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SGA supports National Children’s Dental Health Month

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TOUGH LUCK

“Hard fought road win against a heck of a basketball team. I’m really proud of our group because we weathered a storm. I can’t believe we have to play them in two weeks.”

— Notre Dame head coach Mike Brey

by carlee lammers staff writer

The West Virginia University Student Government Association voted in favor of awarding the WVU American Student Dental Association a $500 grant Wednesday to provide proper dental resources to the youth of West Virginia.

The WVU ASDA will travel to provide a lesson on proper oral health practices and supplies to Camp Horseshoe in Parsons, W.Va., this summer for its annual Youth Opportunity Camp.

First-year dental student Sawan Prabhu said YOC is a week-long camp which provides approximately 300 underprivileged youth with essentials, including additional clothing and three meals a day.

The grant will be used to purchase resources to be distributed to each camper, including toothbrushes, a dental hygiene activity book and timers which can be used to ensure the children are brushing their teeth for the recommended amount of time.

“I’m excited to be going out and giving them the supplies,” Prabhu said. “I enjoy volunteering with these kids, so going there and giving them the supplies just seems like the perfect opportunity.”

Vice Chair Allison Rollins said SGA will promote efforts for a food collection drive during Random Acts of Kindness week, scheduled for Feb. 13-19. In addition, members of SGA will coordinate a booth in the Mountainlair and host collection drives at next week’s home basketball game and gymnastics meet.

Rollins also said SGA would be giving out candies to students that read “SGA Cares” during the week.

“This will be our way of giving back to

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College of Law event asks ‘Who owns your body?’ by jessica lear staff writer

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West Virginia junior Deniz Kilicli walks off the court with his head down following Wednesday’s 55-51 loss to Notre Dame.

West Virginia falls to Notre Dame after late Irish run The West Virginia men’s basketball team fell to the Fighting Irish 55-51 Wednesday night at the Coliseum. The Mountaineers were just 2-of-16 from 3-point range.

Read more from Wednesday’s game against Notre Dame in Sports.

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West Virginia head coach Bob Huggins displays his displeasure during Wednesday’s 55-51 loss to Notre Dame.

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FG: 20-47 (42.6%); FT: 10-14 (71.4%); 3-pointers: 5-21 (23.8%) Cooley 21, Martin 12, Grant 12; Rebounds: 31; Blocked shots: 2; Turnovers: 5; Steals: 3.

The West Virginia University College of Law is asking students who owns their bodies.

Michele Goodwin will talk to students about the laws surrounding medical research on Monday at noon in the Marlyn E. Lugar courtroom.

The lecture, titled “Who Owns Your Body? A Conversation about Medical Research and The Body Bazaar,” will be part of the College of Law’s annual John W. Fisher II Lecture in Law and Medicine.

“There’s an important connection between law and medicine,” said Anne Lofaso, professor and associate dean for faculty research and development. “Every year we try to do something that will be of interest to both the legal and medical communities” Goodwin, a professor of medicine, public health and law at the University of Minnesota, will focus on medical research and human experimentation with an emphasis on the laws surrounding ownership of the human body.

Lofaso said controversial topics like these are important for both law and medical professionals to openly discuss.

“We Americans like to think that every citizen is equal, so when we see these problems, we want to fix them,” she said. “In this lecture, we want to focus not just on what goes on in law and medicine but these inequities as well. It shouldn’t be just research at all costs – research shouldn’t

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Career Services offers Mocktail Party to prepare students for job market by joann snoderly correspondent

The West Virginia University Career Services Center will host its First Annual Mocktail Party and Fashion Show Friday, Feb. 24 in the Mountainlair Ballrooms.

The event is designed to serve as an interactive career workshop and is open to WVU juniors, seniors and graduate students.

The event will focus on how to make great first im-

pressions at career fairs and job interviews, said Adrian Ferrera, a Career Services counselor.

Light appetizers will be served and there will be prize drawings during the event. A fashion show will feature proper job search attire from local stores, including Daniel’s, a specialty men’s clothing store located on High Street, and Coni and Franc, a designer dress shop also located on High Street that

offers image consultation s and designer clothing to its customers.

“We want to make it fun and exciting for students,” Ferrera said.

Participants will also have access to a panel of employers working in the human resources departments of various businesses.

Professionals will be available to provide advice on employers’ interview expectations, including appropriate responses to interview ques-

tions, as well as what employers look for in a resume, Ferrera said.

“They’re not just hearing from us at Career Services,” he said. “They’re actually hearing from people who will be hiring people after college.”

The event will also attempt to teach students how to carry themselves and communicate in a job search environment, Ferrera said, and will focus on skills such as how to eat and carry on a

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conversation at the same time and how to describe yourself effectively.

“I think it’s a wonderful opportunity. Students who are serious about looking for internships or applying to jobs should definitely come,” Ferrera said.

The Mocktail Party and Fashion Show will be held from 5:30-8 p.m.

Students who wish to attend must register via the MountaineerTRAK website

by Wednesday.

Early registration is advised, as there are a limited number of spaces available.

The WVU Career Services Center offers career counseling, job and internship fairs, resume writing seminars and other services to help students choose an appropriate area of study and find a career after graduation.

To RSVP for the Mocktail Party, visit www.myinterfase. com/wvu/student/home. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

ON THE RIGHT TRACK The young West Virginia women’s basketball team is beginning to show signs of maturity after a win over No. 12 Louisville.

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Thursday February 9, 2012

Paid internships available for Mountaineer Idol this fall by lacey palmer staff writer

A paid internship is now available to students through the West Virginia University Mountainlair Programs and Special Events Department focused on program planning, promoting and advertising Mountaineer Idol.

The paid position, which is open for the fall of 2012 from August to December, will be awarded to one student by WVU Mountainlair programs.

Julie Holeczy, graduate assis-

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Continued from page 1 students,” she said. “We want them to know that we are here, we care and we do still have a lot of grants we are able to give out.”

Governor Nicole Crane said she hopes to collect students’ opinions on the recent changes and discussions of change to the current WVU and city smoking policies during an upcoming Student Smoking Advisory Board meeting.

“We’re going to try to collect student opinions on the smoking policy changes because that’s something the faculty re-

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Continued from page 1 sacrifice human dignity.”

Lofaso said discussing hot topics is nothing new for the College of Law, which aims to get students discussing important issues.

“I think a lot of our lectures are interesting because our events feature nationally recognized experts that you don’t need a law degree to understand,” Lofaso said. “They talk about big issues and hold open conversations about the important topics of today.”

Lofaso said she hopes these lectures will be of interest to all students, whether they are planning to go to law school or not.

“These lectures are a good

tant for Mountainlair Programming and Special Events, said the position will require the student to work a maximum of 20 hours a week and work every elimination round throughout the Mountaineer Idol competition, which occurs over the course of seven Fridays in the fall semester.

The intern will also be required to help with Mountaineer Week and serve on the committee because Mountaineer Idol coincides with it, she said.

The intern will create weekly flyers, posters, scripts or ally hasn’t done yet, and I think it’s important,” Crane said.

Attorney General Jason Junkin spoke on behalf of Governor Steve Orlowski, Athletic Council representative, on the upcoming residence hall challenge sponsored by the Mountaineer Maniacs.

Junkin said the Maniacs are encouraging those students living on campus in a residence hall to attend the Feb. 15 WVU women’s basketball game against Rutgers.

The residence hall with the highest attendance will be awarded with free pizza and various other gifts and prizes, he said. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

way of getting students involved in legal issues,” she said.

“Even if they don’t want to go to law school, just as citizens they should want to understand and get involved in some of these issues.”

Funding for the John W. Fisher II Lecture was provided

by Thomas S. Clark and his wife Jean Clark in 1998. The benefactors contributed $500,000 to provide funding for lectures in ten different fields throughout West Virginia.

WVU was able to secure one of these funded lectures, which was created to discuss important topics in law and medicine and was named in honor of John Fisher, the 15th dean of the College of Law. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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advertisements for the event; film the competitions and other videos of contestants; and manage the Mountaineer Week website, including the Mountaineer Idol section, Holeczy said.

“We’re looking for a person who has experience in video, graphic design and Adobe Photoshop or Microsoft Publisher to complete all the required tasks. Typically, we would like a journalism, marketing, or graphic design major, but we’re looking for creativity and experience more than the major,”

she said.

Holeczy said the intern will be key in promoting the Mountaineer Idol competition.

“The year before last, we had an excellent relationship with The DA. We had a lot of coverage, such as video of every performance posted on The DA site and the YouTube channel, and that really helps because a lot of people performing in Mountaineer Idol have families that may not be in the area, so it was neat for them to be able to see their performance,” Holeczy said.

“The intern can also work closely with others, such as The DA, to share information and publicize the competition, which will inevitably help the competition grow more than it already has in recent years.”

Holeczy said the paid internship will be valuable job experience for any student interested in public relations or promotions.

“It’s definitely valuable experience. You’re working hands on; you’re not going to just work in an office and do chores such as making coffee,” she said.

“You’ll create ads and flyers, work with contestants and make many contacts along the way, both locally and regionally as well as many across campus.”

The application for the position is due Feb. 17 and can be picked up at the Mountainlair information desk or in the administrative offices on the second floor of the Mountainlair.

The application can also be found online at http://mountainlair.wvu.edu/information/ employment. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

General: US advisory teams heading to Afghanistan WASHINGTON (AP) — The No. 2 U.S. commander in Afghanistan said Wednesday that U.S. military advisory teams will start deploying to Afghanistan this year to help Afghan combat forces as they take a more prominent role in fighting the Taliban.

The plan described by Lt. Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti envisions U.S. and other international troops beginning to step back from their leading role, so that responsibility for the war is fully in Afghan hands by the end of 2014.

Scaparrotti, who is charge of day-to-day military operations in Afghanistan as commander of the International Security Assistance Force Joint Command, said he is pushing to get more Afghan forces into the lead before the U.S.-led coalition shrinks.

“I’m pressing commanders to put them into the lead as soon as they can,” Scaparrotti told reporters at the Pentagon.

“The earlier we get them into the lead, the better we have a

metric of just how well they’re doing and we also know better how to improve them.”

Scaparrotti said he is in the early stages of shifting from NATO-led to Afghan-led military operations. He estimated that just 1 percent of Afghan army battalions are able to operate “independently” with help from NATO advisers.

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said last week that 2013 will be a decisive year in the transition to Afghan responsibility for the war. He said he hopes that as early as mid2013, U.S. forces will shift from lead combat role to a support role, while remaining prepared to engage in combat if necessary through 2014.

Asked about Panetta’s remarks, Scaparrotti said he expects that the process of getting the Afghans into the lead combat role will be “pretty far along” by 2013 but “exactly how that will roll” depends on conditions on the ground.

Scaparrotti said further developing the Afghan security

forces is his second-highest priority. He said his top priority is to “maintain the momentum” on the battlefield by continuing to pursue the Taliban, especially in what he called the decisive terrain of southern Afghanistan that has been the Taliban’s power base.

“I believe we have the right plan,” he said. “We certainly have the momentum, and we’ve got the resolve to succeed.”

His remarks stand in marked contrast to an assessment published in the private Armed Forces Journal, titled “Truth, Lies and Afghanistan,” in which Army Lt. Col. Daniel Davis accused U.S. military leaders of misleading the public by overstating the degree of progress toward stabilizing Afghanistan.

Davis, who said he spent 12 months in Afghanistan as part of a team assessing troops’ needs and circumstances, wrote that he “witnessed the absence of success on virtually every level.” He said that every place he visited, “the tactical

situation was bad to abysmal.”

Asked about Davis’ article, Scaparrotti said, “It’s one person’s view of this,” adding that he remains confident that his own cautiously optimistic view is based on a solid foundation of information and analysis.

He acknowledged that some Afghan weaknesses described

by Davis are real. He specifically noted Davis’s first-hand account of an incident in which two Taliban insurgents who had participated in an attack on a U.S. checkpoint in Kandahar province last June were allowed by Afghan policemen to escape the scene. Davis said this is the kind of problem that feeds U.S. troops’ contempt for their Afghan partners.

“I think those things happen,” Scaparrotti said, in part because of the fast pace at which the Afghan army has expanded its ranks.

Despite their weaknesses, the general said, the Afghan forces will prove to be “good enough” to secure their country.

Stocks rally from early losses to close higher NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks staged an afternoon-long rally and closed higher Wednesday as Greece appeared to close in on the cost-cutting deal it needs to keep from defaulting on its national debt.

The Dow Jones industrial average gained 5.75 points to close at 12,883.95 after falling as much as 60 points at midday. It was the Dow’s highest close since May 19, 2008, the last time it finished above 13,000.

The Standard & Poor’s 500 index edged up 2.91 points to 1,346.96. The Nasdaq composite rose 11.78 points to 2,915.86, its highest close since December 2000.

After three days of delays, Greek government leaders met in Athens to go over a deal on steep cuts in public spending demanded by the country’s lenders. European leaders will meet Thursday in Brussels to discuss a €130 billion bailout for Greece.

Investors are worried that Greece will default on its debt next month, which could roil financial markets and cause major losses for banks and other investors that hold Greek debt.

Several deadlines have passed without an agreement.

Stock trading has been relatively quiet this week after a slow but steady rise since the beginning of the year. The Dow has added 2 percent in February and is up 5.5 percent for the year.

Rick Fier, vice president of stock trading at Conifer Securities in New York, said he wasn’t that worried that the market’s advance has slowed this week.

The S&P 500 is still up 7.3 percent for the year, and has fallen on only eight days in 2012.

Fier said he is concerned that the batch of earnings re-

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Traders gather at a post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during the IPO of Milwaukee-based Roundy’s Supermarkets, Inc., Wednesday. ports from U.S. companies for the last three months of last year “hasn’t been as robust” as previous quarters. Revenue growth has slowed even though profits have been strong, he said.

Walt Disney reported earnings Tuesday that beat analysts’ estimates, but its revenue growth fell short. Movie revenue fell as Disney released fewer big films in the quarter than in previous years. Revenue from DVD sales and interactive media also declined.

Disney’s stock rose 0.7 percent nevertheless.

Caesars Entertainment Corp., the big casino operator,

soared on its first day of trading. Caesars went as high as $17.90, nearly double its offering price of $9 per share. It finished at $15.39, up 71 percent, but lost some of the gains in after-hours trading.

Caesars raised $16 million, a sliver of the more than $500 million its private owners hoped for when they first tried to go public in late 2010.

Ralph Lauren rose 9 percent after reporting higher net income and revenue in the latest quarter, a sign that wealthy customers are still spending even as the economy struggles with high unemployment. The purveyor of $1,000 dresses and handbags said holiday sales had been strong.

Buffalo Wild Wings, a chicken-and-beer chain that has bucked the trend of weak revenue dogging many of its competitors, shot up 17 percent after reporting income

and revenue that easily beat analysts’ estimates.

Sprint Nextel, the phone company, fell 2 percent after reporting a fourth-quarter loss. It added subscribers but had to pay dearly for them.

Sprint started offering customers iPhones, but it had to subsidize them so customers could buy them for as little as $99.

OpenTable, which lets people book tables at restaurants online, plunged 12 percent. Investors had reservations about the company’s cautious outlook. Executives said they expect the growth to slow this quarter in the number of diners it seats.

In other markets, Treasury prices were mostly flat, like stocks. The yield on the U.S. government’s 10-year note was unchanged at 1.98 percent. The price of oil rose 0.3 percent to $98.71, and gold fell 1 percent to $1,736.20.

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Mexico road project sets up fight over ruins MEXICO CITY (AP) — When neighbors in the hills east of Mexico City saw backhoes ripping up pre-Hispanic relics for a highway, they did something unexpected in a country where building projects often bulldoze through ruins: They launched protests to stop the digging and demanded an accounting of what is there.

Dozens of residents set up a protest camp and filed complaints with state and federal officials, demanding the highway be rerouted, hoping that studies of the site can help solve an age-old riddle about their town.

A story passed down for generations says Amecameca once stood on another site, and was abandoned after an eruption of the Popocatepetl volcano that looms over the town. Local residents suspect that the ruins, which are believed to date from 700 to 1,100 A.D. and are located on the outskirts of the present-day settlement, could help answer that question.

“This represents a possibility for the people to recover that part of Amecameca’s history,” said activist Rebeca Lopez Reyes, of the local preservationist group Guardians of the Volcanos. “We could find out what happened there, if it

was evacuated or covered.”

The idea is not far-fetched: Other settlements around Mexico City have been found halfcovered in lava from volcanos that ring the valley, much as Italy’s Vesuvius volcano once buried Pompeii.

The ruins detected so far in Amecameca are not particularly spectacular. Only about 120 square yards (meters) of the estimated 5-acre (2-hectare) site have been excavated, revealing stone and clay footings for houses that may have supported upper walls of wood or clay wattle.

But the very ordinariness may mean the site is unusually significant.

“What makes this important is that it is a residential area, not a ceremonial or religious site,” said Felipe Echenique, a historian who serves as leader of the academic workers’ union for the National Institute of Anthropology and History, or INAH, which is in charge of reviewing the site.

“In Mexico, we really have very little evidence of how the cities really were, or how people lived,” said Echenique, who was not involved in the dig but is familiar with preliminary findings.

Towering pyramids in Mex-

ico like Chichen Itza or temple complexes like Uxmal are well known, but the vast urban centers that supported those ceremonial sites have largely disappeared.

The housing compounds were apparently constructed by one of the still-unnamed cultures that populated the Valley of Mexico long before the Aztecs appeared in the area in 1325 and founded Tenochtitlan, the precursor to Mexico City.

Lopez Reyes said researchers called in by the INAH to investigate the site of the proposed roadway have found ceramic pots, bones and a stone serpent’s head, suggesting that the god Quetzacoatl, “the Feathered Serpent,” may have been worshipped there centuries before the Aztecs paid him homage.

The Institute has not released a formal report on what was found, saying researchers needed more time.

The few excavations of residential areas carried out so far in Mexico have yielded fascinating details.

In Teotihuacan, one of the biggest pre-Hispanic cities located northeast of Mexico City, some houses appear to have been illuminated by narrow

Greece mulls new cuts in bailout talks ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek coalition leaders were locked in crucial debt talks with the prime minister Wednesday to review layoffs and other steep cutbacks as part of a euro130 billion ($170 billion) bailout package intended to save the country from a looming bankruptcy.

The coalition met for seven hours without reaching consensus on where the cuts should fall, but eurozone finance ministers scheduled a meeting in Brussels on Thursday to discuss the second massive bailout for Greece, an indication a deal was close.

Athens has already accepted a demand to fire up to 15,000 workers in the public sector in 2012, but is under pressure to impose deeper cuts, including reductions in pension payments and the minimum wage.

Leaders of three parties making up the 3-month-old Greek coalition have been under intense pressure to accept the new austerity measures.

A disorderly bankruptcy by Greece would likely lead to its exit from the eurozone, a situation that European officials have insisted is impossible because it would hurt other weak countries like Portugal, Ireland and Italy. Two years of cutbacks already have seen unemployment rise to around 19 percent and poverty to 20 percent in Greece, according to data from the EU statistics agency Eurostat.

The coalition’s measures were to be announced at a meeting with Prime Minister Lucas Papademos, after the parties were handed a 50-page draft agreement, drawn up with international debt inspectors late Tuesday It was not clear whether the parties – the majority Socialists, main rival conservatives, and small right-wing LAOS – would accept the austerity demands, particularly ahead of national elections provisionally set for late April.

“Austerity measures are like shoes that are too tight. Sooner or later, you want to kick them off,” LAOS leader George Karatzaferis was quoted as saying by state TV. Papademos called JeanClaude Juncker, who heads the finance minister meetings, on Wednesday to relay Greek political parties’ reservations about proposed pension cuts, a party official said on condition of an-

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onymity because the talks are ongoing.

Greece’s largest labor union, GSEE, said it would meet Thursday to consider calling for new protests against the austerity measures. “They simply don’t care that they are causing such damage to the country and such damage to society,” said senior GSEE official Stathis Anestis.

Juncker, who is Luxembourg’s premier, scheduled the eurozone ministers’ meeting for noon.

The coalition talks were repeatedly postponed this week to make time for exhaustive negotiations with representatives of the European Union, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund, on whose approval the continued flow of Greece’s vital rescue loans depends.

Without the bailout, Greece would not have enough money to pay off a big bond redemption payment due on March.

20, triggering a default that risks sending shock waves throughout financial markets and the global economy.

As anger mounts in Greece at the prospect of further economic pain, patience is running out abroad.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s spokesman said Greece must swiftly return to a sustainable, viable path.

“This is not a question one can take a lot of time to tackle,” Steffen Seibert said. “It is important that the negotiations now come to an end.”

Late Tuesday, Greece’s private creditors signaled progress on a separate, linked agreement that would cut the country’s privately held debt load by 50 percent, or some euro100 billion ($131 billion).

The intention is to ensure that Greece’s long-term debts are sustainable. Banks, pension and hedge funds and other private sector holders of Greek

debt are expected to swap their current bonds for new ones worth 50 percent less than the original face value, with longer repayment terms and a lower interest rate. They are also expected to get a euro30 billion payment as part of the bond swap deal.

“We face crucial decisions ... that will determine the country’s course in coming years,” Deputy Finance Minister Philippos Sachinidis told Parliament. “These days are among the most crucial of our postWorld War II history.”

The EU, ECB and IMF, known collectively as the “troika”, have demanded the additional measures which they say will improve Greece’s competitiveness and economic stability, as well as cuts in health, welfare and defense spending.

Labor Minister Giorgos Koutroumanis warned Parliament last week that a demanded reduction in the euro751 ($985) minimum monthly wage would quicken the Greek economy’s contraction and hit the revenues of struggling pension funds that have already lost euro20 billion ($26 billion) since 2009.

But Athens has minimal ground for maneuver. Without the rescue loans, the country will default on its massive debts in March, when it faces a euro14.5 billion ($19 billion) bond redemption.

Greece has been kept solvent since May 2010 by payments from a euro110 billion ($145 billion) international rescue loan package. When it became clear the money would not be enough, a second bailout was decided last October.

Some 91 percent of Greeks believe the coalition government is taking the country in the “wrong direction,” according to a February tracking poll published Wednesday in Greek daily Kathimerini.

doorways that opened onto central patios with shallow pools that acted as “water mirrors” to direct light inside the rooms. Techniques for building windows were apparently not yet known.

Investigators say similar discoveries could emerge from Amecameca.

“In what has been excavated so far ... there some strange settlement patterns that are emerging,” said Echenique. For example, between one housing compound and another, researchers found an empty area that contained no relics – something that would be unusual in a densely populated area unless it represented a border between neighborhoods, a street, or contained some long-vanished wood structure.

Perhaps the most unusual thing is that local residents were the ones who noted the relics and called in the researchers.

“The inhabitants of Amecameca were more or less following the work on the roadway, and when they saw that there were a lot of relics coming up, they notified the Institute,” Echenique said.

Progress has often trumped history in Mexico, where roads have regularly been pushed

through ruins.

In Mexico City, the lava-buried remains of the ancient Cuicuilco culture, with its famed round pyramid, are crowded and partly covered by shopping malls, housing developments, a major freeway and even a college for archaeologists.

The Amecameca protesters have set up a camp to guard against construction work or looters and to explain the ruins to passers-by. They are asking the road be rerouted.

“The planned route wouldn’t have to be changed that much,” Lopez Reyes said.

Authorities have not yet commented on the demands, and the builders of the roadway, known as the Mexican Beltway, did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Nor did the Mexico State transportation department that is overseeing the project.

INAH spokesman Arturo Mendez said that “in almost every project of this type, there are going to be discoveries” of pre-Hispanic material.” Thousands of years of settlement have left potentially interesting relics scattered across the region.

The Institute normally sends in a rescue project to excavate, recover any significant items,

carefully rebury the site for possible future exploration, and then allow the construction to continue.

That is basically what happened in the 1960s to Maya ruins known as “Tortuguero” in the southern state of Tabasco. It was split in half and largely covered by highway construction.

The site happened to hold a stone monolith or stella known as Monument Six, which contains one of only a couple of known references in Mayan glyphs to the date 2012, which some believe marks the end of the Mayan Long Count calendar and a possible apocalypse.

The inscription has become so famous that the Tabasco state government now uses it on advertisements to promote tourism, even though the stone fragment itself sits in a museum in the nearby city of Villahermosa and little is left of the ceremonial site where it was excavated.

The people of Amecameca say they want to prevent that from happening to them.

“We don’t want them to just bury this and run the highway over the top of it,” said Eusebio. “We want them to return the artifacts, so we can display them in a museum for the community.”

Sarkozy meets Israeli soldier held hostage PARIS (AP) — An IsraeliFrench soldier who was held hostage for five years by Palestinian militants met Wednesday with French President Nicolas Sarkozy.

Gilad Schalit has maintained a low profile since his release from captivity in Gaza in October in exchange for 1,027 Palestinian prisoners.

But he made an unusual public appearance Wednesday, meeting with Sarkozy in his presidential palace in Paris. Schalit did not speak to reporters afterward, but left the palace with a smile, bundled against a winter cold snap.

His parents were also at the

meeting.

“We are very moved,” his father, Noam Schalit, said afterward. He thanked Sarkozy for his commitment to obtaining the soldier’s release.

Sarkozy praised Gilad Schalit for his “exemplary courage” and his parents for “their determination and their dignity in the face of the ordeal and the anguish,” according to a statement from the president’s office.

At an annual dinner later held by the French Jewish community, Sarkozy castigated Schalit’s captors.

“Shame ... on those who did that,” he said, adding that “no idea, no ideology, no situation

can justify what was done to Gilad Schalit.”

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by Caitlin graziani A&E editor

In March, Carmona’s Cocina Mexicana in the Suncrest Towne Centre will be celebrating two years of serving Morgantown their homemade Mexican food.

Carmona’s is the culinary child of Sal Carmona and Rose Harrison.

The restaurant got its beginning in Buckhannon, W.Va. Carmona and Harrison owned a typical sit-down restaurant in Buckhannon a few years ago, and they served cuisine similar to Morgantown’s Carmona’s.

The partners chose to sell the Buckhannon business to focus on his health when Carmona was diagnosed with lymphoma.

A pleasant surprise occurred when Carmona’s lymphoma went into remission, and the two found they didn’t have anything to do

A Carmona’s employee prepares a meal to go.

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without their restaurant.

When they sold Carmona’s in Buckhannon, they signed a contract promising not to open a restaurant within a 50-mile radius of Buckhannon.

While at Ruby Memorial Hospital for one of Carmona’s lymphoma treatments, they chose to move their restaurant to Morgantown in the Suncrest Towne Centre.

“We are like a ‘Mexican Subway;’ the food is fast, but everything is homemade – everything is made here,” Harrison said.

They offer familiar Mexican dishes like tacos, burritos and quesadillas, but with their own twist.

All of the recipes used to make Carmona’s food were from Harrison’s mother.

Some of their signature dishes include a chipotle chicken in a creamy, spicy sauce and pork with chile ancho.

When they say everything is homemade, they mean it.

Carmona’s cheese sauce, sour cream, guacamole and pico de gallo are some of the more interesting things they make on site.

Carmona’s also offers unique beverages such as Mexican Coke, Mexican Fanta, Jamaica (hibiscus tea) and horchata (rice and cinnamon drink.)

“Not having alcohol hurts, but we feel strongly about it.

We are focused on having a safe, family environment,” Harrison said. “However, the students are fascinated by the Mexican soda products we have.”

Carmona’s is open Monday through Saturday.

For more information on Carmona’s including hours and a menu, visit their Facebook page or check them out on www.urbanspoon.com. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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Carmona’s, located in the Suncrest Towne Centre, serves Mexican cuisine.

Amanda Shaver sits down with her family to enjoy dinner at Carmona’s.

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The Phantom Six, TeamMate, Bonfire to play 123

Local indie rock duo will play at the 123 Pleasant Street tonight at 9 p.m.

by hunter Homistek A&E Writer

123 Pleasant Street is set to host a night of music featuring some of Morgantown’s most accomplished musicians with The Phantom Six, TeamMate and Bonfire rounding out a star-studded bill.

For Thursday’s show, experience and expertise will take center stage.

“Thursday’s show will feature a ‘who’s who’ of the Morgantown music scene of the past 20 plus years,” said Louis Giuliani, owner of 123 Pleasant Street.

Going through the lineup, it is clear that each group features a plethora of experience and notoriety in the Morgantown music scene.

“The ‘Patriarchs’ (The Phantom Six) consist of Mark Poole, Billy Sheeder, Clint Sutton, Woody O’Hara and Billy Matheny,” Giuliani said. “The members have played collectively in well over 40 bands over the years.”

Such longevity in the music business, especially on a local level, is certainly impressive, and the fact that each band member is known by name is a testament to each member’s success over this time period.

Mark Poole, the front man of The Phantom Six, takes his skills beyond the stage and performance as well.

Poole owns Zone 8 studios, where he records and produces music for both himself and others. Such involvement in the music scene proves

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Poole’s dedication to his music, and he will display this refined craft in The Phantom Six for all to enjoy Thursday night.

Also on the bill is Scott Simons’ project TeamMate.

“Scott continues to make his mark in the music industry, producing featured songs on TV, as well as for WVU,” Giuliani said.

Simons’ work has certainly been impressive since leaving the Morgantown area in favor of a music career in Los Angeles. Besides revitalizing himself as a person, this decision saw him record a smash single and work for “The X Factor” as well as noted musician Drake Bell.

Now he is returning with longtime friend Dani Buncher

Scott Simons and Dani Buncher of TeamMate will play 123 Pleasant Street tonight. as TeamMate to extend an already illustrious career.

“We’re excited to get our live show going after working on the record for a year,” Simons said.

TeamMate’s sound is one characterized by keyboards, drums and vocals, and Simons uses these instruments to express intimate experiences in his life.

“All of the songs look at different angles of our relationship,” Simons said. “This is our first show as TeamMate, but each of us has played 123 Pleasant Street many times before.”

In returning home for his inaugural performance as TeamMate, Simons hopes to entertain and revisit the strong connection he once

had with the Morgantown music scene.

“I can’t think of a better place to kick things off than home in Morgantown,” Simons said.

Filling out the bill tonight is indie rock mainstay Bonfire, another experienced and professional product of the Morgantown music scene.

Bonfire’s sound is one forged through not just a passion amongst musicians, but a passion between members.

“Chris Quattro heads up Bonfire and is joined by his better half and soul mate Jodi Hollingshead,” Giuliani said.

In such a passionate art form such as music, Bonfire uses this relationship to construct meaningful lyrics and song structures, and the group

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will bring this energy and connection to share with the crowd tonight.

Tonight’s show at 123 Pleasant Street promises to exemplify all that is lasting and pure in the local music scene, and The Phantom Six, TeamMate and Bonfire are happy to show how years of hard work and determination can pay dividends in the world of music.

“The night will be a little grungy, lots of pop and plenty of original rock and roll,” Giuliani said.

Doors to the show open at 9 p.m. and music starts at 10. There will be a $5 cover charge, and concertgoers must be 18 or older to attend, 21 to drink. daa&e@mail.wvu

WVU to host 33rd annual Honor Band weekend for high school students

by Noelle Harris a&e cORRESPONDENT

West Virginia University will be welcoming high school students from across the state and region for its 33rd Annual Invitational High School Honor Band event Thursday through Saturday.

The event, which will begin Thursday with auditions, will

feature approximately 350 students and more than 100 different high schools will be participating in the event.

They are accepted based on a recommendation from their band director and on personal ability and achievements.

The participants will audition and be placed into one of the three bands. The top band represents the best of the

participants.

This not only serves as great experience for the students, but it also represents experience for their instructors.

It gives the area directors opportunities for observation and workshops.

The event, which will be hosted by WVU Director of Bands John Hendricks and Associate Director Jay Drury owes

much of its success to the high caliber guest conductors they get every year.

Those conducting this year are Roger Walker, band director at Frankfort High School in West Virginia and Concert Band conductor at WVU’s Potomac State College; Jay Jacobs associate director of bands at McNeese State University in Lake Charles, La.; and Col.

Michael Colburn, conductor of “The President’s Own,” the United States Marine Band from D.C. The WVU Wind Symphony will also be presenting a concert as part of the weekend events.

The wind symphony concert will be Friday at 7:30 p.m. in the Lyell B. Clay Concert Theatre.

The Honor Band guest con-

ductors will be featured during this concert, as well as The United States Army Herald Trumpets, which is the official fanfare ensemble for the president.

The students will perform their annual concert Saturday, at 3:30 p.m. in the Lyell B. Clay Concert Theatre. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

Food to make you fall in love, best local eateries for Valentine’s Day dinner

by Elizabeth Finley A&E Writer

For those who choose to celebrate Valentine’s Day, it usually consists of going out to dinner with one’s sweetheart. Deciding to go out for dinner is easy, the harder part is picking a good restaurant to impress your significant other.

There are a variety of restaurants in Morgantown. If you love Italian food, Oliverio’s Risorante on the Wharf is a good option. The atmosphere is soothing and romantic. They offer a wide variety of Italian cuisine, and will be having champagne specials for Valentine’s Day. However, they do not take reservations. Instead, Oliverio’s Risorante offers callahead priority seating, which reduces the wait time for a table.

Also located on the Wharf is the Morgantown Brewing Company, a great op-

tion which offers a cool and comfortable atmosphere for students.

They will be featuring a fun Valentine’s Day themed menu including a pink and red heart-shaped risotto and smoked tomato with butternut squash. The crab and Brie quesadilla and filet mignon with portobello mushrooms are some other specials that night.

“We are a local establishment that’s WVU alumniowned and operated with awesome food specials and great craft beer,” said head chef Alex Schoetz.

The Morgantown Brewing Company does take reservations and there are still openings available.

A great option for students who do not have a car and live downtown is the Golden Finch on High Street. They will be running Valentine’s Day specials starting Friday, Feb. 10 and running until Feb. 14. Their special menu

for the holiday consists of pan-seared fillet, topped with crab meat and asparagus with bearnaise sauce. Jumbo scallops with grilled portobello mushrooms is another great option.

“The restaurant will be decorated for Valentine’s Day,” said Mary Gutmann, whose stepson in the co-owner of the Golden Finch. “Our signature dish is the garlic soup, which is great; we use all local products.”

Their portions are large, so it may be romantic to order one dinner, and just share a meal like “Lady and the Tramp.” The Golden Finch also has vegetarian offerings available.

Valentine’s Day is a good excuse to go out and get some great food from these local establishments. Even if you do not have a date, grab a friend or two and enjoy a fun-filled evening out on the town. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

The Golden Finch will be offering Valentines Day specials starting Feb. 10

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Indiana State fair official testifies Sugarland resisted delaying concert before stage collapse INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Country duo Sugarland resisted delaying the start of a concert last August at the Indiana State Fair despite threatening weather that later caused a deadly stage collapse, the fair’s top official testified in a lawsuit against the company that built the stage rigging.

During a Jan. 16 deposition, Indiana State Fair Commission executive director Cindy Hoye testified that a representative for a concert promotion company working with the fair twice approached Sugarland about the fair’s desire to delay the show. But Hoye said the band expressed concerns about how a delay would affect the time lead singer Jennifer Nettles needed to warm up and complicate the band’s travel to its next show.

“They were trying to get to Iowa to play the Iowa State Fair, and so they said they did not want to delay,” Hoye testified.

The company released a portion of Hoye’s deposition Wednesday after the Indiana Occupational Safety and Health Administration fined Mid-America $63,000 for three serious violations of industry standards, which it said contributed to the stage collapse that killed seven people and injured 58 others.

The six-month investigation found the company, the stagehands union and fair officials share blame for the collapse, which occurred when a powerful storm swept into the fairgrounds and knocked over the outdoor stage rigging just before Sugarland was to perform.

Hoye said that the fair of-

fered to pay for extra stagehands in Des Moines to reduce the time needed to set up the stage, but the band declined.

Representatives for Sugarland did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Associated Press. Stephanie McFarland, a spokeswoman for the fair, also had no immediate response.

State Labor Commissioner Lori Torres said OSHA’s report, the first of three independent investigations into the tragedy, was intended to improve workplace safety, not assign blame.

However, it issued small fines against the fair, company and union.

The report said Mid-America failed to adequately address safety standards. It found fair officials didn’t sufficiently plan for emergencies and were too

slow to order an evacuation of the grounds when powerful winds blew in ahead of a storm.

The report also said the union hadn’t adequately trained members how to work at heights or provided them with fall protection.

None of that, however, could have necessarily prevented the collapse, Torres said.

“The state fair commission believed they had more time than they actually had based on weather conditions,” Torres said. “This is not the same as saying that even if it had developed the proper protocol no one would have been injured.

But clearly an earlier evacuation ... would have changed things.”

The company said it told the fair commission and Sugarland about the temporary roof’s lim-

itations in severe weather, advising that the area be evacuated in the event of lightning or winds topping 40 mph. Those warnings were reiterated the night of the concert, the statement said.

The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees Local 30 also came under fire, accused of five workplace violations.

The report found that the union, not the commission, was the employer of the stagehands who were working Aug. 13 when the stage collapsed.

But union attorney Bill Groth called that “absurd.”

“Needless to say, Local 30 feels it is being scapegoated by this administration, whose agents’ own gross negligence in failing to vacate the premises in the face of the imminent storm

cannot be explained away,” Groth said in an email to The Associated Press.

Torres said the agency determined the union was the stagehands’ employer because it selected the workers for the job and filed W-2s, workers compensation and other documents, among other factors.

The union was fined $11,500.

Sugarland was not penalized, though the band has been named in some lawsuits over the accident. The agency said the band didn’t employ the workers and wasn’t responsible for building the stage.

Torres noted that state inspections of temporary structures such as the stage rigging weren’t required at the time of the collapse but that a bill to require such inspections is pending in the Legislature.

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Keep up with annual responsibilities It’s the time of year again to file for federal student aid, your taxes and, for many college students, filing taxes is a new experience.

However, don’t think an excuse such as “I didn’t know” or “I forgot” will be accepted by the Internal Revenue Service if you don’t finish by April 15. Back taxes will stay with you for years to come; make sure you do it accurately.

College students should

not sweat about taxes. For most students, money will be paid to them, not vice-versa.

According to www.irs.gov, more parents and students will qualify over the next two years for a tax credit, namely the American Opportunity Credit, to pay for college expenses.

This gives students the tools they need and more confidence to stay in school.

The credit will award students

up to $2,500 on the first $4,000 of qualifying educational expenses. It is not available for families earning more than $180,000.

This is a perfect time for students to learn about other tax breaks offered.

Even if you are not eligible for certain tax breaks, it is always a good idea to be informed.

If your economic situation changes over the next year,

you will have a better idea of the money you can possibly save in the future.

Online tax preparation is offered through multiple providers, but if you are new to filing taxes we suggest filing through a professional tax person since filing taxes is important and leaves little room for error.

In addition to filing your taxes, students must also file their Free Application for

Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).

West Virginia University has advised students to meet the Mar. 1 priority deadline.

Don’t procrastinate; the last thing you want is to have your student aid jeopardized because you forgot to file your FAFSA. B e c o m i ng a n a d u l t means keeping up with your responsibilities. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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US Supreme Court must extend marriage rights to all Jeremiah Yates opinion editor

“...Moral or social equality between the different races...does not in fact exist, and never can.

The God of nature made it otherwise, and no human law can produce it, and no human tribunal can enforce it. There are gradations and classes throughout the universe. From the tallest archangel in Heaven, down to the meanest reptile on earth, moral and social inequalities exist, and must continue to exist throughout all eternity,” – Georgia Supreme Court, 1869.

The argument that interracial marriages are immoral and damaging to the social well-being was neither insensitive nor unreasonable for the majority of America’s history.

While many people today may be closet bigots and have similar views to the Georgia Supreme Court justices of 1869, it is safe to say this opinion is far from politically correct. In fact, a statement such as this would be the end of any contemporary American politician’s career.

This kind of thought mirrors the current debate of same-sex marriage.

The arguments against samesex marriage are tired and outdated. Most have a religious connotation and should not be defensible by today’s standard of justice and equality.

Although justice for homosexuals in California was temporarily served Tuesday after the state’s Ninth Circuit Court reversed Proposition 8, which banned same-sex marriage, the debate is far from over.

Because Proposition 8, which was passed by a slim 52 percent in 2008, was decided by a 3 panel court, its proponents will appeal to the Ninth Circuit Court, in which they will have another opportunity to argue the case again in front of all the judges on the court.

The assenting opinion stated “Proposition 8 serves no purpose and has no effect other than to lessen the status and human dignity of gays and lesbians in California, and to officially reclassify their relationships and families as inferior to those of opposite-sex couples.”

The court, however, was reluctant to make its decision reflect the issue nationally. The focus of the decision was clearly, and intentionally, specific to California’s legislative needs.

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Supporters of gay marriage react outside the James R. Browning U.S. Courthouse after a federal appeals court declared California’s ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional on Tuesday. grants and hears the case, it will be a huge step toward accomplishing equal marriage rights for all Americans, not just Californians.

According to www.supremecourt.gov, the Court receives around 10,000 petitions per year and only accepts about 75-80 cases. Because of this, many legal experts highly doubt the case will make it through.

It is understandable for the U.S. Supreme Court to be meticulous when it comes to hearing cases. The only cases that should come through the high court should be the most controversial and should have their arguments well reasoned.

In this case, the Ninth Circuit made it clear its decision was partly based on the fact that same-sex marriage was once legal in California and then it was

not – a situation unlike the rest of America.

“I think it will depend on their guess and their estimate of what will happen if they appeal to the Supreme Court … if they do that, the U.S. Supreme Court does not have to agree to hear this case, because the way in which the panel crafted it is narrowly focused on California, and on the consequences of Proposition 8 for California,” Professor Jane Schacter at Stanford Law School told Talking Points Memo, an online political magazine.

The U.S. Supreme Court should accept the case on the grounds of controversial tenor.

Although the Ninth Circuit narrowly drafted the opinion for California’s needs, the arguments apply everywhere.

“By using their initiative power to target a minority group

and withdraw a right that it possessed, without a legitimate reason for doing so, the people of California violated the Equal Protection Clause (of the federal Constitution). We hold Proposition 8 to be unconstitutional on this ground,” the Ninth Court said in its assenting opinion.

According to some experts this statement grounds the decision in California. Because homosexuals had equal marriage rights prior to Proposition 8, the court found it unconstitutional to take that right away on the grounds they were a “targeted minority.”

Wouldn’t homosexuals be considered a targeted minority everywhere because they are denied marriage rights in the first place? If so, then the decision would declare laws against same-sex marriage unconstitu-

tional everywhere in the U.S. The Ninth Court also argued “it is implausible to think that denying two men or two women the right to call themselves married could somehow bolster the stability of families headed by one man and one woman.”

Contrary to some beliefs, there are plenty of reasons for the U.S. Supreme Court to accept the case, and for them to rule laws against same-sex marriage unconstitutional.

There are certain rights to which married heterosexual couples are entitled, and homosexual couples should be able to marry and benefit from these as well. They include tax breaks, receiving veterans’ and military benefits for spouses – such as those for education, medical care or special loans – and many more.

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Furthermore, there is no proof linking poor development in children raised by homosexual parents.

Other arguments claim that homosexual parents will encourage their children to live the same way. If this was true, then heterosexual parents would not produce homosexual children, which is obviously false.

As my own marriage with my girlfriend of nearly seven years comes closer, (She said yes!) I wonder how it will change the lives of others. When I examine that thought a little more, I realize that the only lives that will be affected are my fiance’s and my own. The same would apply to same-sex marriages.

They do not affect others, financially or otherwise. If you don’t believe in same-sex marriage, then don’t have one.

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JORDANN WOOD, a ceramic artist, will present a guest artist lecture at 5 p.m. in the Bloch Learning and Performance Hall of the Creative Arts Center. For more information, call 304-2934359 or email charlene.lattea@ mail.wvu.edu.

THE LEADERSHIP STUDIES STUDENT ASSOCIATION will have its first meeting of the semester at 5:30 p.m. in G23 of the Life Sciences Building. Everyone is welcome to come to learn more about what Leadership Studies has to offer and how to get real leadership experience here at WVU. For more information, email kkimerer@mix.wvu. edu.

FRIDAY FEBRUARY 10

THE PNC PRACTICUM PROGRAM – ECONOMIC SEMINAR SERIES presents “The Causal Effect of Fetal Alcohol Exposure on Height: Evidence from State Prohibition Laws” by Jon Klick from the University of Pennsylvania. It will be held in Room 441 of the Business & Economics Building from 3:30-5 p.m. For more information, email william. trumbull@mail.wvu.edu.

TOMCHIN PLANETARIUM, located in 425 Hodges Hall, presents “Stars of the Pharaohs” at 7 p.m. and “Origins of Life” at 8 p.m. The event is free, but reservations are required and can be made by calling 304-293-4961.

Tomchin Observatory, located on the 4th floor of Hodges Hall, will be open at about 7:30 p.m. for viewing on the same night if the sky is clear. Jupiter should be visible.

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CO-DEPENDENTS ANONYMOUS, a 12-step program to assist participants in developing healthier relationships of all kinds, meets at 7 p.m. in the conference room of Chestnut Ridge Hospital. For more information, call Mary at 304-296-3748.

LUTHERAN DISASTER RESPONSE COLLEGIATE CORPS meets at the Lutheran Chapel at 8 p.m. The LDRCC responds to regional and national disasters. No experience is necessary. For more information, visit www.lutheranmountaineer.org/disaster.

MUSLIM STUDENTS ASSOCIATION hosts a weekly Islam and Arabic class at 6:30 p.m. in the Monongahela Room of the Mountainlair. For more information, call 304-906-8183 or email schaudhr@mix.wvu.edu.

THE MORGANTOWN CHESS CLUB meets from 7 p.m. in the basement of the First Christian Church at 100 Cobun Ave. Meetings will not be held the last Thursday of every month. For more information, visit www.morgantownchess.org.

CAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST holds its weekly CRU meetings at 9 p.m. in Room G24 of Eiesland Hall. People can join others for live music, skits and relevant messages. For more information, email roy.baker@uscm.org or visit www.wvucru.com.

UNITED METHODIST STUDENT MOVEMENT meets at 7 p.m. at the Campus Ministry Center on the corner of Price and Willey streets. For more information, email wvumethodist@comcast.net.

WVU CLUB TENNIS practices from 9-10 p.m. at Ridgeview Racquet Club.

For carpooling, call 304-906-4427. New members are always welcome.

THE WVU YOUNG DEMOCRATS meets at 7 p.m. in the Blackwater Room of the Mountainlair. For more information, email kross3@mix.wvu.edu.

WVU WOMEN’S ULTIMATE FRISBEE team meets from 7-9 p.m. at the

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

INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ORGANIZATION meets at 8 p.m. at the International House on Spruce Street.

BISEXUAL, GAY, LESBIAN AND TRANSGENDER MOUNTAINEERS meets at 8 p.m. in the Laurel Room of the Mountainlair. For more information, email bigltm.wvu@gmail.com.

CHESS CLUB meets from 6-9 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.

THE CATALAN TABLE will meet at 4 p.m. at Maxwell’s restaurant. All levels welcome. For more information, call 304-293-5121 ext. 5509.

INTERVARSITY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP meets at 7 p.m. in 316 Percival Hall. For more information, call 304376-4506 or 304-276-3284.

FREE ARABIC/ISLAM CLASSES will be hosted by the Muslim Students’ Association from 6-8 p.m. in the Kanawha Room of the Mountainlair. To register, email schaudhr@mix.wvu.edu.

CONTINUAL

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.

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.

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.-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, call Sylvia at 304-983-2823, ext. 104 or email bigs4kids@yahoo.com.

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 304-598-6094 or email rfh@wvuh.com.

LITERACY VOLUNTEERS is seeking volunteers for one-on-one tutoring in

information along with instructions for regular appearance in the Campus Calendar. These announcements must be resubmitted each semester.

The editors reserve the right to edit or delete any submission.

There is no charge for publication. Questions should be directed to the Campus Calendar editor at 304-293-5092.

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 inservice 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.

THE ASSOCIATION FOR WOMEN IN SCIENCE meets on the second Monday and fourth Tuesday of every month at noon at Hatfields in the Mountainlair.

All students and faculty are invited. For more information, email amy.keesee@ mail.wvu.edu.

THE CHEMISTRY LEARNING CENTER, located on the ground floor of the Chemistry Research Laboratories, is open Monday through Friday 9 a.m-5 p.m. and 7-10 p.m. Monday through Wednesday.

FREE STUDENT SUCCESS SUPPORT, presented by the WVU Office of Retention and Research, helps students improve on time management, note taking reading and study skills as well as get help with the transition to WVU. Free drop-in tutoring is also available every night of the week in different locations. For more information, visit http://retention.wvu.edu or call 304-293-5811.

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.

COMMUNITY NEWCOMERS CLUB is a group organized to allow new residents of the Morgantown area an opportunity to gather socially and assimilate into their new home community.

For more information, visit www.morgantownnewcomers.com.

NEW SPRING SEMESTER GROUP THERAPY OPPORTUNITIES are available for free at the Carruth Center. The groups include Understanding Self and Others, A Place for You, Sexual Assault Survivors Group, Social Anxiety Group and Solution Focused Therapy Group.

For more information, call 304-2934431 or email tandy.mcclung@mail. wvu.edu.

THE FRIENDS OF THE MORGANTOWN PUBLIC LIBRARY are seeking new members and volunteers for weekly book sale inventory. For more information, inquire at the front desk on Spruce St., downstairs during sales every Tuesday and the first and third Saturday of every month or call 304-292-7579.

THE ROYCE J. AND CAROLINE B. WATTS MUSEUM, located in the Mineral Resources Building on the Evansdale Campus, presents its latest exhibit “Defying the Darkness: The Struggle for Safe and Sufficient Mine Illumination”through July 2012. The exhibit focuses on the history mining lights, and displays a wide variety of mine lighting implements. The Exhibit is open Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 1-4 p.m. and by appointment. For more information, call 304-293-4609 or email wattsmuseum@mail.wvu.edu.

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BY JACQUELINE BIGAR BORN TODAY You could become unusually fussy and demanding this year.

You might believe that you are the best at this or that. As a result, you make waves wherever you go and often have an entourage of the opposite sex around you.

You don’t have to commit; just be receptive and enjoy your popularity. If you are attached, the two of you enjoy relating more closely. You might hear a surprise confession. VIRGO cares about the basics.

ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19) HHH Dealings with others help you revise your opinion on what might be necessary. Once you absorb the big picture, you could opt to act. Others might be surprised, yet for you, this direction seems part of a logical sequence following thought and discussion. Tonight: Put your feet up. Think “weekend.”

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20) HHHHH You have what many wish they had -- creativity tamed by a practical bent. Many people would say this is impossible, but you demonstrate the workability of this combo. You gain an insight into a key person through his or her actions. Tonight: Let your imagination rock and roll.

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20) HHHH Listen to what is being offered. Revise your thinking, especially in the emotional realm. Someone lets you know just how significant you might be to his or her life.

Relax and plan on spending a little extra time doing what you love. Tonight: Fun and games.

CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22) HHHHH You might say something that creates quite a jolt in your immediate surroundings. Listen to an offer that comes from out of left field. Remember, you can take some time rather than react. Weigh the pros and cons. Let others process more on their own. Be less helpful. Tonight: Hang out.

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22) HHH You might want to handle your funds differently from those around you. You are not frightened of change or risk. Many people are.

Revise your health habits as you attempt to revise your monetary security. They walk hand in hand. Tonight: Your treat.

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22) HHHHH Remain sensitive to the many people in your life and to what they want. But don’t forget to take care of No. 1, or else you will be useless. A partner, friend or loved one jolts you with an unexpected gesture. Tonight: It is your call.

LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22) HH Recognize what is going on around you. Your tendency to be noticed and strong personality need to fall back some in order to allow others to come forward. You will gain tremendous insight by not being so dominant. Tonight: Take some much-needed personal time.

SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21) HHHH Understanding evolves if you stay focused on your priorities. Not everyone will go along, especially as you are likely to espouse an avant-garde idea. Get a stronger sense of a roommate or family member.

This person could be hiding something.

Tonight: Where you are, the fun is.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21) HHHH Listen to feedback from those who count and often take the lead in your life. You respond to a very wild idea, wishing you had come up with it. Your sense of humor emerges, and interactions become easier. Respond to an authority figure -he or she is goal-directed. Tonight: Work late, if need be.

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19) HHHH Listen to a loved one at a distance. A family member or domestic issue could be full of surprises. You could question what is going on, but why not get in on some of the fun? Rethink your thought process and attitude regarding the situation. Tonight: Choose a different happening.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18) HHHHH Deal with those who come forward individually. Let go of a prejudice and try to see someone with open eyes. The unexpected pops up. Enjoy the fun and people around you. Remember, people like you to focus on them and just them. Tonight: Go with another person’s suggestion.

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20) HHHH Focus on those you care about. In fact, they will give you little choice! Your view of an organization or friend could be changing. You are not through the process just yet. Trust that you will be able to make a clearer judgment. Tonight: Sort through invitations.

BORN TODAY Ninth U.S. president William Henry Harrison (1773), actress Mia Farrow (1945), actress Zhang Ziyi (1979)

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Thursday February 9, 2012

Fashion models found organization to fend off abuses

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The Council of Fashion Designers of America hosted a panel discussion Tuesday that addressed the question of how thin is too thin.

NEW YORK (AP) — Models are more than just pretty faces. They’re often overworked, underfed and underage independent contractors with little say when things go bad behind the scenes.

Many are just teenagers far from home, in some cases earning as much in a day as their poor families back in Russia and Eastern Europe do in a month. As a result, many fear speaking out about sexual harassment, unscrupulous booking agencies, demands to alter their bodies, lack of backstage privacy and punishing stretches with little sleep.

“Modeling is precarious freelance labor,” said model Sara Ziff, who was discovered at 14 walking home from her New York City school. “We have very little job security. It’s also a winner-takesall market. There’s only one Gisele. Basically, it’s a labor force of children who are working in a very grown-up business.”

In hopes of changing things, Ziff has founded The Model Alliance, dedicated to improving the working conditions of models and persuad-

ing the industry to take better care of its young.

Among other things, Ziff has set up a confidential system for models to report inappropriate conduct or other abuses during New York Fashion Week, which opens Thursday. She is also working on a Models’ Bill of Rights.

Backed for now by anonymous donors, the Alliance was launched Monday and has a board of directors and an advisory board drawn from the worlds of law, labor and entertainment.

Ziff, who has more than a decade on the runway and has served as the face of Tommy Hilfiger, Banana Republic and Stella McCartney, has enlisted some of her famous model friends, including Shalom Harlow, Doutzen Kroes and Coco Rocha, one of the first to speak frankly about eating disorders in the trade.

Ziff, 29, also has the support of the powerful Council of Fashion Designers of America. The trade group gave her fledgling nonprofit a boost when it issued its annual pre-Fashion Week plea to designers and model

wranglers to keep photographers at bay when models are changing backstage and to keep girls under 16 off the runways by checking identification.

It’s not the first attempt to improve the working conditions of models. A union, The Models Guild, was founded in 1995 along the lines of the Screen Actors Guild, but it faltered a few years later for lack of members.

Ziff ’s alliance isn’t a union but an effort to persuade models to take control in an industry where they’re often treated as a commodity.

“One beautiful 13-yearold can be substituted for another beautiful 13-year-old,” added Susan Scafidi, who heads the Fashion Law Institute at Fordham University in New York and is on the Alliance’s board of directors.

A draft of the Models’ Bill of Rights includes demands that all jobs and castings involving nudity be subject to informed consent, and that no model under 17 be asked to pose nude or semi-nude. It also calls for booking agents not to lie about the ages of the models they represent and for

agents to work with parents of school-age models to draw up an on-the-job education plan.

The Alliance also wants changing areas that are offlimits to photographers and is asking for more transparency in the way money is handled.

Elettra Wiedemann, the 28-year-old daughter of actress and model Isabella Rossellini, recalled her own start in the business at age 14. She took part in a panel discussion Tuesday hosted by the CFDA’s health initiative, begun in 2007 to address unhealthy eating and the debate over how thin is too thin for models.

“I did experience when I first started modeling a lot of pressure from my agency in Italy. They asked me to get a breast reduction. They asked me to get a nose job.

They constantly critiqued my weight,” she said. “You go through a period of sadness and anger and selfloathing, and then I just decided, `You know what, I’m much more than just a number on a scale.’ I chose to have a boundary for myself.”

Fashion Week starts off with trend of heart-health awareness NEW YORK (AP) — Red is Christie Brinkley’s color.

The veteran supermodel is set to return to the runway Wednesday night for the Red Dress Collection fashion show, an annual New York Fashion Week kickoff event that aims to draw attention to women’s heart health by putting celebrity catwalkers in a parade of gowns by some of the country’s most famous designers.

Brinkley is a supporter of the Heart Truth campaign, headed by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, and has participated in this event before. This year, though, she hesitated before deciding to don a dress again. Her own

mother is suffering from serious heart disease, having experienced five strokes and a heart attack, and right now Brinkley says she feels like she should be spending quality time with her parents.

But they’re the ones who actually nudged her to do it, she said in a teary telephone interview Tuesday. “My parents understand more than anyone about the importance of getting the right care. They’re proud of me that I’ve reached a place where I can give back.”

Something else she’s learned from them is to maintain a healthy lifestyle with daily exercise and a careful diet. That wasn’t always easy when she

was a young model, jet-setting from place to place and trying every fad diet that came along, Brinkley, now 58, said, but she’s learned the best way to have the good life is to live it.

“I make time for this. I used to always put myself on the back burner, but I want to be strong and able for my kids, myself and my parents.”

She said she also finds strength and camaraderie within the modeling world, and she hopes the first-time “models” at the Red Dress show will feel that way, too. “I’ve always felt the catfight thing is a cliche, but especially when we’re all together and subject is the heart, we’re all united.”

It’s also a parade of great dresses, and red looks good on so many people, said Marchesa co-founder Georgina Chapman. Marchesa is once again lending a dress for the event, to be worn by model and actress Rebecca Romijn.

“I love the color red. It’s such a passionate color and it’s a fabulous color when you want to make a splash,” Chapman said. If she were on the catwalk, she said she’d probably wear it probably with black heels or neutral makeup. “There’s no matchy-matchy with red,” she advised. “I especially love to wear black with a hint of red.”

Jenna Elfman, making her Red Dress debut, planned to

wear a strapless Alberta Ferretti on the catwalk. “I love fashion, I love performance, I love charity,” she said.

She said she has wondered what models think about while they’re strutting in front of hundreds of people, but she planned to repeat her mantra of “take big steps.”

“Thank God I’m tall,” Elfman said. “I will get to the end much faster.”

Brinkley’s advice to the newbies was simple: “You can’t take a bad step when you’re on that runway. You’re there supporting this worthwhile, meaningAP ful cause. And if you slip and fall, you’ll make the news and Model Christie Brinkley wears a red dress to support heart-health awarenesss. spread the word even more.”

Producer of ‘Survivor’ to stand trial LOS ANGELES (AP) — A reality television producer charged with killing his wife while on vacation in Mexico is being sent from California to Cancun to await trial, a spokesman for his attorneys said Wednesday.

The attorneys were notified that former “Survivor” producer Bruce Beresford-Redman was being extradited, spokesman Stephen Jaffe said.

The producer has been charged in Mexico in the death of his wife, Monica BeresfordRedman, whose body was found in a sewer cistern at a swank resort following an April 2010 family vacation.

Bruce Beresford-Redman opted in December not to appeal a U.S. court ruling upholding his extradition. Mexican authorities later said they had reached an agreement for AP his return.

Beresford-Redman has deBruce Beresford-Redman, the former ‘Survivor’ producer, is charged with aggravated honied that he killed his wife and micide for his wife Monica’s April 2010 death. his attorneys have attacked evidence in the case.

The U.S. Marshals Service would not comment on Beresford-Redman’s extradition, citing a policy against discussing prisoner movements.

Beresford-Redman was arrested on a fugitive warrant in the Los Angeles area in November 2010. Mexican and U.S. authorities say he left the country without permission, although Beresford-Redman’s lawyers have claimed he was under no obligation to stay and needed to return to the U.S. to help care for his children.

The family of Monica Beresford-Redman said the extradition “marks a major milestone in our journey to ensure justice for Monica.”

“After nearly 15 months in United States custody, Bruce will finally be returned to Mexico to stand trial for Monica’s murder,” attorney Alison Triessl wrote in a statement released on behalf of the family.

Triessl said the family will follow the case in Mexico and will ask for the maximum sentence if Beresford-Redman is convicted. The maximum sentence could be 12 to 30 years in prison.

U.S. prosecutors presented statements from hotel guests who said they heard loud arguing and cries of distress coming from the couple’s room on the night Monica Beresford-Redman went missing.

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JUST NOT ENOUGH

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West Virginia head coach Bob Huggins yells to his players during the Mountaineers’ loss to Notre Dame.

Late second-half let down leads to West Virginia’s fourth loss in five league games

By John Terry Managing Editor

West Virginia had a 43-40 lead and all the momentum with 4:20 remaining.

But Notre Dame refused to go down easy.

Notre Dame hit back-toback-to-back 3-point shots in the final two minutes to secure a 55-51 victory against West Virginia Wednesday night.

“They were 2-for-18 from three, and they made three in a row,” said West Virginia head coach Bob Huggins. “They miss that three, and we come down and score – we probably win that game.”

Notre Dame’s Eric Atkins, Je-

rian Grant and Scott Martin had the three 3-pointers each. The Irish finished just 5-of-21 from 3-point range.

“They hit those threes and put the game out of our hands,” said West Virginia senior forward Kevin Jones, who scored 14 points and collected 12 rebounds, but his nine game streak of at least 20 points was snapped.

West Virginia was led by freshman guard Jabarie Hinds who scored 17 points, on 8-of12 shooting.

Junior forward Deniz Kilicli had 17 points and was seemingly the only consistent force for the Mountaineers.

“We just couldn’t shoot it

from the outside,” Kilicli said about the Mountaineers 2-for16 performance from 3-point range. “They wanted to guard Truck (Bryant) – we didn’t have anyone else make outside shots.”

Bryant, a game removed from a 32-point performance against Providence, scored zero points on the night. He did finish with a career-high eight assists.

Huggins was happy with the way Bryant played, despite the lack of scoring.

“I’m not blaming Truck,” Huggins said. “He really tried to win. He didn’t force things.”

West Virginia shot 58.6 percent in the second half, but its 24.1 percent shooting perfor-

Mountaineers have a lot to gain from matchup with No. 2 Notre Dame cody schuler sports WRITER

The West Virginia women’s basketball team is two days away from facing the No. 2 team in the country. Before the Mountaineers travel to South Bend, Ind., to take on Notre Dame, I think it’s important to recognize what can be gained from the women’s edition of this rivalry.

As of right now, head coach Mike Carey and the Mountaineers are on the bubble. I believe if the season ended right now, West Virginia would most likely be on the outside of the tournament looking in – but just barely.

Last Saturday, West Virginia took down No. 12 Louisville 6650 – a victory that puts a solid foot forward in solidifying a spot in the NCAA tournament.

With losses to Cal StateNorthridge, St. Bonaventure and Providence, the Mountaineers have a fair share of blemishes on its resume. However, victories over ranked opponents Louisville and UCLA will look strong at season’s end.

I feel confident saying that when the regular season ends, West Virginia will find a way to make the Field of 64.

The Mountaineers will likely end the season with more than 20 wins and a solid record in conference play. What remains to be seen, however, is how this team will perform against its next stretch of opponents – a few of which will receive strong seeds for the tournament.

Saturday is a fantastic opportunity for this team. Regardless of the outcome of the game, West Virginia has plenty of room to use the contest to get better – both on the court and on paper.

Redshirt sophomore guard Christal Caldwell has become the team’s most consistent offensive threat. Freshman point guard Linda Stepney continues to play a bigger role with each passing game. Notre Dame will

challenge both of them in a way that only Connecticut has done so far this season.

There’s no doubt that the victory over Louisville was the team’s most consistent, complete game of the year. With a week to prepare for Notre Dame, it will be interesting to see if that momentum has disappeared or if it has intensified and refined itself throughout a week of practice.

Both Carey and junior center Asya Bussie believe the week off wouldn’t hurt the team. I find myself agreeing with this sentiment.

Sometimes a long break between games can halt a hot streak, but I feel that won’t be the case this time around.

If West Virginia can hang with Notre Dame in the first half, there’s a good chance the game will ultimately end on a

positive note.

Then again, if the Fighting Irish jump ahead by doubledigits early, things could get ugly.

Something to watch for will be how West Virginia responds to Notre Dame’s scoring runs.

The Fighting Irish leads the country in scoring and field goal percentage. Twice this season, Notre Dame has scored over 120 points in a game.

Suffice to say, Notre Dame will score, and score in bunches, but what is more important is how the Mountaineers respond to the firepower.

If West Virginia can go into South Bend, keep the score within a reasonable margin and get solid contributions from the regulars, the selection committee will view the game favorably.

see schuler on PAGE 10

mance in the first half held the Mountaineers back.

West Virginia and Notre Dame didn’t have a stoppage in play for the first 6:13 of the game, but the two schools started off a dismal 3-of-16 from the field.

The Irish used a 9-0 run to jump out to a 19-12 lead at the 5:12 mark of the first half. West Virginia was held without a basket for a seven minutes until it scored to make it 19-14, with 2:47 remaining in the first half.

Notre Dame extended its lead in the first half, and it finished the half on a 7-2 run to take a 2616 lead into the break.

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Senior guard Truck Bryant scored zero points, but had a career-high eight assists in the loss.

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men’s soccer

WVU brings in eight for 2012 by alex sims sports writer

Eight new Mountaineers have joined the fold for men’s soccer head coach Marlon LeBlanc – with more still to come.

The class of 2016 will attempt to replace a talented senior class that included recent 2012 Major League Soccer draftee, defender Ray Gaddis.

“We have a great nucleus of guys who were big players on our team returning,” LeBlanc said. “Now these guys can come in and really complement them and hopefully play within themselves.

“My hopes are that they’re all going to find a way to contribute and by the makeup of the class, we really do believe that we can have them all contribute at one point or another in the season.”

Four new defenders have signed on to replace Gaddis and fellow graduated defensemen Matt Drake and Uzi Tayou.

Alessandro Mion, a member of the United States U17 national team, highlights a strong class of defenders for the Mountaineers.

The Miami, Fla., native is ranked No. 30 in the ESPNHS 150 and is rated a four-star prospect by TopDrawerSoccer.com.

Defender Nick Raskasky represents West Virginia’s lone early enrollee and will also help bolster the back line in Morgantown.

The Tacoma, Wash., native was a member of the MLS’ Seattle Sounders FC Academy team, one of two signees from MLS academy teams.

The other two defenders in the class, Chris Spates and Haydon Bennett are both members of the Richmond Kickers Academy.

Bennett was a two-time first team all-district honoree at Clover Hill High School while Spates was named all-district three times while at Prince George High School, both of Virginia.

Spates is cut from a similar mold to current West Virginia captain Eric Schoenle and is

SPECIAL NOTICES

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Head coach Marlon LeBlanc points to the crowd in a game against Connecticut last season. LeBlanc signed four players on defense, two midfielders and two forwards for the class of 2016. one of many players in the class who has potential to make an early impact.

“We’ve got guys that can challenge an all-American like Eric Schoenle for his spot,” LeBlanc said.

“The expectation is that Eric will get even better to make sure that no one takes his spot. If we can get that push in training, that competition will hopefully spur us on to be a better team.”

Two midfielders will join a strong returning midline and fill in for the departed Ruben Garrido and Allan Flott as well.

Zak Leedom, the second WVU commit from an MLS academy roster, comes from the Columbus Crew Academy team.

The Dublin, Ohio, native led Dublin Coffman High School to its first regional championship in school history, while being named first team all-state.

Another all-state performer out of Gaithersburg, Md., will join Leedom in the midfield.

James Merriam led Colonel Zadok Magruder High School to a 2010 state championship and was named all-state in 2011.

Additionally, Merriam played alongside current WVU midfielder, Nick Breitsameter for the Potomac Academy.

Rounding out the class are two talented forwards with some impressive accolades.

Kyle Underwood will head

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A close loss against a team like Notre Dame doesn’t look too shabby.

The confidence and experience this contest can bring to the team is unparalleled by any other regular-season game remaining. Carey knows this; his team knows this.

How will the Mountaineers use the opportunity to play against the No. 2 team in the country? We’ll find out Sunday.

West Virginia’s 16 first-half points were the lowest the Mountaineers scored since they played Villanova in March of 2010, when they also scored 16.

The Mountaineers shot just 24.1 percent in the first half, while Notre Dame shot 26.2 percent The Irish extended its lead to 12 on the first possession of the second half, but West Virginia fought back to within four after a Kilicli hook shot.

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to Morgantown after being named Texas state player of the year and a 2011 high school all-American by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America.

The Aledo, Texas, native also competed for the Dallas Texans Academy and the Fort Worth FC and was a 2011 AAU National qualifying sprinter.

WVU also added its third New Zealander to the roster with its eight commit of the class.

Ryan Cain of Wellington, New Zealand, represented his country alongside current Mountaineer forward and Big East Rookie of the Year, Andy Bevin, at the U20 FIFA World Cup in 2011 in Columbia.

After the initial eight, LeBlanc promises a few new “exciting additions” to be announced in the coming weeks.

“Quite a number of them have had some pretty remarkable achievements in their careers so far,” LeBlanc said.

“Academically it’s a very successful group. That, as a coach, is something you look for because it saves a lot of stress off the field.

“Plus, it’s an athletic group, it’s a talented group, it’s an accomplished group and there’s no doubt that they’re going to be able to push some of the returners.” dasports@mail.wvu.edu

The Irish didn’t give in until the Mountaineers went an 8-0 run to tie the game at 38 with 6:46 left.

West Virginia took a 4140 lead just two possessions later – its first lead of with 5:22 remaining.

Notre Dame’s Jack Cooley led his team with 21 points and 12 rebounds.

Martin and Grant each finished with 12 points. “(The locker room) is hurting” Jones said. “This was a game we were sure we could win.” john.terry@mail.wvu.edu

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NEW HOUSE AVAILABLE MAY 15 ON Downtown Campus. 5BR, 3BA, family room, game room, living room, lease/dep required. NO PETS. Off st parking, DW, WD, etc. 304-599-6001

232 COBUN. AWESOME HISTORIC VICTORIAN HOME. Large 6 to 8 bedrooms. 2 full size kitchens. 3 full bathrooms.

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ROOMMATES MUST SEE MALE/FEMALE ROOMMATE NEEDED close to Arnold hall excellent condition, W/D & parking. Individual lease. $395-$450 all utilities included.

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NEEDED FOR SUBLET 3/BR, 3.5 bath, CopperBeech Townhome. $449/mo.+utils. Cable included. Bus to Downtown. Call 240.216.1937 or email jolsen523@gmail.com TWO FEMALE STUDENTS NEEDED For nice quiet 3BR Apartment on Price Street. Close to downtown campus. Must be neat, quiet. Includes utilities, WD, DW, AC, 1.5 bath, parking NO PETS. Starts May 15th $420/monthly. 304-379-9851.

MOBILE HOMES FOR SALE FOR SALE 2006 MOBILE HOME. 3BR/2BA. Located in Fairfield Manor. Minutes from town. Like-new condition. Asking $28,000 Call Tammy 304-319-4161.

AUTOMOBILES FOR SALE CASH PAID!! WE BUY CARS and trucks.

Any make! Any model! Any condition!

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HELP WANTED BARTENDING UP TO $300 A DAY potential. No experience necessary. Age 18 plus. Training available. 800-965-6520 Ext. 285 JERSEY SUBS HIRING DELIVERY DRIVERS and pizza and line cooks. Apply in person at 1756 Mile Ground Rd. Must have experience.

TAN ONE IS NOW HIRING a full time manager. Must have degree in business and past sales/management experience. Interested applicants please email resume to tswtanone@aol.com.

LOST & FOUND LOST RED IRISH SETTER. 1 year old male. Lost from CL area 12/29. $1000 Reward. 304-989-0608 or 304-594-2803.

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12 | SPORTS

Thursday February 9, 2012

women’s basketball

Carey’s young players ‘growing up’ fast by nick arthur sports writer

The inability to hold leads late in games has been the reason for a handful of losses this season for the West Virginia women’s basketball team.

With four freshmen and four sophomores on the roster, the team’s inexperience has been apparent in many other aspects of the game, as well.

However, after a 66-50 blowout against No. 12 Louisville at the Coliseum last weekend, head coach Mike Carey feels his team is beginning to play like a more mature team.

“They’re paying closer attention to detail,” Carey said.

“We’ve got great girls; they’re great people. But, we were young, and we’re starting to mature a little bit.”

The girls have won three straight games in Big East Conference play to improve to 17-6 this season and post a 7-3 mark in conference play.

When did this sudden change in maturity occur?

“I thought our players, in the South Florida game, grew up a little bit at the end,” Carey said. “It carried over to this game (against Louisville), and that’s a good sign to see.”

The Mountaineers, who were forced to play the Bulls at the South Florida student recreation center last week, held a nine-point lead against USF with less than four minutes

remaining.

But, for whatever reason, it was a three-point game with less than a minute to play.

This time, though, West Virginia’s young core wasn’t rattled. It held off the push and escaped with a win.

Freshman guard Linda Stepney feels the team was attentive with a late, double-digit lead against Louisville.

“That was our main focus with two minutes and a double-digit lead,” she said. “At South Florida, we lost the lead, and we just wanted to keep it.”

The focus was evident, as the Mountaineers never allowed the Cardinals to cut into the lead.

The signs of this team maturing and blossoming down the stretch have to raise a question: Is this team worthy of a NCAA tournament bid?

Two wins over ranked opponents (No. 25 UCLA and No. 12 Louisville) and a 7-3 record in the Big East has built a strong resume for West Virginia to this point.

However, Carey knows there are many games left to be played and wants his team to be mature and act like they’ve done this before.

“I want them to concentrate on the next game. If we take care of business, the NCAA and all that will happen,” Carey said. nicholas.arthur@mail.wvu.edu

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Freshman guard Linda Stepney defends a Georgetown player in a game earlier this season.

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Mountaineers to face six schools WVU has high expectations in Big East Diving championships in Blue and Gold meet Friday by amit batra

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The West Virginia track and field team will be back at the Shell Building Friday for the Blue and Gold meet. This will be the last stop prior to the Big East Indoor championships held Friday afternoon.

WVU will face competition from Waynesburg, Geneva College, Westminster College, St. Vincent, Bethany College and Alderson-Broaddus College.

“We have a few more kids that we can hope we can qualify for the Big East Indoor Championships,” said WVU head coach Sean Cleary. “This will also serve as a tune-up for our team as we are in the final preparations for the Big East.”

The Blue and Gold meet will be able to be a very nice form of preparation for Cleary’s bunch, especially being at home.

“Being at home is nice, being that we are so close to the Big East meet,” Cleary said.

“Having a nice little tune-up to keep us in a competitive frame of mind is important. Not having to be on the road will allow us to prepare and rest for next weekend.”

Redshirt sophomore Chene Townsend, who competes in the 60-meter hurdles, hopes to improve her time before she

After preparing all season, West Virginia diving coach Michael Grapner has high expectations for his team as they travel to Pittsburgh’s Trees Pool to participate in the Big East Conference Diving championships this weekend.

“The expectations are looking for consistency on the upper end, recognizing that the divers have worked hard all year for this meet, (and) they are prepared.”

Grapner said.

“I have high expectations with reasonable goals for each diver.”

Since the team last competed, the men on Jan. 21 at Maryland and the women on Jan. 27 at Ohio, Grapner has spent the time making sure his team’s dives are finetuned and mentally prepared for the high level of competition they will see at the Big East championships. “(We are) recognizing that small points make big differences,” Grapner said. “It’s one dive at a time, and that is all they need to think about during the meet.”

Ultimately, Grapner is trying to build the divers’ con-

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Redshirt sophomore Chene Townsend runs in a meet last season. prepares for the Big East Indoor championships.

“I hope for a better time Friday,” Townsend said. “I’ve already qualified for the Big East, but I’m trying to improve my time in that event. I’m also running the 200-meter dash, and it would be nice qualify for the Big East championships in that as well.”

Townsend, who equaled her personal best of 8.53 seconds last week at Penn State, is trying to work on the minor things at tomorrow’s meet.

“I’m trying to fix minor things in my technique and trying to work on my speed,” Townsend said. “It’s the small things you do that wins races, so my focus is to work this week

to fine-tune my technique.”

WVU will look for strong finishes in order to feel best prepared for next weekend’s championships.

“The overall team goal for the Big East Indoor championships is for everyone to go out and make it to the finals for each event and get points for the team,” Townsend said. “If we make it to the final, it doesn’t matter our placement, we’ll still get points. It would be great if we can finish in the top three for each event we qualified for, and we’d have a chance to be Big East Indoor champions.

The action takes place at the Shell Building Friday at noon. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

fidence high enough so they know exactly what they need to do to be successful before taking the leap off the diving board.

“The best thing that we can do right now is build the confidence to know that they can do that dive and do every dive very well,” he said.

On the men’s team, Grapner has the confidence that two specific members will thrive at the Big East championships and reach the goals they have set.

“Matt O’Neil and Richard Pokorny are diving better than they have all year,” Grapner said. “They look good, their confidant, and I’m expecting a positive showing from both of them this year.”

O’Neil, a senior, is coming off a seventh-place finish at the Big East championships in 2011. According to Grapner, O’Neil has worked hard all season and set goals in order to guarantee he finishes better at this year’s championship. “(O’Neil is) taking bigger dives and improving on that,” he said. “Matt has just started to turn a page on working hard, to learn new dives and make an impact on the smaller points that make

big differences.”

As for Pokorny, Grapner likes the transition the sophomore has made from his freshman season.

“Richard has turned around and gone from a totally basic list (of dives) as a freshman, to know becoming a true Big East competitor this season with a bigger list of dives with various degrees of difficulty,” Grapner said.

“He will be one to watch out for at this year competition.”

On the women’s side, Grapner expects big things from freshman Haily VandePoel, but more importantly is excited about the experience she will gain in her first Big East championship.

“Haily VandePoel has had a very successful season,” he said. “More than anything I want them to experience the level of competition at the Big East so they are prepared for years to come.”

Grapner will not measure his success this weekend with wins or losses, but rather how his team performs in reference to their goals.

“When they achieve their goals, I have achieved success,” he said. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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