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City Council evaluates smoking ban by lydia nuzum

associate city editor

Members of the Morgantown City Council discussed creating a city-wide smoking ordinance to compliment the Clean Indoor Air Act approved by the Monongalia County Board of Health this month.

The council discussed the particulars of the county-wide ordinance, which prohibits smoking in all enclosed public

facilities with the exception of hookah lounges, cigar bars, private residences not utilized as a child care facility and bingo operations that distribute more than 100 cards or sheets.

The city has changed the date on its current smoking ordinance, which was initially intended to take effect on Jan. 1, and moved it to March 9 to match the county regulation.

“All of the amendments that were made in this ordinance

are from the final adopted regulations by the board of health,” said City Attorney Steve Fanok.

“My office and the city manager’s office went through the document several times and made sure, word-by-word, that everything that is included in this ordinance complies with and is the same as in the county’s regulation.”

Bill Byrne, sixth ward councilor, said the regulation is not clear on its regulation of hookah

lounges, especially in regard to whether hookah lounges are grandfathered in the ordinance.

“I think the intent that we had here was, when the owner of the particular hookah facility came in, we wanted to grandfather the business,” Byrne said.

“By not putting a grandfather clause in there creates a situation where a lot of other hookah lounges could be established.”

The existing hookah bar in question, X-Hale, is located on

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Walnut Street and was opened in 2010. The current version of the ordinance allows for hookah lounges without restriction.

“I prepared the regulations that were presented to the Board of Health for adoption,” Fanok said.

“In those regulations that I prepared, there were specific grandfathering clauses for hookah lounges and cigar bars, as well as for the retail tobacco stores. When the regulations

were adopted, the county chose not to include the grandfather provision.”

The council also discussed improvements to the Morgantown Streetscape project concerning the trees that line the sidewalks of High Street.

Representatives of Morgantown Streetscape discussed the options for improving safety standards concerning the raised

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Survey helps gain insight to local homeless needs by mackenzie mays city editor

The West Virginia Coalition to End Homelessness is preparing to conduct its Point in Time survey of the homeless community in the greater Morgantown area.

Local organizations such as the Caritas House and the Milan Puskar Health Right work together to conduct the annual survey, which accounts for individuals and families who are experiencing homelessness or are at-risk of becoming homeless.

Community Development Administrator Dave Bott said the survey will assist in the completion of the Continuum of Care report and will provide tremendous insight into the needs of the homeless, as well as future outreach plans.

“This gives us an accurate picture of what we’re offering that’s working, and what we need to offer in order to help maintain a lifestyle,” Bott said.

“This helps us get them back into a stable housing situation.”

Bott said the Morgantown area has seen a gradual increase in its homeless population over the past few years.

Last year, the Point in Time

survey accounted for 155 homeless individuals in the greater Morgantown area.

“In West Virginia, affordable housing is a real issue that we’ve struggled to identify – especially in Morgantown. We’ve seen an incremental percentage growth in the homeless population every year since the recession started,” he said.

“We’re seeing a different demographic because of the recession – primarily more families with children, and a lot of that has to do with struggling in the economy.”

About 80 percent of the homeless population in Monongalia County are originally from the great Morgantown area, Bott said.

“There are a lot of misconceptions that they’re all from out of town and come here because it’s a great place. But, most lived here previously or have friends and family or jobs here,” he said.

Volunteers are needed to help perform the street survey and are required to attend a training Saturday at 10 a.m. in the conference room at Milan Puskar Health Right.

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Alumni Association to host annual luncheon by carlee lammers

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West Virginia players Asya Bussie (left) and Ayana Dunning (right) hold the trophy after Tuesday’s 69-57 win against in-state rival Marshall.

Employee wellness program receives national recognition by carlee lammers staff writer

The West Virginia University Division of Human Resources Employee Wellness Program has been nationally recognized by the American Heart Association as a Start! Fit-Friendly Company.

The WVU Employee Wellness program is committed to supporting employee health by coordinating campus-wide wellness activities and educating faculty and staff on the health resources available to them.

“So much is being done on

our campus and in our community to contribute to the health and well-being of our employees, so I strive to make our employees aware of all of these wonderful resources,” said WVU wellness program manager Kimberly Zaph.

The Start! Fit-Friendly Program has been designed by the AHA as a catalyst for a health and wellness concentrated change in American businesses.

“In order to achieve recognition, companies must demonstrate leadership commitment, achieve specified goals and be approved by the Amer-

ican heart Association Volunteer Panel,” Zaph said.

WVU’s Employee Wellness Program was able to attain Gold Level recognition through various initiatives to promote physical activity and encourage programs that offer resources to faculty and staff to make wellness-conscious lifestyle changes.

Receiving recognition from the AHA emphasizes the University’s priority on health and wellness throughout West Virginia, Zaph said.

As a part of the WVU 2020 Strategic Plan for the Future, a goal was set to enhance the

health, wellness, quality of life and well-being of people throughout the state, she said.

“As we move forward in 2012, I am grateful for the commitment on the part of WVU to contribute to the work-life balance and the well-being of our employees and our students,” Zaph said.

Upon achieving a gold level recognition, the Employee Wellness Program received access to online programs and various materials that will promote and educate company wellness programs to

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INSIDE THIS EDITION The West Virginia women’s basketball team was able to win a physical battle against Marshall Tuesday night in Charleston. SPORTS PAGE 8

The West Virginia University Alumni Association will host the 16th annual Capital Classic Luncheon in Charleston, W.Va., today prior to the WVU vs. Marshall men’s basketball game.

The luncheon is hosted each year at the Charleston Embassy Suites in celebration of WVU and its success as a land-grant university.

University President James P. Clements, Governor Earl Ray Tomblin and Senators Joe Manchin and Jay Rockefeller will be present at the luncheon.

Clements will present a video at the event, which will highlight WVU’s success throughout the state, nation and world through its initiatives such as the K-12 STEM education program, rural health care programs and outreach abroad.

A sold-out crowd of hundreds of University alumni, legislators, government leaders and parents are expected to be present to learn more and celebrate WVU’s efforts.

Director of Communications for the Alumni Association Tara Curtis said she is

excited for the opportunity to celebrate the University in the Kanawha Valley, which is home to the second largest WVU alumni population.

“It’s really a good opportunity to engage alumni, legislators and parents in the University. We’re excited to share the story of WVU and all the great success,” she said.

“Alumni are the life and blood of any great university, so we need to be able to get out there.”

Those who attend the luncheon will also have the opportunity to enjoy a brief visit from the men’s basketball players and coaches.

Since 1929, the WVU men’s basketball team has played Marshall in the annual Chesapeake Energy Capital Classic. This year, the matchup between the two teams will be held at the Charleston Civic Center with tip-off at 7:30 p.m.

“It’s going to be a great leadin to the basketball game,” Curtis said. “This University is vital to the state of West Virginia – this is a wonderful opportunity to come out and tell the WVU story to the state, nation and the world.” danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

CAPITAL SHOWDOWN The West Virginia men’s basketball team will try to avenge last year’s loss to Marshall in tonight’s Capital Classic.

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LOCAL NEWS

W.Va. lawmakers receive ‘cracker’ tax break bill CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia would offer a 25-year break from property taxes to attract a new chemical plant fueled by the state’s emerging Marcellus natural gas industry, under a proposal from Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin that debuted in the Legislature on Tuesday.

A second bill introduced from Tomblin’s agenda would continue to exempt the state’s ailing timber sector from severance taxes, while a third would repeal a tax on telecommunications services that no longer yields revenues.

West Virginia is competing with other Marcellus shale states for a so-called “cracker” plant. This massive facility would “crack” or convert ethane, a byproduct of Marcellus wells, into the highly useful chemical compound ethylene.

The state Department of Revenue estimates that a $2 billion plant would create 12,000 jobs, both direct and indirect as well as induced by the resulting consumer activity. Revenue officials say these jobs would provide $600 million in wages annually.

“We really see it as a way

Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin waves to the crowd prior to delivering his State of the State address at the Capitol in Charleston. to revitalize manufacturing in West Virginia,” Karen Price, president of the Manufacturers Association, said of a cracker. She added, “It won’t just change the manufacturing economy, it will change the whole economy.”

Tomblin’s proposal would benefit a company that invests at least $2 billion to build a cracker. It would slash

the appraised value of real estate as well as equipment and inventory to 5 percent of market value. It expands on a 10-year tax break passed last year, at Tomblin’s request, to spur spinoff industries from drilling the natural gas-rich Marcellus reserve.

Price’s group supports the bill as a “great economic development tool,” she said

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“I think we’re pretty well positioned (for a cracker). The tax issue is one that sticks out like a sore thumb,” Price said.

The West Virginia Constitution tightly controls property taxes, which are the main revenue source for counties and their public school systems.

Amid a debate over amending that strict language, lawmak-

ers have granted 5 percent or salvage-value rates to other categories of property such as for aircraft in 2008.

Ted Boettner, executive director of the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy, estimated that a cracker plant in Kanawha County with a market value of $1 billion would enjoy a $13 million annual tax break. Boettner’s nonprofit group scrutinizes such tax incentives while advocating that government spending can aid low- and moderate-income residents.

“Attracting good paying jobs to the state is very important, but we should be very careful not to balance business tax cuts on the back of educating our children or other state residents,” Boettner said Tuesday. He added that “while we support strategic state subsidies and development of the Marcellus shale gas play, this could be viewed by conservatives as a case of government ‘picking winners.’”

Revenue officials estimate that at salvage value, a cracker that qualifies for the break would still provide around $1.5 million in annual prop-

erty taxes to its host county.

The timber tax break would continue a four-year exemption approved by lawmakers in 2009, to help the industry weather the recession. It’s still needed, said Sen. Karen Facemyer, whose family is involved in timbering.

“It’s an industry that’s on life support,” said Facemyer, R-Jackson. “Until the housing market comes back, it’s an industry pretty much on hold.

So, I’m very pleased to see the governor agreeing that we need to take some measures to protect the measure.”

The severance tax on trees cut down by industry had provided revenues to the state Division of Forestry.

The agency’s share of general tax proceeds has actually increased since 2009, from $3.9 million to $4.3 million, though the number of full-time positions has dropped from 73 to 68, state budget figures show.

Timber would remain exempt until severance tax revenues on other extracted natural resources finishes paying off a debt left from when the state ran a workers’ compensation system. That’s expected by 2016.

WORLD NEWS

Italy Cruise Disaster: Coast Guard told Italian captain to go back aboard ROME (AP) — “You go on board! Is that clear? Do you hear me?” the Coast Guard officer shouted as the captain of the grounded Costa Concordia sat safe in a life raft and frantic passengers struggled to escape after the ship rammed into a reef off the Tuscan coast.

“It is an order. Don’t make any more excuses. You have declared ‘Abandon ship.’ Now I am in charge.”

The dramatic recording made public Tuesday shows Capt. Francesco Schettino resisted orders to return to his ship to direct the evacuation, saying it was too dark and the ship was tipping perilously.

The exchange came to light as the death toll nearly dou-

bled to 11 after divers pulled the bodies of four men and a woman, all wearing life vests, from the wreckage. Some two dozen people remain missing.

The Costa Concordia had more than 4,200 passengers and crew on board when it slammed into the reef Friday off the tiny island of Giglio after Schettino made an unauthorized maneuver from the ship’s programmed course — apparently to show off the luxury liner to the island’s residents.

Schettino has insisted that he stayed aboard until the ship was evacuated. However, the recording of his conversation with Italian Coast Guard Capt. Gregorio De Falco makes clear he fled before all passen-

gers were off — and then defied De Falco’s repeated orders to go back.

“Listen Schettino,” De Falco can be heard shouting in the audio tape. “There are people trapped on board. ... You go on board and then you will tell me how many people there are. Is that clear?”

But Schettino resisted, saying the ship was listing and he was with his second-in-command in the lifeboat.

“I am here with the rescue boats. I am here. I am not going anywhere. I am here,” he said. “I am here to coordinate the rescue.”

“What are you coordinating there? Go on board! Coordinate the rescue from aboard

the ship. Are you refusing?” came the response.

Schettino said he was not refusing, but he still did not return to the ship, saying at one point: “Do you realize it is dark and here we can’t see anything?”

De Falco shouted back: “And so what? You want to go home, Schettino? It is dark and you want to go home? Get on that prow of the boat using the pilot ladder and tell me what can be done, how many people there are and what their needs are.

Now!” The exchange also indicates that Schettino did not know anyone had died, with De Falco telling him at one point: “There are already bodies now, Schettino.”

“How many bodies?” Schettino asks in a nervous tone.

“You are the one who has to tell me how many there are!”

De Falco barks in response.

Schettino was finally heard on the tape agreeing to reboard. But the Coast Guard has said he never went back, and police arrested him on land several hours later.

The audio, first made available on the website of the Corriere della Sera newspaper and authenticated by the Coast Guard, was broadcast throughout the day on Italian television to a stunned nation.

Jailed since the accident, Schettino appeared Tuesday before a judge in Grosseto, where he was questioned for three hours. The judge ordered him held under house arrest, his lawyer, Bruno Leporatti, told reporters, and later Italian media said he had returned to his home near Naples.

Criminal charges including manslaughter and abandoning ship are expected to be filed by prosecutors in coming days. He faces 12 years in prison for the abandoning ship charge alone.

At the hearing, Leporatti said

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Zaph said she hopes to use the new resources to continue striving toward a wellness-conscious University.

“I will continue to build bridges among the many departments and units of the University – helping to spread the successful efforts WVU already has in place to a wider group of people,” she said. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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the captain gave his version of events, insisting that after the initial crash into the reefs he had maneuvered the ship close to shore in a way that “saved hundreds, if not thousands, of lives.”

The lawyer said urine and hair samples were taken from Schettino, apparently to determine if he might have consumed alcohol or used drugs before the accident.

Tanned and looking younger than his 52 years, Schettino has worked for 11 years for the ship’s Italian operator, Costa Crociere SpA, achieving the rank of captain in 2006. He hails from Meta di Sorrento in the Naples area, which produces many of Italy’s ferry and cruise boat captains. He attended the Nino Bixio merchant marine school near Sorrento.

The five bodies discovered Tuesday were adults in their 50s or 60s, each wearing the orange vests that passengers use, indicating they were not crew members, said a Coast Guard spokesman, Cmdr. Filippo Marini. Their nationalities were not immediately released.

They were discovered after Italian naval divers exploded holes in the hull of the grounded cruise ship, trying to speed up the search for the missing. Navy spokesman Alessandro Busonero told Sky TV 24 the holes would help divers enter the wreck more easily.

“We are rushing against time,” he said.

Before the grim finding, authorities had said 25 passengers and four crew members were missing. They include Americans Jerry and Barbara Heil of White Bear Lake, Minn., as well as 14 Germans, six Italians, four French, a Hungarian, an Indian and a Peruvian.

Mediterranean waters in the area were relatively calm Tuesday with waves just a foot high, but they were expected to reach nearly 6 feet (1.8 meters)

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The council discussed the possibility of removing the trees from the sidewalks, installing tree grates to surround the trees, or creating safeguards around the existing structures to prevent potential injury to pedestrians.

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The two-hour training session will help volunteers learn how to approach and interact with those in need.

“The purpose of training is to give people a sense of comfort when they decide to volunteer. We’ve been doing this since 2005 and have never had any incidents, but safety is paramount in what we do,” Bott said.

The survey will begin at 4 p.m. Tuesday and end Wednesday at 4 p.m.

Bott said the program is an opportunity for West Virginia

Wednesday, according to meteorological forecasts.

A Dutch shipwreck salvage firm said it would take its engineers and divers two to four weeks to extract the 500,000 gallons of fuel aboard the ship.

The safe removal of the fuel has become a priority second only to finding the missing, as the wreckage site lies in a maritime sanctuary for dolphins, porpoises and whales.

Preliminary phases of the fuel extraction could begin as early as Wednesday if approved by Italian officials, the company said.

Smit, based in Rotterdam, Netherlands, said no fuel had leaked and the ship’s tanks appeared intact. While there is a risk the ship could shift in larger waves, it has so far been relatively stable perched on top of rocks near Giglio’s port.

Smit’s operations manager, Kees van Essen, said the company was confident the fuel could safely be extracted using pumps and valves to vacuum the oil out to waiting tanks.

“But there are always environmental risks in these types of operations,” he told reporters.

The company said any discussion about the fate of the ship – whether it is removed in one piece or broken up – would be decided by Costa Crociere and its insurance companies.

Miami-based Carnival Corp., which owns the Italian operator, estimated that preliminary losses from having the Concordia out of commission through 2012 would be between $85 million and $95 million, along with other costs. The company’s share price slumped more than 16 percent Monday.

Carnival said its deductible on damage to the ship was approximately $30 million. In addition, the company faces a deductible of $10 million for third-party personal injury liability claims. frustrated, because the problem is a very serious problem of people tripping,” said Deputy-Mayor Ron Bane.

“We also have problems with people in wheelchairs attempting to get around them.

You can’t even have three people walking down the sidewalk side-by-side. It just seems to me that having an alternative and doing nothing – it’s frustrating.” lydia.nuzum@mail.wvu.edu

University students to learn what it’s like to walk in someone else’s shoes.

“Becoming involved allows individuals to have an awareness of the homeless population. Volunteers who do this come away with a sense of awe because they didn’t realize the reality about certain stereotypes concerning the homeless,” he said. “We’ve got to understand they are citizens of our society just like everyone else. And, they have problems just like us – just a little more extreme.”

For more information, contact Caritas House, Inc. at 304-985-0021. mackenzie.mays@mail.wvu.edu

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Underground Sound

‘Y//ST’

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Yamantaka // Sonic Titan

‘Voyager ’

Smashing Pumpkins

‘Let’s Go Eat the Factory ’

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Comprised of Ruby Kato Attwood and Alaska B, Yamantako // Sonic Titan, is one of the most ambitious new bands today. The members wear elaborate face paint and often appear at their shows dressed in bikinis. Their music attempts to express its members’ mixed heritage and diverse upbringing.

Both Attwood and Yamantako grew up in Canada and share a mixed Anglo-Asian heritage. Using the complex compositions of progressive rock, the aesthetics of Kabuki and the ambition of performance art, Yamantako // Sonic Titan tries to convey the collision of East-meets-West and give it a new meaning.

On the group’s Band Camp page, where its first partial release can be streamed, they describe themselves as, “a psychedelic ‘Noh’-wave opera group fusing noise, metal, pop and folk music into a multidisciplinary hyper-orientalist cesspool.”

Despite all the subgenres, the group is able to operate on more than one level. While conveying their globalist, operatic themes, the group also simultaneously appeals to metal and K-pop fans.

The group is currently in progress of recording its first proper album, a concept record entitled “STAR,” which is set to be released on Psychic Handshake Records.

To check out what the group is working on, you can get a preview online at: http://www.ytstlabs.com/ blog/#top

Remember when Smashing Pumpkins were cool and Billy Corgan was a guitar god?

Well, the Pumpkins and their ‘90s heydays are long since over, and their legacy has become subjected to Corgan’s ego and the firing of most of the original members.

In 2007, when Corgan announced he would be resurrecting the alternative icons, he held auditions to find look-alike replacements for the group’s original bassist D’arcy Elizabeth Wretzky and original guitarist , James Yoshinobu Iha. He then took the doppelganger Pumpkins on tour in support of a new album and proceeded to play sets full of the old ‘90s hits.

It’s a lot more pleasant to remember Smashing Pumpkins as they once were - when they first started out. To satisfy frustrated fans, Corgan has compiled intricate reissues of all the Pumpkins’ original work. The re-releases feature his handwritten liner notes, remixes, rare songs, an accompanying DVD and deluxe packaging.

For those of us who refuse to accept what Corgan’s creation has transformed into, these reissues are the best way to enjoy and remember the Smashing Pumpkins. And don’t worry, they won’t be reissuing “Zeitgeist” anytime soon.

Canadian folk-rocker Kathleen Edwards released her fourth studio album “Voyageur” Tuesday after four years and a divorce since her last album.

Although I’m not familiar with Edwards, I fell in love in the first minute into the first song “Empty Threat.”

Folk band Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon lent his production skills to the album, and you can hear his influence throughout.

The soft shimmering sounds and, ironically soft voices, on “A Soft Place to Land” ring true to Bon Iver’s songs.

“Change the Sheets” combines beautiful vocals, but with a cute, pop-like beat that pushed me to keep listening.

Grammy-winner Norah Jones made an appearance for the seven-minute song “For the Record.” The track is a nice addition to an already innocent album, but the song’s poignant guitar keys make the song memorable and sweet.

As a fan of Bon Iver, Edwards will now be appearing on my playlists.

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Guided By Voices The indie rock band Guided, by Voices, from Dayton, Ohio, debuted their first of two records this year earlier this week.

The band has been on a hiatus since 2004 and will be releasing another LP in May titled “Class Clown Spots a UFO.” Guided by Voices released their first album in 1987 and has released 16 albums to date.

Upon hearing the first track “Laundry and Lasers,” I was addicted. The first five or so songs on the album passed so quickly that I was shocked to notice I had more than half of the album yet to listen to. The majority of the songs are less than two minutes long, but the change in musical styles keeps the listener interested as to what’s coming next.

Although I often couldn’t make out the lyrics to the fairly muddled tunes, the tones and sounds of the music are what carries interest from song to song.

Guided by Voices new album offers plenty of what the fan base might be expecting, but also some of what it might not be. Coming from a band that has been making albums since before I was born, I was pretty impressed by the sound and will probably be adding Guided

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Funk legend Jimmy Castor dies at 71

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The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has announced it will open its library and archives to the public.

Rock Hall of Fame opens archives to public CLEVELAND (AP) — The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum opened its new library and archives to the public on Tuesday to give scholars and fans access to the stories behind the music through such “artifacts” as personal letters from Madonna and Aretha Franklin and 1981-82 video of the Rolling Stones tour.

The collection, catalogued over the last few years, includes more than 3,500 books, 1,400 audio recordings and 270 videos, and is housed in the new four-story, $12 million building.

Thousands more books and recordings and hundreds of videos will be added as previously stored items and new donations are catalogued, said Andy Leach, director of the library and archives.

“We hope to serve music scholars, teachers, students and the general public,” Leach said. “We hope to see all of them here.”

Tuesday’s opening of the

building on the Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland, not far from the Rock Hall, occurred without a lot of fanfare.

The low-key opening allows the public to enjoy the library before a grand opening April 9.

The college funded the building and the Rock Hall financed construction and furnishings of its interior.

The library also offers photos, albums and covers, oral histories and scrap books.

Leach said the Rock Hall has

done a great job of telling the story of rock `n’ roll. He said he sees the library as bringing the museum more recognition and showing “it to be a serious place of research.”

The library collection also includes movie posters, photos and memorabilia related to Alan Freed, the DJ credited with coining the phrase rock `n’ roll; a handwritten list by Elvis Presley of songs included in one of his concerts; and personal letters from Mick Jagger.

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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Jimmy Castor, a New York funk and soul saxophonist, singer and songwriter whose tune, “It’s Just Begun,” morphed over 40 years into an anthem for generations of hip-hoppers and mainstream musical acts, died of apparent heart failure in a Las Vegas hospital, family members said Tuesday. He was 71.

Castor’s music, including another 1972 hit, “Troglodyte,” spoke for itself thousands of times in riffs and samples by groups like N.W.A., the 2 Live Crew, Kanye West, Ice Cube and Mos Def, as well as acts such as the Spice Girls, Christina Aguilera and Madonna.

His son, Jimmy Castor Jr., 45, a filmmaker from Redondo Beach, Calif., told The Associated Press he’s seen instant recognition hundreds of

times at the first sax chords of “It’s Just Begun” even before the lyrics begin. (“Watch me now. Feel the groove. Into something. Gonna make you move.”)

“No matter what country you’re in, no matter what language you speak, everyone knows it,” Jimmy Castor Jr. said in Las Vegas.

Jimmy Castor was hospitalized in November after suffering a heart attack and undergoing quadruple bypass surgery. He died Monday at Saint Rose Dominican Hospital, his son said.

Castor, head of the musical group the Jimmy Castor Bunch, lived with his wife, Sandi, in suburban Henderson near Las Vegas.

His work was sampled by other artists more than 3,000 times, his son said, and he

continued to work and perform until last August, when he played at the Long Beach Funk Festival in California.

Jimmy Castor Jr. said his father

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‘The Coffee Talk Show’ highlights W.Va. The state of West Virginia is known for its beautiful mountainous landscape. Unfortunately, coal mines, hillbillies and the infamous “dueling banjos” are the only connections most people make when thinking about the mountain state.

But Michael Perri, the host of the recently debuted “The Coffee Talk Show,” is finally putting the state in the light it deserves.

“The Coffee Talk Show,” which as currently airs solely on the Internet, showcases lo-

cal and nationally known stars who hail from West Virginia.

The show is similar to any other talk show. It has a likeable host (Perri), a house band (local jam-band Fletcher’s Grove) that keeps the positive atmosphere going throughout the show and entertaining guests.

Anyone who is from the state, or just has a connection through West Virginia University, should enjoy the show and offer support for the program.

So far “The Coffee Talk

Show” has featured an impressive guest list, including Joyce Dewitt (Three’s Company) and Billy Cox (Jimi Hendrix and the Band of Gypsies).

Perri looks to attract not only nationally known guests, but wants to showcase talents from within the state to show that West Virginia is constantly producing talented and driven individuals.

Most of the time, West Virginia does not get the attention it deserves.

If you mention you are from

here, most likely an outsider is quick to come up with a hillbilly joke or two.

But, “The Coffee Talk Show” reminds us that many who are from here have lead very interesting and successful lives, and still continue to do so.

Many influential people, such as Chuck Yeager, John Nash, Bill Withers and Jennifer Garner, have come from the state.

Although national celebrities will be featured on the show, Perri want those from

behind the scenes to be featured as well, such as J.P. Williams, the man behind “The Blue Collar Comedy Tour.”

He wants the show to feature people from all walks of life, such as politicians, athletes and entertainers.

It’s important for people to realize that dreams can come true, especially those from rural areas in West Virginia.

Only those who chase their dreams will live them.

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Moosejaw’s new app is provocative, but effective sam viggiano columnist

Moosejaw, a retail store specializing in bundling up outdoorsmen in apparel and gear for snowboarding, rock climbing, hiking and camping, seems to be undressing its models rather than dressing them for the winter.

Moosejaw unveiled an app for smartphones and tablets that offers users a peep of what is underneath the clothes its catalogue models. The prayers of countless teenage boys, and to be fair, girls, have been answered by Moosejaw’s nonsensical marketing plan.

Although one might believe that this app is supposed to remove, more or less, than sell clothing from the catalogue, has Moosejaw excited the main vein of the economy?

Through being sexually explicit, Moosejaw is engaging the primary buyers of the 21st century, the 16-to-25 year olds.

The success of such brands as Hollister and Abercrombie and Fitch has everything to do with amount of holes in the jeans or fadedness of shirts – the brand’s exclusivity. How close can one dress to one’s “birthday suit” and yet dress appropriately?

At the peak of one’s sexual identity, the shopping sprees of the mid-teenagers and young adults focuses on a “sexy” trend of slim ladies and hulking gentlemen to be provided through tight, threadbare shirts and pants.

Although an illusion, such institutions continue to make a profit on half-dressed models and half-made clothing.

Of course, not all 16-25 year olds follow this trend. Many students still dress in a modern but conservative style, which is appreciated by the general public.

Still, the advantage to Moosejaw’s sexy scheme is its ability to save paper and time when searching for clothing.

Who wouldn’t want a model to be dressed head to toe in all the retail store’s clothing options?

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The new Moosejaw application lets users dress models with available fashion.

Wouldn’t it be nice to be searching for jackets but in spur of moment recall the need for long socks thus instead of tirelessly searching for the product, flipping through magazine pages or Internet sites, find the item that you are looking for already on the model? Instead of frantically flipping catalogue pages and ads, all the clothing that one could be looking is present on the apparent model.

Having been named one of the top 50 retailers by Internet Retailer and Bizrate in 2006 and 2007, Best of the Web by Forbes magazine and a leader in online marketing by the New York Times, Moosejaw’s carnal calling has a seri-

ous following of outdoor adventurers, mainly high school and college students who snowboard, surf and skateboard. Because of this young and active following, Moosejaw’s personal marketing plan had reached beyond buying and selling a product. Promotions, such as Moosejaw Madness, can offer dating advice for all customers.

Thus, what makes Moosejaw’s products more unique than other sporting good stores’ products is its personalized customer service.

Having recently encountered an employee at sporting goods store whose “specialty” was swimming, but didn’t know anything about swim-

ming, successful marketing is dependent on one’s outreach to their main buyers.

Yet, if Moosejaw can get away with provocative pictures, what can we deduce from our American culture and its attention to profanity and promiscuity? Have the morals of the nation and its current generation been relaxed to develop an increasingly secular society? Will these models, though harmlessly posing, inspire dread in the teenage boys and girls in that their appearance does not match the model’s appearance?

At one time, National Geographic has been the go-to magazine with explicit pictures yet now widely mag-

azines such as Teen Vogue, Men’s Health, Seventeen and Cosmopolitan offer sexually explicit pictures of the opposite sex and information regarding sex laws of attraction.

Is our openness to sexuality in literature and in the economy an advantage or a burden? Are we educating the next generation on sex too early?

If “sex” is what sells and excites today’s market, why not endorse this fashion forward trend?

According to Discovery writer and analyst, Nic Halverson, “Moosejaw racked up (boy, that pun has some mileage) 1 million impressions about the app on Twit-

ter, 160,000 video views and 75,000 downloads in five weeks, all of which boosted sales by 37 percent from the same period last year.”

With this success in the market, the favors of attractive models can obviously persuade an audience into buying that product. Yet, as a community, dissuading the attraction and needfulness to become these models is advantageous to a health community, person and economy.

Thus the separation of these models from clothes parallels the separation of fashion from the community. It’s not what you wear, but how you wear the clothes that determines the thriftiness of shoppers.

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A NATIONAL SOCIETY OF LEADERSHIP AND SUCCESS informational meeting takes place at 6:30 p.m. in the Cacapon Room of the Mountainlair to answer questions about what the society does and how to join.

Everyone is welcome to attend.

For more information, email NSLSoutreachWVU@gmail.com.

A PHI SIGMA PI MEET NIGHT takes place at 7 p.m. in the Towers Blue Room. For more information, email mkinder@ mix.wvu.edu.

THURSDAY JANUARY 19

A MEET AND GREET WITH WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY’S STUDENT VETERANS takes place from 6-7:30 p.m. in the Mountaineer Room of the Mountainlair. The purpose of the Meet and Greet is to better integrate student veterans into the WVU and Morgantown communities. Several veteran support agencies will be on hand to explain the services they provide For more information, email robert.burns@mail.wvu.edu.

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CAMPUS LIGHT MINISTRIES hosts its weekly meeting and Bible study at 7 p.m. in the Bluestone Room of the Mountainlair.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

CONFIDENTIAL COUNSELING SERVICES are provided for free by the Carruth Center for Psychological and Psychiatric Services. A walk-in clinic is offered weekdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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

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

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

BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS, a United Way agency, is looking for volunteers to become Big Brothers and Big Sisters in its one-on-one community-based and school-based mentoring programs. To volunteer, 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 304598-6094 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 learners, report volunteer hours quarterly, attend at least two in-service trainings per year and help with one fundraising event. For more information, call 304-296-3400 or email trella.greaser@live.com.

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

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

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

THE CONDOM CARAVAN is held in the Mountainlair from noon to 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 GROUP THERAPY OPPORTUNITIES are available for free at the WELLWVU: Carruth Center for Psychological and Psychiatric Services. The groups include Get More Out of Life, Understanding Self and Others, Insomnia Group, A Place for You, Sexual Assault Survivors Group, Adult Children of Dysfunctional Parents and Transfer Students: Get Started on the Right Foot. For more information call 304-293-4431 or email tandy.mcclung@mail.wvu.edu.

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

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

HOROSCOPES

BY JACQUELINE BIGAR BORN TODAY This year you juggle personal issues and friendships proficiently. Internally, you might be on the verge of a transformation in your life. Discuss your issues with a wise friend. If you are single, the person you choose today might not be suitable in a year. Date, but don’t commit. If you are attached, be patient with your sweetie, as he or she is adapting to your adjustments. SAGITTARIUS makes an excellent healer.

ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19) HHHHH Your fiery style and lively nature might not come out immediately. How you approach a problem and what you do with it could change radically. Your ability to move through issues and try uniquely different ideas defines you. Tonight: You need a night of fun.

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20) HHH Sometimes it is a pleasure to allow another person to zero in on your priorities and take the lead. Why not? Listen to the feedback and see it change given some time. You could be stunned by this person. Tonight: Try someone else’s idea of fun.

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20) HHHH You could be taken aback by a situation.

Nevertheless, you are able to deal with it once you get your bearings. Others have better suggestions, but ultimately you need to do what works for you. Indulge an unpredictable friend, for now. Tonight: Go along with another’s plans.

CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22) HHH Pace yourself. You could be surprised by what you hear, most likely from someone in authority. You might need to regroup afterward. Remain confident that you have the wherewithal to handle this issue. Tonight: Let your hair down.

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22) HHHH The morning finds you in a funk, but one that leaves quickly. You will be delighted by midafternoon, when a challenge perks you up. Once more, ideas flow, and you emerge as a cheerful and flirtatious person. If possible, curb a tendency to go overboard. Tonight: As you like it.

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22) HHH In the morning, make calls, schedule meetings and, at the same time, breeze past a problem with ease. If you don’t allow a situation to become a big deal, it won’t be. In the afternoon, turn off your phone and get as much done as possible. Tonight: Home is where the heart is.

LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22) HHHH If you want to get past a financial barrier, the time is in the a.m. Otherwise, you could be overwhelmed by what might be on your plate. Once opposite sides find a connection, the need for closeness returns. You could feel vulnerable and closed down again, but why? Tonight: Where the action is, of course!

SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21) HHHH Use the a.m. for anything important. You are energized and can see the many different sides of an issue. Your intuitive and intellectual skills peak in the morning.

By afternoon, your financial savvy may go down the drain. Use care. Tonight: Your treat.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21) HHHH Though in a funk when you wake up, by the end of the day, you are a shooting star, not to be stopped. You could surprise a child or loved one with your effusive self-expression. If you are single, a new person could enter the picture. Tonight: Others seem to sway with your desires.

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19) HHHH If you are going to succeed in a key venture, the first part of the day is best. By late afternoon, you need some downtime. Do exactly that. Otherwise, you could become today’s grouch of the Zodiac! Tonight: Get some extra R and R. AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18) HHHH You handle a lot and, in the long run, you succeed, complete and/or do whatever is necessary today. Make time for a personal project, too. Schedule a meeting for late in the day, when you can stay a little longer. Tonight: Work with a surprise.

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20) HHHH Look at the big picture. Once you detach from a difficult situation, you’ll feel better.

Listen to what is being said more carefully. You will understand where someone is coming from and could see a bias that might be important to identify. Tonight: On top of your game.

BORN TODAY Guitarist Quinn Allman (1982), actor Kevin Costner (1955), author A.A. Milne (1882)

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ACROSS 1 Summoned, with “for” 5 Skedaddle 9 Travolta facial feature 14 Symphony member 15 Okla., from 1890 to 1907 16 Pick up 17 Carnival sight 18 Slight advantage 19 Plus 20 Redundant position?

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46 Nothing but __: perfect hoops shot 47 Kiss and cuddle, British-style 48 Redundant guesses?

55 Trunks 56 Prefix with stat 57 All-night party 58 Oscar night VIP 59 Detective Peter of old TV 60 Canadian tribe 61 Hamlet in “Hamlet” and others 62 Auto pioneer 63 Driven drove DOWN 1 VMI program 2 Victim in Genesis 3 Taboo 4 Settles a score 5 Apply, as a brake 6 Comedian __ the Entertainer 7 Golden Fleece vessel 8 “Jurassic Park” menace, briefly 9 Dins 10 Tissue abnormality 11 Houston-to-Tampa direction

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Wild Mountain Bakery opens on High Street CAITLIN GRAZIANI

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Wild Mountain Bakery had its grand opening on High Street last Tuesday.

I have been familiar with Wild Mountain Bakery’s breads for about a year now and was pleasantly surprised that they were opening a bakery that would be open everyday.

Typically the only way that you could get some of their baked goods was to get up early on a Saturday and go to the Morgantown Farmer’s Market. Like any other college student, I didn’t really want to get up at 7 a.m. on a Saturday.

Wild Mountain sells a variety of different baked goods, but some of the signature items are a maple bacon cinnamon roll, mountain cookie and pepperoni roll.

They also feature a daily bread special, and Tuesday’s was spinach and artichoke.

The first thing I tried was the pepperoni roll. I was expecting a cross between a Chico’s pepperoni roll and the ones that Kroger makes. I was pleasantly surprised when I

took my first bite. They were not slices or sticks of pepperoni, but very small chunks (think bacon bits) throughout the entire pepperoni roll.

As most West Virginians know, the pepperoni is rarely through the entire roll, it is usually stuck to one side, and sometimes not there at all. As someone who usually pulls the pepperoni out of the roll and eats it first, this was a new development in the world of meat baked in bread.

The “roll” part of it was good, the bread was in thin layers as opposed to thick chunks of tasteless bread. Every bit of the pepperoni roll had pepperoni flavor.

The second thing I tried was the maple bacon cinnamon roll – I won’t lie: I was skeptical. Bacon on anything besides a wedge salad or scrambled eggs seemed strange to me.

Taking in a cross section of the roll, the cinnamon filling was distributed through the entire pastry and the glaze covered the entire roll as well.

It was a bit of sweet and salty, but it wasn’t overwhelming – the ratio was just right.

Since “Cinnabon” closed in the Morgantown Mall years ago, I haven’t been able to

Sara Gilbert selects a muffin for a customer at Wild Mountain Bakery. find a decent cinnamon roll in Morgantown. I can safely say, that if I am in need of some salty, sweet cinnamon goodness, I will be heading to Wild

Mountain Bakery.

Lastly, I tried the bread of the day: spinach and artichoke. Again, I am skeptical – who would want vegetables

the main flavor of the wellbaked bread.

On the other hand, I don’t think I’ll be enjoying this bread by itself. I think it would make a good canvas for a Panini sandwich or to even become zesty breadcrumbs after becoming stale.

Before this, I tried a variety of Wild Mountain Bakery’s breads. The French bagutte remains my favorite, but a word of caution, baguettes are made to be eaten the same day they are baked. If you wait to eat a French baguette the next day, you might find yourself with a “bread-ly” weapon.

The crust of the bread will harden so much that it would make a better sword than food.

Overall, I am pleased that downtown Morgantown has such a delightful bakery.

All of their items are reasonably priced under $10, and they offer West Virginia roasted coffee as well as Mexican Coke to go with their daily Cassia King/THE DAILY ATHENAEUM offerings.

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WVU graduate, gallery director to give lecture at CAC Thursday

by Christina Gutierrez

art is both his passion and career.

Lewis, the director of Pace For so many people, art is Prints gallery in New York a hobby, but for Jacob Lewis, City and a West Virginia UniA&E WRITER

versity fine arts graduate, will be giving a lecture on how he became successful Thursday in Bloch Hall of the Creative Arts Center.

Lewis focused on paintLewis said as a WVU graduing and printmaking during ate and W. Va. native, he is eahis time at WVU, and also in- ger to return and inspire stuterned at the Pace Editions dents like him. print shop.

“I’m so happy to be back home,” Lewis said.

WVU Art Professor, Chris Barr said he is pleased to see Lewis’ great success.

“He has really made a name for himself, currently working with some of today’s most talented artists,” Barr said.

According to a recent article in the New York Times, “Mr. Lewis is becoming an unlikely star in a rarefied New York world.”

Lewis said he is pleased that he is able to inspire other WVU students.

“My goal is to let the new generation of artists know that art can become your business,” Lewis said.

Alison Helm, chairwoman of the WVU School of Art and Design, is astounded with

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Lewis’ contributions to the art world today.

“Jacob is responsible for bringing next generation contemporary artist to the program like Ghada Amer & Reza Farkhondeh, Will Cotton, Leonardo Drew, Shepard Fairey, Inka Essenhigh, Arturo Herrera, Nicola Lopez, Ryan McGinness, Yoshimoto Naraand Do Ho Suh,” Helm said.

In his lecture, Lewis hopes to instill hope in those students with passion, but doubt as to the likelihood of a possible career in art.

“I always knew that art could lead to business,” Lewis said.

Now, he sells his prints on the Internet and though he is far from reaching his peak, he has come a long way.

The lecture will begin Thursday at 5 p.m. in Bloch Hall at the WVU Creative Arts Center. The event is free and open to the public.

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WVU WINS AT CAPITAL

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West Virginia sophomore point guard Brooke Hampton dribbles the ball down the court during the Mountaineers’ 69-57 win against Marshall Tuesday night.

West Virginia defeats Marshall 69-57 to win the Capital Classic for the seventh straight year by nick arthur sports writer

A year after beating Marshall by 57 points, the West Virginia women’s basketball team needed a second-half push to defeat the Herd 69-57 Tuesday night in front of 3,264 fans at the Charleston Civic Center in the Chesapeake Energy Capital Classic.

Mountaineer sophomore guard Taylor Palmer led all scorers with 17 points.

Fellow sophomores Brooke Hampton and Christal Caldwell chipped in 14 and 13 points, respectively.

“Both teams played hard, but I thought we got out-hustled,” said West Virginia head coach Mike Carey. “At times they were more aggressive then we were.

That was disappointing.

“I give Marshall a lot of credit.”

West Virginia raced out to an early 13-1 lead in the first half.

The Mountaineers forced multiple Herd turnovers and appeared to have full-control of the game.

However, Marshall hit backto-back three-pointers and used physical play to close the half on a 26-18 run.

Despite 15 first-half turnovers, the Herd only trailed 3127 after the first 20 minutes of play.

“Defensively we made some critical mistakes and let them back in the game,” Carey said. “We just can’t do that.”

The Herd had the deficit cut to 42-41 and appeared poised

to grab its first lead.

But, a 13-0 run by the Mountaineers ensued to run away with the win.

Sloppy play by both teams led to 42 combined turnovers and 52 combined fouls.

“There’s a lot to prove on both sides,” Palmer said. “Each team wants to feel like they are the school in the state, so it’s going to get nasty.”

The Mountaineers have now won 10 of their last 11 matchups against their in-state rivals.

“I’m not from West Virginia, but it makes me feel like I am when I’m playing. And I want to represent my school to the fullest,” Palmer said. “You go out there and play your hardest.”

Emotions ran high both on the court and in the crowd.

Both head coaches were

pleased with the energy in the building.

“It’s always good to play down here in Charleston,” Carey said. “I love playing down here – great crowd.”

Caldwell, like many members of the West Virginia team, was playing in her first game in the Capital Classic.

“It was really exciting for me playing for the first time in (the Capital Classic),” Caldwell said.

“I really enjoy playing against them.”

Caldwell finished 5-7 from the free-throw line, and the Mountaineers as a team were 32-40 from the charity stripe.

West Virginia held Marshall to 1-15 from the three-point line in the second half. nicholas.arthur@mail.wvu.edu

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Mountaineers not taking Marshall lightly this season in Capital Classic

By John Terry Managing editor

West Virginia senior Kevin Jones said the Mountaineers took Marshall lightly in last year’s Capital Classic.

It resulted in a 75-71 loss – the first loss to Marshall since 2006.

But, Jones knows that if West Virginia is to pull out a win at the Capital Classic in Charleston this season, West Virginia will have to play much better.

The Thundering Herd (13-4, 4-0 C-USA) has momentum as it is coming off a crucial conference win against Central Florida. Marshall fell to No. 1 Syracuse by just six at the Carrier Dome Dec. 6. “(Losing last year) gives us a lot of motivation,” Jones said. “lt’s a new team, new situation.

And this year they are a much improved team. We know that it’s going to be a tough game, so we’re not taking them lightly.”

At 42.9 points per game, Marshall is third in the nation in rebounds.

“They’re a pretty good team this year,” Jones said. “They rebound the ball really well. They have capable scorers that are able to get a lot of big numbers.”

Guards DeAndre Kane and Damier Pitts lead Marshall in scoring with 15.9 points and 13.4

points, respectively.

Junior Dennis Tinnon brings in 9.9 points and collects 10.9 rebounds per game.

Pitts is able to get everyone involved, so scoring isn’t his only asset, said WVU head coach Bob Huggins. “(Marshall head coach Tom Herrion) has done a great job of taking the players that were there and adding what they need too,” Huggins said. “He’s done a great job recruiting those inside guys. He has them buying into the way he wants them to play.”

The Mountaineers, who beat Big East foe Rutgers Saturday 8460 at the WVU Coliseum, are still relying on Jones to carry the load under the basket.

Jones was named to the John Wooden Award Mid-Season Top 25 averaging 20.1 points and 11.6 rebounds.

He’s the only player in the country averaging at least 20 points and 10 rebounds.

“I’ve embraced the role, and I have done it to the best of my abilities, more than any other year,” Jones said.

Tonight’s game will also come as a break in West Virginia’s rigourous conference schedule – a break that Huggins isn’t thrilled about.

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Senior forward Kevin Jones is the only player in the nation who averages more than 20 points and 10 rebounds per game this season.

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WVU head coach Mike Carey looks on during the Capital Classic against Marshall.

WVU women continue to dominate Marshall rivalry ben gaughan associate sports editor

The Capital Classic was back as scheduled this year, but this time things were a little different for the West Virginia women’s basketball team.

It wasn’t so easy to come out with the win.

West Virginia overcame a tough, determined team and won for the seventh straight year against Marshall, defeating their in-state rival 69-57 in Charleston, W.Va., at the Civic Center Tuesday night.

West Virginia has beaten the Thundering Herd by an average of 23.5 points per game in its last six meetings. Last night – 12 points.

The Mountaineers (13-5, 4-1) were under some scrutiny by head coach Mike Carey over the past week for not playing well on defense, missing easy layups on fast breaks and turning the ball over too much.

It looked as though West Virginia was going to run away with the lead early in the first half, as it jumped out to a 23-9 lead with less than eight minutes to play.

Two WVU turnovers later, and Marshall got within eight points at 23-15. By halftime,

the Mountaineers’ lead was cut to four points and they had lost momentum.

Scoring runs were crucial in this game, and the Mountaineers didn’t back down, even after they went on a run in the second half. Marshall came all the way back to cut the lead to six with under three minutes in the game.

The Mountaineers helped themselves by making over 32 free throws and shooting 80 percent from the charity stripe. They also converted 26 points off of 22 turnovers by Marshall – something that really helped their cause in the second half.

WVU sophomore guard Taylor Palmer got back to her scoring ways after being in a slump over the last few games, leading the Mountaineers with 17 points. She’s going to need to keep her foot on the peddle in Big East play for the team to make a run.

Once again, the Mountaineers had balanced scoring, without one player scoring 20 points in the game – a trend that seems to be working right now, but could come back to hurt Carey and his team toward the end of the season.

Marshall put up a tough fight, but their shooting really hurt their comeback chances.

The Herd only made 14 field

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women’s basketball

Mountaineers win physical battle by cody schuler sports writer

The defining theme of Tuesday night’s Capital Classic was the physicality both West Virginia and Marshall displayed throughout the entire game.

From start to finish, there was pushing, shoving and a lot of interruption from the referees.

Fifty-two combined fouls were recorded between the two in-state rivals. Marshall’s total of 30 fouls was the most committed by a West Virginia opponent since Coppin State tallied 32 fouls on Nov. 28, 1999.

West Virginia head coach Mike Carey’s mantra of “Physical for 40” was on full display on the Civic Center floor Tuesday night, but in his opinion, the Thundering Herd may have been the team that played the hardest.

“I thought we got out-hustled,” he said. “At times, they were more aggressive and that was disappointing.”

From a statistical standpoint, his thoughts were on display in the rebounding column where West Virginia was out-rebounded 44-33 by Marshall.

Coming into the game, West Virginia out-rebounded opponents by an average of 11.8 rebounds per game – the ninth best margin in the country.

“They out-rebounded us just by hustle; they didn’t have the height we did – they didn’t have what we have.”

Marshall head coach Royce Chadwick was pleased with his team’s effort, however he noted the high amount of free-throw attempts for the Mountaineers as the game’s most important byproduct of the physical play.

“I was very happy with our effort,” he said. “I thought we got after it. We sent them to the freethrow line 40 times – we won’t win many basketball games if there’s a parade like that to the free-throw line.”

Redshirt sophomore guard Christal Caldwell, who finished the game with 13 points and nine rebounds, was a benefactor of Marshall’s 30 team fouls.

Playing in her first ever Capital Classic, Caldwell sunk 5-of-7 free throws – doing her part in contributing to the team’s 80 percent effort from the charity stripe.

“They were going to be foul-

ing (late in the game), so we tried to keep attacking and we knew we would have to knock down our free throws and that would keep us ahead,” she said.

Caldwell believes last night’s game was the most physically demanding of any win so far this season.

“I think it may have been our most physical game yet,” Caldwell said. “We expected that coming in here.”

Sophomore guard Taylor Palmer, who led West Virginia with 17 points, pointed to each team’s desire to prove their reputation in the state as a driving factor behind the hard-nosed play.

“I feel like every year the game is going to be like (this) because there’s a lot to prove on both sides,” she said. “Each team wants to feel like they’re the team in West Virginia or they’re the school in the state, so it’s going to get nasty every year.”

For Marshall, that mentality nleft a physical mark as after the game, Chadwick announced junior forward Alyse Poindexter most likely has suffered a broken nose.

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Junior center Asya Bussie goes up strong for a layup. Marshall committed 30 fouls against WVU during the game.

Drawing on that, Chadwick discussed what he could take away from such a hard-fought victory.

“I think the thing we take is we got a nose broken and we didn’t back down. We stayed in there and kept getting after it.”

After the game, Palmer was seen walking around with a slight limp and toting a heavy bag of ice on her knee. For both teams, the hotly contested outcome came at a price. charles.schuler@mail.wvu.edu

across the country

Colts fire head coach Jim Caldwell after three seasons INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Jim Caldwell endured everything thrown at him during his first two seasons as the Colts’ coach - replacing a friend, rebounding from losses and fighting through injuries.

Not having Peyton Manning around in 2011 was just too much.

Caldwell was fired Tuesday, a little more than two weeks after the Colts’ worst season in two decades.

“This is obviously a big transitional time for us, but I know we’re excited moving forward and it’s hard when you say goodbyes to some people,” team owner Jim Irsay said. “But it’s part of the business.”

In Indianapolis, the last two weeks have hardly been business as usual.

The day after a season-ending loss at Jacksonville assured Indy of the No. 1 draft pick in April with a 2-14 mark, Irsay fired team vice chairman Bill Polian, the architect of the Colts’ success, and his son, Chris, the hand-picked general manager.

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Irsay’s nine-day search for a replacement ended last Wednesday when he chose 39-year-old Ryan Grigson as Indy’s new GM. Since then, Irsay and Grigson have met almost non-stop, debating what direction the team needed to go, whether staff changes would fix the problems or whether the team needed to bring in a new coach and possibly a whole new staff.

Things were so clouded Monday that Caldwell even met with former Rams coach Steve Spagnuolo about possibly becoming the Colts’ new defensive coordinator, and as late as Tuesday morning, the conventional wisdom was that Caldwell would stay.

Then things changed almost as suddenly as the Colts’ fortunes in 2011.

Irsay said he informed Caldwell of the decision about 2 p.m., shortly before the team confirmed the move.

“We just came to the conclusion that this is best moving forward

Redshirt sophomore forward Christal Caldwell was strong Continued from page 7 once again, scoring 13 points and grabbing nine rebounds. goals in the game, shooting 25.5 She is tied for third on the team percent on the night. Against this season with 105 on the year.

She’s becoming an allany large Division I school, that’s not going to cut it. around player for coach Carey,

for the franchise,” Grigson said, referring to his first major decision in charge of an NFL team. “Mr. Irsay is the steward of this franchise and I’m here to help him wrap his head around these types of decisions. We’ve been in football our whole lives and a lot of it is about instincts.”

Caldwell ends his Colts’ tenure 26-22 overall with one AFC title, two division crowns and one bleak season that has left him unemployed just three years after replacing close friend Tony Dungy, the first black coach to hoist the Lombardi Trophy.

“This was a difficult decision,” Irsay said. “I wanted to make sure we took all the time we needed to make sure it was the right decision. ... And just like 14 years, ago, it’s a big change for the franchise and at the same time, there’s players, coaches, many people on the staff that will go into the new day and get on with the work of 2012.”

Back in 1998, the Colts brought in Manning, Bill Polian and coach which really helps a young team with only one or two other players who consistently rebound the ball night-in and night-out.

The Mountaineers can roll into the Backyard Brawl at Pitt Saturday knowing they can keep a lead and withstand a

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Jim Mora. The team got better fast and, though Mora was gone after the 2001 season, the franchise became one of the league’s model franchises.

And it is now headed in a different direction, even if Manning comes back as expected from Sept.

8 neck surgery.

Caldwell - who won his first 14 games, an NFL record for a rookie head coach, and became only the fifth first-year coach to take his team to the Super Bowl - won’t be there when the Colts resume practice. With fans complaining about game management and clamoring for a change since midseason, Irsay didn’t have much choice.

With Manning, the Colts won a league-record 115 regular-season games over the previous decade, tying the league mark for most consecutive playoff appearances (nine), winning two AFC titles and one Super Bowl trophy, the Colts lost their first 13 games in 2011, then won twice in five days and nearly lost the No. 1 draft pick, too. strong comeback by a good Marshall team.

This win will help this young WVU team at the end of the year when these types of situations happen more often.

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Huggins said he likes playing in Charleston because the game is usually a sellout, but he doesn’t know why it couldn’t be played in December.

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10 | SPORTS

Wednesday January 18, 2012

gymnastics

Butts having success early as WVU’s head coach by sebouh majarian sports writer

With the help of two unselfish seniors, a sophomore star, 12 underclassmen and the comfort of living in the same house, the adjustment for Jason Butts as a first-year head coach has gone pretty smoothly – not to mention that after just two meets, the team is ranked No. 21 in the nation.

Butts will admit there have been some bumps along the way, is expected for a program and family that have been brought together under the guidance of Linda Burdette-Good for over 37 seasons.

“The goal for me, personally, is for the team to be consistent, to have fun and to go out and reestablish why West Virginia deserves prominence on the national stage,” Butts said.

The Athens, Ga., native, has done just that – leading the No. 21 Mountaineers (2-1, 2-0 EAGL) to a quick start in a highly anticipated 2012 campaign featuring six meets against ranked opponents.

Burdette-Good’s retirement last April opened the door for Butts to continue to rise up through the coaching positions.

He was the associate head coach last year after being an assistant head coach in 2010 and an assistant coach from 2007 to 2009.

The Mountaineers gave Butts a memorable first meet by posting the highest mark the team has posted in a season opener.

A score of 195.1 placed WVU between No. 9 Penn State and Maryland.

The University of Georgia alumnus seems comfortable in his time at WVU, compiling a record of 98-44 prior to being head coach. His resume includes five consecutive NCAA Regional Championships, 2008 EAGL champions and being named a two-time regional assistant coach of the year.

The only discomfort Butts might experience is following a coach who accumulated a record of 644-263-4.

“I’m feeling good, but it’s very motivating for me to come out after my first two meets as a coach and be ranked in the top 25,” Butts said.

“There are a lot more coaches in the country with a lot more experience than I have, and it’s very encouraging to me because it shows the philosophy this staff has put in place with this team can work, and is working, and it makes me want to work harder.”

As mentioned, Butts has had some help with a team that sees itself more as a family and has bought into fighting for one another.

“We’re hitting our routines and fighting through, and that’s been our focus all preseason,”

Butts said. “I think that’s the reason they’re ranked so high is because they’ve really bought into that theory and No. 21 is where we are, but I’d like to see us go higher.”

The coaching staff has spoken glowingly of the leadership from seniors Tina Maloney and Nicole Roach, who have showed the team’s seven freshmen the ropes of competing at the collegiate level.

Coincidentally, Beth Deal took the year’s first award for Eastern Atlantic Gymnastics League rookie of the week.

Butts decision to expand sophomore Hope Sloanhoffer’s role to compete in the allaround competition has paid off so far with the Cornwall, N.Y., native ranking nationally in three events. Sloanhoffer heads into this weekend No. 20 on vault (9.875), No. 25 allaround (39.063) and No. 39 on floor (9.825).

Besides trying to find roles for the girls and working to make them better, the two-time Southeast Regional Assistant Coach of the Year (2009, 2010) has had to find what his personal role is and what else is expected of him.

“Making sure to have the confidence to do what I know is right or do things the way I think they should be done and not be afraid to put one foot in front of another one,” Butts said.

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Jason Butts was announced as the West Virginia gymnastics team’s new head coach in April 2011. He’s the second head coach in program history.

“I’m learning not to second guess and that sometimes people just want a leader and having to get that confidence to march forward with it, without worrying about having to ask somebody else.”

One of the biggest things Butts took away from Burdette-Good was considering every possible angle for every decision.

“You could always tell when she came to a decision, it wasn’t something snapped to that happened right then; she had been thinking about it for days be-

fore,” Butts said. “She was obviously very good after 37 years of experience with a lot of wisdom, and obviously I have eight months of experience, which pales in comparison, but I was very lucky to work for someone that was as even keeled as Linda.”

Since his hiring, Butts has received lots of support and positive feedback from fans, coaches and the athletic department.

Athletic Director Oliver luck even congratulated Butts after the season opener with a framed

panoramic poster of Milan Puskar Stadium from the LSU game last year.

“I couldn’t ask for anything more.” Butts said.

“The president (James P. Clements) was at our home competitions and came up at the end of the first one and said ‘We’re so glad you’re here,’ which to me, having the president of the university go out of his way to do something like that is very supportive.” sebouh.majarian@mail.wvu.edu

club sports

Club baseball gives Pierce chance to keep playing the sport he loves by jon fehrens

sports correspondent

For many young athletes, the fun of the game is sometimes lost in the competitiveness of scholarships or national titles.

But for freshman pitcher Jeff Pierce, baseball is still about a game where he can work hard but enjoy much more.

“Baseball has given me

TODAY

something to be successful in,” Pierce said.

Pierce, a club baseball player from Syracuse, N.Y., and played baseball in middle school and high school. Growing up he played second base, and it wasn’t until he started playing for his high school that he started to pitch.

When Pierce came to West Virginia in the fall semester,

he began looking for opportunities to play baseball again.

He heard about the club team through a friend and came to tryouts.

After he made the team, Pierce was immediately accepted into the fold.

“They welcomed me in like I have been a teammate before,” he said.

In his first season with the

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team, Pierce was able to come in and contribute right away during the Mountaineers’ 4-4 fall season.

Although he has already been able to have some success, Pierce understands that there will always still be room to improve as a team.

“We need to tune up to the game and become an allaround better team,” he said.

“We did become a lot closer this year as a team.”

The team will need to be as closely bonded as they can be because the spring schedule has two huge games.

“The weekend home (series) against Penn State is big because they have become our rival,” Pierce said. “They finished at the top of the league the past few years. Cincinnati

is big also because they are an out-of-league game.”

Baseball isn’t the only thing that consumes Pierce’s time here as a student. He is working hard on a degree for sports and exercise philosophy in hopes to become a strength and conditioning coach, either in the collegiate or professional level. dasports@mail.wvu.edu