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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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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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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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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.

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Clinton: Obama showing way to modern economy CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — President Barack Obama inherited a wreck of an economy, “put a floor under the crash” and laid the foundation for millions of good new jobs, former President Bill Clinton declared Wednesday night in a Democratic National Convention appeal aimed at millions of hard-pressed Americans yet to decide how to vote.

“If you want a you’re-onyour-own, winner-take-all society, you should support the Republican ticket,” Clinton said. “If you want a country of shared prosperity and shared responsibility – a we’re-all-in-this-together society — you should vote for Barack Obama and Joe Biden.”

He added, “I want to nominate a man who is cool on the outside but who burns for America on the inside.”

Clinton spoke as Obama’s high command worked to control the political fallout from an embarrassing retreat on the party platform.

Under criticism from Republican challenger Mitt Romney, they abruptly rewrote the day-old document to insert a reference to God and to declare that Jerusalem “is and will remain

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Continued from page 1 said they had a successful turnout of 12 students.

With the transportation currently available, up to 15 students can participate each week; however, if the interest stays as strong as it is, Wood-Turner said the program would consider other transportation alternatives to expand its impact on the community.

“Night Serve has really been exciting for the community to see students

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Continued from page 1 ing, one can learn inter vention strategies, common traits of predators and why people don’t speak up all the time.

The SGA is giving a Green Dot presentation at its retreat this weekend, helping organize an event on the Mountainlair green for students to learn about Green Dot and making efforts to get the Green Dot program implemented in

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Continued from page 1 EngineerFEST was the perfect opportunity to help new students find their niche within the school.

“Think about when you’re coming in to a new place, and you have no idea what it is,” she said. “It kind

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the capital of Israel.” Some delegates objected loudly, but Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, presiding in the largely-empty hall, ruled them outvoted.

White House aides said Obama had personally ordered the changes, but they did not disclose whether he had approved the earlier version.

The convention hall rocked with delegates’ applause and cheers as Clinton — unofficial Democratic ambassador-in-chief to anxious voters in a tough economy — strode onstage to sounds of “Don’t Stop Thinking About Tomorrow,” his 1992 campaign theme song.

“In Tampa the Republican argument against the president’s re-election was pretty simple: ‘We left him a total mess, he hasn’t finished cleaning it up yet, so fire him and put us back in,’” Clinton said.

“I like the argument for President Obama’s re-election a lot better. He inherited a deeply damaged economy, put a floor under the crash, began the long hard road to recovery and laid the foundation for a more modern, more wellbalanced economy that will produce millions of

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Former President Bill Clinton speaks to delegates at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., Wednesday. good new jobs, vibrant new businesses, and lots of new wealth for the innovators.”

Obama flew into his convention city earlier in the day and arrived in the hall for Clinton’s speech. He arranged to join the former president onstage afterward in a made-for-television joint appearance.

On an unsettled convention day, aides scrapped

coming out late at night and having fun,” WoodTurner said. “Students get to complete service, meet great people and also participate in the wonderful services of Up All Night.”

Wood-Turner said volunteer experience can be the perfect opportunity for students to learn about careers, and what their majors have to do with actual work in the community.

She said she also believes it provides a way for students to network and give back to the community at the same time.

Wood-Turner, who has

served as the director of the CCE for nearly two years, said the most rewarding part of her job is getting people together to make something happen in the community.

“Night Serve is really exciting, because no other university does it,” she said. “I’m also hoping Night Serve increases the numbers at Up All Night as well, because it is a great program.”

For more information on Night Serve, visit http://iserve.wvu.edu.

the WVUe191 courses for entering freshmen.

“I’m looking forward to this year with Green Dot, and I’d greatly advise bystander training,” said Governor Zac Eichelberger, who has previously participated in programs sponsored through WELLWVU. “I did it last spring, and it was really eye-opening and teaches you great methods to help out fellow Mountaineers,” Eichelberger said.

The SGA also finished approving the appointed

executive positions that were not present during its previous meeting, discussed upcoming events, including the career fair, the Gold Rush Tshirt sale, and a student organization fair, considered revitalizing the finance bureau and announced that grant applications for student organizations and SGA intern applications for freshmen will be available Monday.

of gives the opportunity to say ‘hey, I (am) actually really interested in that, and I want to do it’ “I know I wouldn’t have gotten into half the stuff I got into if I didn’t have this.”

Mechanical and aerospace engineering freshman Andrew Hendricks said he was excited to see

the numerous opportunities that lay before him as an engineering student. “(I’m interested in) finding a diverse group of people – all different types of engineers – all having different types of job fields – that I could potentially go into,” he said.

sense of pride across the country, and across the nation. Mountaineer fans can’t all be together at that Texas stadium, but they will all be together at their watch parties,” Goodenow said.

“This is a way for the Mountaineers to let the

world know how much passion they have.”

For specific rules and to enter the Ultimate Mountaineer Fan contest, visit www.facebook.com/ wvumountaineers.

plans for the president to speak to a huge crowd in a 74,000 seat football stadium, citing the threat of bad weather in a city that has been pelted by heavy downpours in recent days.

“We can’t do anything about the rain. The important thing is the speech,” said Washington Rey, a delegate from Sumter, S.C. That and the eight-week

general election campaign about to begin between Obama and Republican challenger Romney, who spent his second straight day in Vermont preparing for this fall’s debates with Obama.

Clinton shared prime time with Elizabeth Warren, the Democratic candidate for a Republican-held Senate seat in Romney’s Mas-

sachusetts. For many years “our middle class has been chipped, squeezed and hammered,” she said.

In a tight race for the White House and with control of the Senate at stake, Democrats signaled unmistakable concern about the growing financial disadvantage they confront. Officials said Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who was Obama’s first White House chief of staff, was resigning as national co-chair of the president’s campaign to help raise money for a super PAC that supports the his re-election.

Unlike candidates, outside groups can solicit donations of unlimited size from donors. At the same time, federal law bars coordination with the campaigns.

Inside the hall, a parade of speakers praised Obama and criticized the Republicans, sometimes harshly.

Sandra Fluke, a law student whom congressional Republicans would not let testify at a hearing on contraceptives, said if Republicans win in the fall, women will wake up to “an America in which access to birth control is controlled by people who will never use it, in which politicians redefine rape.”

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Illusive Skull co-owner Dennis Markle, left, shows masks to senior anthropology student Trevor Anderson.

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Continued from page 1 costumes, which can result in awkward situations. “Who wants to go to a bar or party and have five people dressed the same as them?”

To help customers be unique, Pam and Dennis take great care to sell diverse merchandise.

“We have everything,” Pam said. “We want to make this a family store, so our employees are equipped to help you find out what you want to be, then help you put it together.”

Pam said the strength of the store is the staff, many of whom are West Virginia University students dedicated to their work.

“Our staff’s not just people who want to sell you something,” she said. “They care about what you look like, but they’re not going to sell you something you don’t need.”

Co-owner Dennis Markel agrees.

“That’s the name of our store; the other stores can’t do that,” he said.

Dennis’s pride and joy in the Morgantown Illusive Skull is the haunted house – a maze of lights and frights he designed himself. The haunted house is free and open to all customers.

His only regret is being forced to cut the haunted house short.

“I have a limit on what I can do because of the fire marshal,” he said. “But that’s okay; this is what I like.”

The Illusive Skull carries a variety of special foam latex and silicon masks that, according to Dennis, will revolutionize Halloween costumes.

“These masks are the wave of the future,” he said.

“They’re comfortable, they fit to your face, and they look absolutely great.”

The Markels started their business as a small haunted house before growing into a mall kiosk. Soon enough, the Markels expanded into two full-size locations that have been in operation

since 1998.

Justin Gantle, a Morgantown native, has been coming to the Illusive Skull since he was 6 years old.

“This is the most helpful Halloween store,” he said.

“They’ll get you everything you need: tips, makeup, costumes – anything.”

Gantle is particularly fond of the Markels’ dedication.

“When you come in here and see the owner working, and he actually comes over and helps you, that means a lot to me. Not to mention the depth of the employees’ help,” he said.

Pam loves her work – especially when a customer finds exactly what they’re looking for.

“When you walk out of here, I want you to win a contest and be happy with what you have,” she said.

“We’ll never be millionaires, but that’s okay.”

To learn more about the Illusive Skull’s Morgantown location, call 304-284-9150, or visit www.illusiveskull. com.

Maniacs to hold food drive Thursday

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There will be a canned food drive hosted by the Mountaineer Maniacs before Thursday’s women’s soccer game against Duquesne.

The Maniacs will be collecting food outside of Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium prior to the game, which starts at 7 p.m.

Students who donate two items will be given a voucher for free pizza at

halftime of the game. Chris Northrup, Executive Director of the Mountaineer Maniacs, said it’s important for all students – not just members of the Maniacs – to donate and help support the food drive.

“It’s a great chance for students to show their support for the Morgantown community,” Northrup said.

“There are so many families in need and this is a small

way that we, as students, can all come together and really make a difference.”

The Maniacs will match up to 100 items donated, and all the food donated will go to local food banks.

Items which are currently in need are things such as soup, pasta, peanut butter, tuna, macaroni and cheese and cereal.

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Ryan praises Bill Clinton on day of his DNC speech

Republican vice presidential candidate Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., speaks during a campaign event at the Dallas County Courthouse in Adel, Iowa, Wednesday.

ADEL, Iowa (AP) — Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan on Wednesday held Bill Clinton up as a model of reform and Barack Obama as his opposite, hours before the former president’s speech to the Democratic National Convention.

Campaigning in Iowa, Ryan lauded Clinton administration action on welfare reform and spending reductions – areas where the GOP ticket has aimed some of its sharpest critiques of Obama, the incumbent Democrat.

Clinton, once an Obama critic, has become one of his biggest assets as the president scraps with GOP rival Mitt Romney for re-election. Clinton, whose two terms ended on an economic high note, appears in a television ad where he likens Obama’s agenda to his own.

Void of a single reference

to Clinton-era scandals, Ryan’s praise was a way to paint Obama as a failure on the GOP ticket’s terms.

“Under President Clinton we got welfare reform,” Ryan told an audience outside a small-town courthouse west of Des Moines.

“President Obama is rolling back welfare reform. President Clinton worked with Republicans in Congress to have a budget agreement to cut spending. President Obama, a gusher of new spending.”

The comments came the same day Ryan and Romney criticized the Democratic Party platform for excluding any mention of God and for not stating that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel.

Democrats reversed themselves on both issues Wednesday afternoon.

Romney said the initial omission of God from the Democrats’ platform “suggests a party that is increas-

ingly out of touch with the mainstream of the American people.” Ryan called the move “rather peculiar.”

“It’s not in keeping with our founding documents, our founding vision, but I guess you’d have to ask the Obama administration why they purged all this language from their platform,” Ryan said. “There sure is a lot of mention of government and so I would just put the onus of the burden on them as to why they did all this, purges of God.” Later Wednesday, Ryan renewed his support for prayer in public schools.

Ryan, a House member from Wisconsin, also said a Clinton administration commission to study the future of Medicare inspired the GOP ticket’s proposal to offer seniors a choice of traditional Medicare or a fixed government payment that could be used to buy private coverage.

CANGREJAL, Costa Rica (AP) — A powerful, magnitude-7.6 earthquake shook Costa Rica and a wide swath of Central America on Wednesday, collapsing some houses, blocking highways and causing panic and at least one death from a heart attack.

Costa Rica President Laura Chinchilla announced there were no reports of major damage and called for calm.

At the epicenter, the beach town of Cangrejal, Jairo Zuniga, 27, said everything in his house fell when the quake hit at 8:42 a.m. (10:42 a.m. EDT; 1442 GMT).

“It was incredibly strong.

I’ve felt earthquakes, but this one was ‘wow,’ he said.

The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake was centered about 38 miles (60 kilometers) from the town of Liberia and 87 miles (140 kilometers) west of the capital, San Jose, where frightened people ran into the streets.

The magnitude initially was estimated at 7.9, but was quickly downgraded. Local residents said it shook for about 30 seconds and was felt as far away as neighboring Panama and Nicaragua, where school was canceled in some areas.

Officials initially warned of a possible tsunami, and local police supervisor Jose Angel Gomez said about 5,000 people – 80 percent of the population – had been evacuated from coastal towns in the Samara district west of the quake’s epicenter. But by mid-day they were allowed to return.

Panama also briefly called for people to evacuate beach areas.

In Costa Rica, one man died of a heart attack caused by fright, said Carlos Miranda, a Red Cross worker in the city of Liberia.

Douglas Salgado, a geographer with Costa Rica’s National Commission of Risk Prevention and Emergency Attention, said officials a landslide hit the main highway that connects the capital of San Jose to the Pacific coast city of Puntarenas, and hotels and other structures suffered cracks in walls and saw items knocked off shelves.

Rosa Pichardo, 45, who lives in Samara, was walking on the beach with her family when the quake hit.

“When we felt the earthquake, we held onto each other because we kept falling,” Pichardo said. “I’ve never felt anything like this.

We just couldn’t stay standing. My feet gave out under me. It was terrible, terrible.”

In the town of Hojancha a few miles (kilometers) from the epicenter, city official Kenia Campos said the quake knocked down some houses and landslides blocked several roads.

“So far, we don’t have victims,” she said. “People were really scared ... We have had moderate quakes but an earthquake (this strong) hadn’t happened in more than 50 years.”

Michelle Landwer, owner of the Belvedere Hotel in Samara, north of the epicenter, said she was having breakfast with about 10 people when the earthquake

struck.

“The whole building was moving, I couldn’t even walk,” Landwer said. “Here in my building there was no real damage. Everything was falling, like glasses and everything.”

In the coastal town of Nosara, roughly 20 miles (30 kilometers) southwest of the epicenter, trees shook violently and light posts swayed. Teachers chased primary school students outside as the quake hit.

Roads cracked and power lines fell to the ground.

Wednesday’s quake occurred in a seismically active zone where the Cocos tectonic plate is diving beneath the Caribbean plate.

“All along the Pacific coast of Central America, you can expect fairly big earthquakes,” said seismologist Daniel McNamara of the U.S. Geological Survey.

The quake was somewhat deep – 25 miles (41 kilometers) below the surface.

Quakes that occur deeper underground tend to be less damaging, but more widely felt.

“If it was a shallower event, it would be a signif-

“It’s an idea that came out of the Clinton commission to save Medicare,” Ryan said.

Ryan reminded the audience of supporters that the national debt surpassed $16 trillion on Tuesday, the first day of the Democratic convention in Charlotte, N.C. “That’s a country in decline,” Ryan said.

Among Ryan’s criticisms was an indirect reference to the GOP ticket’s debunked claim that Obama has waived the work requirement on Clinton-era welfare reform.

Ryan also neglected to mention that the Clinton action he praised came after Democrats lost control of the House and Senate in 1994, having raised taxes in 1993 and tried unsuccessfully to enact a national health care program the following year.

The balanced budget agreement Clinton made

with then-House Speaker Newt Gingrich, a Georgia Republican, created the first new benefit program in years, a health insurance program for low-income children not eligible for Medicaid.

And Ryan made no mention of the scandals that marked the Clinton administration. Most notably the GOP-controlled House approved four articles of impeachment in 1998, though the Senate voted against removing Clinton from office.

Ryan was elected in 1998, but the impeachment votes took place before Ryan assumed his seat.

By treading lightly on the former president, Romney’s team also is making a play for Clinton supporters who are disappointed by Obama.

Romney’s campaign has stepped up its effort to appeal to working-class white voters in pivotal states such

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as Florida, Iowa, Ohio and Virginia.

White voters without college degrees preferred Clinton’s wife, Hillary, over Obama in states such as Ohio during the 2008 Democratic presidential nominating campaign. They now prefer Romney over Obama by more than 20 percentage points, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll published last month.

Clinton’s prime time speaking slot at the convention, like his central role in the Obama ad airing in key states, is seen as an effort to narrow Romney’s advantage with these voters, who could tip the balance in a close election.

“Bill Clinton has very favorable approval numbers,” said Katon Dawson, a national political consultant and former South Carolina Republican Party chairman.

“He’s a pretty tough adversary for us.”

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A man looks out at the sea, which has a receded water line, after an earthquake at Samara Beach near Cangrejal, Costa Rica, Wednesday. icantly higher hazard,” he said.

In the last four decades, the region was rocked by 30 earthquakes magnitude-6 and larger. Two were larger than magnitude-7 – in 1978 and 1990 – but did not cause any deaths.

The last deadly quake to strike Costa Rica was in 2009, when 40 died in a magnitude-6.1 temblor.

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OPINION The fight for our courts

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Tuesday, the West Virginia Supreme Court heard arguments for an important case dealing with the election of judges in the state. If you haven’t started paying attention to this case and to the broader issues being examined, now is the time to tune in.

The case currently being decided by the State Supreme Court revolves around a public financing program for judicial candidates. West Virginia is one of nearly two dozen states in the country that elects judges at some level, and in the Mountain

State, even Supreme Court justices are elected.

In recent years, the flow of money to the campaigns of judicial candidates has created controversy, which prompted the legislature to take action and institute a trial public financing program. Chief among these controversies was former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship’s attempts at influencing the state’s highest court.

In 2004, Blankenship, whose company was found responsible for the tragic 2010 explosion at the Upper

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Big Branch Mine, donated $3 million to a judge who would later cast the deciding vote to overturn a $50 million verdict against his company.

More recently, it was revealed that Blankenship was vacationing on the French Riviera with then chief justice of the WV Supreme Court of Appeals Spike Maynard shortly before Maynard cast a vote in favor of Massey Energy.

It is a disgrace that these improper actions were even possible.

Our founders stressed the importance of an indepen-

dent judicial system to prevent this sort of contamination of the courts.

In Federalist 78, Alexander Hamilton underscores the importance of judicial independence and the insulation of judges from the whimsical nature of voters.

Judges do not exist to serve as representatives of the people. Rather, their job is to objectively decide on cases that are brought before our courts.

This objectivity is compromised when the judges are bound to their donors or to the electorate. A deci-

sion’s impact on re-election chances, or even the possibility of losing a big donor, should not be a factor in decisions made by our judges.

In West Virginia’s current system, these factors have tainted our judiciary.

Although the public financing of judicial elections does not solve this problem, it was a step in the right direction. If the Supreme Court nullifies this program, we must ask ourselves why we are electing our judges in the first place.

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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney picks up his order after stopping at Lui-Lui Restaurant Wednesday in West Lebanon, N.H.

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I have essentially been a life-long Republican, and agree with the majority of stances the party takes; however, one issue in particular that I do not agree with is the party’s stance on gay marriage.

Of all the hot-button social issues that exist today, none of the Republican positions are as thinly backed by facts, and frankly, as outwardly discriminating as their stance on gay marriage. I would pose the argument that conservatism should line up hand-inhand with same-sex rights, backed by the notion that a limited government would not support such a stance.

The majority of my colleagues in the GOP apparently don’t think so.

Historically, the majority of the Republican Party has stood firmly by its stance that marriage should be between a man and a woman, allowing no exceptions. This stems entirely from the JudeoChristian influence that comes from the religious right. This stance in particular is the bulwark of the evangelical right, alongside other prominent social issues such as abortion and stem cell research.

Their view on gay marriage is that the God of the Judeo-Christian Bible does not ordain it; therefore, it should not be permitted under both federal and state laws. That is the entire basis of the ar-

gument that two consenting individuals who want to commit to one another should be denied benefits, rights and privileges.

In essence, what you have is an argument based on personal religious views rather than sound legal grounding or any other kind of Jurist Prudence. You will often hear platitudes such as the union of a man and a woman has been the center of western civilization or the faux pas argument that same-sex marriage will have an irreversible effect on children.

One could seemingly go on and on about the rhetoric that so often permeates the religious right on this particular issue.

Nonetheless, what the religious right cannot do is

construct a viable legal argument against same-sex marriage strictly on the merits of the constitution, devoid of using a religious argument as the basis.

Churches are private institutions, and, within their walls, it is their right to decide whether or not to accept gay marriage on the grounds of religious beliefs.

Beyond those walls though, neither the church nor the elected politicians they often support should have any right to tell an individual whom they can and cannot marry. This is truly one of the last forms of institutionalized discrimination that exists in our country.

Per the 1st Amendment of the Constitution, Congress cannot make any

law respecting the establishment of religion.

Therefore, Congress outwardly using religious grounds to discriminate against same-sex couples is in clear violation of the 1st amendment, among others.

The good news is that some in the Republican Party have advocated the same stance that I do in support of gay marriage.

This argument is based on the grounds of the Constitution and not the bible, which should have no bearing on Constitutional Jurist Prudence.

Katy Steinmetz of Time Magazine recently did an article on a small but vocal group of young conservatives who strongly advocate a change in the GOP’s position. A growing num-

ber of Libertarians and younger generation Republicans openly oppose the party’s long held view against gay marriage.

The views on this issue, however, are evolving too slowly to produce any kind of visible change from the status quo.

The irony to me is that many gay individuals I have personally spoken with would consider joining the Republican Party if it didn’t openly oppose some of their most basic rights as Americans.

At the end of the day we all want to be treated with a certain level of dignity.

I’m afraid that unless the Republican Party changes course, they will be on the wrong side of history, as they have been many times before.

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It’s more than a little ironic that an investigation into whether or not Virginia Tech officials acted in a “timely” fashion in the wake of the 2007 shooting has taken more than five years to complete.

Last week, Education Secretary Arne Duncan reinstated a $27,500 fine against Virginia Tech for failing to provide a timely warning to the campus community during the 2007 shooting rampage.

Duncan’s reinstatement reversed a ruling by the Education Department’s chief administrative judge, who concluded Virginia Tech

did not violate the law and thus overruled a 2010 finding by an office within the department.

Under the Clery Act, which was enacted in 1990, universities that participate in federal financial aid programs are required to keep and disclose information about crime on or near campus and issue warnings during potential threats.

The shooting in 2007 brought the Virginia Tech administration under investigation and the bureaucracy of university campus security under scrutiny.

On April 16, 2007, campus police received a 911 call at 7:15 a.m. about gunshots in a dormitory. Officers arrived at the scene 15 minutes later, where

they found one student dead and another critically injured.

Top administrators sent a campuswide email at 9:26 a.m. warning students and employees about a “shooting incident.” The email read, “The university community is urged to be cautious and asked to contact Virginia Tech Police if you observe anything suspicious.”

Minutes after the email was sent, the same man in the dormitory opened fire again, this time in an academic building, where he killed 30 more students and professors, and himself.

Duncan’s Friday decision is the latest to come in a years-long investigation. Federal officials first determined the university

had violated the Clery Act in December 2010, saying the warning at 9:26 a.m. came too late and was too vague.

The university appealed that finding, and an administrative judge for the department overturned it, saying that federal guidelines on timely warnings are unclear. An advocacy group representing survivors and victims of the shooting pushed for another appeal, and the decision came up to the secretary, who acknowledged that federal law does not define what a “timely warning is,” but also said the email that went out two hours after the first shooting was too late.

He also cited as evidence that administrators per-

ceived an ongoing threat by referring to the lockdowns of campus facilities (one at 8 a.m. and one shortly after 9 a.m.), and the cancellation of trash pickups. That perception, his decision argued, suggested the administration’s warning could have been more urgent.

Virginia Tech officials immediately suggested that the university would appeal Duncan’s decision.

Such an appeal would mark the first time a Clery Act investigation had gone out of the Department of Education and into federal court.

But it’s time to put the case to rest.

Yet another appeal drags the investigation out further, prolonging a ques-

tion that has already been answered on three separate occasions. Rather than once again re-examine the Virginia Tech administration’s missteps (or argue that missteps weren’t made at all), move on.

Rather than get tangled up in bureaucracy, Virginia Tech and other college administrations can treat Duncan’s decision for what it is: a bar by which to measure campus safety and build a safer future for university communities.

In the wake of tragedy, it is important to reflect on past events in order to figure out how to move forward.

But eventually, and certainly five years down the line, you have to actually move forward.

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BY JACQUELINE BIGAR BORN TODAY This year you tend to overthink. You could let that habit run rampant in your life, but know that talking and thinking will prevent you from feeling.

Opportunities come to you when you’re out and about, whether you are involved in a community cause or working at your job. You get lucky in these situations. If you are single, you could meet someone who also overthinks. This trait reveals that there is a deep bond between you. You know how to build each other up. If you are attached, you relate far better, as you both commit to a mutual interest.

You start enjoying being out and about more as a couple. GEMINI could use logic against you, even if you are extremely sensible.

ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19) HHHHH You have a lot to say, and others seem to listen carefully. A gesture is well-intended, but unfortunately it results in confusion and uproar. You might scratch your head and wonder how this situation could have happened. Tonight: Catching up on a friend’s news.

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20) HHH You could be unusually possessive.

You also might wonder what you need to do in order to secure a relationship or situation. The issue is not how to handle the discomfort in your favor, but how to root out your insecurity. Tonight: Your treat.

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20) HHHHH You are capable of beaming in exactly what you want. Do not let someone

add confusion and throw you off your mission. Others respond to your efforts, especially a roommate or family member. Tonight: All smiles.

CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22) H You might feel out of kilter. You cannot change how you feel, but you could decide to spend less time around people who could be quite dominating. You will need some time to revitalize and think. Tonight: Vanish ... hopefully for a good reason.

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22) HHHHH Listen to friends and/or associates.

You will get many different perspectives. Your sense of direction will help you create a greater sense of well-being. You could lock on to someone’s ideas. Trust your judgment that you are making the correct choice. Tonight: Time for fun.

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22) HHHH Take charge and clear out errands. A partner or associate seems to be in another world; therefore, you must run with the ball on your own. Someone you look up makes a difference in your life. You could like what happens in the long run. Tonight: A force to be dealt with.

LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22) HHHH Keep reaching out for others who you care about enormously. Your creativity emerges with someone who often touches your daily life. You might want to reorganize your day and go with impulsiveness. Tonight: Read between the lines.

SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21) HHHHH You work best on a oneon-one level with others right now.

When in groups, you might not be

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14 School that expelled James Bond 15 Gustav Mahler’s wife 16 Hilarious person 17 Grandmotherly nickname 18 Protective trench 19 Miguel’s gal 20 Prickly undergrowth 22 Pine secretion 23 More than tee-hee, online 24 Prop for a safety briefing 26 Brewer’s vessel 29 Implore 31 Wheels 32 Mideast language 34 Finish a gymnastics routine, perhaps 37 Toward the stern 40 They lead you astray ... and what the starts of 20-, 24-, 52- and 60-Across are?

44 Brian of Roxy Music 45 “Yeah, sure” 46 Surpass 47 Washed-out 49 Bob Marley genre 51 Place in considerable disarray 52 It’s often a tough cut 57 Fighting Tigers’ sch.

59 Ness and others 60 Verbally overwhelm 65 Dim 66 Small pie 67 Time for action 68 2-Down, for one 69 Mother of Don Juan 70 Kerry’s home 71 Much of the RMS Queen Mary, now 72 Bank (on) 73 “Seasons of Love” musical DOWN 1 Not in good shape?

2 Natural Bridges locale 3 Second helping, to a dieter 4 Twist 5 Long shot, say 6 Baseball’s Moses 7 It has a campus near the JFK Library 8 Turning tool

9 Ancient Athens rival 10 Nitwit 11 Ouzo flavoring 12 Watch 13 Barely sufficient 21 Slangy “Don’t worry about it” 25 “High Voltage” rockers 26 Ex-GIs’ org.

27 Bern’s river 28 1982 sci-fi film 30 Superficially fluent 33 Grumpy friend?

35 Exist 36 Mosquito protection 38 Unfriendly types 39 Fastener named for its shape 41 Have supper 42 Wedding reception highlight 43 Catch sight of 48 Heineken brand 50 All thumbs 52 Winter puddle cause 53 Scout master?

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able to express what you are thinking. An unusual financial opportunity could come out of left field. Be prepared to jump on it. Tonight: Talk over munchies.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21) HHHH You might want to rethink plans, especially as the apple of your eye makes a significant gesture toward you. You might decide to take off for a special weekend out of the blue. Good will seems to surround you. Tonight: Do the unexpected.

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19) HHHH Your focus remains on finishing tasks, despite distractions. You will enjoy the weekend far more and have a better time. Someone close to you in your daily life reveals the depth of his or her feelings. You could feel quite touched. Tonight: Do what comes naturally.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18) HHHHH Try as you might, you could have difficulty staying on task, especially if it has to do with anything except the upcoming weekend. You need time off from your routine to continue being creative and vibrant.

Tonight: Be a wild thing.

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20) HHHH If you can stay close to home and do what you enjoy, most certainly make those plans. An offer comes to you as a result of your own positive attitude. Do not give credit to anyone else. You could see life far differently, even if you go with the flow. Tonight: Order in. Get cozy.

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“Happy #1� promises to keep Grant Morrison’s tradition of excellence alive.

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“Happy! #1�

By Grant Morrison, Darick Robertson From Image Comics This first issue kicks off what will be a four-issue miniseries about a corrupt, lifeless hitman named Nick Sax. In true PR hyperbolic fashion, the preview promises Sax’s life will be “changed forever,� as he’s on the run from the cops and the mob. But it also manages to undermine and humor this hype when it insists the “life changing� will be done by none other than a “tiny blue horse called Happy...�

The real interest resides

with the celebrated creators: writer Grant Morrison (“The Filth�), artist Darick Robertson (“Transmetropolitan�) and the project’s publisher, Image Comics, who stands as a beacon amidst the growing debate over creative ownership and artistic rights in comics.

Morrison has spent the better part of a decade writing work for hire books.

Some suggest this move to Image may be the sign of a new era for the writer, as he recently stated he will soon no longer work for DC Comics.

No matter the reasons, Morrison is still making comic books, and that’s what counts.

Here’s hoping “Happy!� pushes in ways only a Morrison comic can. “Happy! #1� goes on sale Sept. 26.

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Michael DeForge’s “Lose #4� must live up to a high precedent set by the author.

As a collaborative effort, ‘Jeans #1’ promises to have something for everyone.

“Lose #4�

By Michael DeForge From Koyama Press The acclaimed one-man anthology returns this month in the form of a seven-by-ten inch, 44-page bundle.

This issue, designated “The Fashion Issue,� will feature an array of stories and strips from cartoonist Michael DeForge, including “a post-adolescent punk’s leather-andspike-laced metamorphosis, and a town that is haunted by its past, which happens to look a lot like its present.�

DeForge is considered a stand out in the alternative comics scene; he is an artist capable of conveying discomfort like few others while also maintaining somewhat of a trademark sense of pacing.

Reading a DeForge comic almost guarantees fits of post-traumatic stress, as his

“Jeans #1�

By Various Authors From Negative Pleasure Publications Another SPX debut stands out – the new anthology comic, “Jeans #1.�

Edited by Harris Smith (“Super Right On Comix�), this project features such talents as Benjamin Marra, Alex Degen and Jessica Hansen, along with many more. “Jeans #1� lacks a general thematic through-line, but to Smith, that isn’t really the point. “I think the roster of artists sort of speaks for itself,� Smith said. “There is no real philosophy or theme behind ‘Jeans,’ except to provide a variety of fresh graphic narratives from a diverse group of artists across the comics community.

panels and illustrations flash into your mind like hot after-images. In this way, a DeForge comic is an experience, not just another banal reading exercise.

Underneath DeForge’s own brand of terror, though, lies a line of humanity so clear you could run your finger along it – which only brings the uneasiness of his tales home, further empowering the tone even more.

Although DeForge has already won much approval this year for his mini-comic “Incinerator,� “Lose #4� is sure to further instigate praise. And while it is technically a fourth issue, it’s not necessary to read the first three to enjoy this offering.

The book will debut at this month’s Small Press Expo in Bethesda, Md., and the book will be available for sale at koyamapress.com.

‘Jeans’ emerged from my love of comics as a storytelling medium, and I hope that people who love comics will enjoy reading it.�

I’m excited for this one. “Jeans #1� seems like a good way to sample new creative talent and see what else comics can offer.

But don’t let “a variety of graphic narratives� scare you away.

It sounds big, certainly, but if Ben Marra is involved, I’m sure there will be a presence of guns, curse words and crude violence.

After its SPX debut, “Jeans #1� will be available for sale at http://thespithouse.bigcartel.com. You can also check out jeanscomics.tumblr.com for more information. aberry3@mail.wvu.edu

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Infinity Engine, the new software of ‘Madden 13,’ provides the most gaming realistic experience to date for the series.

Football season officially began last night with the defending champion New York Giants taking on “America’s Team,� the Dallas Cowboys, but for video game enthusiasts, the season started last week with the release of EA Sports’ “Madden NFL 13�.

Many people expected this latest addition to the “Madden� franchise to be the most advanced sports game to date, and the title was rumored to exhibit the biggest leap forward the series has ever taken in a single year.

I have to say, the game does not disappoint on these fronts. “Madden 13� features a number of new technologies that enhance both presentation and game play.

A fresh new broadcast team in Jim Nantz and Phil Simms adds to the experience, while a virtual commentary booth creates aesthetic appeal.

Another advancement in the presentation is motion blur, which some of you might have seen in EA Sports’ “NCAA Football 13.�

While this reinvented version of the game still has some kinks to work out, most of the new components of “Madden 13� are unprecedented.

Motion blur is the one development that seemed unnecessary.

The game play element is designed to “blur� the screen during fast moments in the game, but

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unfortunately it does not bring any substance to the game’s presentation.

One seemingly flawless transition of this edition, though, was the new CBSstyle commentary.

In recent years, the repetitive Chris Collinsworth sayings got old quickly. Now, there are more than 9,000 recorded phrases, with Nantz and Simms sounding as calm and natural in the game as they do on live national television.

This makes the “Madden� experience all the more realistic. With the replacement of the previous annoying phrases every few plays, “Madden 13� deserves a check-plus.

As far as game play goes, the brand new Infinity Engine was easily the biggest change. Infinity Engine gives “Madden 13� something no sports game has ever had before: real-life physics.

The engine implements physics into each and every collision, providing unique hits and tackles each play. Players no longer “morph� through one another, and it also allows for in-air contact. In previous editions, receivers and defenders had to come back down to the field before being tackled, which is neither realistic nor gamer-friendly.

With revolutionar y technology like Infinity Engine, initial imperfections are to be expected. “Real life� physics create some awkwardly overdramatic player movements, especially in the secondary and after the whistle.

Regardless, other elements of the game make up for this small misstep.

The pass ready system, for example, is another game-changer in “Madden 13�. This feature allows the receiver to catch the ball only once when he is ready and looking for the pass.

This feature means receivers no longer catch the ball before running their routes; they must be actively looking for the ball.

When a receiver is looking for the ball, the icon above his head will turn from grey to color, and only then can the player make a catch.

However, if you choose to user catch with a receiver, this feature is al-

most a non-factor.

The new read and react defenses further add to the realism of the game, essentially allowing the playbook to open up for the receivers. Before, defenders would occasionally jump routes before receivers even made their cuts, almost as if they knew the play. Now, defenders must read the play and react to the motion of the receiver, making both out routes and curl routes much easier to complete.

Last but not least of the game’s innovations is the 25 new pass trajectories thrown by quarterbacks.

Users can choose to throw to a number of different places in attempt to put the ball where only their receiver can catch it.

This skill is very difficult to master, but the advantages are numerous.

Combine these new factors with improved graphics – due in part to Infinity Engine – and a slightly faster pace, and “Madden 13� provides a freakishlyreal playing experience.

This game is revolutionary in the world of sports video games.

EA Sports has brought football fans closer to the field than ever with “Madden 13,� undoubtedly earning the hype surrounding its release. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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tHROWBACK tHURSDAY Old-school metal classics revisited and reviewed

‘Cowboys From Hell’ Pantera «««««

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Pantera’s 1990 debut release “Cowboys from Hell” was one of the most influential metal albums of all time.

During a time when metal was on the decline, it was this album that helped keep the genre alive and growing throughout the ‘90s.

Although bands like Metallica, Slayer and Megadeth all had strong followings at the time, they couldn’t gain popularity over emerging glam metal bands.

The arrival of the grunge scene – and the American public’s growing despise of men wearing spandex and sporting more hairspray than their girlfriends – caused metal bands to be overlooked.

“Cowboys from Hell” brought heavy music back to the masses by emphasizing the best elements of the genre. They were versatile, hard-hitting and had a groove that was unprecedented in the metal world.

At times, it is easy to hear “Dimebag” Darrel Abbott (guitar) use influences from Eddie Van Halen during solos and Vinnie Paul Abbott (drums) use the same big arena sound that helped create the success of ‘80s glam metal.Fans of all metal genres could appreciate the solid sound of the Texas natives.

Singer Phil Anselmo demanded

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attention. His style was perfect for a genre of music in need of change. He used his ability to sing the high notes that many in the ‘80s enjoyed, yet he demonstrated the screams and pure aggression that would follow in the years to come.

While Pantera used their influences, they also achieved new heights with breakdowns and guitar work that grasped the attention of fans around the world.

The success of the album brought an invite for the band to play in front of a 500,000 fans at the Monsters in Moscow Festival, where Pantera shared the stage with The Black Crowes, Metallica and AC/DC. The title track “Cowboys from Hell” opens the album with the iconic intro that is now synonymous with “badass.” The song is powerful and has one of the catchiest metal riffs I’ve ever heard.

Then there’s the ballad “Cemetery Gates.” It proved from the start that Anselmo had vocal range as well as powerful stage presence.

The early ‘90s was a great time for music – and not just in any one genre. The rap scene saw the coming of Tupac Shakur, country music found Garth Brooks, alternative rock had Nirvana and other grudge greats, and the metal world was given Pantera.

If you can appreciate raw talent and great metal, “Cowboys From Hell” is right up your alley. jeremiah.yates@mail.wvu.edu

hunter homistek associate a&e editor

In 1988, Metallica released its best album of all time, “...And Justice For All.” “Master of Puppets,” you say?

Overrated.

“The Black Album?”

Get real – there are three or four songs, maximum that are worthy of replay on that record. “...And Justice For All” is the band’s best effort from top to bottom, and it remains one of the greatest metal albums in the history of the genre.

By the time of its release, people already had the notion Metallica was on a different level than other bands, but “...And Justice For All” proved this feeling to be a fact.

The opening track, “Blackened,” kicks the album off right.

With its slow, droning intro, this track properly builds anticipation for the chaos that is soon to ensue.

Sit down and buckle up tight, because “Blackened” transitions from this soothing introductory arrangement directly into the furious, thrashing riff that has made Metallica the world’s most popular metal band.

For all its neck-snapping goodness, “Blackened” really wins me over with its compositional perfection, and this is the theme for

“...And Justice for All” as a whole.

Intros, verses, choruses, bridges and solos come together seamlessly for the album, making it the most pleasurable listening experience Metallica has ever offered.

As a result, tracks on “...And Justice for All” never seem to ramble as they do on albums such as “Ride the Lightning” and “Master of Puppets.” Metallica has a reputation for producing long, windy tunes, and this album does not deviate from that structure.

It does, however, manage to craft such lengthy tracks with a precision and detail not found on previous (or later) albums. Each section of each song on “...And Justice for All” has a purpose – to create a cohesive and utterly addictive listen.

Can’t-miss tracks on the album include: “Dyers Eve,” “Eye of the Beholder” and “...And Justice for All.” Also featured on “...And Justice for All” is one of the band’s signature songs, “One.” So, all things considered, this album is stacked.

Look, I am not the biggest fan of what Metallica has become but “...And Justice for All” is undeniably one of the great treasures in metal history.

Pick it up, pack away any prejudice you may feel toward the group and enjoy.

And if you have not heard this album yet, you’re welcome. hunter.homistek@mail.wvu.edu

Stars attend NYC funeral of hip-hop mogul Chris Lighty NEW YORK (AP) — Hiphop royalty including LL Cool J and Sean “Diddy” Combs packed a standingroom-only funeral chapel Wednesday to pay their respects to music-industry mogul Chris Lighty.

Mourners at the Manhattan funeral home also included Missy Elliott, QTip, Russell Simmons, Busta Rymes, 50 Cent and Grandmaster Flash.

The 44-year-old Lighty was found dead in his Bronx apartment last week with a gunshot wound to the head. The medical examiner ruled it a suicide, but his family has asked for a second autopsy.

Speakers at the funeral, who included family members as well as LL Cool J and Busta Rhymes, didn’t allude to the circumstances of Lighty’s death.

Instead they stressed his legacy in the music world and his life as a family man.

Mourners filed past the flower-bedecked coffin where Lighty was laid out in a dark suit. A slideshow depicting his life appeared on a screen. By the time the service started, the chapel had become as crowded as a hot nightspot, with security guards only letting people in if someone else left.

Lighty had been a part of the hip-hop scene for decades, working with pioneers like LL Cool J before starting his own management company, Violator.

But he was in the midst of a divorce and had been having recent financial and personal troubles.

A player in the hiphop game since he was a child disc jockey, Lighty rose through the ranks at Rush Management, Simmons’ first company, before eventually founding Violator Management in

the late 1990s.

His roster ranged from Academy Award-winners Three 6 Mafia to Elliott to up-and-comer Papoose and perpetual star Mariah Carey. He made it his mission not so much to make musical superstars but rather to create multifaceted entertainers who could be marketed in an array of ways: a sneaker deal here, a soft drink partnership there, a movie role down the road.

In a 2007 interview with The Associated Press, Lighty talked about creating opportunities for his stars - a Chapstick deal for LL Cool J, known for licking his lips, and a vitamin supplement deal for 50 Cent.

“As music sales go down because kids are stealing it off the Internet and trading it and iPod sales continue to rise, you can’t rely on just the income that you would make off of being an artist,” he said at the time.

Survivors include his two children. HeA and his wife, Veronica, had been in the process of divorcing.

The case was still listed as active, but electronic records show an agreement to end it was filed in June.

Lighty’s brother Dave has said he wants a full investigation of his brother’s death, which he isn’t sure was a suicide.

Forensic pathologist Michael Baden, the former head of the city medical examiner’s office, said Wednesday that he performed a second autopsy at the request of the family and was awaiting test results.

Baden is paid to give independent opinions on deaths and has testified in several high-profile cases including the O.J. Simpson trial.

Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said the department is still investigating and will wait until the full toxicology report is back, but he reiterated that the medical examiner’s office has said it’s a suicide. ap Grandmaster Flash referred to medical exam- Men load a sign onto a car with other floral arrangements following the service for hip-hop mogul Chris Lighty Sept. 5. iner’s findings outside the chapel.

“Whatever the pressure was that made him take his life had to be tremendous pressure,” he said. “I just wish that Chris would have reached out and said, `Flash, I need some help, man.’ ... He didn’t reach out. It’s really sad.”

Simmons posted an online appeal to the music industry Wednesday to fill the void left by Lighty by mentoring young hip-hop artists.

“Chris was a shining example of playing the game, while always keeping it real,” he wrote.

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Time for Three: A tale of exceeded expectations

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Time for Three played at the Creative Arts Center Wednesday evening.

Josh Ewers a&e writer

The aptly-named string trio Time for Three put on a rousing performance for patrons of West Virginia University’s Creative Arts Center Wednesday evening in the Lyell B. Clay Theater.

The crowd began to gather in the theater’s lobby, as I sat quietly and observed the people around me. The cluster of patrons consisted mostly of older folk; with the occasional student sprin-

kled in, sticking out like a sore thumb.

In all honesty, my personal expectations for the evening were already low when I overheard a lady report back to her male companion, “They refuse to turn up the heat.”

I couldn’t help but ask myself what kind of pretentious evening with high society I had gotten myself into.

I was apprehensive, at best.

Later, when we were seated, the men of Time for Three came out dressed-up

in their finest formal wear. At this point, I was certain that I was not going to have a very good time.

Little did I know, while Morgantown was settling down for a rare quiet afternoon, these guys were preparing to put on a stunning display of musicianship.

Their first tune started out soft and serene but quickly escalated into a full-blown classical shred-off that would make the speediest of guitar virtuosos blush.

Rhythmically stunning in

their blazing string riffs, it at times appeared as though the players’ bows would spontaneously burst into flames from the friction of their furious strokes.

Somewhere in the audience, I thought, the woman who requested the temperature change was feeling pretty content with life after Time for Three “brought the heat” from the stage.

Armed only with their two violins and a double bass, the band put out a sound that could dwarf many rock

bands with much larger and more elaborate speaker setups.

The three musicians showed a genuine appreciation for good music and with that, a willingness to play a wide variety of genres including, but not limited to, classical, jazz and hip-hop.

The trio of Zachary DePue, Nick Kendall and Ranaan Meyer were classically trained at Philadelphia’s Curtis Institute of Music and while on stage, admitted to being the oddballs of the school, often jamming on eclectic songs.

They even played a smattering of popular music from the radio waves of the current generation, including an absolutely stunning rendition of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” and a cover of singer/songwriter Imogen Heap’s smash hit “Hide and Seek”.

Time for Three also played as emotively as they did expertly, rocking back and forth, bobbing their heads and letting the music move them. This gifted

the crowd with something that many string ensemble performances neglect: showmanship.

The members’ confident demeanor and stage presence made it clear they were well-versed in the art of performance – something scarcely found among other classically influenced acts.

In addition, their attention to detail was phenomenal, as they transitioned seamlessly between wildly opposing dynamics as if it were simply “another day at the park.”

No, this was not your standard Creative Arts Center recital – it was something else entirely. It was a display of musical perfection.

The show was the latest in WVU Arts and Entertainment’s ongoing series of high-quality musical acts and theatrical productions.

Check out http://events. wvu.edu to see a complete schedule of future events so you don’t miss out on the next spectacular offering. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

Oscar de la Renta needles celebrity designers NEW YORK (AP) — Designer Oscar de la Renta may be a celebrity favorite, but the feeling isn’t mutual when it comes to stars and athletes who want to delve into fashion design.

“Today you can hit a good tennis ball and be a fashion designer,” said de le Renta in an interview Wednesday.

“Today you can be a movie star and if your last movie didn’t do too well, you become a fashion designer. But you know it’s craft that you learn. It’s craft of passion.”

De la Renta’s celebrity pals, including Martha Stewart, Barbara Walters and Sarah Jessica Parker, were on hand to show their support Wednesday as The Fashion Institute of Technology presented him with the 2012 Couture Council Award for Artistry.

“It’s interesting to me that he dresses the possible first lady, Mrs. Romney. He dresses Hilary Clinton. He is bipartisan, non-denominational, just wonderful clothes,” said Walters before

lican National Convention.

Designer Diane von Furstenberg and Vogue editorin-chief Anna Wintour also sat with de la Renta during the presentation, which included a speech from New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

Despite the pomp and circumstance, de la Renta’s focus was elsewhere - on his next collection headed down the runway Tuesday during New York Fashion Week.

“This is what I call in the business `panic time.’ If I tell you what the collection is going to look like now I don’t know. I will know once the girls start walking the runway,” he said.

So does the 80-year-old, who also recently launched a children’s collection, have any plans of slowing down?

“Not now,” he said. “Every single day is a learning process. And I think that to be a good fashion designer, it’s not what I did. It’s what I’m doing. You know, it’s about now.”

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Thursday September 6, 2012

Doug Walp Sports writer

Bye week won’t hurt WVU’s momentum After No. 9 West Virginia throttled Marshall last weekend, many people remarked the Mountaineers looked like they were already in mid-season form by Saturday’s halftime. Now, some of the same people are worried West Virginia’s secondweek bye could be a major disruption to their positive momentum, but personally, I think it’s just what they need.

That’s not meant to discredit the Mountaineers’ performance Saturday. In fact, they looked like the team to beat in the Big 12 after rolling in the Friends of Coal Bowl while No. 17 Texas and No. 5 Oklahoma sputtered for most of their season openers. No. 18 Oklahoma State obviously put on a show, winning 84-0, but to be perfectly honest, Marshall probably could have beaten woeful Savannah State by a similar margin.

That said, WVU head coach Dana Holgorsen and his assistants weren’t overly satisfied with anyone’s performance Saturday, except perhaps Geno Smith.

The Mountaineers gave up 535 yards of total offense to a Conference USA team. And yes, the statistics are somewhat misleading; many of Marshall’s yards and points came late – well after the game was decided, but Marshall converted on nearly 50 percent of their third downs and were 2 for 3 on fourth down. Frankly, Rakeem Cato and the Thundering Herd’s offense really can’t be compared with even the lowest-tier offenses in the Big 12.

Holgorsen acknowledged West Virginia was lucky to recover their two fumbles and there were some firstgame special teams miscues, too.

The first time Corey Smith finally came in to punt, Marshall knifed through the line of scrimmage and blocked the kick with seemingly relative ease, scoring just a few plays later. Fortunately, the Mountaineers had already built a 41-10 cushion, but these kinds of plays can make or break an entire season against an elite team later in the year.

Once West Virginia gets to conference play, they’ll face several immense tests – especially on the road, where they won’t have the energy from the Mountaineer faithful to encourage them.

It’s important they fix any miscues early on, before they face some of the truly elite Big 12 teams that feature some of the nation’s most talented offenses.

Fortunately for the Mountaineers, this week’s bye is a perfect opportunity for Holgorsen and his coaches to continue to evaluate all the fine points of Saturday’s game through film and for the team to hammer out any changes they need to in practice.

In fact, Holgorsen pointed out Tuesday this was exactly his plan for this week’s bye – to put the ball down and play a lot of live, game-speed snaps in practice in order to fix any glaring issues they saw from Saturday’s game.

I don’t think there’s any concern of losing momentum during the early bye week for No. 9 West Virginia.

Holgorsen was able to effectively build off the Mountaineers’ rampant momentum from January’s Orange Bowl throughout the many months following, so I really can’t imagine there being an issue of not being able to do that during the two weeks leading up to the matchup with James Madison.

But the bye week does give the Mountaineers an early hiatus to diligently self-examine and evaluate in order to put the best possible product on the field once Big 12 conference play begins. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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BRING ON THE DUKES

Sophomore forward Kate Schwindel and the West Virginia women’s soccer team will host Duquesne Thursday at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium.

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West Virginia looks to rebound from weekend struggles against Duquesne by shea ulisney sports writer

The West Virginia women’s soccer team returns to Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium tonight at 7 p.m. for a game against Duquesne.

The Mountaineers are coming off two challenging matches against Penn State and Miami last weekend at the 90 Minute Classic that resulted in an overtime loss to the Nittany Lions and a draw to the Hurricanes.

“The girls have battled physically and mentally

these past two games,” said WVU head coach Nikki Izzo-Brown. “They did a great job, and didn’t break down physically.”

The team is excited to get back on the field, as they anticipate another positive result against Duquesne.

Led by first-year coach Al Alvin, the Dukes return to Morgantown with a twogame winning streak after 2-1 victories against Niagara and Robert Morris.

The Dukes are led by senior midfielder Morgan Herbert, who is the

team’s leading scorer with two goals. Herbert has attempted 13 shots in the last two games.

Herbert and senior forward Paige Maroney lead in shot attempts this season with 17 each.

Sophomore goalkeeper Devon Tabata started the last three games for the Dukes with 11 saves.

The Mountaineers are undefeated in their series with Duquesne. In the last meeting in 2009, WVU came away with a 4-0 win.

Sophomore forward

Kate Schwindel is the leading scorer for the Mountaineers, with two of the team’s five goals of the season.

Following last weekend’s two overtime games, the Mountaineer defense has been outstanding. Goalkeeper Sara Keane worked 110 minutes against Miami for the team’s second shutout of the season.

After a rough weekend, West Virginia returned to practice Tuesday.

Sophomore midfielder Ali Connelly said the team

has been working on connecting passes and working better as a team to finish in the box.

“If we can do that, we’ll be able to create better chances and opportunities to score,” Connelly said.

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QUESTIONABLE CALLS What did you learn about the No. 11 West Virginia football team in its win over Marshall?

by michael carvelli sports editor

associate sports editor

by nick arthur

by cody schuler

by doug walp

Heading into Saturday’s game against Marshall, everyone had an idea what to expect from the experienced West Virginia offense.

The young defense was another story.

With four players starting in their first game as Mountaineers, including two freshmen, it’s not a surprise that the defense struggled in its first game in the 3-4 scheme under co-defensive coordinators Joe DeForest and Keith Patterson, but the Mountaineers did show there is some potential on that side of the ball.

With the exception of the two scoring drives in the fourth quarter – when the majority of the players on the field weren’t starters due to the big lead – the West Virginia defense only let Marshall gain 50 or more yards on four of its first 12 drives. Those four drives resulted in a touchdown and two field goals.

The Herd’s other touchdown in the first three quarters came on a two-play, 11-yard drive after a blocked punt.

Yes, they gave up a lot of yards, and they didn’t look very good in the secondary at times, but with the small amount of experience that they have on defense, the Mountaineers should be pleased with the way they played.

At times it wasn’t pretty, but there’s something there. There’s room for improvement, and with such a young defense, there will be improvement.

But for a first outing, this wasn’t bad.

After hearing from head coach Dana Holgorsen throughout summer camp the many improvements made by senior quarterback Geno Smith since last season, I was curious to see if the preseason Big 12 Conference Player of the Year had, in fact, done so.

Smith emphatically proved he had improved across the board, even with only three quarters of playing time to evaluate.

The third-year starting quarterback looked stronger, more comfortable, more accurate and, ultimately, more confident than he did in 2011.

He w a s n e v e r sacked, never turned the ball over and even rushed for a 28-yard touchdown to complement his four passing touchdowns on the afternooon.

Smith only threw four incompletions on 36 pass attempts, and, quite frankly, I can’t recall a “bad” throw, or even a bad decision, for that matter.

The performance by the Mountaineers’ signal caller Saturday immediately earned him accolades for offensive player of the week and moved him up in the ranks for the Heisman Watch List.

However, after proving to the entire country he is the real deal, I now confidently feel Smith is deserving of all the accolades and is well on his way to a mind-boggling season in terms of statistics – much like every member of the West Virginia offense in 2012.

I think the thing I learned after watching Saturday’s game is this team is everything it was advertised to be.

I was skeptical about whether the offense would be able to start off as fast as it did; the 70-point Orange Bowl outburst had fans expecting a repeat in week one of this season, and I fully expected it to take a few drives to get adjusted.

Sixty-nine points later, it’s clear to see who was in the right.

On the other side of the ball, the defense looked as young and spotty as expected.

There were flashes of brilliance that gave hope to Mountaineer fans that this unit is one that will truly be able to surprise people. There were also times when players were out of position or beaten. With plenty of time left to develop, there isn’t much to take away from game one, except that this side of the ball has yet to write its fate.

Then there is special teams, which, if it didn’t play out as expected, it at least gave off a tone that was.

I don’t expect many more missed extra points, but the fact that a punt was blocked in the fashion that it was didn’t look very pretty.

I do think with more practice and game time the special teams unit will be just fine.

As for now, they still give off the same, under whelming aura I got from them last year – nothing exceptional, but also nothing terrible.

West Virginia has a great chance to have a torrid, yet immensely balanced offense in 2012.

Last year in the season opener against Marshall, the Mountaineers picked up a mere 42 yards on the ground, averaging a dismal 1.6 yards per carry.

The rushing attack was so ineffective head coach Dana Holgorsen abandoned it for most of the season and opted to throw the ball on the majority of downs.

Fast forward to 2012 and it’s a completely different story. Saturday, West Virginia piled up 331 yards rushing, which was actually eight yards more than what they gained through the air.

Shawne Alston was tremendous, bruising his way to 123 yards and two rushing touchdowns while true sophomore Andrew Buie was also excellent, averaging more than 13 yards per carry.

Part of the reason was the brilliance by the Mountaineers’ rushers, but you can’t discredit the superior performance by the offensive line. The unit, which remained intact and returned a year smarter and more experienced, was the foundation for the offensive display Saturday.

And if the Mountaineers can continue to get consistent production from their offensive line and ultimately their rushing attack, it will only make their air raid offense that much more dangerous against the notoriously porous defenses of the Big 12 this season.

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Thursday September 6, 2012

Fans tell Goodell they want cheaper tickets NEW YORK (AP) — NFL fans want cheaper tickets for preseason games and an end to blackouts.

They want to be online at the game. Fans up North are looking for more coldweather Super Bowls, and maybe even a chance to host the draft.

Got all that, Roger Goodell?

The NFL commissioner heard all those suggestions and more during an hour-long session with fans from all 32 teams before the regular season opened Wednesday with the Giants hosting the Cowboys.

The fans, winners of contests that earned them a trip to league headquarters, were decked out in jerseys and team hats for the occasion. They asked repeatedly about a range of issues tied to their experiences at the game.

Among the topics that came up: – Cheaper tickets for exhibition games, when starters sit. Goodell said preseason is a big issue among fans, noting “I hear that almost No. 1.

“I think it’s probably fair to say people probably are not fans of the preseason,” he said Goodell said the league has discussed eliminating two preseason games entirely. “I would tell you that we’re anywhere from a 16 and 2 format to an 18 and 2 format, so pretty much everything is on the drawing board,” he said.

An Eagles fan railed against the cost of attending a game – which Goodell doesn’t control, teams do – and a Tampa Bay fan won applause by asking why the league doesn’t dump the “archaic” local blackout system for games that fail to sell out. Goodell noted blackouts are far less frequent than they used to be and that tickets sales are important to the clubs.

– A Browns fan asked about the possibility of more outdoor, coldweather Super Bowls after New York-New Jersey, which will host the 2014 Super Bowl.

“Are you giving up on the fact that the Browns are going to make it to the Super Bowl?” Goodell joked as the crowd hooted. Goodell

said he wants to see how the game goes at the end of next season, but didn’t rule out a cold-weather Super Bowl.

“I’m a big believer that football’s all about tradition, and we’ve played some of the most historical games in our history in bad weather,” he said. “So let’s see how it works. But the big challenge I can tell you for Super Bowls is the infrastructure required. It’s really about can you handle 25-30,000 hotel rooms?”

– A Bengals fan later suggested moving the site of the NFL draft around to various cities. Goodell indicated the league is happy with New York as the home of the draft but there had been discussion about moving the second night to a different place.

– In an answer to a question about the NFL’s social media plans, Goodell said that’s a key component of improving the fan experience on game days. “A lot of times we ask the fans to disconnect when we come into the stadium because there’s 75,000 people and you don’t have the broadband capacity for it,” he said. “So we’re trying to solve that problem and get Wi-Fi into our stadiums.”

Noting the expense of tickets, Goodell said, “for you to come to the stadium, we can’t give you any reasons not to come.”

– Goodell also got a rules change suggestion from “Bronco Bob” Disher, of Castle Rock, Colo., who said that, with all the touchbacks these days, why not award a point to a team if its kicker puts the ball through the uprights from 70 yards away on a kickoff? Or, Disher said, maybe the receiving team could start at the 10-yard line instead of the 20 in such a situation.

“I’ll put it to the competition committee,” Goodell said.

Disher said later he’d seen kickers make that distance several times on kickoffs in Denver. That inspired Disher and his buddies to come up with the suggestion.

“We were just drinking beers and throwing around ideas,” he said.

Roddick’s career ends with Open loss to del Potro NEW YORK (AP) — Chants of “Let’s go, Andy!” rang out between points during the last service game of his career, and again before the start of what would wind up as the last return game.

Always a fan favorite at the U.S. Open, and the 2003 champion, Andy Roddick headed into retirement with a 6-7 (1), 7-6 (4), 6-2, 6-4 loss to Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina in the fourth round at Flushing Meadows on Wednesday.

It was an emotional farewell for Roddick, who sat in his changeover chair, covering his face with a white towel, after sailing a running forehand long on the last point. He choked up during an on-court speech at Arthur Ashe Stadium, telling the crowd, “Oh, wow. For the first time in my career, I’m not sure what to say.”

“Since I was a kid, I’ve been coming to this tournament. I felt lucky just to sit where all of you are sitting today, to watch this game, to see the champions that have come and gone,” Roddick told the fans. “I’ve loved every minute of it.”

The American surprisingly announced last Thursday, his 30th birthday, that the U.S. Open would be his final tournament. That impromptu news conference came a day before Roddick’s second-round match, and he wound up winning that one, and a third-rounder, too, riding a wave of support in the stands.

But those two opponents were ranked 43rd and 59th, and the seventh-seeded del Potro, the 2009 U.S. Open champion, provided a far more daunting challenge – especially once he lifted his energy level and got his big, flat forehand cranked up.

The match was sus-

pended because of rain Tuesday night after Roddick took the first point of the opening-set tiebreaker, and they resumed more than 18 hours later in front of thousands of empty blue seats.

It took Roddick only four minutes to close that set, fresh and strong as can be, while del Potro was rather sluggish.

The key, probably, was the third set. Neither man faced so much as a single break point, and this time it was del Potro’s turn to dominate the tiebreaker. Gaining more traction on his opponent’s once-all-powerful serve, del Potro whipped a cross-court forehand return right at Roddick’s feet on set point.

Del Potro’s momentum swing continued when he broke to begin the third set. He hit a drop shot that Roddick chased, grunting loudly, and eventually del Potro deposited a passing winner that left Roddick hanging his head.

Del Potro broke again for a 3-0 edge in that set, producing a drop shot winner that Roddick didn’t even chase. As he walked to the sideline for the changeover, Roddick grimaced and flexed his right shoulder – the one that hit a then-record 155 mph serve years ago but now aches. He jokingly referred to it as “Hamburger helper” after his previous match.

Up 1-0 in the fourth, Roddick got a chance to make one last stand and postpone retirement for at least a set, if not another match, when del Potro double-faulted to hand over a break point.

But Roddick sailed a backhand long, then dropped his racket at his feet and leans forward with hands on head, the very picture of

Andy Roddick wipes his face after losing to Argentina’s Juan Martin Del Potro in the fourth round of play at the 2012 US Open Tennis Championship. exasperation.

When Roddick doublefaulted, then missed a forehand, to fall behind 3-2, the competitive portion of the match was essentially done.

The rest of the way was a chance for spectators to salute a guy who always wore his emotions on his sleeve while finishing nine consecutive seasons ranked in the top 10.

Roddick made a brief appearance at No. 1 following his only Grand Slam trophy – and the most recent for an American man — nine years ago. He appeared in four

other major finals, losing to Roger Federer each time, and wound up with 32 tournament titles overall.

“It’s been a road of a lot of ups, a lot of downs, a lot of great moments. I’ve appreciated your support along the way,” Roddick said. “I know I certainly haven’t made it easy for you at times but I really do appreciate it and love you guys with all my heart. Hopefully I’ll come back to this place someday and see all of you again.”

Del Potro joined the fans in standing to applaud. He

moved on to a quarterfinal against defending champion Novak Djokovic, who advanced when his opponent, No. 18 Stanislas Wawrinka, stopped because of illness and fatigue while trailing 6-4, 6-1, 3-1.

Djokovic’s Serbian Davis Cup teammate, No. 8 Janko Tipsarevic, finished his raininterrupted 6-3, 7-6 (5), 6-2 victory over No. 19 Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany, and gets No. 4 David Ferrer of Spain in the quarterfinals.

Four-time major champion Maria Sharapova won her quarterfinal Wednes-

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day, coming from behind after a rain delay for the second consecutive match and defeating 2007 Wimbledon runner-up Marion Bartoli 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.

Sharapova was down 4-0 on Tuesday when play was stopped. But she wound up improving to 12-0 in threeset matches this year.

“It’s a great statistic. It shows that I enjoy the battle no matter what the score is,” Sharapova said. “The third set, it’s the last set out there, and there’s no reason why you shouldn’t put everything out there.”

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12 | SPORTS

Thursday September 6, 2012

West Virginia ends road trip against Penn State by amit batra sports writer

The West Virginia men’s soccer team will finish off a grueling road trip in University Park, Pa., as it faces off against the Penn State Nittany Lions.

After tough road losses to No. 1 North Carolina and No. 19 Wake Forest, West Virginia is ready to go and get a solid resume booster against Penn State. “We played really well in the UNC/Wake Forest games,� said freshman midfielder Jamie Merriam. “They both got one opportunity and put us away. We’re all about bouncing back.

Our focus is coming out and getting a result at Penn State.�

While Penn State isn’t a ranked opponent, it does have a quality team. WVU will have to be on top of its game to get a win to close out the road trip.

Penn State started off 3-0-0 this season with victories over Duquesne, Stetson and Hartford. Two of the

three victories were shutout wins.

It was the team’s best start since 2000, when the Nittany Lions started 6-0-0.

Leading Penn State is goalkeeper Emmanuel Martin, who has recorded shutouts in wins against Stetson and Duquesne. He allowed two goals against Hartford.

Forward Julian Cardona took care of Hartford with two goals off three shots.

He’s leading the Nittany Lions with goals thus far in the season.

Penn State couldn’t keep the undefeated streak going as it fell to the No. 21 Georgetown Hoyas Sunday. The Nittany Lions fell to 3-1-0.

Georgetown dominated the game, winning the shots battle 20-8.

In terms of these road games, West Virginia will need to win some in order to signify quality wins when it comes time for NCAA Tournament berths. “It’s extremely important to win some of these big games on the road,� Mer-

riam said. “Every home and away game is important.

The games at UNC and Wake Forest would have been huge. A big win at Penn State would be just as huge.�

With the Mountaineers having one of the deepest teams in recent time, the preparation to face other ranked opponents is key. “It’s all in our practice and focus,� Merriam said. “We’re all about the detail.

Every practice is game-like.

We have our seniors who are leading the team. They are constantly ready to go and lead the example. “We’re trying to live up to what we have to do. The more we work hard, the more it pushes us to get good results.�

A nonconference win against a quality opponent in the Nittany Lions could be the start of something big within the MidAmerican Conference games later this season.

The action gets underway in State College at 7 p.m.

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The West Virginia men’s soccer team travels to Penn State to take on the Nittany Lions Thursday.

Assistant coaches pleased with balance, playmakers by cody schuler managing editor

In the first week of the season, West Virginia has shown it is not only committed to establishing the run game, but it is pretty darn good at it, too.

For only the second time in school history, the Mountaineers’ offense gained more than 300 yards passing and rushing in Saturday’s 69-34 defeat of Marshall.

Offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach Shannon Dawson explained the coaching staff doesn’t set out with a strict plan of attack, but instead reacts to what the opposing defense puts in front of them. “If you look at what we do, we want to take what the defense gives,� he said. “We feel like if we can run the ball when they’re a weak box and throw the ball when they’re a heavy box, then that’s what we want.

“We don’t want to sit there and bang our heads against the wall. If we can get in the right play, and (senior quarterback) Geno (Smith) does a great job of that, then obviously we’ll be a better offense,� he said.

Conventionally, balance in terms of an offensive scheme is described as equal parts rushing and passing. Dawson and West Virginia, however, define it differently. “Basically when we watch film, it’s more of the fact of ‘Are we running it in the right situation?’ It could be 50-50 (passing-to-rushing) or it could be 80-20,� he said. “If a team comes out and they want to just take away the run, we might not run it at all. If they want to take away the pass and we need to run it 80 percent of the time, then (we will),� he said. “That’s balance the way I look at it.�

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of plays the Mountaineers run, Dawson said achieving balance also requires sharing the football among West Virginia’s offensive weapons. “Balance is also getting the people equal touches,� he said. “The more you can get the running back and every receiver touches, then the less (the defense) can sit there and focus on stopping one thing.�

Running backs coach Robert Gillespie is no stranger to leading a rushing attack in a pass-heavy scheme. In 2009, during his first season as running backs coach at Oklahoma State, Gillespie’s unit rushed for more yards than any other school in the Big 12.

Gillespie said the balance West Virginia displayed Saturday helps make the offense more complete and alleviates pressure on Smith. “We want to be a complete offense,� he said.

“We got better running the ball towards the middle of (last) season once guys got healthy. “That’s something that we took to the offseason to the offensive line and the running backs and wanted to make sure that we could do a great job of making us a complete offense, and take some pressure off (Smith) and those guys off the perimeter; I think (Saturday) was the first step,� he said.

Achieving that balance requires hitting the playmakers strewn across the Mountaineers’ offensive depth chart. Though Gillespie said the coaching staff knows who its primary playmakers are, other players still need to establish themselves as go-to guys. “This year, we know who (senior wide receiver) Tavon Austin is as a staff. This year, we know who (senior running back) Shawne Alston is.

He’s healthy,� he said.

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West Virginia junior wide receiver Stedman Bailey led a balanced offensive attack against Marshall. “We watched that tape (from last season) and, as a staff, we said, ‘Who is that team?’ because we didn’t know who our playmakers were.� “This year, we know who (redshirt junior wide re-

ceiver) Stedman Bailey is, we know how to get the ball to (Austin). So again, that’s the way we wanted to start the season – getting the ball to our playmakers.� charles.schuler@mail.wvu.edu

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