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WVU, Big East reach settlement By john terry managing editor

The legal battle between West Virginia University and the Big East Conference is finally over.

The University announced Tuesday that it has reached an agreement with the two pending civil actions in West Virginia and Rhode Island to officially begin full membership in the Big 12 Conference in July.

“I would like to emphasize how excited we are as an institution, not just as an athletic department,” said WVU Athletic Director Oliver Luck.

“The member institutions are much like us.”

WVU President James P. Clements said the move will help shape the future direction of the University.

“We are in great company in the Big 12, joining a group of world-class research universities – many of them

large public land-grant flagship institutions like WVU,” Clements said. “Our partnership with the Big 12 is an investment in WVU’s future. We’re looking forward to the tremendous opportunities it presents all across our University.”

The financial details of the settlement between West Virginia and the Big East were not disclosed, but multiple reports claimed it totaled near $20 million.

WVU has already paid half of the required $5 million exit fee.

Luck said the move to the Big 12 will establish firm financial footing for the University’s athletic department for years to come with the annual Big 12television payout currently totaling between $18 and $19 million.

“It’s a very healthy television payout, and it’s important we maintain our selfsufficient status,” Luck said.

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“I think with our move to the Big 12, we’ll be in excellent position to do so.”

Luck said that while WVU will be a full member of the conference, it will enter with a prorated payout for the first three years and will receive 50 percent in the first year, 67 percent in the second year and 87 percent in the third year.

The Big 12 recently signed a 13-year, $1.17 billion television contract with Fox and an

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Former astronaut visits National Research Center for Coal and Energy by mike atkinson staff writer

Former Astronaut Scott Altman spoke about his career in space at the West Virginia University National Research Center for Coal and Energy Tuesday in the first public event hosted by the newly named Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources.

Altman received a bachelor of science in aeronau-

tical and astronautical engineering from the University of Illinois in 1981, and a master of science degree in aeronautical engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School in 1990.

Altman said he initially wanted to be a pilot in the United States Air Force, but was turned down because he was above the height restrictions for the jets.

He later applied to the United States Navy, which

has less stringent height restrictions and was accepted as a pilot.

“Sometimes when we’re chasing our dreams we hit a road block, but we find there are other ways to get where we’re going,” Altman said.

He was commissioned as an Ensign in the United States Navy in 1981 and received his Navy wings of gold in 1983.

Altman said during his career he flew the stunt plane

for the movie “Top Gun” and flew Tom Cruise in his plane.

“It was a great career flying out there,” Altman said.

In 1992, he worked as a strike leader in Iraq during Operation Northern Iraq and has logged more than 7,000 flight hours in more than 40 types of aircrafts.

He applied to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in 1992, where

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International panel to discuss global energy security by bryan bumgardner staff writer

West Virginia University will be hosting 13 high-ranking government officials from energy, environmental and international relations ministries from around the world Wednesday to discuss U.S. foreign policy and global energy security with WVU’s energy faculty at the National Research Center for Coal and Energy.

The guests are from Bolivia, Bulgaria, Hungary, India, Israel, Iraq, Nepal, Pakistan, Poland, Slovakia, South Africa, Tunisia and Vietnam. They are part of the U.S. Department of State’s International Visitor Leadership Program.

The discussion is part of a 12-day tour to review U.S. energy policies and develop ways to secure diverse energy supplies, reduce energy consumption, and strengthen international relationships in energy preservation.

“The main goal of this visit is to exchange information, to see what’s happening here and elsewhere,” said Cecilia Orrego, who helped coordinate the event.

She said this event will give participating nations a chance to exchange ideas and understand the energy challenges of other countries.

“They will be talking with our best professors about their energy issues, and hopefully find ways to improve their solutions,”

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Participants will also learn about emerging technologies from the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory, several of which are being developed with the NETL Regional University Alliance, of which WVU is a member. The NETL is dedicated to clean power generation and renewable energy supplies to protect the environment.

Orrego said this event will allow participating nations to join together in responsible energy development.

“Hopefully after they take their information home, energy development partnerships will arise,” she said.

She said she believes stu-

dents will benefit from attending the event. Several universities in the participating nations have relationships with WVU, including Poland and South Africa.

“This visit could start partnerships between WVU and overseas universities, and it could also inspire students to go overseas to do research, or study for a semester. Who knows what could happen,” she said.

The visiting speakers will be available at 9 a.m. in the NRCCE conference rooms. They will join WVU professors in a roundtable discussion at 11 a.m. on energy, followed by a luncheon at noon in Room 101B. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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ON THE INSIDE The West Virginia men’s soccer team is still weighing its options for its future conference affiliation for the 2012 season. SPORTS PAGE 7

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Big Brothers Big Sisters seeks student mentors by mike atkinson

Scott Altman, retired astronaut, lectures students on the Hubble Space Telescope and his experiences.

8-year, $480 million deal with ESPN /ABC. “We will be in very strong financial shape through the first couple years as well as when we get into years three and four and see the full payout,” Luck said.

Luck said that all sports, with the exception of men’s soccer and rifle, will begin competing in the Big 12 next year.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central West Virginia is giving 100 students the chance to make an impact on the life of a child.

The organization is in need of 100 males to become Big Brothers for children ages 6-15, said Sylvia Hawkins, executive director of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central West Virginia.

Hawkins said mentoring a child through a program like Big Brothers Big Sisters can have an important impact on their lives.

“Everybody should be concerned with children growing up and becoming adults of tomorrow’s world. Right now, we shape their world,” she said.

“It does take a community to shape the children of that community. A child who is hungry doesn’t have a lot of options. They can’t go to the store and buy groceries.

Adults have to do that. A child in need of clothes can’t go buy clothes. Adults have to do that.

Children don’t have a lot of resources. When you live in that world, you see your options are very limited. Very simple things produce very big results as far as Big Brothers are

concerned.”

Hawkins said to help promote the program any male who fills out the application to be a Big Brother and qualifies will be given two entries into a drawing for a free iPad 2. Any female that qualifies will receive one entry, and anyone who recruits another person as a Big Brother will also receive an entry.

“Who couldn’t use an iPad 2?” Hawkins said. “Talk one of your friends into being a Big Brother and you could win.”

She said since the recruiting process started in January, the organization has received 45 applications, and 12 have qualified to be Big Brothers.

Hawkins said to be a Big Brother or Sister is not complicated and requires “Bigs” to meet once a week with their Little Brother or Sister.

“It’s really just about time.

Nobody has time, but it’s something you should be doing. To say (to someone) ‘I’m going to give you that time’, is really a big gift,” she said.

Hawkins said she hopes students will volunteer for the program.

“I can almost guarantee everyone has had one person in their life who supported them, was there for them, and made

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Professor develops air monitoring technology by bryan bumgardner staff writer

A West Virginia University researcher has designed a system allowing Marcellus Shale wells to be monitored from the convenience of an office computer.

Michael McCawley, interim chair of the Department of Environmental Health in the WVU School of Public Health, has developed remote monitoring modules that can wirelessly transmit air quality 24 hours a day. The transmitters are designed to monitor remote drilling locations, which would ensure drilling sites can comply with environmental regulations, even in isolated areas.

“We wanted a system where we could send information back to a central location, or even the Internet, and be able to check all of our monitors remotely,” McCawley said.

The remoteness of some drilling sites has caused problems in monitoring pollutants, McCawley said.

“A lot of the drill rigs are sitting out in the middle of nowhere, and it can be hard to get power to a system,” he said.

The transmitters McCawley has developed are the size of a

deck of cards and powered by a car battery, which recharges with power provided by solar panels. He said similar systems can be seen alongside the interstate.

“They’re doing it for traffic flow monitoring, we’re doing it for air monitoring,” he said.

The systems will also help industries monitor their systems and more effectively respond to malfunctions.

“If we have a system of these set up, the industry can have better control over what it’s doing. Nobody wants a gas leak. It hurts bottom lines, the environment, and people’s health,” McCawley said.

These air monitoring systems could also improve industry relations with nearby communities, he said.

“A lot of industries get a bad name because people think they’re polluting, whether they are or not. For better community relations, they could conceivably put this information online themselves for people to see,” McCawley said. “If you open up this process, and communicate with the towns where you have these drills, people

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PLAN YOUR SATURDAYS The West Virginia football team’s 2012 was announced with nine Big 12 Conference games beginning with Baylor.

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Wednesday February 15, 2012

Stock market stages late rally and finishes flat NEW YORK (AP) — The stock market rallied in the last halfhour Tuesday, seizing on reports that suggested the unraveling Greek debt talks might be saved after all. Stocks finished flat after languishing in the red for most of the day.

The Dow Jones industrial average gained 4.24 points to close at 12,878.28, about 12 points shy of its best finish this year. The Standard & Poor’s 500 lost 1.27 points to close at 1,350.50. The Nasdaq composite index gained 0.44 point to 2,931.83.

As usual, it was about Greece. U.S. stocks were weighed down as European finance chiefs canceled a meeting planned for Wednesday to discuss a second international bailout for the country.

The meeting was called off after Athens failed to deliver on several demands made by its partners in the euro currency union. Greece needs a €130 billion bailout by March 20 to avoid a default that could rattle the world financial system.

Stocks in the U.S. were also hurt by a discouraging report on retail sales. Bank of America led the Dow lower, dropping 3.3 percent.

The Dow was down as much as 87 points at its low for the day.

But the market found hope in reports quoting Greek government officials as saying party leaders would promise by Wednesday to implement deep spending cuts and other reforms.

Declining stocks still outnumbered advancing stocks by about 2-to-1. Volume was light at about 3.8 billion shares on the New York Stock Exchange.

The stock market has been rising slowly but steadily most of this year, despite the unresolved debt crisis in Europe and a stalemate over U.S. tax policy and benefits for the long-term unemployed.

For most of Tuesday, investors appeared to be waiting for more clarity on all those issues before sinking more money into stocks, said Colleen Supran, a principal at the investment adviser Bingham, Osborn & Scarborough.

“Everyone wants to know the rules of the game before making these decisions,” Supran said.

The late-day rally was a sign that investors expect the coming round of Greek debt talks to resolve some of those outstanding questions. The talks have brought incremental and sometimes contradictory developments that have confused

some investors.

The country has already passed some of the deep spending cuts its lenders were demanding but hasn’t really satisfied anyone. Greeks have rioted, saying the cuts are too harsh, and Greece’s neighbors have expressed concern that the cuts are not enough.

“Every week it’s, ‘The sky is falling,’ then, ‘No, it’s not.’

‘There’s rioting in the street,’ then it’s over. ‘There’s going to be a deal Friday,’ then, ‘No, it’s not Friday, it’s Wednesday,’” said Ben Schwartz, chief market strategist at Lightspeed Financial in Chicago. “We really don’t know what’s underneath the covers over there.”

He thinks U.S. stocks will continue to inch forward – not because investors are particularly optimistic about U.S. companies but because they have even less faith in European governments.

“We’re the best house in a bad neighborhood,” he said.

Downbeat economic news from Europe reinforced the danger. Greece said its economy shrank drastically at the end of last year, and Europe is expected to report Wednesday that the economies of the 17 countries that use the euro

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The rifle team will continue to compete in the Great American Rifle Conference, while men’s soccer is exploring options as the Big 12 does not sponsor the sport.

The athletic department is now obligated to add a men’s sport, but Luck said it won’t happen until at least 2013.

“We are looking at a handful of sports which at one point were sponsored by our athletic department,” Luck said. “We haven’t made any decision to which sport will be added nor when it will be added.”

Men’s tennis, men’s golf, and men’s track and field are being considered.

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WVU Athletic Director Oliver Luck announced Tuesday that WVU, and the Big East reached a settlement.

28, 2011 that it would become full members of the Big 12 on July 1, despite the required 27- month waiting period required by Big East bylaws.

Big East Commissioner John Marinatto, who has been adamant to not allow West Virginia to leave the Big East early, announced Tuesday that the Big East Board of

Directors had voted to terminate West Virginia’s membership effective June 30, 2012.

The Big 12 released its television schedule just after West Virginia announced its settlement with the Big East.

For the first time since 1942, West Virginia will not play rival Pittsburgh in the Backyard Brawl.

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Trader Edward H. Radzienwicz works the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Another mass downgrade of the creditworthiness of European countries had little market impact Tuesday as investors continued to predict that Greece would soon get its hands on vital bailout cash to avoid a ruinous bankruptcy. shrank 0.4 percent after growing 0.1 percent the quarter before.

Late Monday, Moody’s also downgraded its debt ratings on six European countries, including Italy, Portugal and Spain.

Moody’s also said it might cut Luck said he has a close relationship with Pittsburgh Athletic Director Steve Pedersen, and that it’s a possibility the two would talk about a future non-conference game.

“We had a great legal team.

Our administration was extraordinarily supportive of our inclusion in the Big 12.

As a University, it was an absolutely solid move for us as a financial perspective, from an academic perspective, from a research perspective and from an athletic perspective,” Luck said.

“I think we all decided that we weren’t going to waver one bit. We were going to see this through because at the end of this day it’s a tremendous move for West Virginia University.” john.terry@mail.wvu.edu

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Continued from page 1 he was initially turned down before he was accepted into NASA three years later.

“Don’t give up after the first time. I had learned that lesson already,” he said.

Altman boarded four different space missions. He was the pilot on STS-90 in 1998 and STS-106 in 2000.

He served as the Mission Commander on STS-109 in 2002 and STS-125 in 2009.

“That’s the accumulation of a lot of hard work when you can be in space looking back at Earth,” Altman said.

Altman said he worked

France, Austria and the U.K. as well.

News out of the U.S. was also disappointing. The Commerce Department said U.S. retail sales rose 0.4 percent last month, but analysts were ex-

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may feel a lot better about what’s going on. It engenders trust. Everybody will win.”

McCawley has been monitoring air quality and its effect on populations for more than three decades, from the eruption of Mount St. Helens in 1980 to the Kuwaiti Oil Fires of 1991. Advancements in technology have given him the opportunity to address issues close to home, he said, including the issue of Marcellus Shale drilling.

The monitors are small enough to be carried in a suitcase and can be accessed anywhere cellphone service is available. If a receiver cannot get cellphone service, several modules can be linked together wirelessly to a central location. during his assigned missions repairing the Hubble Space Telescope, one of the largest and most versatile space telescopes operated by the Space Telescope Science Institute.

“We fixed things that were broken, as well as added new technology,” he said. “Basically we reinvented the telescope every time.”

Altman retired from NASA in 2010 to join ASRC Research and Technology Solutions in Greenbelt, Maryland as vice president of research and planning. He has logged more than 51 days in space during his career. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

pecting 0.7 percent, and spending on auto sales was down.

Automakers had reported higher sales, so Tuesday’s numbers could mean they have had to offer more discounts to persuade customers to spend.

When the project began five years ago, McCawley said he didn’t foresee such advanced wireless capability.

“We were hoping to transmit information one kilometer, and now we can transmit 28,” he said.

“Technology has just been evolving so these wireless transmitters have become the standard.”

The modules have just finished development and are being field tested. McCawley said he plans to present them at conferences, where industry professionals can see them in action.

“People running the operation could watch, and see what’s happening in their operation in real time, and possibly adjust what’s going on or detect when there are leaks,” he said. “The applications are endless.” danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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Continued from page 1 them feel important,” she said.

Evan Stalnaker, a current Big Brother, said he really enjoys being part of the organization and interacting with his Little Brother.

“I have always wanted a little brother, but biologically that never happened, so I thought this would be a good program,” he said. “Every time my Little Brother sees me, he runs to me bursting with joy. If you love kids, the joy you bring them is better than anything you will ever do.”

Big Brothers Big Sisters is the largest donor and volunteer supported mentoring network in the country, and is designed to partner children with responsible role models in order to create a lasting difference in their lives.

Students interested in volunteering for Big Brothers Big Sisters can visit www.bbbsncwv.org or call (304)983-2823. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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Israel blames Iran for series of Bangkok blasts BANGKOK (AP) — Israel accused Iran of waging a covert campaign of state terror that stretched this week from the Middle East to the heart of Asia after a bungled series of explosions led to the capture of two Iranians in Bangkok.

Authorities in Israel ratcheted up security at home and abroad following Tuesday’s explosions in the Thai capital, escalating a confrontation over Iran’s suspect nuclear program and raising fears of war.

On Monday, an Israeli diplomat’s wife and driver were wounded in New Delhi when a bomb stuck to their minivan exploded, and another device was defused on an Israeli Embassy car in Tbilisi, Georgia. Israel blamed Iran for those attacks as well.

Israel has threatened military strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, and Iran has blamed the Jewish state for the recent killings of Iranian atomic scientists.

Iran denied responsibility for the attacks in India and Georgia, which appeared to mirror the killings of the Iranian scientists that used “sticky bombs.”

The series of blasts in Bangkok wounded four Thai civilians and blew off the leg of an Iranian who had fled a house

Police officers stand around an Israeli diplomat’s car that was damaged in an explosion in New Delhi, India Tuesday. carrying what looked like grenades after a cache of explosives ignited there, apparently by mistake.

When police searched the Iranians’ home, the bomb squad found and defused two explosives, each made of three or four pounds of C-4 explosives inside a pair of radios, and National Police Chief Gen. Prewpan Damapong said the bombs

were “magnetic” and could be stuck on vehicles.

The wounded Iranian was in police custody at a Bangkok hospital and immigration police detained a second Iranian as he tried to board a flight for Malaysia. Security forces hunted for a third Iranian suspect.

Israel’s Channel 10 TV quoted unidentified Thai authorities as saying the captured

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Iranians confessed to targeting Israeli interests. The site of the blast is just a few miles from the Israeli Embassy.

There was no comment from Iranian officials in Tehran on Tuesday’s series of explosions in Thailand.

Thai government spokeswoman Thitima Chaisaeng said “we need more analysis” to determine who was behind the at-

tack and whether Iran was involved. She refused to comment on what the Iranians might have been planning or whether targets had been identified.

There seemed to be no doubt in the minds of Israeli officials, who blamed Iran and its Lebanese ally, Hezbollah.

“The attempted terrorist attack in Bangkok proves once again that Iran and its proxies continue to perpetrate terror,” Defense Minister Ehud Barak said in Singapore. “The recent terror attacks are yet another example of this.”

Iran and Hezbollah are “unrelenting terror elements endangering the stability of the region and endangering the stability of the world,” added Barak, who was in Bangkok on Sunday, according to Israel’s Defense Ministry.

Added Israeli Public Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovitch, in an interview with Israel Radio: “We know who carried out the terror attacks, we know who sent them, and Israel will settle the score with them.”

On Monday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel had thwarted attacks in recent months in Azerbaijan, Thailand and unspecified other countries. He blamed Iran and

Hezbollah, both of which have deep grievances against the Jewish state.

Hezbollah battled Israel in the summer of 2006, and on Sunday, the Lebanese guerrilla group marked the anniversary of the 2008 assassination of one of its commanders, Imad Mughniyeh, in a bombing widely believed to have been carried out by Israel.

In Israel, police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said security was heightened at public places, foreign embassies and offices, as well as Ben-Gurion International Airport. He said patrols have been stepped up and police were instructed to be especially vigilant.

The first blast in Bangkok ripped off part of the roof of an explosives-filled house where the three Iranians were staying, police said.

Surveillance video from just after that blast showed separate images of each of the three suspects walking down the middle of a residential street.

One man – identified by police as Saeid Moradi – could be seen wearing a baseball cap and a dark jacket. He carried a large backpack over one shoulder and what appeared to be two portable transistor radios – one in each hand.

Greek economy stuck in deep recession France’s Sarkozy faces crunch time

A worker cleans the sign of the Bank of Greece from red and black paint after Sunday’s riots, in Athens Tuesday.

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s economy remained stuck in a deep recession in the fourth quarter, according to official figures released Tuesday that confirm the painful effects of austerity reforms intended to lower debt.

Gross domestic product dropped by 7 percent on the year in the fourth quarter of 2011, in non-seasonally adjusted terms, the Greek Statistical Authority said.

The struggling eurozone country has been shut out of long-term bond markets since 2010, and is surviving on rescue loans from European Union countries and the International Monetary Fund. But harsh austerity measures demanded in return for the emergency loans have hammered the economy.

Greece’s economy has been in decline since late 2008, with successive quarterly contractions since then, with the exception of the first quarter of 2010.

Parliament early Monday approved a new round of austerity measures, slashing the minimum wage and planning mass layoffs in the civil service.

The measures were demanded by the EU to approve a second massive bailout deal. Eurozone finance ministers also want Greece to detail how it will cover a remaining budget gap of euro325 million ($428 million).

But a meeting of the 17 ministers originally expected Wednesday was called off, with Jean-Claude Juncker, who chairs the ministers’ meetings, saying “further technical work” was needed by Athens.

The ministers will instead hold a conference call Wednesday afternoon, and a full meeting Monday.

Juncker, who is the prime minister of Luxembourg, said the technicalities included details on covering the euro325 million ($428 million) gap and the lack of “the required political assurances from the leaders of the Greek coalition parties on the implementation of the program.”

In Athens, a government official said the financing gap was discussed during a Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Lucas Papademos. A final decision laying out the details of how to cover the gap will be made Wednesday, after discussions Tuesday night with debt inspectors from the EU and International Monetary Fund, the official said. He spoke on condition of anonymity because talks

were still in progress.

The official said letters from the party leaders promising implementation of the measures would also be ready Wednesday morning.

Earlier in the day, government spokesman Pantelis Kapsis had said funds to cover the euro325 million would come “from spending cuts from ministries, from areas including defense.”

The last-minute cancellation of the finance ministers’ meeting – which was expected to give the green light for a key debt-relief deal with private creditors linked to the bailout – shows the eurozone wants much tougher guarantees now from Athens before giving it an extra euro130 billion ($171 billion) in rescue

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loans, on top of euro110 billion granted in 2010.

Tensions between Athens and other European capitals have hit new highs this week.

While the European Union is officially still warning of the farreaching dangers of a disorderly default by Greece, some politicians have in recent weeks downplayed the effects of such an event.

But tension is also showing within Greece. Dissent over the early Monday vote saw a junior coalition partner withdraw its support from the government, while the two remaining parties expelled 43 of their deputies in parliament for voting against the measures and six Cabinet members resigned in protest against the austerity.

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PARIS (AP) — Nicolas Sarkozy faces an unprecedented challenge if he wants another term. No presidential candidate in France’s postwar history has come back from being so far behind so late in the campaign.

If polls can be believed, the brash, risk-taking and unabashedly America-friendly French leader who took center stage in the Libya war and in the fight to save the euro needs something akin to a miracle to get reelected.

With just 68 days left until the first round of voting in France’s presidential ballot, the usually combative Sarkozy has stayed uncharacteristically quiet about whether

he will run. But French media say he will announce his candidacy any day – possibly on national TV Wednesday – and are already reporting the names of those on his campaign team.

Despite his successes in international affairs, the conservative Sarkozy has been unpopular at home for most of his first term and has for months trailed Socialist candidate Francois Hollande in the polls.

“If we look at past elections, it’s off to a very, very, very bad start,” pollster Emmanuel Riviere of TNS Sofres agency said of Sarkozy’s campaign. “Never has a president been in such a situation.”

A leftist president in France

would not only mark a big shift for France after 17 years under conservative rule, but it would also shake up Europe’s political calculus. The EU’s top powers – Britain, France, Germany, Italy and Spain – are now either run by leaders on the right or, in Italy’s case, by a technocratic caretaker government.

Sarkozy’s presidency got off to a rough start in 2007. Public gaffes, tax policies that appeared to favor his rich friends and his jet-setting courtship of supermodel Carla Bruni all damaged his image in the eyes of the French. Since then, France’s worst recession since World War II and a still-weak economy have made it hard to rebound.

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Wednesday February 15, 2012

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Students should step up in the Big 12 It’s official – West Virginia University will be a part of the Big 12 Conference beginning July 1.

University officials have reached a settlement with the Big East Conference allowing WVU to leave before the required 27-month waiting period.

While some fans are concerned with the steep competition within the new conference, and increased travel, the move will prove to benefit the

University.

For one, WVU looks to increase revenue from the change. According to Athletic Director Oliver Luck, the University will receive an annual television payout between $18 and $19 million.

New and better competition will also mean the opportunity to improve WVU athletic teams. Playing teams that are among the best will surely lead to an improved Mountaineer athletic program.

Although it will be on the shoulders of the coaches and staff members of the WVU athletic department to step up and run with the big dogs, so to speak, students and fans must rise to the challenge as well.

With big name schools such as the University of Texas, University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma State University making regular appearances in Morgantown, many more eyes will be on us.

This is our chance to not only

shine a national light on WVU, but the entire state. This is the time for West Virginians to claim notoriety and prove that we can compete with the best.

If students and fans want this to become a reality, we must show better support for all of WVU athletic teams, not just football and men’s basketball.

WVU women’s basketball games, among other WVU sporting events, have consistently lacked fan support. It’s embarrassing for the program

and the school to see an empty Coliseum on national TV. The Mountaineer Maniacs push for the support of men’s basketball and football, but the organization doesn’t promote others as much. Women’s basketball lacks a true student section.

With all the Big 12 has to offer, let’s make the most of it by being the best fans in the country. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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Legislature must pass medicinal marijuana bill Robert Davis correspondent

For the second consecutive year, some West Virginia officials will attempt to legalize the medical use of marijuana.

After an abrupt dismissal of the proposal last year, Delegate Mike Manypenny of Taylor County has introduced a new bill in the West Virginia House of Delegates.

House Bill 4498 seeks to legalize physician-supervised use of marijuana by patients suffering from diseases such as cancer, HIV and Glaucoma.

Why does this continue to be an issue?

If a substance has a unique medical application that can’t be replaced by a medication already on the market, it should be exploited to the fullest extent. Especially one that is virtually harmless when compared to other treatments.

Del. Manypenny will make his case for medical marijuana in Monday’s floor session in the House of Delegates. Although he is hopeful about passing the bill, he is also realistic.

“Maybe half of the members have an interest in the bill,” Manypenny said. “But because it’s an election year, they don’t feel comfortable with it.”

Some West Virginia decision makers still have the 1930’s “devil’s weed” image painted in their minds. Because of their unwillingness to rethink their stance on the issue; thousands of West Virginians won’t receive the benefit of a safe, effective and inexpensive treatment.

According to the Food and Drug Administration’s “Adverse Event” reports from 1997-2005, 12 legal alternatives to marijuana were considered to be the primary cause of 1,907 deaths in the U.S. During that same time period, marijuana was the primary suspect of zero deaths.

I agree that marijuana isn’t a cure-all remedy, but the data supporting its effectiveness in people with a wide array of chronic diseases is no

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This April 21, 2011, photo shows marijuana growing in the home of two medical marijuana patients in Medford, Ore. longer ignorable.

Show me a study that is against the medical use of marijuana, and I’ll show you 30 more that support it.

Everyone is aware of states, such as California, where the system has been abused to the point where anyone can choose from a list of obscure ailments, and be legally prescribed marijuana.

This isn’t the kind of system being proposed. If medical marijuana were treated as any other prescription drug, it would be just that – another prescription drug. The bill is explicit when it says cannabis would only be used to treat those with “debilitating” medical conditions.

Many opponents of the medical use of cannabis fear a surge in its use. The importance of laws that prevent abuse of the system cannot be overstated.

With a responsible system in place, the only rise in usage we should expect to see is among the patients who will replace the more intoxicating and addictive medications on the market today with this relatively safe alternative.

Critics of the bill have stated that allowing prescription use of marijuana will send a message to young people that smoking marijuana is “OK.” Do most young people believe that because it is pre-

scribed to adults by a doctor, the recreational use of OxyContin or Viagra is acceptable? Using this logic, should we ban the medical use of these drugs as well?

A 2010 study, led by Rhode Island physician Esther Choo, found that marijuana use did not increase among Rhode Island youth after its medical legalization in 2006.

Some reports, such as one conducted by McGill University in Montreal, even reported that “adolescent use may actually decrease following the passing of medical marijuana laws.”

Despite having the support of hundreds of studies, and the countless personal testi-

monies of the effectiveness of its use in terminally ill patients, those who seek to allow this untapped resource to be utilized have been met with resistance.

“We have the highest rating of disabled people per capita, and those people are paying between $700 and $1,000 dollars per month for prescriptions,” Manypenny said of the financial burden placed on West Virginians by highpriced prescriptions.

Why not alleviate this burden with a medication that can be grown inexpensively at home?

Our decision makers are taking their cue from you. The discussion of medical mari-

juana, whether it’s for it or against it, seems to be non-existent in the Mountain State.

Contact your legislature and demand they consider the evidence of HB 4498. The more they hear from citizens, the more apt they will be to accept it.

The legalization of medical marijuana isn’t a question of if, but when. With 16 states and the District of Columbia approving of the use of medicinal marijuana, it is now more evident than ever that public opinion on this matter is shifting.

Attempts to stonewall this bill will only prolong the suffering of people who have no other alternative.

Money should be the topic of political debate, not morality sam viggiano columnist

A timeless controversy: money vs. morals.

In today’s shifty economy, conservatives will claim that our economic problems are not about the money but our moral integrity, or lack thereof.

Through social dysfunction, liberals have wrecked the moral integrity and family values of America.

In any case, this social change has spouted an overwhelming displacement of workers. With hopes of economic change, we look toward looming presidential candidates for answers to this question: Is America’s economic situation a money or moral problem?

For those who are wondering, it is mainly about the

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money.

According to Michael Grabell of The New York Times, the Obama administration has taken misguided steps, although in the right direction, for economic stability.

His stimulus package, which failed to bring about a sustainable recovery, was not in vain.

Spreading his investments thin on shovel-ready projects and long-term investments have been President Obama’s key solutions to maintaining unemployment above double digits.

Grabell proves the effectiveness of short - and long term projects, if adequately assessed, through the Savannah River Site in Aiken, SC. In 2009, the retired cold war nuclear plant received $1.6 billion in stimulus money to hire thousands of workers to decommission reactors, install pumps in liquid waste tanks and ship solid waste to a salt

formation in the Chihuahuan Desert.

The nuclear cleanup was filled with in-state and out-oftown workers who filled the area’s apartments, bars and hotels.

According to Grabell, the county’s unemployment dropped from 10.2 percent to 8.5 percent in a matter of months.

Ultimately, the failure of these projects rested in time and money, not morals. The administration was too busy spreading its funding too thin.

The investments of long- time projects were haphazardly rushed to meet the deadlines, while short-term projects waited for approval in extended limbo.

Why did it work? If the government can immediately send billions of dollars to contractors who were already in place for a project, such as the Savannah River Site, why hasn’t

nationwide unemployment decreased?

To start “shovel-ready” projects, the Obama administration considered potential projects for six months to a year.

As the “shovel-ready” project implies, the work should start within 90 days. Unfortunately, most projects took upwards of a year to begin.

Although the Obama administration must deal with people, its primary focus should be fixing the economy.

How the money works and where the money will go are essential questions to be answered in future political debates and in the analysis of future financial decisions.

One cannot blame the president and state of the economy because of the public’s bad decisions.

Has the moral integrity of America fallen apart? Can we blame this on the economy?

Although one could ques-

tion the value of a college education if unemployment is eminent, questionable moral practices are a result of a weak economy, but a weak economy is not a product of bad moral standards.

Should conservatives be correct, then we can assume that less-educated men have great difficulty finding jobs with decent wages and good benefits in conjunction with their inability to marry or if they are married, neglect work. And are we to conclude the economic collapse is due to liberals destroying the moral integrity of America?

These conservative observations of American trends forget that our economy is built on households rather than individuals.

To blame less-educated, single men who have difficulty finding and maintaining a jobs for America’s current economic state is to say that pen-

guins can’t fly because robins can fly.

Sure, these mammals are both birds, and share common characteristics. Yet, such reasoning is asinine. By evolution, these outliers, the penguins, do play an important role in the development of an economy but we cannot blame their poverty, their inability to fly, on their low morals. People do not choose to be impoverished.

To maintain the social and monetary components of an economy, money should be the primary focus of the administration.

It should not be reasoned that our leaders will be corrupt or poor financial practices will be a result of favoring money over moral integrity. By stabilizing our economy, better financial choices will result in high moral integrity.

Although happiness is not dependent on money, money can make you happy.

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THE WEEK AHEAD Today February 15

The Alzheimer’s Association West Virginia Chapter hosts an educational workshop titled “Brain Health and Wellness” at the Alzheimer’s Association’s office on 1299 Pineview Dr. at 10 a.m. The workshop is open to the public, and community members are encouraged to attend to gain a better understanding of Alzheimer’s disease, warning signs and the latest research in keeping your brain healthy and active. For more information, call 304-599-6775 or email pam.shriver@alz.org.

Thursday February 16

The David C. Hardesty Jr. Festival of Ideas presents Harold Ford, Jr. at 7:30 p.m. in the Mountainlair Ballrooms.

Ford will discuss the upcoming election. For more information, visit www.festivalofideas.wvu. edu.

Five inmates from the Hazelton Correctional Facility will discuss the Paws 4 People Foundation where service dogs are trained for individuals with disabilities. The discussion takes place from 10 a.m.-noon in the Gold Ballroom of the Mountainlair. The inmates will also be giving personal testimonies about their crimes.

For more information, call 304293-8184.

Friday February 17

The Annual Business Etiquette Dinner, hosted by the College of Business & Economics, takes place Feb. 22 at the Lakeview Golf Resort & Spa from 6-8 p.m. The deadline to register is Feb. 20, in Room 345 of the Business & Economics Building, and the fee is $20.

All students are welcome, and attendees must dress professionally. For more information, visit MountaineerTRAK or call 304-293-7818.

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.

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.

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

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 304291-3547 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.

Continual

Wellness programs on topics such as drinkWELL, loveWELL, chillWELL and more are provided for interested student groups, organizations or classes by WELLWVU: Wellness and Health Promotion. For more information, visit www.well. wvu.edu/wellness.

Wellwvu: STUDENT HEALTH is paid for by tuition and fees and is confidential. For appointments or more information, call 304-293-2311 or visit www.well.edu.wvu/medical.

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

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS meets daily. To find a meeting, visit www. aawv.org. For those who need help urgently, call 304-291-7918.

CARITAS HOUSE, a local nonprofit organization serving West Virginians with HIV/AIDS, needs donations of food and personal care items and volunteers to support all aspects of the organization’s activities. For more information, call 304-985-0021.

SCOTT’S RUN SETTLEMENT HOUSE, a local outreach organization, needs volunteers for daily programs and special events. For more information or to volunteer, email vc_srsh@ hotmail.com or call 304-599-5020.

Confidential counseling services are provided for free by the Carruth Center for Psychological and Psychiatric Services. A walk-in clinic is offered weekdays from 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

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

Women, Infants and Children needs volunteers. WIC provides education, supplemental foods and immunizations for pregnant women and children under five years of age.

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

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

Rosenbaum Family House, which provides a place for adult patients and their families to stay while receiving medical care at WVU, is looking for service organizations to provide dinner for 20 to 40 Family House guests. For more information, call 304-598-6094 or email rfh@ wvuh.com.

Literacy Volunteers is seeking volunteers for one-on-one tutoring in basic reading and English as a second language. Volunteer tutors will complete tutor training, meet weekly with their adult learn-

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

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

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

ers, 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

where crowds can be found.

Born today This year keep your eye on long-term objectives. Many friends surround you, causing distraction. Juggling different elements and maintaining a high level of organization evolves in importance. In love, spontaneously you could mimic the great Gothic novel. If you are single, make conscious choices as to the tone of a romance. The person or persons you choose after June reflect your natural inclinations. If you are attached, you might choose to polish your living skills together. Romance will thrive in this milieu. Count on SAGITTARIUS.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHH Stay even and mellow with an unpredictable person who does have impact over your life. Your gentle nature comes out at the same time. Steer away from a person who would use this special quality in you. The less involved you are, the happier you ultimately will be. Tonight: Squeeze in some exercise.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHHH Your willingness to forge a new path surprises everyone, including you. The status quo has many appealing elements.

Power plays and games have no business in working with a project. Stay as clear as possible. Tonight: Detach from your day with a favorite pastime.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHH Work with an individual on a one-on-one level.

You gain insight and see life from a very different perspective. This person responds in a meaningful manner. Finally you can get a project moving. New information puts a new slant on a seemingly reachable goal. Tonight: Chat over a quiet dinner.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHH Deferring to others is smarter than getting into a situation where others make demands. Allow this freedom, and give and take. People who can be contrary suddenly can identify with a problem, having experienced it firsthand. Tonight: Be

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHH When surprise heads in your direction, you suddenly feel vibrant. Though the news could toss plans out of kilter, that very change reminds you that you are alive. Be open to someone very different. Knowing this person can only be a growing experience. Tonight: Paint the town red.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHH Be clear as to what you want and why. Tap into your ability to move past an issue.

You might need to revise your thinking.

A gamble might not be worth it, when you weigh the pros and cons. Trust a caring partner or loved one. Listen to his or her views. Tonight: Happily head home.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHH Communications flow with a little help from you! Someone you trust could exhibit erratic behavior. You could see this change as exciting or troublesome, depending on your life perspective. Remember, you cannot change this person. Tonight: Listen to a friend’s recent adventures!

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHHH You might want to be aware of both the emotional and financial pros and cons of an offer or situation. You might not ex-

pect some of the obligations surrounding a key person. Detach and really look at this individual with new eyes, especially when interacting with others. Tonight: Your treat!

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHH Greet excitement with a smile, even if it is coming from left field. Your charisma and spontaneity can turn a difficult situation into a dynamic experience. Use caution with finances, whether it is getting involved with a friend or an investment.

Tonight: Go with your instincts.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HH You could feel off. An event or surprise could drain you or give you an adrenaline rush, depending on your makeup. Keep news and information to yourself. You could feel uncomfortable with someone’s controlling nature. Tonight: At home.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHH Enjoy what is on your plate, and do not long for what is not. Meetings, though sometimes difficult, draw excellent results. A friendship could be developing into more. Be aware of this person’s feelings. Tonight: Where the gang is.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHH Stay on top of work, and finish off as much as you can. A friend or co-worker could push very hard to get more of his or her desires. You might need and want to say “no.” Do what is best for you. This person wants what is best for him or her. Tonight: Burning the candle at both ends.

BORN TODAY Actress Renee O’Connor (1971), comedian Chris Farley (1964), actress Jane Seymour (1951)

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Across 1 Superfluous thing 6 Copy room unit 10 Good-sized building site 14 __, meenie ...

15 Best way to make a mistake 16 Like a fly ball that hits the foul pole, ironically 17 *Classic little red wagon 19 Thomas __ Edison 20 Old AT&T rival 21 Dockworker’s gp.

22 Sign of the Ram 23 Tchotchke stand 26 O’er and o’er 28 VW forerunners?

29 Fifth canonical hour 30 *Memorable, as a day 33 Part of DOT: Abbr.

34 Marvin or Majors 35 Bern’s river 36 They’re not in the in-crowd ... and read differently, what each starred answer has two of 40 Humorist Bombeck 43 Snitch 44 Video game pioneer 48 *One seeding clouds 51 Animal toxin 52 Berlin conjunction 53 Tarzan raiser 54 Comes out of hiding 56 Wooden peg 58 Yoko from Tokyo 59 Tokyo, before 1868 60 Currier’s partner 61 *Knee-slapper 65 Experiment 66 Soothing additive 67 Doting aunt, perhaps 68 Art Deco master 69 Heckle 70 More than reasonable interest Down 1 Turn to wine, as grape juice 2 *Nuclear plant sight 3 Home to Purdue 4 Full deck at Caesar’s palace?

5 “Seinfeld” uncle 6 *Suitcase lugger’s aid 7 “Shepherd Moons” Grammy winner

8 Unreturnable serve 9 Sea, in Paris 10 Out yonder 11 Actress Flockhart 12 *Rosie’s role 13 Puzzle solver’s smudge 18 Commonly decorated tree 22 Consumed 24 Columbus, by birth 25 “Mi casa __ casa” 26 Scarfed down too much, with “on” 27 Run for the hills 31 In-crowd 32 Busy employee of a paranoid king 37 Snare 38 “Oh, for pity’s __!”

39 “Must-see” review 40 Scholarly 41 *Broke up late, as a meeting 42 3-Down’s region 45 “And Still I Rise” poet 46 *Short-antlered animal 47 “Forgive me”

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‘Linderella’ arrives in Toronto with Knicks TORONTO (AP) — The New York Knicks coach calls him “Linderella.”

Knicks phenom Jeremy Lin arrived on Tuesday at the Air Canada Centre with the Knicks, who are riding a fivegame winning streak thanks to the former Harvard player.

Jeremy Lin peered from a podium at more than 75 journalists and 16 cameras at a news conference. Lin, who’s averaged 27 points and eight assists in his first four starts, says even he’s amazed by the numbers.

“I don’t think anybody expected this to happen the way it happened,” said Lin, helped carry the Knicks with stars Carmelo Anthony and Amare Stoudemire sidelined.

Knicks coach Mike D’Antoni’s search for a point guard had been frustrated by injury and poor performances since waiving Chauncey Billups. He’s dubbed called Lin’s story “Linderella.”

“He’s an underdog who came on, does it right, the right way,” D’Antoni said.

“Probably the biggest point is to be able to step on national TV with all the scrutiny, Madison Square Garden against the Lakers, against Kobe (Bryant) and produce what he did.

“To me that’s remarkable, it’s unbelievable that he could do that in that game.”

Linsanity is sweeping Toronto, with the Knicks-Raptors game projected to be a sellout. Raptors officials said they had handed out about 75 additional media credentials. They had to turn down requests from journalists to cover Lin on Tuesday morning to prevent overcrowding.

Lin, the NBA’s first American-born player of Asian heritage, will have more than 25 Chinese journalists covering him from the Toronto area.

The undrafted Lin was passed over by several teams including the Raptors, then cut by Golden State and Houston.

Lin, who will make $789,000 this season, helped the Minnesota Timberwolves draw their largest crowd since 2004 on Saturday.

The unassuming guard

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New York Knicks guard Jeremy Lin goes up for a layup against the Los Angeles Lakers earlier this season. was asked if it’s difficult to focus on basketball with all the distractions.

“I try to just not pay attention to it as much as possible, spending a lot of time with my family and friends in my free time,” Lin said. “When I’m with the team we stay focused,

and we know what we have to do. And then just staying in my Bible, basically.”

Lin’s story is so inspirational, Hollywood writers could not craft a better script, said Raptors coach Dwane Casey.

“In the biggest market in

the world, in New York, he becomes an overnight sensation,” Casey said. “You go from being in the D-League on waiver wire, getting picked and now he’s a starter on one of the prime teams, historical teams in the NBA.” Both Casey and D’Antoni

insist Lin is the real deal.

“You can’t say he’s a flash in the pan, he’s done it for five games, against some quality teams,” Casey said. “He’s taking advantage of his opportunity, and that’s what you tell players all the time, be ready when your number is called,

and he’s done that.”

Lin has already had a huge impact on Chinese fans, becoming that country’s most popular player since Yao Ming.

A Chinese journalist presented Lin with a book of “Year of the Dragon” stamps from Canada Post.

Big East open to talk to Pitt, ‘Cuse about leaving early

Big East commissioner John Marinatto speaks to reporters during Big East football media day in Newport, R.I.

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(AP) — Big East Commissioner John Marinatto says his league “might be open to a discussion” about allowing Syracuse and Pittsburgh to join the Atlantic Coast Conference for the 2013 football season.

The Big East reached a settlement with West Virginia on Monday that allows the school to become a member of the Big 12 in 2012.

The agreement upholds the Big East’s bylaws, which require a departing school to give notification 27 months before leaving. West Virginia challenged that in a lawsuit.

Syracuse, Pitt and the ACC have said they would not challenge the Big East’s rules, but would like the transition to happen as soon as possible.

Marinatto had previously said that the Big East intends to hold all three schools in the conference until 2014.

“But given the strength and speed of our expansion efforts, I think our board might be open to a discussion about 2013,” Marinatto said in a telephone interview.

Even without Syracuse and Pitt, the Big East could have 11 football teams in 2013.

Memphis, Central Florida, SMU and Houston from Con-

ference USA are set to join the Big East in 2013 for all sports.

Boise State and San Diego State from the Mountain West are slated to join as footballonly members in 2013. Navy is scheduled to join in 2015 for just football.

Marinatto added that he hoped a Big East football schedule for 2012 would be released in a week or two, though whether that schedule includes seven or eight members has not been determined.

The Big East currently has seven members for next season: Pitt, Syracuse, Connecticut, Cincinnati, Louisville, South Florida and Rutgers.

Marinatto said it’s possible one of the schools pledged to join in 2013 could enter the league early to replace West Virginia, though he declined to say which one.

If the Big East can’t get a replacement for West Virginia, its remaining members will be left scrambling to schedule another game.

“There are challenges on the table right now,” he said.

“We’ve considered all of that.

We’re looking at various scenarios in order to address that. We have plans in place to deal with each possibility.”

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Men’s soccer looking for ‘best balance’ in future conference by michael carvelli sports editor

With all the lawsuits settled and West Virginia’s move to the Big 12 Conference complete, one varsity sport is still waiting to find out what conference it will be playing in next season.

Since the Big 12 doesn’t have men’s soccer, head coach Marlon LeBlanc and his team still don’t know what league they will be getting to play in when the 2012 season comes around.

“We’ve not made any final decisions, but Marlon LeBlanc and I and our staff have been talking on a daily basis, and it’s really an important program for us,” said WVU Athletic Director Oliver Luck. “We’re going to maintain a high level of competition for that program because they’ve been very successful, and they’ve been a great representative of our athletic department.”

During his conference call Tuesday morning, Luck said the University had a few options it could go in for the men’s soccer team’s future conference affiliation.

“One of those (options) is an affiliation as Kentucky and South Carolina have with Conference USA,” Luck said. “We’re also having some discussions with the Mid-American Conference in terms of men’s soccer joining that conference.”

When asked about the conversations the conference has had with WVU, a MAC official told The Daily Athenaeum Tuesday that it “will not publicly discuss membership issues and

will reserve those discussions internally.”

With the news of Conference USA’s future merger with the Mountain West Conference, both Luck and LeBlanc agreed that a move to the MAC would make things a little easier on West Virginia in terms of travelling, but said they aren’t leaning toward either league as of now.

“Either conference could be a great opportunity for us,” LeBlanc said. “I’ve got a lot of respect for both conferences.

“Do I have a preference? No, not really. All I really want to do is make sure that we leave our program in the best possible scenario to keep moving forward and we think both conferences have the ability to offer us that.”

A third option that could happen for the Mountaineers next season could be to go independent. Currently, Alabama A&M is the only independent team in the nation, but LeBlanc said that the independent route could also be an option for his team next year before making its way to a new league for the 2013 season.

“A lot of it just depends on finding the right balance for our RPI,” LeBlanc said. “The sacrifice of independent status would, of course, be giving up and automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, but I’d like for us to be in a situation where our body of work during the season is more indicative of whether we’re deserving of a bid than having to earn the automatic bid by winning the league.”

Throughout every step of the

way in trying to find West Virginia’s next conference, Luck has kept LeBlanc informed, and the athletic director said Tuesday night that a lot of the final decision will come from what the seventh-year head coach feels will be the best fit for the program.

“The one thing that Oliver has been steadfast with has been his commitment to me and to this program and to our players,” LeBlanc said. “They’re committed and they want to find what’s best for the program. Oliver has said point blank, ‘Whatever you want to do, it’s up to you and we’ll support it.’

“Right now our biggest obstacle is just time.”

The University’s recent litigations with the Big East Conference has put the Mountaineers a little behind schedule though, LeBlanc admitted.

But, he said, regardless of how much time they might have, they’re going to take their time, and figure out what is going to be best for the team and the program as a whole.

“If we wanted to make a move tomorrow, I think we could be in a conference tomorrow,” LeBlanc said. “The issue lies mostly in whether or not we can not just join a conference, it’s putting together a resume and a schedule that will best prepare us for having a shot at the NCAA tournament.

“But make no mistake about it: I’m not just about making the tournament. I’m about actually winning the tournament.” matt sunday/the daily athenaeum

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WVU men’s soccer head coach Marlon LeBlanc after the Mountaineers beat then-No. 1 Connecticut last season.

swimming

Mountaineers ready to make a run in Big East conference championships by robert Kreis sports writer

The West Virginia men and women’s swim teams will lean on the experience it gained from earlier this season when it travels to Pittsburgh’s Tree Pool to participate in the Big East Conference championships Wednesday.

The meet will last until Saturday.

“We’ve learned and grown from previous teams,” said head coach Vic Riggs. “It will be the second time we are going to Pitt (this season) so we are very familiar with the environment and we performed well there last time.

“The kids are excited about what we can do individually and of course what we can do with some of our relays.”

The relays in particular look to be a strong point for the Mountaineers according to Riggs.

“On the women’s side our medley relays and our 800 free relays should be very strong for our ladies,” Riggs said.

Riggs is confident that the returning members of the

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Continued from page 8 more than an hour away from us in Morgantown, has over 305,000 people, and that’s just in the actual city, not the surrounding metropolitan area.

I’m not knocking Iowa, but there are just not a lot of people in that area, and they get thousands more attendees to every game than we do.

For all of the work that head coach Mike Carey has put into this program, I think he and the team deserve a lot more

schedule

Continued from page 8 game will be Nov. 24, at Iowa State.

WVU’s Big 12 opener against Baylor will also serve as Homecoming, and Mountaineer Week will be capped off by the TCU game.

Coming into this season, West Virginia is 8-4 all-time against the other schools in the Big 12. The meetings in 2012 will be the first time WVU has faced Baylor, TCU and Iowa State. james.carvelli@mail.wvu.edu

team will call upon their experience from competing at the Big East Championships in past years and perform well over the next couple of days.

With Riggs knowing what to expect from the upperclassmen, he is interested to see how the freshmen perform under the championship pressure.

“I think the ones we are looking to see would be the freshman class,” Riggs said.

“Some kids can walk into that environment there and not be overwhelmed and they perform very well and of course some it distracts a little bit.”

Riggs claims the most important thing the freshmen on the men and women’s team will take from the Big East Championships is the experience they will gain. Riggs will look for the freshmen to call upon the upperclassmen to help them during what may be an overwhelming experience.

“Everything is new your freshman year,” Riggs said.

“Hopefully they will watch what some of the juniors and seniors are doing, and that will help (the freshman)

through the weekend.”

On the men’s side, Riggs is looking forward to the relays as well as one senior in particular. Taylor Camp, a senior out of Brentwood, Tenn., would like nothing more than to close out his senior campaign by qualifying for the NCAA championships for the first time in his career. Camp competes in a number of events, including the 100 and 200 fly, as well as a key member in various relay teams.

“I think he is in the best situation and position he has been in (for) making NCAA’s,” Riggs said. “I think it will be a good opportunity to finish out his career real well, and we are real excited about it.”

Riggs wants to see his entire team do well at the Big East Championships, and ultimately he wants to see as many as possible move on to swimming’s version of the big dance.

“Ultimately we go to Big East Championship to get kids into NCAA’s,” Riggs said.

“We are looking to have our kids swim at the next level.”

respect than they have gotten, especially from the students, because that’s really what it’s about, right? Student athletes getting the utmost support from their fellow students.

The Mountaineers aren’t getting any worse for the future, either. Carey signed what might be his best recruiting class during his tenure for next season, with Bria Holmes, the No. 28 player on ESPNU’s HoopGurlz, which, I believe, is the equivalent of the ESPN top-150 rankings in men’s basketball.

So I encourage you, if you

love your school and its athletics, come to at least one or two of the remaining women’s basketball games. Tell your friends to come, and you can make a fun afternoon out of it. The team needs your support, and it feeds off of the energy in the Coliseum, just like the men’s team does.

The Mountaineers are playing their best basketball of the season, and I’m telling you it’s going to continue on to next year.

You won’t be disappointed.

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WVU needs more support right now it.

It’s time to come out and say

The West Virginia women’s basketball team needs much more support from fans for the rest of this season and beyond.

This is not the first time this has been said since the beginning of women’s college basketball at West Virginia, but I feel it is an appropriate time to reconnect with the fans who don’t realize what has been happening with this team.

West Virginia pulled off its biggest upset in program history Sunday, beating No. 2 Notre Dame 65-63, on its own home court.

My question to you all is: If the game would have been in the Coliseum, would you have gone?

I guarantee, at least 90 percent of the student body would not have attended the game.

The WVU women have averaged a home attendance of 1,949 people in 14 games this season. The Mountaineers opponents have averaged 3,187 people in the eight games that the team has played on the road.

I can say that over the last two or three home games, there has been a noticeable difference in attendance for women’s basketball games, especially in West Virginia’s upset against Louisville.

But it’s still sad to see a team this young, talented and exciting and only beginning to reach the peak of its game, have a home arena that can get much louder than it has been.

I have had friends that always say ‘Well, it’s a women’s game.’

I understand you’re not going to see any big, high-flying dunks, unless you’re at Baylor maybe. That does not mean these games aren’t competitive, and you can’t have fun supporting your school’s team.

Today’s college students are so ignorant about sports. Yes, women’s sports aren’t as popular as men’s, but it doesn’t mean you shouldn’t check it out. I guarantee you will be a little surprised as to what you find if you go to one of these games.

And I’m not just saying this because I started covering the women’s team this season. I have been to women’s sports games at the high school and college levels, and I have always enjoyed being a part of the crowd, even if there wasn’t that one huge play you’re looking for you might find at a men’s game.

There are still big moments, like the upset that just happened for the Mountaineers.

The Daily Athenaeum’s managing editor, John Terry, wrote a great story last year on attendance at other women’s basketball venues such as Maryland and Iowa State. (You can read it here: http://www. thedaonline.com/spor ts/ women-s-b-ball-teams-maryland-iowa-st-had-no-troublepacking-an-arena-1.1837743) Last season, Iowa State averaged 9,316 fans per game, according to the story. This season, the Cyclones’ average home attendance per game has gone up to 9,789.

Iowa State is located in Ames, Iowa. Not many people out of the state of Iowa could show on a map where that is. The biggest city Iowa State is nearest to is Des Moines, which has a population of just more than 40,000 people.

Pittsburgh, which is a little

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WVU releases 2012 football schedule by michael carvelli sports editor

For the first time since the 1991 season, the West Virginia football team will not be playing in the Big East Conference.

WVU Athletic Director Oliver Luck announced the Mountaineer football schedule for the 2012 season, which included their nine games against new conference opponents from the Big 12 Conference.

“I know our fans will be looking forward to having the Big 12 schools visit Mi-

lan Puskar Stadium this fall,” Luck said. “This is a tremendous opportunity for our department, and the challenges ahead are certainly exciting.”

The schedule features seven games that will be played in Morgantown, four road games and a neutral-site game against Division I-AA James Madison at FedEx Field in Landover, Md., home of the NFL’s Washington Redskins.

WVU’s first Big 12 game will be Oct. 29, when Baylor makes the trip up to Morgantown.

After the Baylor game, the Mountaineers will go to

Texas two weeks in a row for road games against Texas and Texas Tech.

Arguably the toughest three-game stretch in the 2012 schedule will begin Nov. 3, when West Virginia will host TCU, travel to Oklahoma State and then take on Oklahoma at home in backto-back-to-back weeks.

“I am excited about this year’s schedule, especially since we will be competing in the Big 12,” said WVU head football coach Dana Holgorsen in a statement. “I am familiar with the conference, and know the challenges that

are ahead of us.”

West Virginia will kick off the season at home when it takes on Marshall in the Friends of Coal Bowl. It will be the seventh-straight the two in-state schools will face each other and the third time in those seven years that it will be the Mountaineers’ season opener.

The nonconference schedule will wrap up following a bye week after the Marshall game with West Virginia taking on James Madison and Maryland.

The Mountaineers have only played the Dukes one

other time, a 45-10 win in 2004 at Milan Puskar Stadium, and they currently are on a six-game winning streak against the Terrapins.

“Mixing our conference schedule with Maryland, Marshall and James Madison, the offseason becomes even more important to our preparation,” Holgorsen said.

West Virginia’s other home games in Big 12 play will be against Kansas State on Oct. 20, and Kansas in the season finale Dec. 1. The Mountaineers’ other conference road

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women’s basketball

WVU hot, Rutgers not

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Junior center Asya Bussie goes up against a Georgetown defender in a game Jan 24. Bussie had one of her best games of the season in WVU’s upset against Notre Dame, scoring 22 points and grabbing eight rebounds.

West Virginia has won four straight games, while Rutgers has lost four straight as the two clash at the Coliseum tonight by cody schuler sports writer

The winners of four consecutive games, including a road upset of No. 2 Notre Dame, West Virginia (18-6, 8-3) is playing its best basketball of the season. The same cannot be said for its opponent tonight. In fact, the exact opposite is probably true.

No. 18 Rutgers (17-7, 6-5) enters the Coliseum losers of four-straight games. While the Scarlet Knights haven’t fared well lately, it is important to note a current losing streak comprised of losses to Georgetown, Notre Dame, Connecticut and St. John’s – all of which are in the top five in the Big East standings.

It’s the first time since 200304 season that the Scarlet

Knights have lost four straight games.

Rutgers have dominated the overall series with West Virginia, but the Mountaineers have balanced things out as of late.

The Scarlet Knights hold a 39-12 all-time lead but have split the two teams have split the last eight games with four wins apiece.

The last time Rutgers visited Morgantown was in 2010; the Mountaineers pulled out a 5551 win in that game.

Rutgers’ offensive attack features three players that average double-figures in scoring, including senior guard April Sykes.

Helping out in the backcourt redshirt senior point guard Khadijah Rushdan – who averages 12.9 points per game and

leads the team with 79 assists.

Junior center Monique Oliver will challenge the Mountaineers in the paint. The 6-foot-2, Long Beach, Ca., native scores 12.3 points per game and grabs a team-best eight rebounds per contest.

Junior center Asya Bussie will work on containing Oliver as well as continue her recent string of solid play.

After her career-best 22 points in the win over Notre Dame, Bussie was named the Big East Player of the Week – the first Mountaineer to receive the honor since Sarah Miles did so in Feb. 9, 2009.

Bussie averages 12.8 points and 6.8 rebounds per game – both good for second-best on the team.

Fellow frontcourt member, junior center Ayana Dunning

is averaging 12.3 points and nine rebounds the past three games. She is the team’s leading rebounder, pulling in eight rebounds per contest.

An interesting statistic to look for who will emerge from this game with the edge on the boards. West Virginia has outrebounded all but one league opponent (Marquette) this season.

The Scarlet Knights grab 43 rebounds per game and have average almost 10 more rebounds per game than its opponents.

West Virginia only averages about three more rebounds per game than opponents; the Mountaineers outrebound top15 opponents Notre Dame (4133) and Louisville (39-27) in its past two games.

Despite the victory over

Notre Dame, West Virginia remains unranked. The Mountaineers received 60 votes in the Feb. 13 Associated Press poll – 12 votes fewer than No. 25 South Carolina.

With a win, West Virginia can move into a tie with St. John’s for third place in the Big East.

Rutgers, who was picked to finish fourth in the Big East preseason coaches’ poll, ripped off 17 wins in its first 20 games, looking the part of a conference power. Since its Jan. 29 loss to Georgetown, however, the Scarlet Knights have not been able to notch another victory.

A win tonight would give West Virginia its fourth victory over a ranked opponent – matching its total from the entirety of last season. charles.schuler@mail.wvu.edu

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‘White Flame ’

‘The Bird is Coming Down to Earth’ The Soft Hills Seattle-based band The Soft Hills debuted their third album “The Bird is Coming Down to Earth” Tuesday.

Immediately upon hearing the first track “Pheonix,” the smooth harmonizing of Garrett Hobba, Brittan Drake, Randall Skrasek and Brett Massa made me a fan. The band manages to merge their own soft smooth vocals and with experimental ambiences to create an album that’s unique and surprising to listen to.

The Soft Hills have just broken free of the Seattle area and will be touring in Europe later this year.

“Days When We Were Young and Free” is a soft, sweet song reminiscent of the likes of early Fleet Foxes and Bon Iver, but with poignant guitar tones, synth textures and a steady drum chorus.

“River Boat” delves into a synthesized sound, that mixes well with brush strokes on the drum paired with electric guitar twangs and smoothed with echo-like vocals.

While I’m not typically a fan of electric sounding music, The Soft Hills blend a perfect mixture of indie folk, smooth perfect vocals and exciting electric adventures.

Each song on “The Bird is Coming Down to Earth” seems to flow together, weaving in and out of a beautiful, dreamy storyline that ebbs like waves. The Soft Hills sound effortless in their pursuits to blend, create, and discover different sounds - they’re like a breath of fresh air.

Lil B

Earl Sweatshirt

Brandon McCartney, better known by his rap name Lil B, is one of the most confusing and polarizing artists to emerge from the ooze that is contemporary underground Internet rap.

Lil B, who raps in a nonsensical, stream-of-consciousness style, began making a name for himself at age 16 when his group The Pack scored a minor hit with “Vans,” a tribute song to the classic skater shoe.

Since breaking out on his own, McCartney has established himself as a force to be reckoned with online, releasing hundreds of songs and dozens of free mixtapes through social networking sites.

Due to his prolific output and legions of obsessed Twitter followers, McCartney has generated more hype and press attention than any other rapper of late.

Unfortunately, as his new mixtape “White Flame” demonstrates, Lil B’s entire rise to fame has very little substance to back it up.

McCartney’s “style” – the mumbled, random slurring he calls “based freestyling,” is downright annoying.

Although Lil B does have a lot of ideas going on here and a decent ear for beats in the vein of classic Southern-rap, his ignorance and lack of professionalism kill his last shred of credibility.

If you already missed out on the other installments in the “Flame” series, it won’t hurt you to miss this one too. Don’t download this tape.

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‘We Are the Works in Progress’

‘Home’ The prodigal son of the Odd Future clan has finally returned.

Earl Sweatshirt, the youngest and the arguably most talented, member of Los Angles-based rap collective Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All was mysteriously missing during the group’s unmissable rise to fame last year.

After releasing his brilliantly evil “Earl” mixtape, Sweatshirt disappeared and was rumored to be attending a boarding school as a punishment from his overbearing mother who disapproved of the graphic content of his lyrics.

Last Wednesday, a Twitter account and accompanying website credited to Sweatshirt began circulating the Internet.

The Twitter account, now verified as belonging to a newly returned Sweatshirt, has gained over 100,000 followers in just under a week. After the account hit 50,000 followers, Sweatshirt graced his fawning masses with a brief taste of things to come, releasing “Home,” a new track, on his website.

On “Home,” Sweatshirt displays all the lyrical versatility and twisted content of his previous material. Although the track clocks in at just under two minutes, all the promise, skill and talent needed to back up the hype are present.

The once and future king is back.

Various Artists Kazu Makino, the lead vocalist of indie rock group Blonde Redhead, was born in Kyoto, Japan, which is part of the surrounding area affected by the meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant following the tsunami caused by the earthquake in March of last year.

To help raise aide money for families displaced by the disaster, Makino has compiled “We Are the Works in Progress,” a collection of rare and previously unreleased tracks by Blone Redhead and their indie contemporaries like electronic musician Pantha du Prince, ambient punk rockers Deerhunter and noiserock group Liars.

Most of the tracks featured, as the album title implies, are unfinished song sketches or partial outtakes of songs later put out in other forms on studio albums. While benefitting a good cause, this album allows listeners a glimpse at some of their favorite artists at work.

The album features 14 tracks pressed on two LPs and comes with a digital download code.

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‘The Walking Dead’ makes a triumphant return to AMC for second half of second season Laura Ciarolla Copy editor

“The Walking Dead” returned to AMC Sunday with the eighth episode of its second season.

Like the others, this episode was full of the usual drama and gore fans have come to expect.

However, since the end of the last episode before its mid-season break, the tone has changed quite a lot.

Viewers were left with a cliffhanger at the ending of episode seven when, as a result Shane’s rash actions, Rick and the gang were forced to shoot down all of the walkers in Hershel’s barn – the last of whom was one of their own - a child named Sophia.

The story continues with Hershel, who delusionally believes the walkers to have hope of recovery banishes Rick and the others from his land. His wife was among the zombies killed in the barn, so he feels particu-

larly invested.

Unwilling to leave the comfort of the farm, Rick grows nervous and attempts to reconcile things with Hershel. The comfort of safety and community the group found at Hershel’s farm is not the only thing at stake in their banishment. Lori recently revealed her pregnancy to Rick, and Hershel (a veterinarian) is the closest thing they have to a doctor.

However, Hershel is nowhere to be seen, leaving behind only an empty flask and stories of his

past drinking problems. Rick and Glen use these clues to lead them to the town’s bar, where they find not just Hershel, but a few other survivors, as well. I won’t give the rest of the episode away, but it seems like the series is setting itself up for a great second half of season two.

After the realization that Sophia was in fact dead, the tone of the group changed significantly. Her survival was a last hope for many of them amidst all of the trauma. Even Rick’s authority has begun to be ques-

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The next episode of the season, “Triggerfinger,” will air Sunday at 9 p.m. on AMC. For fans who can’t wait, a sneak peek is now available at www.amctv. com.

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A nice addition to the episode that some fans may not be aware of is a follow-up show that airs directly after on AMC, “The Talking Dead.” This 30-minute show is hosted by The Nerdist Podcast’s Chris Hardwick, and is a live chat about the latest episode of the show. Guests featured in past episode include comics creator Robert Kirkman,

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Fans of Whitney Houston gather to comfort each other in front of Houston’s New Jersey home.

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Whitney Houston’s funeral will be held Saturday in the church where she first showcased her singing talents as a child, her family choosing to remember her in a private service rather than in a large event at an arena.

The owner of the Whigham Funeral Home said Tuesday that the funeral will be held at noon at Newark’s New Hope Baptist Church, which seats up to 1,500.

The family said no public memorial service is planned at this time. Officials had discussed the possibility of holding a memorial at the Prudential Center, a major sports and entertainment venue that can seat about 18,000 people, but the funeral home said it had been ruled out.

Funeral home owner Carolyn Whigham said the church service will be by invitation only, reflecting the family’s decision to keep the memorial more personal.

“They have shared her for 30-some years with the city, with the state, with the world.

This is their time now for their farewell,” she said.

“The family thanks all the fans, the friends and the media, but this time is their private time,” she said.

Houston, 48, died Feb. 11, at a hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif., just hours before she was set to perform at producer Clive Davis’ pre-Grammy Awards bash.

Officials say she was underwater and apparently unconscious when she was pulled

from a bathtub.

After an autopsy Sunday, authorities said there were no indications of foul play and no obvious signs of trauma on Houston. It could be weeks, however, before the coroner’s office completes toxicology tests to establish the cause of death.

Los Angeles County coroner’s assistant chief Ed Winter said bottles of prescription medicine were found in the room. He would not give details except to say: “There weren’t a lot of prescription bottles. You probably have just as many prescription bottles in your medicine cabinet.”

Her body was returned to New Jersey late Monday.

Houston’s family asked Tuesday that any donations in her memory be sent to the arts-focused public school that she attended as a child and that was named after her in the late 1990s.

In lieu of flowers, they said mourners should donate to the Whitney Houston Academy of Creative and Performing Arts in East Orange, a school serving students in kindergarten through eighth grade.

Houston attended the school as a girl when it was named the Franklin School and was a regular visitor for many years afterward. On Monday, students held an outdoor service in her memory.

An impromptu memorial for Houston was held Sunday during a sadness-tinged Grammys, with Jennifer Hudson saluting her memory with

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a performance of “I Will Always Love You.” Viewership for the awards show soared over last year by 50 percent, with about 40 million viewers tuning in to the program on CBS. On Tuesday, a steady stream of well-wishers continued to stop at the New Hope Baptist Church, where the front fence was adorned with dozens of flowers, balloons and oversized cards, some with hundreds of signatures and condolences written on them.

Several people expressed disappointment that a public memorial had not been scheduled. But they also said they understood why the funeral was being kept private.

“Maybe at some point down the road, they might do something,” said B.J. Frazier, of East Orange, who said she had performed as a singer with one of Houston’s aunts. “But it’s like they’re saying today, they shared her for a long time and they just want her to themselves for now.”

A sensation from her first album, Houston was one of the world’s best-selling artists from the mid-1980s to the late 1990s, turning out such hits as “I Wanna Dance With Somebody,” “How Will I Know,” “The Greatest Love of All” and “I Will Always Love You.” But as she struggled with drugs, her majestic voice became raspy, and she couldn’t hit the high notes.

Houston left behind one child, daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown, 18, from her marriage to singer Bobby Brown.

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FURNISHED APARTMENTS * 2 BEDROOM FURNISHED APARTMENT 8 min. walk to Lair. Quality furniture. White kitchen with D/W, Microwave, heat and water included. Lighted off street parking. Laundry facility. No Pets Year lease.

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1, 2, & 3 BEDROOM, most or all utilities paid. Minutes to campus. NO PETS. 304-276-6239 or 304-276-6237 2 SERIOUS STUDENTS OR PROFESSIONALS to share 3BR, 3 1/2 bath town home near Medical Center. $450/month plus utilities. 724-516-9383.

500 BEVERLY. 2BR INCLUDES water/trash. Pets allowed w/deposit.

Available in May. $400/mo each person.

3 0 4 - 6 1 5 - 6 0 7 1 www.morgantownapts.com 1/2/3BR GILMORE STREET APARTMENTS. Available May.Open floor plan.

Large Kit, Deck, AC, W/D. Off University Avenue.1 block from 8th street. Call or text 304-767-0765 or 304-276-7528.

1BR. W/D, Parking. $400/month including utilities. 304-282-5772

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ALL UTILITIES INCLUDED Cable-Internet Included Washer Dryer Included Parking Included Central Heat and Air Walk In Closets Dishwasher-Microwave Private Balconies 24 Hour Emergency Maintanance On Site Management Modern Fire Safety Features Furnished Optional On Inter-Campus Bus Route

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Kingdom Properties Downtown & South Park Locations Houses & Apartments Starting At Efficiencies 2BR 3BR 4BR 5, 6, 7BR

$325 $325 $375 $395 $450

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JUST LISTED MUST SEE 3BR 2BA. Close to Arnold Hall on Willey Street.

W/D, D/W, Microwave. Parking.Sprinkler and security system. $485/person utilities included. No pets. 12 months lease.

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1-2-3 BRS. Lease and deposit. NO PETS. Call 291-1000 for appointment.

SPRUCE STREET RENTAL 3/BR Furnished including all utilities. Other than cable and internet.

Avail. now. $535/person 304-292-8888

SUNNYSIDE. NICE 2BR. 1/BA. WD. C/AC-HEAT $750/mo+ utilities. Small yard.

Porch. NO PETS. Available 5/16/12.

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1 and 2/BR APARTMENTS. UTILITIES INCLUDED. Also 2 and 3 bedroom houses. Downtown. 304-288-8955.

1 BR Downtown Location, Private Porch, Some utilities paid, $450+deposit lease, parking. 304-685-6565 or 304-685-5210.

1 BR DOWNTOWN, 2 ELK STREET. Includes W/D, DW, Microwave, Deck. $525+ elect & garbage.

304-319-1243 hymarkproperties.com 1, 2 & 3BR APARTMENTS & 4BR HOUSES. Close to campus and South Park locations. Utill. W/D included. Some with parking, Pets considered.

304-292-5714 2 BR 2 BA. Stewarts Town Road. W/D.AC. Garage. $700/month. No pets.Text or call 304-288-6374. kjedwards2@comcast.net.

2 BR. South Park. $600/month. W/D. No pets. Text or call 304-288-6374. kjedwards2@comcast.net 2 BR. WALK TO CLASS. Parking. Some utilities. No Pets. Available June 1, 2012.

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Max Rentals 304-291-8423.

3 BEDROOMS NEAR MARIO’S FISHBOWL. W/D, D/W, A/C. 304-594-1200. bckrentals.com

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4 BR 1 BA. 332 Stewart St. $1600/month.

All major utilities included. No pets. Text or call 304-288-6374. kjedwards2@comcast.net 1,2 & 3 BR’S AVAILABLE. Walking distance from campus. Please Call RICHWOOD PROPERTIES @ 304-692-0990 225, 227 JONES, 617 NORTH STREET. Apts & Houses 1,2,3,4BR, excellent condition. $325 to $395each plus utilities. NO PETS. All have off street parking with security lighting. E. J. Stout 304-685-3457 1/2/3BR GILMORE STREET APARTMENTS. Available May.Open floor plan.

Large Kit, Deck, AC, W/D. Off University Avenue.1 block from 8th street. Call or text 304-767-0765 or 304-276-7528.

1BR IN GREAT CONDITION, large and convenient located at 779 Snider Street, free W/D facilities, parking. $500 all utilities included. 304-288-3308 1-2/BR. LOWER SOUTH PARK. Available June 1st. Includes gas/water/elec/trash.

Laundry access. 10-min walk to campus. $500/mo&up.

304-288-9978 or 304-288-2052 1-3 BR APTS AND HOUSES. SOME include utilities and allow pets! Call Pearand Corporation 304-292-7171.

Shawn D. Kelly Broker 74 Kingwood St. 2/BR APT. $375/MO/PERSON, UTILITIES INCLUDED. W/D, Pets w/fee Located on Dorsey Avenue. Available 05/15. One year lease + deposit. 304-482-7556.

2BR APARTMENT IN WESTOVER. All utilities paid. W/D included, pets with deposit. $800 month. www.morgantownapts.com or 304-615-6071 3/4BR APARTMENT (1 side of duplex), Large, W/D, Walk to Town&Campus, off street parking, $395/person, available May 16th, call/text 304-290-3347.

3/BR, 2/BA TOWNHOUSE FOR RENT. Walking distance to downtown campus. $1290/mo, includes utilities.

Call 304-282-8769. NO PETS. Visit: roylinda.shutterfly.com!

3BR, Downtown, First St. $400+ util.(per person), Scott Properties, LLC 304-296-7400 or scottpropertiesllc.com 3BD. 577 CLARK ST. W/D and off street parking. All utilities included. $400/person.

304-680-1313.

3BR, Downtown, First St. $400+ util.(per person), 2BR Evansdale, Bakers Land $425+ util.(per person). Scott Properties, LLC 304-319-6000 or scottpropertiesllc.com A 3 BR 3 BATH DUPLEX. W/D. A/C, DW. Off-street parking. 10 minutes walk from main campus.$1200/month without utility. 304-319-0437.

A GREAT LOCATION. Minutes from town. $600/MO. WD, 2BR, 1BA. No Pets.

304-292-8102. No calls after 8PM. APARTMENTS AND HOUSES FOR RENT. All close to downtown and campus.

304-685-7835 AVAILABLE MAY. Large, 2 bedroom conveniently located Westover. 7 min wak to Walnut PRT. Great condition.

Central A/C, DW, free W/D facilities, Storage facilities, parking. $395 per person. ALL UTILITIES INCLUDED. giuliani-properties.com 304-288-3308 AVAILABLE NOW, NICE, SPACIOUS 2/BR. Recent updates. W/D. Central air.

Off-street parking. $800/mo +utilities.

Lease, deposit. No Pets. 304-288-8199.

AVERY APARTMENTS 1BR/1BA with DW, WD, hard wood floors, free fitness room, sun bed and WIFI. Close to town$650+electric.

304-692-9296. www.rentalswv.com BEVERLY AVE. APARTMENT. 2-3-4/BR Well-maintained. Off-street parking. W/D. DW. A/C. NO PETS. Available 5/16/12.

304-241-4607.

If no answer: 304-282-0136.

CONDO FOR RENT. 2/BR-2/BA. June/2012. $875/mo plus electric/cable. Internet ready all rooms. Near Hospitals, Stadium. WD. Parking. Pets negotiable.

304-282-1184.

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SCOTT PROPERTIES, PROPERTIES, LLC

Barrington North NOW LEASING FOR 2012 Prices Starting at $605 2 Bedroom 1 Bath

24 Hour Maintenance/Security Laundry Facilities

Minutes to Hospitals and Evansdale Bus Service

NO PETS

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BCKRENTALS.COM 304-594-1200

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Glenlock 2BR 2BA $510/Person $1020

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May 15, 2012

ALL SIZES ALL LOCATIONS

STARTING AS LOW AS $320.00 PER PERSON

Ashley Oaks 2BR Valley View 1 & 2BR Valley View 2BR/2BA Skyline

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Copperfield 1 & 2BR Copperfield 2BR/2BA w w w. m e t r o p r o p e r t y m g m t . n e t NOW SHOWING! 1,2,3,4BR Apartments Downtown for May 2012. Please NO PETS. 304-296-5931.

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Now Leasing 2012 1 & 2 Bedroom 2 Bath Apartments Prices Starting at $495 Garages, W/D, Walk In Closets Sparkling Pool Minutes to Hospitals & Downtown

24 HR Maintenance/Security Bus Service NO PETS Bon Vista &The Villas

304-599-1880 www.morgantownapartments.com FIVE (5) 1/BR APARTMENTS NOW available. West Run, Morgantown. $600/mo each plus $300/dep. NO PETS. Call Jess: 304-290-8572.

FOR MAY. UNIQUE Apartments 2, & 3 BR Close to main campus.

Washer/Dryer, Dishwasher, Private Parking. Pets w/fee. 508-788-7769.

GREEN PROPERTIES. IN FIRST WARD Quiet 2BR 1BA AC, DW, $490/person, all utilities included. NO PETS. Available May. 304-216-3402.

WILKINS RENTALS 304-292-5714

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304-296-7476 No Pets

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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 PROFESSIONAL/GRADUATE Quiet 1/BR, Kitchen, Bath. 5/min walk to Walnut PRT. LOWER SOUTH PARK. Everything included. $500/mo. 304-216-3332 or 304-296-3332 STARCITY. AVAILABLE NOW .2BR/1BA LARGE, carpeted, DW, WD, GAS, AC. off st parking. NO PETS/SMOKING. $575/M 304-692-1821.

LARGE 1BR APARTMENT located at 320 Stewart St. In very good condition and very near downtown campus. $425 + utilities. Call 304-288-3308

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.

NOW RENTING TOP OF FALLING RUN ROAD Morgan Point 1+2/BR $590-$790+ utilities. Semester lease. WD. DW. Parking.

NO PETS. Call: 304-290-4834.

WALKING DISTANCE TO DOWNTOWN. 2BR, 1 1/2 BTH, Laundry Room, Parking Permit. 501 Beverly Ave. $800 plus util.

304-685-9300

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

2 W/D . In very good conditions. Must See! Starting at $450 per person. ALL UTILITIES INCLUDED. If you want to be the envy of your friends.

Call 304-288-3308. giuliani-properties 1309 COLLEGE AVE. 3 BR, 2 full baths, W/D, DW, large porches and yard. Parking, Pet friendly. $450 all utilities included.

304-288-3308 www.giuliani-properties.com 3,4,5,6 BR HOUSES walk to class.

Some parking. W/D. No Pets. Available June 1,2012. Lease./Deposit. Max Rentals 304-291-8423.

3BR. 2 FULL BATH. W/D. $900/MONTH. Please call 304-983-2529.

Now Leasing for 2012 - 2013 Apartments & Houses

3/BR, 2/BA RANCH ON 1 ACRE. CAC. 10 minutes from both hospitals. $1100/mo.

NO PETS. Call 304-282-8769.

Close to Campus & South Park Locations

6BR (2APTS) HOUSE IN SOUTH PARK. 2 kitchens. 2 baths. W/D. Utilities included. June 1 Lease. $435/person.

304-292-5714.

All Include Utilities and Washer/Dryer Many Include Parking Pets Considered

Lease and Deposit Campus Area - 3 & 4 BR Apts. & Houses South Park - 1, 2, 3 and 4 BR Apts.

Between Campuses - 4 BR Houses

FURNISHED HOUSES 4/BR CONDO. PRIVATE BATH. Walk-in closets. W/D. $390/mo. per room includes utilities. Pool, Volleyball. Contact Yvonne: (302)270-4497 leave message.

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Rents as low as $420/mo per person

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NEEDED FOR SUBLET 3/BR, 3.5 bath, CopperBeech Townhome. $449/mo.+utils.

Cable included. Bus to Downtown. Call 240.216.1937 or email jolsen523@gmail.com

DOWNTOWN PROPERTIES Phone: 304-413-0900

1 and 2 Bedroom Apartments For Rent

AVAILABLE MAY 15TH FULLY FURNISHED 5BR/ 3BATH. On downtown campus. $300/person. Plus utilities. W/D/DW. lease and deposit required. Small pets ok with deposit.304-599-6001.

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

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.

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.

* 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.

STARTING AS LOW AS $510.00 PER PERSON

ROOMMATES

WALK TO STADIUM! 3BR HOUSE. Modern kitchen/bath, w/d, off street parking. $415/person/month plus utilities; owner pays garbage. Call Steve at 304-288-6012

304-296-7400 scottpropertiesllc.com

Walk to classes!

Downtown campus

AVAILABLE

Townhome Living Downtown

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

24 Hour Emergency Maintenance & Enforcement Officer Off Street parking

Phone 304-598-9001

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In Sunnyside 4 Bedroom, 2.5 Bath Unfurnished Townhomes With covered Parking $625 per person Now Leasing

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UNFURNISHED APARTMENTS

AVAILABLE IN MAY. 4BR HOUSE walking distance to Downtown. Off st parking and WD. $1200/month+utilities.

304-216-2341 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 NOW 3/BR. 2/Block to ‘Lair.

Recent renovations. WD. Parking. NO PETS. Quiet area. Lease/deposit.

304-288-8199.

AVAILABLE. 2/BR. 2/BLOCKS TO LAIR. WD. NO PETS. Quiet Street.

Lease/deposit. 304-288-8199.

LARGE 2BR HOUSE. EAST BROCKWAY AVE. Free Parking. Close to town. W/D. 1 1/2 Bath. Full Basement. Plenty of storage room. $900/month. 304-290-1332.

S m i t h R e n ta l s , L L C Houses For Rent

AVAILABLE MAY 2012 Check out: www.smithrentalsllc.com

(304) 322-1112

TWO SERIOUS FEMALE STUDENTS NEEDED for very nice modern 3BR Apartment on Price Street. Close to downtown campus. Must be clean, quiet. Includes utilities, trash, WD, DW, AC, 1.5 bath, lighted parking. NO Dogs. Small pets considered. $420/monthly Starts May 15th .

304-379-9851.

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

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

Any make! Any model! Any condition!

282-2560

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

10-mins from downtown. Small local bar.

Granville. 304-365-4565.

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH MORGANTOWN is looking for a worship leader who can bridge the gap between traditional and contemporary music. He or she needs to have experience leading a choir and building/leading a worship team. They also need to be willing to incorporate classical instrumentation. Please send resumes to justinwoulard@fbcmorgantown.com JERSEY SUBS HIRING DELIVERY DRIVERS and pizza and line cooks. Apply in person at 1756 Mile Ground Rd. Must have experience.

MARIO’S FISHBOWL NOW HIRING a part time cook and server. Apply in person at 704 Richwood Avenue.

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

EMPLOYMENT SERVICES DO YOU WANT TO WORK WITH ASHEBROOKE? Apply at 300 Beechurst Avenue. 304-296-2035

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Buffalo Wild Wings opens in Suncrest

BY Emily Meadows a&e WriteR

Now High Street in Morgantown isn’t the only place to get your wing fix.

Buffalo Wild Wings opened the doors to its second Morgantown location in the Suncrest Towne Centre just two weeks ago.

The national wing chain of restaurants is famous for their vast selection of sauces and flavorings, including the mild “Sweet Barbeque,” the spicier “Jammin Jalapeno,” and the “Blazin’” hot sauce that is certainly not for the weak-hearted.

West Virginia University geography student Max Ogle said he was most impressed with the sixpiece Thai Curry flavored wings, a limited edition spice that combines a sweet taste of chile with curry spices.

For those seeking a one-ofa-kind meal, but aren’t in the mood for wings, the menu also offers items like chicken tenders, shrimp and ribs.

These entrees can also be tossed in a flavoring of your choice, or left “naked” for a mild yet taste. The traditional menu also offers originals like the “Black and Blue” burger, “Buffalito” wraps and delicious

chicken tender salads.

The new location sticks to the restaurants’ sports bar atmosphere, housing high ceilings, surround sound and spacious isles that lead into a much larger seating area than the downtown location.

The comfortable and relaxed space is a perfect fit for casual dinners as well as large groups or parties. Just in time for basketball season, all seating is perfectly positioned around more than twenty televisions, where Matt Sunday/THE DAILY ATHENAEUM you can find all your WVU sportBuffalo Wild Wings features specials on Tuesday and Thursday for ‘wing night.’ ing events and much more.

“It’s a very relaxed place to hang out,” said Alejandro Belden, a journalism student.

“You’d think since it’s a sports bar it would be loud and overwhelming, but the spacious area allows you to be loud in your own little environment.”

With plenty of parking, the convenient location is perfect for students living in and around Morgantown’s growing Suncrest neighborhood who may not always have easy access to downtown restaurants.

Buffalo Wild Wings is open weekdays from 11 a.m.-12 a.m. and weekends from 11 a.m.-2 a.m.

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Buffalo Wild Wings at Suncrest Town Centre features 30 beers on tap.

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Chris Coffman, bartender at Buffalo Wild Wings, speaks with customers at a packed bar.

University of Michigan’s Creative Arts Orchestra to play CAC

by Madeline Carey A&E WRITER

Opening Wednesday evening at the West Virginia University Creative Arts Center is a guest performance by the University of Michigan’s Creative Arts Orchestra.

Unlike most performers that visit the CAC, the Creative Arts Orchestra will be improvising the entire performance.

The group has yet to practice one piece, and no two per-

formances are alike. They create the music that they play, tossing aside the classically acclaimed pieces that often dominate this style of performance, altogether they create a dynamic ensemble that is almost unheard of.

“This ensemble is one of the few of its kind in the world.

There are a few such groups sprinkled around the world in places like New York, Chicago, Amsterdam, and Berlin. However, such a group in a univer-

sity setting remains very rare,” said Mark Kirschenmann, the director of the orchestra at Michigan.

Having begun in 1986, the orchestra has grown to incorporate 24 graduate and undergraduate students, a number that surmounts that of WVU’s.

Michigan’s orchestra began in 1986 and has grown to incorporate 24 graduate and undergraduate students.

The orchestra, which usually performs alongside guest

performers will be making tonight’s appearance in Morgantown solo.

“We have no idea what we’ll do until we’re doing it ... As mentioned, we will create each piece as we go,” Kirschenmann said.

“In that way, each piece is a premiere. Our music is a direct reflection of each person in the group, and we all have an equal say. We’ll be sometimes loud, quiet, dense, colorful, tonal, abstract, grooving,

floating, abrupt and static, etc.”

Paul Scea, an associate professor at WVU and director of University Jazz Studies, is excited for the chance to see the Creative Arts Orchestra at work. As to what the audience should expect out of this concert, Scea could give no definite answer. With performers that have no actual performance in mind, anything can happen.

“The UMCAO [University of Michigan Creative Arts Or-

chestra] has been different every time I’ve heard them. I know that they will be very creative, and present some very interesting music,” Scea said.

The Creative Arts Orchestra is sure to put on a show that dazzles and surprises those in attendance with a variety of music. The concert begins at 7 p.m. in the Bloch Learning and Performance Hall and will be open to the public. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu