smith said. “In that situation, you just have to go all out.

“I wanted to be the guy to make that touchdown because my teammates did a great job of getting me out of bad situations throughout the game.”

A fumble by Rutgers quar-

terback Gary Nova in his own territory on Rutgers’ next possession was recovered by WVU and the Mountaineers capitalized.

Smith completed a 20-yard screen pass to junior inside receiver Tavon Austin – and he did the rest, giving the Mountaineers the insurance score they needed.

The first half was a backand-forth offensive battle, even though the field conditions were atrocious.

Rutgers took a 10-7 lead with three and a half minutes left in the first quarter on a 14-yard pass to senior receiver Mohamed Sanu. He was hit hard after he caught the ball by senior cornerback Keith Tandy, but made it into the end zone.

Just 13 seconds later, Austin took a reverse 80 yards for the touchdown to put the Mountaineers back on top 14-10.

Rutgers grabbed the final touchdown of the high-scoring first quarter with 1:41 left on a 45-yard pass to Mark Harrison. Nova was pressured by WVU senior linebacker Najee Goode, but used his feet to escape the tackle. Harrison beat Tandy deep for the score.

Senior running back Shawne Alston had a 52-yard touchdown run in the first quarter, the longest of his career. He now has scored two touchdowns in two different games this year, scoring twice against Bowling Green and his 111 yards was the most of his WVU career.

The Mountaineers forced four turnovers in the game with two interceptions and two fumble recoveries.

Sophomore cornerback Brodrick Jenkins got his first start of the season and had both interceptions for WVU. “We got a turnover or two,” Holgorsen said about the difference in the second half.

“It’s effort. When adversity hits you, and you don’t make a play, what are you going to do? Are you going to shut it down or are you going to line up and play even harder? And we did that in the second half.” ben.gaughan@mail.wvu.edu

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Monday October 31, 2011

women’s soccer

No. 13 Mountaineers coast to semifinals with 5-0 win

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West Virginia head coach Marlon LeBlanc celebrates after his team defeats then No. 1 UConn 2-0 Oct. 18.

West Virginia to explore conference options with men’s soccer program by john terry & nick arthur da staff

The move to the Big 12 Conference doesn’t work perfectly for all of West Virginia’s varsity sports.

The Big 12 does not offer men’s soccer as one of its varsity sports, leaving the No. 18 WVU men’s soccer team in need of new conference affiliation.

West Virginia Athletic Director Oliver Luck is confident the men’s soccer program will find a conference and continue its success.

“We’ve had a very successful men’s soccer program, and I’ve committed to (head) coach (Marlon) LeBlanc that we’ll absolutely be committed to having and retaining the high quality men’s soccer program that we have,” Luck said.

Marlon LeBlanc also made a statement Friday night.

“As far as the move to the Big 12 and its impact on men’s soccer, that is something that we’re looking toward what the best avenue for our program will be,” LeBlanc said. “Our administration is already working toward solidifying our best options moving forward.”

Conference USA and the Mid-American Conference are two possible conferences suitable for LeBlanc’s team. Conference USA currently houses two Southeastern Conference men’s soccer programs and one program from the Sun Belt Conference, neither of which offer men’s soccer.

South Carolina, Kentucky, and Florida International all participate as soccer-only members.

Conference USA Assistant Commissioner Courtney Archer refused to say if the conference had been contacted by West Virginia, but does believe Conference USA could be an option for the Mountaineers.

“We do have the structure to put that process in motion,” Archer said. “Conference USA currently houses three members that only participate in men’s soccer.”

Mid-American Conference officials made an official statement Friday afternoon, as well.

“Our conference policy regarding membership issues, whether it be men’s soccer or any sport, is to keep those specific membership discussion’s internal with our member institutions,” said Commissioner Jon Steinbrecher.

OTHER NOTES zz Luck said the Athletic Department has been working with architects for the past eight to nine months on a master plan for the Coliseum sports complex.

“It’s not a shovel-ready project, but we realize we need to update a couple of those facilities soon,” Luck said. “I think this will accelerate that a bit. “ Hawley Field, West Virginia’s baseball stadium, holds just 1,500 people and doesn’t meet ADA requirements. To compare, the University of Texas baseball stadium, UFCU Disch-Falk

Field, holds just less than 7,000. zz Luck would not rule out the addition of varsity sports to West Virginia, saying they will sit down with Big 12 officials to figure out what sports the University currently does not offer.

“We need to look at the finances of that and all the surrounding issues,” Luck said.

Then we will make decisions that are in the best interest of the University and the athletic department. But we’re not at that point yet.” zz The Big 12 Conference does not have a policy regarding beer sales in the stadium.

“It’s one of the things going down the road that we will share with them, we will review it towards the end the academic year,” Luck said. zz Interim Big 12 commissioner Chuck Neinas isn’t concerned with the location of West Virginia or the travel concerns voiced about getting to Morgantown. A few officials with Big 12 schools voiced concerns about having to fly into Pittsburgh before driving more than an hour to get to campus.

“Let me say this, I think that’s been blown out of proportion.

You don’t have to go to Pittsburgh,” Neinas said. “You can land in Clarksburg – which is less than 45 miles.”

Neinas cited University of Colorado-Boulder being 45 minutes away from Denver International Airport as just one example of having to travel a distance to a campus in the past. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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No. 18 Mountaineers earn first-round bye with 2-0 win over No. 12 ND

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Senior forward Blake Miller controls the ball during West Virginia’s 5-0 win against Seton Hall Sunday. Miller scored one goal during the game.

by nick arthur sports writer

The defending Big East Conference Champion West Virginia women’s soccer team began its title defense with a 5-0 bout over visiting Seton Hall Sunday.

The win was the Mountaineers’ largest margin of victory in a Big East tournament game.

“Anytime you can get a shutout and put five goals on the board, you’re happy with the result,” said West Virginia head coach Nikki Izzo-Brown.

“Never satisfied, but I thought we really got after it today.”

West Virginia defeated Seton Hall in the regular season 4-1, but the scrappy Pirates were able to hang around for most of the first half. This wasn’t the case Sunday.

“We scored early,” IzzoBrown said. “That was something we really wanted to execute right away.”

The Mountaineers hadn’t played in over a week. But, the

by amit batra sports writer

There was plenty on the line when the No. 18 West Virginia men’s soccer team made the trip to South Bend, Ind., to take on No. 12 Notre Dame this weekend.

A win meant a shot at a first-round bye in the Big East Conference tournament; a loss would have dropped the Mountaineers to sixth in their division.

So naturally, West Virginia’s postseason fate looks much better now following a 2-0 shutout over the Irish in front of a crowd of 1,635.

Senior midfielder Nick Claudio had one goal on one shot, while Uzi Tayou had an assist and two shots.

Claudio earned his second goal of the season, stepping up for missed players Ray Gaddis

and Shadow Sebele.

“We knew going into it that three points was going to do a lot for us with NCAA Tournament and Big East Tournament berths,” Claudio said. “It’s a great feeling to win the game.”

Junior goalkeeper Pat Eavenson had five saves in the shutout win.

The Mountaineers earned another three crucial points on the road and improved to 106-1 (6-3 Big East) record.

West Virginia outshot the Fighting Irish 10-9, but had only two shots on net.

The Mountaineers cannot finish lower than the No. 3 seed in the Blue Division, and has the chance to finish No. 1 and the Big East regular season champion if things play out in their favor.

“That was arguably our best win of the year because we had to dig deep in the roster to

put a team on the field,” said head coach Marlon LeBlanc.

“We used the deepest roster we have ever used at WVU and hats off to the kids.”

West Virginia received an own goal by Notre Dame to give the Mountaineers a 2-0 lead.

Senior defender Ruben Garrido played well defensively, replacing Ray Gaddis.

“It was very important especially since it was an away game,” Garrido said.

“They’re a ranked team and coming out to perform at their own place says a lot about us.

It’s a good start to how we want the postseason to go.”

Notre Dame had a good scoring chance when midfielder Chris Sutton had a shot go off the West Virginia’s crossbar in the fifth minute. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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Zublasing’s record day paces WVU by alex sims sports writer

It was another historic weekend for the No. 1 West Virginia rifle team.

Junior Petra Zublasing followed up shooting a perfect score in air rifle last weekend by tying a West Virginia and NCAA record in smallbore, leading the Mountaineers to two more dominating victories.

The weekend began when WVU (5-0, 3-0) earned its third Great American Rifle Conference win against No. 14 Memphis Friday, 4,678-4,616.

The Mountaineers outshot the Tigers in smallbore 2,328-2,292 and in air rifle 2,350-2,324.

Senior Justin Pentz used a 585 in smallbore and a 588 in air rifle to come in second place overall with a combined score of 1,173.

Dan Hermsmeier and Linn Larsen recorded the two highest scores for Memphis, shooting a 588 in air rifle and a 585 in smallbore, respectively.

The Mountaineers followed up their victory over Memphis

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However, Szwed admits the goal could provide a boost of confidence.

“It felt really good; anything I can do to help the team,” Szwed said. “Getting that goal feels great – hopefully I can continue doing that.”

After an own goal by Seton Hall, West Virginia sophomore forward Katie Lenz added a goal in the 76th minute to give the Mountaineers a 5-0 advantage.

Lenz became the 14th different player to score a goal this season for West Virginia. The depth of the team has given it a clear advantage over most opponents.

“That’s one thing about this team – you never know where it’s going to come from,” IzzoBrown said.

The Mountaineers play Georgetown in the semifinal of the Big East tournament Friday at 5:30 p.m. at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium.

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Senior Nick Claudio scores during No. 18 WVU’s 2-0 win over No. 12 Notre Dame.

layoff proved to be beneficial for the team.

“I thought we showed that our legs were fresh,” IzzoBrown said. “First 15 minutes of the game, we really put a lot of pressure on Seton Hall.”

Junior midfielder Bri Rodriguez gave West Virginia an early 1-0 lead in the eighth minute. She was able to put a shot past a diving Seton Hall goalkeeper.

Senior forward Blake Miller added a goal in the 21st minute and the Mountaineers led 2-0.

In the 65th minute, junior midfielder Caroline Szwed was able to score her first goal of the season. Even though Szwed hadn’t scored a goal, she has been a key component in the center of the West Virginia formation.

“Szwed had been knocking,” Izzo-Brown said. “She just wants us to win, it really doesn’t matter what kind of points she’s putting on the board, but I was excited for Szwed.”

quick start and the energy that the team and the crowd got from seeing paralyzed teammate Eric LeGrand lead the team onto the field before the game, there were plenty of things coming at the Mountaineers that could have caused them to not play hard.

But they did.

“We’ve been talking about adversity all week,” said head coach Dana Holgorsen. “Adversity happens every game that you ever play in and we got challenged. At halftime, it was a very challenging situation for coaches and players, and I was proud about how we went out and on all three sides, played harder than they did.”

The most of that adversity came for the defensive side of the ball for West Virginia.

The defense allowed 31 points in the first half alone, more points than the Mountaineers allowed in an entire game last season.

“They did a lot of – I don’t

with another dominating performance against No. 9 Murray State Saturday.

Both air rifle and smallbore scores were strong for WVU, as a 2,356 in air rifle and a 2,332 in smallbore contributed to a strong overall score of 4,688.

The highlight of the match came when Zublasing once again etched her name into the record books.

The all-American tied WVU and NCAA records, set by former Mountaineer national champion Nicco Campriani, by shooting a 593 in the smallbore category.

She also added a strong 595 in air rifle, for a personal best combined score of 1,189.

Zublasing’s individual performance led the Mountaineers to another solid team score, both in smallbore and overall.

“I think our smallbore was really strong today, and that’s where the good team scores come from,” said West Virginia head coach Jon Hammond.

“Again, I think Petra’s score was exceptional. It’s not always the top score, although that obvi-

ously helps, but it’s that sort of strength and depth all the way through that makes the difference.”

Zublasing, Thomas Kyanko, Pentz, and Meelis Kiisk shot the top four individual scores of the match in the smallbore category for WVU. The Mountaineers combined to shoot six of the seven highest scores in air rifle against the Racers.

However, West Virginia was not the only school rewriting the NCAA rifle record books this weekend.

No. 2 Kentucky shot a team score of 4,711 Saturday against Memphis to break WVU’s NCAA record of 4,704.

“They are showing that they are definitely the team to beat,” Hammond said. “But they can take the pressure on them and see how it goes for the rest of the year. We are just going to keep working hard and doing what we’re doing here.”

The Mountaineers face the defending national champion Wildcats on Feb. 3.

know what else to say – dumb things in the first half,” said WVU defensive coordinator Jeff Casteel. “We dropped an interception in the end zone and they end up scoring a touchdown. We have a fourth down penalty and they end up scoring a touchdown.

“You’re not going to be very good if you keep doing those things.”

Casteel is right – they need to play better. That’s not something that was difficult to see.

But if there was one thing WVU did well Saturday, as it has all season, it was coming back from a bad half and responding with a great one.

West Virginia only allowed 165 yards of offense in the final two quarters and forced three crucial turnovers when the Mountaineers needed them the most.

That ability to bounce back is something this team needed to do at least once on the road against another Big East Conference team.

And on offense, they did what they were supposed to do to keep the team in the game.

Geno Smith showed once again why he’s probably the best at managing a game in the Big East.

When the pressure was on, he was calm, cool and collected; just what a WVU team that had been struggling to get a lot of consistency in the game needed.

As Holgorsen has said time and time again, this team is a work in progress. Every week it’s going to do some things that look good and some things that look downright awful.

But the good seems to outweigh the bad most of the time, and this week’s game was the perfect portrait of that.

To sum everything up, I think Smith was the one who said it the best: “They challenged us in every way possible. We responded better than we did last week and that’s a sign of improvement from this team. We grew up a lot today. We battled the elements, and we fought through adversity and we did enough to win today.”

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