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SGA discusses sexual abuse on campus by kelsey montgomery staff writer
The West Virginia University Student Government Association addressed the concerns of community members and members of the Green Dot Organization who expressed their concerns about sexual abuse issues plaguing colleges across the nation. “We don’t need awareness; we need prevention,” said Sam Wilmoth, a representative for
the Green Dot Organization. “This is something that has touched my family, has touched my friends, and I am exhausted by it.” The Green Dot Organization is teaming up with WELLWVU to help bring a stop to sexual abuse at WVU. The organization aims to educate students about what constitutes sexual abuse. One in six males and one in four females are victims of sexual assault or abuse, Wilmoth said, and an average of 11.2
rapes reportedly occur on campus per week. That statistic also shows an average of 1.6 rapes each day. “It takes more than just filling out a survey and saying, ‘I agree that’s bad,’” Wilmoth said. “Act on it. We need to watch out for our peers and have the courage to step in and say, ‘enough.’” The Green Dot Organization is working toward being implemented in freshman orientation programs as well as promoting the movement on
campus to engage students to take more action when they see a peer involved in a dangerous situation. Chris Nyden, director of Legislative Affairs for SGA, announced two approved house bills he said are crucial for WVU students. “I’m pleased to announce that House Bills 4425 and 4475 passed,” Nyden said. “We are working on meeting with the senate and getting ready to pass it by them.”
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House Bill 4425 states landlords in the state of West Virginia will be required to address the potentially hazardous accumulation of moisture and mold within their properties, and House Bill 4475, aimed to reduce federal adjusted income taxes for recent college graduates, was passed to encourage graduates to remain in the state of West Virginia after graduation. Governor Isabelle Shepherd spoke on the behalf of Governor
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WVU men’s basketball coach Bob Huggins has made it to the top four in the Infiniti Coaches’ Charity Challenge. If he wins, $100,000 will be donated to the Norma Mae Huggins Cancer Fund.
Huggins competes in nationwide Charity Challenge by mackenzie mays city editor
West Virginia University men’s basketball coach Bob Huggins is hoping to win a different kind of competition. This time, to prove “Inspiration is Contagious.” After four weeks of voting, Huggins has advanced to the Final Four in the Infiniti Coaches’ Charity Challenge, a contest that will award the NCAA basketball coach who gets the most votes with $100,000 for the charity of his choice. “I just want to thank everyone for helping us with this Coaches’ Challenge – it’s really a neat deal. To win the region is really a good thing,” Huggins said. “To think you outvoted the Big Blue
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The West Virginia University Department of Community Medicine will join campus organizations for a fashion show to promote spring break safety. The “Hot Dress or Hot Mess?” fashion show will be held Tuesday at 6:45 p.m. in the Mountainlair Ballrooms and is sponsored by the Department of Community Medicine, WVU sororities and fraternities, the WVU Community Medicine Student Association and WELLWVU.
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All Proceeds from Coach Bob Huggins’ efforts will go directly to The Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center in Morgantown.
“The goal of the fashion show is to bring students together in a fun and interactive way to learn about safety during spring break,” said Ruth Kershner, a professor in the Department of Community Medicine. The fashion show will specifically focus on the dangers of consuming too much alcohol over spring break and the positive choices students can make instead, Kershner said. “It is important to teach students about spring break safety because it’s a time where they want to let loose and have a
good time, and we need to ensure that they are doing it in the safest, most responsible way,” she said. One of the main goals of the WVU Department of Community Medicine is to teach students how to make good decisions while still having a good time, Kershner said. “We try to be advocates for health and safety in the community and sending out a message to our students to be safe during spring break is what we want to promote to make sure our students return to school unharmed and ready to finish
the semester strong,” she said. Kershner said the fashion show has been created as a fun and interactive way to teach students about the dangers they may encounter over spring break if they don’t have fun responsibly. “The fashion show will help students learn about spring break safety because it will deliver the message in a fun way that is easy for them to enjoy and understand,” she said. In addition to exploring different fashions, attendees will have
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West Virginia University Student Affairs will offer a mid-semester help center to all students on Monday from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. in the Mountainlair Commons and from 4-7 p.m. in the Student Recreation Center. “The mid-semester help center is designed to be a one-stop for students to access various support services that are important during the midterm time frame,” said Regan Bruni, director of Student Affairs Assessment and Student Success Programs. The help center will provide students with the opportunity to add or drop classes, speak with financial aid representatives, talk with a student adviser and get information about tutoring options. “The help center is ideal for students who are struggling at the mid-semester point or for students who just would like more help or have questions,” Bruni said. “It is set up in a convenient location for students so they don’t have to travel from office to office across campus.” The Office of Student Employment, the Office of Disability Services, WELLWVU and other campus offices will also be attending the event to
answer any student questions. The help center is not just for students who are struggling academically, but also for those looking to pick up a job or volunteering position. “This is the middle of the semester, so there is still time to get help and bring up a grade in a class,” Bruni said. “It’s important for a student to know their options. For a student who is doing well in all of their classes and might have some extra time, a part-time job or volunteer opportunity could be a possibility.” Bruni said Student Affairs hopes to inspire students to take a holistic approach to the decisions they make at the mid-semester point regarding academic options. “A student may be struggling in a class and decide to drop it without consulting an adviser. This could have a significant impact to their graduation plan as well as financial aid and scholarships,” she said. “Additionally, a student could drop below full-time status and there are classes that begin at the mid-semester point.” In addition to aiding students in adding and dropping classes, the mid-semes-
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MountainEAR 5K to benefit Speech & Hearing Clinic
Fashion show to promote spring break safety by jessica lear
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University offers mid-semester help to students by jessica lear
Benjamin Seebaugh and addressed the audience about an upcoming event that will allow students, faculty and community members to come together and speak up about current issues that deal with bullying. “This event will not be a lecture or just a panel. It will be a multi-party conversation between victims and witnesses of bullying, student leaders, administrators, faculty and
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The West Virginia University Student Academy of Audiology will host its second annual MountainEAR 5K run/walk, March 17 at Hazel Ruby-McQuain Park in Morgantown to raise funds to assist WVU Speech and Hearing Clinic patients with financial limitations. The WVU SAA provides students in the Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology with opportunities and assistance as they pursue their degrees and transition into their future careers with a strong emphasis on community service. The SAA recently merged with the National Association of Future Doctors of Audiology at WVU under the title of SAA to unify student audiology organizations. The first annual run/walk was held two years ago, said Rachel Szepelak, president of the WVU Student Academy of Audiology. Szepelak said the first run/walk was successful and hopes this one will be even more so. Lindsay Yurisko and Crys-
tal Vimpeny, second year audiology students in SAA, are in charge of planning the MountainEAR 5K this year. Szepelak said it takes a lot of hard work to put an event like this together, but they all have fun while doing it. “We’ve all been working together, but Lindsay and Crystal have been taking on most of the work,” Szepelak said. “It’s harder than people would expect, because a lot goes into planning it and you have to consider the little things you don’t think about right away.” The MountainEAR 5K is unique to the area because it is the only fundraiser that focuses on communication disorders, Szepelak said. Approximately 36 million American adults report some degree of hearing loss, according to the organization’s site. Szepelak said aside from raising money for the WVU Speech and Hearing Clinic patients to provide the services patients need at a fairly low cost, there are other benefits to sponsoring community events like the
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TRUCK BACK ON TRACK WVU senior guard Truck Bryant is starting to produce on the offensive end of the court after struggling. SPORTS PAGE 8
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Southern storms destroy homes, businesses in Ky. HODGENVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Damaging winds from strong storms across the South on Wednesday battered homes and businesses in Kentucky and knocked out power to thousands of people. Officials said at least a half-dozen people were hurt. The weather was part of a system that spawned tornadoes in Illinois and Kansas, killing nine. The system threatened to bring more damaging winds and rain to the Southeast and the region “could definitely get a tornado here and there,” said Ryan Jewell, a meteorologist with the Storm Prediction Center in Oklahoma. Tornadoes strafed two counties in Kentucky and a National Weather Service team was looking into whether another tornado touched down in LaRue County, about 55 miles southwest of Louisville. Twenty houses were destroyed or severely damaged there. “The path that this storm took could have been very devastating,” said Tommy Turner, the judge-executive in LaRue County. “Approximately a tenth of a mile north of where this storm hit was a large day care. About a tenth of a mile south, there are three schools.” Turner said he has asked the Kentucky National Guard to help provide security in the aftermath. In north Alabama, students were sent home early because of the threat of severe weather.
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ter help center aims to figure out the best way to help students if they are having trouble in their classes. “We want to help determine why the student is struggling,” she said. “Could tutoring help? Is there an undiagnosed learning disability? Could alcohol or drugs be impacting their academic studies? Support services that deal with these issues will be a part of the mid-semester help center.”
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Continued from page 1 MountainEAR 5K. “I think one of the most important things about sponsoring this event is the opportunity to get the word out, not only about our organization, but about the clinics on campus as well,” Szepelak said. “A lot of students aren’t aware that our speech and hearing clinics are just right down here at Allen Hall, and that students are offered basic speech and hearing screenings and check-ins free of charge.” Entry for the MountainEAR 5K is $15 if pre-registered by March 10 and $20 after March 10, including race day. On-
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Paul Mayfield, front, examines damage to his home following severe weather Wednesday in Hodgenville, Ky. Waves of strong storms ripped roofs off homes, apartment buildings and a bank and destroyed several buildings in north-central Kentucky. Tornado watches were in effect in some parts of Tennessee, where high winds flattened trees and tore roofs off buildings. Some power lines were downed. The cells moved at up to 75 mph across Tennessee, accompanied by thunder and lightning and pingpong-ball-sized hail. By late afternoon, most of the severe weather had passed The mid-semester help center, which has been held since Spring 2007, Bruni said, is open to all students. Students with a mid-term grade of a D or F have received an email especially inviting them to the mid-semester help center. Bruni said the help center has received positive feedback and those involved are excited to get the opportunity on Monday to work with any WVU students who have questions or may need assistance. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu
line registration is available through March 13, and registration on race day will occur 9-10:45 a.m. All participants will also receive a free event T-shirt. The 3.1 mile run/walk course features an out-andback course along the Caperton Trail, which runs along the Monongahela River the entire length from Hazel Ruby-McQuain Park to the turnaround point, which is near the Morgantown Utility Board water plant. To view a map of the trail, register online and access the paper registration, visit the event’s website at http:// saa.studentorgs.wvu.edu/ mountainear-5k. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu
clude both men and women this year, Kershner said. Students from WVU sororities and fraternities will be participating in the fashion show, as well as acting as part of the audience. At the end of the show, awards for one “hot dress” and “hot mess” from each gender will be given out. The winner of the spring break alcohol safety awareness T-shirt contest will also be announced at the fashion show. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu
through Nashville and reached the Cumberland Plateau. In Kentucky, mobile homes and houses were flattened in Henderson, Elizabethtown and Hodgenville, officials said. A tornado with winds of 125 miles per hour hit Elizabethtown. “It picked the whole building up,” said Jim Owen, whose father owns Harry Owen Truck-
ing, which sustained heavy damage. “It would take a group of 20 men five days with equipment to tear that down.” Three trailers parked in a lot outside were pushed into each other, toppled like dominoes. State police went door-to-door, checking on residents in areas where roofs had been lifted off. In Hodgenville, home to the
Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Park, Paul Mayfield picked through what remained of his garage. Vinyl siding was wrapped around his SUV. The storm came while he was at work and his wife dove into a closet when insulation began pouring out of the living room ceiling, he said. Down the street, resident
Adonna Gardner was hauling what remained from her halfdestroyed house into waiting pickup trucks as she prepared to move in with her parents temporarily. In Henderson in western Kentucky, a tornado with winds of 90 mph destroyed five houses near the Ohio River and damaged two others. Two residents were taken to local hospitals with injuries, said Larry Koerber, the local emergency management director. Farther west in Kentucky, two people were rescued after getting trapped in a mobile home that was toppled by fierce winds that hit McCracken County before dawn, said Paul Carter, the local emergency management director. They were taken to a hospital with serious injuries, he said. Four others suffered minor injuries when their mobile home was destroyed, Carter said. “It’s a miracle that the family got out,” he said. The storm blew off a church steeple and damaged or destroyed about eight homes in a rural section of the county. The Midwest and South will get a reprieve Thursday, the meteorologist Jewell said, ahead of a strong storm system expected Friday. It is forecast to take a similar path as Wednesday’s storms but has the potential for even more damage. “Friday, you’re right in the bull’s eye,” he said.
Obama salutes Iraq war vets at White House dinner WASHINGTON (AP) — With a formal dinner for the few, President Barack Obama on Wednesday paid solemn tribute to the many. The president who opposed the Iraq war from its outset thanked those who fought its battles by sitting down to a candlelit meal with a small cross section of the million-plus who served there over the past nine years. Looking out over a sea of dress uniforms sparkling with medals attesting to years of wartime strife, Obama told the gathering: “In a culture that celebrates fame and fortune, yours are not necessarily household names. You are something more: the patriots who served in our name. And after nearly nine years in Iraq, tonight is an opportunity to express our gratitude and to say once more, welcome home.” The faces of war were reflected in the 200 veterans and their guests who gathered in the East Room to dine on aged rib-eye steak, potato croquettes and chocolate crème brulee. They came from all 50 states, the District of Columbia and U.S. territories, and spanned generations, gender and all five branches of the military. There was a 24-year-old sailor from Colorado, Petty Officer 3rd Class Max R. Rohn, who spent just five months in Iraq before losing part of his right leg in a blast. There was a 31-year-old Air Force sergeant from Georgia, J.H. Smith, who deployed to Iraq six times in five years and won the Distinguished Flying Cross.
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Continued from page 1 nation of Kentucky, and it was back and forth for a couple days, and now we’re in the Final Four. You get 5k just to be in it. Five grand to charity is a heck of a deal. I just want to thank the Mountaineers that voted. I’m sure they’re widespread.” Huggins’ charity is the Norma Mae Huggins Cancer Fund, an organization dedicated to cancer research across West Virginia that was founded in honor of his mother, who died of colon cancer in 2003. The funds will go directly to
The first person injured in the war, Marine Staff Sgt. Eric Alva of Texas, also was there. Alva, 41, had a leg amputated after stepping on a land mine just hours after the war began in 2003. He later revealed that he was gay and became a prominent advocate for ending the military’s ban on openly gay service members. Seated prominently at Michelle Obama’s side was Kim Felts of Fayetteville, N.C. Her husband, Army Col. Thomas H. Felts, 45, spent more than two decades in the military but had never served in combat before he volunteered to go to Iraq. He died in 2006 when a bomb exploded near his vehicle in Baghdad. In all, nearly 4,500 Americans died in the Iraq war. The president paid tribute to all those assembled – service members and loved ones alike – for their sacrifice and devotion to country, comrades and family. Taking note of Vietnam veterans who often didn’t get the recognition they deserved, Obama said, “That’s a mistake that we must never repeat.” At a reception before the dinner, guests traded war stories and compared notes on their deployments. “It’s neat to see the broad swath that the military cuts through our society,” said Army Lt. Col. Beth Behn, who served two tours in Iraq. Felts, who brought along two of her four children, said the dinner was a fitting way to remember her husband, who “always enjoyed a good celebration.” She also cast the din-
ner as an apt way to express the nation’s thanks to Iraq veterans at a time when other American troops — about 89,000 — still are in harm’s way in Afghanistan. “It’s a pretty grand affair, in my opinion,” she said, adding that bigger events would be appropriate once all the service members are home from Afghanistan. But some veterans already are pushing for a more expansive national expression of gratitude. “One meal isn’t nearly enough to extend the entire nation’s gratitude,” said Paul Rieckhoff, executive director of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America. “Across the country, millions of Americans want to join the president and first lady in thanking Iraq veterans and their families.” Rieckhoff said in a written statement he was giving his seat at the dinner to Iraq veteran Angela Peacock, who suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder after the war and recently helped lead veterans in a big welcome-home parade in St. Louis. The veterans’ group has issued an open letter calling on the president to designate a National Day of Action to honor Iraq veterans with special events around the country. The Pentagon, for its part, says it would be inappropriate to have a big national-level event like a parade when so many still are serving in combat operations in Afghanistan. Many of those just home from Iraq no doubt will turn around
and go to Afghanistan before combat there wraps up at the end of 2014. In all, 2.38 million Americans have served in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars so far. More than 1 million have deployed more than once. Marine Sgt. Maj. Bryan Battaglia, the senior enlisted adviser to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said communities around the nation already are finding ways to thank the troops, and expressed hope the White House dinner “will only catapult other communities and townships to conduct their individual celebrations.” As for a national-scale event, he said, “would we really want troops overseas still engaged in the defense of our nation in the quantity that they are now, and celebrate back here?” The closest historical parallel to Wednesday’s black-tie dinner was Richard Nixon’s gala honoring former Vietnam POWs in 1973. That was a much more extravagant event, the largest sit-down dinner in White House history. About 1,300 guests filled a huge redand-yellow striped tent on the South Lawn for dinner and entertainment by Bob Hope, John Wayne, Sammy Davis Jr., Irving Berlin and other celebrities. Veterans had the run of Nixon’s White House, even posing for pictures on the bed in the Lincoln Bedroom. The day also gave a personal boost to Nixon, then under the cloud of the Watergate investigation.
the Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center in Morgantown. “I know all of you have been affected by cancer in one form or another and lost loved ones to the terrible disease. Our Cancer Center is doing wonderful things. We just need people to vote,” Huggins said. “It (the money) stays right here in West Virginia and right here at the Cancer Center.” WVU Student Government Association President Jason Bailey encouraged the student body to vote at Wednesday’s regular SGA meeting. “It is important that students vote everyday until March 8,” Bailey said. “We have the chance to help Bob Huggins
win $100,000 for an important and personal cause.” Huggins represents the East Region and joins BYU coach Dave Rose, Missouri coach Frank Haith and Ohio State coach Thad Matta in the contest finals. As of Wednesday evening, Huggins was tied with Rose. Both coaches each held 30 percent of the votes at press time. But, Huggins has been getting support outside of the Mountaineer nation, too. Singer Nick Lachey, who grew up as a University of Cincinnati fan, where Huggins used to coach, sent a message on Twitter Tuesday encouraging his followers to vote for him in the contest.
University of Kentucky coach John Calipari is also encouraging Kentucky fans to support Huggins through Twitter. Voting ends March 8 at 11:59 a.m. Fans are allowed to vote once a day at ESPN.com/ Infiniti. The winner will be announced March 9. “Mountaineer fans are the greatest,” Huggins said. “But I want them to realize that this event isn’t a popularity contest. When they vote for me, they’ll be voting to find new and better treatments for cancer and bringing hope to those afflicted with the disease.” mackenzie.mays@mail.wvu.edu
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Continued from page 1 students,” Seebaugh wrote. “Believe or not, this problem does exist on a collegiate level, even here at WVU. I’m sure we would hate to see a tragedy such as the one at Rutgers to happen again on this campus.” The Bullying Town Hall will take place on Tuesday March 13, from 7-9 p.m. in the Mountainlair Ballrooms. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu
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Nasdaq cracks 3,000, but stocks, Dow Jones fall (AP) — The Nasdaq composite index briefly broke through 3,000 on Wednesday for the first time since the collapse in dot-com stocks more than a decade ago. Stocks ended lower, but it was still the best February on Wall Street in 14 years. The milestone for the Nasdaq, heavy with technology stocks, came a day after the Dow Jones industrial average closed above 13,000 for the first time since May 2008. Apple, the Nasdaq’s biggest component, topped $500 billion in market value, the only company above the half-trillion mark and only the sixth in U.S. corporate history to grow so big. Apple might reveal its next iPad model next week. The Nasdaq last hit 3,000 on Dec. 13, 2000. Its last close above 3,000 was two days earlier. It was only above 3,000 for seconds on Wednesday before closing down 19.87 points at 2,966.89. The Dow lost 53.05 to close at 12,952.07. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index fell 6.50 points to close at 1,365.68. For the month, the Dow gained 2.5 percent, the S&P 4.1 percent and the Nasdaq 5.4 percent. The last time the stock market had such a strong February was in 1998, when the S&P gained 7 percent. Stocks opened higher after the government said that the
Traders Thomas Donato, left, and James Lamb work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. economy grew faster at the end of last year than previously estimated – a 3 percent annual rate, the best reading since the spring of 2010. Stocks fell sharply after about an hour, then recovered by mid-afternoon, after the Federal Reserve’s survey of regional economic conditions said the economy strengthened in the first six weeks of the year. They had turned negative around 10 a.m., after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Ber-
nanke testified on Capitol Hill that the economy has performed better than expected in recent months. He said gas prices will add to inflation and unemployment is falling faster than expected. Bernanke’s remarks made it appear less likely that the Fed will begin another round of bond-buying to juice the economy. Bond-buying increases the money supply and could add to inflation, so signs of inflation make it a less appetizing option. And unemploy-
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ment must remain high for the Fed to justify such an aggressive policy. U.S. Treasury debt plunged on speculation that the Fed wouldn’t enter the market again. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note spiked to 2.02 percent during Bernanke’s remarks, from 1.94 percent minutes earlier. It fell back to 1.97 percent. Bond yields rise as their prices fall. Materials and energy companies had the steepest losses of the S&P 500’s 10 indus-
Judge blocks day labor rules in AZ immigration law PHOENIX (AP) — A federal judge blocked police in Arizona from enforcing a section of the state’s 2010 immigration enforcement law that prohibited people from blocking traffic when they seek or offer day labor services on streets. U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton ruled Wednesday that groups seeking to overturn the law will likely prevail in their claim that the day labor rules violate the First Amendment. She rejected arguments by the state that the rules were needed for traffic safety and pointed out that the law, also known as SB1070, says its purpose is to make attrition through enforcement the immigration policy of state and local government agencies. “This purposes clause applies to all sections of SB1070, and nowhere does it state that a purpose of the statutes and statutory revisions is to enhance traffic safety,” the judge wrote. The ban was among a handful of provisions in the law that were allowed to take effect after a July 2010 decision by Bolton halted enforcement of other, more controversial elements of the law. The previously blocked portions include a requirement that police, while enforcing other laws, question people’s immigration status if officers
suspect they are in the country illegally. The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear Gov. Jan Brewer’s appeal of Bolton’s decision to put the most contentious elements of the law on hold. Another appeals court has already upheld Bolton’s July 2010 ruling. Three of the seven challenges to the Arizona law remain alive. No trial date has been scheduled in the three cases. Some of Arizona’s biggest law enforcement agencies have said in the past that they haven’t made any arrests under the sections of the law that were allowed to take effect. Brewer said in a statement that she was disappointed with Bolton’s “erroneous decision,” which she said has further eroded the state’s ability to regulate public safety. Also, Wednesday’s ruling is just one more reason to look forward to the Supreme Court’s scheduled consideration of SB1070 in April, she said. The governor signed the measure into law in the spring of 2010. Dan Pochoda, legal director for the American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona, one of the group’s representing people who filed the lawsuit, said the judge saw through the government’s ruse that the day labor rules were about
traffic safety, when the goal all along was to get at day laborers. “There are clear laws now that allow any cop to unclog (the streets) well before they had this law,” Pochoda said. The Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund and other opponents had asked the judge for a preliminary injunction to block enforcement of the day labor rules, arguing they unconstitutionally restrict the free speech rights of people who want to express their need for work. Brewer’s lawyers had opposed attempts to halt enforcement of the day labor restrictions. They argued the restrictions are meant to confront safety concerns, distractions to drivers, harassment to passers-by, trespassing and damage to property. Brewer’s lawyers have said day laborers congregate on roadsides in large groups, flagging down vehicles and often swarming those that stop. They also said day laborers in Phoenix and its suburbs of Chandler, Mesa and Fountain Hills leave behind water bottles, food wrappers and other trash. The judge wrote in her latest ruling Wednesday that the law appears to target particular speech rather than a broader traffic problem. “The
adoption of a content-based ban on speech indicates that the Legislature did not draft these provisions after careful evaluation of the burden on free speech,” the judge wrote. Bolton previously denied an earlier request to block the day labor rules, but opponents were allowed to bring it up again after the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on a similar issue in September. The appeals court had suspended a law from Redondo Beach, Calif., that banned day laborers from standing on public sidewalks while soliciting work from motorists. The court ruled the law violated workers’ free speech rights and was so broad that it was illegal for children to shout “car wash” to passing drivers. The ruling Wednesday still leaves other elements of the law in place, such as minor tweaks to the state’s 2005 immigrant smuggling law and 2007 law prohibiting employers from knowingly hiring illegal immigrants. Other parts of the law that remain in effect include a prohibition on state and local government agencies from restricting the enforcement of federal immigration law and a ban on state and local agencies from restricting the sharing of information on people’s immigration status for determining eligibility of a public
Next up for Santorum, Romney: Super Tuesday states TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Rick Santorum seized about as many of Michigan’s GOP delegates as primary winner Mitt Romney, and could end up with more, in a close contest that does little to clarify the muddled presidential race heading into Super Tuesday. After Romney’s strong win in Arizona and close finish in his native state of Michigan, the GOP field fanned across Ohio, Tennessee and Georgia for the weeklong sprint to Tuesday’s 10 contests. Washington state’s caucuses fall in the middle, on Saturday. Romney tried to build momentum from his wins, Santorum crowed about his nearmiss and Newt Gingrich looked to revive his campaign in the South – where he will battle Santorum for the party’s most conservative voters. Texas Rep. Ron Paul could also be a factor in the Super Tuesday delegate count, especially in caucus states such as North Dakota. Tuesday night’s Michigan race was so close – Romney won the contest with 41 percent of the vote to Santorum’s 38 percent – that the delegates will be closely divided between the top two candidates, with Gingrich and Paul getting none. With 26 of the state’s 30 delegates decided, Romney and Santorum each won 13. Results that will determine the distribution of the final four delegates were incomplete Wednesday. But Santorum held a slight edge that
would give him the majority of Michigan’s delegates, if it holds. Campaigning at Temple Baptist Church in Powell, Tenn., on Wednesday, Santorum said he was heartened by his success in Romney’s backyard. “We had a much better night in Michigan than maybe was first reported. This was a really great race to go into, in a sense, the belly of the beast, the hometown of my chief rival here in the Republican primary,” he said. In addition to Tennessee, the former Pennsylvania senator is focusing on the big prizes of Ohio and Oklahoma next week. Chastened by the tough fight in the state where his father was governor in the 1960s, Romney acknowledged
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in Michigan that he had made mistakes and was trying to “do better and work harder.” “We didn’t win by a lot, but we won by enough,” he told supporters Tuesday night. On Wednesday, Romney focused on the economy and business know-how, saying at a fence post factory in Toledo that he wants “to go to work for the American worker.” He promised about 150 supporters “more jobs, less debt and smaller government” if he’s elected in November. Romney was making another stop, in Bexley, before leaving Ohio for North Dakota, which holds caucuses Tuesday. In Atlanta, Gingrich acknowledged that he must win Georgia – the state he represented in Congress for 20 years – to “move forward”
with his campaign. With Gov. Nathan Deal at his side, Gingrich predicted he would win “decisively.” But the other states Gingrich is focusing on, such as Tennessee and Oklahoma, will be tougher. Paul, who keeps a less grueling campaign schedule than the others, was flying home to Texas to celebrate his wife Carol’s leap-year birthday on Wednesday. On Super Tuesday, 419 delegates are up for grabs in states also including Alaska, Idaho, Massachusetts, Vermont and Virginia. All four campaigns face financial strain: It would cost about $5 million to run a week’s worth of heavy ads across all the states that vote Tuesday.
try groups. Consumer staples was the only industry to close higher. The price of gold plunged $77 per ounce, the biggest oneday drop since September, as traders dialed back their expectations that the dollar would be weakened by another round of economic stimulus from the Fed. Gold settled at $1,711.30 an ounce , its lowest close since Jan. 25. Silver also fell sharply. The Nasdaq has gained 14.5 percent this year, compared with 6.4 percent for the Dow and 9.1 percent for the S&P 500. The Nasdaq already has risen almost as much this year as it did in all of 2010. It edged lower in 2011. Tech stocks appear to be cheap compared with their prices over the past 10 years. The Nasdaq’s price-earnings ratio is 16.9, compared with a daily average since 2003 of 19.6, according to data from FactSet. Price-earnings ratios measure the cost of a share relative to the company’s profits. A lower price-earnings ratio suggests that stocks are undervalued, or that investors expect earnings to decrease. The recent strength of tech stocks is no surprise when you consider the licking they took during last year’s market gyrations. Tech stocks tend to be more risky and rise faster as
investors regain confidence in the economy. The Nasdaq also is benefiting from long-term economic currents that could carry tech stocks even higher. Many companies put off replacing wornout technology during the recession and now are investing again. There’s also a growing global market for technology, and big tech companies face less competition these days when they try to acquire smaller ones. Established companies like IBM and Oracle can be picky about buying only companies that will increase their earnings. The gains have some analysts on the lookout for another tech bubble, like the one that yanked the Nasdaq from 5,132 in February 2000 down to 1,792 in October 2001. “It’s justifiable to worry about exuberance,” said Sam Stovall, chief equity strategist at S&P Capital IQ. But he said he expects the broad market to rise another 3 to 10 percent in the next few months before hitting a ceiling and correcting downward. “It’s momentum, combined with too many investors on the sidelines,” Stovall said. “As the market blows past these benchmarks, these investors selectively throw in the towel” and buy stocks whose prices are rising.
W.Va. Supreme Court hears Senate candidacy case CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Courts have consistently upheld the sort of residency requirement that should knock a West Virginia state Senate candidate from May 8 ballot, a lawyer for the candidate’s GOP primary opponent argued Wednesday. Representing incumbent Sen. Donna Boley, lawyer Anthony Majestro told the state Supreme Court that the West Virginia Constitution outweighs the arguments of ballot access and voter representation from primary rival Frank Deem. The constitution says that senators cannot come from the same county in a multicounty district. Deem is from Wood County, but so is Sen. David Nohe. Boley’s districtmate, Nohe unseated Deem in the 2010 Republican primary. “It’s a constitutional rule, and so it’s up to the voters to amend the constitution if they don’t want to impose this restriction,” Majestro said. “If it’s bad policy, it’s up to the voters to change it.” A lawyer for Deem cited how Wood County residents account for 82 percent of the 3rd District’s population. Boley is from Pleasants County, which supplies 7 percent of the district’s residents. The district also includes Wirt County and a portion of Roane County. Prior rulings, both state and federal, have concluded that this does not matter, Majestro said. “The U.S. Supreme Court has routinely upheld residency dispersal districts with population differences substantially larger than this,” Majestro told the justices. Majestro also noted that all but one of the Senate’s 17 districts encompass more than one county. One seat in each of these two-seat districts is up
for election this year, including Boley’s. “If we say Mr. Deem is correct, and is allowed to stay on the ballot, we create substantial problems in all of these other elections,” Majestro said. “We create, I would think, quite a mess if we decide that Mr. Deem gets to be allowed to run.” Jonathan Deem a lawyer representing Deem and of no relation, argued that the residency language wrongly denies the former multi-term lawmaker – along with 82 percent of the district’s people – access to the 2012 ballot as a state Senate candidate. Only compelling state interests could limit that right, the lawyer said. This court has found many times that there are fundamental rights at issue, that elections and competitive elections are a good thing,” Jonathan Deem said. “They forward the rights that are core to our democracy.” Boley’s petition seeks to require Secretary of State Natalie Tennant, as West Virginia’s elections chief, to disqualify Deem. Her lawyer, Assistant Attorney General Tom Rodd, said Tennant takes no position on the arguments. Rodd instead asked the justices to rule on the petition by Friday as election officials prepare the primary ballots. Chief Justice Menis Ketchum said they would do so. Among other election duties, the secretary of state certifies candidates. Rodd noted that the law now limits Tennant’s oversight of this process to ensuring that people have completed out their candidate applications correctly. “Going beyond the four corners of a filing certificate is a very slippery slope,” Rodd told the court.
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Counseling bill is going too far There are many social programs designed to help the less fortunate, assist our troubled youth and to curb immoral behavior – many of which are effective and needed. While sometimes efforts from the government to improve the quality of our society are just, there must be a point in which to draw a line. Next week, the West Virginia House of Delegates will vote on a bill that would create an incentive for couples to
seek marriage counseling before getting married. The bill will raise the cost of a marriage license from $35 to $55. Couples who undergo four hours of marriage counseling would be exempted from the added charge. Counseling could be performed by any trained psychiatrist, psychologist or members of the clergy who are registered with the state Department of Health and Human Resources.
It should not be the states’ role to dictate the sincerity of a couple’s commitment to each other. While this bill would not put a halt to a marriage (unless the $55 charge couldn’t be afforded), it is intrusive and should not be passed. The money raised by those unwilling to seek counseling would be distributed among various other programs: $5 of the $20 charged to non-counseled couples would go to the
Fund for Legal Services for Low-Income Persons, $5 to the Family Protection Shelter Support Fund (which aids domestic violence cases), and $10 would go to the DHHR’s new Marriage Education Fund. Any unused money would be transferred to the state’s General Revenue Fund at the end of each fiscal year. These programs are worthwhile and should be funded, but not by allowing the government to become
more involved in personal relationships. In the end, the bill would not educate many newlyweds because the cost of the marriage counseling would most likely deter them from it. Many marriage counselors in the state charge $80-$200 per 45-55 minute session – remember that couples must get four hours of counseling to qualify for the $20 deduction. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu
US future could soon be as grim as Europe’s tomas engle columnist
Despite being glossed over by most of the media, the U.S. government passed a milestone last week on Feb. 21. On that day our total national debt equaled – and subsequently surpassed – the United States’ yearly gross domestic product (GDP). This overshadowed event clearly shows our country is on the path of Greece and will be faced with the same problem of high unemployment (especially among youth), which will lead to civil unrest. As a reminder from macroeconomics, GDP is the sum of private consumption, investment, government spending, and the difference between exports and imports, within a country. GDP, then, is a rough indication of a country’s ability to produce goods and services within a given year. GDP is therefore often used as an indicator of economic growth as it measures total value of goods and services produced year to year. The national debt is of course our government’s debt, accrued not only from the most recent budget, and every budget before that produced a deficit, but also compounded interest on all this past debt. As most credit card holders or home mortgage owners should realize, if you do not make regular payments, there comes a time when there is even interest building on top of your previous interest. The resulting hole of debt is looking more and more like an impossible amount to pay off. While the United States had a high, but more manageable debt-GDP ratio of 61.1 percent in 2006, our economy is now being quickly outpaced by our government’s own debt as the ratio is at 101 percent and rising steadily. To put this into better perspective, in 2006 the United States only had the 12th highest debt-GDP ratio, well behind leaders like the PIGS of Europe (Portugal, Italy, Greece, Spain) and perennially stagnant Japan. However, in 2011, the United States surged ahead of half of the PIGS and sits now in 5th place of countries with the
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Employees of Greek Stock Exchange are seen under the electronic display of stock prices in Athens, Tuesday, Feb. 21. Greeks are uneasily digesting the news that their country will likely avoid defaulting on its debt mountain next month and that the euro should remain their currency, at least for the time being. highest debt-GDP ratio. Though still more than 35 percentage points away from Greece levels, the United States is currently now in the position Greece was in 5 years ago, when doubts about their ability to pay off their debt first began to be discussed. That it took the U.S. government only 21 days – from the end of fourth quarter of 2011, from Jan. 30 to Feb. 21 – to increase its debt-GDP ratio by a full percentage point to 101 percent, does not bode well for future numbers. With debt levels this high and rising, the only two options left for governments in this predicament are hyperinflation of the currency to pay off debt or defaulting on debt, or effectively declaring bankruptcy and not paying up.
Greece and other European countries are currently trying a third option – austerity measures – but these efforts to cut government spending and increase revenues to close the gap are too little too late. The size of cuts needed to be made to the largest budget expenditures for European governments – social welfare programs – are nowhere near enough to be effective in reducing the debt, but yet significant enough to produce the ire of the country’s citizens. The other side of the coin – increasing tax revenue to the government – is another impossible task to fulfill at this time, as the economies of the world continue to be stagnant. The United States, ironically, is in a luckier position than Europe. While Europe’s
top budget concerns affect the everyday lives of their citizens because of services they have become dependent on, the United States’ number one budget item is actually a burden on its citizens – military spending. With bases in more than 130 countries around the world, and accounting for roughly half of the world’s military spending, the United States seemingly has an easy choice ahead of itself. Just cutting military spending in half, a savings of over $350 billion, would still leave the United States with a military budget larger than that of all of Europe combined and twice as large as their closest potential enemies’ (China and Russia) military budgets. This doesn’t even bring into
the discussion of the quality of these militaries, a value not often in correlation with money spent as was seen in the early wars between the relatively poor Israel and well-funded Arab regimes in the 1950s and ’60s. The path laid out in front of our government to avoid hyperinflation of currency to pay off debt or defaulting outright, is clear. For there to be any fiscal solution to the U.S. debt problem, large cuts to military spending must be made. If our government refuses to include large military cuts along with reasonable social spending cuts, we will face sooner rather than later the same levels of unemployment and civil unrest Greece has now.
Asexuals are often misconstrued phil johnson daily illini university of illinois
It sounds so simple. Imagine going through life without ever wanting sex. You still like forging relationships, and you may even enjoy hugging and kissing, but sex never enters the realm of desire. Think of all the time that clears on the schedule. You would never experience all of the pain and complications of unrequited love. You would be the dream human of the current Republican field. Alas, this could certainly never happen. Because that happens to be the nature of man; sexuality, it is “the format.” However, for what researchers believe to be 1 percent of the population, desired relationships are completely sex-free. Asexuality, the sexual orientation of no desire for sex, exists. And it can be just as problematic, if not more so, than homo- or heterosexuality. The nascent field of asexual study reports that asexuality occurs equally among men and women. The only other “knowns” in research are that asexual people are more likely to be left-handed and more likely to have older brothers. Due to the lack of danger related to asexuality, as opposed to the risk of HIV for homosexuals, sex researchers struggle to acquire grants to further explore this largely unknown form of sexuality. This does not mean asexuality is not problematic or nearly as ideal as imagined above. Asexual people say it can be just as difficult, if not more, to come out as asexual to parents as it is to come out as homosexual. For one, blood grandchildren are out of the picture. Also, while some parents may be fine with homosexual children, the unknown air of asexuality can stress parents and lead to unintentionally offensive solutions to the “problem.” Maybe you’re sexually repressed. Perhaps you just haven’t figured yourself out yet. Have you met Angelica? She’s a pretty girl. Take her on a date and see what you think after. The same stigmas and non sequiturs that muddle understanding of queer sexualities often apply to asexuality. It is not a choice, asexuality is an internal feeling. Asexuality does not equate impotence or celibacy. Celibacy is a choice, and impotence is a condition. The problems expand when asexuals attempt to make loving relationships. Seriously, could you spend the rest of your life with someone who loves you, cares about you and would do anything for you except fulfill your sexual desires? Amplify that internal “no” 99 times and you hear the loneliness asexuals often feel. And ponder this: How often do you talk with your friends about sexual topics? To asexuals, there is no such thing as a sexy guy or girl. Shared tales from last weekend just don’t excite asexuals. Where most friends are annoyed listening to you babble on and on about dancing at Joe’s with Hot Scott, asexuals are simply lost. That is why websites like platonicpartners.co.uk and asexuality.org exist. The awareness of asexuality is growing but remains in the early stages. Still unsure of what asexuality is? Think of it this way. A person with zero interest in religion identifies as apatheistic. A person with zero interest in sex identifies as asexual. Apatheism is a religious stance. Asexuality is a sexual orientation. Got it? Empathy to minority sexualities could very well be one of our generation’s legacies, and just as diametric opposition to homosexuality is unacceptable, apathy to asexuality should be as well.
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A GUEST ARTIST PIANO RECITAL by Lise Keiter takes place at 8:15 p.m. in the Bloch Learning and Performance Hall of the Creative Arts Center. For more information, call 304-2934359 or email charlene.lattea@ mail.wvu.edu. THE TABLE TENNIS CLUB meets from 7-10 p.m. in Multipurpose Room A of the Student Recreation Center. For more information, call 301-788-7266 or email cmcgill2@mix.wvu.edu. ‘BURIED CHILD,’ a Pulitzer Prize-winning drama by Sam Shepard, takes place at 7:30 p.m. in the Gladys G. Davis Theatre of the Creative Arts Center. A ticket is needed for the play and can be bought through the Mountainlair or Creative Arts Center box offices. The play will be performed every night this week. For more information, call 304-293-7469 or email theatre@ mail.wvu.edu.
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A FACULTY PERCUSSION AND VIOLIN RECITAL by George and Ellen-Maria Willis takes place at 8:15 p.m. in the Bloch Learning and Performance Hall of the Creative Arts Center. For more information, call 304-293-4359 or email charlene.lattea@mail. wvu.edu. WVU FAIR TRADE 2.0 hosts “Firsthand Cafe Night” to support Nicaraguan cooperatives from 6-9 p.m. at the Mountain People’s Co-op located at 1400 University Ave. There will be live music, Firsthand coffee, and vegan baked goods. For more information, visit www. wvufairtrade.org.
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CO-DEPENDENTS ANONYMOUS, a 12-step program to assist participants in developing healthier relationships of all kinds, meets at 7 p.m. in the conference room of Chestnut Ridge Hospital. For more information, call Mary at 304-296-3748. LUTHERAN DISASTER RESPONSE COLLEGIATE CORPS meets at the Lutheran Chapel at 8 p.m. The LDRCC responds to regional and national disasters. No experience is necessary. For more information, visit www.lutheranmountaineer.org/disaster. MUSLIM STUDENTS ASSOCIATION hosts a weekly Islam and Arabic class at 6:30 p.m. in the Monongahela Room of the Mountainlair. For more information, call 304-906-8183 or email schaudhr@mix.wvu.edu. THE MORGANTOWN CHESS CLUB meets from 7 p.m. in the basement of the First Christian Church at 100 Cobun Ave. Meetings will not be held the last Thursday of every month. For more information, visit www.morgantownchess.org. CAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST holds its weekly CRU meetings at 9 p.m. in Room G24 of Eiesland Hall. People can join others for live music, skits and relevant messages. For more information, email roy.baker@ uscm.org or visit www.wvucru.com. UNITED METHODIST STUDENT MOVEMENT meets at 7 p.m. at the Campus Ministry Center on the corner of Price and Willey streets. For more information, email wvumethodist@comcast.net. WVU CLUB TENNIS practices from 9-10 p.m. at Ridgeview Racquet Club. For carpooling, call 304906-4427. New members are always welcome. THE WVU YOUNG DEMOCRATS meets at 7 p.m. in the Blackwater Room of the Mountainlair. For more information, email kross3@mix.wvu. edu. WVU WOMEN’S ULTIMATE FRISBEE team meets from 7-9 p.m. at the Shell Building. No experience is nec-
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essary. For more information, email Sarah Lemanski at sarah_lemanski@ yahoo.com. TRADITIONAL KARATE CLASS FOR SELF-DEFENSE meets at 9 p.m. in Multipurpose Room A of the Student Recreation Center. INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ORGANIZATION meets at 8 p.m. at the International House on Spruce Street. BISEXUAL, GAY, LESBIAN AND TRANSGENDER MOUNTAINEERS meets at 8 p.m. in the Laurel Room of the Mountainlair. For more information, email bigltm.wvu@gmail.com. CHESS CLUB meets from 6-9 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. THE CATALAN TABLE will meet at 4 p.m. at Maxwell’s restaurant. All levels welcome. For more information, call 304-293-5121 ext. 5509. INTERVARSITY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP meets at 7 p.m. in 316 Percival Hall. For more information, call 304-376-4506 or 304-276-3284. FREE ARABIC/ISLAM CLASSES will be hosted by the Muslim Students’ Association from 6-8 p.m. in the Kanawha Room of the Mountainlair. To register, email schaudhr@mix. wvu.edu.
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WELLNESS PROGRAMS on topics such as drinkWELL, loveWELL, chillWELL and more are provided for interested student groups, organizations or classes by WELLWVU: Wellness and Health Promotion. For more information, visit www.well. wvu.edu/wellness. WELLWVU: STUDENT HEALTH is paid for by tuition and fees and is confidential. For appointments or more information, call 304-293-2311 or visit www.well.edu.wvu/medical. NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS meets nightly in the Morgantown and Fairmont areas. For more information, call the helpline at 800-766-4442 or visit www.mrscna.org. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS meets daily. To find a meeting, visit www. aawv.org. For those who need help urgently, call 304-291-7918. CARITAS HOUSE, a local nonprofit organization serving West Virginians with HIV/AIDS, needs donations of food and personal care items and volunteers to support all aspects of the organization’s activities. For more information, call 304-985-0021. SCOTT’S RUN SETTLEMENT HOUSE, a local outreach organization, needs volunteers for daily programs and special events. For more information or to volunteer, email vc_srsh@hotmail.com or call 304-599-5020. CONFIDENTIAL COUNSELING SERVICES are provided for free by the Carruth Center for Psychological and Psychiatric Services. A walkin clinic is offered weekdays from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Services include educational, career, individual, couples and group counseling. Please visit www.well.wvu.edu to find out more information. WOMEN, INFANTS AND CHILDREN needs volunteers. WIC provides education, supplemental foods and immunizations for pregnant women and children under five years of age. This is an opportunity to earn volunteer hours for class requirements. For more information, call 304-598-5180 or 304-598-5185. BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS, a United Way agency, is looking for volunteers to become Big Brothers and Big Sisters in its one-on-one community-based and school-based mentoring programs. To volunteer, call 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
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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 WELLWVU CONDOM CLOSET is held in the Kanawha Room of the Mountainlair every Wednesday from 11 a.m.-noon. The closet sells condoms for 25 cents each or five for $1.00. THE WELLWVU CONDOM CARAVAN is held in the main area of the Mountainlair from noon-2 p.m. every Wednesday. 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-5 p.m. and 7-10 p.m. Monday through Wednesday. FREE STUDENT SUCCESS SUPPORT, presented by the WVU Office of Retention and Research, helps students improve on time management, note taking reading and study skills as well as get help with the transition to WVU. Free drop-in tutoring is also available every night of the week in different locations. For more information, visit http://retention.wvu.edu or call 304-293-5811. THE M-TOWN MPOWERMENT PROJECT, a community-building program run by and geared toward young gay or bisexual men 18 to 29, is creating an environment in the Morgantown community where young men can feel empowered to make a difference in their lives. MPowerment also focuses on HIV and STD prevention education. For more information, call 304-319-1803. COMMUNITY NEWCOMERS CLUB is a group organized to allow new residents of the Morgantown area an opportunity to gather socially and assimilate into their new home community. For more information, visit www.morgantownnewcomers.com. NEW SPRING SEMESTER GROUP THERAPY OPPORTUNITIES are available for free at the Carruth Center. The groups include Understanding Self and Others, A Place for You, Sexual Assault Survivors Group, Social Anxiety Group and Solution Focused Therapy Group. For more information, call 304-293-4431 or email tandy.mcclung@mail.wvu.edu. THE FRIENDS OF THE MORGANTOWN PUBLIC LIBRARY are seeking new members and volunteers for weekly book sale inventory. For more information, inquire at the front desk on Spruce St., downstairs during sales every Tuesday and the first and third Saturday of every month or call 304-292-7579. THE ROYCE J. AND CAROLINE B. WATTS MUSEUM, located in the Mineral Resources Building on the Evansdale Campus, presents its latest exhibit “Defying the Darkness: The Struggle for Safe and Sufficient Mine Illumination” through July 2012. The exhibit focuses on the history mining lights, and displays a wide variety of mine lighting implements. The Exhibit is open Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 1-4 p.m. and by appointment. For more information, call 304-293-4609 or email wattsmuseum@mail.wvu.edu.
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BORN TODAY This year you open up because of a willingness to go within. Your ability to communicate also is heightened. Be careful when handling what you might consider to be difficult feelings, but do not run away from them. Try to express hurt before it evolves into anger. If you are single, developing a stable relationship this year could be challenging. If you are attached, you and your significant other often find yourselves at odds. Understand your feelings rather than interpret your sweetie’s. Don’t worry as much. VIRGO can express his or her anger through pickiness.
CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22) HH You might be taken aback by the harshness of your words, even in a simple conversation. You might wonder what is going on within. Stop and root out some rather strong feelings, even if you are uncomfortable. Otherwise, you might not have the control you desire. Tonight: Soul-searching.
ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19) HHHH You might know a little too much. Be discreet, and keep your observations to yourself. Communication excels. You know what to say and when to say it. You understand others’ motives better than they do. Few like to be read that well. Tonight: Hang out with your buddies. TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20) HHH Deal with finances directly. An emotional risk or monetary gamble could easily backfire and be the source of an argument. The smart move is to do nothing. Find an outlet for your feelings and your self-expression. Tonight: Your treat! GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20) HHHH There is an underlying sense of dissatisfaction that keeps bubbling up from out of nowhere. You know what is going on, and you know where you are heading, with the exception of a property-related issue or domestic matter. Tonight: Discuss
LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22) HHHH Zero in on your priorities in meetings and discussions. You could overspend without intending to cause yourself a problem. You can justify your spending, but still be careful. Someone you know very well supports you in any way, shape or form, so it seems. Tonight: Let your hair down. VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22) HHHH Without intending to, you could be sarcastic and cop an attitude out of the blue. Your smile draws many people, and you do not want to push them away. Think about a boss or parent. Look at a problem from this person’s point of view. Tonight: Burning the midnight oil. LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22) HHHH Your ability to detach from a situation could earmark your ability to get to the root of a problem. Use intellect rather than emotion, and you will succeed. Be careful with pent-up anger. It could pop out at any given moment. Tonight: Put on music and relax. SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21) HHHH You are driven to succeed, but you need to work or brainstorm with a key associate or partner. Together, you are more likely
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women’s basketball
West Virginia ready to make run in Big East tournament by cody schuler sports writer
It has been a season full of excitement and surprises in the Big East Conference, and there’s no evidence to suggest the conference tournament will be any different. With road upsets of perennial powerhouses Notre Dame and Connecticut this season, the parity amongst the conference members is at an alltime high. St. John’s (21-8, 13-3), who dealt the then-No.2 Huskies their first home loss since 2007, finished the season second in the conference standings; the Red Storm was picked to finish No. 7 in the preseason coaches poll. West Virginia (21-8, 115), who defeated then-No. 2 Notre Dame on the road for the first time in program history, ended up No. 5 in the final conference standings – well above the ninth place it was projected to finish in the preseason. The Fighting Irish (28-2, 151) only had one other loss this season – a non-conference defeat on the road at the hands No. 1 Baylor. Notre Dame has earned the No. 1 seed in the Big East conference tournament and if West Virginia wins out early, it will set the stage for a rematch in the semifinal round. To get to the semifinals, though, the Mountaineers may have to defeat a pair of
teams that it had problems with in the regular season. As the No. 5 seed, the Mountaineers will get a bye for the opening round of the tournament. No. 12 seed Syracuse plays No. 13 seed Providence (13-16, 5-11) on day one. The winner will advance to the second round to take on West Virginia; the Friars defeated West Virginia at home 51-48 on Jan. 14. If it can get past the second round game, No. 4 seed Georgetown awaits in the quarterfinals. The Hoyas (227, 11-5) topped West Virginia in Morgantown 64-54 on Jan. 24. Georgetown ended its season with a 54-45 loss to St. John’s but it did win seven of its last nine contests. On the bottom half of the bracket sits Connecticut (264, 13-3), which was allotted the No. 3 seed after a 72-59 loss to Notre Dame in the final game of the regular season. It’s the lowest Connecticut has been seeded since it was a No. 3 seed in the 2004-05 tournament. The Huskies have found tremendous success in the Big East Conference tournament, winning four consecutive conference tournament championships heading into this year. For West Virginia, the hope is that freshman point guard Linda Stepney will be ready to play after sustaining a
sprained ankle in the season finale win over Pittsburgh. Stepney, who averages 4.5 points and 2.7 assists per game, is an excellent ball handler and facilitates the movement of the Mountaineers’ offense. After the game, Stepney’s x-rays came back negative, and head coach Mike Carey expects her to be available to play. Last season, West Virginia defeated Cincinnati in the opening round of the tournament but was bounced by St. John’s in the second round. The Mountaineers appeared in the championship game in 2006 and 2010; both games ended in a defeat to Connecticut. Carey, who his making his 11th appearance at the tournament, has an overall record of 11-10; his 11 wins are the most by any coach in program history. The Mountaineers’ game against the winner of Syracuse/Providence game will tip-off at noon Saturday and will be broadcast live on Big East TV and will stream live for free at www.bigeast.org. The quarterfinal and semifinal games of the Big East conference tournament will air on Sunday and Monday, respectively, live on ESPNU. The championship game will be air live on Tuesday on ESPN/ESPN2. charles.schuler@mail.wvu.edu
Junior center Asya Bussie leads West Virginia this season, scoring 12.1 points per game.
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tennis
gymnastics
Mountaineers prepare for battle with Syracuse
Butts inspires team through tweet
by robert kreis sports writer
Head coach Tina Samara and the West Virginia women’s tennis team welcomed two team members back to practice this week, as they prepare for a Big East battle with Syracuse Saturday. “Jade (Allen) and Lea (Jansen) both came out and hit with us for the first time after their surgeries,” Samara said. “That helps the team see some positive things happening for the future.” Both Allen and Jansen have been sidelined all year with injuries. Allen, a freshman London, England, native is redshirted this year and will have two more years of eligibility, due to NCAA rules. Jansen, also a redshirt, is a junior transfer from Washington State. Both are looking to be solid contributors next season. The Mountaineers off the court are not the only ones battling injuries through the midway point of the season. Junior Emily Mathis, who holds down the No. 1 singles court for West Virginia, is battling a stomach strain. Because of the injury, Mathis was forced to serve overhand in last weekend’s matches against Cincinnati and Dayton. Samara is still evaluating Mathis, but hopes she will be able to return to her normal serve against
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Head coach Tina Samara is happy with the way the program is panning out for the future. Syracuse. “Emily is doing a lot better,” Samara said. “Hopefully she will be able to serve normally by Saturday.” Samara will evaluate Mathis’ performance tomorrow before making a decision on how she will serve. Regardless of the status of Mathis’ serve, she will compete against the Orange on Saturday. Playing with only five players has been tough on the Mountaineers all season, especially with injuries popping up, but Samara is making no excuses for her team. “Everyone that we have is playing,” Samara said. “We are playing with what we (have) and they are injured, but they’re playing.” Playing a man down, on top of the injuries the team has had to go through, has caused a rough season for the Mountaineers, but there is no doubt things are
headed in the right direction. “The most important part of what’s going on is we’re begging to have that foundation that we’re trying to build on, and that’s for the future of the program,” Samara said. “I think if you asked anyone on the team, they are enjoying the experience now more than they have all year, and that’s a good thing.” Another aspect steering the team in the right direction is winning. The team has won three of their last five matches, but it is not just match victories that are helping Samara’s team. “Every time we walk on the court we know we have an uphill battle because of our situation,” Samara said. “We are realistic in knowing that it’s going to make it hard for us to win all the time, but there are still a lot of little victories we can have.” dasports@mail.wvu.edu
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Sophomore Hope Sloanhoffer and the WVU gymnastics team take part in a quad-meet this weekend.
by sebouh majarian sports writer
First-year West Virginia gymnastics head coach Jason Butts had a simple message for his team in a tweet earlier this week, saying “Change begins at the end of your comfort zone.” “That’s what I wanted this week. I wanted everybody to push harder than what they were comfortable with,” Butts said. “If you’re pushing to be in the lineup, push harder; if you had a mistake this weekend, push harder to fix it.” West Virginia (10-4, 5-1 EAGL) came in at No. 24 in the latest GymInfo poll, following a disastrous final rotation performance on beam in a 195.75-194.225 loss to New Hampshire. The loss was the team’s first this season against an Eastern Atlantic Gymnastics League opponent. The new polls are based on RQS, which is a team or allaround gymnasts top six regular season scores, of which three must be away, eliminating the high score and averaging the remaining five scores. When the Mountaineers travel to take on No. 19 Denver for a quad-meet with Western Michigan and No. 13 Missouri, they will start on the same event they finished on last week. WVU counted four falls on
beam, dropping its ranking from No. 22 to No. 27. Chelsea Goldschrafe and Hope Sloanhoffer were the only ones not to count a fall, as Goldschrafe scored a 9.775, while Sloanhoffer took second place on the event with a 9.85. “Beam is a mental challenge; it’s about preparing (the team) mentally that it will be the first event and not letting it be intimidating to them,” Butts said. “They’re a great beam team and it’s all about making sure we’re mentally prepared for that.” The Mountaineers only have three meets left before the EAGL Championship. With two road meets and four of the six teams remaining ranked in the top-20, these final games present the team with a great opportunity to replace their lower road scores from earlier this season, boosting their RQS. Of the teams competing in this weekend’s meet, Missouri leads all in RQS at 195.79, followed by Denver (195.27), West Virginia (194.67) and Western Michigan (193.995). “I’m comfortable with where we’re at performancewise,” Butts said. “We’re not where I want to be in the ranking due to a variety of issues, but we can still get to where I want to be in the rankings.” The RQS rankings helped the Mountaineers climb to
No. 21 on vault (48.895) and No. 20 on floor (48.925). The team made the biggest jump on bars, moving up nine spots to No. 26 in the country averaging a score of 48.675. Sloanhoffer has scored a 39.0-plus in all but one meet this season and with the new scoring system saw her national all-around ranking jump ten spots to No. 21, averaging 39.165 points a meet. She also ranks No. 38 on beam (9.82) and No. 48 on vault (9.835). The team has fought through falls in quite a few meets and has fought to be the top team on bars in the EAGL. Butts doesn’t mind not having high and flashy team scores as he stressed the steadiness the team has shown with their scores is more important. He said the overall team scores have suffered at times due to poor performances on an event. “We’re going to show up, we’re going to be aggressive and we’re going to show that we’re a team that deserves to be at nationals,” Butts said. Dayah Haley (finger) and Nicole Roach (shoulder) are expected to return after each suffered injuries during warm-ups on bars last weekend which caused them to be pulled from the lineup. sebouh.majarian@mail.wvu.edu
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Dempsey’s goal lifts United States to 1-0 win over Italy GENOA, Italy (AP) — The United States gained a rare victory over a soccer power, beating Italy 1-0 Wednesday night on Clint Dempsey’s goal in the 55th minute for its first win over the Azzurri in 11 games over 78 years. Dempsey, a Texan who has become an increasingly important element of the American team, took a short pass from Jozy Altidore following Michael Bradley’s cross and put a right-footed shot from just inside the penalty area just past an outstretched hand of goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon. “I’d like to think that we’re closing the gap and hopefully one day we can do something special,” Dempsey said. After returning to the World Cup for the first time in 40 years in 1990 and advancing to the quarterfinals in 2002, the Americans have struggled to make additional progress. They were knocked out in the first round of the 2006 World Cup and the second round of the 2010 tournament, eliminated both times with defeats to Ghana. They wasted a twogoal lead against Mexico last June and lost 4-2 in he final of the CONCACAF Gold Cup, their regional championship. That prompted to U.S. Soccer Federation to fire coach Bob Bradley and replace him with Jurgen Klinsmann, the former German national team star player and coach. “It’s historic for us beating a team of Italy’s level,” Klinsmann said. “But what we wanted to do above everything was to learn, to see how we could do against a team like Italy. I think the boys did very, very well. They played
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United States forward Clint Dempsey celebrates after scoring during a friendly soccer match between Italy and USA Wednesday. great for 90 minutes.” Among the seven nations considered the world powers – Argentina, Brazil, England, France, Germany, Italy and Spain – it was just the ninth win for the United States to go along with 48 losses and six ties. The Americans had been 0-7-3 against Italy and had been outscored 32-4. “It’s a work in progress, trying to get there,” Dempsey said. “It was a little bit of workout tonight, but we got the result.” Dempsey scored his 25th
goal in 83 international appearances. A native of Nacogdoches who turns 29 on March 9, Dempsey has had the most accomplished season by a U.S. attacking player in European soccer. With 16 goals this season for Fulham, he’s become the American career scoring leader in England’s Premier League with 43 goals. “Initially, I was going to stay where I was and have him lay it back to me,” Dempsey said. “I saw the guy was covering. So I tried to move to my right to try get open so
he could play me the ball. He did a great job of holding it up, playing me, and I just tried to hit it low and hard, far post, and it went in. Dempsey also had the best U.S. chance in the first half, with a free kick from about 28 yards that Buffon saved with a two-handed punch. No. 8 Italy, a four-time World Cup champion, is preparing for the start of the European Championship in June. “With this spirit we’ll have a great European Champion-
ship. I’m absolutely not worried,” Italy coach Cesare Prandelli said. “I have a lot to think about ahead of the Euros and I’ll take the best things from this game – the will to win, the determination, the fight to get back. ... So it’s not a ‘lost’ friendly match. There’s a lot to take from this. I’m sure I’ll have the team ready by the summer.” Italy dominated for stretches and outshot the U.S. 19-4. But the 31st-ranked Americans held as the Azzurri were called for offsides nine
times — to none for the U.S. With retired baseball star Mike Piazza watching from the stands alongside former U.S. forward Brian McBride, the Americans won their fourth straight match to improve to 5-4-1 under Klinsmann. It was a measure of personal revenge for Klinsmann, the former German World Cup great. Germany, then coached by Klinsmann, lost to Italy in the 2006 World Cup semifinals and the Azzurri went on to win the title. U.S. goalkeeper Tim Howard had a big kick save in the fifth minute. Italy nearly tied the score in injury time when Riccardo Montolivo’s shot went past a post. Italy lost in Genoa for the first time since 1924. The previous time the Azzurri played at Stadio Luigi Ferraris was a match stopped in the seventh minute by crowd trouble. Italy was awarded a 3-0 win over Serbia in a Euro qualifier. With the Americans wearing new road jerseys in blue with white sleeves, Klinsmann had most of his regulars back following victories over Venezuela and Panama while playing with a backup squad. He had hoped to be able to pair Dempsey with Landon Donovan for the first time since taking over as coach, but Donovan missed the match because of bronchitis. Italy had its own personnel problem, especially up front where it was missing injured forwards Giuseppe Rossi and Antonio Cassano. Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli was left of the squad because of his temper and unpredictability.
Report: Howland allowed players to undermine discipline and morale at UCLA LOS ANGELES (AP) — Players and staff members from the past four UCLA basketball teams say that coach Ben Howland allowed an influx of talented but immature recruits to undermine team discipline and morale as the once-proud program has struggled to live up to its storied history, Sports Illustrated reported Wednesday. The report on Sports Illustrated’s website, which says SI spoke with more than a dozen players and staff members from those teams over the last two months, outlines a program in disarray. Teammates have come to blows, several players routinely used alcohol and drugs — sometimes before practice — and one player intentionally injured teammates but received no punishment, according to the story, which quotes its sources anonymously. “Obviously this is not a great day for our program or for me,” Howland said on a teleconference Wednesday. “I’m responsible for this program and everything that happens in it. If there’s any need to make changes, I will make them.” UCLA athletic director Dan Guerrero didn’t answer directly when asked about Howland’s job status for next season. “We’ll go through the rest
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Continued from page 8 “premier” conference. But Luck wasn’t having any of it. While the ACC and SEC would’ve been the more foreseeable option, Luck worked the phones and found WVU a home – the Big 12. Were questions raised about a move to a conference that made almost zero geographical sense? Absolutely. But it’s Oliver Luck – a man who has showed no apprehension for taking risks in the past. The latest project on Luck’s plate is the proposed baseball
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Continued from page 8 It was good that we were both at the point where our team needed us to be. Our team really thrives off us.” The next step for Bryant is to carry that success into West Virginia’s regular season finale Saturday and then to try finishing
of the season, and then we’ll sit down and talk about the situation like we always do,” he said on a separate teleconference. “The article certainly raised some issues, but believe me we were aware of some of the issues.” In 2008, Howland agreed to a new seven-year contract, which runs through the 2014-15 season. He is due to receive $2.3 million in the final year of the deal. Now in his ninth year in Westwood, he has a record of 205-96 going into the final weekend of the regular season. “I am very confident of my abilities to lead this program into the future,” he said. Guerrero said some of the allegations mentioned in the story were known by Howland and his staff and they consulted with the athletic director or his staff. Other issues were handled by Howland and his staff, while some allegations came as a surprise to Guerrero, who said they would be investigated. “Could decisions have been made differently in some regard?” he said. “I would venture to say ... yeah, we probably should have done things differently.” UCLA Chancellor Gene Block said about Howland, “He’s not perfect. He’s admitted both publicly and privately some of his shortcom-
ings and mistakes.” According to players who spoke to the magazine, Howland had little contact with his athletes beyond practices and games. The report says the task of indoctrinating a new player fell to veterans. Howland’s former players told the magazine he had very little to do with instilling camaraderie. “That’s hurtful,” Howland said on the teleconference. “If you talk to my former players, that may be the opinion of a specific player, I would think that actually would not be considered to be accurate.” Several players from the 2008-09 team who spoke to SI say that some of that year’s freshmen affected the team’s unity and performance because of behavior that included drug and alcohol use, sometimes before practice. The report says older players tried to counsel them with little success. “We’re talking about a few isolated incidents with a few young men who have made bad decisions,” Guerrero said, adding that UCLA has alcohol and drug testing programs in place. Howland said Wednesday he has handled inappropriate behavior by his players correctly, although he declined to speak specifically about individuals, citing fed-
stadium at the University Town Center. Using tax increment funding, something he has significant experience with while working as the general manager of the Houston Dynamo of Major League Soccer, Luck wants to decrease the burden on the athletic department. Smart move. But would you expect anything otherwise? It hasn’t been long, but Luck has already proved that he’s smart enough – and bold enough – to continue moving WVU into a positive direction in the future. john.terry@mail.wvu.edu
his career the same way he and Jones intended to with strong showings in the postseason. “We’ve got to be hungry,” Bryant said. “(South Florida) is a game that we need to win, and we will be ready to play. “At the end of the day, me and KJ know what it takes to win.” james.carvelli@mail.wvu.edu
eral privacy laws. “There’s no question that I’ve made mistakes along the way when you look at recruiting in terms of evaluations of players or character in an instance or two,” he said. “For the most part, I’ve been very, very blessed and been lucky to have great kids. We want to recruit great kids, good people. For the most part we’ve done that.” Kevin Love, who starred in 2007-08 as a freshman before leaving early for the NBA, said he was surprised by the allegations in the story. “I knew there were a couple of bad eggs, but I didn’t figure there was anything going on,” he told The Associated Press while in town to play with the Minnesota Timberwolves. “I’ve been removed now for, what, three or four years, so some of those guys I don’t know particularly well. But obviously, in the year behind me, I knew a few of the guys and some of those guys have either transferred or been kicked off the team.” Players also spoke to the magazine of an alarming number of fights to begin the 2009 season, including one that began when Reeves Nelson, then a freshman, hit fellow player Mike Moser in the chest with his forearm and shoulder.
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Patterson’s contract details by ben gaughan
associate sports editor
Newly acquired coach Keith Patterson, will serve as co-defensive coordinator of the West Virginia football team next season, as stated by documents obtained by The Daily Athenaeum through a Freedom of Information Act request. West Virginia head coach Dana Holgorsen, however, will not announce the official duties of his new coaching staff until Monday. Patterson, who will be joining fellow newly signed defensive coaches Erik Slaughter and Joe DeForest, will earn $350,000 per year through the next three Patterson years, in a contract that began Feb. 22. The actual contract states Patterson will be assistant head coach, but also adds one of the job descriptions as co-defensive coordinator and any duties and responsibilities assigned by the head coach. Patterson was the defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at Pittsburgh in 2011, and was the interim head coach for Pitt’s game against Southern Methodist in the BBVA Compass bowl in January. The three coaches (Patterson, DeForest and Slaughter) will most likely join Steve Dunlap, who was the safeties coach for the last two seasons for West Virginia, on the defensive coaching staff. Receivers coach Daron Roberts may move to the defensive side of the staff as well. He coached cornerbacks when he was with the Detroit Lions in the NFL, which he most likely will do with the Mountaineers next season. Holgorsen was forced to make these new moves due to the departure of longtime defensive coordinator, Jeff Casteel, who left to join Rich Rodriguez, for the same position at Arizona. Casteel also took cornerbacks coach Dave Lockwood and defensive line coach Bill Kirelawich with him, leaving the remaining spots open for Holgorsen to fill. ben.gaughan@mail.wvu.edu
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West Virginia senior guard Truck Bryant has scored 53 points in his last two games. He scored 28 against DePaul Tuesday night.
West Virginia’s Bryant getting back on right track at right time by michael carvelli sports editor
After being a consistent scoring threat in the first 20 games of the season for West Virginia, senior guard Truck Bryant had cooled off drastically since the team began to lose in the final third of the season. Now, as the Mountaineers head toward the end of the regular season and into March, it looks like Bryant is starting to return to form following two solid efforts. Bryant’s 53 points in his last two games are the most he’s scored in back-to-back games since he scored 54 against Rutgers and Georgetown on Jan. 4 and Jan. 7, respectively. “Once I make the first couple, I
just get in the groove then. I’m just on track then,” Bryant said. “Even if I miss the first couple, I still think I’m going to make the first couple.” It’s that confidence that has been able to get Bryant through the times when he has struggled. But, as West Virginia head coach Bob Huggins said after Bryant’s 28-point performance against DePaul, he’s been putting in the work to get back to where he was, as well. “Shooting’s kind of a fickle thing. It comes and goes,” Huggins said. “Honestly, it wasn’t that Truck wasn’t working at shooting when he shot it bad, he was. He really has put the time in the gym, shooting the ball.” After struggling for so long, Bry-
ant looked like he did at the beginning of the year following Tuesday’s win. It wasn’t hard to tell that it was a bit of a relief for him. It wasn’t because of his 7-for-13 performance from the field, and it wasn’t because it was his final home game at the Coliseum. It was because the Mountaineers were able to do something they haven’t been able to do in a while by putting together 40 minutes of solid team basketball. And, if the way the rest of this season has gone is of any indication, more of those could be coming their way if Bryant can continue to contribute the way he has the last two games alongside of fellow senior
Kevin Jones. “It’s a great feeling,” Bryant said. “I feel like when we’re both clicking, the whole team is clicking and it’s going to be a good night. Being the leaders of this team, we need to be clicking.” Jones admitted that it was nice seeing Bryant finally starting to break out of the funk he’s been stuck in for the last few weeks. “I don’t know when the last time was that Truck and I did that,” Jones said after the two seniors combined for 50 points in WVU’s win Tuesday. “Either he would have a great game and I wouldn’t, or I would have a good game and he didn’t.
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Luck has made impact felt in short time as WVU’s AD john Terry managing editor
It’s been less than two years since West Virginia University hired Oliver Luck as its Athletics Director. And not only has Luck accomplished a handful of things in just 20 months, but he’s been spot on with almost every major decision he’s made. Let’s start with the coaching changes. Luck was hired on June 9, 2010 and before the summer was over, the new director had already made two coaching changes. He relieved long-time volleyball head coach Veronica Hammersmith of her duties and tennis coach Marc Walters of his. Here’s the catch: both were coming off their most successful seasons in years. Hammersmith had just won 17 matches; the most since the 2004 season. And Walters, who took over in 200607, had also won 17 matches – the highest for the program since the 1989-90 season. But Luck was bold. He wanted change. And he went for it – not afraid of what might happen if it didn’t work. Both coaches have brought new energy to the program that it hadn’t seen before. Then there was the football team. It didn’t even take Luck an entire season before he knew he wanted to change the leadership of his moneymaking sport. Bill Stewart just wasn’t cutting it. So what did Luck do? He went behind people’s backs to secure one of the most successful young offensive minds in college football. As if that wasn’t bold enough, risky enough, Luck then pulled the plug on his own head coachin-waiting plan and installed Holgorsen, a 40-year-old with zero years of head coaching experience, as the next Mountaineer football coach. A regular season and 70 points later, West Virginia had won the Big East Conference championship and the Orange
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Oliver Luck was hired as West Virginia University’s Athletic Director June 9, 2010. Bowl in record-setting fashion. Then there were alcohol sales at Milan Puskar Stadium. How could selling alcohol at a stadium for an already rowdy fanbase be a good idea? Well, Luck thought it was a good idea, so he went forward with it, despite skepticism from many around the state. And, go figure, it worked like a charm. Not only did beer sales net $520,000 for the athletic department and its total concession sales netted $130,000 more than the year before. If that weren’t enough, here’s the kicker: there were fewer total incidents and arrests at the stadium than the year before. Who would have thought that would have been the case? Luck did. And finally, how could you ignore West Virginia’s move to the Big 12 Conference? It’s just another example of Luck doing something to help improve the situation of the athletic department and the University as a whole. The Big East was sinking fast, and West Virginia needed a lifeboat. The SEC and the ACC told West Virginia it was unwanted. Media outlets from around the country started to bash the University, bash the state on why it wasn’t good enough for a
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Gaiman’s ‘The Graveyard Book,’ is not just for children LAURA CIAROLLA A&E CORRESPONDENT
In the dead of night, on a quiet street somewhere in England, a family is murdered in their sleep by a mysterious man. The youngest, a mere toddler, manages to escape his crib and wanders out the open front door and up the street to the entrance of a graveyard. The mysterious man follows
closely, ready to finish his job. However, a kind woman spirit takes notice of the child’s impending danger, and – at the further behest of the child’s mother’s spirit – rescues him. This is how Nobody Owens came to be raised in a graveyard. Or, rather, raised by a graveyard. The kind woman (Mrs. Owens) is not the only spirit present, and she convinces many of the others to help care for “the live boy,” as they call him. Widely recognized for his
supernatural fiction, Neil Gaiman stays true to his reputation and creates yet another alluring, inspiring fantastical world in his novel “The Graveyard Book.” Fans of his previous works, such as “Neverwhere” or “The Sandman” series, will find an enjoyable familiarity of imaginative characters, as well as other creations, in this work. Nobody, or Bod for short, grows into a fearless boy with a real sense of adventure. His story takes the reader along with him for many explora-
tions, though he never strays far from the graveyard. Through trials in escaping ghouls and triumphs in ancient pagan burial mounds, Bod follows a personal path of self-discovery and acceptance. He is aided not only by his spirit-parents, but also a dark and brooding guardian named Silas, not quite a spirit himself, who has secrets of his own. Inevitably, Bod will be forced to face his family’s mysterious murderer, and Silas and the others fight hard
to protect and to prepare him. Truly a world of its own, this book will take any reader far away from the reality of campus life to a place where anything is possible, and good can always be trusted over evil. However, good may not be as familiar in this story as in others – the graveyard is full of ghosts, witches and werewolves, but it is the force of a group of men from the outside world that threatens Bod. The frightening creatures of his home teach him love, selflessness, and a deep ap-
preciation for knowledge and discovery. Though it may appear to possess some adult themes, the novel is actually one of the few of Gaiman’s that is geared toward all ages. It is a tale filled with the adventure of discovery, at the heart of which is a coming-ofage story to which many readers will easily to relate. And, perhaps, they will also discover something for themselves. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu
Davy Jones, lead singer of ‘60s group of The Monkees, dies at 66 WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Davy Jones, the diminutive heartthrob singer who rocketed to the top of the 1960s music charts by beckoning millions of adoring fans with the catchy refrains of The Monkees, died Wednesday. He was 66. His publicist, Helen Kensick, confirmed that Jones died of a heart attack near his home in Indiantown. Jones complained of breathing troubles early in the morning and was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead, said Rhonda Irons of the Martin County Sheriff ’s Office. The sheriff ’s spokeswoman said there were no suspicious circumstances. Jones’ stylishly moppish long hair, boyish good looks and his British accent endeared him to legions of screaming young fans after “The Monkees” premiered on CBS in 1966 as a made-for-TV band seeking to capitalize on Beatlemania still sweeping the world. Aspirations of Beatleslike fame were never fully achieved, with the TV show lasting just two years. But The Monkees made rock `n’ roll history as the band galvanized a wide American following with love-struck hits such as “Daydream Believer” and “I’m a Believer” that endure even today. Born in Manchester, England, on Dec. 30, 1945, Jones became a child star in his native England who appeared on television and stage, including a heralded role as “The Artful Dodger” in the play “Oliver.” He earned a Tony nomination at 16 when he reprised that role in the show’s Broadway production, a success that brought him to the attention of Columbia Pictures/Screen Gems Television, which created The Monkees. Hundreds turned out for auditions, but the young men who became the Monkees had no idea what ultimately awaited them. “They had an ad in the newspaper,” Jones recalled on NBC’s “Today Show” last year, “and then we all showed up.” “The Monkees” was a band clearly patterned on the Beatle’s film “A Hard Days Night,” chronicling the comic trials and tribulations of a rock group whose four members lived together and traveled to gigs in a tricked-out car called the Monkeemobile. Mike Nesmith, Peter Tork and Micky Dolenz starred with him. Each part was loosely created to resemble one of the Beatles. At 5-feet-3, Jones was by far the shortest member of the group a fact often made light of on the show. But he also was its dreamboat, mirroring Paul McCartney’s role in the
Beatles. And as the only Briton among the four, Jones was in some ways the Monkees’ direct connection to the Beatlemania still strong in the U.S. when the TV show made its debut. In August 1966, the Beatles performed in San Francisco, playing their last live set for a paying audience. The same month, the Monkees released their first album, introducing the group to the world. The first single, “Last Train to Clarksville,” became a No. 1 hit. And the TV show would caught on quickly with audiences, featuring fast-paced, helter-skelter comedy inspired as much by the Marx Brothers as the Beatles. It was a shrewd case of cross-platform promotion. As David Bianculli noted in his “Dictionary of Teleliteracy,” “The show’s self-contained music videos, clear forerunners of MTV, propelled the group’s first seven singles to enviable positions of the pop charts: three number ones, two number twos, two number threes.” Yet after the show’s launch, The Monkees came under fire from music critics when it was learned that session musicians and not the group’s members had played the musical instruments on their recordings. They were derided as the “Prefab Four,” an insulting comparison to the Beatles’ nickname, the “Fab Four.” In reality, Jones could play the drums and guitar, and although Dolenz learned to play the drums after he joined the group, he could also play guitar, as could Nesmith. Nesmith also wrote several of The Monkees’ songs, as well as songs for others. Tork, who played bass and keyboards on the TV show was a multi-instrumentalist. The group eventually prevailed over the show’s producers, including music director Don Kirchner, and began to play their own instrumentals. Regardless, the group was supported by enviable talent. Carole King and Gerry Goffin wrote “Pleasant Valley Sunday,” and Neil Diamond penned “I’m a Believer.” Musicians who played on their records included Billy Preston, who later played with the Beatles, Glen Campbell, Leon Russell, Ry Cooder and Neil Young. Young tweeted Wednesday that he was sad to learn of Jones’ death. “The Monkees were such a sensation that it was a thrill for me to have them record some of my early songs,” he added. The group also released the 1968 film “Head,” derided at the time as a psychedelic mishmash notable only for an
appearance by Jack Nicholson. It has since come to be considered a cult classic by Monkees fans. After two seasons, the TV series had flared out and was cancelled after 58 episodes in the summer of 1968. But The Monkees remained a nostalgia act for decades. And Jones maintained that the stage was the only place he truly felt at home. “Even today, I have an inferiority complex,” he told the Daily Mail in an interview last year. “I always feel I’m there at the window, looking in. Except when I’m on stage, and then I really come alive.” After the TV show ended, Jones continued to tour with the other Monkees for a time, sometimes playing the drums at concerts when Dolenz came up front to sing. Many also remember Jones from a widely seen episode of “The Brady Bunch” that aired in 1971, in which he makes an appearance at Marcia Brady’s school dance. In the episode, Marcia Brady, president of her school’s Davy Jones Fan Club, promised she could get him to appear before her classmates. The group eventually broke up over creative differences, although it did reunite from time to time for brief tours over the years, usually withDavy Jones, lead singer of ‘60s pop group The Monkees died of a heat attack at age 66. out Nesmith. In 1987, Jones, Tork, and Dolenz recorded a new album, “Pool It.” And two years later, the group received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. On Wednesday, flowers were placed on Jones’ own Hollywood star nearby as fans mourned. All four of the Monkees came together for a 1996 album, “Justus,” and a subsequent TV movie “Hey, Hey, It’s The Monkees!” that saw them still living in the same house and still traveling in the Monkeemobile just like old times. Tork said Wednesday of his former bandmate: “His gifts will be with us always.” Nesmith said “David’s spirit and soul live well in my heart, among all the lovely people,” using a phrase from a Beatles song that seemed to again cement the two groups’ ties. Jones, who is survived by his wife Jessica Pacheco and four daughters from previous marriages, continued to make appearances on television and stage later. But it was the fame of The Monkees that pulled him back to that era time and time again. On his website, he recalled during auditions for the show when all four men finally were put together in a scene. “That’s it,” he recalled everyone around him saying: “Magic.”
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A giant set of Olympic rings was launched on to the River Thames Tuesday to mark 150 days until the start of the London Games. LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II’s busy summer calendar just got a bit more crowded. Buckingham Palace said the monarch will open both the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics this summer, signaling that both events will be celebrated as great state occasions something the British are famous for. It is the first time the queen has opened the Paralympic Games, though she has often honored Paralympians
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The decision to open both ceremonies caps a very busy year for the queen, whose Diamond Jubilee this year marks her 60 years on the throne. The monarch, 85, and Philip, 90, are planning an extensive tour of the United Kingdom during the celebrations, including visits to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Philip is planning to stick to the schedule despite his December heart scare, which required the insertion of a stent to keep his coronary arteries open. At home, the celebrations will include a flotilla on the River Thames, a gala concert in front of Buckingham Palace (with headliners including Paul McCartney and Elton John) and a carriage procession through the streets of London following a service of thanksgiving. Unlike earlier jubilee celebrations, the queen will send her children and grandchildren on official visits to many Commonwealth countries rather than undertake the strenuous voyages herself. She will be busy at the palace, though. Elizabeth will open Buckingham Palace to visitors from June 30-July 8 to accommodate Olympic activities. The palace then will close for a few weeks until July 31 before opening to the public as is the monarch’s usual summer practice. Though it was long assumed that the queen, as head of state, would open the Olympics, her involvement in opening the Paralympics was not widely anticipated, as she normally takes her holiday at this time of year. Historian Hugo Vickers said that the decision reflects her interest in honoring the accomplishments of the athletes. “They are going to be taken very seriously,” he said of the games. “I think it’s going to be great.” Some 4,200 athletes will take part in the Paralympics Games from Aug. 29 to Sept 9. The event marks the return of the games to their roots. The Paralympics started in London in 1948 when injured veterans held the first disabled sport competition in archery.
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BUCKET HEAD PUB. Bartenders wanted. 10-mins from downtown. Small local bar. Granville. 304-365-4565.
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CAREGIVER, FULL/PART-TIME for disabled young man. Could provide excellent experience for education/social science/or any medical-field students. Call 304-599-6425, before 9pm. Leave message. Fax resume/refs. to: 304-599-6929
Campus Area - 3 BR Apt. behind Arnold Hall (last one) South Park - 1, 2, and 3 BR Apts.
FURNISHED HOUSES 2BR IN NICE RANCH STYLE HOME walk to Coliseum. 2 FEMALE roommates wanted. $455/room includes utilities. 304-257-7143 AVAILABLE MAY 15TH FULLY FURNISHED 5BR/ 3BATH. On downtown campus. $300/person. Plus utilities. W/D/DW. lease and deposit required. Small pets ok with deposit.304-599-6001.
CONDO FOR RENT. 2/BR-2/BA. June/2012. $875/mo plus electric/cable. Internet ready all rooms. Near Hospitals, Stadium. WD. Parking. Pets negotiable. 304-282-1184.
SPRUCE STREET RENTAL 3/BR Furnished including all utilities. Other than cable and internet. Avail. now. $535/person 304-292-8888
FIVE (5) 1/BR APARTMENTS NOW available. West Run, Morgantown. $600/mo each plus $300/dep. NO PETS. Call Jess: 304-290-8572.
NOW SHOWING! 1,2,3,4BR Apartments Downtown for May 2012. Please NO PETS. 304-296-5931.
JEWELMANLLC.COM close to downtown, next to Arnold Hall. 3,4,5&6/BR houses. Excellent condition. A/C, W/D, parking and yard. Utilities included. No dogs. 12 month lease. 304-288-1572 or 296-8491
SUNNYSIDE. NICE 2BR. 1/BA. WD. C/AC-HEAT $750/mo+ utilities. Small yard. Porch. NO PETS. Available 5/16/12. Lease/dep. 296-1848. Leave message.
FOR MAY. UNIQUE Apartments 2, & 3 BR Close to main campus. Washer/Dryer, Dishwasher, Private Parking. Pets w/fee. 508-788-7769.
TWO APARTMENTS: 2/3 BR—W/D, Off-street parking. 3/BR—W/D. Leases start 05/15/12. Garbage, cable not included. 717 Willey Street up from Arnold Hall. No Smoking, No Pets 304-685-9550.
NEW HOUSE AVAILABLE MAY 15 ON Downtown Campus. 5BR, 3BA, family room, game room, living room, lease/dep required. NO PETS. Off st parking, DW, WD, etc. 304-599-6001
NOW RENTING TOP OF FALLING RUN ROAD Morgan Point 1+2/BR $590-$790+ utilities. Semester lease. WD. DW. Parking. NO PETS. Call: 304-290-4834.
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BlACK BEAR BURRITOS HIRING all positions, including mangers and training. Apply within 132 Pleasant Street.
JUST LISTED MUST SEE 3BR 2BA. Close to Arnold Hall on Willey Street. W/D, D/W, Microwave. Parking.Sprinkler and security system. $485/person utilities included. No pets. 12 months lease. 304-288-9662/304-288-1572/304-282-813 1.
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AVAILABLE JUNE 1ST AND JULY 1ST. 3BR houses. Walk to town. W/D. No pets. $975/month plus utilities. Please call 304-826-0322.
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PLUS UTILITIES Ashley Oaks 2BR $380/Person $760
3&4 BR HOUSES walk to class. W/D. No Pets. Available June 1,2012. Lease./Deposit. Max Rentals 304-291-8423.
6BR (2APTS) HOUSE IN SOUTH PARK. 2 kitchens. 2 baths. W/D. Utilities included. June 1 Lease. $435/person. 304-292-5714.
GREEN PROPERTIES. IN FIRST WARD Quiet 2BR 1BA AC, DW, $490/person, all utilities included. NO PETS. Available May. 304-216-3402.
LARGE 1 BD. WALKING DISTANCE TO downtown. Non-smoker. No pets. $400+utilities. 304-288-0067.
3BR. 2 FULL BATH. W/D. $900/MONTH. Please call 304-983-2529.
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3/BR, 2/BA RANCH ON 1 ACRE. CAC. 10 minutes from both hospitals. $1100/mo. NO PETS. Call 304-282-8769.
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WALK TO STADIUM AND DOWNTOWN! Super-convenient 3BR house has newer kitchen/bath, all built-in appliances, washer and dryer, 3 car off-street parking, $415/person/month available May 15th. Call Steve at 304-288-6012...now!
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Jones Place
Minutes to Hospitals & Downtown
1BR IN GREAT CONDITION, large and convenient located at 779 Snider Street, free W/D facilities, parking. $500 all utilities included. 304-288-3308
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2 BR 2 BA. Stewarts Town Road. W/D.AC. Garage. $700/month. No pets.Text or call 304-288-6374. kjedwards2@comcast.net.
3/BR, 2/BA TOWNHOUSE FOR RENT. Walking distance to downtown campus. $1290/mo, includes utilities. Call 304-282-8769. NO PETS. Visit: roylinda.shutterfly.com!
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1 BR Downtown Location, Private Porch, Some utilities paid, $450+deposit lease, parking. 304-685-6565 or 304-685-5210.
2/3BR GILMORE STREET APARTMENTS. Available May.Open floor plan. Large Kit, Deck, AC, W/D. Off University Avenue.1 block from 8th street. Call or text 304-276-1931 or 304-276-7528.
1-2 & 3 Bedrooms
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UNFURNISHED APARTMENTS
JERSEY SUBS HIRING DELIVERY DRIVERS and pizza and line cooks. Apply in person at 1756 Mile Ground Rd. Must have experience. SUMMER EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY The Health Sciences & Technology Academy (HSTA) is looking for WVU Juniors, Seniors, and Graduate Students to serve as Assistant Head Mentor and Mentors for WV High School Students during our Summer Institute Program. 2012 Summer Institute dates and training are July 12 to July 27. For more information and an application see the HSTA Web site at www.wv-hsta.org or contact Wanda Stone at 304-293-1651.
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‘ART UP CLOSE!’
The Friends of the Museum host second lecture in series by Noelle Harris A&E CORRESPONDENT
The Art Museum of West Virginia University and The Friends of the Museum will present their second “Art Up Close!” lecture of the semester 5:30-6:30 p.m. today in the Museum Education Center adjacent to the Creative Arts Center. “Art Up Close!” is a series of informal lectures given by WVU faculty to share insight
‘Jitterbug Atom’ by R. Buckminster.
on works of art with the University and the surrounding community. Each presentation features commentary by a faculty member on a piece of work, followed by a question-and-answer session. In addition, audience members will have a chance to view the actual work. Every lecture is also free and open to the public. The lecture will be hosted by WVU Associate Professor of art
history and Assistant Director of the School of Art & Design Kristina Olson. “For this Thursday’s talk, I’ve selected a sculpture by the architect and engineer Buckminster Fuller called ‘Jitterbug Atom,’” Olson said. “Jitterbug Atom” is the 1976 piece by American architect and engineer Buckminster Fuller. Fuller is most known for his invention of the geodesic dome, which is why he got the nickname as the “Wizard of
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the Dome.” “Jitterbug Atom” is a sculpture in the collection of WVU of moveable aluminum. Fuller’s principle of “tensegrity,” or tensional integrity, which is the basis of Fuller’s dome and many of his other works. This lecture will focus on Olson’s take on this piece and its relationships to development in sculpture and modern architecture. Olson teaches courses in modern and contemporary ar-
chitecture, art and theory. Her research concentrates on the intersection of contemporary art and architecture. She has also recently published conference papers and publications on the works of Michael Graves, the designer of the Museum Education Center. Olson has been the exhibition reviewer for Art Papers, Art in America and Sculpture magazines. She is the exhibition reviews editor for the “Southeastern College Art Conference
Review.” She is a contributor of “Kartoon Kings: The Graphic Work of Simon Grennan and Christopher Sperandio” and co-editor of the book “Blanche Lazzell: The Life and Work of an American Modernist.” For more information, contact the Art Museum of WVU at (304) 293-2141, or visit their website at www.ccarts.wvu. edu/art_museum. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu
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‘Jitterbug Atom’ by R. Buckminster is part of the Paul and Laura Mesaros Collection of the Art Museum of West Virginia University.
Last Comic Standing to get last laugh Friday By Alex Panos A&E WRITER
After completing comedy school and honing their craft during a show at the Side Pocket Pub last Thursday, West Virginia University Last Comic Standing participants are prepared to take center stage Friday at the Mountainlair during WVUp All Night. Attendees of Up All Night will be treated to three to five minute acts of original comedy, prepared by the student comedians, which will determine the funniest student at WVU. Additionally, the event will run in conjuncture with nationally touring TSM Artists out of Nashville, Tenn., performing throughout the night. The professional lineup includes comedian Adam White, who is also known as “Vanilla Gumby,” and his material, which, according to his website, contains “disadvantaged Transformers, giant scorpions, heavy metal and even a song he co-wrote with his cat.” “I’m looking forward to seeing people attend (Friday) and enjoy themselves,” said Eric Moran, a member of Up All Night’s programming board. Moran said this year’s participants will be WVU students Jodi Richardson, Allen Beavers and last year’s winner – James Carbone. To lay the foundation for what is expected to be a hilarious evening, participants first went through a comedy school to prepare their material and work on their timing and delivery. Tom Sobel of TSM Artist Management Inc., said students are taught to turn “a blank page into
a five-minute set of comedy.” Sonja Wilson, program administrator for Up All Night, said she is excited for the opportunity this event has to “showcase yet another talent” of students at WVU. “Comedy school went really well,” Wilson said. “And we had a very large number of guests for our comedy program at the Side Pocket last Thursday.” Participants in comedy school echoed the success of the school. “The comedy school last week was really fun,” Richardson said. At the end of the night, judges will determine the top three comedians. First, second, and third place winners will all receive prize packages consisting of merchandise and restaurant gift cards. The WVUp All Night Student programming board orchestrated the event, making this year’s Last Comic Standing competition the first Up All Night event organized entirely by students for students, Wilson said. “They have planned it from start to finish so they should be commended for their efforts,” she said. Moran believes that because Up All Night works so hard to provide entertainment for the students that when people come out they will have fun. “It’s really great when students come out and support those performing,” Moran said. “I hope everyone at least comes out and just has a good time.” For more information, contact Sonja Wilson at sonja.wilson@mail.wvu.edu. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu
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