The DA 09-06-2012

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THE DAILY ATHENAEUM

“Little good is accomplished without controversy, and no civic evil is ever defeated without publicity.”

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Thursday September 6, 2012

Volume 126, Issue 14

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SGA revisits ‘Green Dot’ initiative by lacey palmer staff writer

Due to recent assaults on campus and the trend of bullying, violence and sexual assault throughout the nation, the West Virginia University Student Government Association invited Green Dot Program representative Sam Wilmoth to speak during its meeting Wednesday. “On college campuses across the country, an absolute tidal wave of vio-

lence has existed for as long as we’ve measured it,” Wilmoth said. “For the first time, we have solid, scientific reasons to believe that we can make a dent in that, and that this level of violence isn’t inevitable – but for that, we need you.” According to Wilmoth, one in four college-age women and one in 33 college-age men experience rape or attempted rape, and WVU is no different. At WVU there are approximately 1.6 rapes per day,

according to Wilmoth. “After that, we are still saying nothing at this point about the horrific levels of bullying on our campus and in our high schools, stalking in our community and partner violence in homes,” Wilmoth said. Green Dot is a program sponsored through WELLWVU: The Students’ Center of Health that aims to replace red dots, which are the acts of violence or decisions that support violence, with green dots,

which are actions taken by bystanders to say or do something that reflects an active intolerance for violence. “A red dot is that scene at the bar or the house party – you guys know the one I’m talking about – where someone is too drunk to say their own name, and they’re being led up the stairs or out the door. Everyone knows what that means, and everyone just brushes it off – that moment of collective action;

that’s a red dot,” Wilmoth said. According to Wilmoth, there is a silent majority on college campuses across the nation who would never engage in these acts of violence and disapprove of them, but who take no action. “You don’t have to be a superhero, but the one thing that is certainly true is that if you do nothing, we don’t get to wipe the red dots off our map,” Wilmoth said. “It’s do something or

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Halloween specialty store getting set for ‘holiday season’ by bryan bumgardner associate city editor

Dennis and Pam Markel, owners of The Illusive Skull Costume Castle, never expected their passion for selling Halloween costumes to make their store a Morgantown classic. “It’s turned into a bigger business than I thought, but it’s still fun,” Pam said. The Illusive Skull at Morgantown Mall specializes in quality costumes, theatrical paint and Halloween props. The store offers a wide variety of costumes ranging from children’s outfits to professional masks, some of which have been featured on the TV show “Face Off.” The Morgantown location is open through September and October, but the Fairmont location remains open year-round. Thanks to the variety of merchandise, the Markels offer customers more than just costumes: they offer memories. “We’re firm believers that you don’t just have to buy a package costume,” Pam said. She said most people prefer standard generic

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staff writer

As West Virginia University freshmen embark on their college journeys, the Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources is working to ensure they find a home within the large University. The college hosted EngineerFEST Wednesday as an opportunity to show freshmen engineering students the various majors, clubs

By lacey Palmer Staff Writer

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The Illusive Skull boasts a variety of costumes, props and other Halloween merchandise.

and organizations within the school. The event featured multiple University leaders and organizations within the school. Matthew Buchanan, a senior mechanical engineering student and Vice President for the American Society of Engineers, said he was excited for the chance to welcome freshmen into ASE. “My goal for this event is to recruit enough freshmen, in the grand scheme

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A SOLID SHOW

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Time for Three performed to a strong showing yesterday at the CAC. A&E PAGE 8

ISOLATED T-STORMS

News: 1, 2, 3 Opinion: 4 A&E: 6, 7, 8 Sports: 9, 10, 12 Campus Calendar: 5 Puzzles: 5 Classifieds: 11

Each game day, Mountaineer fans from across the globe rally together to cheer on West Virginia University. As part of Mountaineer Nation Day, a day for Mountaineer fans around the world to show their Mountaineer pride, WVU is searching for the Ultimate Mountaineer Fan. “Fans show their pride through the way they dress, having watch parties for the games or traveling from all over to WVU. Everyone brings that pride in a different way,” said Trademark Licensing Coordinator Nikki Goodenow. “We’re looking for the fan who can best show that they bleed blue and gold through and through.” The University will host Mountaineer Nation Day on Oct. 6, WVU’s first Big 12 away game against Texas. Fans are encouraged to register their watch parties online, at www. mountaineernationday. wvu.edu/, for a chance to win official licensed WVU prizes, Goodenow said. Those who consider themselves to be the Ultimate Mountaineer Fan are encouraged to up-

load a 150 word essay, up to five photos and a one minute video to Facebook by Sept. 19. The University will announce the top eight finalists Sept. 21. Mountaineer fans then may log on and vote for their favorite WVU diehard. Goodenow said the winner of the Ultimate Mountaineer Fan contest would receive two Hail West Virginia or Game Day passes, two suite tickets in the alumni box and a parking pass for the Kansas game, courtesy of the WVU Alumni Association. Along with the tickets and passes, she said, the winner would receive a prize pack that includes: a commemorative Discover Orange Bowl helmet and football, an official 2012 Fan Shirt and other licensed WVU gear provided by various sponsors. For a separate contest, WVU employees are encouraged to submit photos of themselves or their offices showing off their Mountaineer pride. Also, WVU students are invited to deck out their dorm rooms or off-campus housing for a chance to win. WVU employees and

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Night Serve provides community service opportunities

College of Engineering hosts EngineerFEST By Zak Voreh

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University seeks ‘Ultimate Mountaineer Fan’ By Carlee Lammers

The Illusive Skull, located in the Morgantown Mall, offers a variety of props and costumes for the final day of October.

do nothing – those are your two choices, and we need a small contribution from everyone.” By signing up on WELLWVU’s website, students and staff can schedule Green Dot training, which has shown a significant increase in bystander action. Every sorority and fraternity on campus is committed to initiate a Green Dot overview program this fall. In bystander train-

of things, so that at the end of the year we don’t end up with too few people, and so we have enough people to donate their time to the community and help Monongalia County,” he said. Allison Arnold, a junior civil engineering student and secretary of the Engineers Without Borders program, said she was excited to introduce freshmen to her unique organization. “We are trying to get more interest in the group.

We are a more community service-oriented group,” Arnold said. “We try to help out third-world countries and do international and local projects. “So we are trying to generate some interest and show people that we are out here to do good and use engineering in ways that haven’t been used before – just get the word out there and generate support.” Arnold said she believes

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The West Virginia University Center for Civic Engagement has proposed a new program to better-fit the hectic schedules of students. Through WVUp All Night, the CCE has incorporated the new program Night Serve, a program that provides students with opportunities to volunteer at night. Night Serve provides students with busy schedules the opportunity to better fit their schedules and enjoy WVUp All Night programs at the same time. “It’s a great way for academic affairs to connect with student affairs,” said Kristi Wood-Turner, Director of the CCE. “We were talking about different ways CCE could be involved with Up All Night, and at the same time, we were thinking about students and how they can

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ON THE INSIDE The West Virginia men’s soccer team is back on the road tonight as it travels to Penn State. SPORTS PAGE 12

fit volunteering into their schedule, so it was a really unique and innovative idea that no one really does anywhere else that we thought we’d try.” Students will have the opportunity to meet in the Mountainlair at 8 p.m. every Friday, and they will be transported to a nonprofit agency and complete approximately three hours of service. Volunteers return by provided transit to the Mountainlair around midnight. “Right now the nonprofit agency we’re volunteering at is the Sundale Nursing Home,” WoodTurner said. “They’ll help with bingo, pajama parties and other things they may need that they’ve never been able to have fulfilled because they usually can’t get volunteers that late.” The program began last week, and Wood-Turner

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GETTING ANOTHER W The West Virginia women’s soccer team looks to add another win to its record tonight when hosts Duquesne. SPORTS PAGE 9


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