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BOG approves budget, tuition increase by bryan bumgardner city editor

The West Virginia University Board of Governors has approved several policies and projects for 2013, including a $917 million-dollar budget, the acquisition of the Suncrest Center and Plaza and a five percent tuition increase. The BOG also approved a policy banning tobacco use on campus, which will come into effect July 1, 2013.

With the approval of the new budget, officials said that a new compensation model will be introduced for staff, which includes $10 million for faculty and staff salary increases.

According to The Chronicle of Higher Education, WVU’s average full-time professor salary has risen $38,600 since 2000 – a higher change than the national average. However, for the 2011-12 school year, average professor salaries at WVU were below the national median.

Raises will go into effect in October.

The budget also includes a 5 percent tuition increase for students on the Morgantown campus. Specifically, this is equal to a $145 increase per semester for resident undergraduates and a $449 increase for nonresident undergraduates.

This includes a new onetime fee that replaces individual course fees and undergraduate resident tuition will change from $2,837 to $3,045

per semester, and non-resident tuition from $8,922 to $9,434 per semester.

Even with this increase, tuition costs at WVU remain below the national average.

WVU Provost Michele Wheatly said increases in tuition, budget and salaries will maintain WVU’s commitment to excellence.

“These modest increases will provide additional revenue for our campus in order to continue to offer our students the

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classes, the facilities and the academic excellence they deserve,” she said in a press release. “While other states have realized drastic cuts to state funding, our legislature has continued to keep our state’s higher education commitment steady. We are truly appreciative of that support; however, we still must deal with rising costs and a competitive marketplace to keep WVU’s programs and facilities competitive with our peer flagships

across the country.”

The BOG also approved the acquisition of the Suncrest Center and Plaza from Glenmark Holding for $26.3 million. The 5.5 acre property on Van Voorhis Road includes the Suncrest Center, Suncrest Executive Plaza II, Applebee’s restaurant and additional parking, including surface lots and a garage.

The property will be jointly

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WVU Foundation to start largest fundraiser in history by terri parlett staff writer

The West Virginia University Foundation is embarking on its largest private fundraiser ever.

A State of Minds is a fundraising campaign that aims to raise $750 million for the University. This goal is three times larger than the most recent Building Greatness campaign, which took place from 1998-2003.

A State of Minds will focus on six main priorities, a part of the University’s 2020 Strategic Plan for the Future.

Wayne King, CEO and president of the WVU Foundation, said that although this campaign is now going public, it has been in the works for several years.

“We actually started the silent phase in July of 2007 with the intent that at some point, when we had reached 65 or 70 percent of our goal, we would have a public announcement,” King said, adding that alumni, corporations and friends of the University have been extremely generous in their contributions to the WVU Foundation.

“We selected the June 3

date to go public to coincide with the completion and implementation of the WVU Strategic Plan, because our fundraising goes directly to help fund many of those priorities,” King said.

A State of Minds will, in conjunction with the 2020 Strategic Plan for the Future, aim to enhance the undergraduate student experience and global education, advance the research initiative of the University and enable WVU to improve West Virginia’s health, economy and quality of life.

There are also goals within the fundraiser to foster faculty excellence, enhance WVU through professional and graduate education and support healthcare through research, education and patient care.

As of June 2, $538 million had been raised by the Foundation, and this money goes toward scholarships, fellowships and facility upgrades as well as other things that benefit the University’s students.

The benefits don’t stop at the University, though.

Through the Extension Service,

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Conference to showcase digital art, literature by carlee lammers staff writer

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City Council approves “Hogback Turn” right of way by bryan bumgardner city editor

The Morgantown City Council has approved an ordinance to create a new right of way near the dangerous “Hogback Turn” on State Route 7.

The turn is where Brockway Avenue turns into Route 7 near Dairy Castle. The sharp turn causes problems for trucks and buses.

The turn is so sharp that most large vehicles must pass into the left lane to make the turn, while oncoming drivers must sit and wait.

The ordinance gives a 294-square-foot right of way to the West Virginia Division of Highways, who plan to move

the curb back about eight feet.

Trucks that had previously avoided the route, will now have easier access to the Morgantown downtown area.

A previous version of the ordinance had been submitted, but is being repealed after safety concerns were raised.

The new bill “more accurately describes the warranty being conveyed with said right of way,” according to the meeting minutes.

During the public hearing of the ordinance, South Park resident Renee Hernandez expressed her distaste for the bill, which would bring more truck traffic near her home.

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through South Park is beyond my understanding,” she said.

Hernandez said truck traffic near her home at night makes it difficult for her to sleep and that a public survey seeking opinion about the right of way was “ignored.”

“I will continue to fight this battle. I think they’ve gone about this in the wrong way,” she said.

Hernandez said she is circulating a petition against the ordinance, and has collected about 50 names.

Councilman William Byrne supports the right of way, but he felt safety issues should be addressed.

“I do think that there ought to be some kind of quid pro

quo,” he said. “If we’re going to give [The Department of Highways] land to improve for us, they should also work with us in developing a safe truck route around town.”

Byrne voted against the ordinance, citing public response in the aforementioned survey.

“I think the overwhelming response was that people do not want trucks downtown, and that it would diminish their quality of life,” he said. He also feels that the trucks pose a safety risk.

“We haven’t had a death yet, but it’s a question of when, not if,” he said.

Councilwoman Jenny Selin,

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Thanks to technology, publishers of fine literature are no longer limited to ink and paper.

The West Virginia University Center for Literary Computing and the Electronic Literature Organization have partnered to highlight transitions in literature at the 2012 Electronic Literature Organization Conference and Media Arts Show, “Electrifying Literature: Affordances and Constraints,” which will be held June 20-23.

“The Electronic Literature Organization is the largest and leading organization devoted to studying literature that is written on the computer, and internet,” said Sandy Baldwin director of the Center for Literary Computing and associate English professor at WVU. Baldwin said the professors, writers, artists and members of the general public have worked together to study and compose literature that has been “born digital.”

“The work is defined as being ‘born digital’,” he said.

“Meaning it has to be done on a computer. We have novels written using Twitter, alternate reality goggles that

will tell a story and locational work that uses a GPS device on a cell phone to tell a story.”

At the conference, 120 different artists from 13 countries around the globe will be present and showcasing their work along with 40 local artists.

“This conference is going to be more international than previous ones. It’s very exciting to get this experience at a local level, and having galleries where the work is interactive, so people can look and play with it,” Baldwin said.

“This is a good way to introduce to people in Morgantown artists and their work from all over the world.”

Baldwin said while he is excited for the conference to take place in Morgantown and showcase the city’s local work, the conference is also a reflection of work going on internationally.

“It’s very clear that this is just not happening in Morgantown, but everywhere people can spend time on a computer, cellphone or Google. I’ve always said that the moment the first computer was invented, immediately people began doing creative things,” he said.

While creativity online has

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WVU law students win asylum for political refugee by carlee lammers staff writer

A group of students in the West Virginia University College of Law’s Immigration Clinic have helped a man gain political asylum in the United States.

Five WVU students were involved in the case, and this is the clinic’s fifth victory since 1996. The client, who prefers to keep his name and country of origin anonymous, was tortured and persecuted in his homeland because of his belief in democracy and his attempts to exercise free

speech.

James J. Friedberg, former immigration clinic director and the Hale J. and Roscoe P. Posten professor of law at the WVU College of Law, began the clinic in 1996. Friedberg founded the project at the urging of his international law and human rights students as a volunteer pro bono undertaking.

Friedberg seized the opportunity to transform the project into a clinical course for law students.

“We have this clinic to handle all kinds of issues for aliens and prospective immi-

grants. We represent people with a wide range of matters including deportation, asylum, withholding removal cases and issues with visas,” said co-director of the clinic Michael Blumenthal. “We provide a service for people in the state of West Virginia who don’t have access to any legal services; it’s basically unaffordable for them. Many of these people could be deported within weeks – or even days.”

For many clients in the clinic, the WVU students are their only hope for survival, Blumenthal said.

“This is not just your standard misdemeanor case,” he said. “ For many of our clients, their lives are endangered whether it be physically or economically; they are at risk.”

In his home country, the client attempted to organize an event to commemorate the lives of those killed by his government for voicing their concerns with its structure and policies.

For this, the client was arrested by police, detained and brutally beaten.

After he ceased his activities, he came to America for a visit. During his visit he found

political protest was protected and people were able to speak out against government actions without facing persecution.

After being inspired by the actions he witnessed in America, the client returned to his home country and resumed his organization of the event.

He was arrested, held by police for interrogation and tortured. The client was forced to sign documents giving all of his successful businesses’ profits to the government.

Now, he has the opportunity to restart his life.

Blumenthal said the ex-

perience students gained by winning the case in the clinic would enhance their education and experience as they enter the real world as lawyers.

“The clinic gives students a chance to realize their education has real use in the world,” he said. “Law students spend three years in the classroom, and it’s easy to forget why and what they’re doing this for. Suddenly they have this opportunity to represent real clients with real needs – and they are able to help them.” danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

Dad won’t face Obama confident Europeans will resolve debt crisis charges in alleged attacker’s death

SHINER, Texas (AP) — Hearing his 5-year-old daughter crying from behind a barn, a father ran and discovered the unthinkable: A man molesting her. The father pulled the man off his daughter, authorities say, and started pummeling him to death with his fists.

With his daughter finally safe, the father frantically called 911, begging a dispatcher to find his rural ranch and send an ambulance.

“Come on! This guy is going to die on me!” the man is heard screaming on the recording, which authorities played during a news conference Tuesday where they announced that the father would not face charges. “I don’t know what to do!”

In declining to indict the 23-year-old father in the June 9 killing of Jesus Mora Flores, a Lavaca County grand jury reached the same conclusion as investigators and many of the father’s neighbors: He was authorized to use deadly force to protect his daughter.

“It’s sad a man had to die,” said Michael James Veit, 48, who lives across the street from where the attack happened in this small community run on ranching and the Shiner beer brewery. “But I think anybody would have done that.”

The family ranch is so remote that on the 911 tape, the father is heard profanely screaming at a dispatcher who couldn’t locate the property. At one point, he tells the dispatcher he’s going to put the man in his truck and drive him to a hospital.

“He’s going to die!” the father screams, swearing at the dispatcher. “He’s going to f------ die!”

The tense, nearly five-minute call begins with the father saying he “beat up” a man found raping his daughter. The father grows increasingly frazzled, shouting into the phone so loudly at times that the call often becomes inaudible.

The Associated Press is not identifying the father in order to protect the daughter’s identity. The AP generally does not identify victims of sexual assault.

“He’s a peaceable soul,” V’Anne Huser, the father’s attorney, told reporters at the

Lavaca County Courthouse.

“He had no intention to kill anybody that day.”

The attack happened on the family’s ranch off a quiet, twolane county road between the farming towns of Shiner and Yoakum. Authorities say a witness who saw Flores “forcibly carrying” the girl into a secluded area scrambled to find the father. Running toward his daughter’s screams, the father pulled Flores off his child and “inflicted several blows to the man’s head and neck area,” investigators said.

Emergency crews responding to the father’s 911 call found Flores’ pants and underwear pulled down on his lifeless body. The girl was examined at a hospital, and authorities say forensic evidence and witness accounts corroborated the father’s story that his daughter was being sexually molested.

The father was never arrested, but the killing was investigated as a homicide.

Philip Hilder, a Houston criminal defense attorney and former federal prosecutor, said he would have been surprised if the grand jury had decided to indict the father. Hilder said Texas law provides several justifications for the use of deadly force, including if someone commits a sexual assault.

“The grand jury was not about to indict this father for protecting his daughter,” he said.

Authorities said the family had hired Flores before to help with horses on the ranch.

He was not born in the U.S. but was here legally with a green card. Attempts to locate Flores’ relatives through public records were unsuccessful.

On Tuesday, a new “No Trespassing” sign was freshly tacked onto a gate barring entrance down a gravelly, shrubcanopied path leading to the barn and chicken coop on the ranch, which belonged to the father’s dad.

At the father’s house, the front yard could pass for a children’s playground: blue pinwheels sunk into patchy grass, an above-ground swimming pool, a swing set, a trampoline and a couple of ropes dangling from a tree for swinging. A partial privacy fence is painted powder blue.

LOS CABOS, Mexico (AP) — President Barack Obama voiced confidence Tuesday in Europe’s ability to “break the fever” of its raging debt crisis as he sought to calm both global financial markets and the election-year worries of voters at home.

Obama, speaking at the close of the Group of 20 economic summit, said Europe’s leaders showed a “heightened sense of urgency” during two days of talks in this Mexican resort. The president maintained that Europe had the capacity to solve the crisis on its own, indicating the U.S., still battling its own economic woes, would not be offering any financial pledges to help its international partners.

“Even if they cannot achieve all of it in one fell swoop, I think if people have a sense of where they are going that can provide confidence and break the fever,” he said.

Still, Obama recognized the challenge European nations faced because each country has to separately approve any action to stabilize the fiscal union.

Mindful of his audience of voters in the U.S., Obama said: “The best thing the United States can do is to create jobs and growth in the short term even as we continue to put our fiscal house in order over the long term.”

The president, waging a close re-election fight, conceded that he couldn’t control the pace of action in Europe despite the repercussions the continent’s debt crisis could have on the U.S. economy and his own prospects in November.

“All of these issues, economic issues, will potentially have some impact on the election,” Obama said Obama urged congressional lawmakers in the U.S. to focus on steps they could take to boost job creation and economic growth, pitching legislation he proposed months ago that has little chance of garnering Republican support

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this money will go to support the rest of the state as well – a part of WVU’s goals as a landgrant institution.

King stressed the importance of donors to this pro-

in an election year.

“I’ve consistently believed that if we take the right policy steps, if we’re doing the right thing, then the politics will follow and my mind hasn’t changed on that,” Obama said.

Much of Obama’s time at the G-20 was devoted to the European fiscal crisis, though he did hold meetings on the sidelines of the international summit to tackle other pressing global concerns, most notably the continued violence in Syria.

Obama met separately with the leaders of Russia and China, two countries that have blocked U.S. efforts to take action against Syria at the United Nations. Obama said Tuesday that the two nations are “not aligned” with the U.S. and other countries on Syria but said both recognize the dangers of a civil war.

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debt, high borrowing rates and high unemployment poses huge spillover risks to the American economy and Obama’s political future.

The U.S. economy is in a tentative recovery amid a slump in hiring and indications that the housing market is healing. Those mixed signals have muddled Obama’s re-election prospects as challenger Mitt Romney mounts a campaign singularly focused on the state of the U.S. economy.

All sides at the G-20 summit seemed intent on sending confident signals to jittery markets and unhappy electorates.

Underscoring the stakes, Obama broke from the main summit Tuesday for a brief meeting with leaders from Britain, Germany, Italy, France, Spain and the European Union.

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been around for many years, Baldwin said there seems to be a “lag” in the acceptance of digital literature.

“People don’t think of it the same way they would a book they could buy at Barnes & Noble,” he said.

Despite this lack of recognition of digital literature, Baldwin said he hopes the conference will help people see the “continuity” of digital literature.

“People will be able to see that these narratives are just as complex as those in the novels

Despite the words of unity, European leaders showed signs that they have heard enough about their troubles, particularly from Americans.

Memories linger of the 2008 financial crash that was borne in the United States and destroyed jobs and wealth.

“The eurozone has a serious problem, but it is certainly not the only imbalance in the world economy,” Italian Prime Minster Mario Monti said Tuesday. He said the United States’ own financial problems were mentioned in G-20 talks “by almost everybody, including President Obama.”

European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso took an aggressive tone with reporters on Monday, also pointing some blame at North America and saying, “Frankly we are not coming here to receive lessons in terms of democracy.” they can purchase at Barnes & Noble, or as moving as poetry they have read before – just with a different spin. Even if someone were to say ‘This is like no poem I’ve ever seen’ – that’s ok too.”

Baldwin said while much of the work will be on display and open to the public throughout the duration of the conference, some of the work displayed at the Monongalia Arts Center will be available for viewing until the end of the month.

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WikiLeaks founder seeks asylum at Ecuador embassy LONDON (AP) — Embattled WikiLeaks chief Julian Assange took refuge Tuesday in Ecuador’s embassy in London and is seeking political asylum, his organization and the South American nation said.

Ecuadorean Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino said the leftist government of President Rafael Correa was weighing the request. He did not indicate when a decision might be made.

The move comes less than a week after Britain’s Supreme Court rejected Assange’s bid to reopen his attempts to block extradition to Sweden, where he is wanted for questioning after two women accused him of sexual misconduct during a visit to the country in mid-2010. He denies the allegations.

“I am grateful to the Ecuadorian ambassador and the government of Ecuador for considering my application,” Assange said in a brief statement.

WikiLeaks confirmed its leader’s request for political asylum on its Twitter account, but calls, texts, and emails seeking further comment from Assange and other WikiLeaks members weren’t

immediately answered.

Ecuador’s mission in London said Assange will “remain at the embassy, under the protection of the Ecuadorian government,” while his application is considered.

“The decision to consider Mr Assange’s application for protective asylum should in no way be interpreted as the Government of Ecuador interfering in the judicial processes of either the United Kingdom or Sweden,” the embassy statement added.

Assange’s legal struggle to stay in Britain has dragged on for the better part of two years, clouding his website’s work exposing the world’s secrets.

Patino told a news conference in Quito that Assange had written to Correa, a U.S.and European-trained economist who is closer to Venezuela than the United States, saying he was being persecuted and asking for asylum.

He said that Assange, who is Australian, had argued that “the authorities in his country will not defend his minimum guarantees before any government or ignore the obligation to protect a politically persecuted citizen.”

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Ecuador’s Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino announced in Quito that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is seeking asylum at Ecuador’s embassy in London, and that Ecuador’s government is studying the request. sible for him to return to his homeland because it would not protect him from being extradited to “a foreign country that applies the death penalty for the crime of espionage and sedition,” Patino said in a reference to the United States.

Assange, 40, claims the U.S. has secretly indicted him for divulging American secrets and will act on the indictment if Sweden succeeds in extraditing him from Britain.

In the letter, he accused Swedish officials of “openly at-

tacking me” and investigating him for political crimes, according to Patino, who did not take questions from reporters.

The foreign minister said his country would consider the asylum request “taking into account the respect for the norms and principles of international law as well as Ecuador’s policy of protecting human rights.”

Earlier this year, Assange launched a television talk show built around the theme of “the world tomorrow.”

Among other guests, he interviewed Correa and Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki.

Assange received offers of asylum during each of those sessions, which were broadcast on the Russia Today channel, according to a woman who was present during the shows and familiar with the offers.

The woman spoke on condition of anonymity because she was not authorized to speak to the media.

It was not immediately clear if the offers came directly from the presidents themselves, although Marzouki told Assange during the show: “If you ever have some problems you’ll be welcome in Tunisia.”

Correa has himself been assailed by human rights and press freedom activists for using Ecuador’s criminal libel law in sympathetic courts against journalists from the country’s biggest newspaper, El Universo, who he says represent oligarchists seeking his ouster. This month, he told his Cabinet ministers not to grant interviews to members of privately owned media.

Correa’s government has also been leading a campaign by leftist Latin American na-

tions that critics say aims to weaken the powers of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.

In November 2010, Ecuador’s deputy foreign minister said the country was offering residency to Assange. However, Correa told reporters the following day that neither he nor Patino had approved the offer and that it would need to be studied.

Assange and Wikileaks shot to international prominence in 2010 with the release of hundreds of thousands of secret U.S. documents including diplomatic cables and a hardto-watch video that showed U.S. forces gunning down a crowd of Iraqi civilians and journalists whom they had mistaken for insurgents.

Australian authorities have investigated WikiLeaks’ conduct, but concluded that Assange broke no Australian law.

Last month, Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard said her country could not protect Assange, a former computer hacker, from other countries’ justice systems. Her foreign minister, Bob Carr, said Washington had said nothing to indicate an indictment was planned there.

World leaders weigh stimulus Egypt’s Mubarak on life vs. austerity at G-20 meeting support after heart stops

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President Barack Obama shakes hands with China’s President Hu Jintao during a bilateral meeting at the G20 Summit, Tuesday in Los Cabos, Mexico.

LOS CABOS, Mexico (AP) — With major European economies on the brink of collapse, world leaders concluding an annual Group of 20 meeting were left Tuesday with two different paths to ease the financial crisis: Spend more to try to stimulate growth or slash budgets in a bid to restore investor confidence.

For months, that dilemma has loomed over governments and economists as they struggled to put out a debt-fueled economic wildfire that has threatened banks, wiped out jobs and toppled governments all over Europe. But on Tuesday, presidents and prime ministers meeting in this seaside resort seemed content to delay any decision for a while longer, according to a draft statement leaked ahead of the G-20’s conclusion.

Still, the battle lines in the stimulus-versus-austerity debate were clearly drawn among the 24 heads of state gathered in a heavily guarded convention hall lined by a moat. The conservative leaders of the United Kingdom, South Korea and Germany came out decisively for austerity, warning that budget cuts were crucial to restoring fiscal order and worldwide confidence.

“The countries in crisis will have to find measures that might be painful and politically unpopular in the short term, but nonetheless they must pursue this path,” South Korean President Lee Myung-bak said Monday.

On the other side were leftleaning governments such as those in Argentina, Brazil and France that have denounced the German-imposed austerity plan for struggling countries such as Spain and Greece and pushed for more stimulus spending.

After Argentine President Cristina Fernandez met with her Brazilian counterpart, Dilma Rousseff, the two sides were united in their opposition to the existing bailout plan.

“At the same time, they agree that we need to listen to Europe, especially to Germany, to see what measures it proposes

to exit the euro crisis,” Argentine Foreign Minister Hector Timerman said.

Mexican President Felipe Calderon said the summit ended with a signed document that included a comprehensive plan for the future but without details. The document had yet to be released.

European leaders plan to release a more complete response to the continent’s financial crisis during a summit at the end of June in Brussels.

President Barack Obama did not take a clear stand on the issue while speaking briefly to reporters Monday, pledging only to work “hand-in-hand to both grow the economy and create jobs while taking a responsible approach.”

The draft statement stopped short of committing the nations to greater spending unless conditions worsen. It urged fiscal responsibility while looking to education, innovation and infrastructure investment to spur economies.

Such fence-sitting is typical of G-20 declarations, said Jacob Kirkegaard, a research fellow at the Washington-based Peterson Institute for International Economics.

“On the big issue of the hour, of weeks and months, the G-20

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communique is not going to make a big difference,” Kirkegaard said. “The communique will repeat the mantra about strong, balanced, global growth.

With each member state free to do whatever they want, that’s the way to paper over those differences.”

Indeed, the statement’s reassuring words failed to sooth troubled world stock markets, which remained mixed and nervous Tuesday.

Germany must shoulder a large share of the contributions to bail out economically weaker European countries that overspent for years. In exchange, Germany has been insisting on steep cutbacks from aid recipients such as Greece.

Those cutbacks have led to dramatic economic hardship for voters in Greece and other countries. A growing number of European countries have been advocating spending and growth, not austerity, and the G-20 statement made limited mention of such a possibility.

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak was being kept alive by life support after he was rushed from prison to a military hospital in a rapidly worsening condition, officials said.

The 84-year-old ousted leader’s health crisis added a new element of uncertainty just as a potentially explosive fight opened over who will succeed him.

The state news agency MENA said Mubarak was “clinically dead” when he arrived at the hospital and that doctors used a defibrillator on him several times. It initially said the efforts were not successful.

But the official said Mubarak was put on life support. He had no further details on his condition. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to the press.

The developments add further layers to what is threatening to become a new chapter of unrest and political power struggles in Egypt, 16 months after Mubarak was ousted by a popular uprising demanding democracy. Egyptians were uncertain about Mubarak’s fate, about who will succeed him and about whether his successor will have any power.

The campaign of Mubarak’s former prime minister, Ahmed Shafiq, said Tuesday he has won Egypt’s presidential election, countering the Muslim Brotherhood’s claim of victory for its candidate, Mohammed Morsi.

The election commission is to announce the official final results on Thursday and no matter who it names as victor, his rival is likely to reject the result as a fraud. If Shafiq is declared winner in particular, it could spark an explosive backlash from the Brotherhood.

The Brotherhood, Egypt’s most powerful political group, is already escalating its challenge against the ruling military over the generals’ move this week to give

themselves overwhelming authority over the next president. Some 50,000 protesters, mostly Islamists, massed in Cairo’s Tahrir Square on Tuesday evening chanting slogans in support of Morsi and denouncing the generals’ power grab.

The health crisis of Mubarak, who is serving a life prison sentence, is yet one more thing to stoke the heat.

Moving Mubarak out of prison is likely to further infuriate many in the public. Many Egyptians have been skeptical of earlier reports that his health was worsening since he was put in prison on June 2, believing the reports were just a pretext to move him to another facility. There is a widespread suspicion that security and military officials sympathetic to their old boss are giving him preferential treatment.

Details of the crisis were still sketchy. Earlier the news agency and officials said that while at the Torah Prison hospital he suffered a “fast deterioration of his health.” His heart stopped beating until he was revived by defibrillation, then he suffered a stroke.

At that point, he was moved from the prison hospital to Maadi military hospital – notably the same one where his predecessor Anwar Sadat was declared dead more than 30 years ago after being gunned down by Islamic militants. That was when MENA reported him “clinically dead.”

The criteria for using that term are “poorly defined,” said said Dr. Lance Becker, a Uni-

versity of Pennsylvania emergency medicine specialist and an American Heart Association spokesman. “In its crudest form, clinical death just means that a doctor thinks he’s dead – somebody standing at the bedside believes he is dead,” he said.

“My speculation would be that he had that sort of event where his heart temporarily stopped,” said Becker, who is not involved in Mubarak’s treatment. “That doesn’t mean that it’s irreversible,” and life support can be used to keep his blood circulating and replace breathing if he is unable to do so on his own, Becker said.

Mubarak’s condition brought to mind former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon – though it was not known if there was any medical similarity in their conditions. Sharon suffered a massive stroke on 2006. Intensive treatment and repeated operations by a team of brain surgeons stabilized his condition, but he never regained consciousness. Sharon, 84, is still alive but remains on life support in a deep coma.

Mubarak has been serving a life sentence at Cairo’s Torah Prison for failing to stop the killing of protesters during the 18-day uprising against his rule last year. The verdict against him has already been a spark for protests – thousands massed in Tahrir when the court acquitted him and his sons on separate corruption charges and cleared several top security chiefs on the protester killings.

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Congress should pass MTR bill Yesterday, a group of Democrats in the House of Representatives proposed a bill requiring all federal agencies to stop granting permits for new mountaintop removal coal mines until further research is done on the health impacts of this controversial practice.

This piece of legislation, dubbed the “Appalachian Communities Health Emergency Act”, was co-sponsored by 13 members of the House, including Reps. Louise Slaughter (D-N.Y.) and Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio).

Although a complete mor-

atorium on mountaintop removal will almost certainly be criticized as an unnecessary biggovernment intrusion by coal lobbyists, the interest in preventing innocent communities from the potentially dangerous consequences of this practice far outweighs any economic benefits gained from it. Congress should act swiftly on this proposal and pass the bill.

Considering the fact numerous studies, including several done on West Virginian communities, have demonstrated the possible health risks posed by mountaintop removal min-

ing, this really should be a no-brainer.

West Virginia University researcher and professor Michael Hendryx has been at the forefront of the effort to understand the relationship between mountaintop removal mining and the public health.

His research has consistently suggested individuals living in the vicinity of mountaintop removal sites are at increased risk for a number of health complications.

One study found mountaintop removal communities have a 63 percent higher risk of birth

defects than other communities.

Additionally, residents of these mountaintop removal communities were found to suffer from higher rates of heart disease, respiratory problems, kidney disease and some types of cancer.

At the very least, these findings warrant further investigation into the effects of mountaintop removal mining. If subsequent studies find this form of mining is contributing to health problems in the communities surrounding the mine sites, it will be clear this practice should be completely banned.

However, if the new studies

conclusively establish mountaintop removal mining isn’t hurting the public health, the moratorium will be lifted and the coal companies can continue their work.

This approach is the most logical one. It’s hard to understand how the continuation of this practice can be justified despite evidence of its possible negative impacts. No amount of money is worth endangering the lives of West Virginians whose only crime is living near a mountaintop removal mine.

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The Adidas ‘Shackles’ may be ugly, but not racist jeremiah yates opinion editor

The German sports apparel company, Adidas, recently dodged a bullet.

Maybe they didn’t quite dodge a bullet as much as they decided not to fire one.

I’m referring to the line of shoes the JS Roundhouse Mids or “Shackles,” which were due to be released in August by Adidas.

The high-top sneakers featured a bright colors and a retro style, but also featured rubber shackles designed to strap on to the wearer’s ankles.

“Got a sneaker game so hot you lock your kicks to your ankles?” an Adidas caption read on its Facebook page.

The shoe company pulled the line before it was introduced because of the many comments and criticism it received. Many looked at the shoe as a connection to slavery.

“The attempt to commercialize and make popular more than 200 years of human degradation, where blacks were considered three-fifths human by our Constitution is offensive, appalling and insensitive,” Rev. Jesse Jackson said in a statement Monday.

It was a good move by Adidas to pull the line, but not because it was offensive – because it was a terrible design.

The shoe would have been the same as the “pumps” released by Nike in the early 90s.

With just a few pumps of the basketball on the tongue of the shoe, you would increase the air in the sole, and in turn become a better basketball player.

At the time, everyone thought they were the coolest shoe on the market. But, thankfully most of America

and the rest of the world realized they were ridiculous.

Practicing makes you a better basketball player, not the shoes you wear.

While the designer of the “Shackles” wasn’t claiming the shoe would improve your game, he was hoping to create another fad – which is always short lived.

I should thank the rabblerousers for that, at least.

But, should people really be up in arms over a shoe design?

It’s not like it was created by some radical group with a name for bigotry and hatred, it was created by a household name. I fail to believe designers for a company such as Adidas would intentionally be that offensive.

Those who connect the design of the shoe to American slavery do so on their own, not because it’s obvious. If anything, it looks like prison shackles rather than chains for slaves.

There is nothing about the design that makes a specific connection to it. It is just another reason for Rev. Jackson to put his face in the public’s eye and scream racism.

The shackles on the shoes could mean other measures of confinement, such as prison, or it could be a lame new style.

Regardless of what the intentions of the shoe’s design were, people need to be less sensitive. It’s just a shoe.

People should raise more hell over the price of shoes, rather than aesthetics of the ones being promoted.

You can make a connection to anything from anything if you look at it in the right light.

The design could even be related to the Holocaust. It was a more recent event and the shoe was created by a German company.

With all the problems the world faces, shouldn’t a figure such as Rev. Jackson be fight-

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Adidas recently pulled the line of JS Roundhouse Mids or “Shackles,” due to the increasing criticism and accusations of racism. ing for a real cause?

My first thought of the shoes was “Wow, who would wear those,” not racism, slavery or anything of the like.

We should never forget the

atrocities of slavery. It was a deep and dark part of our past.

But we shouldn’t dwell on it either.

No human being alive today really knows the horrors

of slavery. The more people attempt to move on and progress, the better off we will all be.

Equal is equal – we should concentrate on that.

When we start living together as one and stop pointing fingers at what our ancestors did to each other, then we can live without hatred and bigotry.

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Privatizing universities in the US – don’t bank on it kayla oliver daily texan university of texas

Authors of a recent Forbes article generated considerable buzz when they promoted a plan for the aggressive privatization of university services. While elimination of state political control may appeal to those put off by the latest rumors of the U. Texas Board of Regents’ dangerous partisanship, sweeping privatization of our campus invites trouble.

Successfully raising donations sufficient to compensate for the elimination of state funding is not the plan’s only hurdle. The predatory practices of the banks and financial firms that now hold contracts with almost 900 colleges and universities—includ-

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ing Arizona State U. and Texas A&M U.—demonstrate the dangers of excessive privatization.

The Boston-based U.S. Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) released a report last month that shed light on the complicated financial and legal issues inherent to universities’ relationships with banks and financial firms.

Essentially, financial institutions offer schools incentives, including signing bonuses and direct payments, to privatize financial and administrative functions.

The most basic partnerships allow a bank or financial firm to manage “closed loop” monetary functions of student ID cards.

These systems, similar to Dine In Dollars or Bevo Bucks, turn student IDs into prepaid cards used to pay for on-campus services.

But most partnerships don’t stop there. Banks and firms are increasingly adding “open loop”

functions that tie a student’s ID to his or her bank account and transform it into a debit card. In addition, students with accounts at their university’s partner bank can access financial aid funds more quickly than they could through another bank or traditional checks.

In order to withdraw those funds, however, students often have to pay an ATM fee. These transactions raise a difficult ethical question: Is it acceptable for banks and financial firms to charge students to access taxpayer-provided money? Certainly, any process that funnels tax dollars into corporate coffers should be thoroughly and critically evaluated.

Even more disconcerting, this system acts counter-intuitively by charging unnecessary fees to financial aid recipients, the students by definition least

able to afford those fees. In addition to ATM withdrawal fees, many banks and firms charge per-swipe and inactivity fees, forcing students to pay regardless of whether they use their card or not.

The PIRG report also raises concerns about banks’ and firms’ deceptive marketing practices. A partner institution will often “cobrand” on student IDs, placing its logo next to the university’s seal or mascot.

Many students register this as their school’s implicit endorsement of a particular bank, and automatically trust that bank more than its competitors. Some bank partners also gain the exclusive rights to table in common areas and give out “freebies” like sweatshirts or mugs.

These strategies have the potential to turn naive college students into captive consumers,

their choices influenced by what they see on campus and on their own IDs. Some schools even force students to activate a card by refusing to disburse overpayment refunds, such as excess financial aid, through accounts at any bank other than their partner institution. Finally, PIRG speculates that some universities’ distribution of student information to banks violates the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act. On the bright side, the report notes that UT-Austin is the largest public university without such a contract. Jamie Brown, Department of Student Financial Services spokesman says UT decided not to partner with a specific bank because, “It doesn’t make sense for us to participate in these kinds of programs, especially if we’re trying to educate students on smart spending.” UT

follows a traditional financial aid disbursement protocol. The University will either deposit funds directly into a student’s account, at any bank, or simply write the student a check.

Although more conventional and less streamlined than a bank partnership, this approach remains the most ethical and straightforward method to distribute financial aid and overpayment refunds.

For most students, college offers the first opportunity to manage their own finances.

University-bank partnerships discourage smart shopping and responsible financial practices by limiting choices and normalizing excessive, unfair fees. More universities should follow UT’s example by resisting financial incentives that come at the expense of following through on their responsibility to students.

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CAMPUS CALENDAR EVERY THURSDAY

NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS meets from 6-7 p.m. in Room 106 of Woodburn Hall. For more information, call 304-692-0038.

CO-DEPENDENTS ANONYMOUS, a 12-step program to assist participants in developing healthier relationships of all kinds, meets at 7 p.m. in the conference room of Chestnut Ridge Hospital. For more information, call Mary at 304-296-3748.

LUTHERAN DISASTER RESPONSE COLLEGIATE CORPS meets at the Lutheran Chapel at 8 p.m. The LDRCC responds to regional and national disasters. No experience is necessary.

For more information, visit www.lutheranmountaineer.org/disaster.

MUSLIM STUDENTS ASSOCIATION hosts a weekly Islam and Arabic class at 6:30 p.m. in the Monongahela Room of the Mountainlair. For more information, call 304-906-8183 or email schaudhr@mix.wvu.edu.

THE MORGANTOWN CHESS CLUB meets from 7 p.m. in the basement of the First Christian Church at 100 Cobun Ave. Meetings will not be held the last Thursday of every month. For more information, visit www.morgantownchess.org.

CAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST holds its weekly CRU meetings at 9 p.m. in Room G24 of Eiesland Hall.

People can join others for live music, skits and relevant messages. For more information, email roy.baker@ uscm.org or visit www.wvucru.com.

UNITED METHODIST STUDENT MOVEMENT meets at 7 p.m. at the Campus Ministry Center on the corner of Price and Willey streets.

For more information, email wvumethodist@comcast.net.

WVU CLUB TENNIS practices from 9-10 p.m. at Ridgeview Racquet Club.

For carpooling, call 304-906-4427.

New members are always welcome.

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

WVU WOMEN’S ULTIMATE FRISBEE team meets from 7-9 p.m. at the Shell Building. No experience is necessary. For more information, email Sarah Lemanski at sarah_lemanski@ yahoo.com.

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

INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ORGANIZATION meets at 8 p.m. at the In-

ternational House on Spruce Street.

BISEXUAL, GAY, LESBIAN AND TRANSGENDER MOUNTAINEERS meets at 8 p.m. in the Laurel Room of the Mountainlair. For more information, email bigltm.wvu@gmail.com.

CHESS CLUB meets from 6-9 p.m. in the food court of the Mountainlair.

Players of all skill levels are invited to come. For more information, email wvuchess@gmail.com.

THE CATALAN TABLE will meet at 4 p.m. at Maxwell’s restaurant. All levels welcome. For more information, call 304-293-5121 ext. 5509.

INTERVARSITY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP meets at 7 p.m. in 316 Percival Hall. For more information, call 304-376-4506 or 304-276-3284.

FREE ARABIC/ISLAM CLASSES will be hosted by the Muslim Students’ Association from 6-8 p.m. in the Kanawha Room of the Mountainlair.

To register, email schaudhr@mix. wvu.edu.

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

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

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

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

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

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

CONFIDENTIAL COUNSELING SERVICES are provided for free by the

Carruth Center for Psychological and Psychiatric Services. A walk-in clinic is offered weekdays from 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

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

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

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

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

ROSENBAUM FAMILY HOUSE, which provides a place for adult patients and their families to stay while receiving medical care at WVU, is looking for service organizations to provide dinner for 20-40 Family House guests.

For more information, call 304-5986094 or email rfh@wvuh.com.

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

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

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.

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.

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17 “Affirmative!”

18 Drill command 19 Shiny fabrics 20 Hiker’s map, casually 22 Nav. rank 23 Times for les vacances 25 Bank products 29 Block or stock suffix 30 Oil, informally 33 Give or take, e.g.

36 Japanese noodle dish 37 Zebra on a field 38 “It could go either way” 42 Pres. Carter, e.g.

43 Snarl noises 44 __ Inn 45 1975 seminal green movement novel by Ernest Callenbach 47 Post-WWII nuclear org.

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DAILY HOROSCOPES

BY JACQUELINE BIGAR BORN TODAY This year you declare that you need more efficiency in order to live your life to the fullest. Think before you get involved in anything new or different. The quality of your life becomes even more important. You mix activity and caring in a relationship. Your sweetie might have to adjust to your new concerns. If you are single, you will look for someone who adds to your life, as opposed to trying to “save” another person. You have a lot to smile about.

TAURUS helps you in any way possible.

ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19) HHHH Good suggestions and bright ideas seem to happen naturally, especially when communicating with a loved one or dear friends. The good news remains -- you have the energy to act on the situation as well. Tonight: Treat yourself well.

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20) HHHHH You feel good; act accordingly. Do you do different activities when you are on top of the world? Charge! If you’re feeling less than great, see what is going on. Consider eliminating certain factors in your life that put you in a downward spiral. Tonight: All smiles.

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20) HHHH Listen to a friend you really care about.

His or her advice right now might be more grounded than in the past. You feel tired and drawn, as you have gone out of your way for others. Now go out of your way for yourself. Tonight: Get some extra zzz’s.

CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22) HHHH You might want to rethink a decision that is taking you in a new direction. Actions taken right now might not work out instantly, but point to the correct direction. You have made an enormous effort and need to see the responses. Tonight: Where people are.

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22) HHHH Others naturally gravitate toward you, but is this what you want? Sometimes you might be happier assuming a low profile. Feeling a little suffocated is one of the outcomes of so much publicity. You can handle it. Tonight: A partner needs attention, too.

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22) HHHH Take an overview. Be willing to dig into an issue more deeply, or detach more to understand what is happening, or check to see that you have a full perspective. Tonight: Let your mind wander.

LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22) HHHHH Relate on a one-on-one level with others. That type of attention always makes someone feel important. Your caring comes back in multiples like you never expected. You might need to reveal frustration about a key issue.

Tonight: Find time for a special friend.

SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21) HHH You might be taken aback by everything that happens around you. The issue might be that you have some strong opinions and want to proceed in a key direction. You also need to let others follow through on what they feel is the right way. Ac-

cept what is happening. Tonight: Sort through ideas and invitations.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21) HHH Maintain an even pace, and clear out your errands. You have the ability to accomplish a lot. You mobilize your feelings and get the job done. There is an awkwardness between you and someone you really care about. Tonight: Squeeze in some exercise.

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19) HHH You could be overwhelmed by all the ideas that are coming forward. News from a distance sets you in a new direction. Make no judgments. You don’t have all the news and information. Trust that more is coming in. Tonight: Let the fun begin.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18) HHH Stay centered on your personal patterns. Realize what is going on behind the scenes with what you want to bring forward.

You also can choose to ignore what is happening and give yourself some space. Tonight: Where the action is.

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20) HHHH Clear your desk and answer calls before making a key decision. Recognize what you are feeling and what is going on behind the scenes. You might decide to say little and observe more. Make an important call; don’t keep putting it off.

Tonight: Visit with a friend as soon as you can.

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across the country

Davis visits New Orleans, his expected NBA home WESTWEGO, La. (AP) — The New Orleans Hornets officially advertised Anthony Davis’ visit as “pre-draft workout (hash)4,� even though the 6-foot-11 Kentucky star wore jeans during his tour of the club’s training center and never broke a sweat.

Since winning the NBA’s draft lottery late last month, the Hornets have tried to play things close to the vest, declining to confirm publicly whom they will take with the top overall pick. That, of course, is among the worst kept secrets in the world.

The Hornets didn’t ask Davis to perform on the court during his visit, but they had him pose for pictures in a white Hornets jersey bearing the No. 23 he plans to wear next season. Those images are almost certain to make their way into marketing campaigns that the Hornets will be primed to unleash soon after Davis’ addition to the squad is made official at the NBA draft on June 28.

In the meantime, Davis demonstrated he can be a team-first guy, playing along with the charade as if he wasn’t

entirely positive he’d be the next big basketball star in the Big Easy, where he has already won and celebrated one championship at the college level. “If I get drafted here, it’d be great to win another championship in New Orleans,� Davis said. “It’s a great city. If I get drafted here, it’ll be awesome.�

The real question, of course, is what will happen after he is drafted by the Hornets. Although general manager Dell Demps stopped short of announcing that Davis would be the first pick, he did address the matter by saying that the Hornets don’t want Davis or any rookie to join the club feeling pressure to put the team on their shoulders right away. “I don’t want to add pressure. It’s already there,� Demps said. “Sometimes, the expectations become so high they become unrealistic at times.

When guys come in, they’re supposed to be the savior. You don’t want them to feel like that. ... (Davis) is the ultimate team player, so just let him be a team player.�

Davis doesn’t sound worried about pressure. He’s dealt with plenty of it at Kentucky, a

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Anthony Davis speaks with members of the media while visiting the New Orleans Hornets. Davis is the expected No. 1 pick in this year’s NBA draft. team that has one of the most rabid fan bases in college basketball.

There, Davis played under a high-profile coach in John Calipari, and for a team that was expected to win it all the whole season and actually fulfilled that promise. “Playing at Kentucky (under) Coach Cal and being the No. 1 team, the pressure came then, and we kind of felt it when I was playing there,� Davis said. “So I think it kind of

helped me a lot.�

The Hornets, by contrast, are working to become more relevant in a Saints-centric city.

Davis arrived in New Orleans on Monday night and spent some time with coach Monty Williams, who has said in recent weeks that the Hornets plan to build around restricted free agent guard Eric Gordon, and that expectations on rookies should be measured, no matter how high they are picked.

Davis talked to Williams about life in the NBA and seemed to like the coach’s philosophy. “It’s not a one-player sport.

It’s a team sport,� Davis said. “I think (the Hornets) do a great job putting it on the organization and just trying to have the player focus on basketball and the game.�

Demps saw Davis play a handful of times in person, in part because Kentucky played six times in Louisiana last sea-

son – once at LSU, three times at the SEC tournament and twice in the Final Four – en route to winning a national title. Davis led the way with his shot-blocking prowess and his ability to spread opposing defenses with his smooth midrange jumper.

Because he initially played guard, before a growth spurt, and has a relatively complete game for a big man, he is the consensus best player in the draft. The Hornets seem to like him personally, as well. “He has this great big smile on his face and he has this personality that I hope that he can stay enjoying the process, because he’s going to have enough time during the rest of his career when the pressure’s going to come and he’ll have to make big plays in big games,�

Demps said.

Demps didn’t want to discuss whether the Hornets saw Davis as a center or power forward in the NBA, noting that he will be interested to see how the slender 19-year-old player develops not only his skills but his body as he goes from NBA rookie to seasoned veteran.

France reaches Euro 2012 quarters Wife: Nothing inappropriate KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — France was given a rude wake-up call

by Sweden on Tuesday as it was beaten 2-0 in their final group game and had to rely on England to reach the quarterfinals of the European Championship.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored one of the best goals of the tournament with an acrobatic volley in the 54th minute and Sebastian Larsson added an injury-time goal to give already eliminated Sweden its first points of the tournament. “We really wanted to win this game for the fans, their support has been fantastic,� Ibrahimovic said. “We wanted to finish this strongly

for them.�

France, meanwhile, limps into the knockout round with big problems to solve in both defense and attack. Sweden exposed the frailties of its back four and was able to neutralize the dual threat of Karim Benzema and Franck Ribery.

The margin of victory could have been bigger as France was outplayed for much of the game despite only needing a draw to guarantee a spot in the next round and facing a team with nothing to play for but pride.

The loss ended France’s 23game unbeaten streak but it still finished second in Group

D after England beat Ukraine 1-0 in Donetsk. France will face Spain in the quarterfinals but will need a much better performance to give the defending champions much of a challenge. “You have to be optimistic to think that we can beat Spain, but it’s hard right now to imagine that we can. We have to do better on Saturday,� Blanc said. “We wanted to finish top of the group but couldn’t manage it, so we have to deal with that.�

England finished with seven points, while France had four and Ukraine and Sweden bowed out with three each.

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They now account for 40% of Iraq’s refugees.

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President Mubarak the military protected Christians West Bank and Gaza. Since the Islamic terrorist and jailed extremists, but since Mubarak’s overthrow group Hamas violently seized Gaza in 2007, half its attacks by Muslim radicals have increased, and the tiny Christian community has fled. Crucifixes and military has refused to make arrests. On New Year’s Christmas decorations are forbidden. Following a Day 2011, 21 Christians were slaughtered and 79 were December 2010 exhortation by Hamas officials to injured; during a protest in Cairo, 27 were killed and murder Christians, Rami Ayyad, the owner of Gaza’s 300 injured by Egyptian police. An estimated 100,000 only Christian bookstore was killed and his store Copts have recently fled the country. torched. In the West Bank, the Christian population Iran. Under Iran’s ultra-conservative theocracy, it’s has plummeted as well, decreasing from 15% of the practically against the law to be Christian. In recent population in 1950 to less than 2% now—only about years, hundreds of evangelical Christians have been 60,000 souls. Before Israel’s War of Independence in arrested for “crimes against the order,� including 1948, Ramallah’s population was 90% Christian and Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani, who was condemned to Bethlehem’s was 80%. Today, Ramallah and Bethlehem death because he refused to renounce his faith. are largely Islamic cities. After the Palestinian Likewise, a Christian convert who started a “house Authority took over Bethlehem in 1995, Palestinian church� was recently sentenced to two years in prison gunmen attacked Christian homes and in 2002 seized for “anti-Islamic propaganda.� and defiled the Church of the Nativity. Today, Saudi Arabia. In Wahabist Saudi Arabia, Christian Christians make up only a fifth of the city’s population. prayer, even in private, is against the law—as is Israel. During Jordan’s occupation of Jerusalem, importing a Bible. Recently officials strip-searched 29 from 1948 to 1967, the city’s Christian population Christian women and assaulted six Christian men after shrank by 50% to only 12,646. Today, under Israeli arresting them for holding a private prayer meeting. rule, that Christian community is growing, as is They’ve had no trial and remain imprisoned with no Israel’s entire Christian population—up dramatically word on their fate. Saudi Arabia’s Grand Mufti, Sheikh since 1948 to 154,000, about 2% of Israel’s total Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah, recently decreed that it is population. Christians serve in Israel’s legislative “necessary to destroy all the churches of the region,�

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BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) — Jerry Sandusky’s wife testified Tuesday that she remembers most of the men who told a jury that her husband sexually abused them, but she said he never had inappropriate contact with them as boys.

She also said that the basement where the boys would stay wasn’t soundproof, a statement that contradicted one man’s testimony that he screamed during an assault but couldn’t be heard.

Defense lawyers called the former Penn State assistant football coach’s wife to the witness stand Tuesday after they went after two investigators, suggesting that police shared details among accusers and planted the seeds of the alleged victims’ evolving accounts of abuse.

The jury also heard from a psychologist who testified that Sandusky has a personality disorder that might explain the “creepy� letters he sent to one of his accusers. The defense also offered more testimony touting Jerry Sandusky’s reputation as a family man and community stalwart.

Sandusky is charged with 51 criminal counts related to 10 alleged victims over a 15year span. He’s accused of engaging in illegal sexual contact ranging from fondling to forced oral and anal sex.

Dottie Sandusky has stood by her husband, posting his bail, accompanying him to court proceedings and issuing a statement in December that proclaimed his innocence and said that accusers were making up their stories.

She is not charged in the case.

In her testimony she said

she knew several of the accusers, some well. Some of them, she said, were “clingy� around her husband while another was “charming.�

Nearly all would stay overnight in the Sandusky home and her husband “would tell them good night,� she said.

One witness testified last week that he was attacked by Jerry Sandusky in the basement of the ex-coach’s home and cried out for help when Dottie Sandusky was upstairs. She, however, said the basement was not soundproof and she would have been able to hear shouting if she was upstairs.

She also rebutted one victim’s claim that Sandusky tried to engage in oral sex with him while in a hotel bathroom at the Alamo Bowl in San Antonio, Texas. The man said the assault was interrupted when Dottie Sandusky walked into an adjoining room. “They were just standing ... in a hallway kind of thing... they had their clothes on, they were fully clothed,� she said.

The psychologist, Elliot Atkins, told jurors that he diagnosed Sandusky with histrionic personality disorder after talking with the excoach for six hours.

People with the disorder often interact with others in inappropriately seductive ways and don’t feel comfortable unless they’re the center of attention, Atkins explained. “Often these are people who did not have as much success in relationships – emotional or romantic – (and) relationships in life,� he said, responding to questions from Sandusky lawyer Joe Amendola.

According to the National Institutes of Health, histrionic personality disorder occurs more often in women than in men.

Sandusky’s attorney is hoping to convince jurors that the disorder could explain his client’s letters to the accuser known as Victim 4 and other interaction that prosecutors allege show his grooming of victims.

A prosecution psychologist, John Sebastian O’Brien II, however, testified that Sandusky was a man who juggled many tasks at once, something not akin to the disorder. “I don’t see anything in any of that information to suggest he was a person with a personality disorder that caused him any problems,� O’Brien said.

Amendola also questioned two state police investigators about what details they shared during interviews with the alleged victims, in particular with Victim 4.

Amendola asked retired Cpl. Joseph Leiter if investigators told interviewees about others who had stepped forward. “In some of our interviews ... we did tell them,� he said.

Asked why, Leiter said it was to let possible victims know they were not alone. “Each of these accusers was very, very seriously injured, and very concerned, and we had told them – especially prior to going to the grand jury – that they wouldn’t be alone, that there were others,� Leiter said.

Leiter said that did not include sharing individual accusers’ recollections of abuse, such as specific sex acts. “We never told them what anyone else had ever told us,� he said.

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Summer conditioning harder Coaches in favor of new than ever for Mountaineers NCAA rule changes by cody schuler sports writer

Every year as West Virginia enters summer workouts, there is a constant theme of players expressing the current summer’s workouts as the toughest they’ve ever gone through.

Though that often seems like a generic answer, this summer you have to believe that the guys grinding through rigorous daily workouts are telling the truth.

Whether it’s just a natural progression or in anticipation of West Virginia’s move to the Big 12 Conference, one thing is for sure: the offseason conditioning program has kicked itself up a notch.

Redshirt junior defensive end Will Clarke is no stranger to the Mountaineers’ offseason training program, but he vows that this year truly is the toughest ever.

“Each year we’ve turned it up more,” the Pittsburgh native said.

“I would say, if anything, everyone has so much ambition to do better. It’s not just an older guy type of thing or younger guys that just come in wanting to work. I feel like everyone as a collective whole (is) trying to grow as a team.”

It is the first week of conditiong and a lot of players are getting readjusted to the vigorous training regimen that they’ve bypassed during their brief summer break – something that doesn’t surprise Clarke.

“It’s always the first-week thing; you see guys sitting in the locker room in the chairs for a long period of time trying to gather themselves, but that’s just showing the good preparation from the strength staff.”

Clarke knows that while times may be tough in the present, each workout is an opportunity to get better prepared for the close games that are sure to

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have a bigger rotation and it’ll be easier with more depth.”

The summer league is a big benefit for the players. It gives them a chance to improve before the next season.

For Miles, who scored five points on 2-of-10 shooting with 11 rebounds in his Greentree debut this season, it’s about being more consistent with his jump shot.

“I really couldn’t buy a shot today, but I’ve been working on it,” he said. “I just want to contribute as much as possible. With me scoring, I can

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their kids and help them mature and grow. The more we’re around them, the more The NCAA passed a rule in we can do that.”

January that will now allow coaches to work with players New cell phone rules give coaches unlimited contact during the summer.

With the new rule, coaches with recruits get two hours of full instrucWhen the clock struck tion and six hours of strength midnight last Friday, many and conditioning per week, of the top college basketball spread out over eight weeks. recruits in the nation saw the For West Virginia head inboxes on their cell phones coach Bob Huggins and the flooded with messages from rest of the men’s basketball coaches across the country coaches in the Big 12 Confer- who are interested in their ence, it’s a welcome change. services once they graduate “We’re supposed to be re- high school.

Starting June 15, the sponsible for them 24 hours a day, but we’re not allowed NCAA’s new cell phone conto talk to them, and we’re tact rules went into effect. not allowed to be around With the change, coaches are them,” Huggins said. “This now allowed to call and text is very positive. I’d like to message recruits who have have a little more than two finished their sophomore hours a week, but two hours year of high school as much is certainly a step in the right as they want.

While the change is great direction.”

In order to participate in for coaches, who will now the instruction over the sum- have the ability to keep in mer, the rule states that play- touch with a player withers either have to be enrolled out having to worry as much in summer classes or be in about committing secondary good academic standing in violations, the new rule could order to practice if they are make it difficult on the playnot in summer school. ers who will now have to deal Texas head coach Rick with hundreds of texts comBarnes agreed with the sen- ing in from potential suitors. timents that, if nothing else, Some high school coaches the extra time the coaches have already started to look will get to spend with players at ways to limit the distracwill be a great way to build tion that comes with the new relationships with the play- rule, especially once school ers – especially the incoming starts in August.

“We will have a rule that freshmen.

“For 15 years, I’ve thought no coaches can text (playthe NCAA should let coaches ers) during school hours be more hands-on, so we can here,” said Huntington Prep not only deal with our guys (W.Va.) head coach Rob Fulbasketballwise but academ- ford. “If they don’t respect ically as well,” Barnes said. that rule, they will not be al“We can just spend time get- lowed in our practices. We want coaches to understand ting to know them.

“If you want to develop a how serious we are about relationship with someone, giving the kids some space.” you have to put time into it.

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Redshirt junior defensive end Will Clarke, left, says that the summer workouts the West Virginia football team is going through will help everybody grow as a team. come during the fall.

“It’s hard, but you have to look at it as a positive. It’s helping you get better,” he said.

“In situations, you’ll appreciate the times you were about to throw up or just gasping for air, but in a game situation you’ll have breath.”

Fellow defensive stalwart Jared Barber agrees that the strength staff has improved its training plan, and through increased demand and required effort from the players, it has already started to reap benefits.

The sophomore linebacker claims the results have been practically immediate.

“They do a great job,” he said. “I can already tell in three weeks my body is changing, and I’m getting a lot faster (and) stronger.”

“It’s definitely harder but it’s awfully good. We might complain about it, but it’s definitely going to get us ready for fall.”

True freshman defensive back Sean Walters, who enrolled during the spring, believes joining the team early has helped him progress through the learning curve quicker than he expected.

“It’s a big difference as far as the workouts, the competitiveness, everything – I just feel like I’m on the same page as the older guys in such a sense.

I just have so much of an upside from just being here and getting work in,” he said.

While many players desperately need this time to get their bodies prepared for the season, there is arguably no player who can gain more than sophomore running back Dustin Garrison.

Garrison, who is expected to return in full form next month, claims he has already gained six or seven pounds from the program – upping his weight to 180 pounds.

Though he has made some physical improvements, it is his increased mental sharpness that he feels is his greatest new asset.

“I feel like I need to get my mind right,” he said. “I feel like I’ve been working really hard during the summer (and) spring and working out to the best of my ability, and I feel like I’ll be a lot better than I was last year.”

contribute more to the team, but if that’s not my role then it’s not my role. I want the win before worrying about myself.”

Forsythe played in the first game of the night and was matched up against highly touted Pitt freshman Steven Adams.

He struggled in the first half, but was able to pick things up in the final 20 minutes, scoring eight points and grabbing six rebounds in his first action since suffering a back injury that ended his freshman season.

“I’m trying to run up and down. I need to run, rebound and block shots. The scoring will come with the rebound-

ing, and I know that these summer leagues are pretty much guard-oriented,” Forsythe said.

Hinds led his team back from a double-digit secondhalf deficit to score a comeback win in the last game of the night. He finished with 17 points on a 6-of-15 shooting performance, three rebounds and an assist while turning the ball over two times.

Those players, as well as sophomore guard Aaron Brown and freshmen Terry Henderson and Eron Harris, will be playing again Wednesday at the Greentree Sportsplex starting at 7 p.m.

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For TCU to succeed early, they have to be able to keep opposing offenses off the field, and Wesley was a big part of that.

TCU also has to be able to run the football well. Last season the duo of Wesley and Waymond James was able to do that. This year it’ll be different – James will have to carry the load.

Since the Big 12 is an offensive league, the logical question has to be, is TCU’s defensive style of play good enough to slow those offenses?

TCU’s defense has dom-

inated in the Mountain West and has been able to prepare for games like the 2011 Rose Bowl against Wisconsin where they held the Badgers to just 19 points. But now TCU has to prove week to week that it can handle the full throttled offenses in the Big 12.

I’m not saying the Horned Frogs can’t succeed, because eventually under arguably the best defensive teacher in the nation, Gary Patterson, they will. Since Patterson took over in 2001, he’s dealt with three conference affiliation changes

No. 1 rising junior in the nation Andrew Wiggins and top-20 senior guard Xavier Rathan-Mayes, thinks the rule could end up speeding up the recruiting process.

If nothing else, the players will commit to see the calls and texts not come in as often.

“Some coaches will abuse the rule, but it will be more evident on who the kids are serious about,” Fulford said.

“If they’re responding to you, they’re interested. If not, how long will it take (the coaches) to take the hint?

“I think kids will commit sooner to eliminate the issue if it gets out of hand.”

West Virginia head coach Bob Huggins said that it is important for him and his staff to make sure they’re talking to the players in whom they’re interested, but not to go overboard.

“There’s a saturation point,” Huggins said. “You may get a kid every once in a while that is enamored because you call him every day, but most of them get as tired of answering it as you do of talking to them.

“All they’ve got to do is turn the phone off.”

The rule change could be annoying at first for the players, but once it’s been in effect for a while, there’s a good chance that things will be back to normal, for the most part.

“The big thing is, with today’s game, there are a lot of people involved in recruiting,” said Iowa State head coach Fred Hoiberg. “I’m not sure how much that will change, but it’ll give us direct communication with the kid.

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TCU will get it right eventually, but West Virginia is more ready to win right now. WVU’s style of play and star power fits the league while TCU’s style has to be developed and adjusted in order to do well. In year one, with everything culminating at the right time for West Virginia, the Mountaineers are more likely to have on-field success. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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With struggling defenses of Big 12 teams such as Baylor, the Mountaineers can have the opportunity to score a lot of points with senior Geno Smith’s poise as quarterback.

Head coach Art Briles has been with Baylor since 2008 after a tenure at Houston.

These past two seasons saw Briles take the Bears to the

next step, going 7-6 and 10-3 respectively. He has definitely brought a new culture of winning to Waco, Texas. Briles has also brought in a top 25 recruiting class to Baylor following such a year.

The defense will be the main focus for the Bears this season.

While they will give up plays, guys like safety Mike Hicks will have to prevent them from being heartbreakers for Baylor fans. Hicks is returning after 100 tackles last season. Defensive coordinator Phil Bennett will be in his second season at Baylor.

The 2011 season was quite a ride for Baylor and its fans.

With a 10-win season, a Heisman Trophy winner and a 67-point performance in a bowl game, hopes are high in 2012 for the Bears.

“All those things are really great accomplishments of our football team,” Briles said, following the season. “I’m proud of how players played throughout the season. We’re always a resilient football team. Our guys are tough. They play tough

and they perform tough. And it showed up on the scoreboards at the end of games.”

This is a game in which Baylor will be flying under the radar, so to speak. If WVU doesn’t find a way to win this one, the doubts of how West Virginia handles the transition to a new conference will be heard and seen.

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West Virginia hopes experience, depth will help bring faster tempo to offense this season by michael carvelli sports editor

Following their games in the Greentree Pro-Am Summer League Monday, three of the West Virginia men’s basketball players in attendance sounded much like they did at this time last season when they described what style of play to expect from them next season.

“We just want to push the ball and try to get easy buckets,” said sophomore point guard Jabarie Hinds. “Teams focus on good defense, so if we can push it and get a couple of fast layups, I think that’ll help us a lot more.”

The Mountaineers set out to do the same things last season, but a few things kept them from playing the way they wanted.

With such a young team last year – consisting of just three upperclassmen – West Virginia had a tough time finding the right chemistry to run the style of offense that it wanted to.

But with a year of experience under their belts, the Mountaineers think this year could be a lot different.

“Last year we were kind of hesitant to push it up and down because we didn’t really click and know how each other played yet,” said sophomore forward Pat Forsythe.

“This year, we’re running and matt sunday/the daily athenaeum getting into our motion right Sophomore point guard Jabarie Hinds scored 17 points in Greentree Monday. Hinds said the West Virginia men’s basketball team is away.

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gether, we know how we play.

Now that everything’s running more smoothly, we’ll be able to run a lot better.”

With that extra experience that they were able to get last season, the younger players will be able to head into this year knowing what it’s going to take to get the job done.

“It feels a lot different (than last year),” said sophomore forward Keaton Miles. “There’s a lot more confidence because we know what to prepare for.

“Last year we went into college basketball wide-eyed and just tried to find our niche, and this year we can come in and have a better understanding of what to prepare for and how to prepare for it.”

It’s also going to play into West Virginia’s favor this sea-

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Baylor will be looking to replace quarterback Robert Griffin III, who won the Heisman Trophy last season, as it heads into the 2012 season. nior this upcoming season, had 51 receptions for 877 yards and seven touchdowns as a sophomore.

With two potential 1,000-yard receivers, the offense will likely put up a lot of points with Florence in command.

What the Mountaineers can focus on

is getting points against a inconsistent Bears defense. Baylor allowed 56 points in a win against Washington in the Alamo Bowl.

Baylor won’t be able to have the

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son if the team members can stay healthy.

This season, head coach Bob Huggins will have the benefit of plenty of depth at just about every position on the floor. They can substitute players in and out when they get tired – something they haven’t been able to do in the past due to injuries.

“We’ve got five bigs this year that we’ll be able to rotate in and out, just to make sure we can keep the tempo up,” Forsythe said. “We’ve got a lot more talent coming in. If one guy’s having an off night or one’s beat up, we have four others that we can rotate in.

“It’s the same with the guards too; there are a lot. We

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Comparing WVU and TCU’s entrance into the Big 12 Conference greg madia

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The West Virginia football team will see their inaugural Big 12 Conference game take place at home against the Baylor Bears Sept. 29.

Last season saw the Bears go 10-3 after a strong season with Heisman Trophy winner Robert Griffin III. Stars emerged at Baylor including running back Terrance Ganaway, who rushed for 1,547 yards and 21 touchdowns.

One of the biggest offensive threats was star wide receiver Kendall Wright.

Now a Tennessee Titan, Wright had 108 receptions for 1,663 yards and 14 touchdowns.

Until the Mountaineers’ performance at the Orange Bowl, Baylor had the most points ever in a bowl game with 67 against Washington in the Alamo Bowl. It was its first bowl win in nearly 20 years.

Likely starting at quarterback for Baylor this season will be senior Nick Florence, who was the backup last season.

He threw for two touchdowns and 151 yards. Florence will hope to lead a rebuilding year at Baylor following Griffin’s departure to the Washington Redskins.

Florence has the arm to follow a record-setting season at Baylor. He will have strong targets at wide receiver with Tevin Reese and Terrance Williams.

Williams, a senior, had a strong season as a junior with 59 receptions for 957 yards and 11 touchdowns. Reese, a ju-

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Keaton Miles scored five points and grabbed 11 rebounds in his first game in the Greentree Summer League Monday.

As West Virginia becomes part of the Big 12 Conference, the Mountaineer football program gains prominence. Headlined by three prolific offensive playmakers in Geno Smith, Tavon Austin and Stedman Bailey, a rock-star head coach in Dana Holgorsen and a 70-point 2012 Orange Bowl pulping of the Clemson defense, and suddenly the old Gold and Blue becomes the new media favorite of the Big 12 Conference.

With almost every national sports outlet having representation at WVU spring practices – including ESPN’s Drive to the National Championship bus rolling through Morgantown – the hype around the program continues to build.

Smith, Austin and Bailey have been named preseason All-Americans by Phil Steele and Athlon Sports. Center Joe Madsen was moved to the Rimington Award preseason watch list, while six other Mountaineers were named to either Steele’s or Athlon’s preseason All-Big 12 team.

West Virginia knows it has all the ability to compete in the Big 12.

New defensive coordinator Joe DeForest has been in the conference

since 2001. His new 3-4 scheme has the defense feeling like they’re able to play freely and react to plays.

Both offensively and defensively the West Virginia coaches have instilled confidence in this program, that yes, it has given this team a “swagger.”

Not only do the players believe, but it seems everyone around the Big 12 feels WVU is an early frontrunner, along with Oklahoma, to compete for the Big 12 title.

While the timing for the Big 12 for West Virginia couldn’t be better, for the Texas Christian University football program the offseason has brought unfamiliar territory for the storied football school. In February, the Horned Frogs’ defense took a huge blow when Tanner Brock, DJ Yendry and Devin Johnson were all arrested in a campuswide drug scandal.

Missing all of 2011 to a seasonending injury, Brock was a Sports Illustrated All-American in 2010 and totaled 106 tackles. Yendry and Johnson were big players on the two deep this past season.

TCU is going to need all the defensive depth they can get as they go into the Big 12 with opposing high tempo offenses.

On top of losing one defensive star and two defensive contributors, late last month starting running back Ed Wesley left the

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Photographer says Alec Baldwin hit him in NYC NEW YORK (AP) — Another anger mismanagement allegation has arisen against Alec Baldwin, this time on his way to the altar.

A newspaper photographer filed a complaint with police on Tuesday accusing the “30 Rock” star of punching him outside a marriage license bureau.

No charges had been filed, and the actor vehemently denied throwing any punches.

Daily News photographer Marcus Santos said that Baldwin became enraged as he and other photographers were snapping pictures of the 54-year-old actor and his fiancee, Hilaria Thomas, outside the lower Manhattan office where marriage licenses are obtained.

Santos told the newspaper, “I knew he was going to attack me. I stepped back, and he kept coming.” He claimed the actor shoved him before punching him “one time, right in the chin.”

A statement on Tuesday from Baldwin’s publicist accused the photographer of being the aggressor.

As Baldwin and his fiancee were leaving, a person “walking in front of Alec positioned himself to obstruct the view of a photographer aggressively trying to shoot the couple,” the statement said. “The photographer was clearly frustrated, pushed past the bystander and assaulted Alec with his camera. There were no punches thrown, and any subsequent physical contact was simply Alec protecting himself.”

Photos on the newspaper’s website (http://nydn. us/M3XinW) appear to show Baldwin shoving the photographer.

A New York Police Department spokeswoman confirmed the allegation was under investigation.

Last year, an American Airlines flight was delayed

by Baldwin’s refusal to stop

At Cirque du Soleil, two acrobats juggle parenthood NEW YORK (AP) — It’s hard enough for the parents of a toddler to balance work and home. So imagine how hard it is if the work itself is all about balancing.

Meet Jeremie Robert and Julie Dionne, two acrobats in Cirque du Soleil’s show “Zarkana” who are raising a 2-year-old son while both earn a living by spinning in a metal wheel that’s thinner than a hula hoop.

While their jobs are unusual, they’re like any other doting parents. Robert, 28, from Paris, and Dionne, 36, from Montreal, are clearly enchanted by Emile, an exuberant blur of movement who speaks French and Russian.

“It doesn’t matter how bad the day went or how good it went,” says Robert. “We step in the door and it’s `Papa!’ and `Mama!’ and lots of running.

If you have a bad day or you’re tired, he makes you forget.”

Robert and Dionne helped create the $50 million “Zarkana” a year ago when it made its debut in New York at Radio City Music Hall. The 11act, 73-performer “acrobatic rock opera” then visited Madrid and Moscow before returning to New York this summer. It has gotten leaner over the past year, the characters have been deepened and the acrobatics are tighter.

Before a recent performance in the cavernous, 6,000-seat Radio City, Emile gleefully ran all over the carpeted aisles, his laughter infectious. He tore about in every direction, clutching a toy horse, returning every few minutes triumphantly to his parents’ arms, babbling and slightly out of breath.

“Papa! Papa!” he told Robert in French after one such moment. “It’s so big!”

At other moments, he begged to jump up into his mother’s arms and then, in a move that would make P.T. Barnum proud, successfully balanced with one leg in his mother’s lap and the other in his father’s.

Emile, who was born in Japan when his parents were in the touring Cirque show “Corteo,” has now been to at least 10 countries and gotten used to a new bedroom every so often. “A lot of people say changes are hard for children, but he’s adapted so wonderfully,” Dionne says.

In “Zarkana,” Emile’s parents have dual duties. They appear between acts as part of a parade of white-clad performers – she as a pregnant bride, he as a sort of demented old-school pilot – who add some clownish humor to the show, which also includes high-wire walkers, handstanders, flag throwers and a sand-painting artist.

They also appear in the same high-octane acrobatic act – he onstage spinning inside a silver Cyr Wheel, while she performs stunts in and out of her own hoop that is suspended dozens of feet in the air. While they’re at work, Emile is cared for by the wife of another performer.

Having Emile has made his parents not only more focused, but also more creative, particularly when it comes time to channel their inner

clown. They say they watch his games and try to capture his sense of naivete and play.

“We try not to censor ourselves onstage and I think that comes from him,” says his mom. “Sometimes I’ll have an idea, but I’ll wonder, `Will it be good?’ or `Is it believable?’

He just goes for it and to see him do it is an inspiration. I’ve learned from his curiosity.”

After “Zarkana” ends its run in New York in early September, it will take up permanent residency at the Aria Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. Emile and his parents won’t follow, instead moving to the circusfriendly city of Montreal.

Emile’s parents have spent long years perfecting their skills. When he was 15, Robert enrolled in the French National Circus School, where he studied for three years.

He then moved to Montreal to study for three years at the Canadian National Circus School, specializing in trampoline and teeterboard.

Dionne studied modern ballet and jazz as a youth and was trained at The Dance School of Quebec, specializing in modern dance. She also studied at the National Circus School, but never overlapped with her future partner.

They met in “Corteo,” which toured Canada, the U.S., Japan and Russia. They were friends for two years before it turned into romance.

Cirque didn’t discourage it since both were artists and there was no imbalance of power. Both say Cirque is a great place to work, with insurance, sick days and parental leave offered.

Romances in Cirque companies are not unusual since performers and crew spend all their time together, especially on tour. Some Cirque acts also include whole families. “It’s work, it’s life, it’s family – it’s everything all at once,” says Robert.

Emile was born close to midnight on Dec. 27, 2010, but Robert couldn’t linger too long over the newborn: He had two shows to perform the next day. By the next New Year’s Day, Emile was walking; his mother went back to performing after nine months.

New dad Robert gave up the teeterboard, which in Cirque is not the simple seesaw you find in playgrounds.

In the circus, it’s a macho duel among performers who reach ridiculous heights as they catapult from a large board. “I was used to it and everything but sometimes it was difficult with only four hours of sleep,” explains Robert.

Might little Emile have inherited some acrobatic genes from his parents, both lean and muscular? “He’s got the energy,” says his mother, with a laugh. Emile is already interested in basic acrobatics and does rolls and the splits. He enjoys watching his parents’ shows and he juggles at home.

“We’re not pushing. I don’t think we will. If he wants to follow us, that’s fine,” says Robert, pulling Emile into his arms. His mother agrees: “He might want to be an accountant. Who knows?”

But even as she says this, the boy uses his father’s chest as a climbing wall.

playing a cellphone game, and he was kicked off the plane. Baldwin later asked for forgiveness from fellow passengers but stopped short of apologizing to the airline or the flight attendant he later mocked on Twitter.

Baldwin posted Tuesday on Twitter: “A `photographer’ almost hit me in the face with his camera this morning.” He also said paparazzi should be “waterboarded.”

In 2008, Baldwin blamed a bitter custody battle with exwife Kim Basinger in part for the anger and frustration he was feeling when he berated their daughter in a phone message that was leaked to the media.

In the message, Baldwin called their daughter, Ireland, a “rude, thoughtless little pig.” He apparently was upset that she had missed his phone call. He said he apologized to Ireland and said the ap message was wrong and “hor- Alec Baldwin speaks during the inaugural NFL Honors show in Indianapolis. A New York City news photographer says he was punched rified” him.

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Channel your love for music into creating your own by jeremiah yates a&e editor

Music is a universal language; it speaks to anyone willing to take the time out of his or her day to listen.

This is why artists hailing from the United States frequently play to sell out crowds at venues all over the world.

Almost everyone can think of a song that they feel speaks to them.

Those who enjoy listening to music, regardless of the style or genre, should channel their interests into actually learning to play an instrument. It is challenging, but rewarding in the end.

For the past 10 years, I have found that playing guitar is a great method of venting frustration, artistic expression and is a great way to escape boredom.

I have met many people who say, “I wish I could play, I just don’t have the talent.”

But the truth is, nobody has the talent the first time they pick up any musical instrument. Jimi Hendrix wasn’t “Jimi Hendrix” the first time he picked up a guitar. As a child, he spent hours in his bedroom practicing and learning the skills that would make him a legend.

It takes patience and dedication to learn any instrument. This isn’t to say it is easy. There is much to learn when it comes to music – in a way, it is a language.

Just as you can’t expect learn Spanish in a day, the same goes for music.

One of the greatest aspects of music is that it a never-ending journey. It doesn’t matter how long a musician plays, he or she can always learn more and get better.

There are no limits or boundaries to music; it will

go as far you want it to go.

Although many musicians are self-taught, it may be helpful for a beginner to start with lessons.

If you are looking to find an instructor, look for advertisements posted on bulletin boards in the halls of the WVU Creative Arts Center.

There are always graduate students looking to teach for some extra cash, or even credits.

Visit music.wvu.edu for a list of instructors and lessons offered by the WVU School of Creative Arts.

If financial aid won’t pay for lessons and paying for them is out of your budget, don’t worry, we are in the age of the Internet.

Going to Youtube.com and searching for guitar lessons makes learning easy. There are thousands of videos of musicians showing you how to play just about any song or method you wish to learn – if you are looking for the correct way to play song, you may have to search for a while; not everyone who posts on the site is actually good enough to teach.

If you are set on learning guitar, another great way to learn is using the video game Rocksmith, for Playstation 3 and Xbox 360.

The game revolutionizes the difficulties of learning guitar. Unlike Guitar Hero and Rock Band, this game actually teaches the player how to play guitar. It features a large list of artists to learn from – including Tom Petty, The Red Hot Chili Peppers and The Black Keys – and features minigames to help with specific techniques.

While the game does cost around $60, plus the price of a guitar, it is much cheaper in the long run than paying for private lessons.

Deciding on a method to

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Learning to play any musical instrument takes time and dedication. learn is different for everybody, and it depends on the style in which you wish to learn.

Classical music, for example, is best learned from a trained professional. There is too much to learn on your own.

If you just want to learn a few easy songs to strum beside a campfire, Youtube. com will probably have what you’re looking for.

So, the next time you are listening to music, turn it off, pick up an instrument. jeremiah.yates@mail.wvu.edu

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To complain of discrimination in West Virginia call HUD Toll-free at 1-800-669-9777 PUBLIC NOTICE. The next meeting of the Board of Directors and Board Committees of the West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc. will convene on Friday, June 22, 2012 at the following times and locations: Board of Directors meeting at 12:30 p.m. in the J.W. Ruby Boardroom, Finance Committee meeting at 9:00 a.m. in the J.W. Ruby Boardroom, Quality & Patient Safety Committee meeting at 9:00 a.m. in the Administrative Conference Room, and Compliance & Audit Committee meeting at 11:00 in HIM Conference Room. All meetings are open to the public.

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1/BR. $400/MO PLUS UTILITIES. 5/min walk to campus. Lease and deposit. Good location. 304-826-0910.

2/BR APT. $375/MO/PERSON, UTILITIES INCLUDED. W/D, Pets w/fee Located on Dorsey Avenue. Available now. One year lease + deposit. 304-482-7556.

Now Renting For May 2012 Efficiency 1-2 & 3 Bedrooms • Furnished & Unfurnished • Pets Welcome • 24 Hour Emergency Maintenance • Next To Football Stadium & Hospital • Free Wireless Internet Cafe • State of the Art Fitness Center • Recreation Area Includes Direct TV’s ESPN,NFL, NBA,MLB, Packages • Mountain Line Bus Every 15 Mintues

2BR JUST A WALK FROM CAMPUS. 107B Jones Ave. Off street parking. W/D. Large livingroom. Plenty of storage. Please call Dave at 304-319-2355.

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2 FEMALE ROOMMATES NEEDED FOR nice, clean 3BR apartment of Price Street.

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The Daily Athenaeum Business Office is now accepting applications for Student Office Assistants for Summer & Fall Prior office experience preferred.

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GRAD STUDENT/COUPLE WANTED for Sorority House Director(s). Duties include: manage day-to-day operation of facility which houses 28 members; supervise staff; coordinate catering service; arrange repairs to facility, furnishing, equipment; monitor security system to ensure residents’ safety; encourage home-like atmosphere for residents. Must live in; room and board provided, plus salary, benefits; call 304-685-5947.

WE WANT YOU TO JOIN OUR TEAM! WVU Hospitals currently has a full-time, part-time, and casual Housekeeping Assistant positions available. Please visit our website at www.wvuhealthcare.com to apply online, read a detailed job description, and to learn why WVU Hospitals is widely considered a leading employer of choice.

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Despite poor reviews, ‘Prometheus’ is a winner by alec berry web editor

Ridley Scott, the man behind feats of film such as “Blade Runner” and “Alien,” teamed with “Lost” scribe Damon Lindelof, as well as a whole crew, to create the latest show at the theaters, “Prometheus,” a science fiction epic fixated on the very origins of man.

After months of hype and excitement, the film sadly opened to a mix of messy critcal reactions. Longtime fans of the “Alien” franchise expected a more linear prequel, while base movie-goers walked out a little lost. Not many are happy, except for me. I think “Prometheus” is a pretty great piece of work.

Because, lost, my friends, is exactly how you’re supposed to feel. For a movie all about questions, it makes total sense for an audience to walk away with few answers, and like all great films, interpretations are up for grabs.

This was a thinking man’s picture, after all, no matter the stereotypes placed on science fiction and the sad label of “nerd culture.”

It’s a Ridley Scott movie, remember. Not “The Avengers.”

“Prometheus” depicts the story of a crew of scientists and working men hurtling through space on a quest to discover man’s maker.

The cast includes Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Idris Elba, Charlize Theron and Guy Pearce.

As you would expect, things don’t go according to plan. The team eventually arrives at its far-off destination, but after discovering an ancient alien tomb, horrific events occur and people die.

But just go watch it. Summaries are cheap.

Now, while there’s all sorts of concern for open ends and misplaced explanation, the real charm of this film comes from its bout of visual reliance, something a lot of contempo-

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A scene from ‘Prometheus,’ starring Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Idris Elba, Charlize Theron and Guy Pearce. rary movies have forgotten.

Scott’s the type of director to let his characters and worlds do the work.

He plays his hand by moving the camera, but in terms of adjusting the script for cheap stints of dialogue or exposition, he instead trusts his lens to capture the necessary beats for the narrative.

That’s all over this film.

A major complaint has been the lack of character development, but I’d argue these characters are very developed. People just miss it because they’re so hardwired for the cheap,

poor excuses of storytelling such as direct references and short cuts along with blatant exposition.

The audience wanted this fed to them, but Scott would rather have his audience pay attention and put the puzzle together.

Looking closely, through the characters basic actions, you understand Fassbender’s David as well as Theron’s Vickers.

These characters are so tied to Pearce’s Weyland that it drives everything they are.

They’re both after acceptance and a pat on the back from their “father,” and every

action they commit in the film is in service of that desire.

Elba’s role completely lives for the job. Dr. Holloway’s a hot head with a bit of a hero complex.

It’s all there. Just watch.

While it’s a prequel to the Alien franchise, by way of the final sequence as well as a commonality in some themes, plus a director, “Prometheus” clearly can stand on its own rather than as a sole piece of the larger franchise puzzle.

Because it’s something complete: a contained thought with its own list of relative questions,

and beyond the philosophical belief ploy, it ends up a damn fine monster movie in which the monster can either be us, the truth or God. No matter the existential threat, the movie comes complete with crew member kill scenes and a cool final girl sequence involving an axe and the last remaining Engineer, a member of an advanced alien race.

In the end, “Prometheus” is all about faith.

Once you deny it and demand something concrete (like the origin of man), you sort of

lose a bit of who you are. We’re meant to not know because the possibilities are what keep us small. Keep us human.

We need the concept of faith.

No only for our sanity but also our protection, because as this film shows, knowledge can destroy, and there are some bits of knowledge we’re best off without.

That’s the storybook moral, anyway. But seriously, some of those shots are awesome. Just go see it for that.

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