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Smoking ban awaits county approval Morgantown Police

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by lydia nuzum

associate city editor

The City of Morgantown will adopt a ban regulating smoking within enclosed public spaces pending the adoption of an ordinance by the Monongalia County Board of Health.

The BOH will vote today to determine the parameters of a county-wide ordinance prohibiting smoking in all enclosed public spaces within the county.

The Monongalia County Clean Indoor Air Regulation will prohibit smoking in most enclosed public spaces, including all means of public transit, retail stores, tobacco businesses, restaurants, private clubs, video lottery parlors, bars, public assembly areas, all portions of public health facilities and enclosed shopping malls.

City Manager Terrence Moore said the current citywide smoking ban that went into effect on Jan. 1 is not enforceable.

“Administratively, we are not enforcing what went into effect on Jan. 1,” Moore said. “On Monday, the Board of Health will convene to consider a final vote on a county-wide Clean

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A student lights a cigarette on campus last year.

Indoor Air Act. The recommendation to city council will be to adopt what the Board of Health adopts at that meeting.”

The ordinance will be enforced 60 days after its adoption. If the ordinance is passed January 9 it will become enforceable effective March 9.

The ordinance being considered by the BOH will allow ex-

emptions to the ban for specific establishments. Businesses in which smoking will not be prohibited under the ban will include hookah lounges, private residences not utilized as a child care facility, cigar bars and bingo operations that distribute more than 100 bingo cards or sheets.

“The city and the county will be able to achieve a unified environment in regard to this ordinance,” Moore said.

City council will consider the smoking ban during regularly scheduled meetings Jan. 17 and Feb. 7.

“The majority of comments we have received have been in favor of the smoking ban,” said Morgantown Mayor Jim Manilla. “I’ve been a business man, and I personally would not allow smoking in my business, but that’s the choice that I would have made. The majority of the constituents I represent want this ban.”

The BOH meeting to vote on the Clean Indoor Air Act will take place at 9:30 a.m. in the Monongalia County Health Department training center. lydia.nuzum@mail.wvu.edu

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The Morgantown Police Department offered West Virginia University students away from home peace of mind during winter break with vacant property security checks.

Morgantown Police caught four individuals in the act of breaking in during the holidays by performing random drive-by surveillance checks and physically surveying the homes of students who signed up for the service, according to Chief Ed Preston.

Preston said the four cases are still under investigation at this time.

“It’s unfortunate because we anticipate the victims are students that may not even know they’re victims yet,” Preston said. “These routine checks provide visibility and let people know we’re out there. Our hope is that people are less likely to break the law if they’re able to see our presence in the community.”

Preston said students leaving home for long periods of time should follow simple crime prevention tips such as having a friend check their mail, since perpetrators often identify potential victims by overflowing mailboxes.

“Even though these tips are simple, they’re important.

Time after time we see residents not following them, and something as simple as keeping a light on or having someone trim your shrubbery can make a big difference.”

City Manager Terrence

Moore has been working closely with local law enforcement to keep the campus community safe, and he helped make the property checks a part of day-to-day operations.

“We have a community oriented policing model here that benefits the community as a whole, and we work hard to provide relief and comfort to students as much as we can,” Moore said. “The purpose of procedures like these is to ensure safety of students and all residents as well as keep crime at a minimum, and discourage any unlawful activity by promoting a wide community presence.”

Moore said issues like these are just another aspect of serving a campus community – something he’s used to.

Before coming to Morgantown, he served as the city manager of Las Cruces, New Mexico, home of New Mexico State University.

“It’s definitely different offering leadership and guidance in a university community as opposed to an average community. Thus, the need for more collaborative efforts with local law enforcement,” Moore said. “Our model has been designed to cater to the needs of our community, and we recognize it as a university community with a large, diverse population.”

Students can make a request for a vacant property security check at www.Morgantown. com by selecting the Online Services tab. mackenzie.mays@mail.wvu.edu

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Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum pointedly asked Romney during the debate why he hadn’t sought re-election after one term as governor in the neighboring state.

“Why did you bail out?” Santorum asked.

Romney fired back with a reference to Santorum’s lucrative career in the six years since he lost his Senate seat. Describing politicians who lose office but stay in Washington “and make money as lobbyists or conducting their businesses,” Romney said, “I think it stinks.”

Romney won the Iowa caucuses last Tuesday by a scant eight votes over Santorum, but he is so far ahead in New Hampshire polls that his rivals have virtually conceded he will win.

But they’ve also joined with an unlikely ally in fueling an evolving expectations game.

“If Mitt Romney doesn’t get over 50 percent on Tuesday here, being a former governor of the state right next door and having a family home here, then there’s something seriously wrong,” said Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who spoke to reporters outside the debate hall.

An increasingly confident Romney campaign countered by highlighting the possibility of back-to-back victories in Iowa and New Hampshire.

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will overwhelm all the other coverage of the race to this point,” senior Romney adviser Eric Fehrnstrom said. “No nonincumbent Republican has won both Iowa and New Hampshire.”

New Hampshire success has traditionally helped shape the outcome of the subsequent contest in South Carolina, which holds the South’s first primary on Jan. 21.

While Gingrich, Santorum and the rest of Romney’s rivals direly need success in South Carolina, Romney noted that he has been endorsed by that state’s governor, Nikki Haley, who visited New Hampshire on his behalf this weekend.

Still, Santorum shifted his focus to South Carolina as he tries to become the favored candidate of social conservatives.

He scheduled a brief visit to upstate South Carolina Sunday to pick up the endorsement of former Republican presidential candidate Gary Bauer. Both Santorum and an outside group supporting him are pumping money into the state for TV ads, starting Monday, after aides said the former Pennsylvania senator pulled in $2 million in the two days after the Iowa caucuses.

Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, who skipped Iowa in hopes of a breakout showing in New Hampshire, was mobbed at a coffee shop in Hampstead, where he stood on the counter to ask the crowd to mobilize on his behalf.

PASS program helps freshmen students get back on track by mike atkinson staff writer

West Virginia University is Preparing to Achieve Student Success with its PASS program.

The program, which was developed by WVU Student Affairs and Academic Affairs, is dedicated to helping freshmen get back on track.

The program consists of two major parts: a Mid-Year Academy and a semester-long tutoring program.

The Mid-Year Academy began Sunday on the Downtown and Evansdale campuses, where freshmen with a grade point average of less than 2.0 were able to meet with their advisers, attend up to three rotating sessions of their choice and attend an information fair.

“We hold the Academy be-

fore classes start to ensure students will start the semester on the right foot,” said Regan Bruni, Student Success and Retention Programs Coordinator.

“We hope students can see this as a helpful program and not as a punitive one. We have the same goals as the students – to see them succeed.”

PASS offers five special programs to help financially struggling freshmen and students are able to choose to find the one that best benefits them, Bruni said.

The sessions include “Need a Helping Hand?” presented by Disability Services about assistive technology, “Want to Try Something New?” presented by Career Services, about degree options and “Where to Live?” presented by Campus Housing, about suitable housing options.

“What makes this program unique is that students can choose what will benefit them the most,” Bruni said.

The information fair at the Mid-Year Academy consists of more than 20 representatives from different groups at the University.

“The fair has basically everything a student might need,” Bruni said. “I’m really excited.

I think this, combined with the other things we’ve been doing, will help a lot of students get back on track.”

A self-assessment is available online where students can evaluate their first semester and state which services they’ve used and which services they wish they would’ve used. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — With the hours slipping away before New Hampshire’s presidential primary, Republican rivals fought on multiple fronts Sunday to slow Mitt Romney’s march toward his party’s nomination.

Their efforts were on display in a combative morning debate and in campaign stops across the state amid the growing belief that the window to stop Romney’s momentum was closing.

Having narrowly won last week’s Iowa caucuses, the former Massachusetts governor is the overwhelming front-runner in New Hampshire’s election Tuesday – the first presidential primary election in the nation – and is poised to do well in the subsequent contests.

“The case for the alternative is rapidly disappearing,” Romney adviser Tom Rath said.

With that fear in mind, the Republican contenders fanned out across the state Sunday to deliver their closing arguments directly to voters.

Gingrich, the former House speaker, blasted Romney as a “Massachusetts moderate” and warned that a video being released by his allies would attack Romney’s business career.

“To quote the governor, you have to have broad shoulders and you have to be able to take the heat to be in the kitchen,” Gingrich said.

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County-wide smoking ban inhibits freedom The dangers of smoking are indisputable. Most people are well aware of the risk they take when lighting up, and in a free country they should have the right to do so.

Owners of private establishments should have the right to ban or permit smoking if they choose.

The City of Morgantown, which has been in the process of instating a smoking ban for four years, is now on the verge of accomplishing its mission.

The Morgantown smoking

ban, in effect Jan. 1, will have the final vote today, but cannot be enforced until 60 days after it has passed.

The Monongalia County Board of Health will vote today to determine the final outcome of the ban.

The Monongalia County Clean Indoor Air Regulation will prohibit smoking in most enclosed public spaces including: all means of public transit, retail stores, tobacco businesses, restaurants, private clubs, video lottery par-

lors, bars, public assembly areas, all portions of public health facilities, and enclosed shopping malls.

The issue of (second hand) smoke can be solved without inhibiting the freedoms of those who wish to continue to smoke.

It could be solved through the simple principles of supply and demand.

There are demands for bars and restaurants that smokers and non-smokers can enjoy.

If the decision to ban smok-

ing was left to the owners of these establishments, the demands of both smokers and non-smokers would be met.

To ensure that there would be non-smoking establishments, the city could offer a limited number of smoking permits to business owners of Morgantown, leaving those who could not obtain one to be non-smoking.

While this solution still inhibits some freedoms, it does give both smokers and nonsmokers a balanced solution.

Those who wish to smoke will have a place to do so, and those who do not want to be around smoke don’t have to be.

The Monongalia County Board of Health should promote healthier lifestyles for its citizens, but it should not force all establishments to be non-smoking.

Laws should be made to protect the rights and freedoms of all citizens.

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President Obama is not worthy of the liberal vote brandon muncy columnist

The continued admiration of President Barack Obama by liberals remains a baffling and somewhat frustrating topic to me.

Despite being a continuation of the George Bush Presidency, President Obama has received far less criticism from the left than the Republican he succeeded in 2008.

While having presented himself as anti-war and procivil liberties, President Obama has had multiple shortcomings in both realms of those campaign promises.

Firstly, President Obama continued and expanded the War on Terrorism. Yes, he claims war in Iraq has concluded but in reality, it hasn’t.

Actually, there will still be roughly 5,000 security contractors (a nice word for mercenary) staying put.

While this is far lower than the current number of contractors in Iraq and U.S troops are indeed leaving, it’s deceptive to assert the war is actually over.

Even if you buy the argument that the war is over, at least be aware President Obama attempted to extend it and America is merely leaving on the date President Bush had previously assigned.

But the continued Iraqi occupation is not all liberals should be upset about. President Obama extended the Patriot Act, ramped up the Transportation Security Administration (an agency established by President Bush), continues drone bombing Pakistan, signed the National Defense Authorization Act – which has a key passage allowing the indefinite detention of American citizens without Habeas Corpus – and has bailed out corporations and banks with American tax-

payer money.

Overturning “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” a provision which prevented homosexuals from openly serving in the armed forces, was fantastic and to be applauded, but ignoring his failures would be too costly.

The one shining hope liberals can cling to in defense of their candidate is the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known as ObamaCare.

Yet, even this key legislation should not be heralded as the saving grace of President Obama’s first term.

It was drafted by health insurance lobbyists for the benefit of the health insurance industry. Perhaps those on the margin have benefitted by receiving coverage they otherwise wouldn’t have in a more free market setting, but for the rest of us, the cost of said coverage has increased substantially.

Just as free market economists predicted and just like the health insurance industry wanted.

So why, then, do liberals continue to support the current administration?

We’ve gotten more war, more debt, higher health care costs and fewer civil liberties.

Before you argue, “Now Brandon, we both know that the President can’t claim the whole burden of these bad policies. He’s just one man and Congress is responsible as well.”

That claim may be true, but how many times did President Obama exercise the veto option on any of those bills?

In fact, the President has been one of the sole proponents on almost every single policy that has been enacted under his term.

That’s not to suggest Congress shouldn’t receive any of the blame, because they absolutely should, and we all need to vote the Congressmen who have supported those awful policies out of office.

However, people pay the

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President Barack Obama gives a speech. most attention to presidential elections.

Who we elect president sets the tone for what will and will not be permissible by the federal government.

The only other logical argument, a liberal can put forth in defense of his or her support of President Obama is that he is the lesser of two evils; that the Republican nominee will be invariably worse than what we currently have and can’t be allowed to assume office.

Well, that’s a sham of an argument in and of itself.

If the past two Presidents are

any indicator, the next person to assume the Oval Office will continue, and in some cases expand, the same policies that have been brought forward by Presidents Bush and Obama.

But it’s not all doom and gloom for the liberal vote.

There is an unlikely alternative for those who do not wish to see the same policies continued.

There is a true anti-war, pro-civil liberties candidate running in this election, and his name is Ron Paul. His record suggests he is as good as his word, unlike the cur-

rent holder of the office of the President.

While I have long supported Ron Paul for President and written articles in support of his campaign, this is not an article plugging his candidacy. After all, what’s the use in trying to tear down President Obama without offering a solution?

There are very real and alarming issues liberals should have with the current administration, and I’m simply suggesting an alternative to the disenfranchised.

Liberals can either support

a candidate who will continue taking their civil liberties and fight endless wars, but keep the various social programs which they deem as necessary and valuable. Or, they can vote for a candidate who will fight for their civil liberties and take going to war far more seriously than the current administration, but risk losing funding for certain social programs.

I’m not trying to create a false dichotomy because option one includes everyone but Ron Paul.

You can support the status quo or vote for real change.

Morning after pill should be available to all capable of child bearing danielle faipler columnist

On Dec. 7, 2011, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius overruled the Food and Drug Administration’s proposal to allow the emergency contraceptive, Plan B One-step, to be available over-the-counter to all ages.

Currently, the drug is only available to girls 16 and younger with a prescription.

Those 17 and older are able to purchase it with a valid ID. According to an LA Times article, Plan B One-step is most effective if taken 120 hours after unprotected sexual intercourse or contraceptive failure and can reduce the risk of pregnancy by 59 to 94 percent.

According to www.planbonestep.com, if the drug is taken within 72 hours of unprotected sex or contraceptive failure, about seven in eight women “who would have gotten pregnant“ will not become

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pregnant.

This drug should be available over-the-counter to all women who have childbearing potential. However, patients should be mature enough to understand the package label or require counseling from a pharmacist.

All women have a right to control what happens inside of their bodies. This means women should be allowed to have access to emergency contraception that is safe and reliable without age restrictions.

Limited access does not just affect girls who need a prescription; it affects all women because the drug is behind the pharmacy counter. If a woman needs the drug and the pharmacy is closed at Walmart or Kroger, they will have to waste valuable time waiting for the pharmacy to open. And Plan B One-step is most effective if taken in a timely fashion.

However, critics of the FDA’s decision have questioned if the drug is safe and whether more widespread availability would encourage sexual activity among teens. Critics also believe the decision will hinder parental involvement in

their child’s life.

Plan B is one 1.5-milligram dose of levonorgestrel, a synthetic hormone that decreases the chances of pregnancy.

Plan B does not contain estrogen, so it does not have the risk of blood clots that other estrogen-containing drugs have.

There are side effects to the drug. The pill’s website, www. planbonestep.com, lists period changes, nausea, lower abdominal pain, fatigue, headache, dizziness and breast tenderness as symptoms. However, experts say Plan B is safe and dependable. The LA Times quotes Angela Chen, an obstetrician and gynecologist at UCLA, saying, “there are no medical contradictions, and it doesn’t interact with other drugs.”

The drug works by delaying ovulation of an egg and by changing the “lining of the reproductive tract” to inhibit the chances sperm will fertilize an egg, according to www. latimes.com.

Antiabortionists also claim Plan B causes abortions. It is true Plan B can keep a fertilized egg from being implanted, but the drug will not

interfere with pregnancy once the fertilized egg is implanted.

Others who oppose the FDA’s decision to widen the drug’s availability claim it will encourage more promiscuous behavior and unsafe sex. However, studies have not found statistical evidence supporting or disproving this claim.

A 2004 study by the Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology randomly assigned 301 sexually active girls between the ages of 15 and 20 to two groups. One group was given emergency contraception to keep at home, whereas the other group was told to contact the clinic for emergency contraception.

The results were no statistical significance between the groups, but those with the drug used it sooner, when the drug would be more effective.

Also, the group given emergency contraception reported more condom use. The coauthor of the study, Melanie Gold, a pediatrics specialist at the University of Pittsburgh stated, “they told us things (about emergency contraception) like, ‘I didn’t want to use it, but I was glad to know it’s

there,’ and ‘It reminded me to be careful.”

There was no difference in frequency of sex between the two groups, which leads to the assumption that emergency contraception that is readily available does not promote higher sexual activity among teens, just as restricted emergency contraception does not decrease sexual activity.

Opponents also state that parents will be less involved in their children’s lives if emergency contraception is more available.

However, parents have the responsibility to talk to their children about the positive and negative consequences of sex and have an open relationship with their children.

Had my mother regarded sex and everything else as condemnable, I probably would have never been open with her about anything.

Boys and girls need to be educated about sex in school.

Preaching abstinence is not enough; sexually active students (especially young students) could be unaware of contraception methods to prevent pregnancy and sexually

transmitted infections.

About 750,000 girls between the ages of 15 and 19 become pregnant every year, more than half of those pregnancies are carried through.

It is ridiculous that teens become pregnant because of restrictions. It is difficult to think girls are having sex before the age of 13, but the truth is, a small percentage are – and they deserve to have control over their bodies.

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TUESDAY JANUARY 10

THE WVU SWING DANCE CLUB will meet at 7:45 p.m. in Multipurpose Room A of the Student Recreation Center.

No partner needed. Advanced and beginners are welcome.

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A DOCTORAL PIANO RECITAL by Mario Santosa takes place at 6 p.m. in the Bloch Learning and Performance Hall of the Creative Arts Center. For more information, call 304293-4359 or email charlene. lattea@mail.wvu.edu.

THURSDAY JANUARY 12

A CENTER FOR CAREER DEVELOPMENT WELCOME BACK TABLE will be in the atrium on the 3rd floor of the Business and Economics Building from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Learn how the B&E Center for Career Development can assist you with career direction and professional development.

For more information, call 304-293-6512 or email greg. goodwin@mail.wvu.edu.

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THE CHABAD JEWISH STUDENT CENTER offers a free Shabbat Dinner every Friday night at 7 p.m. at the Chabad House. For more information, email Rabbi@JewishWV.org or call 304-599-1515.

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THE PUBLIC RELATIONS STUDENT SOCIETY OF AMERICA meets at 5 p.m. in 205 Martin Hall.

KAPPA PHI, a Christian women’s service organization, meets at 7 p.m. at Wesley United Methodist Church on the corner of N. High and Willey streets. For more information, email kappaphi_pi@hotmail.com or visit www.freewebs.com/kappaphipi.

RIFLE CLUB meets from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in Room 311 of the Shell Building. For more information, email Abbey at aheiskel@mix.wvu.edu or Bob at rdriscol@wvu.edu.

FREE ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE Advanced Conversation Group meets at 6 p.m. at the Blue Moose Cafe for conversation, friendship and free English conversation lessons. New friends are always welcome. For more information, email Erin at mclv_advanced_conversation@yahoo.com.

STUDENTS TAKING ACTION NOW: DARFUR meets at 7 p.m. in the Mountain Room of the Mountainlair. STAND is active in planning events to raise money and awareness on the ongoing genocide in Darfur, Sudan.

For more information, email Felicia at fgilber@mix.wvu.edu or call 732-674-8357.

AIKIDO FOR BEGINNERS is at 6 p.m. at Lakeview Fitness Center.

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WVU CLUB TENNIS is practicing from 9 p.m. to 10 p.m. at Ridgeview Racquet Club. For carpooling, call 304906-4427. New members are always welcome.

CHESS CLUB meets from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the food court of the Mountainlair. Players of all skill levels are invited to come. For more information, email wvuchess@gmail.com.

TRADITIONAL KARATE CLASS FOR SELF-DEFENSE meets at 9 p.m. in Multipurpose Room A of the Student Recreation Center.

THE WVU EQUESTRIAN TEAM meets in Room 2001 of the Agricultural Sciences Building. The Western Equestrian Team will meet at 7 p.m. and the English Equestrian Team will meet at 8 p.m.

RESIDENCE HALL ASSOCIATION will meet at 7:30 p.m. Any issues pertaining to residence halls can be brought up and discussed at this meeting. For more information, email Victoria Ball at vball@mix.wvu.edu.

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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 information, visit www.well.wvu.edu/ wellness.

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NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS meets nightly in the Morgantown and Fairmont areas. For more information, call the helpline at 800-766-4442 or visit www.mrscna.org.

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. to 4 p.m.

Services include educational, career, individual, couples and group counseling. Please visit www.well.wvu.edu to find out more information.

WOMEN, INFANTS AND CHILDREN needs volunteers. WIC provides education, supplemental foods and immunizations for pregnant women and children under five years of age.

This is an opportunity to earn volunteer hours for class requirements. For more information, call 304-598-5180 or 304-598-5185.

BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS, a United Way agency, is looking for volunteers to become Big Brothers and Big Sisters in its one-on-one community-based and school-based mentoring programs. To volunteer, contact Sylvia at 304-983-2823, ext. 104 or email bigs4kids@yahoo.com.

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On a night where it seemed as if records were being broken with each passing minute, West Virginia shocked Clemson 70-33 to become champions of the 2012 Discover Orange Bowl.

Both teams were expected to put up lofty offensive statistics, but nothing could have prepared fans, players and coaches for the historical and relentless offensive onslaught the Mountaineer offense would use to set the new record for most points scored in a bowl game in history.

West Virginia scored 49 points in the first half – the most ever for any half of a bowl game. Junior wide receiver Tavon Austin, who finished the game with 11 catches for 117 yards and four touchdowns, tied a BCS record with three touchdowns in the first half.

Austin’s four receiving touchdowns set new Orange Bowl and BCS records.

The two teams combined for 69 points in the first half alone – the most in any half in BCS history.

Junior quarterback Geno Smith, who won Most Outstanding Player honors, completed 31-of-42 passes for 402 yards, six touchdowns and zero interceptions.

Smith’s six touchdowns broke an Orange Bowl and BCS record held by former USC quarterback Matt Leinart, who threw for five scores against Oklahoma in the 2005.

Smith’s 402 passing yards were the most in Orange Bowl history – surpassing former Michigan quarterback Tom Brady, who threw for 369 yards against Alabama in 2000.

“Never could I have imagined we would’ve done it like this, but you know, it’s all about getting the

victory,” he said.

Seven players recorded receptions for the Mountaineers, including redshirt sophomore Stedman Bailey, who caught five passes for 82 yards and a touchdown.

Redshirt senior Willie Milhouse grabbed three catches for 72 yards and a score.

The Mountaineer rushing attack, missing its leading rusher in freshman Dustin Garrison, was able to find stability and effectiveness in the combination of junior Shawne Alston and freshman Andrew Buie.

Alston ran tough in the trenches, rumbling for 76 yards and two touchdowns on 20 carries.

“The run game helped out a lot,” Smith said. “(Alston) and (Buie) stepped up big tonight, and we just continued to believe and trust our coaching and execute the game plan.”

The Tigers jumped ahead to an early 17-14 lead, but they could not sustain any momentum and spent the majority of the first half watching West Virginia light up the scoreboard.

Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney pointed to his team’s inability to keep momentum as a primary reason why his team struggled.

“We got off to a good start, but we couldn’t keep the momentum on defense,” he said. “Then we got to turning it over and that’s about as good as an offensive performance as I’ve seen from a football team.”

“We felt like we were going on the right foot, but like I said, we turned the ball over and that’s not acceptable.”

Redshirt sophomore quarterback Tajh Boyd completed 24-of46 passes for 250 yards – including two touchdowns and two interceptions. Sophomore wide receiver

DeAndre Hopkins led the Tigers in receiving with 10 catches for 107 yards and a score.

All-American freshman wide receiver Sammy Watkins was limited to just five catches for 66 yards and a touchdown.

“They ran a lot of coverages on me and I couldn’t really get open today,” he said. “They basically just kept behind me and bottled up (Boyd) and the rest of the receivers.”

After moving ahead to a 21-17 lead, it appeared the West Virginia defense was about to cave and continue the trend of switching scores with Clemson.

After driving the field, Clemson was positioned to punch the ball in on a short run inside the one yardline, but redshirt sophomore safety Darwin Cook recovered an Ellington fumble and dashed 99 yards for a score – giving West Virginia a 2817 edge.

It was a lead the Mountaineers would never relinquish.

Senior defensive end Bruce Irvin, who recorded a sack and a forced fumble in the game, tagged the Cook fumble recovery as the key play of the night.

“That took the heart right out of them,” he said. “Darwin Cook made a heads-up play. He might have been the only one in the stadium who knew the ball came out.”

With the victory, the Mountaineers earned a victory in a third different BCS bowl. Head coach Dana Holgorsen became only the third first-year coach to win a BCS game.

“It isn’t about me,” he said. “It is about our seniors. Those guys have been through a lot. They have laid a lot of groundwork. They have been a part of three BCS bowl wins in six years.” charles.schuler@mail.wvu.edu

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Junior quarterback Geno Smith holds up the Discover Orange Bowl MVP trophy after the game. Smith set Orange Bowl records with 401 yards and six passing touchdowns.

Smith shines on big stage in Orange Bowl by michael carvelli sports editor

West Virginia junior quarterback Geno Smith met head coach Dana Holgorsen a little more than a year ago after Holgorsen was brought in to be the team’s offensive coordinator and head coach-in-waiting.

After practically rewriting the school’s record books in 2011, it seems like it’s safe to say the transition went pretty smoothly.

“That’s the beauty about life. Everything can change in one year,” Smith said. “A year ago, no one knew who I was.

I was just a kid trying to make a name for myself, and I still have that same chip on my shoulder.”

Wednesday, on the biggest stage he’s ever played on, Smith didn’t disappoint.

Just three miles away from Miramar High School where he first started to make a name for himself, the Miami native broke Orange Bowl records previously held by Tom Brady and Matt Leinart. Smith finished the game with 401 yards and six touchdowns to lead West Virginia to a 70-33 win over Clemson.

“He was awesome,” said Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney of Smith. “He’s as good as we’ve seen all year, and we knew that coming in. And we didn’t do a good job of disrupting what they were doing in the passing game.”

Smith didn’t do anything different than he had done in any other game.

“It’s just about playing the game,” he said. “I just play the game and let it come to me. I didn’t force things and made

sure that I tried to move the chains.”

S m i t h’s progression throughout the year can be traced back to the growth of his relationship with Holgorsen as it has gotten better throughout the season.

Once it got to a point where the two were on the same wavelengths and got to know each other better, drastic improvements started to come in Smith’s game.

“He demands respect; he demands perfection from his players and he’s someone who’s going to be hard on you and – as a quarterback – you don’t get that all the time,” Smith said. “He’s kind of molded me into a man, and he’s helping me further my career.”

So what exactly was it that got so much better over the course of the season?

As the coaches have said many times, this offense’s success relies a lot on how good communication is between the quarterback and the coach. Toward the end of the year, Smith and Holgorsen communicated better, and the results showed it.

“That’s the main thing with this offense, just making sure that everything is communicated because it goes so fast and the tempo is so sped up,” Smith said. “That’s something that he told me, with the reps and the experience, the communication would be better and it’s helped us out a lot.”

Holgorsen’s attitude has started to rub off on Smith and the rest of the players. It’s easy to see that this West Virginia team had a fire that hadn’t been seen during the last few sea-

sons when it underachieved.

Now that the expectations are high heading into next season, that same attitude that the Mountaineers had this season is going to be crucial to have.

“We’re already confident,” Smith said. “With Coach Holgorsen, you’ve got to be confident because he’s a genius and we just want to come out here and make sure we work twice as hard as we did last year and make sure we can say we’re contenders for next year.”

With added expectations for the team bring added expectations for Smith heading into his senior year.

After such an impressive performance during the regular season and in the Orange

Bowl, he’ll start getting more attention when it comes to individual awards like the Heisman Trophy.

But after the Orange Bowl win, individual accolades were the last thing on Smith’s mind.

He’s not worried about that right now.

He just wants to get back to his hometown again next year to play for the coveted crystal ball that everyone in college football wants.

“My sights are set higher than that,” Smith said. “A Heisman Trophy is fine and dandy but I want to make it back here for the National Championship next year. james.carvelli@mail.wvu.edu

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Orange Bowl a taste of what offense can do In its 70-33 victory over No. 15 Clemson in the Discover Orange Bowl, the No. 23 West Virginia football team put on an awe-inspiring performance that would have been extremely impressive in any game. When you consider the fact that it was in a BCS bowl, it’s a pretty amazing feat.

It was just what Mountaineer fans dreamt of when head coach Dana Holgorsen was hired to take over the offense following a heart-breaking loss to North Carolina State in the Champs Sports Bowl and a 2010 season in which the offense struggled mightily at times to put up points.

Holgorsen was the offensive guru who would be able to solve the problems the stagnant Mountaineer offense had at times last year. But I don’t know if, even in their wildest dreams, WVU fans truly thought that a performance like Wednesday’s was going to happen.

You would think after such a record-setting game, the team would be pleased with the way it played.

And it was.

But it also knew that the system was still just scratching the surface of its potential.

That should be a scary thought for any defense lining up against the Mountaineers in 2012.

“With Dana Holgorsen being your head coach, you can never be satisfied,” said junior quarterback Geno Smith. “We scored some points, we did some good things but we’re not satisfied yet.

We want to come back next year and do it all over again.”

The key cogs in the offense will be back next year, including Smith and his two biggest threats in the passing game in junior inside receiver Tavon Austin and redshirt sophomore wide receiver Stedman Bailey.

For weeks, Holgorsen and the rest of the coaching staff referred to the Mountaineer offense as something that was a work in progress. While it’s still continuing to improve, a game like it had against Clemson could be just what WVU needs to carry this season’s success over to 2012.

“We’re not going to create another offense. It’s not like we ran different plays today than we ran all year,” said inside receivers coach Shannon Dawson.

“In offense, it’s all about execution and it’s about having a clear mind, fast feet and just executing and believing in the system.

“Games like this tend to help kids – not that they didn’t 100 percent believe in it before – totally believe and understand exactly what we’ve been preaching to them.”

The strange thing about West Virginia’s offensive outburst against Clemson was that for an offense run by Holgorsen, this isn’t really that rare of an occurrence.

Since he became the offensive coordinator at Texas Tech in 2005, Holgorsen’s teams have scored 60 or more points eight times. Out of those eight times, there have been four games when they’ve scored at least 70 points and even a game in 2005 when the Red Raiders put up 80.

But what makes what happened in the Orange Bowl different than all of those other times?

Not only was it on a bigger stage than any other time the teams did that but it was only the second time one of Holgorsen’s offenses scored that much against a team from a BCS conference. And Clemson is much better than the Washington State team that Oklahoma State scored 65 on in its 2010 season opener.

The Mountaineers lose offensive linemen Don Barclay and Tyler Rader up front, but with Josh Jenkins returning from his knee injury and redshirt freshman Quinton Spain and redshirt sophomore Curtis Feight back to provide depth, they should be much improved on the line.

They return four of their top five pass catchers and all three of their running backs return – even though freshman Dustin Garrison is going to miss about six months after spraining his ACL and MCL. Just because West Virginia returns a lot of its weapons, don’t expect it to get complacent in the offseason. They won’t let that happen.

“There are going to be high expectations for this offense and myself and this team,” Smith said. “Me being a leader, I have

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WVU upsets No. 9 Georgetown by michael carvelli sports editor

Using another strong performance from its two seniors, the West Virginia men’s basketball team upset No. 9 Georgetown 74-62 Saturday afternoon at the Coliseum.

It was the fifth-straight win over the Hoyas for the Mountaineers and the seventh win over a top 10 team for them in the last three seasons.

“It’s a win against a heck of a team that is really well-

coached,” said WVU head coach Bob Huggins. “The good and the bad thing about this league is that we have one day West Virginia Connecticut to get ready for Connecticut. It 12-4 (3-1) 12-3 (2-2) is hard to enjoy anything.”

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But the Hoyas refused to go four with a 9-0 run that was away. With less than five min- sparked by four points from utes to play, they were able to freshman forward Otto Porter.

From that point on, the West cut that 13-point deficit to just

Virginia team that entered Saturday’s game No. 285 in the country in free-throw shooting stepped up in a big way by making its final 10 attempts from the foul line in the game’s last two minutes. Four of those free throws came from senior guard Truck Bryant, who made all eight of his attempts from the line in the second half after making one out of three in the first half.

The Mountaineers’ other senior, forward Kevin Jones had another stellar game against

the Hoyas. Jones finished with 22 points and 16 rebounds.

It was the eighth time this season that Jones finished with at least 20 points and his 11th double-double of the year.

“KJ is special. People need to enjoy watching him because it has been a long, long time since we have had a guy put up numbers like he is putting up,” Huggins said. “He doesn’t hunt shots, he just plays and plays to win. It is a luxury to

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Hampton boosts WVU past Villanova by cody schuler sports writer

Powered by a career night from sophomore guard Brooke Hampton, West Virginia earned a hotly contested 6156 victory over visiting conference foe Villanova.

Hampton, who finished with a career-best 18 points, connected on 4-of-5 threepointers – including a 30-foot attempt that beat the shot clock and gave the Mountaineers a nine-point lead with two minutes to play.

“I looked and it felt like (the ball) was in slow motion,” she said. “I looked over at the bench and (then) I saw two seconds (on the shot clock), and I just launched it, and it went in.”

West Virginia also found double-digit scoring out of three additional players. Junior center Asya Bussie, redshirt sophomore guard Christal Caldwell and redshirt junior center Ayana Dunning all finished with ten points apiece.

Dunning, who also grabbed

nine rebounds in the win, thought that a game of this nature gives the team a crucial opportunity to work on its collective level of discipline.

“We knew coming into this game (Villanova) wasn’t going to take a lot of (fast shots),” she said. “We knew they valued the ball and we had to be consistent for 40 minutes.”

“It works our discipline a lot, just because (they ran) the shot clock out every time until they get a good shot.”

Head coach Mike Carey was pleased with his team’s offensive output – especially given Villanova’s meticulous style of offense.

“That’s probably the most points we’ve scored on them in two or three years,” he said.

“If we would have made our foul shots and some of the layups we had over the top, we would have been in the 80’s.”

Carey mentioned Hampton’s play as a particular bright spot from the win.

“I think she’s doing a good job; she’s getting a lot of confidence,” he said. “She hit a big (three-pointer) there when we

really needed it.”

Hampton attributed her offensive production as being a direct by-product of simply trying to help the team in the best way that she could. “(Villanova’s) defense, they all sag, so I figured if I (made) a few threes they would extend a little bit, and that’s when they all moved out, and we got the ball into (Bussie) and (Dunning) for some easy shots,” she said.

We s t Virginia was able to dominate the glass, outrebounding the Wildcats 42-27. The Mountaineers held Villanova to 37.5 percent shooting for the game.

Junior guard Rachel Roberts paced Villanova with 18 points.

At the half, West Virginia clung to a 29-28 lead. The two teams remained close for the majority of the second half until Hampton’s conversion from deep, which put the Mountaineers ahead by nine points with only 2:14 to play. charles.schuler@mail.wvu.edu

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Saturday’s victory marked the second-straight win for West Virginia following its disappointing loss on the road against Seton Hall. The Mountaineers’ 21-point victory over Rutgers and then Saturday’s upset look to be just what this young team needs as it hits the bulk of Big East play.

“We played really bad against Seton Hall, but that taught us a lot,” said freshman point guard Gary Browne. “We came back because we knew we needed these last two games and we need this next Back one against UConn

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Continued from page 9 to make sure that I get into the offseason, and work hard, and make sure that these guys are focused and we’re humble, and we understand what’s at stake.”

And the biggest key to that, Dawson said, is going to be to stay consistent and do exactly what they’ve been doing this season. If they do that, they might be able to do more of what they did at the end of this season.

“You have to have success in the game for that belief (in the system) to take effect. This is just going to lead into believing that they can do everything and, that’s what you want when they step on the field,” he said.

“You want them to have the confidence that the sky’s the limit.”

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BY BEN GAUGHAN ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

West Virginia junior wide receiver Tavon Austin was always told he would be an unsuccessful football player when he was growing up in Baltimore.

In the Discover Orange Bowl, Clemson freshman wide receiver Sammy Watkins was supposed to the best player on the field.

But, Austin and West Virginia proved everyone wrong once again during the Mountaineers 70-33 onslaught against Clemson Wednesday night.

Austin, who said after the game that he would return for his senior season in gold and blue, finished the Mountaineers’ third BCS bowl win with 117 receiving yards and a BCS-and-Orange-Bowl-record four touchdown catches.

“When they assigned me MATT SUNDAY/THE DAILY ATHENAEUM the best player on the field, Junior inside receiver Tavon Austin celebrates after scoring one of his four touchdowns and they said 83 percent (of during No. 23 West Virginia’s 70-33 win over No. 15 Clemson in the Discover Orange Bowl. America) voted we were going to lose, I got into that offensive,” Austin said.

“We had a serious meeting before we got here. It was no laughing, no joking around, and we came in and got the job done.”

Austin was explosive from the first time he touched the ball, finishing with 11 receptions and 280 all-purpose yards, both new Orange Bowl records.

Both of Austin’s first two touchdowns came after careful review of his feet nearly stepping out of bounds on the sidelines. But, it was clear he kept in between the lines and scooted his way into the end zone.

Those two plays started out as Austin went in motion, and junior quarterback Geno Smith hiked the ball and immediately tapped it to Austin who was running across at the same time. Austin caught the ball, followed his blockers and juked and cut his way

past Clemson defenders to score.

“We just had to go by what Coach Holgorsen said. We ran our plays hard,” Austin said.

“I’m just glad I got to play for him, and I made a couple of plays.”

Austin would not have gotten to make all those plays if it wasn’t for his quarterback getting him the ball in open space. But even the offensive MVP of the Orange Bowl said he couldn’t have done it without his talented receiver.

“I should give him the trophy,” Smith said of Austin.

“He takes it the distance every time. He’s one of the quickest guys I’ve ever seen, with and without a football, and it’s just a blessing to have a guy like him on my team.”

It was Austin’s ability to use his speed and quickness to disrupt Clemson’s defense that gave West Virginia a big advantage on offense.

The Tigers could not figure out how to stop the 5-foot-9, 173-pound receiver, nor did they adjust to prevent him from getting the ball.

The junior receiver seemed motivated the entire night to prove wrong the people who doubted both him and West Virginia. His performance in the national spotlight showed there should be no doubt about him or WVU in the future.

“Definitely, it’s huge for me,” Austin said of the majority of the nation voting for Clemson. “I kind of got mad and turned the TV off and went to sleep. Came down with a great attitude. Coach Holgorsen got us together in our meeting and told us just to believe in ourselves and believe in the people in this room, and that’s what we did.

We bought into what he said.”

Austin will be long-remembered as the best player from the Bowl, and will be looked to in the future as he and the Mountaineers will be back again next season looking to work even harder to defy the public’s expectations. ben.gaughan@mail.wvu.edu

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‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’ keeps audience on edge Hunter Homistek A&E WRITER

“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,” the first of three film adaptations to Stieg Larsson’s “Millenium” book series, is now playing in theaters nationwide.

Directed by David Fincher (“Se7en,” “Fight Club”), “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” is a mystery crime film sure to keep audiences on edge through its many twists and turns.

The story, set in Sweden, begins with prominent journalist Mikael Blomkvist (Daniel Craig) struggling to piece his life together after losing a libel lawsuit against billionaire entrepreneur Hans-Erik Wennerstrom (Ulf Friberg).

Soon after paying for the damages and costs of his lawsuit, Blomkvist is invited to a private meeting with Henrik Vanger, the retired CEO of one of Sweden’s largest industries, the Vanger Corporation.

Vanger tells Blomkvist that he would like the recently accused journalist to write his memoir, but Blomkvist senses a curiosity about their arrangement that makes him think Vanger

may have an ulterior motive for meeting.

These suspicions are soon confirmed as Vanger tells Blomkvist the real reason for their meeting is that he wants Blomkvist to investigate the Vanger family’s history, specifically the disappearance of his niece, Harriet.

Blomkvist promptly shacks up in one of Vanger’s guest houses and begins piecing together the complicated and oftentimes cryptic Vanger family history. Freshly into his investigation, he learns that his computer has been hacked and much of his personal information was sacrificed.

While this may seem an utter disaster for a man working secretly for one of Sweden’s most powerful men, the hacking turns out to be a blessing for Blomkvist.

Enter Lisbeth Salander (Rooney Mara), the asocial renegade super-genius after whom the movie is named.

Salander is the perfect feature character – she hacks computers, radiates violence and is downright unapproachable.

Yet, she couldn’t be more fascinating.

This is the story of “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,” an

oddly delightful young hacker who teams up with a recently banished journalist to uncover a case that quickly becomes deeper than anyone could have predicted.

The acting throughout the film is sensational, and Mara’s character in particular is expertly performed.

Throughout scenes of violence, sexual tension and breathtaking action, Mara’s character seems authentic and one is always anxiously awaiting her next move. She is the driving force behind the film and she makes sure the pedal is always to the floor.

“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” is a phenomenal action film filled with mystery and enough twists and startling revelations to keep even the brightest minds guessing. Mara’s version of Salander is nothing short of spectacular, and she is a great block upon which to build the rest of the series.

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Lady Antebellum performs Dec. 17 at the WVU Coliseum

Lady Antebellum performed last show of the ‘We Own the Night’ tour in Morgantown on Dec. 17

by Caitlin Graziani a&E Editor

On Dec. 17 Lady Antebellum’s “We Own The Night” tour unpacked their bags and set up the stage for what would be the final stop of their “We Own The Night” tour.

Kicking off the performance was Eden’s Edge, an American country band based out of Nashville, Tenn., opened with their rendition of “Blue Moon of Kentucky.”

The three-member band warmed up the crowd despite the cold weather outside.

Following Eden’s Edge was singer/songwriter Josh Kelley.

Kelley is brother to Lady Antebellum band member Charles Kelley and is married to Hollywood actress Katherine Heigl. Kelley played many of his original songs and covered several others including Tom Petty’s “American Girl” and Will Smith’s “Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.” “It’s a gift women have, when a guy goes through a break-up and he calls up his buddies and is ready to get back out there which is usually a year later for us guys, and we are ready to go on the prowl, and that ex-girlfriend is at the bar you go to,” Kelley said about his song “Gone Like That” during the concert.

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“Her name is Nancy Leigh, but we are a bunch of rednecks and call her Naleigh,” said Kelley about his daughter’s name.

Following a brief dance contest, Lady Antebellum took the stage.

The Grammy Award-winning artists opened their set with “We Own The Night.”

“I went to the rec center today. I must say, I saw some

fine Mountaineer women.

Its motivating,” said Charles about his visit to the WVU Student Recreation Center.

Lady Antebellum performed fan favorites such as “American Honey,” “Hello World,” and “As You Turn Away.”

They concluded their performance with Eden’s Edge and Josh Kelley also taking the stage. Eden’s Edge were dressed as Christmas presents, while Kelley was dressed in red-footed pajamas and an

old man’s wig. The trio sang their version of the Doobie Brothers’ “Black Water.”

Keeping in the holiday spirit, Lady Antebellum also performed a medley of “Blue Christmas,” “Sweet Emotion” and “Lookin’ for a Good Time.”

The performance in Morgantown was the last one of the “We Own the Night” tour.

The bands packed up to head home and spend the holidays with family, friends and loved ones. The stage sets will be

packed away and stored.

For more information on upcoming WVU Arts & Entertainment events, you can visit their website at www.events. wvu.edu. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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‘The Hunger Games’ film adaptation is a must-see for 2012 CAITLIN GRAZiani A&E EDITOR

As the “Twilight” series comes to a close, the up-and-coming face in the young adult book-tofilm genre looks to be “The Hunger Games.”

“The Hunger Games” is not even close to the romantic love story that put a spell on Twilight’s readers. Instead, it is a story about survival, family and overcoming adversity.

“The Hunger Games,” written

by Suzanne Collins, begins in a post-apocalypse North America, which has become known as Panem.

The country has been divided into 12 districts all overseen by an oppressive, controlling government.

Katniss Everdeen, a 16-yearold-girl from District 12, illegally hunts in the woods near her dis-

trict to provide for her near-starving family.

District 12, also known as “The Seam,” is a coal mining district in Appalachia, yet many of the residents still don’t have the fuel to keep their homes warm.

Every year, the government of Panem holds “The Hunger Games.”

Two teenagers from each of the twelve districts are selected by a lottery to represent their district in a televised fight-to-the death.

Everdeen volunteers as tribute after her younger sister Prim is selected to compete.

The games are meant to serve as a reminder of what the people of Panem would have to endure if they rebelled against the government: hunger, chaos and murder.

Although “The Hunger Games” is labeled as a young adult read, it has appeals for readers of all ages.

“Reading ‘The Hunger Games’

is as addictive (and as violently simple) as playing one of those “shoot-it-if-it-moves” videogames in the lobby of the local eightplex; you know it’s not real, but you keep plugging in quarters anyway,” wrote Stephen King in a review in Entertainment Weekly.

Still not up to reading the book?

On March 23, “The Hunger Games” will be brought to life on the silver screen. The film version will feature actress Jennifer Lawrence as the tenacious Everdeen.

Lawrence most recently starred in “X-Men: First Class” in 2011.

“The Hunger Games” will also feature Liam Hemsworth (“The Last Song”), Elizabeth Banks (“The 40-Year-Old Virgin”), and Woody Harrelson (“Zombieland”). daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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Latest ‘Sherlock Holmes’ installment heavy on action, light on everything else CAITLIN GRAZiani A&E EDITOR

In “Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows,” director Guy Ritchie gives viewers another dose of comedic adventurer Sherlock Holmes.

The movie features returning actors Robert Downey, Jr. (Holmes), Jude Law (Watson) and Rachel McAdams (Irene Adler).

The plot begins after Watson gets married in the English countryside. While en route to his honeymoon, things take a turn for the interesting as he and his fiancé are attacked by henchmen of Professor James Moriarty.

Holmes is usually the smartest man in the room, but in this film he is challenged by Moriarty , played by Jared Harris, who is just as intelligent WARNER BROTHERS as Holmes.

Contrary to Holmes, MoriRobert Downey Jr., and Jude Law return to reprise their respective roles as Sherlock Holmes and his companion Watson in Guy Ritchie’s arty chooses to use his intel‘Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows.’

ligence for evil. He turns everything into a complicated puzzle that Holmes must solve in order to save his friends and others from danger.

This film features much of the fast-talking banter viewers got from the first Sherlock Holmes film.

Downey delivers a stand-up performance as Holmes. He is just as loony, unconventional, and devoted to the character as he was in the first film.

Law gives a flawless performance as Watson, and the chemistry between the two characters is not something that cannot be taught. They are the yin and yang to one another, balancing the crazy with the conventional. Ritchie did an excellent job of bringing the dynamic between Holmes and Watson together.

Although the characters were well cast and the chemistry was present, there was still something missing from this film. The plot was lackluster and included many fight

scenes that just seemed as if they would never end.

No matter how many buildings collapsed, or how often characters survived a treacherous fall, they always seemed to dust themselves off and get back up. While the perserverence is appreciated, somewhere reality sets in, and the entertaining becomes too fictitious to be convincing.

The film had all the ingredients to be a five star film; the story was good, the characters were there, but the execution was off.

If you enjoyed the fight scenes of the first film, the witty banter, and Holmes’ strange method of hand-tohand combat, you might enjoy this film.

If you like clever, intellectual mysteries with a splash of adventure, then this is not the film for you.

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