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SGA elections chair keeps seat

By Lacey palmer Staff Writer

The West Virginia University Student Government Association held a special meeting Wednesday to discuss the possible impeachment of an executive after tabling the discussion during a Nov. 29 meeting.

Elections chair Josh Harrison was up for impeachment after it was found he wrongly informed a potential candidate of the time

period in which announcements to run for election can be made.

According to some SGA members, Harrison did this “knowingly,” and this was the reason he was considered for impeachment.

During Wednesday’s meeting, it was concluded that Harrison will remain elections chair alongside cochair Allison Rollins.

“One of our two elections chairs, who was appointed by me and has some de-

gree of power, wrongfully informed a potential presidential and vice presidential candidate of our elections code without consulting his other elections chair or attorney general,” said Zach Redding, SGA President.

Harrison was given the opportunity to share his view with the governors.

“Under what I understood of Article II, Subsection J, is that I’m allowed to make interpretations, and I also have the ability to get

advice from the attorney general,” Harrison said.

“There’s nothing that specifically said everything that I make a determination of has to be run by them, but it’s obviously an area of which is vague, and I am now informed of the specific way the process is handled; henceforth, I will do exactly that.”

Harrison said the violation was not intentional.

“It was never my intention to make it seem like I

was going behind anyone’s back, whether it be attorney general Bomkamp or cochair Rollins,” he said.

Harrison also addressed the assumption of bias involving himself and any member of the student organizations services staff.

“All of us, including myself, had no idea that Ryan (Campione) was running for president until Wednesday (Nov. 28), so to assume it’s been going on for many months and that we’ve come

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up with some grand scheme to change the system – to amend the rules or to allow him to have some unfair advantage is completely falsified,” Harrison said.

Board of Governors member Bridgette Boyd said she believes the events should serve as a wake-up call to all members of SGA, and Harrison should not be the only one at fault.

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Kwanzaa celebration set for Thursday

By Caroline Peters Staff writer

The West Virginia University Center for Black culture & Research in partnership with the WVU School of Music is welcoming the WVU community to be part of a unique holiday celebration.

A Kwanzaa celebration will be held Thursday in the Mountainlair Ballrooms.

“Each year, we – at The Center for Black Culture & Research – look forward to our annual Kwanzaa event,” said Marjorie Fuller, director of The Center for Black Culture & Research.

Guests are welcome to dinner and entertainment.

The celebration will feature performances by poet Mwatabu S. Okantah and the Cavani String Quartet.

“This year, we are particularly happy to welcome the poet Mwatabu Okantah, who officiates our ceremony, and our very special guests, The Cavani String Quartet,” Fuller said. “We would also like to acknowledge and thank the WVU music school for their support and co-sponsorship.”

Founded by Nguzo Saba, Kwanzaa honors the seven principles of unity, selfdetermination, collective work and responsibility, cooperative economics,

purpose, creativity and faith.

The holiday focuses on family and tradition, bringing together the community.

Kwanzaa is celebrated Dec. 26- Jan. 1.

However, the WVU Center for Black Culture & Research invites the community by celebrating the first week of December, before winter break.

“I never knew what Kwanzaa was until I became friends with my roommate last year,” said social work student Leann Brown. “ I went to the celebration with her, and it really opened up my eyes. The art and colors of the room were really awesome.”

Kwanzaa is welcoming to anyone who wants to respect the principles and participate. Brown said she didn’t expect to enjoy celebrating the event as much as she did, she said.

“I assumed I wouldn’t be welcomed, because it was new to me, but I learned a lot and saw a different way of celebrating things I always found important,” Brown said. “I can’t wait to take my friends this year, because it felt great to be a part of something respectful but fun.”

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New scheduling tool to debut next week by lacey palmer

full coverage of west virginia’s capital classic victory against marshall in sports

WVU student aims for Miss America by shelby toompas staff writer

This summer, smalltown native Kaitlin Gates had her dreams come true when she was crowned Miss West Virginia on June 29. Now, she’s preparing for her next big goal: becoming Miss America.

Gates, an exercise physiology student, fell in love with pageants as a young girl and immediately knew she would one day compete for Miss West Virginia.

“I first attended the pageant at the age of 10, and since then, my goal has been to become Miss West Virginia,” Gates said.

In order to compete for Miss West Virginia, you must first win a local title.

“I continued to compete in two local pageants and did not win, so I had to compete at what’s called the Sweeps Pageant with all the other girls who didn’t win during the regular season,” Gates said. “It was there that I finally won and

was eligible to compete for Miss West Virginia.”

Gates said she started preparing in January for the pageant.

“After hearing my name, I was in such shock that it didn’t sink in until later,” she said. “I felt so accomplished to know my dream was finally coming true, and all of my hard work and dedication had paid off.”

As Miss West Virginia, Gates has had the opportunity to travel throughout West Virginia and to differ-

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ent regions of the country representing her state and her University.

“Everyone in the state has shown me so much hospitality and warmth. It is truly amazing to be viewed as someone in a high position that people respect,” Gates said. “Living 40 minutes south of Morgantown, the city and the Mountaineers have always been close to my heart. I truly believe there is no better state to

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ON THE INSIDE The hard-fought victory West Virginia won against Marshall last night in the Capital Classic is the kind of win the Mountaineers’ need to take the next step. SPORTS PAGE 7

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A new online scheduling system for West Virginia University students will be launched during final examination week, according to associate registrar of student services Aimee Pfeifer.

Pfeifer demonstrated the new system at the Student Government Association meeting Nov. 28.

In a previous presentation during an SGA meeting, University registrar Steve Robinson discussed the major issues of the current scheduling system and www.courses.wvu. edu. The courses website has a “lag time” of nearly six minutes, because the site is not real-time, and many students discussed the burden of toggling back and forth between different sites.

The new program will be available to students within MIX, which, according to Robinson, will

prevent the lag time, and capacity numbers will constantly be updated.

Students will be able to simply click the course they wish to register for, and it will automatically go to their schedule. Also, all restrictions and prerequisites will be listed with the courses, meaning students won’t have to search for that information in an undergraduate catalog.

“Within a matter of days, we are hopefully making registration for classes much easier than it is today,” Robinson said.

“The days of having to jot down CRNs and move them to MIX will hopefully be gone, and this will hopefully shine a brighter light on WVU’s registration process.”

A new scheduling system was a priority for SGA Governor Joe Reidy for nearly a year.

“Last year, I went

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GOING FOR GOLD The WVU gymnastics team will start its season tonight with its Gold and Blue intrasquad meet at the Coliseum.

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Social Security fast-tracks rare-disease claims WASHINGTON (AP) — In an effort to ease the burden of being stricken with a debilitating condition, the Social Security Administration is expanding a program that fast-tracks disability claims by people who get serious illnesses such as cancer, early-onset Alzheimer’s and Lou Gehrig’s disease – claims that could take months or years to approve in the past.

While providing faster benefits, the program also is designed to ease the workload of an agency that has been swamped by disability claims since the economic recession a few years ago.

Disability claims are up by more than 20 percent from 2008. The Compassionate Allowances program approves many claims for a select group of conditions within a few days, Social Security Commissioner Michael Astrue said. The program is being expanded Thursday to include a total of 200 diseases and conditions.

Many of the conditions are rare; all of them are so serious that people who suffer from them easily meet the government’s definition of being disabled, Astrue said. With proper documentation, these are

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Continued from page 1 ahead and reinstate what I said during the last meeting – if we’re going to attack this member of the executive board for not fulfilling each and every single one of his duties in the constitution, we could attack a lot of people for not fulfilling every single one of their duties in the constitution,” Boyd said.

“If anything, I think this can be an excellent chance for all of us, including the executives that are here today, to revisit their duties as stated in the constitution and make sure we are following through with these,

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Continued from page 1 represent than West Virginia, and I am so very honored to do so.”

Some of her favorite appearances include: the South Berkeley County Christmas Events, the annual Light-Up Night in her hometown of Bridgeport, W.Va., and attending the Miss America’s Outstanding Teen pageant in Orlando, Fla. Her favorite area of the state to visit outside of her hometown is the Eastern Panhandle.

Gates will also have many more events and appearances as Miss West Virginia, some including her platform, Healthy KidsHealthy Futures.

“During my year, I will have visited 100 schools speaking on the importance of healthy eating and

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Continued from page 1 into Steve’s (Robinson) office with a list of questions and complaints, and our scheduling system was

relatively easy cases for the agency to decide, too easy to put through the usual time-consuming process that other applicants face, he said.

“Why for someone who is going to die within 15 months do we need 15 years of medical records?”

Astrue said in an interview.

“If somebody’s got a confirmed diagnosis of ALS, you know that in essence, it’s not only a disability, it’s a death sentence, and there is no use in burdening them with paperwork.”

High demand during the sour economy has made it difficult for Social Security to reduce disability claims backlogs and wait times for decisions. About 3.2 million people have applied for disability benefits this year, up from 2.6 million in 2008, the agency said.

Disability claims usually increase when the economy is bad because people who managed to work even though they had a disability lose their jobs and apply for benefits. Others who have disabilities may not qualify for benefits but apply anyway because they are unemployed and have nowhere else to turn.

Two-thirds of initial applications are rejected, according to the agency. If

your benefit claim is rejected, you can appeal to an administrative law judge but the hearing process takes an average of 354 days to get a decision.

In 2008, it took an average of 509 days, according to agency statistics.

Judge Randy Frye, president of the Association of Administrative Law Judges, said judges have been working hard to reduce backlogs while some decide more than 500 cases a year. But, Frye said, his group was not consulted on the Compassionate Allowances program.

“We want claimants that are worthy of the benefits, that meet the definitional standard for disability, to be paid as quickly as possible,” said Frye, who is an administrative law judge in Charlotte, N.C. “On the other hand, I think we are not interested in seeing programs designed to simply pay down the backlog.

Whether this is that kind of program or not, I don’t know.”

Social Security’s standard is to award benefits to people who cannot work because they have a medical condition that is expected to last at least one Social Security Commissioner Michael Astrue answers questions in Akron, Ohio. year or result in death.

but there should not be a personal attack for not doing it when we know a lot of other people in this room, right now, have not done all of their duties as well.”

Governor Christian Guy said he believes the issue should be closely monitored due to the serious nature of SGA elections.

“The election is a very important thing to SGA – it decides the future, the direction and who is elected,” Guy said. “If he’s made a mistake on basically the first thing he’s done with it, how many more would we allow before we brought this back up?”

Governor Ryan Campione, who announced his

intent to run for president during the last regular SGA meeting, said he believed discussing impeachment may have been too harsh for this particular situation.

“I think there are certain checks and balances within the system, and bringing him up for impeachment seems a little harsh,” Campione said. “To speak openly and in a transparent manner, violations have been brought against me, and the check in the system is that if the election chair interprets the constitution in any rare form, the judicial board has the final say in that.”

Harrison was also accused of “shutting out” elections co-chair Allison Roll-

ins, whom he claimed he did not know was an elections chair.

“I’ve not heard anything from Zach (Redding) or Jarred (Zuccari) in terms of whether she (Rollins) was actually an elections chair or not,” Harrison said. “I personally felt out of the loop in many things, because I’ve not received any sort of notification about meetings or anything from basically anyone in the current administration.”

According to previous reports, Harrison said he believes Rollins was elected during a closed meeting at the SGA retreat Sept. 7-9.

SGA Attorney General Katherine Bomkamp said

she believes the situation was handled to the best of the SGA’s ability.

“I think things could always be improved upon, but I think in the end, we got the result that we needed,” she said.

Harrison said he is glad the issue has been resolved, and he will continue to serve in his position to the best of his ability.

“I believe the situation was very politically motivated, considering the exact timing of it,” Harrison said.

“But regardless, at this point, we just need to move forward, and we will be working together as much as we possibly can.”

The SGA Athletic Council

members also announced Wednesday evening that WVU will now sell their third-tier advertising rights to an advertising company.

The companies have been narrowed down to two vendors, but they will not be named at this time, according to the Athletic Council.

“One great thing about us selling our third-tier rights is that, not only is it profitable, but now our athletic department doesn’t have to worry about selling these advertising rights,” said Zachary Lusher, Athletic Council member. “Now we can focus more on our student athletes.”

exercising,” she said. “My hope is to encourage our state, especially children, to take an interest in their health and start to make their health a priority.”

On her personal platform website, she has information on her school tours and the Miss West Virginia Scholarship Organization, the Children’s Miracle Network, which is the Miss America Organization’s national platform, and a chat forum for individuals to discuss and share healthrelated events.

“I had a Get Fit Day in October to show our area’s youth different ways to be active, by having volunteers such as personal trainers, a jiu-jitsu instructor, Da’Sean Butler, WVU Soccer Players, WVU Competitive Cheerleaders and many more to inspire young boys and girls,” Gates said.

Gates has been preparing for Miss America since the day after she was crowned Miss West Virginia.

“There is never enough time to prepare for Miss America,” she said. “I had to have my talent selection in within a week of my crowning, my national paperwork within a month, and selected wardrobe and had talent training in August. It’s a long process with many details, but it is also very fun.”

In preparing for Miss America, Gates exercises daily, has wardrobe fittings, purchases outfits from different shops for the week of the Miss America competition, has traveled outside the state for training in walking and stage presence, and she stays up-todate on current events.

Gates said the preliminary nights of the competi-

tion are January 8-10, and the finals are televised live on ABC at 9 p.m. EST on Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013. The Venue is the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nev. The judges are: Cheryl Burke, Bradley Bayou, Daymond John, Mary Heart, McKayla Maroney, Katie Stam and Sam Champion.

As the day gets closer, Gates continues to spread the word in letting individuals know they can go vote.

“Facebook and Twitter have been my main methods of outreach so far, but I have also been in contact with some radio stations, so hopefully I will have a commercial with voting information aired statewide soon,” she said.

Individuals can vote one time per device, such as phones, iPads, laptops, desktops in the library or

any other form of technology. However, voting ends Jan. 10.

“Becoming Miss America would be my life-long dream fulfilled, but you never know what the judges are looking for,” Gates said.

Whoever wins Miss America 2013 will appear at this year’s Super Bowl and many Children’s Hospitals nationwide.

“I feel like I would make a great Miss America, because I have so much heart and passion for the organization,” Gates said. “I truly fell in love with this program at a young age, and since then, it has been a part of who I am. A vote for me would help make my dream come true.”

After the Miss America pageant, Gates said she will be excited to return to school and continue volunteering with the Miss West Virginia Scholarship Orga-

nization but will no longer compete in pageants.

“It has felt amazing to be Miss West Virginia, and I would be blessed to be the next Miss America,” she said.

Gates title as Miss West Virginia will last for one year, and she will pass on her title during the summer of 2013.

If Gates goes on to win Miss America, she will resume classes at WVU in the Fall of 2014.

She also hopes to attend law school.

In order to vote for Gates for Miss America, visit www.missamerica.org.

To learn more about Gates and her journey as Miss West Virginia, follow her Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, as well as her blog, www.kaitlingates. blogspot.com.

right at the top,” Reidy said.

“Steve’s office knew there were problems, and although they were working to do something about it, the biggest thing they were lacking was student input.”

Reidy was more than

happy to help with the student-input aspect. He said many students use programs to make scheduling easier, such as Schedulizer.

Reidy thanked the Office of the Registrar for all the work that went into the

new scheduling platform, testing different formats and seeing what different companies had to offer.

“The new scheduling format that the registrar’s office has given us is a great step toward unparalleled

ease of use and practicality for students,” Reidy said.

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tHROWBACK tHURSDAY Great reads of yesteryear

‘The Adventures of Captain Underpants’ Dav Pilkey

‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ Roald Dahl

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A chocolate waterfall, a golden ticket and a glass elevator – these all seem like the contents of a fantastic dream, but they are the foundation for one of the best children’s books of all time.

“Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” was one Roald Dahl’s most exceptional novels.

Published in 1964, “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” has become a true classic in children’s literature, thanks to its imaginative and eccentric settings.

It follows the adventures of Charlie Bucket, a poor, young boy who defies all odds to find the last available golden ticket – an invitation into Willy Wonka’s wonderful chocolate factory.

The book taught children the virtues of honesty and perseverance by comparing Charlie to the likes of Veruca Salt, Augustus Gloop, Violet Beauregarde and Mike Teavee, who represented greed, gluttony, pride and sloth, respectively.

Through the years, “Charlie and the

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Chocolate Factory” has been adapted into two very successful films and numerous plays, musicals, operas and even a theme-park attraction.

Every child fantasizes about living in a factory full of candy, and “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” brought this dream to life. Not only did Wonka’s factory feature a river of chocolate and musical Oompa Loompas while teaching children moral values, but youngsters who read the story learned being mean or greedy does not get you what you want.

Charlie Bucket, the epitome of innocence, displayed patience and temperance and was awarded the entire factory in return.

This book was very special to me. It was the first “long” book I read when I was growing up, and I read it probably five times before age 10.

Each time, I was mesmerized, and I will never forget the magic of Willy Wonka and the imagination of Roald Dahl.

“Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” is a great example of how art and imagination can come alive in literature, and for this reason, this is one the of few novels that deserves five out of five stars.

Nick wesdock a&e writer

Of all the short, beginner novels most of us read in elementary school, there is one series that remains a timeless classic.

Captain Underpants made his debut in 1997 in the first novel of the series, “The Adventures of Captain Underpants.”

He has since become an iconic children’s character and has spawned nine more books and three spinoffs.

Dav Pilkey authored and illustrated the entire Scholastic series, which won a Disney Adventures Kids’ Choice Award in 2007 and centers around main characters George Beard and Harold Hutchins.

As the elite pranksters and troublemakers of the fourth-grade class at Jerome Horowitz Elementary School, George and Harold take it upon themselves to hypnotize grumpy, old principal Mr. Krupp into believing he is Captain Underpants.

Many off-the-wall events ensue after turning their principal into an unclothed (except for the undies, of course) superhero. The team must fight to save them-

‘White Oleander’ Janet Fitch

‘The Outsiders’ S.E. Hinton

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One of the most influential novels of my adolescence was “White Oleander” by Janet Fitch.

It was released in 1999 and selected by Oprah’s Book Club in May of that year.

When I first read the book, I was absolutely astounded by its beauty.

Until then, I hadn’t read much adult fiction outside of V.C. Andrews’ books and class assignments. But reading this novel opened my world to the true elegance and power of fiction.

As I said, it is the beauty of this novel that draws me to it.

The words are pure poetry, and I’ve yet to come across another author able to create such vivid and enchanting images as Fitch can.

“The Santa Anas blew in hot from the desert, shriveling the last of the spring grass into whiskers of pale straw. Only the oleanders thrived, their delicate poisonous blooms, their dagger green leaves.”

The novel follows the story of Astrid Magnussen, an adolescent girl living with her brilliant but selfish mother, Ingrid, in Los Angeles.

But what comes to mind at the mention of a Californian teen is not at all Astrid’s character.

Instead, she represents an incredibly unique, yet relatable young character who is struggling with her sense of identity in the absence of parents and forever seeking beauty despite her appalling circumstances.

After Ingrid is sentenced to prison for murdering an unfaithful beau, Astrid is passed through a series of foster homes and parents, including a fanatically religious ex-stripper, a mentally fragile actress and an eccentric Russian immigrant woman.

Each home represents a separate part of Astrid’s tale, and she changes as much as the stories themselves as she attempts to adapt to her situations.

At the heart of the story, though, the unfailing beauty and innocence of her character is always present.

Although the novel was adapted into a film in 2002, I’ve never watched it and would only recommend reading the book.

The allure is definitely in Fitch’s construction of the story, and I’m not sure it would translate well into film.

madeline carey a&e writer

If you never read “The Outsiders” during your middle-school or high-school career, you were robbed of a meaningful adolescence.

OK, that may be an extreme assertion, but “The Outsiders” was many an eighthgrade English teacher’s favorite book for good reason.

Set in the ‘50s, “The Outsiders” follows a group of misfits dubbed the “greasers.”

While the greasers are the supposed low-lifes or white trash of their rural American town, main character Ponyboy and his crew of hoodlums put a lovable and relatable face on the less-fortunate.

After being orphaned, Ponyboy’s two older brothers make it their top priority to make sure Ponyboy stays out of trouble and graduates high school.

That, however, proves more difficult than anyone could have anticipated when Ponyboy and his best friend,

Michael Strahan makes his Broadway debut in ‘Elf’ NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Strahan has tackled something few football stars have attempted - Broadway.

The gap-toothed co-host of “Live with Kelly and Michael” made three short appearances at Wednesday’s matinee of “Elf” and said he has new respect for Broadway performers.

“I was surprised at how nervous you get and the adrenaline and that feedback from the audience - it really was an amazing thing,” the former football player said after the show. “To see these performers who do it every day - eight or nine times a week - is really amazing. I take my hat off to them.”

Fans can see a behindthe-scenes recap on Thursday’s TV show.

The musical is adapted from the Will Ferrell film from 2003 about Buddy, a human raised in the North Pole who travels to New York in search of his parents.

Strahan thought making

selves and their school from villains such as Dr. Diaper, Professor Poopypants, The Wedgie Woman, lunchroom zombie nerds, space aliens and many more incredibly mature offerings.

Its crude and not-so-subtle humor appealed to most elementary-aged boys, but the series was actually very clever.

Long, obnoxious titles, incredibly creative characters and quirky storylines were consistent attributes of these books. Additionally, each graphic novel even included two or three comic books within them and featured “flip-o-rama” animation.

The series has spanned 15 years now and, with its latest installment released in August, the franchise shows no signs of slowing down.

Last year, DreamWorks Animation won the rights to Captain Underpants in an auction. The production company plans to make a feature film starring the tightywhitey-flaunting hero.

Anyone who read these far-out adventure novels back in the day won’t soon forget our second favorite “caped crusader.” Fans have much to be excited for in the future of the Captain – especially if it involves a transition to the big screen.

his Broadway debut would be fun and represented a new experience for a guy who holds the single season sack record. He found himself more nervous than he has been for high-stakes football games or live TV. “It’s a little nerve-wracking because so many people depend on you, you want to get your line across and you have to play to the crowd. It’s a lot more intricate with everyone hitting their marks.

You don’t want to be the guy that messes everyone up,” he said.

Strahan, 41, played both a police officer and a Salvation Army Santa in the first act and later came on as himself in a scene with the real Santa in the second act. As he waited in the wings of the Al Hirschfeld Theatre, he saw the toll the musical takes on its dancers.

“Some of these performers are breathing as if they just went into a football game and played a 12-play

drive,” he joked. “I was tired walking up and down from my dressing room.”

Strahan rehearsed for an hour in the morning with stage managers and associate director Casey Hushion.

At 1 p.m., some in the cast came in early to work with him, including Jordan Gelber, who plays Buddy, and Beth Leavel, who plays Buddy’s stepmother.

The audience was quiet when Strahan first appeared as an officer with another cop after Buddy gets kicked out of Macy’s. But the seventime Pro-Bowler and Super Bowl winner flashed his trademark smile and they went wild. More applause greeted him after he played a Salvation Army Santa as he and Buddy wrestled over the kettle bells.

In the second act, he waited to ask Santa for a present. Santa asked him his name, the newly minted actor said “Michael Strahan” and he then asked for a red

Schwinn bicycle with a bell shaped like Miss Piggy. The crowd cheered when Strahan identified himself and he got another wide round of applause at the curtain call, where the cast gave him flowers.

Strahan was named in September as Kelly Ripa’s permanent co-host aboard the morning show “Live with Kelly and Michael.” A former defensive star who spent 15 years in the NFL, he is also a host of “Fox NFL Sunday.”

He follows in the footsteps of Joe Namath, a quarterback nicknamed “Broadway Joe” who made an appearance on Broadway in 1983 as a replacement in a revival of “The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial.”

Strahan would not rule out a return to the stage. “I will take it off my bucket list, but if the opportunity came across again, I might just take it up and do it again,” he said. “I had a great time.”

Johnny, get into a knife fight with a group of “socs,” the privileged counterparts to the greasers.

After the fight, everything goes wrong, and Ponyboy and Johnny have no other option than to go on the run.

The tale sheds light on class-related conflicts that are still relevant today, and it’s the kind of book that can be read in a night while still leaving a sense of greater purpose with the reader.

Not only is it a great book with such beloved one-liners as, “Stay golden, Ponyboy,” but it was made into a major motion picture during the 1980s, featuring Rob Lowe, Patrick Swayze, Matt Dillon and the Karate Kid himself, Ralph Macchio.

With this star-studded cast, the film was a hit among teeny boppers of the generation, and it remains a solid watch.

Still, the original work is almost always better in these book-to-film adaptations, and “The Outsiders” is no different.

If you didn’t get a chance to read S. E. Hinton’s work in your gradeschool days, check it out now, and find out why so many consider “The Outsiders” a classic product of the ‘50s.

OPINION Representing the University

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Yesterday, Deadspin, a popular sports blog, featured a post titled “West Virginia University Won’t Let Its Mascot Kill Things With His School-Issued Rifle Anymore.”

The post, which was linked on the website’s front page, also included a picture of a smiling Jonathon Kimble beside a dead bear, which critics

have complained was just a cub, and a video of him hooting and hollering in celebration after he shot it with his rifle.

In response to this incident, the University issued a statement asserting that Kimble’s use of the Mountaineer rifle to hunt was in no way illegal or in breach of any University rules, but that he would no longer be

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using it to hunt.

That’s probably for the best. Although there is nothing illegal about what Kimble did, he should know better than to film himself shooting a bear and celebrating excessively, then posting it all on YouTube for the world to see. The University and the state of West Virginia have enough of a per-

ception problem, and incidents like these just feed negative stereotypes about the Mountain State.

With the inevitable avalanche of bad PR coming West Virginia’s way with MTV’s ridiculous “Buckwild,” Kimble should be conscious of the consequences his actions have beyond the University and even the state.

As a representative of the University, Kimble also serves as a role model to young people in the state.

From here on out, he should probably avoid these potentially controversial publicity stunts – especially those with the potential to go viral on the internet. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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Good cop, bad cop: how America views the police

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Law enforcement officials gather outside North Shore High School in Galena Park, Texas Wednesday, after police say a high school student shot himself while in the back of a patrol car.

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It’s a rarity for heartwarming news to make headlines across the nation. Similarly, it is not often that such kindness is exhibited by a police officer in one of the most dangerous cities in the U.S. But in the case of NYPD officer Lawrence DePrimo, who generously purchased a pair of shoes to give to a homeless man, this is exactly the case.

The photo of this charitable event went viral five days ago, and since then, big-name publications

such as Newsday and The New York Times have devoted articles to DePrimo’s altruism toward a man living on the streets of New York.

Perhaps the popularity of this story is due to the charitable extravagance given to this homeless individual – reportedly, the shoes he received from Officer DePrimo had a price tag of $100. Perhaps it’s simply because it was a man who happened to be doing a good deed for the less fortunate. Or maybe this account is receiving so much attention because of the police uniform DePrimo was wearing at the time.

While I do not intend

to belittle any act of kindness, regardless of the source, I do feel that the press associated with this deed speaks volumes about our perceptions of the U.S. police force as a whole.

Yes, this officer did perform a kindness. Yes, he should be praised for his good deed. And yes, every American appreciates an underdog story.

But let’s imagine Officer DePrimo in civilian clothes for a moment.

And let’s say that the same photo was taken, at the same time, with the same homeless man receiving the same pair of shoes.

If this were the case, would the story have re-

ceived so much press?

Part of the reason America is so enthralled with this idea is that it was a police officer helping someone – something policemen are supposed to be doing anyway. So why is it that a man going above and beyond his job title is getting so much attention?

It’s because, inherently, we don’t really think of cops as the good guys. Instead, they are known as the people who show up to shut down a party or bust us for smoking weed or give us traffic violations.

Because only a minority of us experiences a tragedy such as robbery or murder, few see the good-cop side of every police offi-

cer, the one that catches perpetrators of crime. Instead, many of us, especially as students of the current No. 1 party school in the nation, only see the bad-cop coming to book us.

Cops wield such power over the rest of the population that it’s natural that they are often detested – and a speeding ticket for going seven miles over the legal limit doesn’t help this perception.

So when a news story like this surfaces, our country goes nuts; previous notions of “the fuzz” or “the pigs” are challenged for the better. Justified or not, the amount of fame the story of the

officer and the homeless man has received in the last week showcases just how little we think of the very people hired to keep us safe from harm.

What would merely be a nice but generally bland story by way of an everyday person strikes a nationwide feeling of tenderness when it is a policeman being so thoughtful.

It’s undoubtedly true that the world needs more kindness, whether it be at the hands of a police officer, mechanic, or CEO. But what’s also true is that the very police force hired to keep America safe from the bad guys often end up being viewed as the enemy as well.

Death and taxes: estate taxes set to rise dramatically derek olson minnesota daily

If you’re planning on dying soon, you might want to hurry up. It’s that other certainty of life you’ll want to watch out for. The estate tax, which taxes the inheritance you pass on to your children, is about to increase dramatically.

Presently, there is a 35 percent rate on inheritance above $5 million.

However, as a part of the fiscal cliff, the estate tax is in for an automatic increase on Jan. 1. The $5 million threshold will drop to $1 million, and the rate will jump from 35 to 55 percent. If on Dec. 31 you happen to be on your deathbed with a $5 million inheritance set aside, surviving one more day will cost $2.3 million dollars in taxes. That’s quite the predicament if you’re on life support.

The argument in favor of a higher estate tax is easy to see. Advocates argue on

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moral grounds that it is an easy way to help level the playing field of equal opportunity between the rich and the poor. However, opponents argue against it on the grounds of economic efficiency and, surprise, even morality.

For example, consider two individuals, Bob and Joe, who each started businesses and sold them at retirement for $10 million. Bob spent his retirement gambling away his money, but Joe invested his, living modestly while his savings financed new businesses and economic development. Is it fair that Joe be penalized for his financial choice? Moral arguments alone make for a difficult method of justification.

So what of the economics of the death tax, as it is sometimes pejoratively nicknamed? Many economists, such as former University of Minnesota professor and Nobel Laureate Edward Prescott, favor a complete repeal of the estate tax. Like any good ol’ American tax, it is full of

loopholes.

This results in a plethora of inefficiencies and distortions in decision making. Because the estate tax raises very little revenue, about 0.2 percent of gross domestic product, some economists express doubt that the revenue exceeds the opportunity cost of all those lawyers, accountants, government administrators, IRS agents and the drag on economic growth.

The estate tax is another form of capital taxation, widely believed to be a harmful way to raise revenue. This brings to mind another hot topic in the public eye: capital gains, the tax on investment income. For the ultra-rich who make most of their income on investments, this can make for a lower tax rate than many Americans deem fair. Currently at 15 percent, President Barack Obama favors raising capital gains to 20 percent. One caveat is in order; he will have already raised it for high earners by 3.8 percent through the

Affordable Care Act. In reality, the capital gains rate can be much higher than 23.8 percent, as it will become on Jan. 1.

Suppose you make an investment of $1,000 and it grows by 10 percent, however, in that same time there is 10 percent inflation. Thus, the real value of your investment is unchanged. Despite having no increase in wealth, you still pay taxes on the nominal gain of $100. That’s a tax rate of infinity! Because capital gains also tax inflation, the real rate is almost never as low as it looks on paper.

Suppose you make your investment in the stock market. The fruits of your investment – the retained earnings of the company – are already getting taxed through corporate income taxes; your investment is taxed twice. Since you have already paid taxes on the wage income that gave you money to invest, your income is subject to taxation three separate times.

Last week Warren Buffett wrote an op-ed in

the New York Times titled “A Minumum Tax for the Wealthy” in which he scoffed at the notion that a higher capital gains rate would discourage the wealthy from pursuing investments. “In the years from 1956 to 1969… the tax rate on capital gains inched up to 27.5 percent.

I was managing funds for investors then. Never did anyone mention taxes as a reason to forgo an investment opportunity that I offered.”

In addition, and without any constructive solutions, he criticized tax maneuvering by the wealthy to the Cayman Islands as “sickening.” What Mr. Buffett ignores is that a higher capital gains tax is a major contributing factor to the use of foreign tax havens and offshore accounts.

In fact, there is a wealth of economic literature suggesting the optimal capital gains tax rate is at or very near zero. This literature has found ample evidence that capital taxation is overly burdensome on the growth of the econ-

omy. While economic inequality is a large concern for many Americans, policies that seek to address the issue still affect everyone. The more the economic pie is redistributed, the more the pie shrinks.

When the economy fails to grow, those who suffer most are the poor.

It should be mutually agreed that economic growth is fair and beneficial to everyone. As John F. Kennedy famously quipped, “A rising tide lifts all boats.” While it is a noble position to advocate the rich paying more through estate and capital gains taxation, the drain on the growth of the economy is a cost paid by all.

The morals of society and what it collectively decides is fair are virtues which cannot and should not be divorced from policy making. Neither can we let objective e c o n o m i c a rgu m e nt s, w h i ch a re i nt i mate ly linked with fairness, be separated from the rationale behind the policies we endorse.

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Josh Zerkel, WVU senior engineering major and WVU Snowboard Team member, backside lip slides a rail at Seven Springs Resort. The ski resort opened for the winter Friday.

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LATER IN THE WEEK THE WVU PLANETARIUM, now located on the PL floor of White Hall, will present its annual holiday show “Tis the Season” at 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. Friday. Please be 5-10 minutes early for seating as it is started promptly at the hour. Admission is free, although reservations are required. Call 304-293-4961.

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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, contact Sohail Chaudhry at 304-906-8183 or schaudhr@mix.wvu.edu.

THE MORGANTOWN CHESS CLUB meets starting at 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.

clude all pertinent information, including the dates the announcement is to run. Announcements will only run one day unless otherwise requested. All non-University related events must have free admission to be included in the calendar.

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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.

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

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

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

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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.

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.

ALL SEMESTER GROUP THERAPY OPPORTUNITIES are available for free at the Carruth Center. The groups include Understanding Self and Others, Sexual Assault Survivors Group, Mountaineer Men: An Interpersonal Process Group, and Know Thyself: An Interpersonal Process Group.

For more information call 2934431 or contact tandy.mcclung@mail.wvu.edu.

DAILY HOROSCOPES

BY JACQUELINE BIGAR

Go for a lazy night.

BORN TODAY This year you could find that your high energy often turns into anger or frustration. The issue might be your high expectations of others, which could be unrealistic ... or perhaps others simply are not responsive. If you are single, be open and try not to project what you want onto someone else. Let this person reveal his or her authentic self. If you are attached, though you might have a quarrel or two, a newfound gentleness evolves between you. Respect each other’s feelings. VIRGO can be bossy or demanding.

CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22) HHHH You might be pursuing the course you want to follow. Fortunately, it coincides with a partner’s or a friend’s idea. Otherwise, you would have experienced a lot of trouble with this person. Ask what you can do in order to relax more. Remain centered.

Tonight: Hang out.

ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19) HHHH Pace yourself, and direct your high energy into a project or a discussion with someone you work with. Your energy could hit a home run. Use it well. Others naturally will follow your lead. A friend or loved one expresses his or her affection.

Tonight: A must-show.

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20) HHH Your creativity surges, and your imagination wanders. You probably want to take off ASAP, so plan a vacation in the near future. Stay authentic when dealing with a snobby person; it just might rub off on him or her. A friend wants to do something special for you. Tonight: Feed your mind.

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20) HHH Stay centered. You might want to stay close to home. An associate might need some extra time and attention. You are extremely optimistic, which helps you visualize more of what you want. Know what you want. Tonight: Say “yes” to an offer.

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22) HHHH Curb a tendency to overspend, even if you have quite a bit of shopping to do. You might want to adjust your budget some more. A roommate or a family member demonstrates his or her caring through action. Tension builds around a loved one. Tonight: Treat yourself, too.

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22) HHHH Beam in more of what you want. You might feel as if no one can stop you.

A boss notices your stamina when you are determined. You will need to use your creativity to handle everything on your plate. Do not respond to someone’s tantrum. Tonight: Make yourself happy.

LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22) HHHH Be a cynic, and listen to news carefully. You might want to understand what is happening with a family member or a roommate who is withdrawing. You know this person well.

Think about what would be the most effective way to open him or her up.

Tonight: Not to be found.

SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21) HHHH You are likely to verbalize what you’re thinking. Someone might have a strong reaction to your words. You know when enough is enough. Consider distancing yourself from an

CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 Sundsvall rollers 6 Trickeries 11 Pops 14 Portion out 15 Knighted conductor 16 Took in 17 Typically pink-flowered bloomer 19 Paris pronoun 20 Title words preceding “beneath the milky twilight,” in a 1999 hit 21 “So relaxing!”

22 Worrisome engine sound 23 Gateway Arch architect 26 Set straight 29 Hit, maybe 30 Breeders’ Cup event 31 Loses on purpose 34 Light touch 37 Key Egyptian artifact unearthed in 1799 41 Coll. applicants 42 Big name in beer 43 Mindless process 44 Manitoba tribe 46 Blood sugar regulator 49 Postwar reception 53 Neutrogena rival 54 Like “ifs” and “buts”: Abbr.

55 Throw a feast for 59 Back talk 60 Tools of the mischievous god hidden in 17-, 23-, 37- and 49-Across 62 CŽzanne’s summer 63 Pad user 64 Light wash 65 Le counterpart, in Leipzig 66 Like-minded gps.

67 Guide DOWN 1 Grain holder 2 Jai __ 3 Mass robes 4 Raspy-voiced “Like a Rock” singer 5 Where the anther is 6 Dallas-to-Houston dir.

7 Wedding dances 8 HI hi

9 Highest peak in the Calif. Cascades 10 “Sprechen __ Deutsch?”

11 Single-and-looking group 12 Do a makeup job?

13 Stoop 18 “Unfaithful” co-star 22 One that stands to prevent a strike 24 More strange 25 Soft-spoken painter Bob 26 Liberal subject?

27 1939 Garland co-star 28 Defroster alternative 32 “Who am __ say?”

33 Moral principle 35 Con 36 Summer intern, often 38 Plural medical suffix 39 Stock holders?

40 John Wayne classic 45 Campanella of Cooperstown 47 North of Paris 48 Mascara mishaps

49 Sank, in a way 50 High class 51 Cary of “The Princess Bride” 52 Blond comic strip teenager 56 Secretary of Education Duncan 57 Get whipped 58 Fancy pitcher 60 Org. with Eagles 61 Hardly shows of support

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COMICS Get Fuzzy

by Darby Conley

Cow and Boy

by Mark Leiknes

awkward situation. An associate or a loved one joins you at a key meeting.

Tonight: Out and about.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21) HHHH You will decide to take a stand. Others listen and follow your lead. You put your energy -- and money, if need be -- behind your words. Someone you meet today could seem special, but ultimately could be a problem. Take off your rose-colored shades. Tonight: A must appearance.

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19) HHHH Your detachment could cause quite a reaction. You might look at a situation differently, as a result. A brainstorming session might be the way an associate or loved one tries to draw you back in. Take this action as a compliment. Tonight: Whatever allows your mind to calm down.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18) HHHH A key person in your life enjoys relating directly to you. You both activate each other’s imagination. Opportunities arise from your conversations. You know what you want, and you focus on those goals when trying to find the right path.

Tonight: Dinner for two.

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20) HHHH Listen to someone’s suggestion. You might hear some news that surprises you. A friend is certain about what he or she wants, and will push and push to achieve those results. You might as well say “yes” if you can. Tonight: Surround yourself with friends.

BORN TODAY Pianist Dave Brubeck (1920), governor of New York Andrew Cuomo (1957), comedian Steven Wright (1955)

Pearls Before Swine

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‘A Chorus Line’ amazes CAC crowd

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Broadway hopefuls perform a dance number during Wednesday’s production of ‘A Chorus Line.’

by corey zinn a&e writer

The musical “A Chorus Line” is on the road, and it performed to a sold-out Lyell B. Clay Theatre Wednesday evening at West Virginia University’s Creative Arts Center.

This show, written in 1975, tells the story of a group of 17 Broadway dancers auditioning for spots in a chorus line.

It has won nine Tony Awards, including “Best Musical” and the Pulitzer Prize for drama.

The theatre was filled with people of all varieties, from past dancers to everyday showgoers.

“Everyone knows ‘A Chorus Line,’” said David Ryan, WVU Arts & Entertainment public relations specialist.

“Even if they don’t, they have

an inkling of what it is, and everyone who looks it up will realize, ‘This is something special.’”

The play mimics a real Broadway audition and takes place on an empty Broadway stage.

It accurately illustrates the whole casting process, starting from the first cut. “‘A Chorus Line’ is a Broadway classic, and the fact that it was brought back so recently was a good opportunity to bring it here,” Ryan said. “I’m glad so many people wanted to come see this classic.”

Just as most dance tryouts do, the musical begins on an empty stage. At this point, everyone is just a number as they are told to follow all the right moves, and the casting director, Zach, points out everyone’s flaws in humorous

fashion.

As the potential picks show what they can do, they sing, “I Hope I Get It,” and give the audience access to the feelings of nervousness that inhabit all the struggling dancers.

After the final 17 are chosen, the formalities of collecting resumes, critiquing headshots and putting a name to the numbers begins.

As Zach interviews each dancer, the audience becomes a part of each character’s life.

Each character opens up, and their unique personalities, worries and dreams are unveiled.

Even as the dancers tell their stories, the audience is shown what the others are thinking before they are interviewed, and this al-

lows a more in-depth understanding for each cast member, creating a deeper attachment.

One of the musical numbers, “Hello Twelve, Hello Thirteen, Hello Love,” is a fabulous medley of singing and spoken word of growing up, learning fear and discovering aspiration.

In addition to these exquisite numbers, the musical is full of hilarious moments like “Dance: Ten, Looks: Three (Tits and Ass),” in which Val tells how she realized plastic surgery was the only way to succeed in show business.

There are also endless heart-wrenching moments, like Cassie’s story of a true star who still isn’t enough.

Even though she has made it big, it didn’t last, so she is back at square one try-

ing out for the chorus line.

Paul tells another depressing story of growing up in a Catholic school where he discovered his love of dance and his homosexuality.

His parents discover his secrets and disown him, and Zach shows that behind the strict casting director is a real person who cares.

The deepest moment comes toward the end when a dancer is injured and must be taken to the hospital.

The company sings “What I Did for Love” when Zach asks what the dancers will do when they can no longer dance.

This sequence brings the audience to a genuine understanding of the beautiful sacrifices that come with the need to be a performer, and the result is an emotionally charged theater experience.

“A Chorus Line” is a Broadway play ripped from its flashy exterior and stripped down to the pure emotion of the real people.

There could not be a more universal fit for all those who have ever dreamed of making it as an actor or actress.

It is clever and thoroughly drafted, as it covers every concept you could imagine and more.

It is disappointing the tour could not stay in Morgantown longer, but the show will be in Wheeling, W.Va., Feb. 6 and will stop at many other locations as well.

If you enjoy theater, you will reach a whole new level of appreciation of the people putting their life into the arts.

Experience it live, and you will be changed. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

Hip-hop showcase to storm 123 Pleasant Street by alec berry web editor

A hip-hop showcase and contest will occupy 123 Pleasant Street tonight.

Under the title “Spit It How You Live It,” this event will spotlight a variety of West Virginian hiphop acts and offer $100 to the contestant who supplies the best 16 bars of rapping excellence.

The contest is open to anyone interested; contestants simply have to sign up from 10-11 p.m.

Event organizer Eric Jordan said the buzz for this contest has been solid, and he sees this as a good way to sample the hip-hop scene present here in the Mountain State.

“You’ll get nine acts and a competition,” Jordan said.

“That’s getting your money’s worth.”

Performers on the bill are from all corners of the state.

Out of Wheeling, there’s Ponce De’Leioun. From Charleston, there’s Ray P, and from Huntington there’s K Kutta – a rapper whose latest music video features the one-time Roc-A-Fella Records artist Freeway.

Others include General E, Ace Beanz, CMooreDollaz, BoogieBoyzZz, Johnny Harmonic and a collective group known as Phyr Squad.

Of Johnny Harmonic, Jordan said there are “big things in the work.” Harmonic has been spending a lot of time in Los Angeles working with a Dr. Dre protege and Interscope art-

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Popular rapper Johnny Harmonic comes to 123 Pleasant Street to take part in the venue’s ‘Best 16 Bars’ contest. ists Stat Quo and Bobby Creekwater.

Jordan emphasizes the Best 16 Bars contest is very different from a more traditional emcee battle.

He wants the competition to focus more on creativity than malice.

“The battles can become tense and aggressive, and I’m not looking for intense competition in this contest,”

Jordan said. “I’m looking for more of a creative-share environment; this is about artists networking and contributing to the local music scene.”

The format for the showdown is simple: two contestants will face off against each other as a disc jockey spins a beat long enough for a 16-bar set.

Entries can either be writ-

ten or freestyled, and judges are simply listening for who sounds the best over the beat.

Acting as judges are DJ Monstalung and DJ Dolla, and Jordan says a third judge will be in the form of the audience’s applause.

MTV’s Cara Parrish, a cast member of the soonto-be released “Buckwild,” will host the event.

Jordan said another good reason to attend this showcase is to see and meet her before the television show “makes her a huge star.”

For Jordan, tonight’s performance marks his third year organizing this type of event.

Although the Best 16 Bars contest is new for him, he has found success in the past with his “Best Song”

and “Beat Producer Battles” events at 123.

He says the “Best Song” cash contest has been the most celebrated of his events.

“Spit It How You Live It” kicks off 10 p.m.

There’s a $5 cover at the door. You must be 18 years old to enter. aberry3@mail.wvu.edu

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MICHAEL CARVELLI SPORTS EDITOR

WVU thinks Marshall win could be ‘turning point’

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A CHUCKTOWN WIN

BY MICHAEL CARVELLI SPORTS EDITOR

Wednesday night’s game against Marshall signaled the beginning of an important four-game stretch of the West Virginia men’s basketball team’s schedule.

With matchups against Virginia Tech, Duquesne and No. 3 Michigan on the horizon, the Mountaineers are preparing for a group of games that will be huge in readying them for a grueling Big 12 Conference schedule.

And that’s why the players thought that the Capital Classic could serve as a turning point for a team that was reeling a few weeks ago coming off a disappointing showing in the Old Spice Classic.

“We came together and said, ‘You know what, we’re not losing this game,’ ” said senior forward Deniz Kilicli.

“They tried everything. They tried playing hard, they tried shooting the ball well, and they couldn’t. They tried talking trash, and that didn’t work either.”

For most of the games the Mountaineers have lost this season, they have been in the game late with a chance to come away with a victory if the ball bounced their way a few times.

But they hadn’t been able to get a lead late in the game and close a team out.

West Virginia was finally able to do just that Wednesday night against a Marshall team that is a lot better than a majority of the teams WVU has taken on up to this point in the season.

It’s a win like this that will not only look good for the Mountaineers’ NCAA tournament resume when March rolls around, but it gave a team that could have used the experience of pulling off a win in a close game in a tough environment exactly what it needed.

“Every game that we’ve had besides Marist and VMI have kind of been close game,” said sophomore point guard Juwan Staten. “For us to be able to come out and close in this game was big for us, because that’s something we’ve struggled with.

“We’re going to take this momentum into the next game and hopefully keep that up and keep winning.”

The Mountaineers will need all the momentum they need heading into the next few games.

Although the Marshall game is a little different than what WVU is going to see in the next few games – and possibly the rest of the games on the schedule – West Virginia came up tough when it mattered most.

Emotions ran high, and after a brawl almost erupted on the floor during the closing minutes of the game, the suddenly short-handed Mountaineers were able to come away with the win in a highpressure situation.

Knowing how to handle situations like that in close games will be something that will be vital for the Mountaineers later in the season.

“The guys responded well.

We kept playing,” Kilicli said.

“Nobody got down … It was the perfect time to play this game. You can’t make mistakes, and you have to be really careful, and I think we executed and did those things tonight.”

Throughout everything that happened toward the end, when WVU could have fallen apart, it came together.

And that could be the sign of a good team if the Mountaineers can consistently make plays when they need to like they did Wednesday night.

“We’re constantly preaching family. That got taken a little bit out of perspective with the scuffle. That wasn’t smart,” Staten said. “At the end of the day, we figure our team is our family and we’re all we have.

“The five players on the court after that had to pull together and do whatever we could to get the win.” james.carvelli@mail.wvu.edu

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WVU junior Aaric Murray reacts after a call in Wednesday night’s 69-59 win against Marshall at the Charleston Civic Center.

WVU pulls out thrilling 69-59 win against rival Marshall

By Nick Arthur

Associate Sports Editor

When West Virginia and Marshall battle it out on the hardwood, a low-scoring affair and chippy play has become a common occurrence.

But in the 2012 version of the Capital Classic, five ejections and five technical fouls highlighted one of the roughest to date.

Despite having four players ejected in the final two minutes, Deniz Kilicli led the Mountaineers to a 6959 win over the Thundering Herd Wednesday night at the Charleston Civic Center.

“It’s for the state. It’s for all the fans,” Kilicli said.

“The Marshall seniors don’t have a chance again, and they can do whatever they want to do now.”

A scuffle broke out between the two teams with 1:37 to play after a layup from West Virginia sophomore guard Juwan Staten.

Staten was tripped by Marshall’s Robert Goff while attempting to retreat to the defensive end of the floor.

“It was a physical game, so it’s going to get like that.

I wasn’t surprised at all,”

Staten said. “I was here at the game last year. So I knew what type of game it was coming in. I think I got tripped when I tried to walk away, but that’s a part of the game.”

Kilicli had season-high 21 points to lead all scorers.

Most of his points came in the paint after he was able to establish deep position. “(Marshall) kind of play behind the post, and when Turk has it going, he’s great in the post,” Staten said. “We just tried to feed him the ball and let him get going, and that’s what happened.”

Even though Kilicli had his best offensive performance of the season, his head coach feels he could have been more productive.

“He missed a lot of shots,” Huggins said. “But I thought we got him the ball a lot better. He should do a better job of finishing around the rim. But that was the plan – throwing him the ball.”

Late in the first half, West Virginia switched from a man to a 1-3-1 zone defense and was able to force multiple turnovers, eventually leading to layups on the other end.

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WVU sophomore Juwan Staten drives down the lane during last night’s 69-59 win against Marshall.

The Mountaineers were able to grasp their first lead of the game in the 1-3-1 set, and it ultimately proved to be the turning point.

“They turned over it a couple times,” Huggins said. “It was just a change of tempo and a different look.

People get into a rhythm.

You have try to get them out

of rhythm.”

The Mountaineers have now won six of the last seven matchups with the Herd. The two in-state rivals have now met 41 times, with West Virginia claiming 30 wins.

For Huggins, though, this rivalry isn’t as fierce as most.

“This is not Cincinnati/ Xavier. The schools aren’t five minutes apart. It’s not a holy war in the city,” Huggins said. “I honestly think that when this game is over with, a lot of our people root for them, and a lot of their people root for us.” nicholas.arthur@mail.wvu.edu

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The No. 24 West Virginia gymnastics team will kick off its 2013 season with the annual Gold and Blue intrasquad meet tonight at 7 p.m. in the Coliseum.

The Gold and Blue teams will get to showcase their routines in front of fans and judges as they compete against one another.

The meet will feature

“celebrity judges,” including WVUSportsBuzz host/ sports reporter Amanda Mazey, former WVU gymnast Amy Bieski and assistant men’s basketball coach Billy Hahn.

Head coach Jason Butts said, in an attempt to make it fun for the public, the Gold and Blue teams’ scores will be less about hitting the routine and more about their ability to sway the judges’ decisions.

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Although this is only a scrimmage between the squad, it could still be a chance for a gymnasts to stand out.

This will mark the first time in this season the Mountaineers will leave their home in Cary Gym and compete in the Coliseum, which Butts said will pull them out of their comfort zone.

“They’re always really

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Freshman guard Holmes finds WVU hoping to use success playing the game she loves momentum in bowl

By Doug Walp sports writer

By Amit Batra Sports Writer

For freshman guard Bria Holmes, her recent success is attributed to being able to play the game she loves.

Holmes, a native of New Haven, Conn., contributed 15 points, five rebounds, two blocks and two steals in the 64-48 win against Marshall Tuesday night at the annual Capital Classic.

The true freshman has recently emerged as a scoring threat off the bench for head coach Mike Carey and company.

In the game against the Thundering Herd, Holmes earned the starting nod in the second half.

“A lot of my shots were falling tonight,” she said. “I just try my best to play basketball. We started off a little slow. When we played the Virginia game, we started off really strong. Everybody was hustling and everything. “(I’m) bringing more energy to the team – hustling for everything and trying to get my defense down and ready. I don’t worry about anything else besides playing basketball.”

For Holmes, the experience in Charleston wasn’t like anything she’s ever been around before.

“It was crazy, because I never experienced anything like that,” she said. “It was a shock.”

Holmes was one of few girls who played with constant effort and consistency. He mentioned how the guard and sophomore Crystal Leary were the bright spots of the evening in Charleston.

“Bria Holmes hit some shots and did some good things,” Carey said. “Crystal plays hard, and she plays hard every game. I told her after the game I wish I could get everybody to play as hard as her.”

The 6-foot-1 guard could be as promising a figure at WVU for the future as she was in high school. During

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WVU freshman Bria Holmes attempts a layup in the season opening game against UNC Wilmington. her tenure, Holmes compiled over 1,400 points, 480 rebounds, 320 assists, 400 steals and 160 blocks. She was No. 9 in the all-time scoring list with 2,160 points.

Now, as she adjusts to the college level of play, Holmes will learn about the different styles opposing teams will bring to the table, especially in conference play.

The freshman could soon be starting if her numbers continue to be as consistent as the spark she has provided from the bench.

Earlier in the season, Holmes had 14 points in a home win against USC

Upstate.

Holmes was given the honor of Outstanding Player of the Game following the win against the Thundering Herd. She shot double figures for the second time in her career, which was also her career best for seven games at WVU. At one point in the game, it seemed as if the guard couldn’t miss a three. Because her leadership, the Mountaineers pulled away from their in-state rival and cruised to a second straight victory.

With the win, WVU notched its eighth-straight

victory over the Herd. Due to Holmes’ aggressive play, the Mountaineers got the double-digit lead and never looked back.

From the 8:36 mark into halftime, Holmes totaled 13 out of her 15 points on the night. West Virginia had a 12-point lead going into halftime, and Marshall would never cut the lead into single digits from then on.

There is a lot of raw talent on this team, but the emergence of Holmes has been the story for West Virginia up to this point. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

After two consecutive losses by a combined 76 points to Texas Tech and then-No. 4 Kansas State, the last thing any of the West Virginia players or coaches wanted was a week off.

“Bad timing for that,” said quarterback Geno Smith.

Smith said the Week 9 bye following the 55-14 loss at the hands of the eventual Big 12 champion Kansas State couldn’t have come at a worse time.

Despite Smith’s claims, WVU’s second bye week actually proved to come at an opportune time for the Mountaineers.

Even though West Virginia went on to lose three more consecutive games after the bye, it was clear from the team’s two onepoint losses to TCU and No. 12 Oklahoma the Mountaineers had at least stabilized some of their numerous issues heading forward.

In fact, following West Virginia’s latest win, second-year West Virginia head coach Dana Holgorsen offered the bye week as a potential catalyst for WVU shaking its first five-game losing streak since 1986, in order to finish the season with two straight wins and earn the Mountaineers a trip to the 2012 Pinstripe Bowl.

“In my opinion, we’ve been playing pretty good football for the last four or five weeks,” Holgorsen said after the Mountaineers’ 59-10 drubbing of Kansas Saturday. “We didn’t play (well) at Texas Tech, we didn’t play (well) against Kansas State and then had an off week. But since then, I feel like we’ve been playing pretty good football.”

The most obvious improvements have been the adjustments made to the offense during the bye week. After putting up

just 14 points in back-toback games against Texas Tech and Kansas State, West Virginia’s offense exploded for 211 points for its final five games. The Mountaineers are also averaging 543.3 yards of offense since the Week 9 bye. “(We had) couple of tough losses, but then these guys didn’t quit,” Holgorsen said. “They wanted to finish the year strong. We got a very tough victory at Iowa State, and then coming here and finishing the game, we played really well on all three sides of the ball. (I’m) excited about the way we finished and glad they went out on top.”

Now Holgorsen essentially has a four-week bye to prepare his team to play in the aforementioned Pinstripe Bowl against a 7-5 Syracuse team.

Ironically, the Mountaineers had their first bye last year the week before they traveled to the Carrier Dome in Syracuse to take on the Orange in West Virginia’s second Big East conference game of last season. West Virginia was subsequently blown out 49-23 in its worst loss of the entire season.

Holgorsen told reporters after Saturday’s game against Kansas that he was planning to invoke the same type of motivational tactics he’s used on the Mountaineers during their other bye weeks this season, which includes appealing to the seniors and letting them know this will be the last time they ever officially suit up in the ol’ Gold and Blue for the Mountaineers.

“The only way these seniors are going to really go out on top and have good memories is if they win the last game,” Holgorsen said. “So I’ll use that again in the bowl game. Because this isn’t really the true senior day; the next game is really the true senior day.” dasports@mail.wvu.edu

Irish women lose to Baylor in title rematch Fla St drops 3rd straight SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — confidence.

Notre Dame coach Muffet “I think we maybe McGraw took solace in her learned that we’re better team’s effort in another loss than we think we are,” she to No. 3 Baylor. said.

Even though her young Odyssey Sims returned yet fifth-ranked Fighting after missing four games with a hamstring inIrish were beaten by the Lady Bears — just as they jury and added 16 points were in the national title for Baylor. Coach Kim Mulkey said she thought game last season — McGraw thinks her squad ofSims’ play proved she’s fered more of a challenge the best point guard in this time. the country.

The game was tied with “She’s played Skylar seven minutes to go when four times and won evthe Lady Bears (7-1) used ery ball game. She’s won a 10-0 run to pull away a national championship,” Mulkey said. “Oden route to a 73-61 vicJoe Raymond/THE DAILY ATHENAEUM yssey didn’t have one of tory Wednesday night over Notre Dame, which has Notre Dame guard Kayla McBride and Baylor guard Odyssey Sims battle for a loose her best games, either, only two starters back from ball during second-half of Wednesday’s game. but she never stopped being tough on the floor and last year’s team.

“We were much bet- and they have the same McGraw knew the Irish she never stopped guardter than we were last year team. So I was pleased. I were in trouble when Gri- ing people.” with a much younger team think we’ve gotten better,” ner, who was 10 of 16 from McGraw said Sims she said. “I think when we the floor, started hitting makes Baylor tougher to watch the tape we’re go- a couple of shots from 15 play. ing to see so many grow- feet.

“When she’s not in the ing mistakes.”

“That’s what we wanted game you don’t really have Brittney Griner had 24 her to take,” she said. to guard them very much points and 14 rebounds, Griner said she let the from the perimeter. So just three other Baylor players game come to her. having her on the court scored in double figures “Last year I guess I stretches the defense to and the Lady Bears dom- started getting even more her side a little bit more,” inated inside. They out- patient. I couldn’t get my she said. scored the Irish 36-26 in hands on the ball, keep Brooklyn Pope added 14 NOW RENTING the paint and outrebound- moving. Whatever I can do, points for Baylor and Jorthem 44-35.

I will do. I took it a play at a dan Madden had 12.

FOR JAN 2013 ingThe bright spot for the time, post up strong when Diggins was frustrated Irish was freshman Jew- I had to. Did whatever I by her bad shooting.

TWO & THREE ell Loyd scoring a season- could to help my team out.” “I don’t think I hesitated high 24 points. Loyd said The Irish were simply no on my shot. It just wasn’t she felt comfortable play- match for the Bears, espe- going in,” she said.

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Continued from page 7 comfortable down in Cary Gym, but put them in the Coliseum and it puts a different kind of pressure on them,” Butts said. “That’s hard for us to recreate in a practice environment.”

The No. 24 Mountaineers will face pressure this year, as six of their 2013 regular season opponents are ranked in the preseason Coaches Poll, and four of the six hold top-10

rankings.

Butts is returning for his second season as WVU’s head coach. In his first season after taking over for Linda Burdette-Good, Butts led his team to a 21-5 record, the Mountaineers’ first 20-win season since 2008 and a league-best seventh East Atlantic Gymnastics League championship.

Thirteen Mountaineers will return this season as they begin their first year in the Big 12 Conference.

Junior Hope Sloanhoffer, the 2012 East Atlantic Gym-

nastics League Gymnast of the Year will return to the team. Sloanhoffer won the league’s all-around, vault and bars titles.

Sophomore Beth Deal, the 2012 EAGL beam champion is also returning for WVU, along with seniors Chelsea Goldschrafe, Kaylyn Millick and Alaska Richardson.

WVU will officially begin its regular season at Pitt Jan. 11 at 7 p.m. inside Fitzgerald Field House. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

in 72-47 loss to Gators

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida State coach Leonard Hamilton knew there would be a lot of questions surrounding his team this season trying to replace six key players from the defending Atlantic Coast Conference champions.

After Wednesday night’s 72-47 loss to No. 6 Florida, Hamilton is getting a bit more desperate in his search for answers.

“Late in the game, I turned to my assistants and said, ‘Can we really be this bad?’” Hamilton related.

And with one of the most highly recruited prep prospects in the country, Andrew Wiggins, watching the game courtside along with his parents, former Seminole Mitch Wiggins and his wife, Marita Payne Wiggins, a Seminole track star and former Olympian.

Other than chanting, “We want Wiggins,” at halftime there was little for Florida State fans to cheer.

It took the Gators just 5 minutes to run off a 12-2 lead on the way to a 35-15 halftime cushion. Kenny Boynton’s layup with 8:57 left gave Florida its largest lead, 62-25.

The Seminoles (4-4) have dropped three straight on their home court, losing last week to Mercer and No. 14 Minnesota.

But the bashing by Florida is certain to create more heartburn for Hamilton,

who is hoping to replace his departed players with four freshmen and two junior college transfers. They didn’t have a shot Wednesday, dropping their fourth straight to the Gators.

“It was very tough when you’re turning the ball over,” junior forward Okaro White said. “You can’t get into a good offensive rhythm. “ The Seminoles had 22 turnovers and shot 34.8 percent.

Michael Snaer led Florida State with 10 points, all in the second half. White was 2 of 8 from the field and finished with nine points and six rebounds.

“We’ve got to find that magic level to play up to our potential,” Hamilton said.

Florida, which came into the game ranked second nationally in scoring defense, had the Seminoles baffled from the outset, forcing 13 turnovers in the first half and outrebounding them 21-11.

Florida (7-0) has held five opponents to less than 50 points this season while taking its fourth straight win over the Seminoles, who have lost three straight home games after their most lopsided defeat to Florida since a 96-61 loss in 1999.

Florida State shot 25 percent in the opening half and managed just three points over the final 8:54.

Boynton and Mike Rosario both scored 14 points to lead Florida.

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10 | SPORTS

Thursday December 6, 2012

Belcher’s mom says she loves son, slain girlfriend KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The days since Jovan Belcher killed his girlfriend then shot himself in the head have been very difficult for his mother, who said Wednesday that the slayings have not diminished her love for the couple.

Belcher’s mother, Cheryl Shepherd, had been living with the Kansas City Chiefs linebacker and 22-year-old Kasandra Perkins to help care for their 3-month-old daughter, Zoey, and was at the couple’s home Saturday morning when Perkins was shot.

“That’s my son, and I love him,” Shepherd said in a brief telephone conversation Wednesday. “She’s my daughter-in-law, just like my daughter.”

Shepherd declined to say anything more about her son.

Belcher shot Perkins at their Kansas City home then drove with a handgun to Arrowhead Stadium, where he thanked Chiefs general manager Scott Pioli and coach Romeo Crennel for all they had done for him. The men tried to persuade Belcher to put the gun down, but when police arrived, Belcher moved behind a vehicle in the practice facility’s parking lot, knelt down and shot himself in the head, police said.

Shepherd, 54, said she was not happy about the release Wednesday of recordings of the emergency phone call she made Saturday after Perkins was shot.

“I just got a phone call that they did that, and I

don’t appreciate it,” she said. “Right now I don’t want to talk about it.”

In the emergency call, Shepherd begs Perkins to “stay with me” while frantically asking for an ambulance. She tells the dispatcher that Perkins is “still breathing but please hurry. ... They were arguing, please hurry.”

Shepherd also told dispatchers that Perkins was bleeding, “just barely” awake and that it looked as though she was wounded in the back. She said Perkins moved when she spoke to her.

When a police dispatcher asked about Belcher, Shepherd says only: “He left.”

Police arrived at the home about 7:50 a.m. They said in an incident report that they found Perkins’ body on the floor of the master bathroom. She had been shot multiple times.

Shepherd, who has temporary custody of the couple’s baby, said she and Perkins were very close.

“She was a lovely, beautiful young woman. And we had a beautiful relationship,” Shepherd said.

The estate or guardian of Belcher’s 3-month-old daughter will receive more than $1 million under terms of the NFL’s collective-bargaining agreement.

The child stands to receive $108,000 annually over the next four years, $48,000 in the fifth year and then $52,000 each year until age 18. She’ll continue to receive that amount until age 23 if she attends college.

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Kansas City Chiefs head coach Romeno Crennel pauses while talking about the murder-suicide committed by linebacker Jovan Belcher during an NFL football news conference Monday at the team’s practice facility in Kansas City.

The beneficiary of Belcher, who was in his fourth season, also will receive $600,000 in life insurance, plus $200,000 for each credited season. There is also $100,000 in a retirement account that will go to his beneficiary or estate.

Players’ beneficiaries are kept confidential.

Shepherd said family members have been helping her a great deal since the shootings, but that she had trouble eating and sleeping while working on her son’s funeral arrangements.

Mourners, including several Chiefs players, attended an hourlong private memorial service for Belcher on Wednesday in Kansas City.

Retired Chiefs Hall of Famer Bobby Bell said afterward that Pioli and Belcher’s uncle spoke during the ser-

vice. He said it was “rough” on Pioli.

“This is a sad situation,” Bell said. “You never want to be put under those situations. Never. It’s not good.

You don’t want to see things like that. I don’t know how they got through it.”

Kansas State’s Collin Klein voted Associate Press Big 12 player of year (AP) — There were times when Collin Klein’s mother couldn’t help but worry, when she would watch her son take a snap from center, dodge a couple of defenders and then take off at a gallop.

The play would usually end up with Kansas State’s quarterback taking a big hit, the kind that caused Kelly Klein to gasp. The kid would invariably drag himself off the turf, blood usually seeping from his elbows. He would adjust his facemask, hike back his shoulder pads and trundle back to the huddle and do it all again.

“I get emotional because I do worry,” Kelly Klein admitted this week. “But he does what he loves to do, so you have to be grateful that he has the physical ability to do it.”

Klein’s prodigious physical ability, along with his even demeanor, unwavering faith and singular focus on getting better bit by bit

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an all-purpose player. “I’m just happy to represent Kansas State, our team and what we’ve been able to accomplish this season.”

The Heisman Trophy finalist set a slew of records while helping the seventhranked Wildcats to an 11win season, the third conference title in school history and a berth opposite Oregon in the Fiesta Bowl.

Klein is the first player from Kansas State to be voted the Big 12’s top offensive player. He received 14 of the 18 votes from members of the media who regularly cover the Big 12, while West Virginia’s Tavon Austin got three votes and Terrance Williams of Baylor received the other one.

“It’s an amazing thing and it’s a huge honor, but the reward, you know, is just seeing him do his thing, and do what he loves to do,” said Klein’s father, Doug Klein.

“Truly, whether it’s recognized or not, that’s the reward.”

Klein’s coach, Bill Snyder, was voted Big 12 coach of the year for the third time on Tuesday.

“He deserves all the compliments he can have,” Snyder said. “He’s awfully good at what he does, and he’s awfully good as a leader and he’s awfully good as a field manager, and he’s awfully good in all the physical aspects of the game – and he’s a tremendous person.”

Defensive end Devonte Fields of Big 12 newcomer TCU was voted AP’s defensive player of the year.

He received seven votes to beat out Kansas State’s Arthur Brown (four), Horned Frogs teammate Jason Verrett (three), Iowa State’s A.J. Klein (two), and Aaron Colvin and Tony Jefferson of Oklahoma (one each).

Fields was also the runaway winner of defensive newcomer of the year, while

Baylor running back Lache Seastrunk was voted the conference’s top newcomer on offense.

Klein has already won the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award, and is up for several other national awards this week. He’s one of three finalists for the Heisman, along with Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel and Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te’o, which will be handed out Saturday night in New York.

The senior from Loveland, Colo., was recruited to Kansas State under former coach Ron Prince, played for a while at wide receiver, and then transitioned back to quarterback. But he never approached the position in the way most do: He was just as comfortable bulldozing for yards as he was airing it out.

Klein threw for 2,490 yards and 15 touchdowns this season while running for 890 yards and 22 more touchdowns. He’s the first player in the BCS era to have consecutive seasons with at least 10 touchdown passes and 20 touchdown runs, and the other three to even accomplish the feat once all won the Heisman: Auburn’s Cam Newton in 2010, Florida’s Tim Tebow in 2007 and Eric Crouch of Nebraska in 2000.

“Some crazy things have happened to lead our team and myself to this point,” Klein said. “There are a lot of reasons for that. There’s a lot of hard work, a lot of preparation that have been put in on so many people’s part, and so many people have invested in me when I was going through a hard time or struggling.”

Kansas State led the league with six first-team All-Big 12 selections: Klein, Brown, offensive lineman B.J. Finney, tight end Travis Tannahill, defensive lineman Meshak Williams and defensive back Ty Zimmerman. The Wildcats also had five second-team selections and eight honorable mentions.

Oklahoma State had the second-most first-team selections with five: running back Joseph Randle, wide receiver Josh Stewart, offensive lineman Lane Taylor and Quinn Sharp, who made it as both a punter and kicker.

Fields was joined on the first team by Verrett and TCU teammate Kenny Cain.

Oklahoma’s Jefferson and Colvin were joined by Gabe Ikard on the first team.

Baylor’s Williams and Cyril Richardson, Texas Tech’s LaAdrian Waddle and Kerry Hyder, West Virginia’s Austin and Stedman Bailey, Iowa State linebackers Klein and Jake Knott and Texas’ Alex Okafor also made the first team.