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UPD investigates Grant Ave. riot by lydia nuzum

associate city editor

The West Virginia University Police Department is investigating a riot that occurred Saturday night after beer bottles and other objects were thrown at a UPD vehicle by crowds lining Grant Avenue.

The St. Patrick’s Day weekend also resulted in 35 dumpster and street fires, according to the Morgantown Fire Department.

YouTube videos of the riots show individuals throwing bottles and cans at a stopped police car while one UPD officer attempts to subdue the

crowd, which was chanting “Eat S--- Pitt.”

“What has been reported and observed over the weekend by University Police and local authorities in Sunnyside and other parts of the city populated by students is unacceptable, disrespectful and unlawful, and will not be tolerated,” said UPD Chief Bob Roberts.

One of the videos has received more than 10,000 views since it was uploaded Sunday.

Roberts said the incidents were a poor reflection on the student body and will not go unpunished.

“As a reminder, throwing

objects at officers or their vehicles, setting dumpster fires, underage drinking and violating open container laws are punishable by fines, arrests and student disciplinary action, up to – and including – expulsion,” Roberts said.

WVU Vice President for Student Affairs Kenneth Gray addressed students via MIX Monday, condemning the weekend behavior.

“As a West Virginia University student, you are reminded that violations of the student conduct code, on or off campus, will not be tolerated, and Student Affairs will act swiftly to enforce disciplinary action,”

Gray said.

Gray said violations will result in criminal convictions for some students, as well as disciplinary actions for others, including expulsion “if the situation warrants.”

The University intends to take action against individuals found to be involved in the riot, Gray said.

“In addition to official reports, we will be viewing videos and other surveillance from the weekend to identify additional offenders,” he said.

According to the Morgantown Fire Marshal’s

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I’M SHMACKED WVU students pose for a photo on St. Patrick’s Day for ‘I’m Shmacked,’ a movie documenting weekend experiences at 20 universities across the country.

Forum to address bullying in LGBTQ community

A POSITIVE SPIN

by mackenzie mays city editor

Matt Sunday/THE DAILY ATHENAEUM Alden Craft, left, picks out a bike with Andy Roberts, middle, at Positive Spin, a nonprofit organization in Morgantown that promotes alternative transportation. Owner Nick Hein, right, offers a variety of bike education outreach programs and transportation advocacy efforts.

Local organization recycles bikes, promotes alternative transportation by mackenzie mays city editor

When Nick Hein came across a 10-year-old boy struggling to ride an outdated bicycle, it got him thinking.

Hein repaired the bike for the boy and later came up with the idea for Positive Spin, a bicycle recycling nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting Morgantown citizens who walk, bike, bus and carpool.

“After spending a couple of nights in my garage working on

the bike, I thought, ‘There are probably other kids who could benefit from this,’ ” Hein said.

Now, Positive Spin offers a variety of bike education outreach programs and transportation advocacy efforts.

“We’re not just a bike shop.

We support all forms of sustainable transportation, and at the grassroots level. We do whatever it takes to get people to use cars less, while having fun and being safe at the same

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The Tobacco Free Mountaineers at West Virginia University have something to celebrate.

In light of the recent indoor smoking ban imposed by Monongalia County officials, the Tobacco Free Mountaineers are teaming up with the WELLWVU Office of Wellness and Health Promotion to further educate students on the dangers of using tobacco products.

“TFM is very excited about the county-wide smoking ban.

It’s an important step for nonsmokers to be able to experience their choice of bars and

restaurants without having to breathe in dangerous secondhand smoke,” said President of the Tobacco Free Mountaineers Alyssa Iannamorelli.

Now, the Tobacco Free Mountaineers are hosting breatheWell events across residence halls to advocate for a tobacco-free campus.

“At the breatheWELL table events, students will have the opportunity to learn about resources that may assist them in quitting smoking and have a chance to sign up for and learn more about Tobacco Free Mountaineers,” Iannamorelli said.

Iannamorelli said while the

by lydia nuzum

associate city editor

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Nick Hein, owner of Positive Spin, works with a volunteer to assemble a new bike Monday afternoon in the store’s display room.

Tobacco Free Mountaineers are pleased with the county-wide smoking ban, they’ve still got goals to achieve.

“TFM hopes that the countywide ban will encourage WVU to join the county’s attempt to create a healthier community and adopt a tobacco-free campus,” she said. “A tobacco-free policy reduces exposure to secondhand smoke for students, faculty, staff and visitors.”

BreatheWELL encourages students to tap into their oncampus resources, as well as statewide programs such as the West Virginia Quitline at 1-800-QUIT-NOW. A breatheWELL event will

be held today in Boreman Hall from 4-6 p.m.

Participants will receive a themed wrist band at each event, as well as other prizes.

Students who attend five liveWELL events by the end of the year will be entered in a raffle to win an Apple iPad. The next event will be held April 4 at Brooke Tower from 7-8 p.m., in addition to an event April 10 in the Honors Hall from 5-7 p.m.

To join Tobacco Free Mountaineers or be a part of the upcoming breatheWELL events, email TFM@mail.wvu.edu.

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Five West Virginia University leaders are coming together to address bullying issues in the local lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning community.

The “Bullying in the LGBTQ Community” town hall meeting will address issues such as freedom of speech, heterosexism and overarching themes that recur in the LGBTQ community, in addition to opening up to the audience for testimonials.

The panel will feature sociology professor Daniel Brewster, Student Government Association Governor Benjamin Seebaugh, Assistant Vice President for Student Success Barbara Copenhaver-Bailey and Women’s Studies Professors Brian Jara and Melissa Chesanko.

Panel members will facilitate a conversation through a real-time questionnaire, allowing the audience to anonymously address issues by texting in answers.

Seebaugh said the idea for the event sprang from a WVU student who came forward and admitted he had spent his life bullying members of the LGBTQ community and wanted to make a difference.

“He was a bully, and then he came to college and experienced new things, and it changed him for the better,” Seebaugh said. “He asked us to begin this work to help educate others.”

Seebaugh said it’s important for the WVU community to realize that bullying exists – and in a variety of forms.

“People think bullying doesn’t happen anymore – especially not on college campuses. When people think bullies, they think of a big kid taking your lunch money, but that’s not the reality,” he said. “A lot of people don’t realize the consequences of using terms like ‘fag’ or saying ‘that’s gay.’ We’re here to be the voice of those it hurts.”

Seebaugh said the event isn’t just for members of the LGBTQ community, and he hopes to interact with both the bullied and the bullies.

“We want people who have been bullied to walk out feeling they have somewhere to turn, we want allies to feel empowered, and we want bullies to leave with a new perspective,” he said.

Brewster, who submitted a coming-out column to The Daily Athenaeum in October

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ON THE INSIDE The West Virginia baseball team welcomes Akron today for a doubleheader starting at 1 p.m.

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Jim Rowe, a Greenbrier county circuit court judge, visited Morgantown Monday to promote his election campaign for the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

The importance of understanding the judicial system and its effect on the job prospects of college graduates is a crucial message for students, Rowe said.

“Court decisions do impact the everyday lives of students and their ability to find a job within the state and their ability to stay in West Virginia,” he said.

“Those decisions affect public safety issues, education issues and job issues.”

Rowe has served as a judge for more than 15 years and as a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates for eight years. He earned an undergraduate degree from West Virginia University and a law degree from George Mason University.

Statewide elections will be held November 6, and

two seats in the West Virginia Supreme Court will be included on the ballot. The election will also determine three members of the U.S. House of Representatives, the West Virginia Board of Public Works and a regular gubernatorial election.

Rowe said court rulings affect the lives of all residents of the state, and it is critical that decisions of the Supreme Court be in the mainstream of court decisions across the country to ensure greater job security and opportunities for the state.

“When the supreme court issues an opinion, it has an economic impact. And so I believe that understanding the effect of these decisions, that I have witnessed for 15 years the ups and downs of community life in dealing with those issues,” he said.

“Things such as school dropouts, public safety, drugs, prison overcrowding – things that are issues I’ve dealt with for almost 25 years.”

Rowe visited Morgantown

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STANFORD SMACKDOWN The Cardinal ended the WVU women’s basketball team’s season Monday night in the second round of the NCAA tournament.

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2 | NEWS

Tuesday March 20, 2012

US stocks drift higher but can’t match last week NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks drifted higher Monday but lost the momentum from their biggest week of the year. A dividend from Apple, a deal for UPS and the promise of greater demand for U.S. Steel drove those stocks to gains.

The Dow Jones industrial average was up as much as 37 points but sank most of the afternoon and finished up 6.51 at 13,239.13. It was a ho-hum performance compared with the Dow’s 310-point gain last week.

The Standard & Poor’s 500 rose 5.58 points to 1,409.75, its highest close since May 20, 2008. The Nasdaq composite index rose 23.06 points to 3,078.32.

An index of homebuilder confidence came in unchanged. Without major economic news or headlines out of Europe, the markets were steered by announcements from a handful of well-known companies.

Apple rose 2.7 percent to $601.10, its first close above $600, after announcing that it would pay a shareholder dividend and buy back $10 billion of its stock over three years.

The dividend is expected to expand the company’s share-

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Continued from page 1 detailing a public attack on his sexuality by a student, will also lead the event.

“After my story printed in the paper, it was clear to me I had opened up this entire can of worms that wasn’t realized before,” Brewster said. “Students showed up at my office, caught me in-between classes, sent me emails and Facebook messages to talk about the issues they were facing on campus. They seemed like they had nowhere to go.”

Brewster said he hopes the event will give University officials a better idea of the issues surrounding the LGBTQ community on campus.

“This will be a place where we can really define bullying – what constitutes it. We want to raise awareness and construct reasonable solutions,” he said. “This

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Gordon Charlop, right, works with fellow traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Monday. holder reach because valueoriented mutual funds that focus on dividends will buy it.

Apple’s stock has already skyrocketed from $405 this year, partly in anticipation of the dividend.

UPS rose 3.4 percent after announcing it would buy TNT will allow us to have an interactive way of interpreting what’s going on at WVU – who has been victimized, and who has victimized. What’s happening in the dorms? What goes on in Morgantown nightlife? What happens when someone verbalizes support and there’s backlash?”

Brewster hopes to turn the town hall-like event into a “fullfledged campaign” with goals of strengthening the University’s grasp on LGBTQ issues through programs like a gay and lesbian wellness center, an office of student affairs directly related to LGBTQ issues and a course that teaches gay studies.

“The ultimate goal is to try to better understand what our students, staff and faculty need here. It’s much more complex than bullying – it’s about benefits, education, inclusion in the conversation and policy,” he said.

Brewster said he often thinks

Express, the second-largest express mail company in Europe behind DHL. The purchase further solidifies UPS’ status as the world’s largest delivery company.

U.S. Steel climbed 6.4 percent, the best performer in the S&P 500, after some manufacof young adults in the gay community who have taken their lives because bullying went too far and they had nowhere to go – like Rutgers University student Tyler Clementi who committed suicide in 2010 after being publicly outed and shamed.

“Tyler Clementi never talked about it until it was very late in the game. That’s why I always have an open-door policy – to let them know that someone cares,” he said. “There’s a lot of fear out there – just like any victim of a crime. Rape victims don’t cry ‘rape’ because of a fear of retaliation. It’s the same. People are being dehumanized, and all it would take is for someone to stand up and come together to make a difference.”

The Town Hall meeting is open to the public, and will be held tonight in the Mountainlair at 7. mackenzie.mays@mail.wvu.edu

showings of the year so far. For the first time, the Dow closed above 13,000 and the Nasdaq above 3,000 on the same day.

On Monday, while everpresent concerns about European debt, a slowdown in China and the pace of U.S. economic growth were bubbling below the surface, investors seemed to take a day off from worrying about them.

“The absence of any negative news over the weekend was pretty positive,” said Peter Tuz, president of Chase Investment Counsel in Charlottesville, Va., who described the market as complacent. “It sounds backward, but that’s quite often the case.”

There was little in the way of major economic indicators. The National Association of Home Builders’ index of builder confidence came in unchanged from the previous month but is at its highest since June 2007, a year before the financial meltdown.

Prices for U.S. Treasury debt slid for the ninth day in a row, and the yield on the 10-year Treasury note hit 2.40 percent.

It has not settled that high since Oct. 27. The 10-year was at 2.36 late Monday, up from 2.30 per-

turers announced price hikes last week, fueling expectations of improving demand. Steel Dynamics and AK Steel Holding Corp. also rose.

The markets couldn’t match the electricity of last week. The Dow and the S&P 500 both rose 2.4 percent last week, their best

cent Friday.

The falling prices are a sign that investors are feeling more confident in the economy and moving money out of bonds and into riskier assets like stocks.

The price of oil climbed above $108, up more than a dollar for the day and almost $3 for the last two trading days.

The average price for a gallon of regular gasoline rose a penny over the weekend to $3.84 and is up 30 cents from a month ago, pushed higher by tension in Europe over Iran’s nuclear program.

European markets were mixed. The main stock indexes fell less than 1 percent in France, Britain and Germany. Stocks rose 1.6 percent in Greece and 1.2 percent in Spain.

Though Greece’s debt crisis has faded from the spotlight for the moment, Greece remains in deep recession, and uncertainty lingers. Unions throughout Europe are protesting cuts in benefits, making it difficult for governments to rein in their spending.

Leadership questions are also surfacing, with the Greek finance minister stepping

spin

Continued from page 1 time,” Hein said.

Hein has continued to use his passion for cycling to help others, collecting more than 200 bikes for New Orleans residents in need of transportation following Hurricane Katrina.

His main efforts aren’t only to help others, but to better the environment.

“In order to avoid a global climate disaster, you’ve got to do it now, and you’ve got to have a worldwide effort. Why not start with Morgantown?” Hein said.

Positive Spin receives approximately 1,000 bikes in donations per year.

Many are repaired to provide alternative transportation to locals, while the rest are shipped overseas where affordable basic transportation is needed.

Bikes that can’t be repaired are stripped for usable parts, and the remaining scrap metal is recycled.

Hein said 85 percent of all trips are less than five miles away, but only 3 percent of those trips are made via bicycles.

“Most trips made in the Morgantown area could be sustainable for biking, but people still choose to drive,” he said. “Thirty percent of an average city’s traffic is just driving kids back and forth to school.”

During the mid-sixties, more than half of all students walked or biked to school. Today, more than 50 percent ride to school in private automobiles, according to the Positive Spin website.

Positive Spin teaches bike safety classes and suggests safe school routes in an attempt to decrease those numbers.

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Andy Roberts, left, inspects a bike frame with friend Alden Craft, right, at Positive Spin Monday afternoon.

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Continued from page 1 to meet with supporters to coordinate strategies for his upcoming campaign. He said it was important to reach out to the college-age community to develop a connection with individuals across West Virginia.

Rowe’s platform focuses on

“We want kids and adults to know that this can be a safe, dependable and fun way of transportation,” Hein said.

Hein said by reaching out to local children and their families, he hopes to make a positive change for the future.

“We’re in this for the long term. When you get kids on bikes between the ages of 5 and 10, there’s a strong chance they’ll continue it into their

adult life,” he said. “In 10 years, these kids will be living with transportation issues and will be the decision makers and know cyclists have the right to be on the road. It’s just the choice that makes the most sense.”

For more information on the services offered by Positive Spin, visit www.positivespin.org.

job creation in the state and elevating the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia. to national prominence. He said those he has worked alongside during his career have influenced his community-oriented philosophy as a judge and lawmaker.

“Most of my colleagues have similar characteristics.

They reflect the values of their community, which is what

I’m trying to do,” Rowe said.

“When I first took office as a circuit court judge, I promised I would do my best to reflect the values of the people I represent, and I try very hard to do that.”

For more information on the campaign, visit www. judgeroweforsupremecourt. com.

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‘Looking to kill:’ Four slain at French Jewish school TOULOUSE, France (AP) — A motorbike assailant opened fire with two handguns Monday in front of a Jewish school in the French city of Toulouse, killing a rabbi, his two young sons and a girl. One witness described him as a man chasing small children and “looking to kill.”

One of the guns he used also had been fired in two other deadly motorbike attacks in the area that targeted paratroopers of North African and French Caribbean origin, officials said.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy suggested one person was responsible for all the killings.

A massive manhunt was under way and the terrorism alert level was raised to its highest level ever across a swath of southern France surrounding Toulouse. Hundreds of officers increased security at schools, synagogues and mosques around the country, and Sarkozy said 14 riot police units “will secure the region as long as this criminal” hasn’t been caught.

Monday’s attack revolted France and drew strong condemnation from Israel and the United States. Sarkozy called it the worst school shooting in French history.

France has seen a low drumroll of anti-Semitic incidents but no attack so deadly targeting Jews since the early 1980s. This country is particularly sensitive toward its Jewish community because of its World War II past of abetting Nazi occupiers in deporting Jewish citizens.

French prosecutors were studying possible terrorist links but the motive for all three attacks was unclear. Still, issues about religious minorities and race have emerged promi-

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Police officers look on as a French child leaves a Jewish school in Paris Monday. nently in France’s presidential campaign, in which the conservative Sarkozy has taken his traditional hard line against immigration.

News that the gun was used in attacks last week around Toulouse fueled suspicions that a serial killer was targeting not only Jews but French minorities.

In all three cases, the attacker came on a motorcycle, apparently alone, and then sped away.

Monday’s attack was as quick as it was terrifying. A 30-yearold rabbi, Jonathan Sandler,

and two of his sons were killed just before classes started at the Ozar Hatorah school, a junior high and high school in a quiet neighborhood, Toulouse Prosecutor Michel Valet said. The Israeli Foreign Ministry said the sons were 4 and 5 years old.

Another child, the 7-yearold daughter of the school principal, was also killed, school officials said. Valet said a 17-year-old boy was also seriously wounded.

“He shot at everything he had in front of him, children and adults,” Valet said. “The children were chased inside

the school.”

Nicole Yardeni, a local Jewish official who saw security video of the attack from the single camera near the school gate, described the shooter as “determined, athletic and welltoned.” She said he wore a helmet with the visor down.

“You see a man park his motorcycle, start to shoot, enter the school grounds and chase children to catch one and shoot a bullet into her head,” Yardeni said. “It’s unbearable to watch and you can’t watch anymore after that. He was looking to kill.”

The bodies were brought in hearses to the school Monday night for an evening vigil. All of the dead had joint IsraeliFrench citizenship and will be buried in Israel, the Israel Foreign Ministry said.

A police official said the same powerful .45-caliber handgun used in Monday’s attack on a school in Toulouse was used in shootings four days ago that killed two paratroopers and seriously injured another in nearby Montauban, and in an attack that killed a paratrooper eight days ago in Toulouse.

In Monday’s attack, which took place about 8 a.m., the killer also used a .35-caliber gun, the police official said. At least 15 shots were fired at the school, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly.

A police union official in Paris said the shooter knew weapons well to handle a .45-caliber handgun plus a second gun.

“The shooter is someone used to holding arms,” Nicolas Comte of the SGP FO police union. “He knows what he’s doing, like an ex-military guy.”

Sarkozy rushed to Toulouse to visit the school with Richard Prasquier, the president of CRIF, the umbrella group representing Jewish organizations.

“This act was odious, it cannot remain unpunished,” Sarkozy said.

“We do not know the motivations of this criminal. Of course, by attacking children and a teacher who were Jewish, the anti-Semitic motivation appears obvious. Regarding our soldiers, we can imagine that racism and murderous madness are in this case linked,” he said Monday night after return-

ing to Paris.

Sarkozy’s challengers for the presidential vote in April and May also hurried to the scene.

The slain rabbi taught at the school and reportedly arrived from Jerusalem last September with his wife and children.

France has the largest Jewish community in Western Europe, estimated at about 500,000, as well as its largest Muslim population, about 5 million.

Toulouse, a southwestern city north of the Pyrenees mountains, has about 10,000 to 15,000 Jews in its overall population of 440,000, said JeanPaul Amoyelle, the president of the Ozar Hatorah school network in France. He said its Jewish community is well integrated into the city.

The school targeted Monday, behind a high white wall, was cordoned off by police, who then escorted other children out as forensics police combed the scene. Six bullet holes circled an aluminum fence that surrounds the school.

One officer held a distraught girl, her face in her hands. A mother and son wearing a yarmulke walked away from the site, their faces visibly pained.

“Everything leads one to believe that these were racist and anti-Semitic acts,” Toulouse Mayor Pierre Cohen said on BFM-TV. “This is a Jewish school, well identified as such, and it is normal to think that anti-Semitism is at cause,” CRIF said in a statement.

Interior Ministry spokesman Pierre-Henry Brandet told The Associated Press the suspect made his getaway on a dark-colored scooter – just as the assailant or assailants did in the two deadly shootings last week.

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OSLO, Norway (AP) — Five people were killed and one person was dug out alive after Swiss and French skiers were buried by an avalanche Monday on Norway’s Arctic fringe.

Rescuers located the victims through beacons from their radio transceivers, but only the first person they found survived, a Swiss man who was taken to a local hospital in stable condition.

A 1-kilometer (3,000-foot) wall of snow came crashing down on the skiers on Sorbmegaisa mountain, 65 kilometers (40 miles) east of the northern city of Tromsoe, police spokesman Morten Pettersen said. The last victim was found buried under 6 meters (20 feet) of snow.

Four Swiss and one French skier died in the avalanche, which started at a height of 1,100 meters (3,600 feet) and was 600 meters (2,000 feet) long.

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“It was a demanding search,” said Tor Indrevold of the local Red Cross team, explaining that rescuers were “digging down two stories” of snow.

The northern tip of Norway is popular among tourists who come to experience the Arctic wilderness or marvel at the Northern Lights. The region also offers cross-country skiing, reindeer sledding, ice fishing and snowmobile rides.

But avalanches are common in the area. Two Norwegian skiers were killed by an snowslide on the island of Kvaloeya, just outside Tromsoe, in February.

Indrevold said the weather this season had raised the risk of avalanches, since heavy snow was followed by mild weather. He said the avalanche danger level in the area was three on a five-point scale, with five being the highest risk.

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Tuesday March 20, 2012

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Respect the University, community By now, most West Virginia University students should have read the email from Ken Gray, the University’s vice president for Student Affairs, regarding students’ poor behavior over the weekend.

This is not the first time a University official has sent an email to the student body redressing conduct issues, but we hope this will be the last.

According to the email, students were “throwing objects at officers or their vehicles, setting trash bin fires, underage drinking and violating open container laws.”

There is no excuse for behaving in this fashion. While we may be students, we are adults first and must abide by the law.

Furthermore, this kind of behavior is an awful representation of the University. To some, chanting “Eat S--- Pitt” in the street while setting the scene ablaze shows pride for this institution. But in reality, it shows the opposite.

If those behind these acts thought ahead in life, they would want their paid tuition to be a benefit for them. When the school’s image becomes

tarnished due to poor student conduct, it reflects poorly on your degree.

You don’t have to spend thousands of dollars at a University to party every day, instigate fights at sporting events or set fires in the street – which, in many eyes, is stereotypical student behavior at WVU. You can simply be known as a criminal. Plus, you might want to save those dollars for lawyer fees upon arrest – they can be expensive.

This is not an editorial The Daily Athenaeum enjoys writing, but one that has appeared

on this page previously. We would rather praise the student body for achievements and hard work, which would reflect well on WVU. It’s not asking much for the students to be conscious of their actions and to represent the University in a better light. Those who are connected with WVU – students, faculty, alumni and citizens of West Virginia – should be proud of every class of students enrolled.

The image of the University will follow you after graduation. If a potential employer

sees you graduated from a University where the students are mostly known for unruly behavior and binge drinking, your degree will not have a positive influence. But if you graduated from a University known for academic excellence and integrity, your odds of landing the job will be much higher.

It will better serve you to show respect for your school and community. Because, in the end, more people will have respect for you.

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Non-users of cannabis will play a role in its success doug walp columnist

Drug abuse is a legitimate cause for concern for some in America.

But for most, it’s become one of the most misinformed, hyperbole-ridden issues discussed today – especially in regards to cannabis consumption.

Two weeks ago, the widely recognized televangelist Pat Robertson made some public remarks that many found to be intriguing, surprisingly progressive and logical – as the notorious conservative advocated that marijuana use be regulated in a way we treat “beverage alcohol,” in an interview with The New York Times.

This means that he thinks anyone of legally provisioned age should be able to obtain it, not to treat a medical condition, but simply to use recreationally.

Robertson also noted that he has never used marijuana, and never intends to – thus representing an all-important demographic growing more and more supportive in the nation’s progression toward logical legislation regarding cannabis consumption.

Some though, like William J. Bennett, the director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy under George H.W. Bush, were surprised by Robertson’s progression to a logical solution.

“Robertson’s arguments are wrong on each and every fact,” spewed Bennett in a CNN oped contribution on Wednesday. “Why should we promote the legalization of a substance that makes our citizens less intelligent, less productive and less safe?"

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Rev. Pat Robertson, center, talks to attendees at a prayer breakfast at the Capitol in Richmond, Va., Jan. 16, 2010. The religious broadcaster says marijuana should be legalized and treated like alcohol because the government’s war on drugs has failed.

The hypocrisy bleeds through the lines of his horrifically misguided attempt at illustrating marijuana activists as burned-out hippies or its users as degenerates slowly waiting to die a lonely, miserable death.

Bennett, another strict conservative, is, of course, readily accepting of the more traditional, “less productive” activities such as gambling, as The Washington Times has reported that Bennett has lost millions in high-stakes wagers.

Seriously, is that the leading argument from a former director of National Drug Con-

trol Policy? We can’t promote something that makes Americans less productive or less safe?

You mean like the productivity and safety that was flowing through college towns and cities across the country Saturday?

Unfortunately, individuals like Bennett even use this correlation ignorantly and completely ineffectively.

“To stay on alcohol for a moment,” wrote Bennett, “There are about 79,000 alcohol-related deaths each year. The Center for Disease Control calculated that excessive drinking

cost the United States $223.5 billion annually, and the government pays more than 60 percent of these health care costs. Is that really the model that Robertson would recommend for the betterment of society?”

Wow. Where do you even begin?

Maybe the all-important fact is that no single person in history has ever died from cannabis – ever. How Bennett finds it relevant to compare it to a widely-available drug in alcohol that kills nearly 80,000 people and costs the government hundreds of bil-

lions every year is just another example of this toxic misinformation and misdirection.

Nearly every other fiscal statistic or qualitative backing he provides throughout the rest of his article is used equally irrelevantly, in an attempt to demonize cannabis, instead of offering legitimate information about its potential risks.

Bennett and others continue to purport the same inaccurate, irrelevant scare tactics – perpetuating the vicious cycle of ignorance.

He suggests that contrary to popular belief, America’s War on Drugs had been a radical

success – pointing to plummeting cocaine and methamphetamine usage as proof.

Bennett basically uses whatever correlations he can find to support his misdirected angst.

He ignores other significant factors like the spread and acknowledgement of accurate information about “harder” drugs – the inherent dangers of overdoses, as well as debilitating mental and physical addiction becoming collectively accepted as common knowledge.

To me, Bennett not only represents how ignorant even the highest government officials – former or otherwise – still are on cannabis, but also how older-generations who grew up involuntarily subscribed to the widespread misinformation are more stubborn in appealing to the reason and legitimate information that is now available.

Fortunately, though, I think Bennett represents a small portion of the population who continue to remain this disillusioned today.

And while I don’t often look to televangelists for solutions to political or social dilemmas, I saw Robertson’s eventual persuasion on such a nobrainer issue like cannabis as a reflection of the positively evolving opinion of more individuals who don’t use marijuana and don’t intend to.

You don’t have to consume cannabis to support a rational solution to such a glaring and hypocritical social issue.

Bennett’s article, however, is a step back in developing this rational solution.

Although full-scale legalization isn’t necessarily the solution, at least making sure we abstain from nonsensical and inaccurate propaganda is going to be an integral step in continuing our progression to some form of reasonable decriminalization.

Clean water is taken for granted and wasted, should be conserved casey hofmann correspondent

Loren Eisley said in “The Immense Journey,” “If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water.”

Far too often, we ignore that magic. We take it for granted. To a small human on a large celestial body, it’s hard to comprehend that we will ever run out of the resource that covers nearly 75 percent of this “blue planet.”

In our privileged society, having access to clean drinking water is the least of our worries. You turn on the faucet, and fresh, potable water pours out to fill as many glasses, bottles and pitchers as you need.

But more than 800 million

people around the world lack that luxury and will never know what it’s like to have clean water.

Every 20 seconds, a child dies from the poor sanitation conditions and diseases resulting from not having access to it.

Eight children will have died by the time you finish reading this column.

We all know not to “waste” water. As children, we were taught to turn off the tap as we brush our teeth; as adults, we know to take shorter showers, and let the rain wash our cars.

But there are many other ways we’re wasting one of our most valuable resources.

Our methods of food production are outdated and inefficient; on average, it takes nearly 200 gallons of water to produce one pound of wheat, and an incredible 2,000 gallons to produce one pound

of beef.

Our continuing urge to pave over natural habitats affects our water supply as well.

And hydraulic fracturing – the process of using water, sand and chemicals to extract natural gas from underground wells – uses an appalling amount of water.

In the early 1990s, a typical fracking operation used less than 100,000 gallons; today, a single well may use up to 10 million.

The Environmental Protection Agency estimates hydraulic fracturing uses up 140 billion gallons of water annually – enough to hydrate the citizens of 80 large cities for a year.

Not only is this a terrible waste, but chemicals like lead, formaldehyde and sulfuric acid are all added to these massive quantities of water. People who live near

fracking sites are even advised to check if the water in their homes is “flammable” before drinking or bathing in it.

Famous oceanographer Jacques Cousteau once said, “Water and air, the two essential fluids on which all life depends, have become global garbage cans.”

It’s time to stop. We need to realize that we can’t keep abusing our planet this way.

Thursday is World Water Day, an international holiday designated by the United Nations to educate people about the worldwide water crisis, and encourage them to use the resource in a responsible, sustainable manner.

The festival was established in 1993 at the U.N. Conference on Environment and Development under the declaration that, “Water is fundamental for life and

health. The human right to water is indispensable for leading a healthy life in human dignity. It is a pre-requisite to the realization of all other human rights.”

On Thursday, cities across the globe will take part by holding conferences to brainstorm ideas for water conservation and by hosting festivals to teach young and old to treasure the resource that sustains every living creature on Earth.

If you can’t take part in the official celebrations, take the time to do something yourself

for World Water Day. Consciously make an effort to waste less water, check out the World Water Day website, or just pause for a few moments to appreciate how lucky you are to have access to fresh, clean water.

As the great Carl Sagan said, “Anything else you’re interested in is not going to happen if you can’t breathe the air and drink the water.

Don’t sit this one out. Do something. You are by accident of fate alive at an absolutely critical moment in the history of our planet.”

World Water Day Scan this QR code with your smart phone to watch a video about how destroying nature’s filtration system further decreases the amount of clean water we have.

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TUESDAY MARCH 20, 2012

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THE WEEK AHEAD TODAY MARCH 20

THE DAVID C. HARDESTY JR. FESTIVAL OF IDEAS hosts Gayle Tzemach Lemmon at 7:30 p.m. in The Erickson Alumni Center.

Lemmon is a new major voice on the role of female entrepreneurs in the developing world and reminds us that women represent the tenacious heart and best hope of all war-torn regions. She will sign copies of her bestseller “The Dressmaker of Khair Khana” afterward. For more information, visit festivalofideas.wvu.edu.

WEDNESDAY MARCH 21

DR. JOSEPH SULLIVAN leads a discussion on “The Sociological Process of Building the New Innovation Economy: A Case Study Approach” at Jay’s Daily Grind on Willey Street. Sullivan’s brief presentation begins at 5:30 p.m. and is followed by a discussion until 6:30. For more information, call 304-293-8843 or email joshua.woods@mail. wvu.edu.

WILLIAM GREATHOUSE, animal curator at the Oglebay Zoo, will speak on “The Role Zoos Play in Animal Conservation” at 12:30 p.m. in Room 1001 of the Agricultural Sciences Building. The lecture is sponsored by Animal Awareness and Conservation, a new student organization. Pizza and snacks will be provided, and the lecture is free and open to the public. For more information, email debra.richardson@ mail.wvu.edu.

THURSDAY MARCH 22

DR. KEVIN GUSKIEWICZ, presents “The Science & Technology of Sport Concussion: Translating Data Collection into Concussion Prevention and Management” at 7:30 p.m. in Room 1909 in the Health Sciences Learning Center.

The presentation will cover concussion in sport and how it relates to balance and neuropsychological function in high school and collegiate athletes.

FRIDAY MARCH 23

THE MORGANTOWN ROLLER VIXENS, a local roller derby team, have a bout at the Mylan Expo Center at 8 p.m.

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

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

EVERY TUESDAY

THE INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ORGANIZATION meets at 8:30 p.m. at the International House at 544 Spruce St. For more information, call 304-777-7709.

MOUNTAINEERS FOR CHRIST, a Christian student organization, hosts free supper and Bible study at its Christian Student Center. Supper is at 8:15 p.m., and Bible study begins at 9 p.m. All students are welcome.

For more information, call 304-5996151 or visit www.mountaineersforchrist.org.

SIERRA STUDENT COALITION meets at 7 p.m. in the Blackwater Room of the Mountainlair. The group is a grassroots environmental organization striving for tangible change in our campus and community. For more information, email hlargen@ mix.wvu.edu.

ECUMENICAL BIBLE STUDY AND CHARISMATIC PRAYER MEETING is

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

held at 7 p.m. at the Potters Cellar of Newman Hall. All are welcome. For more information, call 304-288-0817 or 304-879-5752.

MCM is hosted at 7:30 p.m. in the Campus Ministry Center at 293 Willey St. All are welcome.

BCM meets at 8:30 p.m. at the First Baptist Church on High Street.

THE CARRUTH CENTER offers a grief support group for students struggling from a significant personal loss from 5:30-7 p.m. on the third floor of the Student Services Building.

AMIZADE has representatives in the commons area of the Mountainlair from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. to answer questions for those interested in studying abroad.

WVU WOMEN’S ULTIMATE FRISBEE meets from 10 p.m.-midnight at the Shell Building. No experience is necessary. For more information, email Sarah Lemanski at sarah_lemanski@yahoo.com.

BRING YOUR OWN BIBLE STUDY AND PIZZA NIGHT is at 6 p.m. in Newman Hall.

THE WVU SWING DANCE CLUB meets at 9 p.m. in Multipurpose Room A of the Student Recreation Center. No partner needed. Advanced and beginners are welcome.

For more information, email wvuswingdance@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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

THE ASSOCIATION FOR WOMEN IN SCIENCE meets on the second Monday and fourth Tuesday of every month at noon at Hatfields in the Mountainlair. All students and faculty are invited. For more information, email amy.keesee@mail.wvu.edu.

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

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

THE M-TOWN MPOWERMENT PROJECT, a community-building program run by and geared toward young gay or bisexual men 18 to 29, is creating an environment in the Morgantown community where young men can feel empowered to make a difference in their lives. MPowerment also focuses on HIV and STD prevention education. For more information, call 304-319-1803.

COMMUNITY NEWCOMERS CLUB is a group organized to allow new residents of the Morgantown area an opportunity to gather socially and assimilate into their new home community. For more information, visit www.morgantownnewcomers.com.

NEW SPRING SEMESTER GROUP THERAPY OPPORTUNITIES are available for free at the Carruth Center.

The groups include Understanding Self and Others, A Place for You, Sexual Assault Survivors Group, Social Anxiety Group and Solution Focused Therapy Group. For more information, call 304-293-4431 or email tandy.mcclung@mail.wvu.edu.

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

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

HOROSCOPES

BY JACQUELINE BIGAR

viser. Tonight: Vanish into the night.

BORN TODAY You could be unusually quiet this year as you become introspective. You are evaluating much in your life.

An issue that will emerge will be your selfexpression involving anger. Do you internalize your feelings? Or do you throw a tantrum? These abovementioned behaviors could be problematic. Follow your instincts with money. If you are single, someone you meet could be very exciting. Wait at least a year before deciding whether this bond is for life. If you are attached, share more private time together. Vulnerability will add more of a spark. PISCES makes a great doctor, teacher or healer for you.

CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22) HHHH You might want to rethink a recent decision you have made. Find some experts, ask some questions. Be willing to admit whether you have enough information.

A partner or close associate will be impressed by your integrity. Tonight: Use your imagination.

ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19) HHH The wise person would say very little, yet your temper still might trigger. How you deal with that moment could be a problem.

Remember, words that are said cannot be taken back. Try to process your thoughts before speaking, or postpone the conversation. Tonight: Get some much-needed rest.

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20) HHHH Zero in on what is important. Honor what is happening with your immediate circle. If something is not working, it could involve friends and/or family. Resistance could cause a problem, but not an unsolvable one. Tonight: Where the fun is.

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20) HHH The spotlight is on you, and you will not be able to defer to others -- the option is not there. Step up to the plate, and accept your role. Someone might trigger or aggravate you. Reach out for a distant buddy or ad-

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22) HHH Remain sure of yourself, yet listen to others with that same confidence. The problem is not about being right, but about resolving the issue. Look for a mutually satisfying answer, especially if an argument breaks out.

This animated discussion might have more to do with the past than with the reality of the issue. Tonight: Easy works.

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22) HHHH Defer to others more often today. Note when anger rears its ugly head. Rather than follow your knee-jerk reaction, just wait. Detach and evaluate that anger, and learn how to express this feeling more appropriately. Tonight: Go with a suggestion.

LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22) HHHH Your even pace allows greater give-and-take.

You might not feel comfortable with everything that comes up. Note your feelings, but focus on the task at hand. You can clear up what you have been holding back, but only at the appropriate moment with the correct audience. Tonight: Put your feet up.

SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21) HHHH No one can deny your ability to see past the obvious. Your vision of possibilities initially might confuse others and some-

times yourself. A meeting and/or discussion helps you sort fantasy from fiction.

Tonight: Unleash your spontaneity.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21) HHHH You actively alternate between pursuing the conservative course and opting to be adventuresome. Try to merge the need for security with a little flair for living in the moment. Someone you look up to could be on the warpath. Say little, and give this person space. Tonight: Your home is your castle.

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19) HHHH You might be more in tune with someone’s energy than you are aware. The problem could lie with this person’s reaction. Sometimes others get nervous if they feel they are transparent. Find a way to reassure this person that you will honor his or her vulnerability. Tonight: Catch up with a friend.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18) HHHH You could create uproar, and probably a lot better than many people. Look at the long-run implications of this behavior.

Some people cannot deal with this and might distance themselves. Work with others’ changeability. Tonight: Your treat.

Make peace, not war.

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20) HHHHH Claim your power and use it well. If someone is being difficult and quarrelsome, it does not mean you need to get into a tiff with this person. Come up with effective ways of handling this irascible personality. Tonight: All smiles.

BORN TODAY Psychologist B.F. Skinner (1904), former model Kathy Ireland (1963), film director Spike Lee (1957)

COMICS

Pearls Before Swine

by Stephan Pastis

F Minus

by Tony Carrillo

Get Fuzzy

by Darby Conley

Cow and Boy

by Mark Leiknes

PUZZLES DIFFICULTY LEVEL EASY

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MONDAY’S PUZZLE SOLVED

ACROSS 1 Stove fuel 4 Consent (to) 10 Sauna sounds 13 Tiny troublemaker 14 Drink ordered dry or dirty 16 Cheer word 17 *Where some carry keys 19 Pie __ mode 20 New Mexico art colony 21 Volcano output 22 Flavor 24 Author Ferber and actress Best 26 *Behind-the-scenes area 29 Reno roller 30 “Now I __ me down ...”

32 One more 33 Two-time N.L. batting champ Lefty 35 The Beatles’ “__ Love You” 36 Physics particle 37 *Peugeot or Renault, e.g.

40 Coppertone letters 42 Remote batteries 43 Krispy __ doughnuts 46 Nonbeliever 48 “This __ ripoff!”

49 Farm worker?

51 *Campaign in rural areas 53 Slow, to Schumann 55 Brazilian writer Jorge 56 Velvet finish?

58 “Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves” singer 59 Grafton’s “__ for Corpse” 60 School entrances, or, in a way, what each answer to a starred clue has 64 One for Monet 65 Evaporated 66 MGM mascot 67 Airline to Stockholm 68 Trattoria desserts 69 Time workers: Abbr.

DOWN 1 Like geniuses 2 Medium with a lot of talk 3 Ate, as soup 4 Price to pay: Abbr.

5 Bullfighter’s cloak 6 “Road” film co-star

7 __ Sketch: drawing toy 8 Hagar creator Browne 9 Suffix with benz10 Wind River Reservation tribe 11 Kind of lamp with a tungsten filament 12 One who doesn’t hog 15 “__ Easy”: Ronstadt hit 18 Decoding org.

23 Something to wear 25 Sot’s speech problem 27 Money 28 Atlantic Division NBA team 31 Balt. Orioles’ div.

34 Step on someone’s toes, so to speak 35 Mac alternatives 38 Brussels-based defense gp.

39 Shrinking sea 40 Marathoner’s need 41 They may be coined 44 Street opening 45 Became a contestant 46 Gadget you can count on?

47 “This ___”: “How strange” 48 Well-heeled Marcos 50 Sculptors’ subjects 52 Resist authority 54 Earth-friendly prefix 57 Neither an ally nor an enemy: Abbr.

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Tuesday March 20, 2012

WVU acting program headed to New York City for ‘Showcase’

by Alex Panos A&E writer

The West Virginia University graduate acting students will display their skills when they take their talents to New York City for “MFA Showcase 2012,” an opportunity to be recognized on NYC’s Theatre Row in the “mecca” of theatre.

The showcase, which takes place March 27 is designed to aid the students in finding acting work and representation once they graduate from the WVU Master’s Acting Program with a Master of Fine Arts degree in TheatreActing in May. It also provides a chance for all of the students to be introduced to the New York market and “present their work in one of the leading centers for entertainment and art,” according to Lee Blair, WVU theatre professor and showcase coordinator, in a press release.

The showcase essentially

caps off the master’s acting program for WVU students, which through three years has offered various classes in voice, acting, speech, and movement to prepare them for professional theatre careers in many different areas.

All of the knowledge and acquired skills that the students have developed is now to be put on display for all of New York City to see.

“The showcase is an integral part of the MFA curricular requirements in the three years of graduate study with the School of Theatre and Dance,” Blair said in the release.

Blair also said the program was orchestrated entirely by the students, helping them gain experience in organizing an event. The students participating in this year’s showcase are Audrey Ahern, Kara Haas, Amy Rene Byrne, Todd Berkich, Branden Chowen, Greg Holt and Greg Jernigan.

“The location, booking of

space, selection of material, marketing, invitations and all other production aspects of the showcase are handled by the students,” he said in the release.

The location of the event is extraordinarily significant because the students will perform at Studio Theatre, a historic theatre in Times Square.

The WVU graduate students will hold two performances Tuesday: at 2 p.m. and at 6:30 p.m.

Studio Theatre is on 42nd Street and 9th Avenue at 410 West 42nd St. Casting directors, artistic directors, managers, talent agents, WVU alumni and all other fans of theater are all encouraged to travel to New York and attend the showcase.

For information on reservations, contact the WVU School of Theatre and Dance at 304-293-2020. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

The WVU graduate acting program will be traveling to NYC during spring break for the ‘MFA Showcase.’

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Mistrial declared in favor ‘Housewives’ Sheridan wrongful termination case LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge declared a mistrial Monday in Nicollette Sheridan’s wrongful termination trial after the jury deadlocked, leaving an unresolved finale to a trial that focused on the behind-thescenes intrigue and personalities of TV’s “Desperate Housewives.”

Superior Court Judge Elizabeth Allen White excused the panel after it deadlocked 8-4 in favor of Sheridan’s claim.

Sheridan strolled out of the courthouse without speaking to reporters. Her attorney Mark Baute said he would retry the case.

The jury first reported problems in deliberations on Thursday then resumed discussions Monday. It later reported no change and said they didn’t expect any additional time or attorneys’ arguments would help break the impasse.

Two jurors who sided with Sheridan said after being released that the deliberations hinged on witness credibility, but wouldn’t specify whom they found to be more trustworthy.

Sheridan had been seeking roughly $6 million from her former employers.

Sheridan claimed her role as Edie Britt was eliminated because she complained that series creator Marc Cherry struck her in the head during a September 2008 on-set dispute.

ABC attorneys denied all

wrongdoing and presented witnesses who said Cherry received permission from top studio and network officials to kill Britt four months before his dispute with Sheridan. The veteran TV writer was not in court during the mistrial declaration.

Cherry denied hitting the actress, claiming he tapped her on the head for artistic direction.

The jury of nine women and three men was presented conflicting evidence and testimony throughout the twoweek trial. A vote of at least 9-3 was required to reach a verdict.

Defense attorney Adam Levin said Sheridan’s account of Cherry striking her had grown “progressively more exaggerated” over the years, and pointed to the testimony of numerous witnesses who supported Cherry’s testimony that he killed off the actress’ role for creative reasons.

He said Monday that the case would be more streamlined during a retrial. “We’re anxious to move forward with that trial,” he said.

Baute, accused ABC’s witnesses of lying and destroying evidence, said it was unclear when White’s calendar would allow a retrial, but that they would be ready.

Sheridan sued Cherry in April 2010, claiming he hit her and later killed off her character after he was exonerated by an ABC human resources investigation.

Juror Beverly Crosby said she thought ABC failed to thoroughly investigate Sheridan’s claims, but wouldn’t call the company’s actions a cover-up. “To my estimation, it wasn’t handled correctly,” said Crosby, a retired elementary school principal.

She said jurors didn’t spend a lot of time debating whether Cherry struck the actress, saying the evidence supported Sheridan was touched without her permission. She said jurors also didn’t consider how much money was at stake.

White dismissed a battery count against Cherry at the end of testimony last week, which removed him from liability in the case. His actions before and after his dispute with Sheridan remain a key component of the case when it is retried.

Initially, the Britt character had only been expected to appear in the show’s pilot, but Cherry said he urged ABC to make her a regular on “Desperate Housewives” and later lobbied for Sheridan to receive a share of the show’s profits. The glossy primetime comedy/soap opera was a ratings hit in its early seasons, but viewership has dwindled.

By the show’s fifth season, during which Britt was killed off, the show’s producers were under pressure to cut costs, and Cherry said all storytelling options for Sheridan’s character had been expended.

Cherry testified that costars were relieved when they learned Sheridan’s role was being cut, and he accused the actress of arriving late and forgetting her lines.

Baute noted that none of those allegations were ever documented.

During the trial, Baute said it didn’t make sense that Sheridan’s contract was renewed weeks after the decision to dump her character. The agreement guaranteed the actress would be paid for the entire season and get a full share of the series’ profits.

Levin and defense witnesses frequently cited the death toll for characters in the show as evidence that Sheridan’s role could be cut at any time. Many of the deaths involved minor characters.

The show featured days of testimony from Sheridan, Cherry, actor James Denton and several current and former show workers. It did not feature appearances by any of the show’s other stars, including Eva Longoria and Felicity Huffman.

“Desperate Housewives” is in its eighth and final season. Cherry is working on other projects, including a new show titled “Devious Maids,” but Sheridan has struggled since leaving the series’ Wisteria Lane. She has not found steady work or an agent in the past two years, her entertainment attorney told jurors.

Nicollete Sheridan leaves court after the judge declared a mistrail in her favor.

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Chinese writers say Apple is online book pirate, demanding compensation

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BEIJING (AP) — A group of prominent Chinese writers have demanded millions of dollars in compensation from Apple Inc. for allegedly selling unlicensed versions of their books in its online store, a lawyer said Monday.

The case is a departure from the usual pattern of U.S artists or companies going after Chinese copycats.

Trade groups say illegal Chinese copying of music, designer clothing and other goods costs legitimate producers billions of dollars a year in lost sales.

Three separate lawsuits have been filed with the Beijing No. 2 Intermediate Court on behalf of 12 writers who allege 59 of their titles were sold unlicensed through Apple’s iTunes online store, said Wang Guohua, a Beijing lawyer representing the writers.

The three suits together demand 23 million (US$3.5 million) in compensation from the technology giant, Wang said. Well-known novelist and race car driver Han Han is among the writers taking the legal action, he said.

Carolyn Wu, a Beijingbased Apple spokesman, said the company respects intellectual property and responds to complaints quickly.

“As an IP holder ourselves, we understand the importance of protecting intellectual property and when we

receive complaints we respond promptly and appropriately,” she said. She declined to get into the specifics of the Chinese writers’ claims.

Wang said the Chinese writers’ works were made available via the Apple Store without their permission, violating their copyright, and while Apple deleted some books after the lawsuits were filed in January, some works quickly appeared again, apparently uploaded by developers that sell apps through the Apple Store.

“Some developers, with whom Apple has contracts, put them back online again,” said Wang of the United Zhongwen Law Firm. “It is encouragement in disguise, because they did not punish the developers. The developers could have been kicked out. But nothing happened to them.”

Apple has more than 585,000 apps available through its Apple Store, and according to guidelines posted online, requires the developers themselves to secure the rights to any trademarked material within those apps.

Wang said 10 other writers have also gotten involved since January but their suits have yet to be filed. In all, 23 writers have registered their complaints with Wang and claim that Apple sold 95 pirated titles.

The official Xinhua News Agency reported late Sunday that the writers were collectively seeking 50 million yuan ($7.7 million) in compensation from Apple, but Wang could not confirm that figure.

Product piracy is a major irritant in China-US relations, but usually involves complaints that Chinese are copying American products.

However, it’s not the first time Chinese have cried foul over copyright infringement by an American company either. In 2009, the government-affiliated China Written Works Copyright Society complained that Google had scanned nearly 20,000 works by 570 Chinese authors without permission as part of its digital library project, drawing an apology from Google.

For Apple, the case is just one of several legal battles being fought in China. The company is embroiled in a battle over the iPad trademark with Proview Electronics Co., a Chinese computer monitor and LED light maker that says it registered the trademark more than a decade ago.

Proview wants Apple to stop selling or making the popular tablet computers under that name.

Apple says Proview sold it worldwide rights to the iPad trademark in 2009, though in China the registration was never transferred.

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Oprah Winfrey Network lays off one-fifth of staff LOS ANGELES (AP) — Oprah Winfrey’s struggling television network, OWN, said Monday it is laying off one-fifth of its workers and restructuring its operations in New York and Los Angeles.

The decision to let 30 employees go is a “tough” one, but the economics of a startup cable network didn’t fit with OWN’s cost structure, Winfrey said in a statement.

“As CEO, I have a responsibility to chart the course for long-term success for the network. To wholly achieve that long-term success, this was a necessary next step,” Winfrey said.

The responsibilities of the laid-off workers will be distributed among people with the network and its venture partners, Discovery Communications and Winfrey’s Harpo Studios, according to OWN. The cable channel, which launched Jan. 1, 2011, endured a freshman year of executive turnover and missteps that proved OWN lacked a

solid foundation on which to build. This was despite a Discovery Communications investment of a reported $250 million and counting.

Discovery executives will take a more active role in the channel, according to the announcement.

Neal Kirsch, chief financial officer of Discovery’s U.S. networks, will move to OWN as the chief financial officer and chief operating officer, reporting to OWN presidents Erik Logan and Sheri Salata.

John MacDonald had decided to exit as OWN’s COO, Logan said Another Discovery executive, Lee Bartlett, will have joint oversight of business and legal affairs with an OWN vice president, Tina Perry.

OWN started as an ambitious new platform for Winfrey after she stepped away from her long-running, toprated daytime talk show, “The Oprah Winfrey Show.” But viewership for OWN shows have been largely unimpressive, with one example being

a short-lived Rosie O’Donnell talk show that was cancelled last week.

OWN got a burst of viewer attention this month for Winfrey’s exclusive interview with Whitney Houston’s daughter, Bobbi Kristina, which drew 3.5 million viewers, the channel’s biggest audience to date.

From the start, OWN failed to improve on, or in some instances even match, the modest ratings and small audience earned by the low-profile Discovery Health channel it replaced.

As the new channel struggled for footing, Winfrey stepped in behind the scenes and became CEO and chief creative officer of OWN, bringing in her Harpo leadership team of Logan and Salata as presidents. She also increased her on-camera profile with “Oprah’s Next Chapter.”

“I would absolutely say it is and was not where I want it to be for year one,” Winfrey said in December. “My focus up until (last) May was doing what I do best, which is ‘The

Apple to pay dividend, start stock buybacks NEW YORK (AP) — Apple is finally acknowledging that it has more money than it needs. But don’t expect it to cut prices on iPhones and iPads. Instead, the company said on Monday that it will reward its shareholders with a dividend and a stock buyback program.

Apple, the world’s most valuable publicly traded company, sits on $97.6 billion in cash and securities.

The company has stockpiled the cash through a combination of great ideas and prudence. Apple spends money, to be sure, building data centers, buying parts for its products and pursuing ambitious projects such as a new 2.8-millionsquare-foot headquarters that has been likened to a spaceship.

It also invests in the research and development of new technology and negotiates an occasional acquisition.

But Apple simply hasn’t managed to spend its earnings faster than people are lining up to buy its iPads, iPhones and other gadgets.

The decision to return some of that money to investors is a clear signal that Apple is taking a different approach in the postJobs era.

Former CEO Steve Jobs resisted calls to issue dividends for years. He argued that the money was better used to give Apple maneuvering room to acquire other companies, for instance. Apple did pay a quarterly dividend between 1987 and 1995, but Jobs was not involved with the company at the time.

Jobs died in October after a long fight with cancer.

Since then, pressure had been mounting on new CEO Tim Cook. Apple’s ever-growing pile of cash was earning a paltry amount of interest and the fact that it was sitting there unused could have left the company open to charges of mismanagement and possible shareholder lawsuits.

On Monday, Cook said that, with as much cash as Apple has on hand, a dividend won’t restrain the company’s options.

“These decisions will not close any doors for us,” he told analysts and reporters on a conference call.

Indeed, Apple can afford it.

The dividend, which should placate shareholders, will cost about $10 billion the first year.

Apple generated $31 billion in cash in the fiscal year that ended in September and analysts expect it to add another $70 billion to $85 billion this year.

Apple said it will pay a quarterly dividend of $2.65 per share, starting in its fiscal fourth quarter, which begins July 1.

The dividend works out to $10.60 annually, or 1.8 percent of the current stock price. Although Microsoft Corp., pays 2.5 percent of its stock price in dividends, and Hewlett-Packard Co. pays 2 percent, analyst Tavis McCourt at Morgan Keegan said Apple’s dividend is relatively generous for a large technology company.

Energy and phone companies often pay dividends worth more than 5 percent of their stock price.

In absolute terms, Apple will

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Apple Inc. is using its $98 billion pile of cash to reward shareholders, saying it’s instituting both a dividend and share buyback program. pay one of the richest dividends in the U.S. The roughly $10 billion it will spend in its first year, places it just below companies including AT&T Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc., which are among the biggest spenders because they use dividends as their main way to attract investors.

Exxon Mobil Corp., the world’s second largest company by market capitalization, pays about $9 billion in dividends annually.

The dividend opens up ownership of Apple shares to a wider range of stock mutual funds, potentially boosting the stock price in the long term. Many “value-oriented” stock funds are not allowed to buy stocks that don’t pay dividends.

Apple said the $10 billion share buyback program will begin next fiscal year, which starts Sept. 30, and runs for three years.

Investors had been expecting the announcement, driving Apple’s stock up 37 percent since January, when management first hinted in that a dividend was in the works.

Buybacks are a popular alternative to dividends, since they reduce the number of shares outstanding. That means every remaining investor owns a larger share of the company.

Apple’s stock hit a new high Monday before closing at $601.10, up $15.53. Since Steve Jobs’ death on Oct. 5, Apple’s stock is up nearly 60 percent.

The company is worth $553 billion.

McCourt raised his price target on Apple’s stock to $800 on Monday, becoming the first Wall Street analyst to do so. A dozen have price targets in the $700 range. He had been expecting the dividend, he said, and the main reason for the higher price target is the company’s tremendous profit growth.

The dividend and buyback announcement comes three days after the launch of Apple’s latest iPad tablet in the U.S. and nine other countries. Cook said sales the first few days set a record, but he gave no details.

Cook said the company also considered splitting its stock and continues to look at that option. Stock splits increase the number of shares while reducing their value, potentially making it easier for small investors to buy them. But Cook said “there’s very little support” for the idea that stock splits can help the stock overall.

Cook suggested that the dividend could have been larger if U.S. tax laws were different.

Cook said that as Apple analyzed how much it could give out to shareholders, it looked solely at the cash it has in the U.S. Like many big exporters, Apple has much of its cash overseas —some $64 billion, specifically.

Apple is reluctant to bring back overseas profits. In addition to being taxed in their respective countries, those profits would be subject to the 35 percent U.S. corporate tax rate.

“Current tax laws provide a considerable economic disincentive to U.S. companies that might otherwise repatriate a substantial amount of foreign cash,” Chief Financial Officer Peter Oppenheimer said.

Cook said Apple looked at how much domestic cash it had, then set aside enough for planned investments and unforeseen outlays. What was left over would be given out to shareholders, he said.

That suggests that if Apple could bring back its $64 billion in overseas money, the rewards to shareholders could be larger.

Corporations have been clamoring for a change in tax laws, or a repeat of a 2004 tax amnesty on repatriated earnings.

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Oprah Winfrey, is shown with host Rosie O’Donnell during the debut of ‘The Rosie Show,’ in Chicago. Oprah Winfrey’s struggling network, OWN, is laying off 30 workers and restructuring its operations in New York and Los Angeles.

Oprah Winfrey Show,’ and giving that my full attention” until its conclusion.

Since September, according to OWN, it’s seen a double-digit increase in ratings and a network high cumula-

tive of 40 million viewers per month.

“We’re very bullish on the evolution of our network,” Logan said Monday.

The channel is banking on a boost from the second-sea-

son returns of “Oprah’s Life Class” and the reality series “Welcome to Sweetie Pie’s.”

There are no immediate plans to launch a talk show with a new host to replace O’Donnell, he said.

Disney says ‘John Carter’ to lose $200M LOS ANGELES (AP) — “John Carter” is now officially a flop of galactic proportions.

The Walt Disney Co. said Monday that it expects to book a loss of $200 million on the movie in the quarter through March. That ranks it among Hollywood’s all-time biggest money-losers.

Directed by Pixar’s Andrew Stanton, the 3-D effects-laden movie about a Civil War veteran transplanted to Mars was already headed to the “Red Ink Planet,” according to Cowen & Co. analyst Doug Creutz. Yet he expected a write-down of about half that size.

Disney said “John Carter” has brought in about $184 million in ticket sales worldwide so far. But ticket sales are split roughly in half with theater owners. The movie’s production budget is estimated to be about $250 million with about $100 million more spent on marketing.

The movie was based on a series of books written by the late Edgar Rice Burroughs, starting with “A Princess of Mars” in 1912 and ending with “John Carter of Mars,” published posthumously in 1964.

There was plenty of material for sequels and prequels but they seem highly unlikely now.

With a 51 percent “Tomatometer” rating on movie site Rotten Tomatoes, the film got average reviews, though AP Movie Critic Christy Lemire called it “massively confusing” and “deadly dull.”

The poor reception was a shock given Stanton’s directing success with movies like “Finding Nemo” and “Wall-E,” each of which won an Oscar for best animated feature.

Disney said the loss on “John Carter” will cause its studio to lose $80 million to $120 million for the quarter. Profits from other movies and home video disc sales will be more than

wiped out.

Miller Tabak analyst David Joyce said the studio’s projected loss is more than double what he had expected, and that will cause him to trim his estimate for Disney’s earnings.

The hefty spending on production and marketing is causing the Burbank, Calif., company to book the loss sooner than might be the case for a smaller-budget film.

“It’s good that Disney’s airing their dirty laundry now,” he said.

The flop ranks with history’s biggest box office disasters, although it’s tough to rank them precisely because of inflation and incomplete disclosure.

Disney’s eerily real computer animated movie “Mars Needs Moms” from last year cost about $150 million to make but only sold $40 million in tickets worldwide, according to Hollywood.com analyst Paul Dergarabedian.

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CWU guest artists to perform at CAC

by Madeline Carey A&E writer

Guest artists from Central Washington University Gayla Blaisdell and Elaine Ross will be performing tonight at the Creative Arts Center in the Bloch Learning and Performing Hall. The recital begins at 8:15 p.m. and is free and open to the public.

Along with the guest artists, Hope Koehler, assistant professor of voice and a soprano at West Virginia University’s

School of Music, will be performing at the event.

The artists will be performing works from famous composers like Ross, Ricky Ian Gordan, Lee Hoiby and Aaron Copland.

Blaisdell has performed alongside the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and in many famous locations such as the Weill Recital Hall and Carnegie Hall.

Ross, who writes many works of her own, has recently submitted her own work in

a prestigious wind orchestral competition held in Lille, France, and was chosen as a quarter finalist.

WVU Koehler works alongside many different schools with their vocal departments including the Kentucky Governor’s School of Arts, the American Institute of Musical Studies and others.

Koehler’s work with the American Spiritual Ensemble was praised by June Le Bell, a radio announcer for classical music for almost thirty years,

in a weekly online publication, www.YourObserver.com.

Le Bell said on the website that Koehler’s voice had “the richness of Marilyn Horne at the bottom and the clarion clarity of Leontyne Price at the top.”

Ross, coordinator of Music Theory and Composition at Central Washington University and pianist at the recital, has been working alongside Blaisdell for years and is long-time friends with Koehler.

“It’s enjoyable, engaging,

and as artistic as possible.”

Ross said.

The concert, which is an exchange recital with CWU, is a way to bring Ross and Blaisdell to WVU as well as sending Koehler to CWU’s campus next week for a cohesive blend of both styles of teaching.

The exchange also includes a master class where the visiting professors will have the chance to work one-on-one with WVU students.

Ross said he hopes the exchange can bring students

and professionals from different universities together.

“Hopefully they can gain from the new teaching styles,” Ross said.

Ross said the sopranos, Blaisdell and Kohler, had similar voices that blend well together.

Years of experience and friendship will light up this trio’s performance and create an atmosphere of learning and engagement for all to enjoy. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

Yoga, deep breathing can help reduce stress for students at WVU

by Caitlin Graziani A&E editor

Take a deep breath and let it out slowly. Begin to let go of the tension in your body, starting at the feet, calves, thighs and back; take notice of how your body feels. This is how a typical yoga class begins, with awareness of breath and tension in the body.

Yoga is a form of physical movements that began in India 5,000 years ago. The practice of yoga employs the use of various physical motions that are believed to be essential to achieve a sense of both physical and mental well-being.

Although yoga is an old practice, it is still in use today and has many stress-relieving benefits.

Kimberly Williams, the stress management specialist for the Dr. Dean Ornish Program at West Virginia University Hospital, as well as, a certified yoga teacher and professor in community

medicine.

The Dr. Dean Ornish Program for the Reversing of Heart Disease is an intensive lifestyle program started by Dr. Dean Ornish more than 20 years ago.

“We teach gentle yoga postures. We also teach breathing practices, meditation, guided imagery and relaxation. All of these practices really come from yoga,” Williams said.

“We’ve adapted the classical yoga poses by making them supported and choosing poses that work to open up their chest so that their heart and lungs can work more effectively,” she said. “They release tension in their body, which helps to release tension in their mind.”

Yoga is not only for those in need of reversing heart disease. It also benefits anyone who needs to reduce stress and relax, including college students.

“Stress is identified by students at WVU as the num-

ber-one impediment to academic success,” said Director of Wellness and Health Promotion with WELLWVU Colleen Harshbarger.

“Yoga has a profound impact on reducing stress, and we’ve begun to measure that and are finding this to be very true.”

According to Melita Mollohan, a local yoga instructor at Bliss Bliss Bliss in Morgantown, you don’t have to do a full hour of asanas (the physical practice of yoga) to reap the stress-relieving benefits of yoga “All it takes is closing your eyes, wherever you are at: on the bus, in your car before you take off for the day, in your bed at night before you go to sleep. Just close your eyes and take five slow, deep breaths,” Mollohan said. “It just takes a moment of time to really block things out, take a few breaths, and it can change your entire outlook on your day.”

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Melia Mollohan, a yoga instructor at Bliss Bliss Bliss in Morgantown, demonstrates a ‘boat pose’ for her students in front of the classroom.

Control of the breath, also known as “pranayama,” is one facet of yoga that can be practiced anywhere. In this case, no one will notice those five extra deep breaths you take,

but you take the stress-relieving benefits along with you for the day.

Whether you choose to take your stress out on the yoga mat or through deep breath-

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‘21 Jump Street’ leaps to No. 1 with $35 million debut over opening weekend LOS ANGELES (AP) — Audiences headed back to school for the TV update “21 Jump Street,” which opened as the No. 1 weekend movie with $35 million.

Sony’s action comedy starring Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum as cops going

undercover as high school students took down the animated hit “Dr. Seuss’ the Lorax,” which had been the top flick the previous two weekends.

Studio estimates Sunday put Universal’s “The Lorax” in second-place with $22.8

million, raising its domestic total to $158.4 million.

At No. 3, Disney’s costly sci-fi dud “John Carter” dropped sharply in its second weekend.

The Edgar Rice Burroughs adaptation took in $13.5 million, down 55 percent from

its anemic opening weekend and lifting its domestic total to a measly $53.2 million.

“John Carter” reportedly cost $250 million to make.

While tanking in the United States, “John Carter” has done decent business overseas. It took in $40.7 mil-

lion this weekend to push its international haul to $126.1 million and its worldwide total to $179.3 million.

In narrow release, Will Ferrell’s Spanish-language Bmovie spoof “Casa de mi Padre” opened solidly at No. 9 with $2.2 million. The Lionsgate release played in just 382 theaters, compared to 3,121 for “21 Jump Street.”

Based on the 1980s TV show that made Johnny Depp a star, “21 Jump Street” casts Hill and Tatum as rookie cops posing as teens to root out crooks peddling a psychedelic new drug at a Los Angeles school.

Rather than doing a straight update of the TV show, Sony turned “21 Jump Street” on its head for the bigscreen, retooling it as a comedy that helped pack in the under-25 crowd, which made up half of the audience.

“I just think you had to make it relevant, and action comedy was the way to go.

And they did make it very relevant to a young audience,” said Rory Bruer, head of distribution for Sony. “The guys, Jonah and Channing, were just killer together. They had incredible chemistry and certainly were the attraction for younger crowds.”

Hollywood’s box-office hot streak finally cooled off a bit, with overall business down for the first weekend this year. Domestic revenues totaled $108 million, off 6 percent from the same weekend last year, according to box-office tracker Hollywood. com.

That’s likely to be just a hiccup for Hollywood, though, with business expected to soar again next weekend as the adaptation of the bestseller “The Hunger Games” hits theaters.

Hollywood.com analyst Paul Dergarabedian said “The Hunger Games” could have an opening weekend well above $100 million and might surpass the $116.1 million debut of 2010’s “Alice in Wonderland,” which holds the record for best domestic premiere in March.

Dergarabedian attended “The Hunger Games” premiere and said that “fans were lined up, camped out for days. I hadn’t seen that since the ‘Twilight’ movie.

But unlike ‘Twilight,’ which

was dominated by the female audience, there’s huge interest from males in this movie.”

With a huge summer season ahead that includes the superhero tales “The Avengers,” ‘’The Amazing SpiderMan” and “The Dark Knight Rises,” Hollywood has a strong shot at setting a revenue record this year.

So far, domestic revenues are at $2.16 billion, 16 percent ahead of last year’s.

Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Hollywood. com. Where available, latest international numbers are also included. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.

1. “21 Jump Street,” $35 million ($7 million international).

2. “Dr. Seuss’ the Lorax,” $22.8 million ($11.6 million international).

3. “John Carter,” $13.5 million ($40.7 million international).

4. “Project X,” $4 million ($5.6 million international).

5. “A Thousand Words,” $3.8 million.

6. “Act of Valor,” $3.7 million.

7. “Safe House,” $2.8 million ($3.5 million international).

8. “Journey 2: The Mysterious Island,” $2.5 million ($5 million international).

9. “Casa de mi Padre,” $2.2 million.

10. “This Means War,” $2.1 million ($9.2 million international). ___ Estimated weekend ticket sales at international theaters (excluding the U.S. and Canada) for films distributed overseas by Hollywood studios, according to Rentrak: 1. “John Carter,” $40.7 million.

2. “Dr. Seuss’ the Lorax,” $11.6 million.

3. “This Mean War,” $9.2 million.

4. “The Devil Inside,” $7.4 million.

5. “21 Jump Street,” $7 million.

6. “Intouchables,” $5.8 million.

7. “Project X,” $5.6 million.

8. “Journey 2: The Mysterious Island,” $5 million.

9. “Contraband,” $4.1 million.

10. “Turkisch fur Anfanger,” $4 million.

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West Virginia head coach Mike Carey talks to sophomore guard Christal Caldwell in a timeout during the West Virginia women’s basketball team’s second round loss to Stanford Monday night.

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West Virginia falls to No. 1 seed Stanford 72-55 in second round of NCAA tournament by ben gaughan

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The Mountaineers got down early and could not fill the big hole they were in, as the West Virginia women’s basketball team was defeated

by Stanford 72-55 Monday night in the second round of the NCAA tournament in Norfolk, Va. Stanford got out to a large first-half lead and never looked back, leading for the entire game.

West Virginia had no answer for the quick, athletic Cardinal team. Stanford, who has made the Final Four each of the last four years, was able to execute its offense with

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ease, using backdoor cuts and transition buckets to pull away from the Mountaineers.

Stanford shot 43.6 percent on 23-of-54 from the field in the game, while West Virginia shot just 31.1 percent on 19-of-61 shooting. Stanford was lead by the sister duo of Nnemkadi and Chiney Ogwumike, who combined for 29 points and 11 rebounds.

The most impressive player on the floor, however, was Stanford freshman point guard Amber Orrange, who shredded the Mountaineer defense for 18 points, seven rebounds and five assists, with no turnovers for the Cardinal.

Orrange was able to get into the lane with ease and feed the

ball to her teammates for easy baskets, and WVU was never able to contain the freshman throughout the game. So much attention is placed on the Ogwumike sisters, but the role players for Stanford did their part to propel Stanford to the next round.

Orrange also made eight shots on the night, the most by any player on the floor.

“We weren’t efficient on the offensive end,” said West Virginia head coach Mike Carey.

“On the defensive end, we took away the sisters a little bit in the first half and then midway through we had to stop doing that because their point guard was just killing us. They were getting into the

paint and we weren’t getting over the picks. We weren’t doing what we needed to do.”

The Mountaineers failed to get into an offensive rhythm early, forcing them to get away from their high-low offense.

Turnovers really hurt WVU, as Stanford recorded 19 points off of the Mountaineers 13 turnovers.

WVU shot just 22.2 percent from the 3-point range on 4-of-18 shooting. Stanford was led by Josylen Tinkle, who shot 2-of-4 from the 3-point range and had 9 points on the night. WVU sophomore guard Taylor Palmer went 1-for-5 from beyond the 3-point line, for her only points in the game.

Junior centers Asya Bussie and Ayana Dunning combined for 25 points and 15 rebounds, but didn’t have enough touches for long stretches, as the Stanford defense did a nice job of doubleteaming and at times tripleteaming the Mountaineers’ big duo.

Bussie and Dunning combined to shoot 9-for-22 in the game, while the rest of the Mountaineer squad shot 10for-39 from the floor.

Freshman point guard Linda Stepney, who was playing in her hometown, tallied 9 points and five rebounds on 2-of-5 from the field.

Stepney became more aggressive in the second half, get-

ting to the basket and attacking the Cardinal defense, but it was too little too late for the Mountaineers.

The closest the Mountaineers got in the second half was at the very end of the game when they cut the lead down to 16 points after Stanford had taken some of its key players.

Stanford got out to an early 16-2 lead in the first half, but WVU climbed back to cut the lead to 17-12 halfway through the half. The Cardinal then went on a 17-0 run in a 6 minute span, to build its lead back to 33-12.

Stanford led 38-21 at the end of the half. ben.gaughan@mail.wvu.edu

Mountaineers fall 1-0 to Columbus Crew

Holgorsen bringing swagger back to WVU Times have changed.

Just a quick stroll past Milan Puskar Stadium on a spring afternoon will yield the sounds of a well-known rap artist blaring from the scoreboard.

A quick look at the West Virginia spring football schedule won’t show any 6 a.m. practices.

And a gander at some early preseason ranking for next seasons will reveal the Mountaineers ranked as high as the top 10.

Why the sudden change this spring?

Well, last spring football season was run by former head coach Bill Stewart, while interim head coach Dana Holgorsen got his feet wet with the norms of West Virginia football.

Now that Holgorsen has been given the keys to the car, he has established himself as the new sheriff in town.

And this sheriff has swag.

By swag, I mean confidence, comfort and force.

With just one week of spring practice in the books, Holgorsen has proven one thing – this is his team.

His players and coaching staff possess a visible level of confidence and excitement that hasn’t been seen in Morgantown since, say, 2007.

Sure, a record-setting victory in the Orange Bowl over

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West Virginia men’s soccer head coach Marlon LeBlanc talks to his team following the Mountaineers’ 1-0 loss to the Columbus Crew.

by alex sims sports writer

Upsets were commonplace over the weekend in the NCAA basketball tournament, but the West Virginia men’s soccer team fell just short of an upset bid of its own.

WVU began its spring season with a 1-0 loss on the road against Major League Soccer’s Columbus Crew.

The shorthanded Mountaineers were held scoreless without multiple key players including point leader senior Shadow Sebele, senior forward

Peabo Doue, and the 2011 Big East Conference Rookie of the Year, sophomore Andy Bevin.

“We had a few opportunities, but we didn’t make the most of them,” said West Virginia head coach Marlon LeBlanc. “We knew were going to secede possession to a tough professional team in our first game out. Our legs were getting heavy at the end but hopefully we will grow and be a better team by the end of the spring.”

Meanwhile, the Crew was running a split squad while playing host to not only

West Virginia, but Michigan State as well in an exhibition doubleheader.

At 11 a.m., Columbus disposed of MSU 5-1 after securing a lead less than five minutes into the match.

Forwards Milovan Mirosevic and Olman Vargas each registered two goals for the Crew’s first four. Then rookie midfielder Kirk Urso added the fifth in the 64th minute to sink the Spartans.

MSU’s lone goal came in the 85th minute against Columbus reserves off the foot of freshman forward Adam

Montague.

WVU provided much more of a defensive challenge for the Crew in Game 2.

Though the Crew controlled possession during the majority of the match, West Virginia’s defensive line held strong behind a future professional in senior Eric Schoenle.

The lone goal of the match was netted by forward Aaron Horton in the 48th minute off an assist from midfielder Tony Tchani following a WVU turnover.

Despite the negative result, LeBlanc is pleased with the

way his short-staffed squad performed against a professional team in its first spring match “We played pretty well and had a couple of early chances,” LeBlanc said. “We had one critical error that led to a turnover and a quick counterattack but we competed very well, as we expected to.”

The Mountaineers’ next spring match will be against the United Soccer League’s Pittsburgh Riverhounds in Upper St. Clair, Pa. Saturday. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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Junior pitcher Dan Dierdorff earned his fourth win of the season against Manhattan. West Virginia won three out of four games against the Jaspers.

Mountaineers started first half of current home stretch strong

BY ALEX SIMS SPORTS WRITER

Entering last week, the West Virginia baseball team was in need of some momentum.

WVU was on a five-game slide after a rough weekend against three ranked opponents in Eugene, Ore. Finally, though, the Mountaineers found their way off the road for some home cooking after playing 14 of their first 16 games on the road.

Outstanding pitching performances led West Virginia to four of five wins over the weekend as the offense began to pick up later in the series.

“It’s always good to have a homestand after a few rough weekends,” said sophomore first baseman Ryan McBroom.

“We opened up the season hot and kind of hit a downfall the past few weekends, but this home stand got us going again and let us know what type of team we are.”

The 10-game home stretch began Wednesday, as junior Dan Dierdorff ’s fantastic outing helped push WVU back into winning ways.

The Mount Wolf, Pa. native went just one out short of a complete game, allowing only one run in a 2-1 win over Eastern Michigan.

Next, the Mountaineers hosted a 1-11 Manhattan squad for a four-game weekend series, with the goal of getting back to .500.

West Virginia again leaned heavily on its pitching staff through the first two wins

against the Jaspers.

Sophomore hurlers Corey Walter and Marshall Thompson both had excellent performances on the mound, allowing only one run between them.

It wasn’t until the third and fourth games of the series that the WVU offense began to come alive.

The Mountaineer offense put seven runs on the board thanks to a four-run eighth inning after mustering only 11 runs in the past seven games.

The late game comeback set up sophomore closer Ryan Tezak to earn his fourth consecutive save, but also injected some confidence into a struggling offense.

“Baseball is a game of confidence, you have to go up there knowing you’re going to hit the

ball.” McBroom said. “It’s an up-and-down game, as well.

But once we get clicking, we’re a good team and hard to stop offensively.”

With only two games until conference play, West Virginia head coach Greg Van Zant knows the time is now for the offense to click in support of its pitching.

After hosting Akron early this week, the defending Big East Conference champion Connecticut will visit WVU to begin conference play.

“We have a lot of work to do,” Van Zant said. “I’m happy with the effort for the most part, but we still have a lot of work to do.

All of our guys have to keep working to get better.” dasports@mail.wvu.edu

ROWING

Changes don’t affect West Virginia in preseason scrimmage in Virginia

BY SHEA ULISNEY

SPORTS CORRESPONDENT

As the spring season approaches, the West Virginia rowing team is looking forward to another successful season.

The team traveled to the Occoquan Reservoir in Fairfax, Va., Saturday for a preseason scrimmage against George Washington.

After recent changes to the team made by head coach Jimmy King, the pleasant weather over the weekend gave the Mountaineers an opportunity to show they were fully capable of competing against some of the best in the country.

Instead of having separate

varsity and novice teams, King has decided to combine this year’s group into one team. He hopes the team will respond well to the new opportunities and challenges he created, and the scrimmage was the perfect chance for King to get a closer look into the future of the team’s spring season.

“Today was very productive for our team,” he said.

“Our crews were able to work on various racing elements in a highly competitive setting that can’t be duplicated when training alone.”

The competition was formatted into two sessions of racing – morning and afternoon.

The morning session format consisted of two timed pieces

each at five minutes.

The format of the afternoon session was six timed pieces each at 1:45. Much like the morning sessions, the crews focused two pieces on each of the three racing elements: the start, middle and finishing sprint.

“We gained some valuable info from our scrimmage with George Washington and that will aid us significantly this week as we prepare for the opening of our racing season,” King said.

Now that the Mountaineers have competed in their first preseason 2012 scrimmage against George Washington, the team looks to be progressing well.

Associate head coach Tina

Griffith will continue to guide the team as they continue their water workouts in preparation for the 2012 Knecht Cup regatta scheduled for April 14-15 on the Cooper River in Cherry Hill, N.J. The team will travel to Raleigh, N.C., next Saturday to compete in their first official race of the 2012 spring season against Georgetown University.

As the Mountaineers participate in races the team hopes to improve each week as they focus on the upcoming 2012 Big East championship. The championship race is set to take place May 13 on Mercer Lake in West Windsor, N.J. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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Continued from PAGE 9 Clemson two months ago adds to the current ego boost.

But Holgorsen’s presence has been the catalyst to the attitude change.

Last spring, the man seemed hesitant and maybe even a bit nervous while pacing the sidelines of Mountaineer Field.

This spring, he has his own cooler filled with the wellknown energy drink Red Bull, and has even carried on a lengthy conversation with Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin during Pro Day last weekend.

Holgorsen has won over the confidence of the state and West Virginia fans everywhere, which wasn’t the case after a casino incident last summer.

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THE DAILY ATHENAEUM

12 | SPORTS

Tuesday March 20, 2012

baseball

WVU offense heating up as Akron comes to town

patrick gorrell/the daily athenaeum

West Virginia sophomore first baseman Ryan McBroom has driven in a team-leading 14 RBIs this season.

by doug walp sports writer

Fresh off of winning their four-game weekend series with Manhattan College, the West Virginia baseball team will host the Akron Zips for a doubleheader at Hawley Field Tuesday beginning at 1 p.m.

It will be the fourth doubleheader of the season so far for the Mountaineers.

They split their first on February 19 against two different teams in St. Petersburg, Fla., as well as their home opener against Niagara on March 6 before sweeping both legs of the doubleheader this weekend against Manhattan.

West Virginia head coach Greg Van Zant said he would have the players work out for light practice Monday after four games in three days, trying to preserve the positive energy the players accumulated after winning their last series and sweeping their last doubleheader.

“It’s always good to get those three wins out of four games going into another doubleheader with Akron,” said Ryan McBroom. “So, confidence is a big thing as well with that.”

The Mountaineers are sitting at one game below .500 at 10-11, but are also in the midst of a 10-game homestand at Hawley Field, where

they have won five of seven so far this season.

And the West Virginia offense has come alive in the last two games, putting up 17 runs behind a balanced attack.

Leadoff man Brady Wilson heads into the Akron series leading the team in home runs (2) and is second in RBIs with 10. McBroom has also gone deep once and has driven in a team leading 14, with John Polonius and true freshman Bobby Boyd leading the team in average, batting .313 and .321, respectively.

Akron is coming off of a dominant offensive performance of their own, putting up 13 in a win against Chicago

State on Saturday, but will have to face two of West Virginia’s most successful starters this season.

Dan Dierdorff, who missed consecutive complete-game wins by a single out in his last performance, will take the hill against Akron for Game one of the doubleheader.

Dierdorff (3-0) has posted a 2.42 ERA in five starts, recording 27 strikeouts and walking nine.

It’s expected he will face off against Akron’s Alex Loftin (10) in the opening game, who was effective in his last performance against Seton Hall, striking out seven over six innings and allowing only one

earned run.

Tyler Begun and Sam Trecaso have been Akron’s most productive hitters so far.

Trecaso is batting .292 with a team-leading 11 RBIs, while Begun leads the team in average at .306, driving in seven with one home run on the year.

Corey Walter (2-2) is expected to follow Dierdorff and start the second game of the doubleheader for the Mountaineers, depending on how the first game goes.

Walter is fresh off of a dominant pitching performance of his own, throwing 8.1 scoreless innings in a win in the series opener Friday against Manhattan.

In five starts, Walter has 12 strikeouts and 11 walks, while posting a 3.52 ERA – secondbest among West Virginia starters behind Dierdorff.

Van Zant has praised both starters for their efforts so far this season, but is also still looking for more from the rest of his somewhat inexperienced Mountaineer team.

“We’ve got a lot of work to do,” Van Zant said. “But that’s what baseball is; you just gotta be resilient and move on.

We’re trying, and I’m happy with the effort for the most part, but we still have a lot of work to do.” dasports@mail.wvu.edu

swimming

Mountaineers succeed at NCAA championships by robert kreis sports writer

Four members of the West Virginia women’s swim team met head coach Vic Riggs’ expectations this weekend competing in the NCAA championships in Auburn, Ala. “I think we were pretty much right on,” Riggs said. “To have our girls score points every night was just phenomenal and we’re real excited.”

Juniors Mandie Nugent, Rachel Burnett, Kata Foder and sophomore Danielle Smith all qualified for NCAA’s as part of the 800 free relay team. The Mountaineers finished in 16th

place at the meet, good enough to earn honorable mention AllAmerican status.

“The biggest thing we had to deal with was we had to swim the (preliminary heat) at 12:30 and they didn’t swim (finals) till almost nine hours later,” Riggs said. “Getting in there, and being able to earn point and have those ladies score was a big goal of ours.”

“I’m sure if we got that opportunity next year in that relay, our experience will come through like it did for Rachel and Mandie in their individual events.”

Both Burnett and Nugent have competed at the NCAA championships before. Riggs

alluded to Burnett having a chip on her shoulder after not making NCAA’s last season and making it her freshman year.

Burnett finished up a stellar season with a 14th-place finish in the 500 free to go along with an 11th-place finish in the 1650.

Burnett’s finishes were good enough to earn her honorable mention All-American statuses in the events. “(Burnett) had a huge motivation all year in the fact she didn’t make the meet last year,” Riggs said. “That fueled some of her swims.

“She understands that she is starting to belong where we think she belongs, and that’s

among one of the best free style (swimmers) in the country.”

Joining Burnett in earning honorable mention All-American status was Nugent, who was competing at the NCAA’s for the third time in three years.

Burnett has been swimming quite often in the past month, first competing in the Big East championships then traveling to her native London for Olympic trials and finally capping off her season at the NCAA championships.

At NCAA’s Burnett earned finished ninth overall in the 200 butterfly. “(Nugent) did a tremendous job with the amount of rac-

ing that she’s done in the last month,” Riggs said. “I think that just shows her toughness and the ability to stay true to what we do.”

Fodor and Smith performed admirably at the NCAA’s, but struggled with the speed of the races at times, something easy to do your first time against some of the best competition in the United States.

With Burnett, Nugent, Fodor and Smith all returning next season, it is easy to see why Riggs is so enthusiastic for the future of Mountaineer women’s swimming. dasports@mail.wvu.edu