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Author addresses issues in Middle East by kelsey montgomery staff writer

Best-selling author and entrepreneur Reza Aslan visited the West Virginia University Erickson Alumni Center Tuesday evening to talk about issues facing this generation of Muslims and the upcoming era of Islamic democracy.

A frequent guest on “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” and “The Colbert Report,” Aslan has authored books such as “No god but God: The Origins, Evolution and Future of

Islam” and “How to Win a Cosmic War.” Aslan is also the CEO and President of Aslan Media Inc., a media company that focuses on the Greater Middle East and its Diaspora communities.

Aslan spoke to the WVU audience about the Arab Spring occurring in the Middle Eastern region today.

With a majority of the population under the age of 35, and a staggering 70 percent of the Iranian population under the age of 30, youth is the main component of change, Aslan

WVU recognized as ‘Go-To Law School’ by lydia nuzum

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The West Virginia University College of Law has been recognized as one of 50 “GoTo Law Schools” by The National Law Journal.

The publication ranked WVU No. 33, identifying it as one of the top 50 schools in the country with the highest percentage of 2011 juris doctor graduates hired by the 250 largest law firms. This is the school’s first appearance in the journal’s rankings.

“We are delighted with this recognition of WVU’s strength and growing national reputation. We could not do this without a confluence of support from the University and from within the College,” said Joyce McConnell, dean of the College of Law. McConnell said the designation is a reflection on the work of the college’s faculty and staff to provide students with the opportunity to excel.

“This recognition reflects the hard work of our students who understand the need to pursue academic excellence and the willingness to put forth the effort to pursue jobs in NLJ top 250 firms, and the talent and support of the faculty and staff at the College of Law, particularly the hard work and commitment of the College of Law Career Services Office, ”she said.

The school graduated 126 JDs in 2011 and was tied for

the fewest number of graduates among schools included on the list. The college placed 9.52 percent in top 250 firms.

Its ranking is ahead of the University of North Carolina, the University of California, Davis and several institutions with more than twice as many graduates in 2011.

Hollee Temple, professor and director of the legal analysis research and writing program at the College of Law, said the college provides its students with a valuable education and the tools that will influence their future careers.

“I think this recognition shows what those of us who work at the law school have known all along,” Temple said. “They show the tremendous value for law students, not only from West Virginia, but from across the country.

We offer an extremely highquality, student-centered education.”

The school has also been recognized as a “Top Tier” law school for the third consecutive year in U.S. News and World Report. It ranked 15th nationally in “Best Law Schools in Public Interest” in the Winter 2011 edition of preLaw Magazine and was also named among preLaw’s “Top 40 Best Value” law schools.

“I think under Dean McConnell’s leadership, we’ve greatly expanded our clinical and experiential offerings so

said.

The Arab Spring began in December 2010 when a young Tunisian named Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire in protest of harassment and humiliation the government was imposing on him and many others.

The protest of a single man has grown into a movement in countries such as Iran, Algeria, Egypt and Libya, Aslan said.

“Believe it or not, the greatest single aspiration in the region at this moment is to achieve democracy,” Aslan

said. “It does not matter where you pray or what skin color you were born with; democracy is a fundamental right of life.”

The relentless protesting from many of the area’s youth has seen four corrupt governments, including Libya, Egypt, Tunisia and Yemen, overthrown within a 14-month span.

However, one of the most prominent myths surrounding the Arab Spring and the Middle Eastern culture is that

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Reza Aslan speaks on Islam, the Middle East and democracy at the Festival of Ideas in the Erickson Alumni Center Tuesday night.

‘BEING IN, BEING OUT’

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The Dreams of Hope performance group debuted ‘Being In, Being OUT’ in the Gluck Theater Wednesday. The event was featured as part of National Social Work Month.

WVU honors LGBT community as part of National Social Work Month by lacey palmer staff writer

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Students plan to help others during Spring Break by bryan bumgardner staff writer

This year, spending spring break in Cancun can be about more than just working on a tan – it can be a chance to help people in need.

Habitat for Humanity is hosting the Collegiate Challenge, an alternative spring break program that gives students the opportunity to do community service abroad.

Habitat for Humanity is an international nonprofit organization dedicated to building houses for families in need through donations, volunteer work and fundraisers.

“Volunteers can stay in the United States or they can travel anywhere in the world that has an affiliated chapter,” said Tara Dille, construction manager for the Monongalia County Habitat for Humanity.

Students can choose where they would like to volunteer, and are housed for a fee, she said. Some students choose to go to Florida or Cancun, while others have helped in areas devastated by Hurricane Katrina.

Dille said volunteers don’t need to be skilled in construc-

tion to help, and experienced workers will be there to help them. She said most workers volunteer regularly and are a diverse range of ages.

“They understand the need for simple, decent, affordable housing and really have a passion for giving back to the community,” Dille said.

“Anyone as young as five and as old as 105 can volunteer, as long as they’re physically able.”

The Monongalia County Habitat for Humanity has constructed 41 houses since 1990, and this is the seventh year of the Collegiate Challenge at WVU. Nationally, more than 194,000 students have spent their spring breaks volunteering across the country through Collegiate Challenge. Currently, 60 students from Ohio, New York, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia are volunteering in the Morgantown area.

Although the program builds houses for families in need, Dille said it’s important to understand that Habitat for Humanity is more than a charity organization.

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Dreams of Hope performed ‘Being In, Being OUT’ in the Gluck Theater Wednesday.

by brittany stewart correspondent

The Rock Top Bar & Grill will add something new to Morgantown nightlife this April, bringing the bar scene to the rooftops.

The new West Coast-themed Bar & Grill will feature a 9,000 sq. ft. rooftop venue with hot tubs, fireplaces and a unique 360-view of Morgantown, said Kevin Wilkey, CEO of the Lush Hospitality Group, who developed the concept.

“Anyone can put booze behind a bar and serve you a drink, but Rock Top is an experience,” Wilkey said.

Based out of Scottsdale, Ariz., the Lush Hospitality Group hopes to bring some

“Las Vegas style” to West Virginia by mid-April.

The indoor/outdoor locale will feature a variety of nationally known DJs, a summer concert series and its own Rock Top Radio, a personalized station that will cater to its local audience.

Wilkey said it’s not just about the unique atmosphere – it’s about the overall experience.

“Hosts will act as brand ambassadors; they won’t just hand you a menu. The hosts are here to train you how to use the venue,” he said.

The restaurant will serve drinks in addition to “luxurious comfort food.”

The menu will include classics and comfort foods like

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West Virginia University reached out to the local lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community Tuesday with a “Being In, Being OUT” event in honor of National Social Work Month.

The WVU Graduate Social Work Organization and the Division of Social Work sponsored the LGBT youth performance and discussion by the Dreams of Hope performance troupe of Pittsburgh.

The performance featured original works based on the performers’ personal struggles with LGBT issues through song, dance, drama, poetry, music and spoken word.

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French brioche and meatloaf served in oversized portions and made with seasonal ingredients, Wilkey said.

In addition to eight beverages on tap, The Rock Top will offer a wide selection of premium and super-premium beers as well as liquors including tequilas and high-end scotches.

Inside, a down-tempo feel will give guests the option of a smaller, personal lobby bar called Fininos which will offer wines and high-end desserts with a maximum capacity of 72 customers.

Wilkey said he hopes the unique setting and different options will cater to a wide spectrum of audiences and attract new crowds to the Mor-

gantown area.

“We will work hard to bring the alumni groups here. We can offer them a turn key experience,” Wilkey said. “Whether you’re 21 or 71, we want you to come back because you know the experience is going to be fun.”

An accompanying hotel and valet parking garage will also be added to the establishment by the end of summer, Wilkey said.

The all-inclusive boutique style hotel will have all of the typical amenities plus VIP access to the Rock Top Bar & Grill.

The Rock Top Bar & Grill will be located at 241 Chestnut St. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

SPRING PRACTICE: DAY 2 The West Virginia football team is feeling good about its progress following its second day of spring practice.

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Stocks record biggest gains of year; Dow up 218 NEW YORK (AP) — Bank stocks turbocharged a rally across the financial markets Tuesday, and all three major stock indexes posted their biggest gains of the year. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 218 points and closed at its highest level since the end of 2007.

The Nasdaq composite closed above 3,000 for the first time since December 2000, during the collapse in dot-com stocks.

The market rallied from the opening bell Tuesday after the government said February retail sales gains were the strongest since September. Americans spent more on cars, clothes and appliances.

The rally gained strength in the afternoon when the Federal Reserve said it saw signs of an improving economy and expected the unemployment rate to keep falling.

The Fed also said strains in the global financial markets have eased.

Then JPMorgan Chase, the country’s largest bank by assets, announced that it plans to buy back as much as $15 billion of its stock and raise its quarterly dividend to 30

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Traders Gerard Farco, left, and Dudley Devine work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Tuesday. cents per share from 25 cents a share.

“That’s what really made the day,” said Jeffrey Kleintop, chief market strategist a LPL Financial.

The announcement came just before the Fed made a surprise announcement of the results of its annual stress test for

banks. JPMorgan Chase and 14 other financial institutions passed. Four, including Citigroup, failed.

The Fed had planned to release the results on Thursday afternoon. But it moved up the announcement after JPMorgan declared its dividend increase. The bank said it had

the Fed’s blessing to raise the dividend.

JPMorgan Chase stock gained 7 percent, and other banks followed. Citigroup and Goldman Sachs gained 6 percent. Banks were easily the best-performing stocks in the market, gaining almost 4 percent as a group.

Citigroup stock was down 4 percent in after-hours trading following the Fed announcement.

The Dow finished at 13,177.68, its highest close since Dec. 31, 2007. The close put the Dow within 1,000 points of its all-time record, 14,164.53, set less than three months earlier, Oct. 9, 2007.

The Nasdaq composite index rose 56.22 points, or 1.9 percent, to 3,039.88.

Jack Ablin, chief investment officer at Harris Private Bank, said the key difference between the Nasdaq then and now is that the technology companies that dominate the index only promised profits 12 years ago.

Today those profits are real, and massive. The Nasdaq’s largest companies are Apple, Microsoft and Google.

“The Nasdaq hasn’t done much of anything for 12 years, but it’s had a huge rally in earnings,” Ablin said.

The Standard & Poor’s 500 index closed up 24.87 points, or 1.8 percent, at 1,395.96, its highest level since June 5, 2008.

The S&P has gained 11 percent since Jan. 1, more than what it posts in an average year.

Neighbors fret about plan for ‘Field of Dreams’ DYERSVILLE, Iowa (AP) — Should we build it, and would they come?

Those are the questions being debated in the Iowa town where the “Field of Dreams” movie was filmed as it considers a $38 million proposal to turn the farmland around the famous cornfield diamond into one of the nation’s largest youth baseball tournament and training complexes.

An Illinois couple has announced plans to buy the farmhouse and baseball field featured in the 1989 film, along with surrounding land, to build the “All-Star Ballpark Heaven,” a complex of 24 baseball and softball diamonds, an indoor training facility and lodging

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that would draw teams from all around to compete in major tournaments.

While the project could provide an economic jolt and breathe new life into Dyersville’s most valuable asset, it has unleashed fierce emotions that have pitted neighbors against each other and raised difficult questions for leaders of the town of 4,000. Should the city extend water and sewer service to make the project viable?

Would enough people come to make it succeed? And if so, would the development ruin the nostalgic, country feel that made this part of rural Iowa a draw in the first place?

“This is one of those projects that has a high risk, but a high

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Continued from page 1 democracy is not what the people in the region truly want, Aslan said.

Another common myth that people often believe about the Arab Spring is that it was a complete surprise.

“At first, people were just saying that this was a bunch of kids blowing off steam and it was a random occurrence,” Aslan said. “If you found this to be a surprise, you weren’t paying attention.”

Aslan also aimed to debunk that the Arab Spring is an Islamic takeover. This myth is simply an American paradox due to the primary belief that we live in a secular country that easily separates church and state, he said.

Seventy percent of Americans identify themselves as Christian and 96 percent of Middle Easterners identify with the Islamic religion.

reward,” said Jim Heavens, a cattle nutritionist who has been the city’s part-time mayor for nine years. “If everything goes according to Hoyle, it would be a boom for the town and a boom for the state and do something nice for youth. If it doesn’t work out, there’s going to be a lot of pieces to pick up.”

Dyersville, surrounded by lush farmland in the hills 30 miles west of Dubuque, has barely grown in recent decades and some residents say that’s fine. The town has low unemployment and low taxes.

Since the movie was filmed, about a farmer who builds a baseball field that attracts the ghosts of Shoeless Joe Jackson and other White Sox players

banned for throwing the 1919 World Series, the farm has attracted a stream of visitors despite few amenities: a house that is usually closed and a wellkept baseball field surrounded by corn. One of the most popular activities is a simple game of catch at the site. But some businesses and attractions, such as the National Farm Toy Museum, got used to the tourism and were hurt when it began to drop in recent years. Two years ago, owners Don and Becky Lansing put the farm up for sale.

The most vocal opposition to the proposed development comes from a small group of the farmers who raise cattle and pigs and grow corn and soybeans nearby.

Aslan said the two nations are more parallel than most think.

“There is not much difference between us and them,” Aslan said. “These groups now have the opportunity to come out of the mosque and to market ideas and see how they can come to life in reality.”

Many believe the Spring and the push for democracy in the Middle East were bad for both Israel and the U.S. “Israel has become increasingly isolated – its friends in Europe and in the United States have begun to distance themselves from the country,” he said. “I believe that the policies in this ultra-right government are like committing suicide for the country.”

Aslan said America is uninvolved with the Arab Spring, and that may be why the revolution is working. The U.S. just isn’t the superpower it used to be, he said.

“This is our opportunity to practice the values we love to

talk about,” he said. “The only way our economic agenda will be maintained will be to change our relationships with these countries.”

The event was made possible by Areesha Khan, a junior biology student and member of the WVU Honors College.

Khan saw Aslan on the news her sophomore year speaking about current Middle Eastern issues and thought he would be the perfect presenter to speak at WVU. “The way he discussed his views was full of humor and charisma,” Khan said. “I set up connections with the Special Events office here at WVU to bring him to campus to deliver a lecture that could really inform the people here about what is truly happening in the world.”

To learn more about Aslan’s current work, visit www.aslanmedia.com or follow him on Twitter at @RezaAslan. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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Continued from page 1 “There’s a common misconception that we give homes away,” she said.

According to Dille, volunteers aren’t just helping build houses, they’re helping rebuild lives.

“Most of the parents in our families work three jobs. One

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Continued from page 1 that students are ready to hit the ground running,” Temple said. “We are offering more and more coursework to prepare them to work in law from day one. We have very strong clinical and writing faculty who are dedicated to making our students practice-ready.”

Temple said the relatively small size of the law school allows it to offer students more personalized learning and a more inclusive academic atmosphere.

“One thing that sets us apart from a lot of other benchmark institutions is that we’re a lot smaller as a school,” she said.

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Continued from page 1 opened the event by speaking on the field of social work and its benefits.

“The cool thing about social work is the sense of community. It’s a continuous process to give back,” Plein said.

“Tonight is an opportunity to learn and understand the importance of diversity and sensitivity.”

Susan Haugh, founder of Dreams of Hope, a creative and performing arts group for queer youth and allies, said while this was the first time the group had performed in Morgantown, it felt a sense of belonging, which is this year’s theme for the production.

“The performers work with professional artists to make original pieces about their lives,” Haugh said. “Everyone deserves respect. Everyone has something to offer to the world, and the only way to make the world a better place is to learn about each other.”

The mission of Dreams of Hope is to develop LGBT community youth leaders who promote social change by educating audiences through the arts.

The program began with the troupe performing a lyrical poem about being comfortable

Brian Gendreau, market strategist at Cetera Financial, said stocks could still go higher.

Investors are paying roughly 13 times the past year’s earnings for the S&P 500 index. The long-term average is closer to 15.

“Valuations are still very cheap,” he said.

The dollar rose against the euro and hit an 11-month high against the Japanese yen after the Federal Reserve assessment. The euro fell to $1.3073 late Tuesday from $1.3150 late Monday. The dollar soared to 83.08 yen from 82.26 late Monday.

The retail sales report showed a gain of 1.1 percent last month. Some of it reflected higher gas prices, but department stores had their biggest gains in more than a year. The government also revised its estimates higher for December and January.

A reading of confidence among small business owners also rose in February for the sixth month in a row. The National Federation of Independent Business optimism index reached its highest level in a year, helped by an increase in expected sales. to provide for their families, another taking care of their families and a third working on their home equity. This isn’t a handout, it’s a hand up.”

Those interested in participating in Collegiate Challenge or volunteering should visit the MCHFH website at www.moncountyhfh.org or email info@ moncountyhabitat.org. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

“We limit our incoming class to about 135 students, which is significantly smaller than a lot of those other schools, and I think that translates into a more personal, differentiated experience that really meets each student’s needs and where she is, so that we can customize the education in a way that some other schools cannot.”

First year law student Josh Elliot said the school offers a smaller, more intimate setting other colleges don’t have.

“There’s more of a sense that we’re in this together than in most law school environments,” Elliot said. “For the price, especially in-state tuition, you really can’t beat the value.” lydia.nuzum@mail.wvu.edu

in “your own skin” and about acceptance.

Lori Fell, social work instructor and Graduate Social Work Organization adviser, said it’s important to raise awareness about local issues with unique events like these.

“It’s very important to educate people about these issues because of all of the recent suicides and hate crimes against gays and lesbians,” Fell said. “We just felt like it was important to get the word out on campus and in the community that there are ways to be open and welcoming.”

Fell said National Social Work Month is an opportunity to get the program’s key players to join together for a cause they feel needs special attention.

“We invite students, field instructors who are working in agencies in the community and all of our faculty and staff to the events during the month,” Fell said.

An additional seminar will be held today in honor of the awareness month, which focuses on pressures on Native American youth, from 6-7 p.m. in the Rhododendron Room of the Mountainlair.

For more information on Dreams of Hope, visit www. dreamsofhope.org. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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Taliban fire on Afghan officials at attack site BALANDI, Afghanistan (AP) — Taliban insurgents opened fire on two brothers of Afghan President Hamid Karzai as they left a memorial service Tuesday for 16 villagers allegedly killed by a U.S. soldier.

Qayum and Shah Wali Karzai and other top Afghan officials in their delegation escaped in their cars unharmed from the ambush in the country’s south.

But one Afghan soldier was hit in the head almost immediately and died, while two other Afghan army personnel were wounded in the 20-minute firefight that ensued in one of the two villages in Kandahar province where the killings had occurred two days before.

The gunbattle came as images of the aftermath of Sunday’s killings spread across the country, and the public reaction – which at first seemed surprisingly muted – began to build.

In the east, students staged the first significant protest in response to the killings, raising concerns about a repeat of the wave of violent demonstrations that rocked the nation after last month’s burning of Qurans by troops at a U.S. base.

The incident has also added to pressure in the U.S. to get out of Afghanistan more quickly.

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, speaking to reporters on the plane traveling to Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, said the military withdrawal was still on schedule to finish by 2014.

Panetta said he was awaiting plans from Gen. John Allen, the top commander in Afghanistan, to bring home the remaining 23,000 U.S. troops sent to Afghanistan during the 2009 surge. Those forces are due to leave by the end of September, dropping the U.S. presence in the country down to 68,000 troops.

On Tuesday, President Barack Obama issued his strongest condemnation of the shooting.

“The United States takes this as seriously as if it was our own citizens and our own children who were murdered,” Obama told reporters in Washington.

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An Afghan villager, right, shows an empty canister to delegation members allegedly used by US forces during Sunday’s killing of civilians at a prayer ceremony for victims in Panjwai, Kandahar province south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday.

“I can assure the American people and the Afghan people that we will follow the facts wherever they lead us, and we will make sure that anybody who was involved is held fully accountable with the full force of the law,” he said.

Taliban spokesman Qari Yousef Ahmadi claimed responsibility for the attack on the delegation in Balandi village in Panjwai district, an area considered the birthplace of the militant group. Previously, the movement had vowed to behead those responsible for the shootings.

The militants rode to the village on motorcycles, police said. They ambushed the delegation from the cover of a distant row of trees. Afghan security forces fired back, killing three militants, said Gen. Abdul Razaq, the Kandahar police chief. The two Afghan army personnel who were wounded included a soldier and a military prosecutor, he said.

Qayum Karzai sought to play down the ambush. He said the delegation, which also included Kandahar Gov. Tooryalai Wesa and Minister of Border and Tribal Affairs Asadullah Khalid, had been giving their condolences to the victims’ families. They then heard “two very, very light shots.”

“Then we assumed it was the national army that started to fire in the air,” said Karzai.

Nine of the 16 civilians killed on Sunday in Balandi and Alkozai villages were children and three were women, according to the Afghan president. Some of their bodies were burnt after they were killed.

The U.S. has an Army staff sergeant in custody who is suspected of carrying out Sunday’s pre-dawn killings but has not released his name.

Villagers have described him stalking from house to house in the middle of the night, opening fire on sleeping families and then burning some of the

Israel and Gaza end four days of violence after truce takes effect JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel halted its airstrikes against Gaza Strip militants early Tuesday and rocket fire from the Palestinian territory ebbed as a cease-fire ending four days of clashes appeared to be taking effect.

Both sides had indicated they have no interest in seeing the fighting spiral into all-out war, and an Egyptian security official reported that Egyptian intelligence officials had brokered a truce.

There was no official truce announcement from Israel or Gaza’s Hamas rulers, but Israeli Cabinet Minister Matan Vilnai told Israel Radio the latest outbreak of violence “appears to be behind us.”

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a speech Tuesday evening suggested that Israel would refrain from any new strikes unless attacked. “Our message is clear, quiet will be met with quiet,” Netanyahu said.

He warned, however, that “anyone who breaks (the peace) or even tries to break it – our cross-hairs will find him.”

He thanked the 1 million residents of Israel’s south for their resilience under fire from Palestinian militants who according to the Israeli military launched about 300 rockets across the border over the past four days.

Earlier in the day, Daoud Shihab, a spokesman for the Islamic Jihad group responsible for much of the rocket fire, said that “the Egyptian efforts succeeded this morning and a deal was reached.”

Months of quiet along the

Gaza-Israel border were shattered on Friday with Israel’s killing of a militant commander in Gaza whom it accused of plotting to attack Israelis.

At least 24 Palestinians, including at least four civilians, died in the cross-border exchanges that followed, with the cause of another civilian’s death in dispute. There were no Israeli fatalities, but the lives of people in the south were disrupted by frequent sirens warning them to take cover from incoming rockets.

Israel’s new short-range rocket interceptor, the Iron Dome, destroyed dozens of rockets in flight.

The military said it carried out no airstrikes after the cease-fire took hold. They said some 12 rockets were fired at Israel after that early morning deadline, causing no injuries.

Sporadic rocket fire from Gaza would not necessarily compromise the truce because militant groups are splintered and orders do not trickle down from a single commander. Still, as a precaution, schools in southern Israel that serve 200,000 students remained closed for a third day.

Although the fighting on the ground subsided, verbal sparring over the terms of the cease-fire persisted.

The Egyptian security official, speaking early Tuesday on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the subject, said Israel had agreed to stop targeting militants as a condition of the truce. Islamic Jihad leader Khaled Batch said the same.

“They gave the Egyptians a pledge they would stop the assassinations,” Batch said.

“This was a surprise not only to Egypt but a surprise to all parties.”

But Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak brushed away that assertion.

“The Israeli military remains committed to acting against anyone who plots or plans attacks on Israeli citizens or Israeli soldiers operating along the border,” Barak said.

And senior defense official Amos Gilad, who was involved in the truce talks, said no such commitments were given. “Quiet will be met with quiet,” Gilad told Army Radio.

But “if Israel has to defend its citizens, it will do so without hesitation.”

Because the two sides shun each other, the truce is not formal and there is no signed document that can serve as a reference.

Gaza’s Hamas rulers had kept out of the fighting, letting militants from the Islamic Jihad and Popular Resistance Committees carry out the attacks on Israel.

Hamas wants to avoid a fullscale offensive against Gaza like the one Israel launched in December 2008, fearing a major conflict could undermine its control of the territory it violently overran five years ago.

But Israel considers Hamas responsible for all attacks from Gaza and notes that the militant group, which refuses to renounce violence against Israel, has amassed a bigger and better weapons stockpile since the war.

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Witnesses interviewed by The Associated Press after the attack described only one shooter, and U.S. officials have been adamant that there was only one soldier involved.

On Tuesday, villagers who testified to the delegation insisted there were two soldiers, citing relatives who survived the attacks.

Mohammad Wazir, who was away from his home in Balandi village that night, said his sister saw two U.S. soldiers enter the house and start shooting.

Everyone started running different directions, and she ran to the kitchen to hide. When the gunfire ended and she reemerged, 11 of her relatives were dead.

In Alkozai to the south, a man named Sayed Jan said his cousins told him that they saw two soldiers come into his house and start firing. Jan’s relatives barricaded their door and snuck out another exit. Jan

was away in Kandahar city that night.

The villages are about 65 kilometers (40 miles) southwest of Kandahar city.

The villagers’ anger was evident in discussions with the visiting officials before the attack cut the visit short.

“Today, the Kandahar governor was trying to explain to the villagers that he was only one soldier, that he was not a sane person and that he was sick,” said Abdul Rahim Ayubi, a Kandahar lawmaker who was part of the delegation.

“But the people were just shouting and they were very angry. They didn’t listen to the governor. They accused him of defending the Americans instead of defending the Kandahari people,” Ayubi said.

The delegation did manage before the shooting started to pay out compensation to family members of the victims – $2,000 for each death and $1,000 for each person wounded.

In the eastern city of Jalalabad, meanwhile, hundreds of students staged the first significant protest in response to the tragedy, shouting angry slogans against the U.S. and the American attacker.

The killings have caused outrage in Afghanistan but have not sparked the kind of violent protests seen last month after American soldiers burned Muslim holy books and other Islamic texts.

But the students protesting at a Jalalabad university, 80 miles (125 kilometers) east of the capital Kabul, were incensed.

“Death to America!” and, “Death to the soldier who killed our civilians!” shouted the crowd.

Some carried a banner that called for a public trial of the soldier, who U.S. officials have identified as a married, 38-year-old father of two who was trained as a sniper and recently suffered a head injury in Iraq.

Other protesters burned an effigy of President Barack Obama and set fire to a cross to show their disgust for the

Christianity they associated with the United States.

“The reason we are protesting is because of the killing of innocent children and other civilians by this tyrant U.S. soldier,” said Sardar Wali, a university student. “We want the United Nations and the Afghan government to publicly try this guy.”

Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said in a statement that the soldier should be tried as a war criminal and executed by the victims’ relatives.

Obama has expressed his shock and sadness and extended his condolences to the families of the victims.

But he has also said the horrific episode would not speed up plans to pull out foreign forces, despite increasing opposition at home to the war in Afghanistan.

Photographs of dead toddlers wrapped in bloody blankets in Panjwai started to make the rounds in Afghanistan on Monday. The images were broadcast on Afghan TV stations, and people posted them on social network sites and blogs.

If the protests against the recent killings spread and become violent it could further complicate the issue, said Malcolm Chalmers, a professor of security policy at Kings College in London.

“My instinct is that it (the killings) will not have much influence on the pace of withdrawal,” said Chalmers. “But if you see riots in Kandahar and Kabul and other cities, that could change.”

In the aftermath of the Quran burnings last month, over 30 people were killed in the protests and Afghan forces turned their guns on their supposed allies, killing six U.S. service members.

The Qurans and other Islamic books were taken from a detention facility and dumped in a burn pit because they were believed to contain extremist messages or inscriptions. A military official said at the time that it appeared detainees were exchanging messages by making notations in the texts.

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Mon General shouldn’t halt expansion West Virginia University Hospital’s $248 million expansion is in a standstill, thanks to its neighbor, Mon General Hospital.

According to www.wvmetronews.com, the expansion is designed to assist capacity issues. It will consist of a 10-story tower with 114 new beds and would supply up to 750 jobs.

Although the project was announced Jan. 13, Mon General filed for a hearing Monday at 4:15 p.m., the last day in which a party was able to do so.

Mon General claims the request for a hearing is to encour-

age accountability and to allow the public to comment on the expansion.

Since WVU has no legal right to deny the hearing, the project will now be delayed for at least six months.

If Mon General had two months to request a hearing, why did its officials wait until the last minute? Mon General appears to purposely hinder and stall the project.

Now the process is going to take more time and cost more money, which is contradictory to Mon General’s reasoning for the request.

According to Darryl Duncan, president and cheif executive officer of Mon General Hospital, the purpose of the hearing is to control costs, improve quality and efficiency and to encourage collaboration.

If this was the purpose, the motion would have been filed earlier; it seems as if Mon General simply wants to be a thorn in WVU’s side.

WVU Hospitals are the largest in the state and accepts patient transfers from all over the region, including patients from Mon General. In fact, Mon General is among the top five hos-

pitals in the state that transfer patients to WVU. According to the Associated Press, more than 5,000 patients transfer to WVU, including 200 from Mon General.

Mon General claims to be putting the patients’ care first, but it is difficult to grasp this concept through such actions.

WVU is trying to increase its capability to treat more patients, and keep jobs in West Virginia.

If Mon General can’t care for all the patients it receives, then why would it object to WVU’s expansion?

According to Bruce McCly-

monds, president and chief executive officer of WVU Hospitals, WVU Hospitals attempted to reach out to Mon General in April 2011 in efforts to solve capacity issues, but “they refused all those ideas and suggestions.”

If WVU cannot expand, then thousands of patients may be forced to seek treatment outside of West Virginia, which would cost the state a lot of money.

Mon General should be working with WVU to ensure that patients within West Virginia have quality care.

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Mental health,

pushed to extreme Robert Davis columnist

The effect of combat stress on the American military’s mental health has been gruesomely illustrated once again.

Last Sunday, a rogue army staff sergeant ,stationed in Afghanistan, left the relative safety of his post, and walked house to house in a nearby village, shot and killed 16 Afghan civilians.

The soldier, who reportedly suffered a head injury during one of his three previous deployments to Iraq, is an extreme case of the terrible effect combat environments have on our military.

The killings come at a period when anti-U.S. temperament in Afghanistan is raging, and the psychological health of U.S. military personnel is at an

all-time low.

Time and time again, incidents like this one have underscored the need for more precautions to ensure the mental stability of a soldier before he is given a weapon and sent to a forward location.

After serving five years in the Marine Corps, I’ve known quite a few service members who suffered from psychological damage incurred from being in a constant cycle of combat training and long deployments.

I can remember sitting through countless “warrior transition briefs” and “safety stand-downs” during my recent enlistment. These twoto-six hour-long classes were implemented in response to the growing number of mental health issues in service members who were returning from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

These briefs usually consisted of slide after slide of well-worn mental health sta-

tistics and cheesy “responsible” drinking videos.

Military officials hoped this training would bring down the record number of mental health incidents that have plagued troops since 2001.

In reality, these presentations amounted to little more than a “check-in-the-box”.

Additionally, every service member who would soon depart to or return from a combat zone was required to take a deployment mental health assessment.

These assessments were two or three-page questionnaires which asked service-members vague questions, such as “In the last month, how many times have you felt depressed?”

I’m no psychology major but I can tell you that these tests were nearly worthless. Anyone wishing to avoid the hassle and the perceived stigma of being labeled as a mental health casualty would simply reply to the above question with “0 times”.

Apparently, even out of those who do admit to having emotional problems, few are receiving the treatment they need.

According to a 2007 study by the Army’s mental health advisory team, only 40 percent of service members who screened positive for serious emotional problems received help from a mental health professional.

There is obviously a dire need for more proactive measures to ensure those who are displaying signs of emotional issues are properly taken care of.

Military officials also need to take more action in preventing soldiers from acquiring mental health problems in the first place.

Although the psychological side effects of war can never be completely prevented, certain factors that cause existing conditions to grow worse can often be avoided.

Repeated deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan are one

of the greatest causes of mental stress disorders among soldiers today.

In fact, a study conducted by the Department of Veteran Affairs showed the occurrence of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) to be nearly three times higher in soldiers who have been on at least one previous deployment.

Far too often, service members are returning from 13 month deployments to the “sandbox” only to spend their time in the United States training for another deployment in six months.

Some branches have implemented programs to establish a 1:2 deployment: stateside ratio.

However, this ratio is often broken due to troop shortages or simply because a soldier feels an obligation to serve with his unit. In which case, the soldier is compensated with only a few extra days of leave.

Equally, the length of deployments also plays a major

role in the mental well-being of military personnel.

Some army units are deploying for up to 15 months at a time.

Not only do these long and frequent deployments push a soldier’s mind to the extreme, the effect they have on soldiers’ relationships are just as damaging.

“I really believe that dwell is one of the things we have to look at and has an impact on all kinds of problems, not just suicides, but you know all the things that fall short of suicide from relationship issues to drug and alcohol abuse, to high-risk behavior, to all those things.

The more time we can get between deployments, the better off we’ll be,” said U.S. Army Vice Chief of Staff, General Peter Chiarelli in 2011.

At a time when suicides are claiming more lives than two wars, the need for a sound mental health program has never been so important.

Off-campus living teaches students responsibilities sam viggiano columnist

We have approached the time of the semester when students decide where they want to live next year.

As a current junior at West Virginia University, it makes sense to live off campus. My dorm-free life has provided the maturing agent that has laid the foundation for success in the adult world.

To the first-year student, it’s sensible to absorb this information and do as one’s predecessors have done.

However, living off campus entails real-life problems such as paying bills, supplying food and, of course, maintaining a healthy social and academic life.

The first, and probably most popular, reason to live off campus is the lack of authority. The student no longer has to present an ID coming in after midnight or deal with monthly meetings about the residence hall.

There are no more roommate contracts and no more citations for playing music “too loud.” Likewise, an apartment, depending on location and people, will be free of obnoxious neighbors who are disrespectful of those sleeping or working around them.

However, this lack of residential advisory permits occasional chaos. First, a binding contract between persons to the apartment must be signed and adhered to.

Should one have a dispute with their roommate, neither can leave the apartment without fulfilling the contract’s

requirements.

Likewise, noisy neighbors, above and below, have the freedom to do as they please – and they will. You cannot expect quiet hours or an RA to handle your problem with your neighbors.

Preparation is critical to living off campus. To prepare food for yourself and friends, you must have some kind of income to buy food. Some students may be lucky enough to have an allowance from their parents, otherwise managing the money one made over the summer or getting a job are the next best options.

Unfortunately, jobs for students are hard to come by without manipulating one’s schedule.

Remember, school is a place where one has come to learn, not to a hold full time or part time job. An income is neces-

sary to living off campus.

The three main sources of food for off-campus living are commuter meal plans, buying food for yourself and/or buying food for your apartment.

The commuter meal plan has provided the best source of food for a busy student like me. The greatest advantage to this meal plan is one’s ability to vary the meals with access to Meals Plus. Because I spend a majority of my time on the Evansdale campus, by walking to Towers or Bits ‘n’ Bites in the Engineering complex, I have not left the campus to get food, ultimately saving time.

Should one want to buy groceries for the apartment, the resident must decide with his or her roommates if they will split the cost of groceries or buy their own.

Having originally bought groceries for an entire apart-

ment and thereby splitting the cost, I have found that I like buying my own groceries more than sharing the cost.

We each have different nutritional needs and with great time conflicts between our hectic schedules, getting together to go grocery shopping is a tiresome process.

In regards to traffic, it takes anywhere from eight minutes to 40 minutes from my apartment to make it to class. Thus, should one want to live off campus, a car is important.

Although most commercial apartment complexes offer a shuttle between the apartment and campus, these vehicles are not dependable.

One should plan ahead when choosing to commute between the campuses. If not, have a back-up plan.

Likewise, the parking around the University is aw-

ful. Unless you want to pay for parking pass, then there is limited to no free parking on campus. And one is lucky if they can make it to the campus with the snow, ice and rain.

Nevertheless, I believe that living off campus is the smartest decision that an upperclassman can make while studying at WVU. There are many positives to negate those disadvantages to living off campus.

If in the process of deciding to live off campus, heed the advice of the upperclassmen.

Take a chance and explore the freedoms of adulthood. You will understand yourself and your connection to the University through its distance.

You’ll find that by living off campus, there is a world of change in how you study, work and live.

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THE WEEK AHEAD TODAY MARCH 14

WVU PRSSA hosts a charity fashion show from 5-7 p.m. in the Gold and Blue Ballrooms of the Mountainlair. Tickets can be purchased in the Mountainlair for $3 with all proceeds going to the Boys and Girls Club. For more information, call 304-6689787 or email jared.lathrop@ mail.wvu.edu.

A REPRODUCTIVE PHYSIOLOGY SEMINAR by Adam Eifert takes place from 3:30-4:30 p.m. in Room 2055 of the Agricultural Sciences Building. Eifert will speak on “Heat stress on fertility in domestic animals during drought conditions.” For more information, call 304-293-1936 or email einskeep@wvu.edu.

THURSDAY MARCH 15

THE DIVISION OF FORESTRY AND NATURAL RESOURCES INVITED SEMINAR SERIES presents Craig Stricker from 3-4 p.m. in Room G08 of Lyon Tower.

Stricker, a research biologist for the United States Geological Survey’s Denver field station, will be discussing “Isotopic Insights into Ecosystem Ecology.” For more information, call 304-293-0049 or email nicolas.zegre@mail. wvu.edu.

THE MUSLIM STUDENTS ASSOCIATION OF WVU hosts Imam Siraj Wahhaj and Dr. Aaron Gale at 6 p.m. in Room G-21 of Ming Hsieh Hall. Wahhaj, a nationally renowned speaker and activist, and Gale, the religious studies coordinator for WVU, will examine the role Jesus Christ plays in Islam and analysis of his impact in the Abrahamic faiths.

WVU’S FOCUS THE NATION hosts “Shift Your Shopping,” illustrating the influence people have by shopping locally, from noon-1 p.m. in the Laurel Room of the Mountainlair. There will be coupons and discounts available to all attendees that can be redeemed at restaurants downtown. For more information, call 330-431-4782 or email amarti21@mix.wvu.edu.

FRIDAY MARCH 16

THE PNC PRACTICUM PROGRAM – ECONOMIC SEMINAR SERIES presents Arye Hillman from Bar-llan University in Israel.

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.

EVERY WEDNESDAY

WVU FIRST BOOK ADVISORY BOARD meets at 7 p.m. in the Kanawha Room of the Mountainlair.

Students and faculty are welcome to attend and get involved with First Book and the WVU Advisory Board.

For more information, email wvu@ firstbook.org.

CYCLING CLUB meets at 8 p.m. in the Bluestone Room of the Mountainlair. For more information, visit www.wvucycling.com.

THE STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION meets at 7:30 p.m. at Hatfields in the Mountainlair. For more information, stop by the SGA or SOS offices in the Mountainlair.

WVU ULTIMATE CLUB/TEAM meets at 5 p.m. at the WVU Intramural Fields and is always looking for new participants. Experience playing ultimate frisbee isn’t necessary. For more information, email Zach at wvultimate@ yahoo.com or visit www.sugit.org.

WVU-ACLU meets at 6 p.m. in the Monongalia Room of the Mountainlair.

TAI CHI is taught from 6:30-8 p.m.

Other class times are available. For more information, call 304-319-0581.

CATHOLICS ON CAMPUS meets at 8 p.m. at 1481 University Ave. For more information, call 304-296-8231.

all pertinent information, including the dates the announcement is to run. Due to space limitations, announcements will only run one day unless otherwise requested. All nonUniversity related events must have free admission to be included in the calendar.

If a group has regularly scheduled meetings, it should submit all

ESL CONVERSATION TABLE meets at 6 p.m. at the Blue Moose Cafe. All nationalities are welcome. The table is sponsored by Monongalia County Literacy Volunteers, a member of the United Way family. For more information on Literacy Volunteers, contact Jan at 304-296-3400 or mclv2@comcast.net.

WVU FENCING CLUB hosts advanced fencing practice from 7-9 p.m. in the Stansbury Hall Gym. For more information, email wvufencing@gmail.com or visit www.encingclub.studentorgs.wvu.edu.

AIKIDO FOR BEGINNERS is at 6 p.m. at Lakeview Fitness Center. There are special rates for WVU students. For more information, email var3@comcast.net.

STUDENTS FOR SENSIBLE DRUG POLICY meets at 7 p.m. in Room 105 of Woodburn Hall. For more information, email ssdp.wvu@gmail.com.

CHAMPION TRAINING ACADEMY offers free tumbling and stunting from 8:30-9:30 p.m. for those interested in competing on a Coed Open International Level 5 Cheerleading Team. For more information, call 304-291-3547 or email CTA at ctainfo@comcast.net.

WVU’S GENDER EQUALITY MOVEMENT, formerly the Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance, meets in the Cacapon Room of the Mountainlair at 6:30 p.m. For more information, email wvugem@gmail.com.

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WELLNESS PROGRAMS on topics such as drinkWELL, loveWELL, chillWELL and more are provided for interested student groups, organizations or classes by WELLWVU: Wellness and Health Promotion. For more 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 20-40 Family House guests. For more information, call 304598-6094 or email rfh@wvuh.com.

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

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

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

THE WELLWVU CONDOM CLOSET is held in the Kanawha Room of the Mountainlair every Wednesday from 11 a.m.-noon. The closet sells condoms for 25 cents each or five for $1.00.

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

MOUNTAINEER SPAY/NEUTER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM is an all-volunteer nonprofit that promotes spay/ neuter to reduce the number of homeless pets that are euthanized every year. M-SNAP needs new members to help its cause, as does ReTails, a thrift shop located in the Morgantown Mall. For more information, visit www.m-snap.org.

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 304-293-4431 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.

HOROSCOPES

BY JACQUELINE BIGAR BORN TODAY This year Lady Luck appears and could impact your life financially and/or emotionally. You will encounter trouble when you go to extremes. Selfdiscipline is a must, or you could overindulge and take away from your good fortune. Your immediate circle changes, as you meet people with similar goals. If you are single, you will have more than one opportunity to change your status. Take your time choosing the right person. If you are attached, you find your sweetie to be provocative and full of information. He or she also could have quite a temper. SAGITTARIUS can be a challenging boss.

ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19) HHHH You will try anything once -- within reason. Remain sensitive to financial matters that offer provocative options. Be smart about your choices. Your drive and hard work impress someone. Tonight: Remain upbeat.

Try a new place.

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20) HHHHH Everyone, including you, likes to be indulged. At times, it might be difficult to say “thank you.” Let someone express his or her ideas about an important situation before you choose how much you want to reveal. Tonight: Be a duo.

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20) HHHH Remain responsive, but be careful when choosing your cause. You might not be able to cover all your bases; therefore, decide what is most important or instrumental to your success. A domestic issue takes the forefront because of someone’s energy. Tonight: Say “yes” to the moment.

CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22) HHH Make and act on a long-overdue resolution.

You know you need to follow that path; the time is now. Understand what is happening. You have spirit and energy behind your words and actions. Others know you are serious. You will be effective. Tonight: Flow with the moment.

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22) HHHH Your enthusiasm helps you cross the thin line between impossible and possible. Often, others watch your antics in amazement.

If you choose to take a risk, be aware of the potential damages. Feelings flow between you and another person. Tonight: Face the facts: You cannot do everything and be everywhere.

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22) HHH Stay centered and know exactly what you are doing. Listen to someone’s rendition of events. Remember that whatever people inadvertently choose to see could vary, and they might not even be conscious of their mental filters. Tonight: Buy a favorite treat on the way home.

LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22) HHHHH You communicate the essence of your thoughts without difficulty. Others enjoy the special touches of your style as well. A discussion involving a primary personal issue is well-timed. Check into a real estate matter with care. Tonight: Speak your mind.

SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21) HHH Remain sensitive to a change in an offer that has been presented to you in the past. This could make quite a difference in the overall experience and its results. Explore your

options as you express your gratitude. A determined friend pushes very hard to get his or her way. Tonight: Indulge a little.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21) HHHH You have the energy and wherewithal to nail down a situation to your liking. Others appreciate you including them, yet a respected individual could push too hard to have you follow his or her way of doing things. Communication soars. Tonight: Wish upon a star. It could work.

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19) HHH Much is going on beyond the obvious.

You sense this fact and pull back. Your decision shows an innate wisdom, and in the long run, it will help. Zero in on your observation skills. Detach as much as possible. Tonight: Take some much-needed personal time.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18) HHHH A meeting makes you more aware of a potential goal. Is this goal realistic? Conversations point to many different opinions.

You discover that someone has a more direct path to the same end. Together, you will make quite the team. Tonight: With friends, perhaps making a new friend.

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20) HHH Someone’s leadership might be OK with you but not with another person you care a lot about. You could be between a rock and a hard place. You probably need to focus on your goals and priorities. At that point, you will know what to do. Tonight: Could be late.

BORN TODAY Physicist Albert Einstein (1879), cartoonist Hank Ketcham (1920), comedian Billy Crystal (1948)

COMICS

Pearls Before Swine

by Stephan Pastis

F Minus

by Tony Carrillo

Get Fuzzy

by Darby Conley

Cow and Boy

by Mark Leiknes

PUZZLES DIFFICULTY LEVEL MEDIUM

Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit, 1 to 9. For strategies on how to solve Sudoku, visit www.sudoku.org.uk.

TUESDAY’S PUZZLE SOLVED

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Syracuse’s Fab Melo out for NCAA tournament

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Syracuse sophomore center Fab Melo has been ruled ineligible for the NCAA tournament, another shot in a season full of them for the Orange.

The university announced Tuesday that the 7-foot Brazilian did not travel with the team to Pittsburgh and won’t take part in the NCAA tournament due to an eligibility issue. The school did not elaborate.

Melo missed three games earlier this season because of an academic issue.

ESPN, citing an anonymous source, reported that Melo’s absence is related to the first suspension and that the NCAA revisited the case and again ruled him ineligible.

It’s a big blow for coach Jim Boeheim and his Orange, the top seed in the East, who expected Melo to be a key player in any postseason run. Syracuse (31-2) opens the tournament against 16th-seeded UNC Asheville (24-9), the Big South champion, on Thursday afternoon.

Syracuse is likely to use sophomore Baye Keita and freshman Rakeem Christmas at center in place of Melo, the Big East defensive player of the year.

A message was left by The Associated Press for Boeheim, who was traveling with the team to Pittsburgh on Tuesday.

Melo averaged 7.8 points per game, 5.8 rebounds and 88 blocks for Syracuse.

The news is the latest development in a tumultuous season.

Last week, school officials said the university had more than a year ago self-reported possible violations of its internal drug policy by former members of the team and that the NCAA was investigating.

None of the current members of the team was involved.

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Georgia Tech junior Glen Rice Jr. was dismissed from the basketball team after being charged in a shooting outside an Atlanta nightclub.

Ga. Tech’s Rice kicked off team after shooting

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Syracuse sophomore center Fab Melo will miss the NCAA tournament due to eligibility issues. He missed three games earlier this season for academic issues.

In a report, Yahoo Sports said a three-month investigation it conducted showed that the Syracuse men’s basketball program failed to adhere to the drug policy while playing ineligible players over the past decade.

The report, which citied anonymous sources, said at least 10 players since 2001 had tested positive for a banned recreational substance or substances. The report did not identify who tested posi-

tive. Syracuse won its lone national championship in 2003.

And the season began with the dismissal of associate head coach Bernie Fine after two former ballboys accused him of sexually molesting them in the 1980s. While charges have yet to be filed against Fine, he was fired in late November. Boeheim and the university also are facing a defamation suit filed by the ballboys — Bobby Davis and stepbrother Mike Lang.

ATLANTA (AP) — Glen Rice Jr. was kicked off the Georgia Tech basketball team Tuesday, less than a week after a shooting incident outside an Atlanta nightclub led to criminal charges.

Coach Brian Gregory cut ties with the junior guard, who was serving his second suspension of the season at the time of the latest trouble.

A graduate student manager already had been dismissed from the program for the same incident.

“It’s an honor and a privilege to represent Georgia Tech and be a part of this basketball program,” Gregory said in a statement. “There are certain standards that have to be met both on and off the court, and there has to be accountability when those standards aren’t met. I’m disappointed that we have to take this action.”

Rice will remain enrolled at Georgia Tech and complete his academic requirements for the spring semester.

“Glen has done well in school, and we want to make sure he finishes the semester strong, and then we’ll assist him in any way we can with his next steps as a studentathlete,” Gregory said.

Rice, son of the former NBA star, led Georgia Tech in scoring and rebounding this season but had numerous disciplinary issues. He didn’t play again for the Yellow Jackets after being suspended Feb. 17.

Rice, student manager London Warren and another person were charged early Thursday, the same day Georgia Tech’s dismal season ended with a 54-36 loss to Miami in the opening round of the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament.

According to an Atlanta police report, an officer received a call of a shot being fired near a nightclub. The officer said he pulled over a Cadillac Escalade and recovered two handguns from inside the vehicle.

Warren “had glossy eyes

and the odor of an alcoholic beverage on his breath,” the report said. He was charged with DUI. Rice was charged with permitting unlawful operation.

Another passenger, Steven Pryor, was charged with discharging a firearm while under the influence. He claimed the gun went off accidentally while he was trying to remove it from between two seats, police said. He did have a firearms license.

Officers returned to the scene of the shooting to check for any victims or property damage. None was found.

Rice averaged 13 points and 6.7 rebounds a game this season, but his career will be remembered for off-thecourt issues. He was benched at the end of last season by former coach Paul Hewitt and suspended for the first three games this season by Gregory. He did not practice or play with the team after his February suspension, appearing in only 21 games.

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Pac-12 moving basketball tourney to Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Pac-12 men’s basketball tournament is moving to Sin City for the next three years.

Commissioner Larry Scott announced the deal Tuesday at the MGM Grand hotel-casino in Las Vegas, standing poolside near a site known for boxing, not basketball.

Scott said the move, combined with moving the women’s tournament to Seattle, will generate buzz and create atmosphere for the conference’s fans.

The Pac-12 tournament running March 13-16, 2013, will be the fourth conference tournament in Las Vegas, along with the Mountain West, Western Athletic Conference and West Coast Conference.

“For hardcore basketball fans, this is going to be like Disneyland,” Scott said.

Rossi Ralenkotter of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority said the tournament will establish Las Vegas as the town where March Madness begins, with the tournaments generating $27 million in spending in the city — excluding gambling.

“It’s a win-win for all of us,” Ralenkotter said.

Roughly one-third of Las Vegas’ 39 million tourists last year came from California. Four of the Pac-12’s schools are in the Golden State.

All the tournament’s games will be televised under a 12-year deal with ESPN, Fox and the newly created Pac-12 Network.

Scott said ESPN would air three tournament games, including the championship, next year.

Sin City won out over other places including Salt Lake City, Seattle and Los Angeles in bidding to host the tournament, Scott said.

Stanford coach Johnny Dawkins praised Scott for the move.

“He’s looking to continue to try to forge ahead with making this conference the type of conference that he envisions and that we envision — and that’s one of the best conferences in

the country,” Dawkins said.

Washington coach Lorenzo Romar said Las Vegas will be more convenient for the Pac12’s teams.

“It’s not spread out at all, just about everything is right there at everyone’s fingertips,” Scott said.

“I can see this taking us to the next level as a conference with national exposure.”

The tournament will be the first time the MGM Grand Garden Arena has hosted basketball. It’s world-famous for hosting top prizefights, and regularly hosts exhibition NHL hockey, concerts, awards shows and other corporate events. Last month, it hosted a swanky, starstudded bash to celebrate Muhammad Ali’s 70th birthday.

Scott Sibella, the MGM Grand’s president, said the arena would hold 14,000 to 15,000 fans for basketball.

“It’s a 3-year deal but we’re going to prove to them that they’re going to be here a lot longer than three years,” Sibella said.

No expanded replay in MLB this season NEW YORK (AP) — Center fielder Curtis Granderson raising his glove, hoping to convince an umpire that he made the catch. Jim Thome twisting his body, trying to coax a liner to kick up chalk.

Those tricky calls aren’t being farmed out to technology quite yet.

Major League Baseball says expanded replay is out for this year, with the goal now to put the extra looks in play for 2013.

Baseball had sought to increase video reviews this season to include trapped balls, fair-orfoul rulings down the lines and fan interference all over the ballpark.

The additional replay required the approval of MLB and the unions representing the umpires and the players.

“We weren’t able to come up with an acceptable set of agreements between the three parties,” MLB executive vice pres-

ident for labor relations Rob Manfred told The Associated Press on Tuesday. “We hope we’ll be able to do it in time for the 2013 season.”

Baseball began using replay in August 2008 to let umpires check potential home run balls. The sport’s new labor deal provided the opportunity to expand on that, though things will remain as is this season.

Postponing extra replay is fine with New York Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira.

“If they don’t have it ready, I’d like for them to hold back. You don’t want to change rules in the middle of a season,” he said this week.

“I don’t think it really matters either way, I really don’t. I don’t think it’s going to change the game. But just overall you would like to have the same rules opening day as you have in the middle of the season and the playoffs,” he said.

According to several people familiar with the situation, all of them speaking to the AP on condition of anonymity because the sides had not reached agreement, there were several sticking points.

Umpires were concerned the television feeds they received to review calls were not equal at every ballpark. The umps get fewer looks in Oakland, for example, than at Yankee Stadium.

Also at issue is how calls would be made under expanded replay and who would ask for a challenge. Would umpires still make the final decision, as they do now? Or would there be an NHL-style conference room with an MLB executive making the ruling?

“Like in hockey? Whatever is quicker,” said Granderson, the Yankees’ star. “I’m sure there’s an official scorer upstairs at every stadium, put them with them. Let them watch it.”

“See all the angles. Signal down, whether it be a hand signal, verbal signal or radio signal, and then do it. I don’t think you have to go inside and do it.

Something like that,” he said.

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Defensive players adjusting to new coaches, schemes

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The West Virginia men’s basketball team has won four of its last 10 games heading into the NCAA tournament.

WVU not changing approach heading into tournament by michael carvelli sports editor

West Virginia head coach Bob Huggins is no stranger to the NCAA tournament.

When the Mountaineers take the court against No. 7 seed Gonzaga in the round of 64 Thursday, it will be the 20th time Huggins has coached in the NCAA tournament and has made it 19 of the last 20 seasons.

After all that time, he’s realized that, at this point in the season, teams shouldn’t change much heading into a game.

The fact that if the Mountaineers lose and they’re done for the season should be a big enough factor to get them ready to play.

“Hopefully finality sets in,” Huggins said. “The next time they lose, KJ and Truck are never going to wear a (WVU) uniform again.”

The one thing Huggins stressed will have to improve if West Virginia wants to have

success in the tournament will come from how well the freshmen will be able to step up and contribute.

“We’ve got to do something different and make a shot,” Huggins said. “They’ve been terribly inconsistent and we haven’t finished games. We’ve just got to do a better job with job security, you can’t hand the ball to guys for layups, you can’t take plays off and not block out.”

The Mountaineers have struggled to score as the regular season has come to a close.

In its last five games WVU is averaging just 62.6 points per game, which might be a bit skewed due to a 92-point outburst in a win over DePaul.

West Virginia averaged more than 73 points per game in the first 27 games of the year.

“We’ve lost 10 games by (a total of ) 29 points. We’ve been in games,” Huggins said. “For a lot of reasons, but primarily because of our youth, we haven’t finished games.”

But in their first round matchup against Gonzaga, the Mountaineers will be going up against a team that has had some of the obstacles they have had.

Much like WVU, the Bulldogs will be playing a young team, including freshman point guard and leading scorer Kevin Pangos.

Pangos and fellow freshman guard Gary Bell have started 29 and 24 games, respectively, for the Bulldogs this season.

Even though both teams feature young players who haven’t gotten to experience what it’s like to be on the big stage at the NCAA tournament, Huggins doesn’t think either team will be intimidated.

“I’ve watched a lot of tape on Gonzaga. I don’t see them shrinking (under the pressure),” he said.

“And I would be very, very shocked if our guys did.” james.carvelli@mail.wvu.edu

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New defensive coordinator Joe DeForest will run a more traditional 3-4 defense this season for the Mountaineers.

By Ben Gaughan

Associate Sports Editor

After the second day of spring football practice in Morgantown, some players on the West Virginia defense are still adjusting to the new coaches and schemes they have implemented in the new 3-4 defense the Mountaineers will run in the fall.

The Mountaineers brought in new defensive co-coordinators Joe DeForest, Keith Patterson and defensive line coach Erik Slaughter, so practices are being run a little differently this spring.

The players have noticed the differences between this year’s defensive coaches and the ones form last year, and they’re not reflecting their views in a negative way.

“A lot of energy,” said redshirt junior cornerback Brodrick Jenkins. “Being a new defense we’re not approaching it as a new defense. We’re just going in and trying to get as many reps and the best reps that we can.”

The coaches are also younger and closer in age to the players. Jenkins feels that helps them relate to each

other and will benefit the team as the season goes.

The new coaches are still getting to know the players on defense, but they’re working hard on putting players where they think they should be, while getting the most out of everyone on the field. “(Senior Josh Francis, redshirt junior Tyler Anderson) are more speed guys and can play on the outside to get to the quarterback,” said junior linebacker Doug Rigg. “Me and (sophomore) Jared (Barber) are playing on the inside to stop the run. A lot of our skill sets are being put to good use.”

With the new terminology of the schemes that the defense is trying to learn, everyone is trying to help each other during practice. There’s not really a certainty among the veteran players even though they have been around. They’re still working on getting their positioning down and being in the right and hitting the right gaps.

“The last defense I had to learn, but it’s the thing of trying to get out (of your head) the stuff you learned from last defense and transitioning

Well-traveled Gonzaga ready for WVU By john terry managing editor

Gonzaga will have to travel more than 2,200 miles to Pittsburgh for its second-round NCAA tournament game against West Virginia.

The Mountaineers have to travel just more than 75 miles.

But, that’s what Gonzaga head coach Mark Few is used to – travel.

And the 13th year head coach of the Bulldogs said his team is pretty used to it, as well.

“We’ve done a lot of that,” Few said. “We should be fine.”

Gonzaga traveled more than 1,800 miles to Champaign, Ill., this year to play the Fighting Illini, where it lost 8275; and also 2,000 miles to play Xavier, a game that resulted in a 72-65 win.

“We have to be ready to go across the country,” said junior forward Elias Harris. “It is what it is. It’s their backyard.

It’ll be tougher there, but it’s just a basketball game.”

West Virginia will have more fans at the Consol Energy Center than Gonzaga which could make for a rough atmosphere for the Bulldogs, yet Gonzaga doesn’t seem worried about it.

“It will be like a road game,” said freshman guard Kevin Pangos. “It doesn’t really matter. We’ll bring our own energy.”

Pangos was one of the players on Gonzaga hoping to get placed in Pittsburgh. He is from Newmarket, Ontario – a suburb minutes north of Toronto. The freshman said his family, along with many friends, will be traveling down to Pittsburgh to see him play.

“I was like a little kid in front

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The most notable performance by a newcomer has been true freshman Bobby Boyd.

The Silver Spring, Md., native currently leads the team with a .330 batting average and so far has had a nearly seamless transition from high

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Gonzaga head coach Mark Few has led the Bulldogs to the NCAA tournament for 13 straight seasons. of the TV,” Pangos said. “I’m happy with our placement.

I’m looking forward to the tournament.”

Gonzaga is used to traveling in the tournament.

In 2010, the Bulldogs were shipped to Denver, Colo., and in 2009, they were placed in Buffalo, N.Y. In 200708, Raleigh, N.C., was the destination.

Despite that, Few is thrilled to be in the tournament – the 14th straight appearance for his program.

“It feels awesome. It’s defintely the No. 1 aspect of the program that I’m most proud of,” Few said. “It’s really, really hard to make the NCAA tournament. A lot of us have lost sight of that because we have been so successful, but I’m not one of them.

“I make sure our team isn’t one of them. It’s just a great day. I say this year after year, just take a look at the teams that didn’t make it and some

of those traditions that those basketball programs have.”

Although Few said he didn’t know a lot about the West Virginia team Sunday after the announcement, he knows the Mountaineers will bring a physical mentality to the game.

“There’s a lot of good teams in (the Big East Conference) and that lends itself to those physical battles that you see West Virginia in – night in and night out,” he said.

Few, who is good friends with West Virginia head coach Bob Huggins, said that having a coach on the other sideline that is a “hall-of-fame” coach is never a good thing.

“His teams are so tough,” Few said. “Really tough.

They rebound the ball well; they defend you. He always finds a way to put guys in the right spots to get him success offensively.”

school to Division I college baseball.

Meanwhile, a redshirt freshman, Max Nogay, has stepped up in a time of need for WVU, after the suspension of junior catcher Matt Malloy.

Van Zant is pleased with the development of the Weirton, W.Va., native, who had never caught a game at any level prior to this season.

McBroom and others raved about the talent of this team’s young players like Boyd and

Nogay, so perhaps the answer to WVU’s offensive questions will be found in another one of its new faces such as, Billy Fleming, Justin Fox or Jon Roszel.

No matter how West Virginia chooses to find its offense, one thing is certain: With 20 games in the next month, this young squad will have to learn fast and learn under pressure.

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to this defense that’s a problem,” Rigg said. “A lot of times I’m doing stuff that I did right in the other defense, but it’s wrong in this defense. So, it’s just transitioning and playing it the way (coach DeForest) wants to play and not how it was last time.”

With any new transition, players have to be able to work together and communicate, especially on the practice field. That is what the defense is really focusing on in the early stages of spring practice. Rigg said learning the new words and meanings to plays will be key in the spring season.

One thing the players do know about this year’s defense is they’re going to be aggressive and make plays to go get the ball carrier.

“We’re going to get to the ball, we’re going to force turnovers and we don’t really know what were doing yet, but we’re still getting to the ball,” Rigg said. “This is the type of defense where you don’t really need to do (too much), if you get to the ball it will cover a lot of things.” ben.gaughan@mail.wvu.edu

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Senior quarterback Geno Smith, No. 12, is happy with the way spring practices have started for West Virginia.

Mountaineers have new, positive attitude this spring after Orange Bowl win in January by nick arthur sports writer

After hearing head coach Dana Holgorsen discuss the beginning of spring football practice Sunday evening, Tuesday was the first time the players addressed the media since the memorable Orange Bowl victory.

It was the second practice for the Mountaineers, but some team members still feel the lingering effect of the BCS bowl win.

“Honestly, it felt like just yesterday we got off the field (at the Orange Bowl), and it’s pretty crazy how we’re starting practice again,” said junior linebacker Doug Rigg. “It’s about to start a new season, a new identity.”

Rigg admits the recordbreaking victory over Clemson has made an impact early in practice.

“It helps a lot,” Rigg said. “It sets a standard for us that we want to get back there … It set a work ethic that’s higher than

what it’s been in the last couple years.”

Senior quarterback Geno Smith feels it’s not just the bowl victory that has helped changed the mind-set among the team, but also Holgorsen and his staff.

“The mood has changed over time,” Smith said. “Coach Holgorsen has us believing a little bit more. We are having a little more confidence in ourselves. And we are all taking advantage of every chance we get on the field and that we are get-

ting better every day.”

Smith, who set Orange Bowl records for passing yards and passing touchdowns in January, is happy with the early progress through two spring practices.

“I feel great. We have a great team here. We’ve been working hard. Everybody’s been buying in,” Smith said. “Coach Holgorsen’s doing a great job as always and everyone is buying into the program and working hard.”

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was forced to learn an entirely new offense last spring. This spring, his job is a little less stressful.

“I feel a lot more seasoned,” Smith said. “I’m not trying to figure things out as I was last spring. I have an understanding of the offense.”

The spring season is a time in which younger players are presented with the opportunity to prove themselves to the coaching staff.

With so many young players in camp competing for playing

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time, senior offensive lineman Jeff Braun may have some advice for how the inexperienced players can be successful in the spring.

“The biggest thing is to be physical and have good technique,” Braun said.

“If you do all that stuff, other things will come along. You’re going to be more confident when you play, and you’re just going to be a better football player.”

I had only one question on my mind at the West Virginia baseball media day back on Feb. 8.

As other reporters asked their questions, I listened and waited to find out the answer to my one, burning question: With only one senior on the roster, who is going to lead this team?

On the field, off the field, in the clubhouse – who is going to take the reins of a team that returns only 15 players and four starters?

That day, I never really heard an answer.

And after a treacherous weekend in Oregon against three ranked opponents, which saw WVU manufacture only five runs, it seems as though this young team is still searching for its identity as well.

So when a team is in a rebuilding stage like this one, the first place to turn for leadership is those few players who did return.

The most successful returner so far at the plate has been sophomore first baseman Ryan McBroom.

The Fredericksburg, Va., native currently leads the Mountaineers in hits with 18 and is second in batting average at .310.

McBroom has made significant strides at the plate, improving on his .246 average from last season.

Sophomore outfielder Matt Frazer and junior second baseman Brady Wilson have had significant run production, but have lacked consis-

tency at the plate.

Frazer leads the team in slugging percentage and extra-base hits, but his average has dipped below .260 since his hot start.

Meanwhile, Wilson has led the Mountaineers in walks, while crossing the plate a team-high eight times, but he also leads the team in strikeouts.

It is clear once Wilson reaches the base path, he is always a threat to reach home, so if he can turn around his .198 batting average, WVU could see its run total multiply.

But so far, the production from the Mountaineer offense just has not been enough, as acknowledged by head coach Greg Van Zant following a doubleheader split with Niagara last week.

“We need more offense, no question about it,” he said. “To win consistently, you need to score runs. If you don’t score a lot of runs, you’re only going to win sometimes.”

The truth of this statement is especially adamant after a weekend that saw only five runs over four games (all losses).

The most painful of which was likely the Mountaineers’ excellent chance to knock off No. 21 Oklahoma, thanks to a great outing by starting pitcher Marshall Thompson.

However, the run production just wasn’t there to support Thompson, and he took the 5-2 loss after entering the bottom of the eighth inning tied at two.

So, with the current scoring slump and the heavy departures from last season, WVU has been forced to look

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Underground Sound

‘Milk Famous ’

’The Clearing’ Bowerbirds

‘The Keychain Collection’

White Rabbits

Bowerbirds, a folk band from Raleigh, N.C., released their fourth album, “The Clearing,” March 5.

The band recorded the album at Bon Iver’s Wisconsin studio, with Brian Joseph who helped engineer “Bon Iver.”

The album takes the characteristics of different instruments and blends them together to create a sound that’s decidedly unique.

Philip Moore’s vocals convey a soft and lyrical spirit that is often boring at times and definitely not edgy.

On “In the Yard,” Moore’s vocals explore the breathy upper register, not unlike Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon. Other songs, like “Walk the Furrows,” feature twangy “ohs” and “ahs” and are so overwhelming, they just don’t work.

Lyrically, Bowerbirds has profound nature-based lyrics that are rewarding should you get past the less than amusing vocals. The lyrics were easily my favorite part of the album. Instrumentally, Bowerbirds couldn’t be more ingenious. I love the variety of instruments used, and I wish Moore had a voice that blended and added more to the instrumentals.

I’ve liked previous albums from Bowerbirds, but this one just didn’t seem to excite or keep my interest.

White Rabbits, the Brooklynbased indie-rock sextet, have released their third studio album “Milk Famous” on TBD Records.

Essentially, there’s nothing bad about this record. That is until you realize there’s also nothing particularly interesting or engaging about it. Words like “bland” and “tired” come to mind within the album’s first few seconds.

“Milk Famous,” which features 11 tracks of cookie-cutter indie, sounds like it could have been recorded by any number of middle-of-the-road artists at any point this side of Interpol becoming popular.

For some reason, White Rabbits are one of those bands who get mentioned alongside distinctive, original bands and often share stages with them at festivals.

If you like White Rabbits’ sound, odds are you’ll like a lot of bands they’ve made a career sounding similar to. Instead of buying or listening to “Milk Famous” though, check out Spoon or Wolf Parade. It will be a much more rewarding use of your time.

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‘Love at the Bottom of the Sea’

Gang Colours

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UK-based producer and electronic musician Will Ozanne, better known as Gang Colours, has released his beautiful debut album “The Keychain Collection,” via Brownswood Recordings.

The lush, sleekly produced album sounds like the shimmering musical equivalent of coming down after a hard night of partying. This record sounds like the perfect sound track for doing ecstasy by yourself.

Ozanne’s gentle piano driven pop is capped off by chilling vocal samples and just enough low-end buried under the electronics to keep heads bobbing.

Much like recent electronic sensation James Blake, everything Gang Colours does is haunting, eerie and sounds like it’s coming from underwater at some points.

Instead of pushing electronic and bass music to near absurd heights (looking at you, dubstep), Ozanne takes the opposite approach and slows it down to a near snail’s pace. The result is nothing short of captivating.

Stephin Merritt, the primary songwriter and musical director of indie-pop project The Magnetic Fields, has made a name for himself as one of the most ambitious and imaginative forces working in music today.

For each album he crafts, Merritt sets a theme or style to be followed throughout the whole record. On 1999’s “69 Love Songs,” Merritt penned a mammoth collection of love songs, with each section of the box set featuring song cycles focusing on a particular emotion or aspect of relationships.

In recent years, Merritt has devoted himself to his “no synth” trilogy, a trio of albums each focusing on a specific style of instrumentation and not featuring any synthesized sounds.

“Love at The Bottom of the Sea,” is the first Magnetic Fields record in almost a decade to make use of synthesizers.

The result, while still sounding distinctly like a Magnetic Fields release, is an album far less restrained and carefully calculated than Merritt has released recently.

Although he can be brilliant and moving when working under selfimposed restrictions, “Love at the Bottom of the Sea” shows just how fluid and adaptive Merritt can allow himself to be.

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The Hubcaps keep rock ‘n’ roll alive this St. Patty’s Day at Mylan Park

by Emily Meadows A&E WRITER

Dance into the heart of rock n’ roll this St. Patrick’s Day. The renowned The Fabulous Hubcaps, sponsored by the Foundation of Mon General Hospital, will perform this Saturday at the Expo Center at Mylan Park. One of the nation’s most unique and sought after classic rock show bands, the Hubcaps have performed their distinct oldies rock shows from coast to coast for nearly 38 years, covering energetic and nostalgic

tunes by musical icons such as James Brown, the Beach Boys, Willie Nelson, Elton John and countless others.

“The Hubcaps are a most unique band to see … in fact they are sometimes referred to as ‘an event’ and not a band,” said Janie Noelte, manager of TSMB Productions and the Fabulous Hubcaps.

The seven-member group, who has 17 released recordings to date, combine an influx of doo-wop, classic rock, rockabilly and R&B to formulate an electrifying and inter-

active show that audiences of all ages can enjoy. The evening generally consists of two dance sets and one “Las Vegas” style floorshow, complete with skits and songs, all performed in full costume.

“Some of the heaviest musical influences utilized in the show are the tributes whereby The Hubcaps pay their highest respect and esteem to honor the architects from the early days of rock ‘n’ roll,” Noelte said. “Their goal is to remain as loyal to the concept of these designers of music to pass on to

generations to come.”

To celebrate the spirit of St. Patrick’s Day, a special addition has been made to this week’s show. The “Best St. Patrick’s Attire” costume contest will be held, and the winner will be presented with a $100 cash prize.

The Hubcaps have received national and honorable mentions and were inducted into The Southern Legends Entertainment and Performing Arts Hall of Fame in 2005. They also performed at the 1995 White House Press Corps Picnic, as

well as West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin’s Inaugural Ball.

The group has been notorious for working with civic organizations such as Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) and American Legion to help stimulate successful fundraisers.

No strangers to West Virginia, the group has been visiting Morgantown biannually for nearly 25 years and hopes are high the spring show will stick to proving their motto that rock ‘n’ roll is indeed alive and well.

“There are always big turnouts for the Morgantown shows

and everyone always has a great time,” Noelte said. The dance floor is always packed, and the show set always has a captivated audience.”

Guests are encouraged to bring their own food and beverages if they wish, and free parking will be available. The show begins March 17 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $22 and can be purchased by calling 304598-1337, or visiting the band’s website at www.thehubcaps. com. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

WVU A&E offers pre-sale tickets for J. Cole Young Artists to perform concert at tonight West Virginia University Arts & Entertainment is conducting a pre-sale special for students to buy tickets for the upcoming performance

by J. Cole with special guests Tyga and Big K.R.I.T. April 27 at the WVU Coliseum.

The pre-sale option is accessible online only with the entry of a code which can be found on an announcement for the sale on MIX. The pre-sale is currently

available to students and will close tonight at 11:59 p.m.

Tickets for the show will not be available to the general public until Friday at 10 a.m.

After the pre-sale is over, tickets can be purchased at the Mountainlair and Creative Arts Center box offices, at all Ticketmaster outlets, at the Giant Eagle located on Greenbag Road in Morgantown, at the Walmart

located on Emily Drive in Clarksburg, at the Giant Eagle located on Washington Road in Washington, Pa., and at the Wal-Mart located on Stewart Lane in Triadelphia, W.Va. Tickets can also be purchased online at www.ticketmaster.com.

The performance will be held at the WVU Coliseum April 27 at 7:30 p.m.

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The West Virginia University Symphony Orchestra concert will feature flautist Amy Schatzer, as well as pianists Yana Tyulkova and Onpavee Nitisingkarin in the Young Artists Concert tonight.

Schatzer, a flute student studying with Nina Assimakopoulos, will be featured in Otar Gordeli’s “Concertino for Flute and Orchestra.”

Nitisingkarin will be performing Franz Liszt’s “Piano

Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major.

Tyulkova will be featured in Rachmaninoff’s “Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini.”

Tyulkova, Nitisingkarin and Schatzer are the winners of the 2012 Young Artists Competition.

The competition is for fulltime junior, senior and graduate music students.

The competition was January 14, and after a rigorous competition process, the three

musicians were selected and won the opportunity to perform in the concert.

The WVUSO concert is directed by professor Mitchell Arnold and takes place tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the Lyell B. Clay Concert Theater in the Creative Arts Center.

For more information, visit the WVUSO website, http:// wvuso.weebly.com/.

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Actor and activist George Clooney makes quiet visit to volatile Sudan region NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Actor and human rights activist George Clooney made a quiet visit to a volatile border region between Sudan and South Sudan last week ahead of testimony he’s giving before a U.S. Senate committee on Wednesday.

Clooney made the dangerous crossing from South Sudan into Sudan’s Nuba Mountains region, Jonathan Hutson, a spokesman for the anti-genocide group the Enough Project, said Tuesday.

Clooney saw burned-out villages and met with residents

forced to seek shelter in caves because of aerial attacks by Sudan’s military.

Violence has flared along the Sudan-South Sudan border since South Sudan seceded last year, and some experts worry the conflict could grow. South Sudan shut down its oil industry this year after accusing Sudan of stealing its oil.

Wednesday’s hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will examine the oil dispute and the limited access aid groups are being given to Sudan’s southern

regions. Aid experts say people who live in Sudan’s Nuba Mountains will soon face a hunger crisis because they haven’t been able to plant crops amid fear of attacks from Sudan.

Clooney traveled to what is now known as South Sudan in January 2011 as the region cast votes to secede from Sudan. The vote was the culmination of a peace deal that ended more than two decades of civil war.

After that visit, Clooney helped found the Satellite Sentinel Project, which uses

satellite imagery to track military movements and attacks in the hopes of bringing attention to and potentially heading off hostilities.

On his most recent visit Clooney, met South Sudan President Salva Kiir and the country’s defense minister.

John Prendergast, the cofounder of the advocacy group the Enough Project, also traveled to South Sudan last week.

Prendergast and Princeton Lyman, the U.S. envoy to SuAP dan and South Sudan, are also scheduled to speak at Actor and human rights activist George Clooney made a quiet visit to a volatile border reWednesday’s Senate hearing. gion between Sudan and South Sudan last week.

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Slash mum on Guns N’ Roses reunion LONDON (AP) — Will Guns N’ Roses reunite for their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?

Behind his dark glasses, hat and big hair, the group’s former guitarist Slash is staying noncommittal on the subject.

The million-selling hard rock group enters the Rock Hall in Cleveland on April 14, an event at which honored acts often perform as part of the celebration. But the group’s original lineup fell apart in 1996, so fans hoping to see the band reunite may be disappointed. “It’s definitely an honor and I have no idea what’s going to happen on that day,� Slash told The Associated Press in an interview. “It’s more like going into it with blinders on and just see what happens.�

Guns N’ Roses blazed onto the rock scene in 1987 with their official debut “Appetite for Destruction.� Fronted by bandana-wearing singer Axl Rose, the band also featured Slash and Izzy Stradlin on guitars, plus bassist Duff McKagan and Steven Adler on drums.

Since leaving, Slash has had success with various solo projects, such as Slash’s Snakepit and the group Velvet Revolver.

He’s also appeared alongside artists like Michael Jackson, Rihanna and Bob Dylan.

That’s not to say the 46-yearold doesn’t have some fond memories of his time in Guns N’ Roses: his favorite time was

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Will Guns N’ Roses reunite for their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? Behind his dark glasses, hat and big hair, their former guitarist Slash is staying noncommittal on the subject. when they formed and recorded their debut album. “The first tour, all that stuff, was really a great experience. I was in my early twenties and it was just a great adventure,� he said. “That was all a lot of fun, and then it got crazy in the ‘90s and obviously (I) left the band and parted ways.�

Slash was amazed at how quickly the years have flown. “It’s been 25 years since the album came out, doesn’t seem

like a long time ago but at the same time ... so much has happened,� he said.

Another reason Slash isn’t thinking about the Rock and Roll Hall ceremony right now is that he’s in the U.K. to promote his new solo album, “Apocalyptic Love,� which comes out May 21.

Slash claims recording this new album is the happiest he’s been since the early days of Guns N’ Roses.

“I had a really good time, the whole process, from the inception of the record, you know the creating, the writing and so on all the way up through the recording,� he said. “I’m really looking forward to the tour.�

His U.S. tour starts May 3 in Baltimore and finishes up in Albuquerque on May 26, taking in Orlando, Minneapolis and Columbus on the way.

Slash will also play the U.K.’s Download Festival in June.

Ricki Lake’s new show asks for public input online LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ricki Lake’s upcoming talk show is issuing an invitation: Go online and join a production meeting.

Beginning Thursday (7 p.m.

EDT), “The Ricki Lake Show� will put a planning session live on Facebook once a month. The goal is to let people get a peek at the series’ development and weigh in on it, Lake and producer-distributor Twentieth Television said Tuesday.

Lake and the producers will ask for feedback on program elements including set design, website and music, said Stephen Brown, senior vice president with Twentieth Television. “The Ricki Lake Show� debuts this fall.

The TV show itself will be a “conversation,� said Lake, adding that she won’t be “the knowit-all who’s got it all figured out,� but instead will look for answers to life’s challenges along with her audience.

The Internet outreach includes the launch of “Friends of Ricki,� a Facebook page aimed at connecting Lake and her production team with followers and

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experts on various topics, the studio said. A magazine app for Apple’s iPad also is planned, Brown said. “The audience is playing games online, sharing stories, pictures and ideas online and talking on Twitter. If we don’t engage them and acknowledge they’re doing this, then shame on us,� Brown said.

Lake, who began hosting her first talk show, “Ricki Lake,� in 1993, said the environment now is far different because of social media. She learned the Internet’s reach when “Your Best Birth,� the 2009 book she co-wrote, received a huge boost from bloggers.

There’s so much power and influence and feedback and information with these women,� said Lake, who’s an avid Twitter user.

She’s changed a lot, too, Lake said, and her new show, aimed at women ages 25 to 54, will reflect that. She’s a mother of two children who’s been divorced and is engaged to marry.

The talk show is intended to be “what I want to watch if I were TV personality Ricki Lake is inviting online help in developing her new TV talk show. home,� she said.

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AVAILABLE MAY 2012 Check out: www.smithrentalsllc.com

THE SUITES AT WEST PARK UPSCALE STUDENT RENTALS. 2 BR 2 BA (one with steam shower one with Jacuzzi tub). Top of the line security system. Ample parking for yourself and visitors. Located close to both hospitals, stadium, shopping, health club, Evansdale campus, and WVU rec center. $575 per bedroom-utilities not included.

One year lease-May-May. Phone:304-598-2560 VERY SPACIOUS 2BR, 2 full bath with large closets. Washer/dryer, dishwasher, microwave, Hard wood flooring. Conveniently located close to the campus, stadium and hospital $840 + Electric, Sorry No Dogs. 304-692-9296 or 304-288-0387 WALKING DISTANCE TO DOWNTOWN. 2BR, 1 1/2 BTH, Laundry Room, Parking Permit. 501 Beverly Ave. $800 plus util.

304-685-9300

“The Largest & Finest Selection of Properties”

AVAILABLE MAY 2012 3BR/ 2 BA DUPLEX. 135-B Lorentz Avenue. Walk to Downtown Campus. W/D, Off-street parking. Utilities plus security deposit. Call 304-692-5845.

AVAILABLE MAY 2012

(304)322-1112

WILKINS RENTALS 304-292-5714

Got 5 Friends?

6 Bedroom House (2 Apartments) 2 Kitchens, 2 Baths, 2 Livingrooms Includes Utilities and Washer/Dryer Pets Considered

ROOMMATES JUST LISTED! MALE OR FEMALE roommate for brand-new apt. Close to downtown. Next to Arnold Hall. WD, DW, AC, parking. NO PETS. $420/mo. includes utilities.

Lease/dep.

304-296-8491. 304-288-1572.

LOOKING FOR THIRD FEMALE ROOMMATE for May 2012 through May 2013.

Townhouse on McLane Ave. Call for info 410-919-7985.

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

304-288-1572 or 304-296-8491.

HOUSES FOR SALE 3BR 1BA COMPLETELY REMODELED HOME with new appliances. Located 372 Crawford Ave Star City. $129,900.

304-288-4196

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

Any make! Any model! Any condition!

282-2560

HELP WANTED BARTENDING UP TO $300 A DAY potential. No experience necessary. Age 18 plus. Training available. 800-965-6520 Ext. 285

Rent $435/mo per person Lease and Deposit

EVANSDALE PROPERTIES Phone 304-598-9001 STARTING AS LOW AS $320.00 PER PERSON PLUS UTILITIES

Campus Area - 3 BR Apt. behind Arnold Hall (last one) South Park - 1, 2, and 3 BR Apts.

Ashley Oaks 2BR $380/Person $760 Valley View 1BR

$610

Valley View 2BR $320/Person

$640

Valley View 2BR/2BA $410/Person $820 Copperfield 1BR

$610

Copperfield 2BR $370/Person

$740

Copperfield 2BR/2BA $397.50/Person $795

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UNFURNISHED HOUSES

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PRETE RENTAL APARTMENTS

EFF: 1BR: 2BR: Now Leasing For 2012

UNFURNISHED/FURNISHED OFF-STREET PARKING EVANSDALE / STAR CITY LOCATION LOCALLY OWNED ON-SITE MAINTENANCE MOST UNITS INCLUDE: HEAT, WATER, and GARBAGE SECURITY DEPOSIT REQUIRED

Mountain Line Bus Service Every 10 Minutes and Minutes From PRT

304-599-4407

ABSOLUTELY NO PETS WWW.PRETERENTAL.COM SPACIOUS 2-3BR WD DW PARKING Quiet neighborhood, 10 minute walk downtown. $725 + utilities. 304-288-4481 TWO APARTMENTS: 2/3 BR—W/D, Off-street parking. 3/BR—W/D. Leases start 05/15/12. Garbage, cable not included. 717 Willey Street up from Arnold Hall. No Smoking, No Pets 304-685-9550.

FURNISHED HOUSES 2BR IN NICE RANCH STYLE HOME walk to Coliseum. 2 FEMALE roommates wanted. $455/room includes utilities.

304-257-7143 JEWELMANLLC.COM close to downtown, next to Arnold Hall. 3,4,5&6/BR houses. Excellent condition. A/C, W/D, parking and yard. Utilities included. No dogs. 12 month lease. 304-288-1572 or 296-8491

UNFURNISHED HOUSES * AVAILABLE MAY 2012 4 BR DUPLEX. 135-A Lorentz Avenue. Walk to Downtown Campus. W/D, Off-street parking. Utilities plus security deposit. Call 304-692-5845.

4 BR HOUSES walk to class. W/D. No Pets.

Available June 1,2012.

Lease./Deposit.

Max Rentals 304-291-8423.

3/BR, 2/BA RANCH ON 1 ACRE. CAC. 10 minutes from both hospitals. $900/mo.

NO PETS. Call 304-282-8769.

3BR LARGE HOUSE, 2 FULL BA. NEW UPDATES. WD, 3 minute walk to campus, $425/person + utilities. 304-685-7835.

3BR. + ADD. ROOM, 2 FULL BATH. W/D. Minute walk to town. $900/MONTH. call 304-983-2529.

4BR. $1600/mth. Included utilities. Available May 16th. 304-599-8329 6BR (2APTS) HOUSE IN SOUTH PARK. 2 kitchens. 2 baths. W/D. Utilities included. June 1 Lease. $435/person.

304-292-5714.

MANAGEMENT OPENINGS Patteson Drive BK Please apply online www.mybktools.com EXPERIENCED BARTENDER FOR FINE DINING. Apply at Hotel Morgan, 127 High St after 5pm.

GOLF SHOP ASSISTANT. Gold Shop assistant wanted at the most exclusive, private club in the area. Duties to include, but not limited to taking players clubs from their cars to the driving range, setting up and attending to the driving range, assisting two PGA Professionals with their duties, player registration, assigning caddies, tournament operations, and the opening/closing of the golf shop. Excellent customer service and communication skills mandatory. Computer and retail experience helpful. Inquiries to Chris McGinnis at Pikewood National GC (304)846-3312.

HELP WANTED Front desk receptionist/ spa attendant at high end salon. Please call 304-598-9200.

MARIO’S FISHBOWL NOW HIRING cooks. Apply in person at 704 Richwood Avenue.

SUMMER EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY The Health Sciences & Technology Academy (HSTA) is looking for WVU Juniors, Seniors, and Graduate Students to serve as Assistant Head Mentor and Mentors for WV High School Students during our Summer Institute Program. 2012 Summer Institute dates and training are July 12 to July 27.

For more information and an application see the HSTA Web site at www.wv-hsta.org or contact Wanda Stone at 304-293-1651.

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Jenny Owen Youngs to perform at 123 Hunter homistek A&E writer

123 Pleasant Street will be charged with the musical styling of Jenny Owen Youngs tonight at 10.

Joining Youngs on the bill is budding Chicago folk singer Musikanto and outlaw country group Half Broke Horses.

With two full length albums and countless tours across the United States, United Kingdom and Europe under her belt, Youngs is no stranger to the stage.

Through this experience and practice, Youngs has re-

fined her craft and managed to sprinkle in her own bit of flair along the way.

“Jenny is a really strong songwriter,” said Half Broke Horses guitarist and manager Walt Sarkees. “She is a real performing musician, not just someone who pumps out currently promoted songs.”

In performing her variety of songs, which bring a distinctly “pop” sound to a more traditional Americana genre, Youngs is able to establish a connection between herself and her audience, and this leads to an intimate listening experience.

“She’s great onstage interacting with the crowd and just fun to listen to,” Sarkees said. “Her songs might have a poppy presence, but they’re kind of dark and emotional and they connect on many levels because of that.”

Opening up for Youngs is Half Broke Horses, a local group composed of some of the finest veteran musicians Morgantown has to offer.

Formerly Haley Slagle of Billy Matheny & The Frustrations, Walt Sarkees of the Morgantown Rounders and Chris Russell of The Argument form the core of a band that isn’t afraid to push

boundaries and experiment with what is usually a traditional sound.

“It’s different than just southern rock like Skynyrd, but it definitely has its roots in traditional and outlaw country with a punk edge to it,” Sarkees said.

With this mix of genres and styles, Half Broke Horses is able to appeal to a wide spectrum of listeners.

Those who like anything from outlaw country to punk to traditional country music will all be able to find something they like about the group’s sound, and this is crucial to the band’s success.

“We take the traditional sound and turn it on its head, all the while staying in the middle of alternative country,” Sarkees said.

Rounding out tonight’s bill at 123 Pleasant Street is up and coming Chicago based singer/songwriter Musikanto.

Like Half Broke Horses, Musikanto isn’t afraid to challenge the norm in his genre, and the results have been outstanding.

“Musikanto is kind of an Americana singer/songwriter, but in his recording process, he takes a modern approach to constructing his

songs,” Sarkees said. “He’s along the lines of Wilco in that it’s of sort of rock band that will use electronic elements and sounds.”

For fans of folk and Americana music or for those just looking for a great mid-week break, 123 Pleasant Street is happy to open its doors and expose you to the stimulating musical experience of Jenny Owen Youngs, Half Broke Horses and Musikanto.

Doors to the show open at 9 p.m., and there an $8 cover charge. Concertgoers must be 18 to enter and 21 to drink. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

Local coffee shop Cafe Mojo hosts grand opening event

by Caitlin Graziani A&E editor

Cafe Mojo hosted their grand opening yesterday from 8 a.m.- 8 p.m. The local coffee shop was able to formally open their doors, both literally and figuratively.

The sunny weather meant more traffic in downtown Morgantown as well as a successful day at Cafe Mojo.

Although Cafe Mojo opened in January, there have been many changes since.

They have added CocaCola products as well as a case full of fresh pastries.

The pastries are brought in daily from Yum-Yum’s Bakery – a bakery in Uniontown, Pa., said Jason Savage, owner of Cafe Mojo.

“They are a fairly large bakery and they supply to a lot of hotels and restaurants here in Morgantown.

“Yum-yum’s delivers seven days a week for us, so we always have fresh pastries,” he said.

Savage said that they were planning to focus on hot beverage specials today, however things changed due to the warm and sunny weather.

They ended up making more iced drinks including smoothies, bubble tea and frappes. They are best known for their 72 flavors of bubble tea.

Employees of Cafe Mojo come in each morning to prepare the bubbles for the tea each morning. Signature flavors of include peach, kiwi strawberry and pineapple.

The bubbles in the tea are a tapioca pearl with a teabased honeydew or taro milk flavor. In addition to drink specials, they also offered patrons free cake and doughnuts Tuesday.

“We are trying to get some live entertainment in here,” Savage said. “We are also going to do something called coffee and conversation.

“We are going to try and host that the first Thursday of every month. We pick whatever topics may be, or a group picks them, and we talk about it over coffee.

That’s exactly what it is, coffee and conversation.”

Cafe Mojo offers a welcoming environment, free Wi-Fi and an escape from the hustle and bustle of downtown Morgantown. They also offer a variety of different beverages and parking nearby for drivers, and it is not a far walk for those traveling on foot.

Check them out at 473 High St., or visit their Facebook page. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

Customers gather at Cafe Mojo during their grand opening event.

Matt Sunday/THE DAILY ATHENAEUM