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Thursday November 8, 2012
Volume 126, Issue 58
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SGA honors outstanding professor By Lacey Palmer Staff writer
Members of West Virginia University’s Student Government Association honored an outstanding professor for his efforts in service to the University. Governor Aziz Alshammari read a proclamation during Wednesday’s regularly scheduled meeting and presented Sam Ameri with an Outstanding Faculty Award. Ameri was recently
named an outstanding faculty member in the petroleum and national gas engineering department. “For me, as a governor in the Student Government Association and the Society of Petroleum Engineering president, it’s an honor to present this award to Professor Sam Ameri,” Alshammari said. “Professor Sam puts his heart and soul into his work, his students and his University.” Ameri serves as the chair
of the petroleum and natural gas engineering department, and has more than 30 years of distinguished service in both industry and academia. He is also active in the Society of Petroleum Engineers and is a 1973 graduate of West Virginia University. “I’d also like to take this opportunity to express my thanks and appreciation to you, all the governors and everyone involved in this association,” Ameri said.
New student org to provide global aid by lacey palmer staff writer
A recently formed student organization at West Virginia University is looking to support people in need on a global scale. MedLife is a national organization that strives to provide aid in the form of health care and community service projects for free to the people of Peru, Ecuador and Panama. The club will have their first meeting Thursday evening at 6:30 p.m. in Room 122 Ming Hsieh Hall. Sophomore premedical studies student Cody Mullens wanted to form the first West Virginia University MedLife chapter, because he recognized the health care issues in these countries and does not believe there are enough organizations for prehealth care students on campus. “ The organizations that do exist are directed more towards students planning to go to medical school rather than nursing, pharmacy, dentistry or physical therapy students,” Mullens said. The group will partake in mobile clinics, where they will travel to one of the three countries and work with the health care professionals there to provide health care for the needy. One day during the week-long trip, participants will participate in a community service activity – anything from helping construct a staircase to helping build a school. Although Mullens admits forming an organization as a sophomore was intimidating at first, he realized it would be incredibly beneficial for the university, as well as the citizens of Peru, Ecuador and Panama. “There are over a billion people in the world that don’t have health care access,” Mullens said. “The more organizations we can establish, the more we can help those people and impact that number.” As Mullens began
to get the word out for the organization and saw the excitement in interested students, he only became more eager to start the organization. Though there are a few existing organizations on campus that aim to similiar goals, there are a variety of unique opportunities that are exclusive to MedLife. “I think it will be a humbling experience for all of us when we get to go to some of these countries,” Mullens said. “Being able to leave an organization behind when I graduate that is doing great things like this and helping people worldwide with health care is just the most fulfilling thing to me.” WVU’s MedLife chapter will be the first MedLife organization in the state of West Virginia. According to Mullens, the first goal is to get a good turnout at the meeting and start planning fundraisers. “Through those fundraisers, hopefully we will prove our competency to the national organization and become an established chapter,” Mullens said. The group will also be planning their first mobile clinic trip for the upcoming summer. Mullens believes students should come out to the meeting if they have any interest in health care and community service abroad. “Students that are pre-health care at WVU and all over the country may not understand how large of a problem it is worldwide that these people don’t have access to health care,” Mullens said. “Being able to come to that realization and make a contribution to that will help make anyone going into the health care field a better health care professional in the future.” The first meeting of MedLife will take place in 122 Ming Hsieh Hall at 6:30 p.m. Thursday evening. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu
Students donate $1 to arthritis research for a chance to pie someone in the face.
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by madison fleck staff writer
Alpha Omicron Pi’s (AOII) chapter at West Virginia University hosted their annual “AO Pie in the Face” event yesterday on the Downtown Campus. At the event, students paid one dollar to have the pleasure of throwing a whipped cream pie at one of the sister’s faces. “People come in between classes and everyone is loud and having fun, so more people will stop by,” said AOII’s philanthropy chair Hadley Lawrence. “We’ll tell the fraternities to come and it’s fun to pie people, so everyone really enjoys it.” The money collected from the event will go to the Arthritis Foundation to help fund research for juvenile arthritis – one of AOII’s philanthropies. “Juvenile arthritis is like any arthritis; it doesn’t have a cure,” Lawrence said. “So it’s very important to raise money for research.” AOII’s president Kelsey Young said juvenile arthritis is especially heartbreaking. “It really is sad because these children can’t play sports, they can’t have a normal day at school because they can’t hold a pencil, and they can’t get dressed in the morning,” she said.
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Freshman nutrition student,Caitlin Warner, left, is pied in the face to benefit arthritis research.
Graphic designer to talk ‘social change’ by madison fleck staff writer
Nationally recognized graphic designer Andrew Shea will lecture at the West Virginia University College of Creative Arts School of Art & Design today. In his lecture, “Designing Social Change: Stories, Strategies & Habits,” he will discuss how students can become socially involved in their community. “Students interested in having a positive impact in
their community and neighborhood but who don’t know how to take that first step will really enjoy the lecture,” Shea said. The lecture will last about 45 minutes, and there will be a question and answer period after. Shea is a multidisciplinary graphic designer and writer who lives in New York City. His projects have involved designing identities, motion graphics, web sites, exhibition graphics and publications. He teaches design courses
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ery basketball game in the Coliseum, the concourse will have to be completely renovated to provide facilities for the beer to be sold, she said. Jessica Harris was approved as the co-director of arts during Wednesday’s meeting, and a grant for $500 was approved for Alpha Phi Omega Lambda Omicron to fun a national convention in California.
Alpha Omicron Pi raises funds for arthritis in a tasty, fun way
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“We did a trial run of beer sales at the women’s soccer game this past week, and although the weather was bad and attendance was low, the sales went well,” she said. Rosnick also said beer sales will also be initiated at the new baseball stadium when it is built, and also in the Statler Lounge of the Coliseum for basketball games. Before beer sales can be implemented into ev-
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“You certainly give me a shot in the arm just to do better and I’m very grateful for you,” he said. “Tonight is one of the best evenings of the year for me. Thank you.” Athletic Council member Stephanie Rosnick also announced a new plan to implement beer sales at a variety of WVU sporting events. “I met with Oliver Luck this week, and he had a lot of good news for me,” Rosnick said.
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at Maryland Institute College of Art, Fordham University and Parsons The New School for Design, and he is looking forward to speaking with WVU students. “I’ve heard good things about the design program at WVU,” he said. “I also understand that there’s a class at WVU that uses my book, and I am interested in talking with them about how they are using the book and what projects and strategies they gravitate toward.” His recent book, “Design-
ON THE INSIDE The West Virginia defense had success against TCU after making some critical changes during the bye week. SPORTS PAGE 8
ing for Social Change: Strategies for Community-Based Graphic Design” was published by Princeton Architectural Press and includes strategies to help communitybased graphic design projects become more effective. It includes 20 projects that come from around the country. Shea says he stays very busy but finds himself in need of inspiration at times. “Whenever I need inspiration I usually get away from
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BACK TO THE GRIND WVU is looking to get back to its winning ways when it travels to Stillwater, Okla., Saturday to take on Oklahoma State. SPORTS PAGE 7