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Univ. aims to build new baseball stadium by michael carvelli sports editor

West Virginia University is planning to use tax increment funding to help fund the construction of a new baseball facility.

The facility will be located at the University Town Center, and will be the upgrade that WVU Athletic Director Oliver Luck has stressed the school needed since the move to the Big 12 Conference was announced.

“The move heightened the importance of baseball and our facility,” Luck said. “For the first

baseball season we play in the Big 12, we’ve discussed playing our conference opponents in Charleston, or Beckley, or Bluefield or Princeton because we’re concerned about the impression Hawley Field would leave on them.”

Luck estimated that the facility could be played on in the Spring of 2014.

Senate Bill 631, which was sponsored by state Senator Bob Beach, and introduced on Friday, requested 600 acres at University Town Center.

The plan to use TIF to finance the project will be just the sec-

ond time that type of financing has ever been used in the state of West Virginia, according to Jason Donahue, the real estate broker for the development.

“We’re sort of in uncharted territory,” he said.

“Oliver has great expertise in these matters, and we certainly welcome his participation through all levels of this process.”

Luck’s expertise with TIF comes from his time as the general manager of Major League Soccer’s Houston Dynamo.

The franchise used both sales and property tax TIF in the pro-

cess of building its $100 million soccer stadium that will be opening this year.

“This one’s going to be much, much smaller (in cost) obviously, but we’re using the same concept, and I know that it can work because I’ve gotten to witness it firsthand,” Luck said. “I used the property and the sales tax TIF, so I understand how both work.

“We talked to the developer and had a lot of discussions over the last five weeks or so, and decided this would be a good thing for the developer, a good thing for the Morgantown area and a

Student orgs advocate for safe housing bill by mackenzie mays city editor

More than 30 West Virginia University students traveled to the Capitol Tuesday to push a statewide bill that would protect tenants who face issues with mold growing in their homes.

Members of the WVU Student Government Association and Student Advocates for Legislative Advancement are advocating for House Bill 4425, which would regulate what rights tenants have when mold makes residencies uninhabitable.

“Students can get sick and have to move out of their homes, but still have to pay rent because nothing is holding landlords liable,” said SGA Off-Campus Housing Director Earl Hewitt. “The bill encompasses a lot about mold and its effects on residential housing, which has been one of the biggest issues on campus in the past few years.”

Members of SGA and SALA will present HB 4425, which has been sitting at the Judiciary Committee since Feb. 6, to more than 50 state legislators today, said SALA Democratic Chair Chris Nyden.

“Mold is not only a big problem for students looking for off-campus housing in Morgantown, but for residents all over the state who are dealing with these issues in their homes, businesses and churches,” he said.

“We’ve been working hard to press this issue, and we’re going to keep working.”

The bill would require landlords to offer equivalent housing up to 10 days for tenants who suffer medical conditions due to inhalation of mold or force them to renegotiate the lease agreement.

Tenants would be required to report mold within 24 hours of discovering a problem, and any residence containing more than nine square feet of mold would have to be professionally cleaned at the expense of the landlord, according to the bill, Nyden said.

“The fact that we have 30 people out here for the cause is a huge testament to the importance of the issue and of the hard work the student organizations have been doing,” he said. “A lot of people have personally dealt with

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WVU Day at the Legislature to highlight outreach efforts by lacey palmer staff writer

The West Virginia University Extension Service will visit the Capitol in Charleston Tuesday for the annual WVU Day at the Legislature to educate the community on the outreach efforts of University extension.

“This is a day of learning and a lot of positive energy,” said Ann Bailey Berry, associate director for the WVU Extension Service and organizer of WVU Day at the Legislature. “It’s a pretty powerful day, and the legislators tell us they like it when we come to the Capitol, because we have so much energy, and it’s all positive. We’re not picketing, we’re not mad about anything, we really just come to learn and say thank you and also have a chance to visit the Capitol and see the legislative process in action.”

Bailey Berry said more than 1,000 extension volunteers and 4-H members from across the state will attend, and more than 50 WVU colleges and departments will exhibit their programs in the Capitol’s upper and lower rotundas from 9 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

“Folks come and learn a lot

about WVU and its many opportunities, but our volunteers also meet with our Legislature and tell them thank you and tell them why WVU Extension or their 4H program is important in their community,” Bailey Berry said. “Therefore, the legislatures learn a little bit about Extension – which is WVU’s main outreach arm – and how it works in the state.”

Bailey Berry said the event is a great recruitment opportunity for law students and public administration because many people who work in those fields will be available at the Capitol. Another exhibit through the Office of Information Technology will demonstrate some of the advances WVU is making in technology.

Bailey Berry said the day will include a brief morning Extension program, where Extension representatives all across the state will hear an address from WVU President James P. Clements and the Extension Director for the state Steven Bonanno. Linda Phillips, a member of the House of Delegates who has helped fund a

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Five Guys employees welcome their first large crowd to the Suncrest Towne Centre Monday afternoon.

by caitlin graziani a&E Editor

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Five Guys Burgers and Fries opened its doors Monday morning to large crowds of people waiting for juicy burgers and hand-cut fries.

According to Cory Lester, a staff member at Five Guys, the restaurant had steady business all day Monday, with periods of even higher volumes of customers.

Those driving by The Suncrest Towne Centre could observe the line of people wrapped around the corner of the building to get their

burger fix.

“I’m hungry. I’m hoping that this Five Guys is as good as the other Five Guys that I have been to in D.C. The Coke Freestyle machines seem cool; I’ve heard a lot about them,” said Ross Kinder, a pre-criminology student, as he waited in line outside of the building.

Along with the famous hand-formed burgers and hand-cut fries, the Morgantown Five Guys boasts a Coke Freestyle machine.

Coca-Cola Freestyle is the

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A full dining room eats at the new Five Guys in Suncrest Towne Centre Monday.

Incoming freshmen and families learn about campus life by jessica lear staff writer

The West Virginia University College of Human Resources & Education invited incoming freshmen and their families to Allen Hall Monday to visit with professors and faculty from each department of the college.

Freshmen who have been admitted into pre-programs of one of the CHRE’s four programs – elementary education, secondary education, child development & family studies and speech pathology & audiology – were welcomed by faculty in each department.

“There are some wonderful career opportunities in all of these programs. I think teaching

gets a bad rap these days; it is a wonderful profession,” said Jane Cardi, director of the Center for Student Advising and Records in the CHRE. “A long time ago, I said I would never be a teacher, but here I am.

I made that decision on two different occasions to keep going back to teaching, and I love it.”

Cardi said completing a degree in the CHRE is the first step toward becoming a great teacher.

“It’s a people profession. You can like to teach the content, but teaching is really about the people and wanting to see that light bulb go on,” she said. “It’s tough work, and you really need to

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politan areas,” Luck said. “They said, ‘If you build this stadium, please let us know. We’d be interested in talking to you about putting a team in Morgantown.’”

Luck has observed the relationship between the Penn State baseball team and the State College Spikes, the ClassA short-season affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates, who have been sharing Penn State’s Lubrano Park since 2006.

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good thing for the University.”

Not only will the new field be the home for WVU baseball, there is also the possibility of a Minor League Baseball team as well.

When people around the baseball community got word of the new facility in Morgantown, Luck began fielding calls from Minor League teams that would potentially be interested in moving their team to the city. He declined to comment on which teams have expressed interest.

“They like the Morgantown, Fairmont, Clarksburg metro-

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ON THE INSIDE The West Virginia women’s soccer team is excited to take its success to the Big 12 Conference next season. SPORTS PAGE 6

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Jane Cardi, director of the Center for Student Advising and Records, welcomes incoming freshmen and family members to the University Monday.

CONTAINING THE STORM The WVU women’s basketball team will try to bounce back from a loss when it plays St. John’s Tuesday on the road.

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Tuesday February 21, 2012

Faculty meet to discuss role of diversity in education by jessica lear staff writer

Members of the West Virginia University faculty joined graduate students Monday for a reading group designed to discuss the role of diversity in education.

The reading group is associated with the Office of Diversity and Global Initiative and will take place throughout the course of the semester. The group brought together faculty and graduate students from different departments and different cultures to evaluate diversity in an academic setting.

“The idea is to think about the kinds of things that might help us

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Continued from page 1 these issues and want to be able to support the student body when it comes to safe housing.”

Nancy Key, WVU environmental health and safety specialist, said students need to know the signs of mold infestation and report them to their landlords immediately to avoid medical problems.

“Just because it doesn’t look bad doesn’t mean you’re safe. Sometimes it’s hard to recognize because it’s been painted over,” Key said.

Mold spores are constantly in the air in small numbers and grow well on building

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Continued from page 1 cyberbullying prevention program, and Clara Grant, a four-time NCAA all-American runner at WVU and an Olympic marathon qualifier, will also speak during the event “I think there are so many positive and beneficial parts of this day,” Bailey Berry said.

“We learn so much more about each other through different Extension programs, the legislative process and other WVU programs we may

put together professional preparation programs that help students to think about issues of diversity and learn if they choose to adopt practices in their own profession,” said Adriane Williams, a professor of curriculum and instruction who led the group.

Williams said the reading group is part of the third goal of WVU’s 2020 Strategic Plan for the Future, which involves creating an inclusive and diverse institution.

“It seemed like a good fit to start thinking about what kinds of things we can do in professional education to support the 2020 Plan and to start thinking about what our own goals will be

in the college,” she said.

Williams said the reading group will focus on three main ideas: multicultural education, identity development and how and why diversity matters in the practice of curriculum and teaching.

“I’m particularly interested in this topic because it really matters to me. It matters in my daily life,” she said. “In teaching social contexts and social cultural foundations courses I have to deal with these issues. I’m in my fourth year, and I have my first black student ever. And, I’ve realized I’ve been teaching this to all white classes, and I need to start thinking about what that means.”

materials such as wood, especially when water intrusion occurs, making residential areas susceptible to infestation, Key said.

“Mold becomes a problem when a broken pipe isn’t fixed properly or there’s a leak in places like the roof that cover a large area of the room. It can go from nothing to something in just 48 hours,” she said. “It’s important for tenants to report issues promptly. When you have that level of moisture, you could get into a really unhealthy living environment.”

Living around mold can lead to respiratory irritation and can become even more severe in individuals who are allergic to mold, Key said.

Key said the proposed bill

would allow a fair playing field for both tenants and landlords and prevent any medical problems caused by mold inhalation.

“What we’re trying to do with this legislation is give landlords and tenants a basis for their arguments. We want tenants to be forthcoming with problems and landlords to be upfront about any issues,” Key said. “This would give everyone better protection.”

Students who want to share their experiences can do so by contacting Student Advocates for Legislative Affairs at 304462-9280 or wvu.sala@gmail. com.

have not known much about.

This day really shows the power of WVU and WVU Extension throughout the state, because when you have a day like this and more than a 1,000 people show up, I think that it shows that people are pretty excited and committed to the whole notion of Extension, WVU and higher education as a whole.”

WVU Extension Service is the main outreach arm of WVU and is one of the main sponsors of the event.

The Extension service operates offices in all 55 coun-

ties in the state with agents who are WVU faculty members and coordinate outreach and community initiatives statewide.

“The community is our classroom at the WVU Extension service,” Bailey Berry said. “We do a wide variety of things for our communities and in our communities that help West Virginia people and the state overall, and every year, one of our biggest events is WVU Day at the Legislature.”

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Sharon Hayes, a professor of curriculum and instruction, said she got involved with the reading group to learn more about diversity in the field of education.

“My interest in this is because I am a white person – I’m part of the dominant culture. And I feel ill-equipped to talk about and teach these issues,” Hayes said.

“I’m looking for how we address this.”

Joy Faini Saab, the director of ODGI and chair of the curriculum and instruction program, said she hopes the reading group leads to ideas on how to make better teachers at WVU. “As an early childhood edu-

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know what you’re doing, but we provide all kinds of experiences in all of these programs so you will, by the time you graduate, feel confident in the classroom.”

Students in the CHRE learn how to effectively teach many different skills to their students, Cardi said.

“We teach every day of our lives. Whether it’s teaching our children how to tie their shows or teaching someone how to do a tennis serve, we teach each other all of the time, and we provide you with those skills and knowledge here,” she said.

Students pursuing a degree in elementary or secondary education will remain at WVU for five years and graduate with a master’s degree, Cardi said, and each student will have the same ad-

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cator, I would find sometimes in my teaching that young minds are generally pretty open and accepting to their peers,” she said. “I am very interested in producing teachers that are able to know their students very well and understand their identities, their backgrounds and their concerns so that they can reach all of the students in their classroom.”

Hayes said shaping future educators is dependent on helping them understand cultural distinctions.

“We’re dealing with students who want to become teachers in their early 20s so they already have beliefs about race and cul-

ture,” she said. “I wonder how we address that with them. I don’t think right now we’re doing a very good job of it. How do we get them to a place where they actually think about those things so that they can work on them?”

The reading group will continue to meet throughout the semester to discuss these topics and more involving the roles of diversity and culture in today’s education system.

“I’m hopeful that the pieces I put together will help us to think about these things over the course of the semester,” Williams said.

viser throughout the course of their college career.

“If you have been accepted into a pre-elementary or presecondary program, we do all of your advising,” Cardi said.

“That is a plus – you will have the same adviser throughout your program who watches over you to make sure you are doing everything correctly so that you graduate on time.”

Cardi said a high GPA is important for students attempting to be accepted into the elementary education program – the most popular program offered through the CHRE, and students require a minimum 2.75 GPA to be considered for the five-year elementary education master’s program.

Roughly 150 students apply to the program each year, and 75 are selected.

“Your GPA is going to be the deciding factor for whether you

get into the program or not. If the people who are applying at the same time you are have higher GPAs, it’s going to be that first 75 people that get into the program,” she said. “We can only let in about 75 because we place people out in the school systems, and there are just so many that can accommodate us.”

Cardi said the CHRE is dedicated to preparing students for jobs through hands-on experience.

This includes performing more than 1,000 hours of student teaching, numerous internship opportunities for child development and family studies majors and experience gained at clinics for speech pathology and audiology students, she said.

For more information on the CHRE, visit www.hre.wvu.edu.

consisting of hamburgers, hotdogs and french fries. There are more than 250,000 ways to order a burger at Five Guys, according to their website. Additionally, there are no freezers in Five Guys locations, just coolers, nothing is ever frozen.

Five Guys offers vegetarian options, a veggie and grilled cheese sandwich.

“Most people describe our burgers as the best burger that they have ever had,” said Area Manager Carol Arthurs.

Five Guys Burgers and Fries originated in Arlington, Va. by

the Murrell family in 1986.

The family served only hand-formed burgers cooked on a grill along with fresh-cut fries cooked in pure peanut oil. The burger joint quickly developed a cult-like following. According to the website, there are currently more than 900 Five Guys locations nationwide and more than 1500 units in development Five Guys is located in the Suncrest Towne Centre and is open 11 a.m. -10 p.m.

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As Santorum seizes social issues, Romney demurs STEUBENVILLE, Ohio (AP) — Philosophical differences between the top two Republican presidential candidates are becoming starker as Rick Santorum drives harder on religious and social issues that Mitt Romney rarely discusses in detail.

In recent days, Santorum has questioned the usefulness of public schools, criticized prenatal testing and said President Barack Obama’s theology is not “based on the Bible.” On Monday, he likened Obama to politicians who spread fear about new oil-extraction technologies “so they can control your lives.”

The remarks contrast sharply with Romney’s even-tempered emphasis on jobs, the economy and his resume as a cando corporate executive.

The differences give Republican voters clear choices to shape their party’s identity and image heading into the fall battle against Obama. They also will test whether social conservatives and tea partyers can outperform the GOP establishment in key states such as Michigan and Ohio.

Both men campaigned Monday in Ohio, where their audiences, styles and messages produced distinctly contrasting atmospheres.

Santorum, the former senator from Pennsylvania, appeared in Steubenville before a packed room including many students and employees of the town’s Franciscan University.

In his hour-long talk, Santorum never mentioned Romney or Newt Gingrich, who campaigned in Oklahoma.

He aimed squarely at Obama as he discussed abortion, marriage, the church and family.

When he touched on non-social issues such as energy and

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachuetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks to employees at Meridian Bioscience in Cincinnati, Ohio, Monday. the environment, he couched them in terms of epic struggles between reasonable conservatives and radical, sometimes devious Democrats.

“I refer to global warming as not climate science but political science,” Santorum said to loud applause. He said Obama has “radical environmentalist policies” that reject robust extraction of oil and gas from many U.S. areas, including the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska.

In Cincinnati, on the opposite side of the state, Romney hit Santorum’s spending record as a member of Congress but stayed away from the former

Obama takes tougher stance on higher education WASHINGTON (AP) — Access to college has been the driving force in federal higher education policy for decades. But the Obama administration is pushing a fundamental agenda shift that aggressively brings a new question into the debate: What are people getting for their money?

Students with loans are graduating on average with more than $25,000 in debt.

The federal government pours $140 billion annually into federal grants and loans. Unemployment remains high, yet there are projected shortages in many industries with some high-tech companies already complaining about a lack of highly trained workers.

Meanwhile, literacy among college students has declined in the last decade, according to a commission convened during the George W. Bush administration that said American higher education has become “increasingly risk-averse, at times self-satisfied, and unduly expensive.” About 40 percent of college students at fouryear schools aren’t graduating, and in two-year programs, only about 40 percent of students graduate or transfer, according to the policy and analysis group College Measures.

College drop-outs are expen-

sive, and not just for the individual. About a fifth of full-time students who enroll at a community college do not return for a second year, costing taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars annually, according to an analysis released last fall by the American Institutes for Research.

There’s been a growing debate over whether post-secondary schools should be more transparent about the cost of an education and the success of graduates. President Barack Obama has weighed in with a strong “yes.”

During his State of the Union address, Obama put the higher education on notice: “If you can’t stop tuition from going up, the funding you get from taxpayers will go down,” he said. “Higher education can’t be a luxury – it’s an economic imperative that every family in America should be able to afford.”

He wants to slightly reduce federal aid for schools that don’t control tuition costs and shift it to those that do. He also has proposed an $8 billion program to train community college students for high-growth industries that would provide financial incentives to programs that ensured their trainees find work. Both proposals need congressional approval.

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senator’s recent comments on social and other hot-button issues.

“One of the people I’m running against, Sen. Santorum, goes to Washington and calls himself a budget hawk. Then after he’s been there awhile says he’s no longer a budget hawk,” Romney said. “Well I am a budget hawk.”

“When Republicans go to Washington and spend like Democrats, you’re going to have a lot of spending, and that’s what we’ve seen over the last several years,” Romney added.

Santorum said Obama and his allies want to frighten peo-

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Continued from page 1 the new facility. Without natural grass, the new field could be the host to a lot of teams – including high school and American Legion games – without wearing down the field as much.

The facility will also help bring a lot of business to the Morgantown area, he said.

“It’s one of those situations where there is mutual interest (between WVU and the developers) and those are usually the best kind of business deals,” Luck said.

“It helps bring traffic up there, and that’s the idea behind it all. It all works so well

ple about alleged dangers of petroleum-extraction techniques, including hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” which might lower energy prices. He said these officials seek to “get your dollars, turn it to politicians who can win elections so they can control your lives.”

“Understand what’s at stake, folks,” Santorum said. “It’s your economic liberty. It’s your religious liberty. It’s your freedom of speech.” He said government has accumulated power “by weakening the institutions that people rely upon in their lives.”

Santorum said those institutions include: marriage, which is hurt by the so-called “martogether.”

By looking at the stadiums that have been built by schools like Louisville and South Florida, Luck estimated that the facility could cost somewhere between $10 and $12 million.

Luck said that, on top of a new facility to play in, this could offer WVU an opportunity to continue growing as a baseball program.

“Infrastructure matters to student-athletes. You want to see where you’re going to train and play your games,” Luck said. “A venue that’s new would clearly be a major milestone for the WVU baseball program.” james.carvelli@mail.wvu.edu

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riage penalty” in tax policy; the Roman Catholic Church, which he said is under assault

by Obama’s policies regarding contraception coverage in health care plans; and charities, which he said would suffer if Obama succeeds in ending the tax deductibility for charitable donations.

“It’s not surprising to see the president’s assault on, first, charities,” Santorum said.

It’s not unusual for the GOP to face intra-party struggles between conservatives focused largely on social issues such as abortion and school prayer, and those focused mainly on financial matters such as spend-

ing and taxes. Sometimes the quarrels become loud and problematic, as when Pat Buchanan called for a “culture war” at the 1992 Republican national convention. President George H.W. Bush, already facing troubles, lost to Bill Clinton that fall.

Santorum, a devout Catholic, clearly welcomes the renewed emphasis on social issues generated in part by the flap over contraception policies at Catholic-affiliated institutions and the quarrel between Planned Parenthood and the Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast cancer charity.

Even with some polls showing Santorum surging, however, Romney has stuck with the same style and message he has used for months. The former Massachusetts governor sells himself as the efficient CEO who will fix the economy.

He makes little mention in his standard campaign speech of the social issues that increasingly have dominated Santorum’s events.

Romney, who is Mormon, has pushed a petition aimed at ensuring “religious liberty” and criticizing the Obama administration for requiring health plans to cover contraception, even at Catholic hospitals that oppose birth control.

He rebuked Santorum during a campaign rally in Boise, Idaho, last week but focused strictly on Santorum’s spending record in Congress. In several recent stops in Michigan, Romney did not mention Santorum.

Romney’s campaign schedule has stayed largely the same.

He holds relatively few traditional campaign events in a day. Monday, for instance, Romney held one event to Santorum’s four in two states.

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Tuesday February 21, 2012

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Baseball field would benefit WVU West Virginia University is planning to build a new baseball facility at the University Town Center to improve the baseball program and compete in the Big 12 Conference.

The proposed baseball stadium would not only be used by the WVU baseball team, but possibly by a Minor League Baseball team.

Constructing a new baseball stadium would not only bring people to University games,

but also to the Minor League games, which would help local business and add another professional sport to the state.

The location of the proposed stadium would bring people to the Town Center restaurants and stores as well as get people to attend baseball games. New developments in the Town Center could also be made with the addition.

WVU plans to use tax increment financing to help

fund the construction of the new baseball field, which would use state sales tax and county property tax to fund the project.

The baseball stadium will not only help the University with its transition into the Big 12, where baseball is a strong sport with much support, but it will help businesses in Morgantown during baseball season – spring and summer.

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ver Luck said the current baseball facilities at Hawley Field are unimpressive in comparison with Big 12 stadiums, and upgrading the stadium would be a major milestone for the WVU baseball program.

Since the University will officially be part of the Big 12 beginning in July, the stadium upgrade is just the first step toward transitioning to the new conference.

Now the University is en-

tering a new era with its entry into the Big 12 Conference, it is time for all Mountaineer athletic programs to show the nation that WVU can compete.

There will be many other changes in men’s and women’s athletics to come, but the opportunity to improve existing programs will help the future of WVU athletics and the University as a whole. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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Don’t be swept up by the Iran warmongering doug walp columnist

The rhetoric suggesting a preventative attack against Iran is gaining steam in America, despite the fact that a war with Iran would be absolutely detrimental to our nation and its economic recovery.

In case you haven’t been following the international headlines, Iran has confirmed substantial progress in their nuclear science recently and assured national and international media organizations their nation will be enriching uranium in the near future.

This is naturally a cause for concern, because nuclear power has become synonymous with the idea of apocalyptic-scale destruction, especially when it involves an unstable Middle Eastern power such as Iran.

Unfortunately, this is exactly what war advocates want our society to focus on – the fact that a nuclear-armed Iran would pose a threat to human life around the world.

The sentiment is hyperbole to say the least.

However, thanks to various American media outlets, an imaginary, bigotry-laden juxtaposition of Islamic nations, terrorism and weapons of mass destruction have literally proven their potential to impulsively push America into a crippling, interminable military conflict.

In other words, Iran could easily become the next Iraq, if we let it.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is not Saddam Hussein, thankfully, with his only real threats against the United States coming as a response to potential U.S. military action against Iran’s nuclear facilities or our involvement in aiding Israel in similar military options, which again, is a scenario we should never find ourselves in to begin with.

Also, keep in mind that Iran is still in the initial stages of just developing nuclear power; they haven’t boasted any capability to deploy a nuclear attack, nor have they been proven to have tested any kind of nuclear weapon technology, so it’s unlikely, to say the least, that Iran is imminently going to send the world into an all-out nuclear war.

Israel will of course have a more legitimate cause for con-

Israelis from different organizations hold banners during a protest calling on the government not to attack Iran, in front of the Ministry of Defense in Tel Aviv, Feb. 9. cern when Iran finally does develop the technology for a bomb, considering the proximity of the two countries and their deplorable relations over the last quarter century, but ironically enough, the threat of such apocalyptic destruction has actually proven throughout the atomic bomb’s history to be the most effective deterrent of all.

I’m talking about a concept aptly named, mutually assured destruction, or MAD. Cold war strategist John von Neumann was the first to officially coin the doctrine that basically states that anyone with the capability of a nuclear attack would refrain from using the technology

against another nuclear weapons-capable nation because it was assumed that you would be, in essence, assuring your own nation’s destruction by doing so.

It’s a theory that’s held true throughout what seemed like an imminent nuclear war during the Cold War, between the U.S. and the former Soviet Union, when almost all other deterrents seemingly failed.

The same doctrine actually counters another reason war advocates are pressing Congress to invade Iran and prevent a bomb from being built – the concept of nuclear proliferation through the Middle East.

Because if MAD does, in fact,

continue to hold true, other Islamic nations developing their own nuclear technology may actually bring some stability to the region.

It’s a bold statement and one that certainly doesn’t come with any guarantees, but it’s also a possibility that can’t be immediately dismissed, either.

My point is that, conversely, our nation has seen and experienced first-hand what trillions of dollars, thousands of American lives and as many as half a million civilian casualties have done for the idea of securing peace in the Middle East.

Let’s face it, Iraq has left a really bad taste in society’s mouth

when it comes to considering military involvement, but the media-driven American war machine has proven its ability to overcome this before, which is why each individual must remain engaged enough to know what’s really going on in Iran.

And with some of the GOP’s presidential candidates looking for a platform to profess their conservatism, it’s definitely conceivable to see Iran becoming a prominent election issue.

It’s not just the American media that may be promoting U.S. involvement in Iran in the future, either; Israeli, anti-Iranian and anti-American entities are already hard at working trying

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to pull the U.S. into a conflict in which, frankly, we don’t belong, especially at this point in the proceedings.

If Iran was blatantly developing a radical nuclear arsenal to take over the free world, it could be considered time to act in order to preserve life, but we are far from that scenario, no matter how grim a perspective picture the warmongers paint.

It’s time for America to practice some legitimate diplomacy, and let Iran and Israel work out their own differences, before involving ourselves in yet another fruitless, lengthy and economically devastating military campaign.

To elect promising leaders, voters must be informed jarrod barry columnist

As a psychology student, I’m always striving to understand people. I’m intrigued by how we behave, how we think and how we interact with each other. And, as I watch the Republican primary drag on and the 2012 general election loom closer, I keep finding myself asking the same question over and over: Why are so many people willing to vote against their own self-interests?

For example, take the contraception debate. The Obama administration has been trying to implement a rule requiring all employee-provided

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health care plans to offer free contraception to women. Religious groups are up in arms, though, since it would extend to religious-based organizations, such as hospitals and universities, many of which are opposed to contraception.

What mystifies me about this topic – besides how something that society settled 30 years ago could suddenly become a “controversy” – is public reaction. A CNN/ORC International poll found that 50 percent of the public was against the President’s policy. And yet, in the same poll, 81 percent of people said there was nothing wrong with using birth control.

It seems counterintuitive to me. How are people simultaneously pro-birth control, but against a policy that enables free access to birth control?

We see this, too, with government benefit programs.

Many areas highest in conservative voters – those who champion self-reliance and decry the lazy, welfare moochers – are actually the areas that most draw on government benefits.

As The New York Times columnist Paul Krugman pointed out last week, in 2012 residents of the 10 most conservative states received 21.2 percent of their income in government transfers. In contrast, that number for the 10 most liberal states was 17.1 percent.

What’s startling isn’t how many people use some form of government program – it’s how few of them realize it. A 2008 poll found that 57 percent of respondents had “never used a government program”.

But when asked about whether

they had used any one of 21 individual programs – from Social Security to unemployment to student loans – 94 percent said they’d used at least one.

Among those who answered that they did not use a government program: 44 percent were Social Security recipients, 43 percent received unemployment, and 40 percent were on Medicare.

All of this represents a dissonance among voters between what they actually support and what really benefits them. A great deal of it comes, I believe, from simply being uninformed.

It seems most people don’t really understand the system, the issues or where they stand in the middle of it all. A 2006 Gallup/USA Today poll found that only 6 percent of Americans defined themselves as

“lower class”; at the same time, however, more than 12 percent of Americans lived below the official poverty line.

Many people simply don’t consider themselves “poor”.

They term themselves “middle class” or “working class.”

It’s a false, uninformed distinction that leaves many Americans willing to vote against social programs (and thus, their own interests) without realizing they personally benefit from said programs.

Lack of information seems to explain the contraception discrepancy, as well. When CBS and Fox polls described the president’s plan in detail, there was much greater support for it.

In contrast, the CNN poll mentioned at the start did not detail the plan. A third poll, conducted by Pew Research Center

for the People and the Press, found that 40 percent of people hadn’t even heard about the dispute at all.

What we have here is a dangerous combination of an uninformed public and manipulative politicians. Politicians have caught on that most Americans don’t take the time to read up on the issues, and they prey on this by twisting the facts and relegating complex problems into sound bites.

It’s our job, as individuals, to stay well-read and abreast of the issues. We as a country can get the government we demand.

If we cast intelligent, informed votes, we’ll get intelligent, informed leaders. However, if we continue to remain willfully ignorant of the world, we deserve every lying, manipulative politician we end up with.

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A NATURAL RESOURCES CAREER FAIR takes place from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. in the Percival Hall lobby. Employers will have career, seasonal and internship opportunities available. Dress professionally, and bring copies of your resume. For more information on what companies will be attending, visit MountaineerTRAK.

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THE VETERANS OF WVU will be meeting at 7 p.m. in the Mountain Room of the Mountainlair. For more information, call 304-841-4308.

THE UNDERGROUND COMEDY COLLEGE will be running a stand-up comedy workshop from 1-7 p.m. in the Mountainlair. Interested students can get tips from professional comedians on how to put together a short set of stand-up.

At 9 p.m., aspiring comics can perform at the Side Pocket in the Mountainlair as part of the weekly comedy series. For more information, visit wvucomedycollege.eventbrite.com.

THE SOCIAL SCIENCE CAFE LECTURE SERIES hosts Jessica Troilo from the College of Education and Human resources. Troilo will be discussing perceptions of different types of fathers based on parental status and sexual orientation. The discussion begins at 5 p.m. at the Morgantown Brewing Company.

For more information, email joshua.woods@mail.wvu.edu or visit http://soca.wvu.edu/faculty_staff/social-science-cafe.

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GLOBAL INTERVARSITY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP AT WVU, a hospitable community for international students and scholars, meets at 6 p.m. for community dinner and Bible discussion. For more information, email sarahderoos@live.com.

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THE PUBLIC RELATIONS STUDENT SOCIETY OF AMERICA meets at 4 p.m. in 103 Martin Hall.

KAPPA PHI, a Christian women’s service organization, meets at 7 p.m. at Wesley United Methodist Church on the corner of N. High and Willey streets. For more information, email kappaphi_pi@hotmail.com or visit www.freewebs.com/kappaphipi.

RIFLE CLUB meets from 6-8 p.m. in Room 311 of the Shell Building.

For more information, email Abbey at aheiskel@mix.wvu.edu or Bob at rdriscol@wvu.edu.

FREE ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE Advanced Conversation Group meets at 6 p.m. at the Blue Moose Cafe for conversation, friendship and free English conversation lessons. New friends are always welcome. For more information, email Erin at mclv_advanced_conversation@yahoo.com.

STUDENTS TAKING ACTION NOW: DARFUR meets at 7 p.m. in the Mountain Room of the Mountainlair.

STAND is active in planning events to raise money and awareness on the ongoing genocide in Darfur, Sudan. For more information, email Fe-

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AIKIDO FOR BEGINNERS is at 6 p.m. at Lakeview Fitness Center.

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WVU CLUB TENNIS is practicing from 9-10 p.m. at Ridgeview Racquet Club. For carpooling, call 304906-4427. New members are always welcome.

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.

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

THE WVU EQUESTRIAN TEAM meets in Room 2001 of the Agricultural Sciences Building. The Western Equestrian Team will meet at 7 p.m. and the English Equestrian Team will meet at 8 p.m.

RESIDENCE HALL ASSOCIATION will meet at 7:30 p.m. Any issues pertaining to residence halls can be brought up and discussed at this meeting. For more information, email Victoria Ball at vball@mix. wvu.edu.

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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.

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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 walkin 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.

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

THE 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 CONDOM CARAVAN is held in the main area of the Mountainlair from noon-2 p.m. every Wednesday.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19) HHH Others might not intend to be challenging, but they are. You could be tired of the meetings and from processing information, and want to toss your hands up in the air. However, it would be better to play it low-key, say less and/or vanish.

Tonight: Obviously, you need some time to yourself.

door. Make people wait in a manner that shows them they will have your full attention very soon. Tonight: Working late.

CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22) HHHH A partner or loved one dumps his or her problems on you. These problems only become yours if you so choose. Detach and imagine what it might be like to be this person. Within this framework, you will come up with a solution that works.

Tonight: Treat yourself on the way home.

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22) HHHH You might not have control over others, and worrying will not help. Allow others to run with the ball; you cannot stop them anyway. Discussions come out far better if they occur on a one-on-one level. Tonight: Allow another person to present his or her opinions.

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22) HHHH The best of intentions can fall to the wayside.

Complete a project that is likely to bring in money. Allow feedback from others.

You will like one person’s ideas a lot. Tonight: Accept a dinner invitation.

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20) HHHHH See what a demanding person wants, then decide what you want from the situation. Though your immediate reaction could be that you cannot give this person what he or she wants, you will find a way to do just that. Brainstorm with a trusted friend. Tonight: You have a lot to smile about.

LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22) HHHH Your imagination impacts your morning. By afternoon, you will focus on each task, project and interaction. Do not forget to make a call or schedule an important meeting. Seeing this person could be most important. Tonight: As late as you can go.

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20) HHHH Your mind drifts here, there and everywhere.

By midday, you anchor in and handle a demanding project or situation. You are engaged now and not likely to be distracted. Opportunities knock on your

SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21) HHHHH Getting going could be difficult, yet by lunch you are a force to be dealt with.

Your creativity peaks this afternoon. Attempt to stay grounded, and project some of this positive energy into the

matter at hand. Tonight: Have a little fun.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21) HHHH Make important calls early. You might want to cocoon and do nothing in the afternoon. You will see a situation a lot differently as a result. Take some time to reflect on whether you should close your door at work or go for a brief walk. Tonight: Happily head home.

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19) HHH Handle a financial matter immediately in the morning. Phone calls come in from everywhere. Your popularity might interfere with work. Know how to postpone a meeting without hurting others’ feelings.

Tonight: Join a friend, and catch up on his or her news.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18) HHH You start the day as a force to be dealt with.

Handle important matters ASAP. By the afternoon, you might find yourself involved in some financial discussions. You will not have time for much else. Tonight: Invite a friend to dinner.

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20) HHHH You wake up on the wrong side of the bed. The contrast between how you feel then and later in the afternoon could be astonishing. There is very little that will stop you. The smart move would be to bring up a situation you were concerned about. Handle it as well. Tonight: Go out of bounds.

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West Virginia qualifiers took part in the Big East Indoor Championships in New York City this past weekend.

This is what the West Virginia track and field team looked forward to all indoor season.

WVU had 18 members participate in the Big East Championships held at the New Balance Track & Field Center at The Armory. Some competition the Mountaineers faced was No. 20 Georgetown, Syracuse, Louisville, Notre Dame, Villanova and other strong programs.

Many WVU athletes earned season-best and career-best marks at the competition.

Junior weight thrower Heather Adams earned a lifetime-best mark of 17.83 meters in the event. Her distance was good for third place.

Redshirt sophomore hurdler Chene Townsend also had a personal record of 8.50 seconds in the 60-meter hurdle. Her previous alltime best was 8.53 seconds.

With her third-place finish, Townsend advanced to the finals. “Heather Adams was tremendous today,� said head coach Sean Cleary. “Beating her personal best by that much in a championship setting is a great accomplishment. Chene looked very good in her hurdles semifinal. A lifetime-best for her was very encouraging.�

Sophomore Katlyn Shelar had a fifth-place finish in the pole vault at 3.75 meters. “Katlyn had a clutch performance,� Cleary said. “I was impressed with her commitment to the competition.

She has a very bright future.�

Junior Kaitlyn Gillespie earned a sixth-place mark in the 5,000-meter run. Her time of 16:42:41 was the

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Redshirt sophomore Chene Townsend placed third in the hurdles at the Big East championships this weekend. team’s best. Long jumper Meghan Mock also had success with an eighth place finish in her event with a 5.70-meter mark. “Mock and O’Connell came through with great spirit for the team,� Cleary said. “Both were late additions to compete due to health issues. They will be big factors for us in the outdoor season.�

The distance medley relay team consisting of Kaylyn Christopher, Jenna Barreto, Josie Crouch and Stephanie Aldea finished seventh with a time of 11:44.08. Sarah Martinelli missed the cut by one placement in her mile run, finishing in No. 13. She had a time of 4:58.

On day two of the Big East Indoor Championships, the Mountaineers were set to compete in the 3,000-meter run, high jumps, triple jumps

and the 4x400 and 4x800-meter relays.

Townsend led the way Sunday with a 8.41 second mark in the 60-meter hurdles. She placed third overall.

Redshirt sophomore Martinelli set a personal record in the 3,000-meter run with a time of 9:53.44. She beat her previous record by two seconds. She had a 10th-place finish.

Senior Katelyn Williams had the best finish for the Mountaineers. She placed second in the high jump at 1.75 meters, while teammate Sydney Cummings tied for sixth at 1.70 meters. “I am very pleased with this effort,� Cleary said. “Williams and Townsend were big-time performers today.

We are very happy with how hard we competed.� dasports@mail.wvu.edu

The West Virginia men’s wrestling team had its final matches in the last two dual meets of the regular season this past weekend.

With the Eastern Wrestling League Championships approaching near, the Mountaineers looked for strong results against the No. 10 Edinboro Fighting Scots and the Cleveland State Vikings.

That’s what the Mountaineers got Saturday night. WVU was able to win 18-17 off of a closing win from heavyweight Brandon Williamson. “Brandon wrestled very well under the circumstances he was in,� said head coach Craig Turnbull. “That is a tough situation that comes with the territory at heavyweight. He handled it very well and kept control of the match.�

Williamson has been in the situation before, however. Against Clarion and Rutgers earlier in the season, Williamson proved to be the difference maker, as well. The Fighting Scots held a 17-15 advantage heading into Williamson’s match. Williamson earned a 3-0 decision victory, which clinched the victory for West Virginia. “The team was determined that, since we have been all around the spectrum this season, that we need to pull it all together,� Turnbull said. “Tonight’s win should put us in a top-25 position. It was a good win for the team overall.�

The Mountaineers started off well early with a 6-0 lead, with junior Shane Young (125) pinning Kory Mines at the 4:30 mark. “Shane’s extra three points were critical,� Turnbull said. “We needed to win two of three at 133, 141 and 149 pounds, and Shane’s pin gave us a little bit of leeway.�

At 133, redshirt sophomore Nathan Pennesi lost in a close decision to Edinboro’s

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WVU head coach Craig Turnbull and his team finished the regular season on the threematch win streak.

A.J. Schopp. However, at 141 pounds, sophomore Michael Morales gave WVU another bit of leeway. Morales defeated No. 14 Mitchell Port 8-6, which gave the Mountaineers a 9-3 advantage.

After the Fighting Scots had victories at 149 and 157, redshirt senior Kyle Eason would bring WVU back into the lead with a 6-0 decision victory. Redshirt junior Lance Bryson earned a huge win at 174.

Bryson was down 3-1 with less than 20 seconds remaining, after the Fighting Scots’ Chris Hrunka earned a takedown. Bryson earned an escape point following a Hrunka takedown, and he got a takedown of his own with 12 seconds left to clinch the victory. “We wrestled well enough that we could have made that easier on ourselves,� Turnbull said. “We should have taken control of that match and should not have been in the position to give that takedown up to them. When it came down to winning the match, though, Lance had his back to the wall and responded the way you would hope.�

WVU went to 8-4 overall and 3-2 in the EWL following the upset win. The Mountaineers closed out the dual-meet season with a match at Cleveland State Sunday.

On Senior Day for the Vikings, Cleveland State was another victim to the recent hot streak for West Virginia. The Mountain-

eers dominated against the Vikings 36-6.

WVU ended the dual-meet season on a positive note, advancing to 9-4 overall and 4-2 in the Eastern Wrestling League.

Young and Penessi started things off well for the Mountaineers at 125 and 133, respectively. Young earned a 6-1 decision, while Pennesi dominated to a 14-1 major decision. It was Pennesi’s 25th win of the season, good for best on the team.

WVU continued to excel with Morales earning a pin at 141 pounds. It was his fourth pin of the season and third in his last four matches. Cleveland State would win its only two matches at 157 and 165 pounds.

At 174, Bryson would win via a major decision 10-2. At 184, Matt Ryan earned a pin of his own at 1:20. At heavyweight, Williamson won by forfeit, extending his winning streak to 10 matches. “Today concerned me because of the hard-fought match that we had last night against Edinboro,� Turnbull said. “This was a match that could have been a natural let down for us. Cleveland State hasn’t had a lot of success this season, so we needed to be very professional in our approach. “We needed to finish the season strong and feeling good about ourselves. It was a good overall effort on our behalf.� dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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WVU beats Maryland, Rutgers, Mountaineers perform well William & Mary in quad-meet in Big East championships by sebouh majarian sports writer

Call it a few road meets or a tour of the country – either way, the No. 22 West Virginia gymnastics team started its road trip that will last nearly a month on the right foot.

With four of the final five meets on the road, the Mountaineers started the trip with a first-place finish in a quadmeet with Eastern Atlantic Gymnastics League opponents Maryland (8-6, 3-3 EAGL) and Rutgers (7-7, 0-6 EAGL), and also non-conference foe William & Mary (116,0-3 ECAC).

The Mountaineers were the highest-scoring team, totaling 194.8 points, followed

by Maryland at 194.55, Rutgers at 191.7 and William & Mary 191.175. WVU placed first on beam with a 48.7 mark while also taking first on bars with season high 49.175 performance. The team also finished second on floor (48.8) and vault (48.125).

West Virginia beat Maryland (195.1-194.225) and Rutgers (193.425-191.65) in the Mountaineers’ first two meets of the season.

“They had so much energy and even after the stumble on floor, they never let it die and kept competing,” said head coach Jason Butts. “I told them it was their best road performance, but to me as their coach it was your most inspirational performance of the year.”

Last weekend, the team upset No. 17 Auburn in a second-place finish in a quad-

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Continued from page 8 Connecticut, who the Mountaineers lost to by 19 earlier in the season. So, they’re coming into Tuesday’s game confident and coming back to their home court.

West Virginia also stopped getting the ball inside to junior forwards Asya Bussie and Ayana Dunning in the second half against DePaul. Mostly, because the Blue Demons weren’t giving the Mountaineers any good looks on offense, causing WVU to became stagnant and ineffective.

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Continued from page 8 “We’re going into unknown country, but these programs have to do the same. I think everybody focuses a lot on the negativity of it all,” Izzo-Brown said. “Obviously, when some of these programs come here, we want to make it a tough environment for them. Having teams coming to Dick Dlesk and never experience us on our home field will be difficult. “ West Virginia has won two straight Big East Conference championships and three of

meet with No. 11 Ohio State and Ball State. Two costly mistakes on the floor gave the Buckeyes enough to take first, edging the Mountaineers 195.45-195.175.

The Mountaineers, who rank No. 20 on the floor, again stumbled in the first rotation but still scored a 48.8. The score was good for second best team score. The team was led individually by Kaylyn Millick’s 9.825.

Bars had been the missing piece of the puzzle for the Mountaineers, who are ranked in the nation’s Top 25 in the three other events.

WVU checked in at No. 20 on vault and floor while placing No. 22 on beam.

The team has shown improvement, setting a seasonhigh score two consecutive weeks after scoring a 48.975 last week.

WVU took the top-three spots individually with Millick scoring a career-high 9.9 while Hope Sloanhoffer and Erica Smith each scored a 9.85. Nicole Roach also had a great performance receiving a 9.8 from the judges.

Millick competed in the allaround for the second time this year and scored a 38.975, trailing Sloanhoffer who took first with 39.15. Sloanhoffer, a Cornwall, N.Y., native has scored six straight 39.0-plus score.

“She’s proving she’s a very consistent competitor and she’s hitting her stride right now,” Butts said. “She’s winning it in the gym, she’s working so hard and there’s a very consistent effort in the gym as The inconsistencies might still show up at certain points in West Virginia’s remaining games, but they need to limit those mistakes and take advantage of their opponents’ mistakes at the right times, like they had been previously.

This young team has come along way since the beginning of the season and they just have to resort back the positives of their game and know that when they make a mistake, it’s about what you do afterwards, without thinking about what you could have done before. ben.gaughan@mail.wvu.edu

the last five. A solid core from last year’s squad will return in 2012 with hopes of transferring its success with it to the Big 12.

“None of our players signed up for the Big 12, but they know what’s here. They love West Virginia. We have to turn the chapter and now win a Big 12 championship,” Izzo-Brown said.

“It’s just the unknown, but we’re all here to be the best and win championships, and I think that’s the focus. Whatever conference we’re in, our goal is to win, and that’s what we want to do.” nicholas.arthur@mail.wvu.edu

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well, and that’s why she’s seeing it pay off this year.”

“She comes in every day and there’s never an excuse for anything,” Butts said. “She keeps saying, ‘What do I need to do to help this team?’ And she’s really embraced that this year.”

Freshman Lia Salzano impressed her coach two weeks in a row, scoring a 9.825 in her beam debut last week and returning this week with a 9.725.

“Once again, we have a fall on beam and here’s the freshmen going last under major pressure, and she handled it like a rock star,” Butts said.

West Virginia placed second on vault despite drawing unusually low scores. Sloanhoffer led the team with a 9.675 while Chelsea Goldschrafe and Alaska Richardson were given 9.65’s for their performances.

For a team with seven freshmen, West Virginia doesn’t lack confidence and has been up to the challenges that have opposed them.

“I want them to expect to win. I don’t want them to be nervous about it because we expect to win it. To me it doesn’t come off as cocky or over-confident because we work hard and we have the skills and start values, we just need to get our consistency down,” Butts said.

Butts and his squad started the trip in College Park, Md., but over the course of the next month will travel to N.H., Colo. and La.

Riggs named Coach of the Year, Burnett earns Most Outstanding Swimmer by robert kreis sports writer

Both the men and women’s swim teams put up better performances this year than they did last year as they competed in the Big East Conference championships this weekend, while the women’s team challenged eventual second-place finisher Notre Dame.

“It was a great week, and we scored over 150 more points than last year and made a push at Notre Dame on the first two days of the meet,” said head coach Vic Riggs, who was named the league’s Coach of the Year. “The ladies swam great and have a lot to be proud of.

“It was nice to see how close we were to (Notre Dame) and see the team come together and accept the challenge.”

Louisville won the Big East championships on the women’s side finishing with a total of 758.5 points. The Irish finished second with 593.5 points and West Virginia close behind with 524 points to capture third.

Junior Mandie Nugent led the way for the Mountaineer women, qualifying for the NCAA championships in the 200 fly. Nugent battled with Louisville’s Tanja Kylliainen in

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“The men and the seniors swam great. They also scored over 150 more points than last year,” Riggs said. “We had a lot of men make their first top-8 or top-16 finals.

“Overall it was the best they’ve ever performed at this meet.”

Senior Taylor Camp is the most decorated Mountaineer on the men’s team after Saturday’s Big East championships.

Camp finished second in the 200 fly and will likely make the NCAA championships after all conferences complete their championships.

Obviously, there were some individuals who highlighted the Big East championships for the Mountaineers, but Riggs could not be more proud of his unit as a whole.

“Overall, I was very demanding on this team this year because of the potential I saw.”

Riggs said. “They responded with a great team performance this past week that I think each, and every one of them were a huge part of and I’m sure they will have fond memories of for a long time.” dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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Nugent was just able to edge Kyllianinen to earn her third Big East Championship, while also crushing her original Big East record, as well as the pool record with a time of 1:54.43.

“Those races are very fun to watch,” Riggs said. “Seeing (Nugent’s) hard work pay off and see (her) excitement when done is a pleasure to be a part of.

“The best part is she stayed true to her race and had the confidence in her ability to race at that level.”

Junior Rachel Burnett will most likely be joining Nugent at the NCAA Championships.

Burnett set a new Big East and pool record in the 1650 free with a time of 16:13.39 to help her earn her third individual Big East Championship as well as another special honor.

“Rachel has had a great year of focus, training and racing,” Riggs said. “She had an inner drive that came through this week. Breaking three Big East records, winning four events and being Big East outstanding female swimmer of the meet speaks for itself.”

The men not only outperformed last year’s team, but also any of Riggs’ past men’s

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West Virginia travels to take on No. 20 St. John’s by cody schuler sports writer

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Redshirt sophomore Christal Caldwell looks to dribble past a defender during West Virginia’s loss to DePaul.

Before conference play started, West Virginia and St. John’s were somewhat of afterthoughts in the Big East. In the preseason coaches’ poll, the two ranked ninth and seventh, respectively.

Fast-forward to today, and things are looking a little bit different.

Each possesses a road-upset of the No. 2 team in the country, and the two teams have combined for 10 wins in the past 11 games.

Tonight, they will meet in a clash of what are arguably the two hottest and most surprising teams in the conference.

West Virginia (19-7, 9-4) had won five games in a row before dropping a 7763 decision to No. 21 DePaul at home on Saturday.

No. 20 St. John’s (18-8, 10-3) enters tonight’s game winners of five straight – the longest active winning streak in the Big East.

While the Mountaineers were blowing a second-half lead against DePaul Saturday, St. John’s was finishing up a road upset of then-No. 2 Connecticut – snapping the Huskies’ 99-game home winning streak in the process.

West Virginia head coach Mike Carey knows his team will have its hands full when it takes the court tonight.

“We have a tough game against St. John’s,” he said. “Talent-wise, they’re probably deeper and bigger and stronger (than DePaul). They have great athletes.”

The Mountaineers have dominated the series against St. John’s, holding an overall edge of 18-5. The two teams met last year in the Big East conference tournament, and the Red Storm prevailed with a 59-51 victory.

West Virginia has played very well at St. John’s; the Mountaineers’ last true road loss to the Red Storm came on Feb. 10, 2001.

That still doesn’t provide any peace of mind to Carey, who knows how tough of a venue Carnesecca Arena can be.

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WVU, Izzo-Brown ready for Big 12 by nick arthur sports writer

No more hypothetical questions exist for head coach Nikki Izzo-Brown and the West Virginia women’s soccer team. The Mountaineers are officially headed to the Big 12 Conference in 2012.

Coach doesn’t want to move west without first recognizing some great years in the Big East Conference.

“Obviously, I’ve always appreciated the Big East and the professional manner that the conference has provided for West Virginia in women’s soccer,” Izzo-Brown said. “But looking forward, (the Big 12) is a great soccer conference.

For women’s soccer, I’m looking forward to the challenges and the opportunities that the Big 12 presents.”

The changing of conferences has led to questions about recruiting and how different it will be with the Mountaineers in the Big 12.

West Virginia recently signed an impressive 2012 class, so what was the reaction from the new signees?

“A lot of them, initially, will

have a concern if they’re traveling west every weekend and just what the schedule presents,” Izzo-Brown said. “What I have to do is explain the landscape of it and that it will just be four weekends. But in the Big East, that was something we would have to do anyways.”

The new travel pattern is just one of many new situations a conference change presents.

“There are going to be challenges and we’re going to have to approach things a little bit different. Those are some of the things I’m trying to research and understand,” Izzo-Brown said. “Everyone is facing the challenges of this landscape. Everybody’s got their challenges.”

A challenge teams in the Big 12 will face will be traveling to Morgantown to play.

The Mountaineers are 6912-8 at home since the opening of Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium in 2004.

So, it won’t just be IzzoBrown’s team that will be traveling to new territory.

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“It’s a tough place to play at, St. John’s,” he said. “We don’t play at Madison Square Garden, we play on their campus. They’ll be ready for us.”

On paper, the Red Storm doesn’t look like a team that currently sits in third place in the Big East standings. St. John’s maintains a negative rebounding margin and is dead last in three-point field goals made in the Big East.

During the recent win streak, however, the Red Storm has held opponents to an average of 48.2 points per game.

St. John’s averages four players who score in double-figures, led by junior guard Shenneika Smith (12.7 ppg). Junior guards Eugeneia McPherson (12.6) and Nadirah McKenith (11.7) provide additional firepower in the backcourt.

Junior forward Da’Shena Stevens anchors the frontcourt, averaging 10.7 points and 6.6 rebounds per contest.

West Virginia redshirt sophomore guard Christal Caldwell noted the personnel for St. John’s is much different than that of DePaul.

“They’re a lot quicker,” Caldwell said of St. John’s. “Their guards penetrate a lot more. A couple of them can shoot the three, so we’re just going to have to be ready to play.”

One place where Caldwell thinks the Mountaineers can take advantage of St. John’s is in the paint; St. John’s tallest regular is only 6-foot-2, shorter than both junior center Asya Bussie and redshirt junior forward Ayana Dunning.

“I think we can go inside on them with Asya and Ayana,” she said.

Dunning, who was visibly upset after the loss to DePaul, vowed to avenge Saturday’s defeat on the floor against St. John’s.

“This is a feeling that I don’t want to feel anymore for the rest of the season,” she said after the loss.

“I don’t like to lose, and I have this sour taste in my mouth and I think we’re all ready to play (tonight).”

Mountaineers must limit mistakes moving forward ben gaughan associate sports editor

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Members of the West Virginia women’s soccer team celebrate after winning the Big East Conference championship in November.

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As you might have been able to tell, West Virginia head coach Mike Carey’s squad looked completely out of whack in the second half of its 77-63 loss to DePaul on Saturday.

Allowing 50-plus points in one half seems outrageous for a team that prides itself on guarding the opposing players so tight that they can get sweat dripped on their face.

It was interesting to watch the whole half unfold because the Mountaineers had been playing so consistent and aggressive during its five game winning streak, you would have thought they would pull it together at some point, but it just never happened.

Maybe Carey was right when he said after the game he thought his team might have been fatigued. So, you can bet he fixed that in practice since Saturday afternoon.

West Virginia still goes through some mental lapses on defense in which they don’t

communicate, and therefore, fail to switch on the right screens or get on the right man, causing them to leave players with wide open shots.

They also don’t always help get back on defense, which was a big reason why DePaul got so many easy layups in the second half comeback.

The team is still young, having several freshmen and sophomores in the rotation throughout games. But, there’s only three regular season games left before the Big East tournament, and they just should not have these types of games without 100 percent effort, especially on the defensive side of the ball.

“We just quit playing,” Carey said after the game. “We didn’t play hard when we came out that first four minutes. We let them run layups on us, didn’t get back on defense, too many turnovers and we quit guarding. Offensively, we quit posting hard and we turned it over and didn’t move the ball. We were stagnant. It’s a shame.”

It is a shame. Partly, because WVU had been so confident and so sound on both sides of the ball for most of the win streak, which included its biggest win in program history against then No. 2 Notre Dame.

But Carey and this year’s Mountaineers won’t back down. They’re not going to pout over what went wrong.

They can’t. They still have work to do and they’re next game against St. John’s is going to be just as tough. The Red Storm just upset No. 2

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WVUp All Night to host Last Comic Standing competition

by Alexander Panos A&E WRITER

The West Virginia University WVUp All Night program is hosting the Last Comic Standing, a competition to find the funniest student at WVU. The top-three comedians, as determined by the judges, will receive prize packages including merchandise and restaurant gift cards.

Before performing at the Mountainlair on March 2, students will be given the opportunity to work with nationally touring comedians Thursday in a comedy class.

“The comedians, some of which have been on HBO and Saturday Night Live, will help the students out and give them tips,” said Program Administrator Sonja Wilson.

Mallory Bracken/THE DAILY ATHENAEUM Wilson also said the class James Carbone, a secondary education graduate student, addresses the crowd after winning first place in WVUp All Night’s Last Comic will allow students to prepare Standing in March 2011. their material and work on

their timing and delivery.

Tom Sobel of TSM Artist Management Inc. said in a press release that the class will help the student comedians turn “a blank page into a five-page set of comedy.”

Later that evening, after the class, students will receive evaluations after performing a 3- to 5-minute act at the Side Pocket Pub. Then, the participants will compete the following Friday night at the Mountainlair to be named The Last Comic Standing Champion.

In addition to a night of stand-up comedy, Wilson said the event will also be helpful to people interested in developing speaking skills. She encourages students who are interested in practicing public speaking and developing stage presence to participate, as well.

“Even if you don’t like

stand-up, if you want to learn to talk in front of people this is also good for that,” Wilson said.

The competition is orchestrated by The Office of Student Affairs, and it is run in conjuncture with the TSM Artist’s Comedy Caravan.

The nationally touring comedians of the Comedy Caravan, most of them usually from West Virginia, Ohio and Pennsylvania, will also be performing their routines throughout the night.

Wilson said all types of routines are welcome, provided they remain clean and are not determined to be offensive in any way.

Interested students can register for the event by emailing WVUComedyCaravan@gmail. com to sign up for a comedy school time slot. daa&E@mail.wvu.edu

The Ataris, The Queers, Cryptorchid Chipmunk to play 123 tonight

By Josh Ewers

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Wednesday night at 123 Pleasant will be hosting a stacked bill of bands including The Ataris (famous for their 2003 cover of “Boys of Summer”) and legendary punk veterans The Queers.

Also playing will be two bands hailing from West Virginia: spastic experimental ska purveyors Cryptorchid Chipmunk and righteous punk thrashers False Profit.

Punk rockers Far From Finished round out a diverse bill that sounds like it could’ve been plucked right out of the soundtrack to a Tony Hawk game.

Though The Queers will be the de-facto headliners of the evening’s festivities, at least among the younger audience, The Ataris will be the name most recognized.

The Ataris exemplify the pop-punk sound that exploded in the 2000s due to the success of bands like Blink 182, Sum

41 and Green Day, albeit with a more alternative edge similar to that of Jimmy Eat World.

Lyrical themes addressing love and the better days of youth couple with driving chord progressions form emotionally stirring songs any young adult can find something to relate to.

Songs you might remember include their cover of Don Henley’s “The Boys of Summer” and “In this Diary.”

With The Ataris representing the current generation’s idea of punk, representing the days of punk gone by will be Portsmith, New Hampshire’s, punk pioneers The Queers. Since their formation by Joe Queer (Joe King) in 1981, The Queers have been delivering a lo-fi yet quality brand of punk that is instantly comparable to that of The Ramones.

That’s not to say they’re derivative by any means – their songs can be a bit more on the bouncy side and employ Beach Boys-esque harmonies and even guitar solos, at times.

In contrast to the lyrics you’d

find in an Ataris song, you’ll hear a lot more grittiness and slapstick comedy, with themes ranging from drugs and alcohol, break-ups, and narcissistic girls to songs about farting too much.

Additionally, while maybe not the most popular band in the line-up, arguably the most interesting is West Virginia’s own Cryptorchid Chipmunk.

In all reality, words are not going to do the uniqueness of their sound justice.

The dominant influence at work here is certainly the horn instruments and guitar work of ska music.

However, the ska parts are constantly being interrupted by various other genres.

Some of these changes include erratic and dissonant passages with yelling vocals that can be best described in a relatively mainstream sense as Iwrestledabearonce by way of System of a Down, while other songs jump into progressive instrumental jam sessions.

Their songs often throw time signatures and flow to the wind

Legendary punk band The Queers will play at 123 Pleasant Street tonight. in favor of a desire to completely defy genre classification.

But, somehow, they manage to make it work.

However, if you enjoy a more straightforward sound, the other opening acts have something to offer, as well.

False Profit is a band of politically outspoken speed thrash-

ers from right here in Morgantown who will deliver a heavy dose of speed and intensity to the show.

Last, but not least, is Far From Finished, who played on all 43 dates on the Warped Tour in 2010. If you enjoy bands like The Explosion and Rancid, odds are you’ll dig Far From Finished,

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The show is open to all ages.

Tickets can still be purchased online via 123’s website for $12 dollars, and they will be $15 at the door. Doors are set to open at 5:30 p.m., with the concert getting underway at 6:00 p.m.. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

‘This Means War’ has romantic Season five of Donald Trump’s comedy formula, lacks chemistry ‘Celebrity Apprentice’ returns

Donald Trump is back with the fifth season of ‘The Celebrity Apprentice.’

Tom Hardy, Reese Witherspoon and Chris Prine star in ‘This Means War.’

MADELINE CAREY A&E WRITER

While Denzel Washington’s “Safe House” held the numberone spot at the box office this weekend, Reese Witherspoon’s latest movie opened up to marginal numbers. Though the cast featured big names in Hollywood, it was still outshined by this weekend of sequels, including one of Nicholas Cage’s saddest ventures, “Ghost Rider.”

CIA agents played by “Star Trek” actor Chris Pine and “Inception’s” Tom Hardy are the perfect team in “This Means War,” which opened this weekend to fifth at the box office with $17.5 million.

“This Means War” tells the story of two best friends and partners who seem to have all the answers – until they meet the girl of both their dreams, Reese Witherspoon.

What happens when two spies fight for the same girl?

The not-so-subtle combination

of action and romantic comedy ensues.

The movie opens with a death-defying shoot-out in China, where Pine and Hardy are able to dodge bullet after bullet and make it out of the attack alive and victorious.

Back in America, Pine and Hardy find themselves infatuated. However, the duo soon find out they’re both going after the same girl. They then decide to use every chance they can get to both win the girl and ruin the other’s chances at love.

While immersed in their love triangle, the men are unaware of the fact they are being pursued by the very man they tried to assassinate in the beginning of the film.

When international convicts meet this star-studded love triangle, danger arises at every corner.

Overall, the film was nothing to write home about. With acting talent like that showcased in the movie’s line-up, one couldn’t help but ask for a little more than the romantic comedy formula that has been used time and

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We can only hope Witherspoon doesn’t indulge herself too deeply into the land of romantic comedies, where she could undoubtedly get too engrossed to the point of becoming the next Jennifer Aniston.

The movie, however, wasn’t a total loss. The only truly notable character in the film was Witherspoon’s confidant and friend, played by Chelsea Handler.

Joke after joke, Handler had the audience laughing, proving her true abilities as a comedian in Hollywood and showing she can do more than host a latenight talk show.

The lack of chemistry between Witherspoon and the two male actors may have been the ultimate demise of this movie. Or, it could have simply been the fact that it was a romantic comedy. Needless to say, we can only hope the actors involved choose a lot more wisely with their next ventures.

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Nick WESDOCK A&E CORRESPONDENT

Season five of “The Celebrity Apprentice” kicked off Sunday night, and host Donald Trump wasted no time getting straight to business in the premier of NBC’s hit show.

The show is an adaptation of the original “The Apprentice” a reality show in which contestants compete for an apprenticeship with Donald Trump. In “Celebrity Apprentice” celebrities compete in the same competition, but play for various charities of their choosing.

Model Cheryl Tiegs was the first of the celebrities to hear the infamous words “You’re fired!” this season.

Latin American model and film star Patricia Velasquez led the women’s team to a losing effort in the first task, while project manager Paul Teutul Sr. of Orange County Choppers edged out the competition, raising more than $300,000 for the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

In the task, each team was to make and sell sandwiches, with the goal of raising as

much money as possible.

Both teams used their celebrity status to their advantage in the contest. Entertainer Penn Jillette and Lou Ferrigno (“The Incredible Hulk”) of the men’s team attracted huge crowds outside, while “American Idol” star Clay Aiken worked the cash register inside. Singers Debbie Gibson and Aubrey O’Day serenaded customers inside the shop for the women’s team.

Back in the boardroom, Trump went about his interrogation process as usual and announced the winner.

Tensions rose slightly, but there were no fireworks as can sometimes be the case in a room full of celebrity egos.

Surprisingly, the women didn’t seem afraid to call out mafia daughter Victoria Gotti.

In the end, Trump eliminated Tiegs from the competition but had some words of caution for Gotti.

This season’s star-studded cast promises for plenty of drama. With so many big names and so many similar occupations, tempers will flare.

Much to the dismay of many viewers, rock star Dee Snider kept a low profile in ep-

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isode one. However, in a preview of next week’s episode, Snider seems to play a critical role in the task.

There is never a shortage of drama when a group of strong, independent women are put to work in the same room.

Although Gotti may not last much longer, she came into the show claiming just a couple enemies, and in the first task she seemed to make many more already.

Another surprise was the tameness of “Real Housewives of New Jersey” star Teresa Giudice.

In fact, Gibson comments on the sense of insecurity she portrayed over the first couple of days.

Other stars featured in this season of “The Celebrity Apprentice” include Adam Carolla, Arsenio Hall, Dayana Mendoza, Lisa Lampanelli, Michael Andretti and Tia Carrere.

An all-new episode of “The Celebrity Apprentice” airs Sunday at 9 p.m. on NBC. For exclusive interviews with all of the celebrities, check out www.nbc.com/ the-apprentice. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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Whitney Houston dress, earrings for sale in auction LOS ANGELES (AP) — There had to be an auction, but so soon?

A black velvet dress that belonged to Whitney Houston and a pair of earrings she wore in “The Bodyguard” will be sold to the highest bidder next month.

Celebrity auctioneer Darren Julien said Sunday the pieces and other Houston items became available after the singer’s unexpected death on Feb. 11 and will be included among a longplanned sale of Hollywood memorabilia such as Charlie Chaplin’s cane, Clark Gable’s jacket from “Gone With the Wind” and Charlton Heston’s staff from “The Ten Commandments.”

Julien said celebrity collectibles often become available after their namesakes die.

“It proves a point that these items, they’re an investment,” Julien said. “You buy items just like a stock. Buy at the right time and sell at the right time, and they just increase in value.”

But could it be too soon to profit from Houston’s passing? She was just buried on Saturday.

“It’s a celebration of her life,” Julien said. “If you hide these things in fear that you’re going to offend someone - her life is to be celebrated. These items are historic now that she passed. They become a part of history. They should be in museums. She’s lived a life and had a career that nobody else has ever had.”

Houston is “someone who’s going to maintain a collectability,” he said. “For people who are fans of Whitney Houston and never would have had a chance to meet her and never got to talk to her, these are items that literally touched a part of her life.

They are a way to relate to her or be a part of her life without having known her.”

Tuesday February 21, 2012

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

Townhome Living Downtown 304-296-7400 scottpropertiesllc.com TWO APARTMENTS: 2/3 BR—W/D, Off-street parking. 3/BR—W/D. Leases start 05/15/12. Garbage, cable not included. 717 Willey Street up from Arnold Hall. No Smoking, No Pets 304-685-9550.

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

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

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

JEWELMANLLC.COM close to downtown, next to Arnold Hall. 3,4,5&6/BR houses. Excellent condition. A/C, W/D, parking and yard. Utilities included. No dogs. 12 month lease. 304-288-1572 or 296-8491 NEW HOUSE AVAILABLE MAY 15 ON Downtown Campus. 5BR, 3BA, family room, game room, living room, lease/dep required. NO PETS. Off st parking, DW, WD, etc. 304-599-6001 WALK TO STADIUM! 3BR HOUSE. Modern kitchen/bath, w/d, off street parking. $415/person/month plus utilities; owner pays garbage. Call Steve at 304-288-6012

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

NO PETS. Call 304-282-8769.

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

304-292-5714.

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

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

AVAILABLE MAY 2012 Check out: www.smithrentalsllc.com

(304) 322-1112

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

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

WANTED TO SUBLET SHORT TERM SUBLEASE AT GREAT rate.

Shared living space with one male.

Furnished with laundry facilities and off street parking. Utilities included. Available immediately through July 27.

Call 412-554-0105.

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

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

Any make! Any model! Any condition!

282-2560

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

10-mins from downtown. Small local bar.

Granville. 304-365-4565.

CAREGIVER, FULL/PART-TIME for disabled young man. Could provide excellent experience for education/social science/or any medical-field students.

Call 304-599-6425, before 9pm. Leave message.

Fax resume/refs. to: 304-599-6929 JERSEY SUBS HIRING DELIVERY DRIVERS and pizza and line cooks. Apply in person at 1756 Mile Ground Rd. Must have experience.

LABOR, CONSTRUCTION, PAINTING Landscaping and moving. Driver License and transportation needed. Part time. $10 to 12 an hour. Call Mike at 304-534-2895 MARIO’S FISHBOWL NOW HIRING cooks. Apply in person at 704 Richwood Avenue.

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

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

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

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

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‘The Color Purple’ brightens CAC stage

by Hunter homistek a&E writer

Cast members of 'The Color Purple' sing during the opening number of the show at the Creative Arts Center Monday night.

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Nettie and Celie fill a wheelburrow during a scene in 'The Color Purple.'

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A group of women inspect a pregnant Celine in the opening of ‘The Color Purple.’

The Tony Award-winning musical “The Color Purple” played last night at West Virginia University’s Lyell B. Clay Theater in the Creative Arts Center to a packed and enthusiastic crowd.

Telling a classic tale of love, faith and the unshakable human spirit, “The Color Purple” is a standout story in film, print or onstage, and patrons were eager to absorb the story’s message Monday night.

“It’s a tried and true plotline of integrity and overcoming adversity,” said Nate Askins, a recent WVU graduate.

“The message of faith is definitely transcendent and strikes true today just as much as it did in 1900 (when the movie was set).”

The story of “The Color Purple” follows a young woman named Celie who is given away by her father in her adolescence to a cruel and punishing husband who is simply named “Mister.”

This move takes the young Celie away from her one true companion in her life, her sister Nettie, and she is left with no contact to her younger sibling.

As Celie’s hardships compile and life at home becomes increasingly dreadful, she befriends Sofia, a larger-than-life personality and Shug Avery, an attractive and powerful woman who is the talk of the town.

These friendships turn out to be Celie’s saving grace in life, as the two women teach her to become a strong and independent woman.

Where before Celie would nigh say a word to Mister, Shug and Sofia instill in her the confidence to have faith and stand up for what she believes in.

“The story really showed human determination and our unwillingness to quit, even under the direst circumstances,”

said Haleigh Cohen, a senior public relations student. “It was a great story that I think anyone can relate to.”

The musical was expertly acted and simultaneously tragic and uplifting, which made it one of the most compelling theater experiences one could ask for. Aside from its gripping storyline and undertones, “The Color Purple” boasted outstanding musical numbers.

“The music was exceptional,” said Nick Smith, a junior philosophy student. “It had that great, upbeat southern gospel sound that everybody knows and loves.”

The crowd in attendance certainly agreed, as they frequently hollered along with the actors and shouted their favorite lines from the film. This participation made the atmosphere positively electric and engaging for all in attendance.

The musical adaptation to Alice Walker’s “The Color Purple” was a delightfully entertaining journey through the vast spectrum of human emotion. It was brilliantly acted, engaging and fun for people from all walks of life.

The uplifting story of love and faith is one that continues to resonate well into the 21st century, and I highly recommend you catch the musical the next time you have the chance.

Regardless of your race, age or socioeconomic background, “The Color Purple” touches on emotions we all understand and that make us human, and for that it is an absolute mustsee theater and life experience. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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