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Storms leave 688k powerless by bryan bumgardner city editor

An intense storm system ravaged parts of the eastern United States Friday, leaving more than 688,000 customers in West Virginia without power.

The storm, known as a derecho, was an aggressive thunderstorm consisting of wind speeds of more than 75 miles per hour joined by

heavy rains.

The storm damaged power lines and transformers in 53 of West Virginia’s 55 counties. In response, both West Virginia Governor Earl Ray Tomblin and President Barack Obama have declared a state of emergency in West Virginia.

Gas shortages, high temperatures and communication problems have limited restoration efforts that

continued through the weekend.

However, Morgantown has largely avoided the effect of the storm.

“We had about 30 calls the night of the storm, 100 percent of which were storm related,” said Lieutenant Robert Cover of the Morgantown Fire Department.

He said the two most serious calls were related to downed power lines, which

pose a fatal public safety hazard.

“We were required to have personnel watching those, to safeguard the public,” he said. Due to other emergencies, power company technicians were delayed in fixing the wires.

“Since they were live wires and the power companies were so tied up, we had people posted at those lines for 27 hours,” Cover said.

A large walnut tree also fell across Virginia Avenue, and it took teams nearly an hour to unblock the street.

Most of the fire department’s calls were about downed trees, Cover said.

“We had a lack of sleep Friday night,” he said. “Everybody was worn out and covered in sawdust from cutting up trees.”

MonPower and Appalachian Power, two of West

Virginia’s power providers, have reported that response teams are working to rebuild power structures throughout the state.

Power was restored to parts of Morgantown Monday night. Other parts of the state won’t have power until later in the week, according to estimates from power companies.

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it’s official

Sunday, West Virginia University officially entered the Big 12 Conference.

Local businesses Supreme Court upholds health care law expect Big 12 to bring more customers by bryan bumgardner city editor

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NEWS CORRESPONDENT

Local businesses are optimistic about West Virginia University’s move to the Big 12 athletic conference, as the new competition will bring more fans and more business to Morgantown.

Maggie Charles, a manager of the Euro-Suites Hotel near the stadium, said this year’s game-day reservations aren’t too overwhelming. “There are a couple games that we are already sold-out for, but there are a few games that we are not,” she said.

Zach Goetz, general manager of the Evansdale Boston Beanery, is positive about the move. “I think West Virginia fans are more excited about it, so you might get more of them coming that wouldn’t come to a game against a scrubby Big East team,” he said. “Our biggest day in the history of this store was the LSU game from last year.”

Goetz also felt even if the stands weren’t filled by out-of-state rivals, the standings of our opponents will fill the stands with Mountaineers.

“Now going into the Big 12 you have Oklahoma, Kansas State – all these teams that are readily in the top 25, so if they don’t bring a big crowd I think our fans will still fill the seats,” he said.

The Big 12 Conference consists of 10 teams ranging from as far away as Austin, Texas. The closest team is the University of Kansas, which is still about a 15-hour drive away.

Charles was not too concerned about the distance between schools. “I really think that a fan is a fan, and they will do anything to get here. If they want to come they will be here,” she said. Although WVU is losing it’s “Backyard Brawl” with Pittsburgh University, Charles also felt that we would

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In one of the most dramatic cases in recent history, the Supreme Court of the United States voted 5-4 to uphold a 2010 law known as the Affordable Care Act or “Obamacare.”

The law, which has been a point of political controversy for several years, seeks to decrease the number of Americans without health insurance.

The stated objective of the ACA is to “increase the number of Americans covered by health insurance and decrease the cost of health care.”

Two of its key provisions are that it prevents insurance companies from turning away customers who may be a liability and it subjects individuals who do not buy insurance to a penalty, which the court ruled is a tax.

Many opponents of the bill have challenged its constitutionality, arguing the bill represents a massive expansion of government power.

The Supreme Court has dispelled these claims, asserting that the actions of the government are acceptable under spending and taxation powers.

Many experts believe the

Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the ACA was both logical and progressive.

“One can demonstrate that when the government has been proactive in expanding health care coverage for Americans, that there has been an improvement in health care quality,” said L. Christopher Plein, associate dean for the School of Applied Social Sciences at West Virginia University and an expert on health care policy.

Plein was quick to challenge a common claim made

by ACA’s opponents – that the government has no right to intervene in health care services.

“It’s not like this is revolutionary,” he said.

Plein said the federal government has been reforming health care for decades, creating programs such as Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, all of which provide millions of dollars in aid to millions of Americans.

“There is clearly a precedent for the federal government to take a role in increasing health care access in this country,” he said. “The ACA is literally the latest chapter in a decades-long effort to extend health care services to Americans.”

According to a 2010 re-

port by the World Health Organization, the United States ranked 37th in health care quality worldwide while scoring first in the amount of money spent.

Plein believes the ACA is the federal government’s solution to these ratings.

“The numbers suggest that we have a significant problem with the uninsured and the underinsured in the United States,” he said. “This act is intended to fix those numbers.”

The ACA imposes legislation that would create a more consistent flow of money in the economic relationship between hospitals, insurance companies and consumers.

“The bill is asking the uninsured to buy insurance, basically,” Plein said. “In doing so, it’s lowering the costs for everybody and lifting the cost risks any individual may have.”

Plein said the often-sensationalized bill actually doesn’t differ much from other laws.

“As a society, we have lots of rules and regulations. We have to pay property taxes, we have to get a driver’s license,” he said. “Assessing the adequacy of insurance is actually a very normal governmental function.”

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INSIDE THIS EDITION Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby thinks that the future is bright in the conference after adding West Virginia and TCU. SPORTS PAGE 8

director for West Virginians for Affordable Health Care, believes the ACA is a major boon for the state.

“There’s a lot of positive things in the Affordable Care Act for West Virginians,” he said. Bryant said the ACA will help extend health insurance to approximately 150,000 uninsured West Virginians.

“We’re going to fundamentally change insurance rules so they’re more fair to consumers,” he said. “This will ensure that insurance companies will spend the greater portion of their income on paying claims.”

According to Bryant, these changes will create better rural health care, extensive preventative medicine and financial security for all parties involved.

“We’ve had several other similar pieces of legislation, and this is the greatest attempt to make insurance coverage universal and affordable,” he said.

WVU constitutional law professor Robert Bastress disagreed with rhetoric that challenges the ACA’s constitutionality.

“It’s really not terribly earthshaking as a constitutional concept,” he said.

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KJ signs with Cavs Former West Virginia forward Kevin Jones has agreed to a deal with the Cleveland Cavaliers after not getting drafted.

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Tuesday July 3, 2012

Excitement, concerns about WVU entry into Big 12 by lacey palmer staff writer

Now that West Virginia University is officially in the Big 12 athletic conference, students and athletes around the school are excited to play against new universities.

However, many fans and student organizations have expressed concerns about the conference change.

The universities of the Big 12 conference are farther away than those in the Big East, and many fans and supporters of the team such as cheerleaders and the band are worried about the distance affecting attendance at away games.

Aside from an out-of-conference game against James Madison University in Maryland, the closest in- conference away game this upcoming season is against Iowa State, which is 871 miles away.

The average distance to away games for the Mountaineers will be about 1,152 miles each way, which is approximately a 38-hour round trip.

Many WVU athletes have varying opinions on the move to the conference, but all seem very excited for the possibilities ahead.

Defensive end Will Clarke is sure Mountaineer fans will pull through for the team.

“I feel as though the fan attendance will be better than ever because of all the excitement, hopefully and possibly matching the fan attendance when we played LSU last season,” said Clarke. “Even at the away games, I think attendance will be high because Mountaineer fans have no

limits.”

Although some athletes are concerned that fan attendance could be lower at away games because of the distance required to travel, they look at the positive aspects instead of the negative.

“Outside of South Florida, every away game that we had was in relative driving distance for the mass majority of our fans,” said Shawne Alston, running back for the WVU football team. “Some may have difficulty traveling to our games with the distance and all; however, moving to the Big 12 and playing in distant places will allow us to possibly extend our fan base to other parts of the country, which will help with recruiting, as well.”

Five of the 10 teams in the Big 12 were ranked in the top 25 at the end of last season with a couple others receiving votes, so there’s no doubt the competition will be greater.

“I think the Big 12 is a great move for the program because we will be in a bigger, more competitive spotlight,” said Tyler Bitancurt, WVU’s starting kicker. “The University and fans are now a part of a great conference, where a football program like ours belongs.”

Aside from fans, the Mountaineers have a support system of cheerleaders and the Pride of West Virginia, the WVU marching band, behind them as well.

It’s become a concern of many that this support is going to be difficult to bring to all of the away games.

Junior cheerleader Chelsea Eades is incredibly excited about the move to the

Big 12 and is looking forward to the upcoming season because she thinks the atmosphere and traveling will be a lot of fun for the team.

“Even last year in the Big East, only so many members of the squad could travel to any particular away game, so I’m guessing it will be the same this year, so not everyone gets to go to every game,” said Eades. “We haven’t talked much about it yet, so I don’t know much about traveling, like how they are getting us there or how many can go, but I am pretty sure we will be flying because that was mentioned previously.

We were also asked for our travel preferences concerning which games we would want to go to.”

Eades said it is obvious traveling will be much more costly for the cheerleading team.

“It will definitely be more costly to travel us this year considering we will be flying instead of busing like in the past,” said Eades. “We don’t really fundraise, but the University and the alumni’s help with our traveling costs is great, and we really appreciate that.”

Mountaineer Maniac Director Chris Northrup knows that taking trips to the Big 12 venues will be difficult but says the Maniacs are excited for the upcoming season.

“I don’t think that this hype around the football season has been here in the past few years, and that’s exciting,” he said. “Obviously the move is going to create some difficulty with traveling, and it’s unfortunate we won’t play some of the rivalries we’ve created in the past years,

such as Pitt, but hopefully, we’ll be able to jump right into the Big 12 and be extremely competitive, which alone will create rivalries.”

Northrup says the Maniacs will put much more effort into the watch parties in the upcoming season, seeing as many fans may not be able to attend farther away games.

“We’re going to have to shop around for good deals to travel to Big 12 away Mel Moraes/THE DAILY ATHENAEUM games,” he said. “This year, Athletic Director Oliver Luck, left, speaks with President James P. Clements, midmembership was a little dle, and Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby, right, at the Big 12 welcome celemore expensive, which will bration Sunday. create a larger budget to allow us to do more things. If ference, as well, even though opportunity to go to many we don’t do many trips to Big they are aware traveling to away games. He plans on 12 games, all the money will games will be more difficult. making a trip to at least one Marcus Derosa, a recent this year, though. go to watch parties and making them special and fun to WVU alumnus, has been go“Now that we’re in the Big go to, and we’ll work with the ing to football games for as 12, the level of competition student organizations and long as he can remember. is a lot harder,” said Hardalumni on those as well.”

“My grandma and esty, “When we were in the According to Northrup, grandpa had season tickets Big East, we were basically it will be more difficult for for many years, then they expected to win the conferfans to travel to Oklahoma or were no longer able to go ence championship every Texas as opposed to Rutgers anymore, so now they just year, but now we’ll be playing or Pittsburgh, where WVU buy my brother and I the sea- teams that have won national could have up to 15 or 20 son tickets now,” he said. “So, championships in recent thousand fans. Northrup says I’ve been going to games for years like Texas and Oklait will probably be more diffi- the last 20 years and I’m 24 homa, so it’s more important cult to get tickets to the away now.” for fans to attend and supAccording to Derosa, he port the team even at away Big 12 games because teams such as Texas and Oklahoma would always go to at least games. Since a lot of people usually sell all their season one away game a year with were unsure about the move tickets, where as Pittsburgh some of his friends. He plans because of the distance to had many available tickets. to go to Texas this year and to travel to away games, I think Therefore, WVU may only get the game at James Madison more people will travel than a small allotment of three or University. expected because a majority four thousand to some of the “I still want to support the of the fans are really excited team and help them out as about the move.” large away games.

Northrup said they will much as possible from the Regardless of the differing be going to James Madi- stands,” he said. “I am also a opinions on attendance at son at Fed Ex Field, which is big football fan, so I like to see the games, one thing is ceronly about a two and half or how other schools compare tain – West Virginia Univerthree-hour trip. The Maniacs to WVU in tailgating and it’s sity players and fans alike are are planning to have an open atmosphere.” excited about the Big 12 and meeting in the fall to try and Kyle Hardesty, junior are counting down the days WVU student, hasn’t missed until football season begins. gauge interest.

Many fans are also looking a home game in the past two forward to the change of con- seasons, but never got the danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

Comic store hosts charity event for children’s hospital

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The Four Horsemen Comics and Gaming hosted a charity for children on Saturday morning.

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The remains of a struck-down tree in the Coliseum parking lot lay after Friday night’s storm. such as power company linesmen, truck drivers and others who find themselves stranded in the Morgantown area.

Similarly, if meals are needed, Dining Services has offered to assist. Contact University Police Chief Bob Roberts to learn more.

For tips on being safe during storms, power outages and other disasters, visit http://fh.ext.wvu.edu/ food_safety/power_outages. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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Across the East Coast, it is estimated that more than four million people are without power.

The University has offered assistance to emergency responders in the area. West Virginia University Housing and Dining services has offered help to responders

The Four Horsemen Comics and Gaming store hosted a night of food, fun and a bit of magic for a good cause Friday.

The Four Horsemen hosted 24 hours of promotional card games, video game tournaments and competitions to benefit the charity organization Child’s Play.

Child’s Play is a charity that provides toys and video games to hospitalized children.

With the help of more than 20 Morgantown businesses, The Four Horsemen was able to keep its doors open all night to cus-

tomers and donors.

“Ever since we started, we wanted to do something like this but we never really had the man power or the ability,” said Ron Davis, coowner of Four Horsemen.

However, general manager Dane Looman convinced Davis to hold the event.

“We were just sitting around talking about how we wanted to do a better thing for the community, and we found out about Child’s Play,” Looman said. He was excited about Child’s Play, but he wanted the proceeds to benefit a local hospital.

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found out (Child’s Play) benefited WVU’s children’s hospital.”

Some of the many events hosted by Four Horsemen was a Magic: The Gathering card tournament, “Soul Calibur V” video game competition, Warhammer battles, and one man hosted a “Go” challenge.

Charles Fahey, a local engineer, came to the Four Horsemen not to play video games, but instead to play the ancient Chinese board game of Go. For a donation of $5, a challenger could play Fahey on a medium board for a chance to win $50. For a $10 donation, a player could win $50.

Fahey, also taught new

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begin a new rivalry with Kansas State University.

“We are already soldout…when the football schedule was released that was the number-one day booked, so I think that Kansas State will be the number-one rivalry,” she said.

Other than the distance between schools, another difference between the Big East, WVU’s former conference, and the Big 12 is the populations of the schools.

Where the Big East has about 230,000 students, the Big 12 has about 270,000, not including alumni and other fans.

“You’re either going to have your own insurance, or you pay it through the tax.”

Individuals who choose not to have insurance will have to pay a tax. Similar policies have been used throughout history to enforce federal legislation.

“It’s a very straightforward exercise of the spending and tax power as a means of enforcement,” he said.

While Bastress would agree that the ACA’s attention to individual behavior is novel, he doesn’t believe the legislation poses a threat to individual Americans’ rights.

“We tend to be libertarian in our attitudes,” he said. “Individual mandates are not

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players the rules of the game on a small board for free.

When he heard about the event, he was happy to help out. “I come here regularly and found out this store was doing it (a Child’s Play event) and decided to give them a hand. Go is my game, so I decided to run a Go table,” he said.

According to The Four Horsemen, more than $2,100 dollars was raised with the help of hundreds of donors.

To learn more about the Four Horsemen and future events, visit http://fourhorsemencomics.com. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

politically popular.”

He believes the mandate was a political compromise.

“The political obstacle was the insurance companies, who have a lot of lobbying power and muscle in Congress,” he said. A universal, tax-funded style of health care would bankrupt insurance companies.

“The mandate was the only way to get the insurance companies to go along with it,” Bastress said.

Opponents of the ACA have vowed to begin a repeal vote July 11. Under current legislation, the ACA will go into full effect in 2014.

To read the Supreme Court’s ruling, visit http:// www.supremecourt.gov/ opinions/11pdf/11-393c3a2. pdf. bryan.bumgardner@mail.wvu.edu

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Tuesday July 3, 2012

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An interview with WVU’s latest Fulbright Scholar: Alanna Markle by carlee lammers staff writer

For Morgantown native Alanna Markle, life is a gift she is determined to pay forward to those in need.

Markle recently graduated from West Virginia University with a degree in political science and international studies focusing in development, and has been named the West Virginia University’s 32nd Fulbright Scholar, which is the University’s record fifth for this year.

Although Markle’s heart wasn’t set on attending WVU after graduating high school, she said the University helped lay the ground work and prepare her for planning and receiving a research/study grant from the Fulbright Scholar Program.

“WVU was honestly not my top choice, but financially it did not make sense to go anywhere else. I also have a lot of family in and around Morgantown, so I wanted to be close to them for as long as I could before moving on for my career, “she said.

With the grant, she will travel to Nicaragua early next year for 10 months to study agricultural microfinance, the provision of financial support to low-in-

come clients. Microfinance has been less successful in Nicaragua than in other countries, and Markle wants to find out why.

The Daily Athenaeum had the opportunity to interview Markle and discuss her research and her hopes for her future.

DA: Explain what it is you will be doing for your research/ study project; what will it entail?

AM: My research falls into the area of economic development; it will specifically look at the microfinance industry, which has faced many challenges in Nicaragua.

I plan to collaborate with my Nicaraguan university affiliation to identify and establish a relationship with institutions from four different categories that I have identified.

I will conduct interviews and surveys with both lenders and clients associated with those institutions to gather qualitative and quantitative data. This data will hopefully allow me to identify the strengths and weaknesses of each institutional methodology and the sources of disconnect there may be between lenders and borrowers.

DA: What is it that interested you in traveling to work on this research

project?

AM: I am generally interested in doing research abroad because I am fascinated by the complex global processes that connect all human beings. I think our generation in the U.S. largely recognizes that globalization has been rapidly shrinking our world, but it is important that we also examine and question the real impact of globalization on peoples’ lives and how our actions and lifestyle affects those of others’.

This research project looks specifically at Nicaragua because I have both an academic interest in the country and an emotional connection to a network of people there with whom I have worked for two years.

This is a powerful combination that draws me to travel there longer term.

DA: What role did WVU play, or what opportunities do you believe the University gave you, that lead you to this achievement?

AM: I have had myriad opportunities to travel and develop as an academic while at WVU. Because I did not feel financially overburdened by the cost of attendance, I was able to complete a semester study abroad with Amizade; I was also funded by the university to attend ac-

ademic conferences in Europe and the Middle East.

Most importantly, I found at WVU a network of students and faculty who shared my interests in international development and global justice.

This can most clearly be seen in my work with student group Fair Trade 2.0.

Co-founding and working with this group has been my most memorable achievement as a student here. Without that experience I do not think I would have had the resources or knowledge to apply for a Fulbright, at least not this early in my career.

DA: Why did you want to apply for the Fulbright Scholarship program?

AM: I developed a love for travel as a yearlong exchange student to Brazil between high school and college. This experience also guided me toward furthering my knowledge of Latin America and international development. As a student at WVU I sought out international experiences as often as possible, and I always planned to live and work abroad for a time after graduating.

The Fulbright program made sense for me because I am interested in further pursuing academics; it will give me the opportu-

nity to develop my skills as a researcher. I also wanted something that was country specific because I knew that I was interested in going to Nicaragua after doing work there with the student group Fair Trade 2.0 of West Virginia University.

DA: You seem to be truly inspired to go out and serve those who face low-income situations. Who is your role model, or inspiration in life, and why?

AM: I come from a line of strong, independent women who overcame significant economic and social barriers to bring my family to where it is today.

The stories and examples inspire me.

My great-great grandmother, for instance, dropped out of school at 14 to work in the Seneca Glass (Company) factory doing heavy labor and ended up a single parent in the 1920 and ’30s who never remarried. Despite that, she became co-owner of a successful business and passed away at the age of 92 still living alone in the house she bought herself as a young mom.

Talk about a feminist!

My own mom was also single for much of my childhood and still works tirelessly to give my brothers and me the opportunities

we have. After seeing this, I recognize that my quality of life is the product of others’ hard work, and feel that I, in turn, should work hard to extend the resources I enjoy to others.

DA: What are your plans and hopes for when you return for your research, school and ultimately your career goals?

AM: I plan to apply to graduate schools from Nicaragua and to enter into a program in the fall of 2014.

Since I will return at the end of 2013, I will have several months to wrap up my project, take a little break to spend time with family and relocate for school.

I am looking at graduate schools primarily in the western United States.

I am hoping to narrow my area of interest as a Fulbright Fellow and to determine whether I am interested in a masters or doctoral program. Beyond that, my plan is simply to remain flexible and open for the next opportunity.

I do not have a specific set of career goals beyond wanting to work in international development, but I am confident that if I keep the right frame of mind, time will take me where I need to go. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

East Coast power outages may not be resolved until end of the week WASHINGTON (AP) — From North Carolina to New Jersey, nearly 1.8 million people still without electricity were asking the same question Monday evening: Why will it take so long to get the lights back on?

Nearly three full days after a severe summer storm lashed the East Coast, utilities warned that many neighborhoods could remain in the dark for much of the week, if not beyond.

Friday’s storm arrived with little warning and knocked out power to 3 million homes and businesses, so utility companies have had to wait days for extra crews traveling from as far away as Quebec and Oklahoma. And the toppled trees and power lines often entangled broken equipment in debris that must be removed before workers can even get started.

Adding to the urgency of the repairs are the sick and elderly, who are especially vulnerable without air conditioning in the sweltering triple-digit heat. Many sought refuge in hotels or basements.

Officials feared the death toll, already at 22, could climb because of the heat and widespread use of generators, which emit fumes that can be dangerous in enclosed spaces.

At the Springvale Terrace nursing home and senior center in Silver Spring, Md., generators were brought in to provide electricity, and air-conditioning units were installed in windows in large common rooms to offer respite from the heat and darkness.

Residents using walkers struggled to navigate doors that were supposed to open automatically. Nurses had to throw out spoiled food, sometimes over the loud objections of residents who insisted their melting ice cream was still good.

The lack of power completely upended many daily routines. Supermarkets struggled to keep groceries from going bad.

People on perishable medication called pharmacies to see how long their medicine would keep. In Washington, officials set up collection sites for people to drop off rotting food. Others held weekend cookouts in an attempt to use their food while it lasted. And in West Virginia, National Guard troops handed out food and water and made door-to-door checks.

When it comes to getting the power running again, all utilities take a top-down approach that seeks to get the largest number of people back online as quickly as possible.

First, crews repair substations that send power to thousands of homes and businesses. Next, they fix distribution lines. Last are the transformers that can

restore power to a few customers at a time.

In Great Falls, Va., just outside Washington, patent attorney Patrick Muir found out firsthand who was high on the priority list.

The area is sparsely populated and wealthy, with mansions spread across secluded, wooded lots. Muir had been raiding water bottles from his powerless office to supply his home, which is on a well that was not working. His 8-year-old daughter spoke hopefully of a beach trip to escape the heat. Dad said it was under consideration.

“Great Falls always seems to be the first to go down and the last one to come back up,” Muir said.

A Safeway supermarket trying to stay open with a limited power supply handed out free bags of dry ice. But after two days of temperatures in the 90s, the air inside was stale. Shopping carts with spoiled food, buzzing with flies, sat outside the store.

At a CVS pharmacy, Mahesh Tickle did the best he could. He had no cash register, so he made change with loose bills and coins stuffed inside a Ziploc bag.

Tickle filled what prescriptions he could and fielded questions from customers wondering if medications such as insulin had spoiled.

Some people said the destruction over the weekend was reminiscent of that caused by Tropical Storm Isabel in 2003 and Hurricane Irene in 2011.

Some backup utility crews arrived Sunday in Maryland, but many were not expected until sometime Monday. That’s because the storm arrived so quickly, unlike hurricanes, which typically approach with several days of warning and give out-of-state crews plenty of time to get into place.

After Isabel, it took electricity supplier Pepco eight days to restore power to most of the 500,000-plus customers in Washington

Brandy Browning, right, and her husband Robert Browning relax on cots in a Red Cross overnight shelter at the Roanoke Civic Center on Monday in Roanoke, Va. and the surrounding areas.

About 443,000 lost power at the peak of this storm, and restoration work will likely last into the weekend.

Last year, it took Baltimore Gas and Electric company eight and a half days to restore power to all 750,000 customers who lost power during Hurricane Irene. This time, the power company initially confronted more than 600,000 people without power. It said restoration efforts will extend into the weekend.

BGE said in a letter posted on its website that it would take hundreds of thousands of man-hours to clear debris and work through outages. Crews are working around the clock in 16-hour shifts.

“This type of widespread, extensive damage also complicates our ability to quickly provide ac-

curate restoration times, especially when original damage assessments are revised upon closer inspection of the work required,” the letter said.

However, Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley has been blunt that the utilities must work faster: “No one will have his boot further up Pepco’s and BGE’s backsides than I will,” O’Malley said Sunday.

Pepco spokeswoman Myra Oppel said the differences between storms can be significant. Two storms could have the same number of customers with outages, but the root of the problem could be downed wires in one situation and downed poles in another.

But repairing poles takes a lot longer.

As a result, the length of time it takes to restore power “depends on what

damage has occurred, not the number of outages,” Oppel said.

In the case of Friday night’s storms, crews are contending with trees that have to be removed before crews can get to damaged infrastructure.

She said the fact that neighboring states were also hard-hit meant many utilities were competing to get the same backup crews for help.

In Baltimore County, Eveena Felder, a registered nurse, had been relying on air-conditioned public areas to keep cool during the day and a fan to help her family sleep.

“We’ve purchased a ton of batteries, that’s where most of our money has gone,” Felder said. “Turn the fan on and keep still, don’t move, less energy.”

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concerned about people in isolated rural areas, such as Greenbrier County, W.Va. “They have no radio station. They have no TV station. They have no communications because without power, they don’t have phones,” said Lt. Col. David Lester of the West Virginia National Guard.

Back at the nursing home, the cable was out as well, so in the common rooms with generator power the center played movies on old VHS tapes, including the 1932 classic “Grand Hotel.”

Margaret Foster and Helen Ofsharick, 93 and 95 respectively, passed the time outside.

“You wouldn’t want to live this way more than a day or so,” Foster said.

“There are sick people here, or people who don’t think too well. They need help.”

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Tuesday July 3, 2012

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Get informed before speaking out Finally, after months of speculation and anticipation, the Supreme Court of the United States issued its ruling on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, largely upholding the historic health care overhaul.

Ever since its controversial passage in 2010, the bill has faced an endless array of questions. Chief among these was whether or not the U.S. Supreme Court would deem President Barack Obama’s signature legislative achievement unconstitutional. Now that we finally have a definitive answer to that mystery, it’s time for Americans to ask another

question: What exactly is the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and how will it affect me?

This question seems simple enough. It also seems like a question we would have answered by now. After all, it’s been more than two years since the bill was signed by President Obama, and the proposal was perpetually debated for more than a year before that. Surely the public would have, at the very least, a basic understanding of this bill by now.

Unfortunately, and as anyone observing the public debate on this issue could tell you, this is far from the re-

ality. According to a recent Harris poll, a plurality of Americans oppose the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and a majority favor a repeal of the statute’s individual mandate provision.

However, when asked about specific provisions of the legislation, the poll’s respondents revealed a shocking ignorance regarding what the bill actually does. More than a third of those polled believe the bill creates a new government-run heath care plan (it doesn’t), 29 percent believe it will cut Medicare benefits (it doesn’t do that, either) and 27 percent be-

lieve in the ominous, but also fictional, “death panels.” Furthermore, a majority of those polled said they supported most of the key provisions in the bill when asked about them independently, including the prohibition on insurance companies denying coverage due to pre-existing conditions, the provision allowing children to stay on their parents’ insurance until they are 26, and the tax credits to help small businesses provide their employees with health care coverage.

Thus, it appears much of the opposition to this bill stems from an ignorance of what it actually accom-

plishes. This paradoxical opposition to the bill, despite agreeing with its goals and key provisions, highlights a debilitating problem in our society that must be addressed.

In the information age, when access to an infinite trove of knowledge only requires an Internet connection, this brand of ignorance is inexcusable. This country will be significantly better off when we all fulfill our responsibilities as citizens of a democracy and educate ourselves on the issues before we take a stance on them.

How do you feel about the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the health care law?

Results of online DA poll 4% Not sure

46% Disagree

51 % Agree

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Twitter responses “This ruling set precedent that the govt can make you purchase ANYTHING, so long as it’s a “tax”. #FullRepeal #fedup ” -@tsammons901 “50 million Americans w/ out healthcare, only industrialized citizens globally... #lifelibertypursuitofhappiness” -@wvuDmoney “The problem is ppl don’t understand the bill. Dems did a terrible job of explaining.

No1 should go bankrupt from health care” -@MrWetham

“I don’t believe that people like my family should have to pay for other peoples care.”

-@emilycatelyn11 “The more uninsured the more the insured have to pay, I don’t feel like an accident should ever bankrupt a family” -@Benjisaur

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Supporters of President Barack Obama’s health care law celebrate outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Thursday, after the court’s ruling.

Mark wicclair professor of philosophy west virginia university

On Thursday, in a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court of the United States upheld key provisions of health care reform legislation enacted in 2010, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). The Court decision presents an apt occasion to consider the rationale of the PPACA (or, as it is sometime derisively called, “Obamacare”).

The primary aims of the PPACA are twofold: 1) to reign in the spiraling cost of health care and 2) to expand access to health care with the ultimate goal of achieving universal access (i.e., access that is not dependent on a person’s ability to buy health insurance or pay for medical services).

The U.S. far outpaces other developed countries in health care spending. For example, in 2009 per capita health care spending in the U.S. was almost $8,000 per person. The next two countries were Norway ($5,352) and Switzerland ($5,144), the only nations in which per capita health care spending exceeded $5,000. In 2008, health care spending in the U.S. was approximately 16 percent of the GDP. The next highest country was France at 11.2 percent. Only two years later in 2010, health care spending in the U.S. had increased to 17.9 percent of the GDP. Nevertheless, on measures of health, the U.S. ranks low. Thus, other countries get a much bigger bang for their health care bucks.

The situation with respect to access is no less striking.

In 2010 49.9 million Americans (16.3 percent of the pop-

ulation) lacked health insurance. Millions more had insufficient insurance, and studies indicate that significant differences in utilization of health care services are correlated with differences in income. Thus, tens of millions of Americans cannot count on being able to get affordable health care services if and when they should need them.

The reasons for controlling health care spending are well known and do not need to be repeated. However, the same cannot be said of the reasons for promoting universal access. After all, it might be claimed, the U.S. is a capitalist country with a free market economy. Americans who cannot afford to purchase iPods, Ferraris, McMansions or Caribbean cruises are not thought to have a moral entitlement to them. So why should people who can’t afford health care or health insurance receive it?

There are several reasons for providing universal access to health care.

First, universal access can be supported by a social benefit or utilitarian rationale. It can be claimed that universal access promotes the general welfare by helping to keep people productive and prevent them from being a drain on social resources. The social benefits of providing universal access to health care are thus said to exceed the costs. Like utilitarian arguments generally, this defense of universal access relies on factual claims and assumptions that are subject to confirmation or disconfirmation by empirical evidence.

Second, universal access can be supported by a social solidarity rationale. A commitment to universal access can be viewed as a “social bond” that promotes solidar-

ity. There are two variants of this rationale. One is based on the assumption that social solidarity is an intrinsic value. That is, it is assumed that a sense of community and cohesiveness is a characteristic of a “good society.”

The second is a variant of the utilitarian rationale. Universal access allegedly promotes a sense of solidarity, which in turn promotes the general welfare by: a) discouraging undesirable character traits and behavior, such as greed, selfishness, and criminal acts, and b) promoting desirable character traits and behavior, such as generosity, empathy and altruism.

Third, universal access can be based on the ethical principal of beneficence, which requires us to help others when important needs are at stake. Insofar as health care can prevent death and substantial disability, it appears to be connected to important needs. Hence, it can be maintained that we have a beneficence-based obligation to help others receive health care when they lack the financial means to do so themselves. Assuring universal access can be seen as a means to satisfy this obligation.

Fourth, it can be claimed that universal access is a requirement of justice. There are two versions of this justice-based argument.

The first maintains that need is the only relevant principle of distributive justice in relation to health care.

Consider the following principles of distributive justice: a) to each according to merit or achievement, b) to each according to ability, c) to each according to effort, d) to each according to ability to pay, and e) to each according to need. It is arguable that merit or achievement, but not ability, effort, need

or ability to pay, is relevant when distributing grades to students or when distributing Nobel prizes. Similarly, it is arguable that need, but not achievement, ability, effort or ability to pay, is relevant when distributing health care.

The second justice-based defense maintains that universal access is a requirement of the principle of fair equality of opportunity. Defenders of this line of argument cite education as an analogue to health care. Just as fair equality of opportunity requires universal access to education, so, too, it requires universal access to health care.

Preventing and treating illness, it can be claimed, is no less essential to promoting a “level playing field” than providing education.

For all these reasons, then, it can be maintained that Americans should have universal access to health care.

Several features of the PPACA are designed to accomplish this objective. These include expanding Medicaid, the joint federal-state program for poor and disabled Americans (the Supreme Court limited the ability of the federal government to require states to participate); establishing insurance exchanges to make health care more affordable;enabling children to be covered by parents’ insurance plans through the age of 26; eliminating lifetime limits on insurance benefits; and prohibiting insurance companies from risk-rating premiums, denying coverage due to pre-existing conditions and cancelling policies for people who develop serious illnesses.

Among the most controversial features of the law is the so-called “individual mandate,” which the Supreme Court upheld. Amer-

“no longer a third

world country when icans who are not insured it comes to health by employers or government programs (e.g., Medi- care coverage. #NotPerfect care, Medicaid and the De- #MoveinRightDirection” -@joy1551 partment of Veterans Affairs) who also fail to purchase health insurance will have to “folks shouldn’t have to bepay a fee that the Court ma- come bankrupt because jority characterized as a tax. they get sick. Denying cov(Subsidies will be offered to erage based upon pre-exanyone who cannot afford to isting condition is immoral” -@radioinmyhead12 purchase insurance).

Although unpopular, this provision has been defended “the government can’t run a on the grounds that it is the postal service without it golynchpin for many of the ing bankrupt how is governother, more popular provi- ment run healthcare going to sions. For example, support- be different?”

-@JCap743 ers claim that without the individual mandate, healthy otherwise uninsured people “It’s as if Obama are likely to wait until they and the Democrats become ill to buy health in- have never read surance. If, as the PPACA the 10th Amendment.”

-@tbegley currently provides, insurance companies could not risk-rate premiums or deny “As a student w/o health care, coverage to people with pre- its reassuring to know that existing conditions, insur- this country is making my ance companies can be ex- health a priority, not a side pected to significantly raise note. #ACA” -@bnicoleswope everyone’s premiums. Thus, defenders of the individual “as a veteran who has to mandate claim that without deal with the VA I’m loathe it, affordable universal access to think what is going to will be unattainable. happen to health care It remains to be seen quality after obamacare” whether the PPACA will suc-@WarMed_117 ceed in significantly expanding access and controlling “why should I have costs. If it doesn’t accomto pay for someplish these objectives, there one who is overis no lack of alternative plans, weight and diaincluding socialized medi- betic because they made cine on the model of the Na- poor choices? #FullRepeal tional Health Service in the #horrible” UK, single payer or “Medi-@MtnEERman1 care for all” on the Canadian model, private insurance together with a public option, and a free market system with health care vouchers.

Mark Wicclair is a professor of philosophy and an adjunct professor of community medicine at WVU. He is also an adjunct professor of medicine at the University of Pittsburgh.

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THE INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ORGANIZATION meets at 8:30 p.m. at the International House at 544 Spruce St. For more information, call 304-777-7709.

MOUNTAINEERS FOR CHRIST, a Christian student organization, hosts free supper and Bible study at its Christian Student Center.

Supper is at 8:15 p.m., and Bible study begins at 9 p.m. All students are welcome. For more information, call 304-599-6151 or visit www.mountaineersforchrist. org.

SIERRA STUDENT COALITION meets at 7 p.m. in the Blackwater Room of the Mountainlair.

The group is a grassroots environmental organization striving for tangible change in our campus and community. For more information, email hlargen@mix. wvu.edu.

ECUMENICAL BIBLE STUDY AND CHARISMATIC PRAYER MEETING is held at 7 p.m. at the Potters Cellar of Newman Hall.

All are welcome. For more information, call 304-288-0817 or 304-879-5752.

MCM is hosted at 7:30 p.m. in the Campus Ministry Center at 293 Willey St. All are welcome.

BCM meets at 8:30 p.m. at the First Baptist Church on High Street.

THE CARRUTH CENTER offers a grief support group for students struggling from a significant personal loss from 5:30-7 p.m. on the third floor of the Student Services Building.

AMIZADE has representatives in the commons area of the Mountainlair from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. to answer questions for those interested in studying abroad.

WVU WOMEN’S ULTIMATE FRISBEE meets from 10 p.m.midnight at the Shell Building.

No experience is necessary. For more information, email Sarah Lemanski at sarah_lemanski@ yahoo.com.

BRING YOUR OWN BIBLE STUDY AND PIZZA NIGHT is at 6 p.m. in Newman Hall.

THE WVU SWING DANCE CLUB meets at 9 p.m. in Multipurpose Room A of the Student Recreation Center. No partner needed. Advanced and beginners are welcome. For more information, email wvuswingdance@gmail.com.

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WELLNESS PROGRAMS on topics such as drinkWELL, loveWELL, chillWELL and more are provided for interested student groups, organizations or classes by WELLWVU: Wellness and Health Promotion. For more

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

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

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

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

CONFIDENTIAL COUNSELING SERVICES are provided for free by the Carruth Center for Psychological and Psychiatric Services. A walk-in clinic is offered weekdays from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Services include educational, career, individual, couples and group counseling. Please visit www. well.wvu.edu to find out more information.

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ROSENBAUM FAMILY HOUSE, which provides a place for adult patients and their families to stay while receiving medical care at WVU, is looking for service organizations to provide dinner for 20 to 40 Family House guests. For more information, call 304-5986094 or email rfh@wvuh.com.

LITERACY VOLUNTEERS is seeking volunteers for one-onone tutoring in basic reading and English as a second language.

Volunteer tutors will complete tutor training, meet weekly with their adult learners, report volunteer hours quarterly, attend at least two in-service trainings per year and help with one fundraising event. For more information, call 304-296-3400 or email trella. greaser@live.com.

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

THE WELLWVU CONDOM CLOSET is held in the Kanawha Room of the Mountainlair every Wednesday from 11 a.m.-noon.

The closet sells condoms for 25 cents each or five for $1.00.

THE WELLWVU CONDOM CARAVAN is held in the main area of the Mountainlair from noon-2 p.m. every Wednesday. The caravan sells condoms for 25 cents each or five for $1.00.

MOUNTAINEER SPAY/NEUTER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM is an all-volunteer nonprofit that promotes spay/neuter to reduce the number of homeless pets that are euthanized every year.

M-SNAP needs new members to help its cause, as does ReTails, a thrift shop located in the Morgantown Mall. For more information, visit www.m-snap.org.

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THE M-TOWN MPOWERMENT PROJECT, a community-building program run by and geared toward young gay or bisexual men 18 to 29, is creating an environment in the Morgantown community where young men can feel empowered to make a difference in their lives. MPowerment also focuses on HIV and STD prevention education. For more information, call 304-319-1803.

nities knock on your door. Make people wait in a manner that shows them they will have your full attention very soon. Tonight: Working late.

this positive energy into the matter at hand. Tonight: Have a little fun.

DAILY HOROSCOPES

BY JACQUELINE BIGAR

BORN TODAY CHANNEL YOUR creativity and hefty magnetism into your day-to-day life.

Individually, these traits could be hard to resist. Together, they could make you a powerhouse.

Eye a new beginning in a key area of your life. Trust in your communication. If you are single, and you would like to change your status, you will have an opportunity to do so. If you are attached, as a couple you can steer your relationship in a new direction, if you so choose. PISCES understands you well.

ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19) HHH Others might not intend to be challenging, but they are. You could be tired of the meetings and from processing information, and want to toss your hands up in the air. However, it would be better to play it lowkey, say less and/or vanish. Tonight: Obviously, you need some time to yourself.

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20) HHHHH See what a demanding person wants, then decide what you want from the situation. Though your immediate reaction could be that you cannot give this person what he or she wants, you will find a way to do just that. Brainstorm with a trusted friend. Tonight: You have a lot to smile about.

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20) HHHH Your mind drifts here, there and everywhere. By midday, you anchor in and handle a demanding project or situation. You are engaged now and not likely to be distracted. Opportu-

CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22) HHHH A partner or loved one dumps his or her problems on you. These problems only become yours if you so choose.

Detach and imagine what it might be like to be this person. Within this framework, you will come up with a solution that works. Tonight: Treat yourself on the way home.

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22) HHHH You might not have control over others, and worrying will not help. Allow others to run with the ball; you cannot stop them anyway. Discussions come out far better if they occur on a one-on-one level. Tonight: Allow another person to present his or her opinions.

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22) HHHH The best of intentions can fall to the wayside. Complete a project that is likely to bring in money. Allow feedback from others. You will like one person’s ideas a lot. Tonight: Accept a dinner invitation.

LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22) HHHH Your imagination impacts your morning. By afternoon, you will focus on each task, project and interaction. Do not forget to make a call or schedule an important meeting. Seeing this person could be most important. Tonight: As late as you can go.

SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21) HHHHH Getting going could be difficult, yet by lunch you are a force to be dealt with. Your creativity peaks this afternoon. Attempt to stay grounded, and project some of

ACROSS 1 Raise, as produce 5 Go badly together 10 Stylish 14 Instant, in product names 15 Madre’s milk 16 Bride’s ride 17 Busy, busy, busy 18 Time __ time: repeatedly 19 “The Wizard __”: comic strip 20 Arborist’s handiwork 22 All there 23 Development developments 24 Jazz guitarist Montgomery 25 Shocking swimmer 26 Windshield nuisance 31 Average guys 34 H.S. elite 35 Older woman’s young lover, facetiously 36 Place to make deposits, briefly 37 Bouquet delivery letters 38 Dream letters 39 Novelist Fleming 40 Alabama’s only seaport 42 Monopoly token 43 Chip in a pot, maybe 44 Result of an errant brushback pitch 47 HDTV brand 48 Out of use, as words: Abbr.

49 Chip in a bowl 53 World dodo population 55 Deli sandwich filler 57 Blue book filler 58 Dust Bowl refugees 59 Pier gp.

60 Religious recess 61 Center 62 Amber brews 63 Dieter’s goal 64 Care for 65 Branching point DOWN 1 Boardroom diagram 2 Fashionably dated 3 Intense dislike 4 One sitting on the stand

5 Attired 6 How liberals lean 7 Helen Hunt or Holly Hunter, e.g.

8 “Jeez, Louise!”

9 Not there 10 Quite near 11 Pretentious, informally 12 Chip-tossing declaration 13 Programmers’ writing 21 ABA member’s title 25 Ancient kingdom near the Dead Sea 27 You, in Yucat‡n 28 Longtime “At the Movies” co-host Roger 29 Capricorn’s animal 30 Holiday song closer 31 Doorway side 32 Siouan tribe 33 Humiliate 37 Pet pest 38 Disorderly place 41 Salaries, wages, etc.

42 Hack’s service 43 Graceful steed 45 One taking bets 46 Conclusion 50 Yo-Yo Ma’s instrument 51 Hacked 52 Worth having 53 Zest 54 Trade show 55 Dot-__: e-businesses 56 This, to Pablo

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Cow and Boy

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SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21) HHHH Make important calls early.

You might want to cocoon and do nothing in the afternoon. You will see a situation a lot differently as a result.

Take some time to reflect on whether you should close your door at work or go for a brief walk. Tonight: Happily head home.

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19) HHH Handle a financial matter immediately in the morning. Phone calls come in from everywhere. Your popularity might interfere with work.

Know how to postpone a meeting without hurting others’ feelings. Tonight: Join a friend, and catch up on his or her news.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18) HHH You start the day as a force to be dealt with. Handle important matters ASAP. By the afternoon, you might find yourself involved in some financial discussions. You will not have time for much else. Tonight: Invite a friend to dinner.

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20) HHHH You wake up on the wrong side of the bed. The contrast between how you feel then and later in the afternoon could be astonishing. There is very little that will stop you. The smart move would be to bring up a situation you were concerned about. Handle it as well. Tonight: Go out of bounds.

BORN TODAY HUMORIST ERMA BOMBECK (1927), fashion designer Hubert de Givenchy (1927), producer David Geffen (1943)

Pearls Before Swine

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WVU officially joins Big 12 by nick arthur

associate sports editor

After months of anticipation, it finally became official Sunday.

West Virginia University departed from the Big East Conference to join the Big 12 Conference.

Hundreds of Mountaineer athletes, coaches and guests gathered to celebrate the memorable day in institution history.

“It’s a great day to be a

Mountaineer in Morgantown,” said newly named Mountaineer Mascot Jonathan Kimble. “All the athletes and coaches have been excited for this for a long time.

It’s going to be a great year.”

In attendance were not only the athletes and coaches, but also WVU President James P. Clements, Athletic Director Oliver Luck and Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby.

Luck was the first of the three to address the crowd and feels the Mountaineers

are prepared both academically and athletically to contend in their new conference.

“We’re embarking on a big adventure, and we’re going to have a lot of fun doing it,” Luck said. “I feel very comfortable that as we raise the bar for athletic programs at our University that we will be able to compete and compete very well.”

President Clements didn’t take long at the podium to compliment Luck on his hard work to help guide the Uni-

versity in the difficult times of conference realignment in collegiate athletics.

“How about a round of applause for the best athletic director in the country,” Clements said.

With athletics as the main determinant of the destination for universities around the country during realignment, Clements doesn’t feel the other side of the equation should be overlooked.

“We’re a partner in athletics, but we’re also a partner in

academics,” he said. “The Big 12 is thrilled to have us. They know we’re a wonderful fit…

We will make the Big 12 very proud to have West Virginia as a member.”

Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby, who was named to his position in early May, is also new to the Big 12.

But, with stints in conferences such as the Big 10 and the Pac-12 as an athletic director, Bowlsby understands what it takes to compete at a high level and realizes the

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Matt Humphrey fitting in at West Virginia after transferring from Boston College sports editor

Matt Humphrey is in very exclusive company, but not for anything he’s done on the basketball court.

He’s part of a small group of college basketball players to transfer twice during their career.

After spending his first two seasons at Oregon, he left for Boston College when head coach Ernie Kent was fired. Humphrey sat out a season before being looked at to lead a young Boston College team that struggled to a 9-22 season. He decided to transfer again shortly after the end of the season.

“Transferring is not something that you want to do,” Humphrey said. “It’s not something I was happy about, but I was in two really difficult situations. You just have to do what’s best for you moving forward.”

Once he made the decision to leave Boston College, Humphrey began hearing from schools who were interested in adding him for his final season of eligibility.

One of the teams that were on the 6-foot-5 guard, who was eligible to play immediately after completing his undergraduate degree at Boston College last season, was West Virginia.

“You do your homework on schools. You’re not going to be interested in a school where you might not have an opportunity to play, but you have to understand that there are guys who have been there, performed well and earned their right to play next year,” Humphrey said.

“There’s an opportunity here to make an impact right away. We’ve got some young guys, and they definitely need some more experience, and I just appreciate them coming after me and giving me the opportunity to play.”

Something that really stood out to Humphrey as he was going through trying to figure out what team he would play his senior year with was West Virginia head coach Bob Huggins, who really made a great impression on him.

And, after just a week of working

with the veteran coach, he knows what people were talking about when they described what it would be like to play for him.

“Huggs is Huggs,” Humphrey said. “No offense to any coaches I’ve ever player for before, but you can definitely see why he’s got 700 wins. He demands a lot out of us and everybody goes out and gets stuff done. I like that a lot.”

When he got to Morgantown last week, Humphrey had an easy time fitting in with the rest of the team.

He attributed a lot of that ease during the transition period to sophomore guard Aric Dickerson.

Humphrey has known Dickerson since the two were growing up together in Chicago.

“You’re not an alien when you know somebody else that’s already been with the team for a while,” Humphrey said. “Sometimes with transfers, the other players don’t really know what you’re going to do when you come in. They could feel threatened and stuff like that, but it was never like that with me being here with these guys.

“They like me, I like them and we’re ready to get to work.”

During his career, Humphrey has been a productive player. He played 16 minutes per game during his two years at Oregon and was one of two players to average more than 10 points while playing 30.3 minutes per game for Boston College last year.

But the one thing he hasn’t gotten to experience yet in his college career is the chance to play in the NCAA tournament.

Now that he’s at WVU, he realizes that drought could be coming to an end soon.

“That’s really my goal for this year. I really want to finally get into the tournament and win some games,” he said. “We break down the huddle, ‘national championship,’ every day, and there’s a reason for that. That’s what it’s all about.

“This is the last year, and I don’t think we should be aiming for anything less.” james.carvelli@mail.wvu.edu

men’s basketball

KJ signs with Cavaliers as undrafted free agent by michael carvelli sports editor

After going undrafted in Thursday night’s NBA draft, it didn’t take long before former West Virginia forward Kevin Jones found a landing spot as a free agent.

According to his agent, Bill Neff, Jones has a “multiyear commitment with some money up front,” to become a Cleveland Cavalier next season. He will play on Cleveland’s summer league team and have the chance to make the NBA team or play for the Cavaliers’ Developmental League team, the Canton Charge.

“Cleveland has a history of trying to do this,” Neff said to The Daily Athenaeum Monday. “They’ve tried to develop young guys who weren’t drafted or were picked at the end of the second round and turn them into rotation guys. They called us twice before the draft to interview down there, but he wasn’t able to

make it there both times, and they still wanted him.

Based on that, we felt it was the best place for him to go.”

The Cavaliers were the first team to contact Neff about Jones after the draft and the other team Jones was considering was the Charlotte Bobcats.

Heading into the draft, Neff told Adam Zagoria of SNY.tv a team had committed to drafting Jones in the first round or early part of the second round.

“At the end of the day, he’s going to have to go out and beat somebody out to make a team — and I’m confident Kevin can do that,” Neff said after the draft. “Kevin’s just going to have to show teams that he’s a monster, and he’s done it before when people don’t think he can do it.”

Neff said a blueprint has been set for players like Jones, who have gone undrafted but want to have successful careers in the NBA. Ben Wallace and Udonis Haslem weren’t taken in the

draft, but became key contributors on teams that won NBA titles.

Another low-post player, Brad Miller, became a twotime NBA all-star.

So, there’s evidence Jones has a chance to be successful in the league as long as he’s willing to work hard enough to get there.

Neff doesn’t think that will be a problem.

“You’ve got to make a team first, then you’ve got to find a way to hang around the league for a while so that when you finally get your chance you can hit it out of the park,” Neff said. “That’s how you get into this league when you aren’t one of those chosen 30 in the first round.”

Being overlooked is nothing new for Jones.

Before he came to WVU, people didn’t know how successful he would be because of his athleticism and how he stacked up in comparison to some of the other highly touted players. But at the NBA level it

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Kevin Jones wasn’t picked in the NBA draft last week, but he has agreed to sign with the Cleveland Cavaliers as an undrafted free agent. comes down to the players who will be able to contribute and produce.

“Even if you’re a secondround pick, you have to produce, or you’re not going to make it,” Neff said.

“I remember when he was in high school, Kevin was kind of the ugly duckling and colleges didn’t want

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Senior guard Matt Humphrey decided to come to West Virginia after finishing second in scoring at Boston College last season. WVU will be the third school Humphrey has played for during his college career.

by michael carvelli

Mountaineers will have to make adjustments.

“We are very excited to have TCU and West Virginia joining this league. You’re joining a very rich heritage, and you bring your own rich heritage along with it,” Bowlsby said.

“It isn’t going to be easy.

You will find the competition in every sport, on every day, from top to bottom in the league, is first grade.”

him, and it happened again when he went through the draft process.

“I’d bet on him to succeed though. He’s been told all his life he wasn’t going to be good enough, and he’s proven everyone wrong every chance he’s had to do it.” james.carvelli@mail.wvu.edu

There have been a lot of changes with the leadership of West Virginia Athletic Director Oliver Luck and head football coach Dana Holgorsen.

Luck has successfully guided the Mountaineers to the Big 12 Conference, while Holgorsen has implemented an explosive “Air Raid” offense. Between West Virginia’s move away from the stagnant Big East Conference and Holgorsen’s new high-flying offense, higherquality recruits beginning to think about joining the WVU football program.

One approach Luck and Holgorsen took this season to attract prospects to Morgantown was introducing new gray uniforms. There have also been talks about a complete new line of WVU uniforms next season.

“It’s a recruiting thing,” Holgorsen said to the Charleston Daily Mail. “If you look across the country, we’re behind on this.

Everyone is going (Nike) Pro Combats. Everyone has three or four new uniforms.

We’re far from that. It’s recruiting. Why is everyone doing it? Because the kids want it, it’s television and marketing, and the kids get excited about what they can see.”

West Virginia donned Nike Pro Combat uniforms in the 2010 Backyard Brawl, and later that year in the Champs Sports Bowl against North Carolina State. The uniforms paid tribute to the West Virginia coal mining industry with a coal color scheme and canary yellow stripe down the helmet.

The new gray uniforms, with gold and blue accents, will be the first new uniform to be added to the blue, gold and white rotation since the 2010 Nike Pro Combats.

With the addition of the gray helmets, jerseys and pants, the Mountaineers have 32 different combinations to choose from.

As for the future, there has been speculation that there will be a complete overhaul of the Mountaineers’ uniforms. While nothing is official, there are a number of options Luck, Holgorsen and the Mountaineers can choose for the makeover.

One option, and a personal favorite of mine, is paying tribute to the history of West Virginia football by going old school. Obviously, the old-school uniforms would need to be updated, but lightening from navy to a deep royal blue and keeping the old gold would provide a refreshing update to a classic Mountaineer look.

The Mountaineers have a number of options for their helmet, as well. While the color will most likely match the uniforms, it is possible school officials will go away from the iconic “Flying WV” logo that has donned the Mountaineer helmets since 1980.

Continuing with the oldschool theme, maybe the Mountaineers could go back to the logo that featured an outline of the state of West Virginia with a football overtop and “WVU” running diagonally inside the pigskin. WVU could even unite old with new with a hy-

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Tuesday July 3, 2012

SPORTS | 7

Bowlsby, Luck believe future is bright in Big 12 photos from the big 12 welcome celebration

by michael carvelli sports editor

While the Big 12 Conference was welcoming two new schools into the league Sunday, it was also in the process of breaking in a new league commissioner.

“It feels like I’m getting welcomed myself,” said Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby. “Having only been on the job for three weeks, it’s been a lot of fun to get fully immersed and fully engaged.”

Bowlsby took the reigns as the head of the Big 12 from Chuck Neinas on June 16 after spending the last six years as Stanford’s athletic director.

But, even when he was still at Stanford, Bowlsby was working behind the scenes getting ready for his move to commissioner.

“I essentially had two jobs for six weeks. I was carrying two cell phones and two iPads, and I was getting two sets of voice messages,” Bowlsby said.

“It was all right in the middle of the BCS negotiations, and the TV negotiations and the acclimation of West Virginia and TCU. I haven’t had any trouble staying busy.

“There were some important things going on and some things that we needed to get right, so that made it imperative that I had to stay busy.”

The Big 12’s new commissioner is getting to come into the conference during a great time of change in the landscape of college athletics.

With the two new schools joining the league and the changes that have come with a playoff in college football, it’s only fitting the Big 12 is moving forward with a new person in charge of leading the league. And the schools have faith Bowlsby will be able to lead the Big 12 to where it wants to go.

West Virginia Athletic Director Oliver Luck thinks, between what in-

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Athletic Director Oliver Luck, left, speaks during the Big 12 welcome celebration with President James P. Clements, middle, and Big 12 Conference Commissioner Bob Bowlsby.

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Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby speaks during the Big 12 welcome celebration on Sunday. Bowlsby took over as commissioner June 16. terim commissioner Chuck Neinas did to keep the league together last year and what Bowlsby has the ability to do, the Big 12 will be in great shape.

“Chuck Neinas did a phenomenal job. He was the one who really invited us into the conference and saw the value that we could bring,” Luck said. “There is some symmetry in TCU and West Virginia coming in at the same time that the new commissioner is coming in. That could be really nice for all involved.”

Luck got to know Bowlsby when two of his children were student-athletes at the time Bowlsby was at the school.

“He’s seen it all,” Luck said of Bowlsby. “He appreciates the academic mission that all the schools have. It’s easy to talk about sports and how much fun it is, but ultimately we’re trying to help the student-athletes get through school with a meaningful degree and get good job opportunities.

“He knows all 360 de-

grees of what every athletic department is trying to accomplish and he has a great understanding of the Big 12 and what the conference wants to get done.”

At this time last year, it looked like the Big 12 was on the verge of breaking down.

Now, with Bowlsby at the helm, it has a chance to continue to thrive as one of the nation’s premier athletic conferences in every sport.

“It looked to me like at least some of the issues with the league were selfinflicted, and as much as I could tell, we’re over those things,” Bowlsby said. “We really are looking progressively at the future and are in very good position to capitalize on some of the coming opportunities.

“With the progress we’ve made on the BCS and things we’re doing with our TV negotiations and the addition of the new members, I feel very good about the stability of the league.” james.carvelli@mail.wvu.edu

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Continued from page 6 brid logo, such as the “Flying WV” on top of the state outline.

The possibilities are literally infinite. WVU may go with a completely new look, such as black uniforms that fans and players have speculated toward. While black uniforms would most likely be alternates to the traditional blue and gold color scheme, the possibility excites senior running back Shawn Alston.

“Like, if (they) went out and got some all-black (uniforms) I might redshirt this year and come back next year,” Alston said.

As I mentioned, none of these changes are definite or official, but as Mountaineer Nation knows, with the new regime of Luck and Holgorsen, anything is possible. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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West Virginia wide receiver Ryan Nehlen wearing the new grey jerseys the WVU football team will be wearing this season.

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The University celebrates its entrance into the Big 12 with a custom-made cake at Touchdown Terrace during the Big 12 Celebration Picnic Sunday.

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The Big 12 logo was applied to Mountaineer Field last week to commemorate WVU’s entrance into the new conference.

West Virginia officially became a member of the Big 12 Sunday.

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All Good Festival ready to host new location by jeremiah yates A&e editor

The All Good Music Festival and Campout is right around the corner, and it’s ready to give its festivalgoers a new experience.

This will be the first year for the event in its new location, the Legend Valley Music Festival Venue in Thornville, Ohio, and will last from July 19-22.

For those who may be upset the festival moved from the Morgantown area, don’t fret, Legend Valley is only a few hours down the road and is located right off of Interstate 70, so it is easy to find.

The artist schedule has been released, along with a new way for tickets to be purchased. The All Good Festival is offering four-, three- and two-day passes, so fans don’t have to pay for more than they want to see.

Four-day passes are $199.

A three-day (Friday arrival) pass is $175.00 A two-day (Saturday arrival) pass is $109.

The three- and two-day passes are will call only

and are limited in supply.

Those purchasing threeor two-day passes must provide an email confirmation when claiming tickets.

All tickets purchased at the gate will be charged the gate price. Price includes camping, parking of standard vehicles and all entertainment.

This year’s schedule hosts a variety of musical genres and as always, there are no overlapping sets.

Phil Lesh and Friends headlines Thursday night, playing from 10 p.m–1:15 a.m. with Shpongle presents The Masquerade playing the late-night set from 1:15–3:15 a.m.

Friday night is headlined by the Flaming Lips from 10:15 p.m. –2:15 a.m., with a late-night set by Galactic from 1 a.m.–3 a.m.

On Saturday, The Allman Brothers Band will play from 10 p.m.–12:30 a.m. followed by a latenight set by Lotus from 1:15-3:15a.m.

Finally, the festival will wrap up on Sunday with a headlining appearance by Michael Franti & Spear-

head. For more information on The All Good Music Festival and Campout, as well as the full schedule, visit www.allgoodfes-

tival.com.

While the festival is arranged to ensure that attendees don’t have to pick and choose which artist

Cos Fest to benefit domestic violence victims by jeremiah yates a&e editor

123 Pleasant Street is hosting Cos Fest 2012, a benefit to raise awareness about domestic violence.

Domestic violence is a common threat to the American household and effects millions of lives daily. According to the Domestic Resource Center, three out of every four Americans know at least one person who is or

was a victim of domestic violence.

While women are more likely to fall victim to domestic violence, it can happen to anyone, including men.

Jason Pownell, an employee of 123 Pleasant Street, has organized the first annual Cos Fest, a benefit to raise awareness on domestic violence in the honor of his late friend Jeramy Richard Cosner, who died in 2005

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Furthur plays to an enthusiastic crowd at the 2011 All Good Music and Arts Festival.

from an incident of domestic violence.

Cos Fest also is aimed at demonstrating that women are not the only victims of domestic violence.

“It’s not always a female victim. When you mention domestic violence, people always think of a battered woman,” says Pownell.

There will be 13 bands and two disc jockeys playing.

The event will be starting at 1 p.m. and will be

admit all ages from 1-6:30 p.m. It will feature family friendly music and prizes to be raffled.

The show will continue from 6:30p.m.-2:20 a.m., but only for those who are 18 or older.

Cost is $10 (or best donation).

All proceeds will be donated to the domestic violence shelters of Morgantown and Fairmont. jeremiah.yates@mail.wvu.edu

he or she wants to see the Make sure to drink most, it is a good idea that plenty of water and limit the festivalgoers do take it alcohol intake. easy and are careful not to jeremiah.yates@mail.wvu.edu over-exert themselves.

Avon taps Bon Jovi for new Unplugged fragrances NEW YORK (AP) — Jon Bon Jovi is going Unplugged in a bottle.

Avon Products Inc. announced Monday that the 50-year-old rock star is the company’s newest celebrity fragrance partner. He’ll appear in ads for both Unplugged for Her and Unplugged for Him. The company said the inspiration for both scents is the unique feeling one has listening to a favorite song.

The goal is “an emotional connection.”

The women’s version, which will be available through Avon representatives and online in October, is a floral oriental perfume, and the men’s is a woody floral musk fragrance. It will go on sale in November.

Both Avon and Bon Jovi said admiration for each other’s involvement in philanthropy largely drew them together as partners.

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‘Ted’ delivers, cements MacFarlane’s genius

by Hunter Homistek A&E writer

Seth MacFarlane has a formula, and it works.

Writer of hit television animated comedies “Family Guy” and “American Dad,” MacFarlane has taken his talents to Hollywood for an entirely new venture: a full-length feature film simply titled “Ted.” “Ted” tells the story of John Bennett (Mark Wahlberg), a lonely Massachusetts native whose childhood is dominated by his singular friend, his teddy bear, Ted. While Ted is like other teddy bears in that he is brown, fuzzy and exceptionally cute, he is unlike these same stuffed creatures in other key ways.

For instance, he can talk.

And walk.

And curse, and smoke pot and invite prostitutes home for a friendly game of Truth or Dare.

Just as one would expect from MacFarlane, “Ted”

provides an abundance of raunchy humor and perverse situations, but all of this is made exceptionally effective through the snuggly title character.

Watching somebody sing karaoke to Hootie & the Blowfish in an exaggerated, over-the-top ’90s style is pretty funny, but watching a drunk teddy bear do the same is positively hysterical.

Such is “Ted” MacFarlane took an average coming-of-age plot and made it phenomenal through his brilliant comedic sense and sensational dialogue.

His ability to craft an ordinary situation into something funny and noteworthy has made him one of our generation’s premier comedy writers, and his successful run in this realm continues with “Ted.” For the film’s 100 minutes, the audience was laughing nonstop. I legitimately missed some scenes of the movie because I was still laughing

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‘Ted,’ starring Mark Wahlburg, hit theaters this weekend. from the previous scene – it’s just that funny.

While fans of MacFarlane’s previous work will undoubtedly find happiness and elation in “Ted,” the film’s live acting and

R-rating allow for comedy that shows like “Family Guy” cannot pull off.

MacFarlane expertly uses Ted as an uncensored and unfiltered device for his comedy, and the re-

sults are simply stellar.

“Ted” may change your perception of that cuddly and innocent teddy bear you so loved as a child, but you will be too hungover from laughs to care.

If you are interested in the comedy event of the summer (and probably the year), a visit with a talking teddy bear is in order.

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Whitechapel stays true to sound on newest release hunter holistek a&e writer

Knoxville, Tenn., deathcore group Whitechapel has released its fourth studio album, “Whitechapel,” under Metal Blade Records.

The band, which is known and revered for its fervent tempo and allaround brutal style of metal, stayed true to form on this album and delivered one of the year’s heaviest showings to date.

From the opening track, “Make it Bleed,” listeners know they are getting a dose of the same with a pinch of the new from Whitechapel, and this notion adequately summarizes the album as a whole.

“Make it Bleed” begins with a beautifully composed

piano intro that builds into a signature Whitechapel tune. Heavy extendedrange guitars are met with a drum beat that can only be described as ferocious and, after vocalist Phil Bozeman joins the party with his signature guttural vocal style, the track is off.

In typical Whitchapel fashion, it has its share of tempo changes and breakdowns, but the theme of brutality remains for the track’s duration. The track is heavy, and it is fast. Most importantly, though, it is expertly crafted.

On previous Whitechapel releases like “This is Exile” and “A New Era of Corruption,” I sometimes felt the group would ramble and meander through tracks, lost in a sea of blast

beats and detuned chugging guitars.

“Whitechapel,” however, delivers something different at this compositional level. Tracks on this release have distinct sections that never seem to carry on for too long a welcome change from the band.

Similarly, breakdowns and choruses are hit at just the right times, and this creates a listening experience that is gratifying and pleasant (or at least as pleasant as extreme metal can be).

Sticking with this theme of planned craftsmanship, “Whitechapel” closes the final track, “Possibilities of an Impossible Existence,” with the same piano composition that opened the CD. This serves to bring the album full circle, and it is an

excellent way to cool off after the intense ride that Whitechapel so graciously provided.

The latest self-titled release by Whitechapel is the best constructed of the band’s four studio efforts, and it is a great addition to the group’s catalog.

While previous albums from the Tennessee natives left me entertained but a bit disappointed and craving more, “Whitechapel” serves as a huge step forward for the group and is a downright satisfying listening experience.

For those wanting a CD that is excellently produced, heavy and pedal-tothe-metal, “Whitechapel” is the ticket to happiness.

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Whitechapel’s new release ‘Whitechapel’ hit stores June 19.

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