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WVU serves coffee to promote equality by lydia nuzum

associate city editor

West Virginia University students are serving coffee for a cause to promote equality for communities worldwide.

WVU Fair Trade 2.0, a student organization that partners with agricultural cooperatives in Central America to promote fair wages and living conditions, debuted its weekly “First Friday” event last week.

Fair Trade 2.0 created the events in collaboration with the Mountain People’s Cooper-

ative, a local Morgantown cooperative that offers local food items, fair trade coffee and tea and organic products.

“WVU Fair Trade 2.0 is a student-run organization here on campus, which started about a-year-and-a-half-ago, and the focus has been building relationships with farming cooperatives in Central America,” said Bradley Wilson, WVU professor of geography and Fair Trade 2.0 faculty representative. “We work in solidarity with them to raise funds for projects in those communities to improve ac-

cess to income, improve food security and generally to develop projects that help move the communities forward and strengthen the cooperatives that are there.”

Fair Trade 2.0 is currently partnered with the La Hermandad cooperative, a 30-member coffee-farming cooperative in San Ramon, Nicaragua. Wilson said Fair Trade 2.0 plans to expand its efforts to other cooperatives in Central America in order to promote sustainable living practices for coffee-growing communities.

Bell-ringing ceremony honors student by erin fitzwilliams Editor-in-chief

The West Virginia University Alpha Phi Omega service fraternity held a bell-ringing ceremony Friday to honor the memory of student Joshua McClure.

McClure, who was a 23-yearold senior physical education and teacher education student from Elkins, W.Va., died Jan. 21.

About 50 friends, family and members of the WVU community attended the ceremony, which began after the Woodburn tower clock struck noon and the bell was rung three times.

“On behalf of West Virginia University, Jim Clements and the Office of Student Life, I would like to express my condolences, my sympathies, to you the friends and family of Joshua ‘JT’ McClure,” said Kim Mosby, associate dean of students with the Office of Student Life.

The bell used during the ceremony was attached to the mast of the USS West Virginia, part of the original warship sunk during the battle of Pearl Harbor, which currently stands in front of Oglebay Hall.

“JT was actively involved with life at WVU. Having many friends, he will be greatly missed by his coworkers at Longhorn Steakhouse and his many West Virginia National Guardsmen,” Mosby said. “He loved sports, especially WVU

“Essentially, what we’re doing is a sort of development initiative to raise money to invest in coffee-farming families,” said Alanna Markle, a senior international studies and political science student and founding member of Fair Trade 2.0. “It’s an alternative to, at least what I had learned, is a rather exploitative capitalist global economy.

We’re trying to fill a need for more well-rounded local economies that have a greater potential for food sustainability

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and Pittsburgh Steeler football, hunting and spending time with his friends and family.”

Melissa Clayton, McClure’s mother, expressed her thanks for the people who came to support the family.

“The love and support you all have shown us over the last week, last two weeks, has been incredibly moving and touching and to know how much our son meant to each and every one of you,” she said. “We heard so many kind words at the viewing and at the funeral about how he touched each one of you.”

Mosby and Tom Sloane, dean of students, presented McClure’s parents with a certificate from University President James P. Clements honoring McClure for his time at WVU. “We’ve learned from his family, his parents, how much WVU meant to him and how much JT meant to all of those he met,” Mosby said. “Although his time here was too short, I know that it was precious time spent together, for which we’re all grateful.”

The WVU Alpha Phi Omega fraternity has established a tradition of ringing the bell after the clock tower of Woodburn Hall chimes at noon to commemorate a student or a number of students who have recently died while attending WVU.

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WVU remembers journalism professor

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by mackenzie mays

Grant helps The Rack serve students in need by carlee lammers staff writer

As college tuition and expenses are steadily on the rise, more students are faced with financial hardships.

The Rack, a West Virginia University Student Organization Services food pantry, is working to put an end to student hunger on campus and recently received a $1,000 grant from The Wal-Mart Foundation to help them do so.

The pantry provides a variety of ready-to-eat and easily prepared frozen, boxed or canned items to students who are faced with financial difficulty.

“We’re trying to direct our attention to the needs of students who are faced with financial hardship,” said Student Organizations Services Program Coordinator Jacqueline Dooley.

“Our goal is to take care of students who are hiding behind hunger.”

The grant was awarded through the Local Facility Giving and Hunger Outreach Grant Program.

The funds will go toward

food, toiletry and hygiene products, Dooley said.

“The mere fact that we’re being recognized and students are receiving benefits is very exciting,” Dooley said. “It’s very warm to know that the general population who contributes has the students’ interests in their hearts.”

Dooley said while The Rack currently serves more than 2,000 students, she hopes the expansion could help better meet the needs of the students on campus who still face the burden of hunger.

“There are so many students we are not reaching,” she said. “I’m excited to be able to expand and continue our mission.”

The Rack is located in the Student Organizations Wing of the Mountainlair.

The pantry is open 8:15 a.m.4:45 p.m. Monday through Thursday and at 8:15 a.m. until the Mountainlair closes on Friday evenings.

For more information, visit http://sos.wvu.edu. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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TOP: In this Jan. 1, 1966 photo, AP Special Correspondent George Esper poses with a Vietnamese boy in Quang Ngai Province. Esper died on Thursday at the age of 79.

BOTTOM: The piece ‘Lewis’ Lament’ ran in the Oct. 19, 1951 edition of The Daily Athenaeum and was one of George Esper’s first published works. Esper went on to serve more than 40 years with the Associated Press.

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Six West Virginia University seniors are busy preparing a campaign for the Center of Civic Engagement to bring a newfound sense of community to campus.

These students, lead by Assistant Professor Rita Colistra and CCE Operations Coordinator Brett White, will research, plan and implement a public relations campaign for the CCE. “Our goals of the campaign are to promote awareness of community service and com-

munity engagement on campus as well as to increase volunteers especially with their involvement with the Week of Engagement, which is something the CCE does every year,” said Katlin Stinespring, senior public relations student and account executive for the campaign.

The CCE was established in the spring of 2006 at WVU to help promote volunteer work and service learning, and it strives to bridge the gap between the University and the community at local, national and global levels.

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West Virginia University journalism professor George Esper, who was praised for his fearless work as an Associated Press correspondent during the Vietnam War, died Thursday night at the age of 79.

Esper was well known throughout the Perley Isaac Reed School of Journalism not only for his courageous tales of covering the fall of Saigon as a young reporter, but for his encouraging spirit and need to help aspiring

writers.

“George was the most optimistic and generous person I’ve ever worked with. Despite everything he’d witnessed as a journalist, he had enormous faith in people. Despite his vast experience and wisdom, he always wanted to hear from everyone else before expressing his own thoughts,” said Associate Professor and Print Journalism Program Chair John Temple, who worked with Esper for nine years.

WVU staff and students took

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what it’s like to work in the real world, while at the same time promoting a positive local cause.

Students research and analyze past media coverage of CCE events and examine the use of new media and social networking, Stinespring said.

“Once we have our research conducted, we will be working directly with our client to develop different strategies and tactics to promote each event. We’ll be assisting with all of that leading up to the Week of Engagement,” she said.

Colistra said she is already proud of her team.

“I’ve already got them working so hard. They’ve got their own client, they have a team and they’ve applied for their positions,” Colistra said. “They meet with their client, ask questions, figure out what the client wants and then work to reach those goals.”

The team also includes two public relations directors, Adriane Herlihy and Julie Hildenbrand; Creative Director Jared Lathrop; and two research directors, Alexa Hadfield and Jill Necessary.

“I think this campaign will not

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BACK ON TRACK Senior guard Truck Bryant hit a game-winner to lead the WVU men’s basketball team past Providence Sunday.

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Esper, a WVU graduate of 1953, used his 42 years of experience with the Associated Press to help mold journalism students not only into better writers, but better people, Temple said.

“Professors often believe that today’s students don’t measure up to those of their own generation – George believed the opposite,” Temple said. “George inspired his students. Because he was so accomplished, but also so downto-earth, his students believed they could someday have a career and a life like his, and he believed this, too. He was an amazing storyteller when the mood struck him, but he preferred drawing out the stories of others.”

Dean Maryanne Reed said Esper’s memory will live on in the halls of the P.I. Reed School of Journalism.

“Beyond being a dedicated faculty member, George also was a wonderful person who took a personal interest in the lives of his students, colleagues and friends,” Reed said. “He will be greatly missed by his family at WVU and the School of Journalism. They broke the mold when they made George.”

Elaine McMillion, Esper’s former student turned longtime friend, is currently working on a documentary about his life.

The first portion of “Fall of a Nation: Tales of an AP Journalist” can now be viewed on YouTube.

“Beyond being an amazing reporter, writer and professional figure, George was such a great friend to me. It’s totally heartbreaking when you lose

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only draw more awareness to the CCE to show that they exist, but also change people’s attitudes toward it and not just have the negative image that it’s for assigned community service when students do something wrong,” Colistra said.

Colistra said she enjoys having the opportunity to do something positive while teaching students the professional skills they need.

“I love teaching service learning in my courses because it’s more valuable to the students, and you’re giving back to the community and the state by providing a service and helping non-profits out who don’t have the hands or expertise to do these things,” she said.

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In this Feb. 10, 2000 photo, Associated Press Special Correspondent George Esper poses in his Boston office. Esper, the tenacious Associated Press correspondent who refused to leave his post in the last days of the Vietnam War, remaining behind to cover the fall of Saigon, has died. He was 79. Esper died in his sleep on Thursday night, his son, Thomas, told the AP on Friday. such an influential person in your life,” McMillion said. “I am so grateful to have known such a legend. He taught me so much over the past six years that I will continue to carry throughout my life.”

McMillion said she knows she’s not the only one who felt such a strong bond with Esper, though.

“I am no exception – George took a personal interest in all of his students’ lives. He loved each and every one of For Stinespring, it’s not only the experience that’s the most rewarding part of the project, but the way in which they get to give back to the University.

“It’s definitely worthwhile because not only are we gaining professional experience in working with a team and a real client, but we are all really looking forward to working with the WVU community and being a part of something that helps promote a positive image of WVU,” she said.

For more information or to get involved with the CCE, visit www.cce.wvu.edu.

“This is helping engage the student body within the Morgantown community and is a way of connecting Morgantown and the University” Stinespring said. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

us,” she said. “This should inspire us all to be better people and seek the truth as media professionals.”

Ivy Guiler, a 2005 WVU journalism graduate, was one of the many students touched by Esper’s compassion.

“George started out as one of my heroes of journalism. He was someone I admired from afar. By the end of my first semester at WVU, he took me under his wings and started teaching me not only how to

write, but how to love people and honor them by telling accurate and fair stories,” Guiler said. “These last few years, he became one of my best friends.”

In August, while Esper was sick in a Boston hospital, Guiler worked to repay him for his acts of kindness and used social media to gather his many fans to create “A Grace Bomb” to lift his spirits.

Former students, colleagues and friends of Esper’s provided

video, audio and written messages to Guiler, who made a compilation of the well wishes and “dropped them like a bomb” on the professor last Christmas.

More than 100 people signed up for the “George Esper Update” Facebook page last year when he first took ill, which allowed his friends to receive constant updates on his health with the help of Gulier and his son, Tom. “George is truly one of a

kind. He’s not just a legend in the field of journalism, he’s the type of person we all should strive to be like. There will never be another person like him – he was special,” Gulier said. “ My life changed forever when he stepped into it, and it will never be the same now that he’s gone. Not a day will go by when I won’t look to the sky and thank him for letting me know him.”

Paige Lavender, associate politics editor at The Huffington Post in D.C. and recent WVU graduate, said Esper was one of her favorite professors, not only because of the skills he taught her, but for his good company.

“He mentored me with my writing and helped me get jobs and internships, but those weren’t the things I valued most about him. What I loved best were his stories. Though he remained humble about his accomplishments, he really is a legend, and over and over he appeased me when I asked to hear of his experiences as an AP journalist,” she said.

Lavender said Esper helped give her the confidence to accomplish her goals as a journalist.

“He gave me hope and always made a point to tell me how proud he was of my work, even though I was an inexperienced student journalist making mistakes left and right,” she said. “He gave me the confidence I needed to keep pursuing my dream. Those long talks will remain a highlight of my life.”

Arrangements will be made through Haky Funeral Home in Uniontown, Pa. Visiting hours will be on Tuesday and Wednesday from 5-9 p.m. A service will be held at St. George’s Maronite Catholic Church on Thursday at 10 a.m., followed by burial at Sylvan Heights Cemetery in Uniontown. mackenzie.mays@mail.wvu.edu

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Markle said Fair Trade 2.0 chose to work with the Mountain People’s Co-op to promote sustainable practices in the Morgantown community while working to benefit its partnership with La Hermandad.

“Part of our mission is to support local economies with a global focus, so we’re here to support our local business and local cooperative as well as to raise awareness for the issues we’re invested in, which are the weaknesses of the traditional fair trade market, and social and economic justice,” Markle said.

The events will be held every Friday from 6-9 p.m. at the Mountain People’s Co-op and will feature local music and fair trade coffee from 19 Coffee Company, a fair trade micro-roasted coffee company located in Washington, Pa. The company provides fair trade coffee to area businesses including the Blue Moose Cafe,

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Bradley Wilson, Fair Trade 2.0’s faculty representative, left, speaks at First Hand Cafe Night, Friday at the Mountain People’s Co-op. The event offered live music and samples of coffee and baked goods in hopes of educating people about the organization.

Black Bear Burritos and the New Day Bakery.

David Diorio, owner of 19 Coffee Company, said he has tried to establish a good relationship with small coffee importers in order to produce fair trade coffee.

“We have five small import-

ers from across the country – five on the East Coast, five on the West Coast and one in the Midwest – and each importer specializes in coffee from a certain area,” Diorio said. “We have an importer we know we want to go to for Central and South America as well as for coffees from the Pacific rim.

We have one importer that does a great job with African coffees, Ethiopian coffees in particular.”

Wilson said Fair Trade 2.0 hopes to reach out to local

businesses in order to create awareness for fair trade initiatives and expand the influence of the organization.

“We’re trying to build greater awareness here about it so we can expand,” Wilson said. “The more people who know about it here means the more people who can work with us and the more organizations we can work with in Nicaragua.”

For more information, visit www.wvufairtrade.org. lydia.nuzum@mail.wvu.edu

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GOP’s Santorum refuses to bow despite another loss BEMIDJI, Minn. (AP) — Rick Santorum has lost four straight contests.

Not that you would know it by watching him on the campaign trail, where the perpetually optimistic candidate has been drawing standing-roomonly crowds and promising his political fortunes will improve if he can make it to just one more state.

“The more that this campaign evolves, the better we are going to look to be the best candidate to defeat Barack Obama,” the former Pennsylvania senator said Sunday as he toured the factory that produces the sweater vests he sells for fundraising. “I feel confident that we’re going to do well here in Minnesota. We’re going to do well in Missouri on Tuesday and I think we’re also going to do well in Colorado. At least I hope to do well in Bemidji anyway.”

A day earlier, he came in last place in Nevada. He didn’t mention the latest setback when he attended church services Sunday, showing no sign the GOP contest was slipping through his fingers.

“I’m trying to walk the path that Christ has laid out for me.

I’m just trying to discern his will,” he said during services at Eden Prairie’s Grace Church. “I will leave it up to him as to how everything turns out.”

Taking his ragtag campaign across the country, Santorum hopes to amass enough delegates to the Republican con-

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Republican presidential candidate former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum shakes hands as a Ron Paul supporter, right, carries a campaign sign behind Santorum during a campaign stop at the Bemidji, Minn., Woolen Mills store - the manufacturer of the official Santorum for president sweater vest Sunday. vention this summer to earn greater stature within the party even if he fails to achieve the GOP nomination.

It’s been a month since Santorum narrowly won the Iowa caucuses and, while outright victory may be out of reach in the next states to vote, he’s looking to make a statement here and in Colorado. In Missouri, Newt Gingrich is not on the ballot, giving Santorum a better chance to make an impression against frontrunner Mitt Romney.

Minnesota could be fertile territory for Santorum, with its small contingent of highly conservative caucus-goers. It borders Iowa, where Santorum was the declared winner in the campaign’s lead-off caucuses a month ago.

He is also looking at Colorado, where deeply conservative evangelicals have an unshakable foothold. Santorum has picked up the backing of prominent social conservative and Focus on the Family founder James Dobson, who

Sec. of State Clinton: US, Europe must do more against tyrants MUNICH (AP) — The Obama administration on Saturday called for stepped up U.S.-European cooperation to isolate tyrannies like the Assad regime in Syria, promote democracy in the Arab World and beyond and repair damage from the global financial crisis.

And, as America shifts its primary strategic focus to Asia and reduces its military presence in Europe, President Barack Obama’s top two national security aides – attending an international security conference here together in a demonstration of Washington’s resolve – reassured the continent that it remains deeply relevant to U.S. interests as well as its partner of “first resort” in dealing with global hotspots.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Americans and Europeans must send a clear and common message to tyrants that they must respect the rights of their people. She spoke as violence flared anew in Syria ahead of an expected vote on a U.N. Security Council resolution on the matter later Saturday.

“As a tyrant in Damascus brutalizes his own people, America and Europe stand shoulder to shoulder,” she said, referring to Syrian President Bashar Assad.

“We are united, alongside the Arab League, in demanding an end to the bloodshed and a democratic future for Syria. And we are hopeful that at 10 a.m.

Eastern Standard Time in New York the Security Council will express the will of the international community,” she said.

President Barack Obama, in a strongly worded statement Saturday, condemned Assad’s “unspeakable assault” and called for his ouster.

“Assad must halt his campaign of killing and crimes against his own people now.

He must step aside and allow a democratic transition to proceed immediately,” the president said.

Clinton said, “Wherever tyrants deny the legitimate demands of their own people, we need to work together to send them a clear message: You cannot hold back the future at the

point of a gun.”

While promoting democracy, she warned that Europe could not ignore backsliding in its own backyard, decrying limits being placed on press and religious freedoms. She did not identify trouble spots by name but was referring to Russia, Belarus and Hungary.

“It is not credible to preach democracy elsewhere unless we also protect it within our community,” she said. “The trappings of democracy are not enough.”

Clinton said she had no doubt that Europe would overcome its economic woes. But she said it was imperative for a common agenda and enhanced cooperation to reinforce recoveries on both sides of the Atlantic.

“We are confident that Europe has the will and the means to cut its debt, build the necessary firewalls, create growth, and restore liquidity and market confidence,” she said. But, she added: “As Europe emerges from crisis, we have to work harder to reinforce each other’s recoveries. As deep as our economic relationship is, it has not yet lived up to its potential.”

To boost the recovery, she said the United States and Europe need to team up to fight unfair trade practices.

Meanwhile, U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Europe is America’s security partner of choice for military operations and diplomacy around the world. He said Europe will continue to be a central U.S. defense interest, even as the administration withdraws two of the four Army brigades stationed on the continent.

In his remarks to the conference, Panetta emphasized the positive. He noted that the U.S. is building a missile defense system in Europe, including a radar installation in Turkey and missiles to be stationed in Romania and Poland. He said four

U.S. ships capable of shooting down missiles will be stationed at Rota, Spain.

And he said that while two Army brigades will leave Europe, that will be partly offset by a new arrangement in which smaller Army units will rotate to the continent for temporary training assignments. This was announced in January as part of a new U.S. defense strategy.

These changes, he said, amount to a U.S. “vote of confidence” in the future of NATO. Panetta’s remarks were aimed at countering a perception that the administration’s added focus on security challenges in Asia and the Middle East is weakening U.S. partnerships in Europe.

“In all, the steps Europe can expect from the United States amount to a vote of confidence from Washington in the future of the alliance, especially in a period of fiscal austerity,” he said.

He noted that the U.S. military will still have a larger presence in Europe than in any other region of the world.

“That’s not only because the peace and prosperity of Europe is critically important to the United States, but because Europe remains our security partner of choice for military operations and diplomacy around the world,” he said.

The Obama administration has sought to limit the diplomatic fallout from its decision to pull the Army brigades out of Europe – a move in line with an overall shrinking of the Army from 570,000 soldiers to 490,000. One brigade is scheduled to pull out of Europe in 2013 and another in 2014.

Missile defense will become a central feature of the U.S. military presence in Europe. Officials in recent days confirmed that the missile defense system’s headquarters will be at Ramstein air base in Germany.

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joined him for campaign appearances in recent days.

To be sure, Santorum faces an uphill battle to win the party nod.

Santorum has little money and virtually no momentum.

He’s trailing badly in national polls. He’s had trouble getting on ballots in Virginia and Indiana. And he has essentially no staff in upcoming states – much less anything resembling the national operations his rivals are running.

He no longer has a national

campaign headquarters; technically, he calls a post office box in Pennsylvania his base camp.

His inner circle is seldom in the same location. His campaign manager is a New Hampshire consultant. His deputy campaign manager is Iowa-based and was only recently named to that role in an official capacity. His senior political adviser runs a firm in South Carolina and calls it home.

Santorum’s accommodations are sometimes determined by which supporter has an extra guest room, and his transportation sometimes is a volunteer’s pickup truck. And when reporters have questions, they simply walk over to the senator and ask him instead of calling his spokespeople in Pennsylvania, Washington or South Carolina.

Yet, his team celebrates its off-the-cuff style. Some only just recently started getting paychecks, and some of the people who have day-to-day responsibility for his events aren’t on the payroll yet.

“We are running this campaign on a shoestring,” Santorum says. “But that is an insult to shoestrings.”

He and his aides insist the nomination is still not out of reach.

They count themselves as students of how Barack Obama won the Democrats’ nomination four years ago: don’t look at the win/loss column and instead focus on the slow accumu-

lation of convention delegates.

Under GOP rules that are new this year, anyone who gets a certain portion of the vote in each state qualifies for a delegate to the GOP convention in Tampa. So while Romney and Gingrich are assailing each other, Santorum and his aides argue, he gets the chance to introduce himself to more voters and pick up delegates here and there on the cheap.

“There is a chance that we could go to the convention,” Santorum argued in Fallon, Nev., last week. “I don’t think that’s a bad thing. I think that would be a healthy thing. From my perspective, the longer this primary goes on, the better.”

Santorum is banking on Gingrich collapsing under Romney’s withering criticism, leaving Santorum in the coveted and fluid role of the leading conservative alternative to Romney.

For now at least, Santorum is attracting standing-room only crowds and hoping voters grow weary of the Romney-Gingrich rivalry.

“Every time you hear about this race, it’s just Romney and Gingrich,” said Cheryl Rawlings, a 59-year-old retiree from Hannibal, Mo., who met with Santorum at the Mark Twain Dinette on Friday. “Santorum isn’t making the headlines, but look at the people outside here waiting to meet him. This is not a two-man race no matter what the media would like.”

18.7 percent of W.Va. residents lack nest egg CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A nonprofit group says nearly one in five West Virginia residents have almost no savings or other assets to weather a financial crisis.

The report released last week by the Corporation for Enterprise Development ranks shows 18.7 percent of West Virginia residents don’t have a financial cushion in case they lose their jobs or sources of income.

While many West Virginia residents have jobs, they lack adequate savings

or other assets to cover expenses for three months if they lose steady income.

One of the measures excludes assets such as a home or car that cannot be easily converted into cash for dayto-day needs.

“Without those savings, few will be able to invest in a more economically secure future, including buying a home, saving for their children’s college educations or building a retirement nest egg,” said CFED President Andrea Levere.

The group used 52 measures in five different areas: finances and income; businesses and jobs; housing and home ownership; health care, and education. West Virginia ranks 18th among the states.

West Virginia earned “A’’ grades in health care and in housing and home ownership.

The state received a “C’’ both for financial assets and income, and businesses and jobs. It also received an “F’’ in education.

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Senior guard Truck Bryant scored 32 points in West Virginia’s win over Providence Sunday afternoon.

Bryant’s 32-point performance leads West Virginia past Providence to end losing streak

By John Terry Managing Editor

Truck Bryant has been in a slump for the last month.

He finally snapped out of it and carried the West Virginia men’s basketball team to an 8784 overtime win at Providence Sunday.

The senior finished with 32 points on 11-of-22 from the field.

Bryant hit a 3-pointer with

3.3 seconds left in overtime to give the Mountaineers the edge.

“Truck was dreadful in the first half shooting the ball,” said West Virginia head coach Bob Huggins. “In the past, he would’ve remained that way.

He came out and with a lot of confidence and started making some shots for us.”

Providence had a chance to tie up the game, but junior Vincent Council’s shot hit off the front of the rim.

West Virginia had an 82-80 lead in overtime, until LaDontae Henton hit a 3-pointer to give the Friars a 83-82 lead.

Junior Deniz Kilicli responded with a layup to give the Mountaineers back the lead.

Kilicli finished with 22 points and six rebounds.

Sophomore Gerard Coleman, who finished with a career-high 30 points, went just 1-for-2 from the line to tie the

game at 84.

West Virginia senior Kevin Jones scored 20 points and collected five rebounds. It’s his ninth consecutive game recording a double-double.

“We didn’t play particularly well and were able to win,” Huggins said. “That was probably the worst game K.J. has had since Mississippi State, and somehow we were able to figure out a way to win.”

Providence jumped out to a

big first-half lead behind 63 percent shooting.

The Friars used a 17-4 run to pull out to a 26-13 lead. Providence increased its lead to 15 -32-17 at the 7:43 mark of the first half.

But then West Virginia mounted its comeback.

The Mountaineers went on a 16-5 run to pull within 37-33, and then a Bryant 3-point shot decreased the Providence lead to just 39-36.

Providence hit a 3-pointer as time expired in the first half to take a 42-36 at halftime.

Providence started the second half, though, the way it started the game increasing its lead to 10 at the 17:36 mark.

(9-3 run) West Virginia was able to stay close (the Friars never had a lead of more than 7), but it struggled to find a way to get

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WVU women jelling at the right time ben gaughan associate sports editor

West Virginia’s latest win over No. 12 Louisville exemplified what head coach Mike Carey has been looking for all season.

The Mountaineers’ outstanding defensive shutdown of a very good shooting team showed just how dangerous this team can be when everyone is on the same page.

Louisville is 40th in the nation in scoring at 71.7 points per game, and they were held to 50 or less points for just the second time this season.

West Virginia (17-6, 7-3 Big East) turned it on right from the start, breaking out to an early first-half lead. In other games this season, the Mountaineers would start hot and cool off in the second half, allowing the opposing team to make a comeback.

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Not this time. WVU was up 3824 at the half and never looked back, outscoring the Cardinals in the second half as well, something the team has struggled to do this year.

The biggest difference in the game was the support effort of players like freshman guard Linda Stepney and redshirt junior center Ayana Dunning, who had 14 and 11 points, respectively.

It was Stepney’s career-high for her young career. Stepney was aggressive and confident form the very start, only committing two turnovers to her four assists.

That’s exactly what Carey had expected of Stepney when he first recruited her.

Other players contributed in several ways that don’t always get noticed on the statsheet.

Freshman Avery Fields, who has successfully played her way onto the court, was in on several picks

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STAYING ALIVE

West Virginia upsets No. 12 Louisville 66-50 Saturday to improve to 7-3 in Big East Conference play by nick arthur sports writer

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WVU head coach Mike Carey during the Mountaineers’ win over No. 12 Louisville Saturday.

TENNIS

Mountaineers lose to Pittsburgh and Akron

After practicing inside the newly built practice facility for the first time last Monday, the West Virginia women’s basketball team is undefeated.

Asya Bussie’s 18 points led four Mountaineers in double figures, and the Mountaineers held No.12 Louisville to its lowest point total of the season with a 66-50 upset victory over the Cardinals in front of 4,537 fans at the Coliseum Saturday afternoon.

Louisville had scored less than 60 points only two other times this season and both were on the road against top10 teams.

West Virginia (17-6, 7-3) is also now 4-0 against Louisville (17-6, 6-4) in games played in Morgantown, W.Va. “I’m really proud of our team,” said West Virginia head coach Mike Carey. “I thought they came out and followed the game plan very well, played hard for 40 minutes.”

West Virginia turned the 24 Cardinal turnovers into 25 points and held its opponent scoreless for more than six minutes in the first half in one its most dominant defensive performances of the season.

Why does the team do so well defensively?

“They do a really good job of denying the wing pass.

They’re very aggressive with that,” said Louisville head

coach Jeff Walz. “You miss as many wide-open layups as we did, and you can’t expect to win.”

Mountaineer freshman guard Linda Stepney had a career-high 14 points, but made a huge impact with her ability to create dribble penetration.

“Honestly, that’s one of my better strengths. Going to the rim is what I do, so I just try to do it every game,” Stepney said.

Louisville led 20-19 in the first half before West Virginia responded with a 19-4 run to take a 38-24 lead at the half.

Many of the Mountaineer points came in transition.

“Even though we had 17 turnovers, I thought, for the most part, we took care of the ball,” Carey said. “(I’m) very proud of them.”

Sophomore guard Christal Caldwell and junior center Ayana Dunning chipped in 12 and 11 points, respectively.

Caldwell has now scored double figures in 11 straight games.

Bussie had 18 points to go with 11 rebounds. It marked her third double-double of the season and the first since early December.

“I had a few rough games,” Bussie said. “It feels good to get back in the flow of things and being able to just help the team to get this big win.” nicholas.arthur@mail.wvu.edu

Freshman Stepney’s dominance leads WVU past Louisville

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Freshman point guard Linda Stepney drives to the basket against Louisville. Stepney scored a career-high 14 points and went 3-for-3 from the 3-point line.

by cody schuler sports writer

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Sophomore Mary Chupa and the WVU tennis team fell to Pittsburgh and Akron over the weekend.

by robert kreis sports writer

Struggles continue for head Coach Tina Samara and the West Virginia women’s tennis team as they fell to 0-5 after two home matches this weekend.

Lack of depth and commitment caused the Mountaineers to play one player short as they took on rival Pittsburgh on Friday and Akron on Sunday.

One player down, West Virginia immediately had to default No. 2 doubles as well as No. 6 singles.

“It did not work out with one of our players,” Samara said. “It was not anything to do with ability, it was to do with commitment.”

Although they had to default the two matches against Pitt, the Mountaineers attempted to battle back in the effort.

On the No. 2 singles court, sophomore Mary Chupa handled Pittsburgh’s Gabriel Catanzariti handily, beating her 6-2, 6-2.

“Mary has shown us in the past how good she can play,” Samara said. “She just went

out and took care of business.”

Veronica Cardenas continued to shine through her senior campaign, dominating Pitt’s Amanda Wickman 6-1, 6-0. “(Cardenas) played (Wickman) this fall at our home tournament, and she beat her in three sets and it took three hours,” Samara said. “This time around, (Cardenas) beat her very handily in an hour and 20 minutes, maybe.

“I think that just shows the difference in what she is doing now even compared to the fall. Things are just starting to come together.”

Chupa and Cardenas could not continue their winning ways on the doubles court.

Chupa teamed up with junior Emily Mathis on the No. 1 doubles court to lose a closely contested match against Jocelyn Lu and Taylor Washington, 8-6.

Cardenas joined freshman Ikttesh Chahal on the No. 2 doubles court. The duo could not put up much of a fight and lost 8-1 to Pitt’s Gabrielle Catanzariti and Kimmy Borza.

The same bad luck continued Sunday as the Mountain-

eers took on the Akron Zips.

WVU was forced to default No. 6 singles and No. 3 doubles. The Mountaineers split the doubles matches with Cardenas and Cahill beating an Akron duo 8-7.

On the singles court, Catie Wickline was the only Mountaineer to claim victory, beating Angelika Jogasuria 7-5, 6-4.

West Virginia lost the match 7-0.

During this losing streak, which has taken a toll on the entire program, Samara believes both the coaching staff and the players have lost sight of why they originally started to play tennis.

“I think everyone has gotten so down and depressed, we need to find a way to have more fun,” Samara said. “This is a sport; every day at practice we need to find a way to have fun.

“If we need to play more music during practice, if we need to do some fun drills or games that are not typically normal at this level, we need to find a way to make this more fun.” dasports@mail.wvu.edu

Prior to West Virginia’s 66-50 drubbing of No. 12 Louisville, the last time the Mountaineers had beaten a top-15 opponent by double-digits was in February of 2007 when it beat then-No. 8 Rutgers by 16 points.

The Cardinals came into the Coliseum with only two games of fewer than 60 points this season. Both of those occasions were on the road against a top10 team.

A win like the Mountaineers grabbed Saturday afternoon requires great team defense and players to step up and turn into a season-best performance.

That’s exactly what West Virginia got out of freshman point guard Linda Stepney.

The 5-foot-7 Norfolk, Va., native played the best game of her career, turning in a career-high 14 points on 3-of-3 shooting from beyond the arc.

Stepney also managed the game well, dishing out four assists to just two turnovers.

It was a performance that surprised many but not head coach Mike Carey, who said after the game that Stepney’s comingout party has been building for weeks.

“Linda has been getting better as the season has gone on,” he said. “The last three games, she has been attacking the rim and doing a great job.

At South Florida, she did an

excellent job attacking, and she is just going to get better. She was 3-for-3 from the 3-point line and she can score.”

Better known for her ballhanding skills, Stepney thinks Carey’s practices have been the key to improving her shooting, and as a result, her scoring outputs as of late.

“I feel like my shot is getting better – it’s just because in practice they got on me so much, and I just try to get better in practice so it can carry over to the game,” she said.

It’s not just her shot that’s improving, but also her strength and conditioning. Stepney’s stamina has been a challenge this season due to her continuing recovery from a stress fracture in her lower right leg.

Although she still receives daily treatment, Stepney puts the pain out of her mind and just focuses on doing whatever it takes to help the team win.

“Every day (it hurts), but I just don’t pay attention to it,” she said.

Junior center Asya Bussie, who tallied 18 points and 11 rebounds in the victory, said although Stepney never mentions the injury, she figures it is still on her mind.

“At times, I think it bothers her, but she doesn’t really say much about it,” she said.

Bussie applauded the performance of the freshman point guard, crediting her for injecting a boost of energy into the

team that helped propel them to a win. “(Stepney) came out with a lot of energy; being a freshman and her just stepping in and playing so well for a big game – I’m proud of her. I think she did really well today,” Bussie said.

Carey is most excited with Stepney’s increased amount of court time. She has played at least 20 minutes in the past five games – the longest such stretch of the season.

“She is in a little bit better shape now and if you noticed, she is playing a lot more minutes,” he said. “She played 29 (tonight), and the other night she played (30) against South Florida.

“She is getting in better shape and she is becoming a leader out there, too. We are very happy with the progress of Linda.”

For Stepney, her performance against Louisville was almost ideal – there would be only one category she would have liked to have done better in.

“I would like to have more assists, of course, but as a point guard, two turnovers is not really bad,” she said.

“I don’t like having turnovers at all.”

While the young point guard may not have been perfect in her mind, the Mountaineers’ achieved a perfect outcome against Louisville, largely in part to her play. charles.schuler@mail.wvu.edu

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Do your part, volunteer with the CCE Almost everyone agrees the world could be a better place.

Throughout the globe, children go starving, those searching for an honest opportunity are short to find it and the powers of greed can turn brothers against one another.

While solving the world’s problems is a bit much for anyone to grapple, investing time and energy into your community is not.

The West Virginia University Center for Civic Engagement

gives students the chance to do just that, and earn some credits in the process.

The CCE, which was created in 2006, encourages the importance of education and community service to WVU students. How can society ever improve without progress within our local communities first?

All WVU students should become involved with the CCE, which is always looking for more students to volunteer at

events and help the WVU community progress.

In 2011, the CCE raised a total of $335,100 during the annual United Way campaign. The CCE also organizes the Dollars for Disaster, which helps others during and after a disaster has struck. In the past, Dollars for Disaster has raised donations for Hurricane Katrina, Southern West Virginia floods and the Haitian earthquake.

Students can earn credits through service learning

courses offered by the CCE. These courses vary each semester and challenge students to apply their skills to help the community. Students who are interested should contact their advisors.

When you volunteer your time and effort to the community, it not only gives you a good feeling about yourself, but you may actually be learning new skills, meeting new people and ultimately creating valuable resume boosters.

Furthermore, when you volunteer to assist the CCE, there is a likelihood it will encourage others to do the same. It’s better to be the leader, not the follower.

Visit http://cce.wvu.edu for information on the CCE and its sponsored events and activities.

Nobody can do everything, but everybody can do something.

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US policy on Iran remains misdirected and harmful brandon muncy columnist

In regards to how the U.S. can find a solution concerning the temperamental relationship with Iran, President Barack Obama declared in his recent State of the Union address “no option is off the table.”

Of course, what he means by that is he is willing to take the country to war to advance America’s international interests.

What he does not mean, however, is that “no option is off the table.” Lost somewhere in the various considerations, the diplomacy option has been overlooked.

Instead, the relationship between the two nations will continue to deteriorate as the U.S. continues implementing its aggressive foreign policy of blockades and backing sanctions enforced by the United Nations.

The above are just two of the approaches that have been taken by the current and past presidential administrations and have been the catalysts of anti-American sentiment in the Middle Eastern nation.

Yet, nobody ever seems to openly question how effective these actions we take are.

Does our federal government’s foreign policy, particularly its positions on Iran, make us safer? Does it even have the desired impact on Iran?

Examine the situation a bit more closely and the answers to the above questions become apparent. No and maybe, respectively.

The actions the United States takes abroad don’t make us safer. Many experts agree the various actions it takes in the Middle East breeds further hatred and spreads anti-American feelings across the region.

“America is being attacked because of its foreign policy in the Muslim world,” said Michael Scheuer, a 20-year ex-CIA agent who was in charge of the Osama bin Laden unit. This, of course, extends to Iran, who reportedly funds some of the anti-American terrorist groups in the region.

Our positions and actions against Iran perfectly explain the Iranian government’s neg-

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The anti-gun statue at the UN Headquarters in New York City. ative disposition towards us.

It doesn’t take an expert on foreign policy, such as an exCIA agent, to understand why a nation who suffers tremendously from U.S.-backed sanctions and blockades would harbor some anti-American hostility.

It’s pretty much common sense.

Imagine if any country (ballsy as they may be) attempted the same things here.

We wouldn’t take kindly to that sort of behavior.

As for whether or not they have the “desired effect” on the nation, the answer is maybe. To my knowledge, the Obama administration has not stated out loud the goals of its foreign policy are to impoverish Iranians.

However, considering in 1996 former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright said the death of half a million Iraqi children as the result of sanctions was “worth it,” it can’t be far from true that the current administration would feel the same should that fate befall Iran.

When speaking of Iran and the measures that must be taken against it, it is an unfortunate consequence that many of America’s policies regarding the regime do not openly take into account the actual effects on the country and the citizens.

The reality is, intended or not, the sanctions placed on Iran hurt the people and not the government. Instead of weakening the theocratic regime, the

effects are passed on to the Iranian people.

Americans get mixed up on the topic of Iran and often confuse the country’s government and a handful of radicals in the region, be they Iranian or not, with the general Iranian populace.

Our foreign policy, aimed at deterring an anti-American government, is inconsiderate of the rational, average Iranians who make up almost the entirety of the country’s population.

We can examine the data and see how our policies harm the Iranians and make a judgment call on whether the effects are good or bad. I argue they’re bad.

Through a less humanistic

approach, we can discern the sanctions are, however, not altering the Iranian regime’s plans and have not made them friendlier toward Israel.

The U.S. can take two actions from this point: Continue the same policies into assured war or seek a peaceful, diplomatic solution.

I know the “P word” and “D word” are ugly to Americans who are hostile toward Iran, but they’re the only rational way forward.

People who think another war at this point in time is affordable are overlooking simple financial reality.

The country is recovering from the second-largest economic downturn in U.S. history and is trillions in debt, with

more to come.

Even if you don’t care about the innocent Iranians who are harmed through our foreign policy, another war simply is not feasible.

I’ll repeat; we’re broke and we can’t afford it.

Another war would be disastrous for our economy and simply not winnable with America being in such dire financial straits.

Because the same policies in place will inevitably lead to an unaffordable conflict with Iran, the only sensible way forward is peace and diplomacy.

Once upon a time, Iran and the U.S. got along. It is not unfathomable that, with time and patience, we could reach that point again.

Why the NFL is similar to the cigarette industry paul schied harvard political review Harvard University

David Zweig of The Atlantic lays out an interesting argument as to why the NFL won’t release its coveted All22 video footage.

All-22, for the non-football fanatics among us, is a zoomed-out video angle that captures the whole field, showing all 22 players at once.

Mostly, as NFL fans, we’re treated to close shots of the players near the ball.

Zweig thinks that the reason the NFL insists on withholding the All-22 footage is because they want to keep fans dependent on NFL ex-

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perts for the types of strategic insight that can be gleaned from All-22.

He also suggests that they don’t want to make watching the game too cerebral; they’d prefer to keep it dramatic by showing us the up-close athleticism of the players and the emotion and focus of their faces.

I have a different hypothesis as to why the NFL won’t release the footage: they don’t want us to realize how truly violent the game is.

Anyone who has played competitive football will tell you that the most violent collisions occur off of the ball: on things like kickoffs, punts, and plays in the open field.

When a running back runs up the middle, everyone in the immediate vicinity is fly-

ing at the ball. That running back takes some vicious hits, to be sure, but – for the most part – he sees them coming.

He’s prepared to absorb those blows, and his primary objective is avoiding getting his head knocked off.

The type of off the ball hits, especially on special teams, that are visible on All-22 are much less controlled.

Players are running full speed in open space, and when they collide, they often do so at awkward angles and when one of the players isn’t prepared to take a hit.

Necks snap back, heads hit the turf. When the camera is trained on the ball, nobody sees these hits.

When the camera is watching the whole field, the brutality of the game is on full

display.

Football is wildly popular, and the NFL is the most profitable professional sports league in America.

Youth football is booming, and while most of these kids will never play for money, the ones that do make the big time fill NFL rosters, and the ones that don’t still watch the games and buy the tickets and jerseys. To a certain degree, getting these kids hooked on football is hugely important to the NFL’s bottom line.

The analogy is perhaps strained, but the NFL is not unlike the cigarette industry: an enormously profitable industry pedaling a product that is harmful.

Now, watching the NFL isn’t harmful, and while playing football might give you

joint damage, a bad back, and could help it. dementia, it won’t give you The NFL is no different. cancer. But there is no question that concussion-risk is a huge problem for the sport, and letting high school kids slam their brains together inevitably does something more than just “build character.”

The NFL isn’t stupid. It realizes that the number one threat to its long-term profitability is people realizing the risks of playing football – and caring about them enough to stop letting their kids play.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

for 20 to 40 Family House guests. For more information, call 304-598-6094 or email rfh@wvuh.com.

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

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

THE CONDOM CLOSET is held in the 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 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 304-2934431 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 304293-4609 or email wattsmuseum@ mail.wvu.edu.

HOROSCOPES

BY JACQUELINE BIGAR BORN TODAY This year you open up to different perspectives. At the same time, you open up to different voices within you. You often wonder which voice to listen to -- the cool, logical one, or the emotional, passionate humming in your mind.

Through experiencing the end results and possibilities of both approaches, you will know what works best for you. If you are single, your desirability is unquestionable.

Forming a long-term, stable relationship could test your ability to relate. If you are attached, do remember that it takes two to make a relationship work. Be less egodriven. LEO often cares about what you do but approaches these comparable concerns differently.

ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19) HHHHH You have a lot of bottled-up creativity. You might be somewhat reticent to let it come out. Don’t be. Your ingenuity can forge interesting ideas, make a project work and/ or solve a personal matter. Lose the word “no” from your vocabulary. Tonight: Let this same energy flow into the night.

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20) HHH Could you be restricting your thinking? Consider the possibility. Instead of slamming doors shut or thinking in either/or terms, make a situation possible. Often, choices are selfimposed. You can do what you want and please someone else. Tonight: Cocoon a little.

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20) HHHHH Keep doors open, and continue to encourage a conversation. You might not agree with a loved one, nor do you need to. Re-

spect where this person is coming from and understand your long-term goals for the two of you, and you won’t encounter any problems. Tonight: Hanging out is fun to do.

CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22) HHH Issues surrounding funds or a financial matter come up, forcing some thought and decision-making. You alone know your limits, but perhaps you don’t see the possibilities. Find a money guru or friend you respect and get some feedback. You might be taken aback by everything that is going on. Tonight: Treat yourself well.

pening within your immediate circle. You also might want to note others’ motivation.

They might not be coming from where you are coming from. Listen to a suggestion. Tonight: Late, late, late.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21) HHHHH Impulsiveness often draws mixed results, yet this afternoon it could draw exactly what you desire. Do nothing halfway, and remain realistic about your limitations. Your energy and optimism determine the end results. Tonight: The only answer is yes.

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22) HHHH You might want to think through an idea that works well for you. Don’t let your morning mood float into your day. You can accomplish what you want, even if that looks like a relaxing day. It is in you; it can happen. Tonight: Where the fun is.

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19) HHHH You think in terms of success through employing another approach. You might wonder why you often get a certain result. Remain sensitive to a family member who could be acting in an erratic manner right now. You see another person in a new light. Tonight: Go along with a loved one’s desires.

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22) HH Assuming a low profile might feel good and gives you time to think and evaluate. You might not like everything that you hear, but it will be OK. When there is no response, others will spill the beans, maybe more slowly than desired. Detach and observe. Tonight: Take some much-needed time for yourself.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18) HHHH When everyone starts acting on his or her desires, you start smiling. You like unpredictability, which you seem to be drawing into your life right now. Establishing limits might be important, too. Tonight: You, too, can be spontaneous.

LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22) HHHH Once you get past a problem, you will be off dealing with a new possibility. You beam, and others respond. Your understanding opens up a new set of possibilities. Zero in on what you want. Another person’s unpredictability marks a decision. Tonight: Where people are.

SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21) HHH You are on top of your game. Listen to what is hap-

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20) HHH Pace yourself, knowing the limits of a situation and your energy. A partner could be having a case of the blues. Be supportive without being overly indulgent. You will get excellent results. The unexpected occurs financially. Choose to take risks carefully. Tonight: Whatever works for you.

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8 | SPORTS

Monday February 6, 2012

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No. 20 West Virginia falls to No. 22 Michigan by sebouh majarian sports writer

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The West Virginia gymnastics team lost its second meet under first-year head coach Jason Butts Friday night.

The No. 20 West Virginia gymnastics team fell short to No. 22 Michigan in a closely contested meet Friday.

The Mountaineers (5-2, 3-0 EAGL) held a slim 146.075-145.825 lead heading into the final frame when two gymnasts fell off the beam.

The Wolverines (4-0, 3-0 Big Ten) would go on to score a 48.825 on the floor and escape with a 194.65-194.05 victory.

Most important to WVU head coach Jason Butts was how the team finished the event, as the next three to perform would go on to take the top-three scores.

“They had good spirit and kept a great attitude even though we ran into a little bit of trouble there at the end, but it was a great performance,” Butts said.

Following consecutive falls from junior Chelsea Goldschrafe and senior Nicole Roach, the remaining Mountaineers finished strong.

Sophomores Hope Sloanhoffer and Amanda Carpenter (9.75) finished first and second, respectively, while junior Kaylyn Millick (9.725) finished in third.

“We weren’t aggressive enough on beam,” Butts said. “We’ve been very successful the past four meets hitting our routines, and we let ourselves get a little bit too relaxed. And, if you get too

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complacent or too relaxed in gymnastics, that is when you usually end up getting in trouble, because you’re not being aggressive.”

The Wolverines remain unbeaten after taking all four events, winning vault (49.225-48.75), bars (48.575-48.55), beam (48.025-47.975) and floor (48.825-48.775).

The Mountaineers had three girls compete in the all-around, with Sloanhoffer recording a 39.125, her third straight meet surpassing the 39.0-plus barrier.

Her score was good for second place, as Michigan’s Joanna Sampson scored a 39.3 to win the all-around.

Senior Tina Maloney finished fourth in the all-around with a final score of 38.5. The Hanover, Ind., native earned her highest score on the vault, drawing a score of 9.725.

Goldschrafe also competed in the allaround for the first time in her career, posting scores of 9.75 on vault and floor each, and 9.725 on bars.

“I was happy with it,” Butts said. “Obviously I’m not happy she fell, but like I say, nobody means to mess up, but for her first performance to hit three of four was great, and I can see her staying in that all-around position because she is so consistent.”

WVU opened the meet on bars where they draw their lowest national ranking at No. 42. Millick scored highest for the

Mountaineers with a 9.775, as Sloanhoffer (9.75), Goldschrafe (9.725) and Roach (9.675) trailed.

From the uneven bars, the team rotated to the vault apparatus facing a small deficit. Junior Alaska Richardson continued her steady season as she tied with Sloanhoffer for fourth place with a 9.775.

The Mountaineers trailed 97.8-97.3 heading into the third rotation as WVU headed to the floor while UM moved to vault. Heading into the meet, WVU was No. 8 in the country on the floor exercise averaging 48.994.

Richardson and Makenzie Bristol each scored 9.8s on their way to a four-way tie for third place with two Wolverines. Michigan’s Sampson and Reema Zakharia tied for first as they scored matching 9.825s.

Michigan dominated the podium, while improving their series record against West Virginia to 16-4.

With the loss, the Eastern Atlantic Gymnastics League remains winless against the Big Ten conference.

The Mountaineers will get another crack at picking up a win against the Big Ten Sunday Feb. 12, when No. 11 Ohio State comes to Morgantown in a quad meet with No. 13 Auburn and Ball State.

The meet is the teams annual “Pink Meet” and will also be Dollar Night. sebouh.majarian@mail.wvu.edu

track and field

Four Mountaineers qualify for Big East by amit batra sports writer

Sophomore Michael Morales earned a pin in WVU’s loss to Pittsburgh Saturday.

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WVU falls to Pitt on Senior Night by amit batra sports writer

The West Virginia wrestling team had its biggest test Saturday night against No. 9 Pittsburgh in the Backyard Brawl.

The Panthers improved to 17 straight EWL wins against the West Virginia Mountaineers by a score of 26-12. Pittsburgh, who is the defending EWL Champions, improved to 12-1 on the season with a perfect 5-0 EWL record. With the loss, WVU dropped to 6-4 on the season with a 2-2 EWL mark.

The highlight of the night came from 141-pound Michael Morales. Morales was able to earn a pin after the Mountaineers fell behind 6-0 to start the match.

“That was a big match for me because it was our main rival Pitt,” Morales said. “I know I had to make up for the lost points from Shane and Nate’s matches.”

“We had seven weights that could have gone either way for us tonight,” said Coach Craig Turnbull following the match. “It was pretty easy to see heading into the match that it was going to play out that way, but we didn’t take any of those matches.”

Both No. 26 Shane Young and No. 24 Nathan Pennesi were both defeated by ranked opponents. Young was defeated by No. 16 Anthony Zanetta by a score of 2-0, while Pennesi, who was on a five-match win streak, fell to No. 20 Shelton Mack 8-5.

Redshirt senior Matt Ryan, who wrestled his last match at the WVU Coliseum, was able to defeat No. 32 Andy Vaughan of Pitt on Senior Night. Ryan, who is ranked No. 17, was able to win his match in a tight fashion.

“Matt Ryan had to work hard for his win tonight,” Turnbull said. “That is good for him to get a tough match

as we head into the final stretch run of the season.”

With another forfeit at 197, WVU trailed Pitt 26-9 going into the heavyweight match.

Brandon Williamson, ranked No. 18, battled illness in his 7-2 decision victory. Pitt finished with a victory of 26-12 and continued its EWL streak at 17.

“I was really proud of Brandon tonight because he was very sick this morning,” Turnbull said. “He called our trainer around 5 a.m. this morning from the hospital after he contracted some type of flu. I tried to convince him not to wrestle, but he was adamant about wanting to wrestle on Senior Night. It was against my better judgment, but those kind of things are good for you.”

The Mountaineers will return to the mat against Ohio in Athens, Ohio, this Friday at 7 p.m. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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West Virginia’s track and field team hoped to add some more names to the Big East Conference championships when it traveled to the Sykes & Sabock Challenge Cup in State College, Pa. WVU competed against 15 other schools including Buffalo, Cornell, James Madison, Kent State, Princeton, Liberty, UNC-Wilmington and host Penn State.

Four additions were added to the Big East Indoor Championships roster Saturday afternoon.

WVU was led by league-qualifying marks by Jenna Barreto, Stephanie Caruso, Hallie Portner and Lindsay Kopenhaver.

“I am quite pleased to have so many new names to the Big East championships roster,” said head coach Sean Cleary. “We certainly have a few more holes to fill before we line up in two weeks at the Big East championships, but we also need to make good decisions to stay healthy.”

Redshirt sophomore Chene Townsend matched her season-best mark from last year with a 8.53 second mark in the

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The Mountaineers pulled within 70-65 at the 5:05 mark of the second half and then pulled within three points after a Bryant steal on the following possession.

West Virginia then pulled within one at the 3:31 mark with

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Fields also grabbed four rebounds and had one assist and no turnovers in 10 minutes on the court.

60-meter hurdles to place second overall for the event finals Saturday. Townsend already qualified for the Big East Indoor Championships.

Barreto, a sophomore, was also able to qualify in the 400-meter dash with a 57.42 second mark, good for 16th in the event.

“Jenna Barreto ran her lifetime-best in the indoor 400,” Cleary said. “As she gains more confidence, she will continue to improve.”

Caruso and Portner also joined the list with their respective times of 5:05:14 and 5:07:49 in the mile run, surpassing the 5:08 requirement.

In the pole vault, Kopenhaver also earned her first Big East marks of the season with a requirement of 3.55 meters, which placed her 15th. Sophomore Katlyn Shelar placed ninth with her 3.70-meter mark in the event.

“We added a few miles to the Big East field in Caruso and Portner,” Cleary said. “They had their best times of the winter.

We feel confident that both will break five minutes by winter’s end. Kopenhaver joins Shelar in the Big East; I’m very proud

of her. Our hope is that this will boost her confidence over the next few weeks.”

High jumpers Katelyn Williams and Sydney Cummings tied for first place at 1.73 meters.

“Sydney and Katelyn competed very well today,” Cleary said. “We know they will jump higher over the next few weeks, but we are very pleased with their progression.

“Chene Townsend was the highlight of the day. Matching her best time from last winter, she looks primed for the Big East Indoor Championships.”

Stephanie Aldea placed seventh in the 800 meters with a 2:13:22 time. Sarah Martinelli continued to impress with a fourth-place finish in the 3,000-meter run in 9:55:99.

“Stephanie Aldea also ran her lifetime-best in the 800,” Cleary said. “I was pleased with her commitment to the race. She will run much better over the next month.

“That’s two weeks in a row for Sarah Martinelli. Two very good runs breaking the fiveminute mile and 10-minute 3,000-meter.”

a Kilicli tip shot.

Kilicli had a chance to tie the game at 71 with a pair of free throws, but he made just one to cut the deficit to a point with 2:31 to play.

West Virginia tied up the game at the 1:34 mark for the first time since early in the first half with a layup from Kilicli.

Providence responded, though, with a Coleman layup with just more than a minute

remaining to take a 74-72 lead.

Freshman Gary Browne came off the bench to play 36 minutes and lead the Mountaineers with nine rebounds.

West Virginia outrebounded providence 32-31.

“This hopefully is a game that will get us back on track and will get us where we need to go,” Huggins said.

When the supporting cast and other role players are chipping in on both sides of the ball, the Mountaineers are hard to guard and pose problems for opposing teams to matchup because of their versatility and athletic ability.

Although Carey and the team knows they still have to get better, WVU is clicking on all cylinders at the perfect time because it’s not going to get any easier.

Next week, the Mountaineers travel to South Bend, Ind., to take on No. 2 Notre Dame and come back to the Coliseum three days later against No. 14 Rutgers.

“Notre Dame is a great team.

I want to see our players go down and not be intimidated,” Carey said after the game. “Win or lose, I want to go down there, and compete and play because we’ll get better. Whether we win or lose that game, we’ll get better if we go down there and compete, and learn from that game.

We’re not going down there to lose, we’re going to try to win the game.”

The Mountaineers are still a young team, but these girls are more than halfway through the regular season now. They understand what is expected of them and they are competing at a high level of play. Their talent is just starting to come together and the pieces are gradually falling into place, right in time for a possible upset next Sunday.

“They are getting a little bit of confidence,” Carey said of his players. “They are paying closer attention to detail, and we have great girls. They are great people, make good grades, but we were young. We are starting to mature a little bit. We have a long way to go. Make no doubt about it: if we keep working in practice, and keep getting better every game, we will win some.”

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Monday February 6, 2012

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‘Tim and Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie’ lacks humor of show Laura CiarollA

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“Tim and Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie” has recently been pre-released on iTunes and on-demand. The film is set to premiere in theaters on March 2, but eager viewers have the option of paying for an early viewing.

Now, let me start off by saying I am a fan of Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim’s comedy.

I am one of those eager early viewers. I love their show, I loved the “Chrimbus” special, and I love their humor. However, I have to admit, I did not love this movie.

That isn’t to say it wasn’t enjoyable; I’d say about half of the movie is full of the sort of solid Tim-and-Eric humor fans are used to. But, with the other parts … they just went too far.

Or, perhaps in Tim-and-Eric terms, not far enough.

There was a good 10 straight minutes that could have been taken out completely. I literally had to close my eyes.

Yes, I am usually a squeamish movie-watcher, but I don’t see many people being able to sit through that much vivid poop humor. (Yes, poop.)

I won’t give too much away because it hasn’t hit theaters yet, but the basic plot summary involves Heidecker and Wareheim basically playing versions of themselves. The pair is given $1 billion to make a movie, but end up with only a couple of minutes of film.

The rest of the money was wasted on frivolous expenses, such as a diamond suit for character Diamond Jim, played

by John Depp (no not that one) and a $500,000-a-week spiritual counselor played by Zach Galifianakis.

On the run from the angry producers who are trying to sue for their billion, the two run into a job opportunity offering the same amount – running a dilapidated shopping mall. Will Ferrell appears as the mall’s owner, bringing all of the laughs one would expect from the seasoned comedian.

Tim and Eric take the job, and the movie progresses as they attempt to fix up the place for

a grand re-opening.

One of the major saving points of the film is the full cast of “Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!” regulars. The major stars return, including Jeff Goldblum as Chef Goldblum, and James Quall as himself.

John C. Reilly also returns, unfortunately not reprising his (in my opinion, best) role as Dr. Steve Brule. However, his character Tacquito – a boy who was left in the mall at a young age and raised by wolves – is a close second to our favorite healthconscious doctor.

Will Forte also appears in the movie as the owner of a sword store in the mall. For me, Forte’s comedy rarely disappoints, and this character was no exception. Like Reilly, he adds an occasional dose of more familiar humor when the story line starts to wane.

The movie was good, and I don’t regret watching it. But if you’re new to Tim and Eric’s comedy, I’d definitely suggest starting out with an episode or two of their show (“The Universe” is a personal favorite).

Seasoned fans, however, just

Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim star in their first feature film, ‘Tim and Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie’ enter the experience with the usual open-mindedness this comedy calls for, and prepare for a longer, slightly more difficult episode of their show.

To be completely honest, I

have a feeling a second viewing of this movie would be much more enjoyable. Like a lot of Heidecker and Wareheim’s humor, it may just get funnier the more you watch it. I’m going

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to give this one another go, but one thing is sure to remain the same – I am closing my eyes the second I hear the word “shrim.” daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

Soul Train fans bop on Broadway in tribute to late host Don Cornelius NEW YORK (AP) — Fans of “Soul Train” boogied down Broadway wearing afro wigs and bell bottoms on Saturday while others recounted their favorite episodes at a Harlem meeting hall in tribute to the show’s late creator, Don Cornelius.

About 100 dancers descended on Times Square in a “flash mob” organized through the Internet. As startled tourists looked on, they recreated one of the show’s “Soul Train lines” in which people would take turns dancing toward a TV camera while showing off their most outrageous moves.

“Don Cornelius was a big influence in my life, and I just wanted to pay tribute,” said disc jockey Jon Quick, as he held up a speaker blasting disco grooves.

“He was playing the music that nobody else wanted to play. He was an amazing man.”

Cornelius, 75, died of a selfinflicted gunshot wound on Wednesday. He had suffered from health problems, a difficult divorce, and had pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor spousal battery charge in 2009.

But on Saturday fans praised Cornelius’ vision in creating, hosting and selling “Soul Train” to television stations that were originally skeptical about programming aimed at blacks. The show aired from 1971 to 2006.

“Don Cornelius brought soul to the whole world,” said Ramona Hamm, 37, who came to Times Square with her 9-yearold daughter, Kayla Charles. The dancers bounced down Broad-

way for about 45 minutes until police told the party to disperse.

In Harlem, activist Al Sharpton led a tribute to Cornelius as part of the weekly community meeting at the headquarters of his National Action Network.

In 1974, a 19-year-old Sharpton appeared on “Soul Train” to present an award to musician James Brown.

Singer Roberta Flack said Cornelius was an inspiration to other black performers and entrepreneurs.

“He didn’t have a great big light telling him, `Go over here, don’t go over there, watch where you step, there’s a hole right there,’” Flack said. “He stepped.”

Former “Soul Train” dancer Tyrone Proctor recalled how

he hid in the trunk of a friend’s car to get through the gates of the studio where “Soul Train” was filmed in 1972. Cornelius liked his dance moves and let him stay, dubbing Proctor “The Bone” because he was so skinny.

“He turned us into stars,” Proctor said. Moves that “Soul Train” dancers developed spread nationwide and are now staples of music videos and pop concerts.

“Blocking, popping, ticking, waacking, punking - when Madonna does what she does at the Super Bowl, you’ll see some of these things done there,” Proctor said. “Don Cornelius created all of this. It came out of his mind.”

Fans recalled tuning in to

see “Soul Train’s” cartoon train chugging across their television screens. When Flack recalled Cornelius’ stiff-necked delivery, the Harlem crowd of about 300 people laughed knowingly.

William “A.J. Dynamite” Aponte, a keyboard player, said he was ecstatic as a kid when his idol, Elton John, appeared on the show. He says the appearance showed that people of all races could find common ground in music.

“He sang `Benny and the Jets,’ and I thought it was so great because Elton John is not black, he’s white and he’s British,” Aponte said. “It influenced me to want to do music.”

Proctor said Cornelius was also generous. When Proctor won a car on “American Band-

stand,” “Soul Train’s” competition, Cornelius paid the $334.25 in taxes so the struggling dancer could receive his award.

“He wrote the check out and that was it, no questions asked.

He just said, `Go get the car,’” Proctor said.

Proctor and other speakers said they were shocked when they heard that Cornelius had committed suicide. Author Terrie Williams named other black performers who had killed themselves and said Cornelius’ death should be a warning for victims of depression to seek help.

“One of the things that Don’s death brought us to is that we’ve got to look in the mirror before we end up in this kind of situation,” Sharpton told the crowd.

‘Chronicle’ edges Radcliffe’s ‘Woman’ with $22M at weekend box office ence that had been giving movies a pass during a box-office slide late last year.

“Chronicle” was “designed and made for a younger demographic. That demographic has been the one that’s been missing from theaters,” said Chris Aronson, head of distribution for 20th Century Fox. “There’s something very unique and very innovative about this movie that they got wind of. There was a lot of prerelease chatter on social media that made a connection with this audience.”

From first-time director Josh Trank, “Chronicle” relies on documentary-style, hand-held filming techniques to tell the story of three teens (Dane DeHaan, Michael B. Jordan and Alex Russell) who put their newfound superpowers to work in mischievous and eventually dark ways.

In “The Woman in Black,” his first starring role since last summer’s “Harry Potter” finale, Radcliffe plays a widowed lawyer beset by ghostly apparitions at the remote home of a recently deceased client.

While the audience for “Chronicle” was 55 percent male, the crowds for “Woman in Black” were 59 percent female, drawn by heartthrob Radcliffe and the lure of an old-fashioned Gothic ghost story.

Both films far exceeded industry expectations for the weekend.

“In retrospect, you look at Daniel Radcliffe, one of the biggest stars and one of the hardest-working kids in show busi-

ness, you have a very well-made PG-13 scary movie,” said Steven Friedlander, head of distribution for CBS Films. “The only surprise, really, is why are we surprised? Those are all the elements for making a hit.”

The previous weekend’s top movie, Liam Neeson’s Alaska survival tale “The Grey,” slipped to No. 3 with $9.5 million, raising its domestic total to $34.6 million.

At No. 4 with an $8.5 million debut was another Alaska adventure, Universal Pictures’ family film “Big Miracle,” with Drew Barrymore and John Krasinski aiming to save three whales trapped by Arctic ice.

Pop star Madonna’s drama “W.E.” had a modest opening in limited release, pulling in $45,000 in four theaters. Directed and co-written by Madonna, “W.E.” blends the reallife romance of Wallis Simpson (Andrea Riseborough) and Britain’s King Edward VIII (James D’Arcy) with a fictional modern story of a Manhattan woman (Abbie Cornish) in an unhappy marriage.

Hollywood finished the first month of 2012 with strong revenues that are running well ahead of last year’s lackluster receipts.

According to Hollywood.com, domestic revenues through Sunday totaled $967.5 million, up 14 percent from the same point last year.

Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to

AP

Dane DeHaan is shown in a scene from ‘Chronicle,’ the weekend’s top-grossing film.

7. “Red Tails,” $5 million.

Hollywood.com. Where avail- million.

8. “The Descendants,” $4.6 able, latest international num3. “The Grey,” $9.5 million. bers are also included. Final do4. “Big Miracle,” $8.5 million. million. mestic figures will be released 5. “Underworld Awakening,” 9. “Man on a Ledge,” $4.5 Monday. $5.6 million. million.

6. “One for the Money,” $5.3 10. “Extremely Loud & Incred1. “Chronicle,” $22 million. ibly Close,” $3.9 million.

2. “The Woman in Black,” $21 million. #5 KEVIN JONES

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Some unknown kids with superpowers have nudged out the world’s most famous teen wizard at the weekend box office.

The 20th Century Fox release “Chronicle,” featuring a relatively unknown cast as youths who gain telekinetic abilities, debuted as the No. 1 movie with $22 million.

Sunday studio estimates put “Harry Potter” star Daniel Radcliffe’s ghost story “The Woman in Black,” released by CBS Films, just behind with a $21 million opening.

The results were close enough that the No. 1 and 2 rankings could switch when final numbers are released Monday.

The two movies had healthy starts considering it was Super Bowl weekend, when few people go to theaters on Sunday because of the big game.

Each movie landed in the all-time top-10 list for Super Bowl weekend debuts, which is headed by the $31.1 million opening for 2008’s “Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert,” according to box-office tracker Hollywood.com.

“To have two movies over $20 million on a Super Bowl weekend is really strong,” said Hollywood.com analyst Paul Dergarabedian. “If the Super Bowl is as close as these two movies, that’ll be a really good Super Bowl.”

Both movies packed in solid teen and early-20s crowds, Hollywood’s bread-and-butter audi-

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Best featuring animals: Volkswagen ‘ The Dog Strikes Back’ Volkswagen followed up 2011 strong this year with their commercial. Last year’s featured a cite kid using ‘the force’ to start a Jetta.

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As the NFL’s Super Bowl aired

Sunday night, many viewers were there to watch the best of the best battle for number the one spot. But, for many viewers,

the Super Bowl is not only about the game, but the commercials.

While its a big day for players and fans, it’s the biggest day for

advertisers. A 30-second spot during last nights game, costed around $3.5 million dollars according to NBC. The Super Bowl is the biggest live event of all in an increasingly fractured media world, with a U.S. record of 111 million viewers tuning in to 2011’s Super Bowl game on Fox. That network received about $3 million per ad for the game last year between Green Bay and Pittsburgh, won by the Packers.

The double-digit price increase for this year’s game in Indianapolis includes the $4 million one sponsor paid for a spot, an NBC spokesman told Bloomberg in an interview with Deadline Hollywood.

Central themes for the 2012 Super Bowl commercials included super models, cute animals and a lot of beer.

While there was not a Budweiser frog commercial this year, the company took a new approach for their ad. One of Budweiser’s ad’s featured an amateur hockey team that the company told they were doing a documentary on. Little did the players know that Budweiser arranged “flash fans” to rush in the arena and cheer on the teams.

The “flash fan” advertisement included announcers, confetti and even a chicken mascot.

Animals were also a big theme for this year’s commercials. The top pick being Volkswagen’s “The Dog Strikes Back.”

If I had to pick a second favorite for the animal category, it would have been Sketchers “GO run Mr. Quiggly” featuring a racing, moonwalking dog in running shoes.

Other honorable mentions include H&M’s commercial featuring David Beckham modeling his underwear line, a little treat for the ladies.

If we had a category for the most celebrities in one commercial, it would have been Pepsi’s “King’s Court,” which featured Elton John, Melanie Amaro (XFactor), Josh Sussman (Glee) and Flavor Flav.

As far as the car category goes, there were many commercials.

The one with the most “wow” factor was for the Chevy Sonic.

The commercial featured the car skydiving, stunt driving and even the band ‘Ok, Go’ behind the wheel for their music video.

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From soul mates to TeamMates

Local musician Scott Simons returns to Morgantown with latest project

by Hunter Homistek A&E WRITER

Scott Simons and Dani Buncher of TeamMates will play 123 Pleasant Street Thursday night.

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Morgantown singer-songwriter Scott Simons is coming home.

After a spiritually charged musical journey that saw Simons perform and prosper in Morgantown, Pittsburgh and Los Angeles, Simons is returning to perform where it all began: 123 Pleasant Street.

“The last time I was on that stage, I was bawling my eyes out because I knew the band (Argument) had run its course,” Simons said.

“It took a long time, but this is sort of a celebration after all we’ve been through.”

Simons’ musical past is an extraordinary tale of love, loss and rebirth.

Simons and then-girlfriend Dani Buncher were seemingly inseparable. Besides a bond of love some spend a lifetime searching for, Simons and Buncher were connected musically, as well.

“I graduated from WVU with a music composition degree, and she (Buncher) was four years younger than me but on the drum line,” Simons said.

Buncher and Simons, with all their similarities, inevitably

started dating and supporting each other musically.

In true fairy tale fashion, everything was going perfectly for the two; they had their bright futures, their music and, most importantly, each other.

Then – seemingly out of nowhere – Buncher came out to Simons, ending their decadelong relationship.

“It was surprising to say the least, but after 10 years with her, I really just wanted her to be happy,” Simons said.

It was soon after this devastating moment Simons decided to reinvent himself as a musician and as a person.

“I made some trips to LA, then I got a deal with Rostrum Records and decided to make the move,” Simons said.

While this move resulted in life-changing moments, such as a cover of Rihanna’s “Umbrella” that went viral, musical contributions to “The X Factor” and work with noted performers like Drake Bell, one thing remained constant for Simons: Buncher’s unwavering support.

“It (the decision to stay friends) wasn’t an overnight thing,” Simons said.

“We had a choice to make, and luckily we chose to keep

each other in our lives.”

Simons said if he and Buncher couldn’t be partners, they were going to be teammates, and this is where he drew inspiration for his new project’s name, TeamMate.

“Our thing in TeamMate is just to be real and authentic,” Simons said.

“We have a great story, and we just want to go out and tell it and own it.”

With a wealth of experience and chemistry between him and Buncher, TeamMate promises to exemplify everything it means to be not just a band, but a companionship.

The duo will bring this enduring connection to 123 Pleasant Street Thursday night for all to enjoy, and the show promises to be an intimate musical experience.

And, for two musicians who have been through hell and back already, what better place for their first show than where it all started?

TeamMate is online at http://www.teammateband. com, and doors will open for the show at 9 p.m. Also on the bill are local acts The Phantom Six and Bonfire. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

Avett Brothers tickets sell out, tickets for other shows remain Tickets for the Avett Brothers performance at the West Virginia University Creative Arts Center on April 20 have sold out.

Around 25 students lined-up in front of the Mountainlair box office for an opportunity to purchase one of the $35 dollar tickets that went on sale at 10 a.m. last Friday.

“This is one of the first shows that there’s been a line outside,” said Sara Hall, a sophomore political science student who was

among those attempting to buy tickets.

“People are really excited about this, and the 200 tickets that the fan club had sold out in about 30 minutes.”

David Ryan, public relations specialist for the WVU Arts & Entertainment Department, said the demand for tickets was greater than his department had experienced for past events.

“With online buying, there’s literally hundreds of people or-

dering tickets at the same time, and events sellout quicker than in previous years,” he said.

Although tickets for the Avett Brothers are sold out, Ryan said interested students could still purchase tickets to other upcoming shows.

These include Air Supply on Feb. 12, “The Color Purple” on Feb. 20, “Cirque Dreams: Pop Goes The Rock” on March 4, “Come Fly Away” March 6, “Red Star Red Army” March 24 and The Harlem

Globetrotters on March 27.

Tickets for WVU A&E shows can be purchased at the Mountainlair and CAC box offices, at Ticketmaster Outlets in the Giant Eagle located on Greenbag Road and at the Wal-Mart on Emily Drive in Clarksburg.

For more information on shows and ticketing from the WVU A&E department, follow them on Twitter @-wvuevents or visit their Facebook page.

—cdy

Tickets to the April 20 Avett Brothers concert have sold out.

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