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WVU to purchase Suncrest Plaza

by Bryan bumgardner city editor

Once again, West Virginia University will be expanding its facilities, thanks to the approval of a resolution by the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission.

WVU and WVU Hospitals recently gained approval to

purchase Suncrest Plaza, a 5.5 acre business park near Evansdale, for $26.4 million. Due to the site’s proximity to the Evansdale and Health Sciences campuses, WVU officials plan to utilize the 10,000 square feet of free office space on the property.

The property is located across the street from

Mountaineer Station on Van Voorhis Road.

Included in the purchase is a 440-car parking garage.

WVU and WVUH are splitting the income, costs and benefits of the acquisition equally and are evaluating the site as an expansion space for the WVU School of Dentistry, according to the HEPC.

The current tenants of the property, including Applebee’s Restaurant, will not be ousted from the property. Instead, their rent will be used to help fund the purchase rather than federal money or tuition revenue.

Although University officials laud the strategic importance of the purchase,

It’s still ‘all good’

Morgantown officials fear the loss of several hundred thousand dollars in tax revenue from the site.

WVU is exempt from business and occupation taxes, meaning the city could lose tax revenue while police and fire services will still cover the site.

Glenmark Holding LLC., the previous owner of the

plaza, paid $282,000 in property taxes last year.

The average costs of leasing is about $24-27 per square foot, and operating costs of the site average $240,000. The site made $1.9 million in revenue from leases and other sources last year. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

Black Bear Burritos opens new location

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Black Bear Evansdale, a new location for Black Bear Burritos, opened its doors last Monday.

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The Yonder Mountain String Band wows the crowd with its up tempo bluegrass style at the 16th annual All Good Music & Arts Festival in Thornville, Ohio.

by Lacey Palmer staff Writer

Black Bear Burritos, the restaurant many Morgantown residents have come to know and love, has opened a second restaurant near the Evansdale campus. The original restaurant on Pleasant Street has been open for nine years, and co-owners and West Virginia University alumni Jason Coffman and Matt Showalter decided it was time to expand their business.

“Morgantown presents a wonderful opportunity

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Festivalgoers dance to the sounds of the Yonder Mountain String Band under the G. Love and Special Sauce performs to an enthusiastic crowd at the 16th cool over-cast sky. annual All Good Music & Arts Festival in Thornville, Ohio. This was the first year for the festival’s new location at Legend Valley and featured artists such as The Flaming Lips and The Allman Brothers Band.

For a full review of ‘All Good,’ see A&E page 12

Parking permit rates to increase in August

by Zak voreh correspondent

As of Aug. 1, parking rates will increase for West Virginia University students and professors who purchase parking permits.

WVU’s Department of Transportation and Parking is raising the rate for parking permits to help improve existing lots, to expand to accommodate more drivers and to make payment easier for shortterm parking lots.

“This year we are spending almost 2 million dollars on improvements to our parking system, [including] new short-term parking equipment that will allow for credit cards,” said Hugh Kierig, director of

Transportation and Parking at WVU. He explained how the renovations will make life easier for commuters, even with the rate increase.

“Major renovation of existing parking, such as area 81 on Van Voorhis road, will improve the parking and eliminate a lot of the engineering problems that we were having with the old lot,” he said.

The Department of Transportation and Parking is also starting programs that insure longterm maintenance of new and existing lots.

The increase for parking rates will affect gravel hard surface, premium parking areas and student permit lots but not short-term lots,

according to Kierig.

“The increase will affect each lot about the same amount. The more access you have to parking resources, or the better your parking is relative to a grade, you’ll pay more than a surface lot,” he said.

An employee who parks on a surface lot will pay about an additional 75 cents per pay period, according to Kierig.

The exact amounts of the rates for permits haven’t been released, but all of the lots will be raising prices by an equal percentage.

The Department of Transportation and Parking also offers alternative programs to employees and students who choose

not to purchase permits.

For example, University employees have access to the Occasional Parking Program.

“Employees who want to give up their parking permit will receive 18 free one-day parking permits that they can use throughout the year,” Kierig said.

Another option is the WE GO! program, which offers a variety of transportation from carpooling to the Personal Rapid Transit system.

To learn more about WVU’s transportation options visit the Department of Transportation and Parking’s website at http:// transportation.wvu.edu.

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for growth,” Coffman said.

“As fast as Morgantown is growing, we felt that if we had any intentions to grow our business, we better do so now rather than to try later on. We each have families with children, and we hope that they go to college one day.”

According to Coffman, people outside of Morgantown have asked for a Black Bear restaurant in Kentucky and Pennsylvania, but they wanted to keep

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STAR now offers guest access to student records by terri parlett staff writer

For some West Virginia University students, hiding bad grades just got a little more complicated.

In the fall, students will be able to offer parents guest access to their student accounts. A new parent/guest portal allows students to grant proxy access to STAR student information system in categories such as grades, financial aid, housing, dining and billing.

Students have likely received an email regarding changes to Family Education Rights and Privacy Act settings in STAR information system.

These changes are not limited to the Morgantown campus but will affect all West Virginia University campus locations.

FERPA is designed to guard student information from being used unnecessarily or without student permission. It is a secure

ON THE INSIDE Top 100 recruit Devin Williams is considering attending West Virginia as he gets ready for his senior year. SPORTS PAGE 10

way for parents to access the information students permit them to access.

As long as a student permits access, parents or guests can access STAR to pay bills and fees or view necessary student records.

However, if the student has not granted this access, parents and guests will remain unable to access any student information. Students may also choose to revoke access at any time.

Starting Sept. 15, pins students formerly created for FERPA access will expire. Instead students must create passphrases.

If a student feels the University has failed to comply with their FERPA rights, they may file complaints with the Family Policy Compliance Office.

Visit http://ferpa.wvu. edu to find more information on FERPA, and for more information on the parent portal visit http://parentguest.portal.wvu.edu. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

HANDLING THE HYPE: The WVU football team isn’t worried about its high expectations heading into the 2012 season.

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Continued from page 1 it in Morgantown. The pair also had several requests for a Black Bear in Evansdale, which appealed to them.

“We often heard folks say they love our restaurant but they don’t go downtown unless they have to.

Or they don’t have enough time to get downtown on their lunch hour,” Showalter said. “A lot of the draw on this side of town was Mylan, the hospitals and the larger banks with professionals who do often go and get lunch somewhere.”

Showalter hopes they can exceed the business they’ve done downtown and, in doing so, gain a lot of new customers who may not be familiar with the restaurant.

“I thought the food at the new location was delicious,” said Bethany Andrew, a nursing student at West Virginia University. “I live by the stadium because of my major, and not having to drive downtown for everything is great, especially with gas prices being so high.”

WVU student Olivia Kinney agrees another Black Bear restaurant was much-needed.

“It’s a great new location that is still offering the delicious food I’ve come to love from the original place on Pleasant Street,” Kinney said. “A second Black Bear

was a great idea because they can now accommodate more people in the larger restaurant space.”

Kinney suggests guests have the Bear Trap wrap or the Gouda Riddance wrap, which are her personal favorites.

The decor in the new restaurant is similar to the original location. Coffman and Showalter display and sell original artwork to help support local artists. Guests will also notice unique features such as the bicycle tire lights or the use of children’s toys as table markers for delivering food.

“Obviously, Black Bear is not like every other restaurant in the menu that we offer, the clientele that frequents us; we’re just a little different than a lot of other places, and we try to reflect that in the decor,” Showalter said.

Black Bear is also well known for their wide selection of beer. Right now in the new location they have 20 beers on tap, five of which are West Virginia brewed, along with West Virginiabrewed moonshine. According to Coffman, the bar area will be further expanding in the future.

Aside from expanding the bar area, they will be expanding their live music selection, as well.

“We have a few acts lined up, but we’re just getting our feet wet in that department, as well,” said Coffman.

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“Again, baby steps. We will eventually have live music booked as regularly as we do downtown and the majority of that being dinner music, of course.”

The Evansdale location is still hiring, Coffman and Showalter said. They’re hiring kitchen staff, cooks, dishwashers and kitchen managers both day and night shifts. Current employees already love working at the new location.

“I love the atmosphere and the people that I work mel moraes/THE DAILY ATHENAEUM with,” said employee Sarah Chick. “Everything is just Black Bear Evansdale, a larger version of Black Bear Burritos, opened its doors last Monday to much anticipation from fans of the downtown restaurant. It is located in Suncrest. great.”

Black Bear Evansdale is located at 3119 University Ave. in the same building as Everyday’s A Party and the Suncrest Pharmacy. The restaurant is open Monday through Saturday from 11:30 a.m.-10:00 p.m. Contact them at (304) 777-4867 or visit www.blackbearburritos.com.

“As we’ve said for nine years and we will continue to say, Black Bear is only as good as our employees represent us, our managers represent us, and our customers receive us,” Coffman said. “We feel very grateful to have employed great staff that has invested interest in Black Bear, and we certainly appreciate the customers’ response and business that they bring us as frequently as they do.” danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

Black Bear Evansdale opened its doors last Monday afternoon in Suncrest.

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Penn State loses one sponsor, others could follow after NCAA penalty STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — State Farm is pulling its ads from Penn State football broadcasts, while General Motors is reconsidering its sponsorship deal and Wall Street is threatening to downgrade the school’s credit rating, suggesting the price of the sexual abuse scandal could go well beyond the $60 million fine and other penalties imposed by the NCAA. Bloomington, Ill.-based State Farm said it had been reviewing its connection to Penn State since the arrest of retired assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky last November. The insurance company said it will pull ads from broadcasts of Nittany Lions home games but continue to advertise during Penn State’s away contests.

“We will not directly support Penn State football this year,” State Farm spokesman Dave Phillips said Tuesday. “We just feel it was the best decision.”

State Farm had no immediate information on how much money is at stake.

The NCAA imposed unprecedented sanctions against Penn State on Monday, including the fine, a four-year bowl ban and a sharp reduction in the number of football scholarships it may offer.

The governing body also erased 14 years of victories, wiping out 111 of coach Joe Paterno’s wins and stripping him of his standing as the most suc-

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NCAA President Mark Emmert said he relied on a report by former FBI Director Louis Freeh, who found that Paterno and three top officials concealed child sexual abuse allegations against Sandusky more than a decade ago to protect the school and its powerful football program.

With Penn State’s oncesterling reputation in tatters, the university could face an exodus of sponsors unwilling to have their brands linked to scandal, said Kevin Adler, founder of Chicago-based Engage Marketing Inc. Adler said he would advise current sponsors to pull out of their deals with Penn State, adding that most contracts have morality clauses giving advertisers an out.

“I think the public perception is pretty clear and definitive at this point. That brand is damaged beyond the point of short-term repair. It is the sponsorship partner’s obligation first and foremost to look after the health of their own brand,” Adler said. “None of the sponsors owe Penn State anything.”

So far, though, Penn State appears to be hanging on.

GM spokesman Pat Morrissey said the automaker is reviewing its sponsorship but has not made a decision. Morrissey did not immediately return a call about the value of the sponsorship deal.

Other sponsors said they plan to stick with Penn State, including Purchase, N.Y.-based PepsiCo Inc., Pittsburgh-based PNC bank and Pennsylvania’s largest health insurer, Highmark Inc. “Highmark’s partnership with Penn State is about health and wellness.

We do have a sponsorship with the athletics program.

While we routinely evaluate all of our sponsorships, we plan to continue at this time,” spokesman Aaron Billger said.

PNC Financial Services Group issued a statement after the July 12 release of the Freeh report that its “ongoing engagement with the university signals our support of the students and traditions of Penn State. ... We believe that the university will learn from this experience and become stronger.”

Bank spokesman Fred Solomon said the NCAA sanctions have not changed PNC’s position.

Pepsi spokeswoman Gina Anderson said Tuesday the company also stood by its recent statement in response to the Freeh report.

“We are deeply disturbed by the findings of the investigation and the conduct of certain individuals at Penn State University, but will continue to honor our longstanding contract as a campus beverage provider,” the statement said.

Moody’s Investors Service said Tuesday that it may cut the school’s Aa1 rating. The Freeh report, along with the NCAA sanctions, could hurt enrollment and fundraising, and the school is still under state and federal investigation, the rating agency said.

A downgrade could make it more expensive for Penn State to borrow money for expansion or other projects.

Around Happy Valley, as the university and the surrounding area are known, Penn Staters and business owners worry that the NCAA sanctions will drive down attendance at home games and hurt the hotels, restaurants and university-themed clothing shops that rely on the

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Penn State’s alumni association, with more than 165,000 members, is billed as the largest in the world.

Already, the team has sold 85,000 season tickets for 2012.

Still, Matt Powell, an analyst with SportsOneSource, a Charlotte, N.C.based provider of sports business information, said sales of Penn State clothing are dropping, from about $80 million in 2010 to $60 million after the scandal broke last year to possibly $45 million this year.

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“Football is absolutely intertwined with the university, therefore the town,” said graduate student Will Ethier. “Such hard hits really will hit the town economically.” He added: “If one gets sanctioned, everybody else gets sanctioned.”

Average attendance at the 106,500-seat Beaver Stadium has long been robust. It ranked no lower than fourth nationally in average attendance each year since 1991, a university spokesman said. And

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He said some fans might not want to make the drive to see home games in State College, several hours from Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.

“What are you going to watch for?” Stathes said.

“They can’t advance to any postseason bowl game or anything like that. People are still going to be disgusted over the whole thing.”

Several Penn State fans, whether they buy tickets or watch on TV, insisted they would not lose interest in the team.

“We will go to every game,” said Sam Zamrik, 80, a retired professor of engineering and a season ticket holder for 40 years.

“They need our support.”

First-year head coach Bill O’Brien said of the team’s fans Tuesday: “I would tell them to renew their season tickets.

I would tell them to move forward, turn the page.

I would tell them we’ve got a football team that’s working extremely hard for this upcoming season.”

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Families of Colorado theater shooting victims plan goodbyes CENTENNIAL, Colo.

(AP) — Their first look at a dazed-looking James Holmes with wildly dyed red hair stunned and angered some of the people he is accused of shooting and the kin of those killed that night in a Colorado movie theater.

“A coward,” said Tom Teves, whose son, Alex, was one of 12 people Holmes is accused of killing. Tom Teves stared at Holmes throughout the former graduate student’s first court appearance on Monday.

“Somebody had to be in the courtroom to say, `You know what? You went in with ballistic protection and guns, and you shot a 6-year-old,’” he said.

Another 58 people were wounded when authorities say Holmes opened fire at a midnight showing of “The Dark Knight Rises” in Aurora. Seven remained in critical condition Tuesday.

“He doesn’t look surprised at any of it, but he seemed amazed at what was happening,” said Robert Blache, who watched video of Holmes with his injured daughter Christina, who was shot in both legs. “I’m pretty sure he’s not sane.”

Holmes is being held on suspicion of first-degree murder, and he could face additional counts of aggravated assault and weapons violations. He will be formally charged on Monday, and prosecutors say they may seek the death penalty.

David Sanchez said that would be appropriate if

Holmes is convicted. His 21-year-old daughter, Katie Medley, escaped without injury and delivered a son Tuesday at the same hospital where her husband, Caleb, 23, was in critical condition with a head wound.

“When it’s your own daughter and she escaped death by mere seconds, I want to say it makes you angry,” Sanchez said.

Allie Young, 19, was shot in the neck, damaging her carotid artery and knocking her into an aisle of the theater. Her friend, Stephanie Davies, said she applied pressure to the wound and also managed to call 911.

“We were laying there in the mouth of hell there’s smoke and explosions and guns, bats flying across the screen because the movie’s still playing. It’s dark. It’s every child’s worst nightmare,” said Davies, 21, a native of Hemet, Calif.

Both said the gunman shouted at several people before shooting them.

“He would shout, `What are you doing? I said stand up!’ And he would pick people up,” Davies said. “I saw him stand over someone. I just see hair and him holding the shirt, and `boom.”

Now the families of the dead are left to plan funerals.

A service for A.J. Boik, an 18-year-old high school graduate, was set for Friday in Aurora. The family has asked that news media stay away from the service.

A full military funeral and burial was planned Aug. 3 in Reno, Nev., for

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Ashley Deuell, 18, kneels next to a cross and family photo of Gordon Cowden, who was a friend of her family, Tuesday at a growing memorial to the victims of Friday’s mass shooting in a movie theater in Aurora, Colo.

Jonathan Blunk, 26, who served three tours in the Middle East and planned to re-enlist with the goal of becoming a Navy SEAL. Holmes’ prosecution is likely to be a long road.

Police expect months of working with behavioral analysts and scrutinizing Holmes’ relationships to establish a motive. A trial might begin in a year or more, said prosecutor Carol Chambers.

Dr. Jeffrey Gardere, an

assistant professor of behavioral medicine at Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine, said Holmes’ appearance suggested “a psychotic process going on, and we see that being acted out there.

“Or, there might be some sort of malingering going on. In other words, trying to make himself look worse than he actually is.

Or maybe a combination of all of those things,” Gardere said.

In San Diego, where Holmes’ family lives, family attorney Lisa Damiani said that “everyone’s concerned” about the possibility of the death penalty.

When asked if they stood

by Holmes, Damiani said, “Yes, they do. He’s their son.”

In June, Holmes quit a 35-student Ph.D. program in neuroscience for reasons that aren’t clear. He had earlier taken an intense oral exam that marks

the end of the first year, but University of Colorado Denver officials would not say if he passed, citing privacy concerns.

University officials have refused to answer questions about Holmes.

The judge has issued an order barring lawyers in the case from publicly commenting on matters including evidence, whether a plea deal is in the works or results of any examination or test.

Pro, con arguments on proposed New York sugary drink ban

This photo shows a display of various size cups and sugar cubes at a news conference at New York’s City Hall.

NEW YORK (AP) — Medical professionals lined up at a public hearing Tuesday to speak in favor of a proposed ban on large-sized sugary drinks at New York City restaurants, cafeterias and snack trucks, while opponents decried the plan as an assault on personal freedom and wondered what tasty but unhealthy foods might be targeted next.

New York City’s health board heard hours of testimony on a proposed rule that would limit soft-drink cup and bottle sizes at food service establishments to no larger than 16 ounces.

Medical experts spared

no rhetoric in hailing the proposal as a way to protect the public, saying that sodas and other sweetened beverages are a leading factor in a health epidemic linked to poor eating habits that kills thousands of New Yorkers every year. More than one likened soda companies to big tobacco.

One doctor said before the hearing that the calorie-packed beverages consumers now down with abandon increase the risk of diabetes, and are responsible for a big share of the “massive suffering and premature death” linked to obesity.

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is metabolically toxic,” said Walter Willett, a professor of epidemiology and nutrition at Harvard School of Public Health. “It’s obvious that this is the right thing to do.”

A 20-ounce bottle of Coca-Cola has roughly the same calorie count as a McDonald’s hamburger, but Kelly Brownell, a psychology, epidemiology and public health professor at Yale University, said it is easier to over-drink than over-eat.

“You don’t feel as full when you consume calories in liquids,” he said.

Critics ridiculed the idea that city officials would

be trying to regulate how much people eat or drink.

City Councilman Daniel Halloran III called the proposal a “feel-good placebo” that would hurt profit margins at small businesses while failing to improve anyone’s health.

He questioned whether a limit on the size of steak was around the corner.

Another critical councilman, Oliver Koppell, called the ban “a clear overreaching of government into people’s everyday lives.”

“This infringement on the rights of New Yorkers leads us to ask what will be banned next?”

Joy Dubost, a nutritionist who works for the National Restaurant Association, said the proposal wasn’t backed up by scientific evidence.

“It’s not reasonable to blame or cite one product,” she said.

The proposal requires only the approval of the Board of Health, appointed

by Mayor Michael Bloomberg, to take effect. But opponents could still sue to block the ban, or they could convince legislators to step in and block the proposal.

The board is scheduled to vote on the measure Sept. 13.

Since Bloomberg proposed the ban in May, opponents including members of the restaurant and soft-drink industries as well as libertarians have accused him of attempting to institute a “nanny state”

with far-reaching government controls that infringe on individual choice. City officials, meanwhile, argue they are trying to save lives in the face of an epidemic that is killing New Yorkers and costing $4 billion a year.

The portion size restrictions would only apply to food-service businesses regulated by the Health Department, including restaurants, food carts, sports arenas and movie theaters. Grocery stores, drug stores and some convenience stores are regulated by the state and would be unaffected.

Drinks that are more than half milk or 70 percent juice would be exempt, and it wouldn’t apply to lower-calorie drinks like water or diet soda, or to alcoholic beverages.

In a letter released Monday by The New England Journal of Medicine, New York University researchers said the ban could affect nearly two-thirds of drinks bought at the city’s fast-food restaurants, according to a survey of more than 1,600 receipts. On average, sugary-drink buyers could consume 74 calories less per fast-food outing, the letter said.

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OPINION

Wednesday July 25, 2012

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Be prepared for coming school year May and June have come and gone, and July is on its way out. For college students this can mean only one thing: Summer, and all the free time it affords us, is winding down.

For West Virginia University’s undergraduate students, the fall semester starts August 20. While this may seem like a long time from now, it’s less than a month away, and it will surely be here before you know it.

Whether you’re an incoming freshman looking to start off on the right foot or an upperclassman seeking to improve your academic performance (or continue the good work you’ve already been ac-

complishing), being adequately prepared and wellorganized are both key to being successful in your academic endeavors.

Chances are, at some point you’ve probably struggled with trying to break old, destructive study habits. Fresh off of a semester full of procrastination and too many missed classes, you’ve promised yourself it’s never going to happen again.

Next semester will be different. You will be organized. You will be prepared. You’ll always complete your work ahead of time.

Never again will you stay up all night to cram for that important exam or write

that 15-page term paper that’s worth a third of your final grade.

Despite these promises you made to yourself after enduring the self-inflicted misery your procrastination has caused, you find yourself falling back into the same harmful habits again and again.

For those of you who truly want to break this cycle and improve your academic performance, the coming weeks provide a very important opportunity to get organized before the fall semester and prepare for the challenges that lie ahead.

Probably the two most important things you can do in the weeks leading up

to the semester are getting used to efficiently managing your time and establishing a regular sleep cycle.

Although traditional daily planners are a great way to organize your time, electronic planners such as Apple’s iCalendar or Google Calendar make it easier than ever to keep up with all of your assignments and appointments.

These applications are incredibly intuitive, and for those of you who own smartphones, the calendars can be synced with your phones to provide you with 24/7 access to all of your important scheduling information.

If you don’t already use

one of these types of programs, you should definitely look into it.

You should also start sleeping at regular times during the weeks leading up to the first day of class.

Many studies have shown college students suffer from sleep deprivation, and that this contributes to stress and poor academic performance. The next few weeks provide a great opportunity for students to establish a healthy sleep cycle going into the new school year.

Starting to work on forming new, positive habits now will ensure the coming semester will be your most successful one yet. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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Shooting cause is insanity, not poor gun control hunter homistek staff writer

When moviegoers funneled into the Aurora, Colo., Century 16 Theater for a chance to see Batman battle villains in the name of justice one last time, they had no idea they would soon become engulfed in more gunfire than their masked hero.

The story, as it panned out, has been played and replayed, dissected and evaluated since that fateful Friday night, and still there is much to discuss.

Let us step back for one second and think about how we move forward. Surely, you have heard the gruesome details, so I will not waste time repeating them.

Instead, let us push aside the human emotion of this event and focus on a debate that has recently been refreshed as a result of the shooting: gun control.

Let me preface this argument by stating: I am not a fan of politicizing a tragedy such as this. When one clearly insane individual decides to do something that is clearly insane, we should not and cannot dive too deeply into what laws could have prevented him or her from doing.

If somebody possesses severely hindered reasoning skills but still also possesses the intelligence to formulate and carry out a plan (albeit a sadistic one), he or she has the potential to “snap,” regardless of the laws in place.

That aside, many critics are quick to point out flaws in our gun control laws after the theater shooting – a reasonable but, as I have mentioned, inappropriate response. When a man comes armed into a movie theater

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The scene of a massacre during a midnight showing of “The Dark Knight Rises” where a gunman killed multiple people and injured dozens more and opens fire on unsuspecting, indefensible bystanders, though, it is only natural to blame the weapons that caused the physical damage.

Add to this the fact the man came armed with not just a simple handgun but rather an assault rifle, a shotgun and a semi-automatic handgun, and the situation is compounded with reason to believe gun control is the answer to our problems.

However, it is not.

The theater shooter, as I have alluded to, had the mental capacity to carry out a plan; he had his apartment rigged with explosives that were deemed “sophisticated” by the bomb squad on scene.

Compounding this, the man dyed his hair red in an attempt to emulate The Joker, a popular “Batman” villain, so to say his mental state was abnormal is not a stretch.

Add these two elements together and laws simply do not matter any more. The type of person who wants to, and does, carry out such a plan cannot be bothered by laws; he or she cannot even be bothered by his/her own sanity.

To assume gun control laws can cut down on this type of crime is ignorant, and such an assumption completely ignores the fact U. S. citizens use guns thousands

of times per year to protect themselves or others from crime.

In the aftermath of such a tragedy one does not care about the positive side of statistics and that, too, is a natural human reaction, but it is still the wrong reaction.

Let us realize guns helped build our nation, they provide sport and recreation for millions of citizens and they have provided a culture that is uniquely American.

The problem with firearms is simply not the machine, it is the user behind the machine.

If we need anything, we need more extensive training for the firearms in question, not a total abolishment of our rights as Americans.

Let us not look further into this situation than need be.

The theater shooting was caused by a mentally deranged individual, not a freethinking weapon.

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The U.S. economy added just 80,000 jobs in June, a third straight month of weak hiring. The unemployment rate was unchanged at 8.2 percent, but it would have been much worse without the boom in domestic oil and gas production.

There are actual labor shortages in expanding oil and gas areas of the U.S. like North Dakota’s Bakken Shale region. There the business activity from thousands of new fracking wells have unemployment near 3 percent.

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layers, releasing formerly trapped oil and gas deposits. This occurs beneath a mile or more of rock layer without damage to shallow fresh water supplies.

In northeastern Ohio, moribund since steel mills closed in the 1970s, a $650 million steel mill is being erected for V&M USA Corporation to produce steel pipe and other equipment.

The mill’s operation will create 350 long-term jobs by the end of 2012, more than doubling V&M’s local workforce.

Nearby in Carroll County, a new 350-acre industrial park is ready for oil and gas related projects. The state of Ohio is expecting 200,000 new jobs by 2018 from the Utica Shale which underlies most of eastern Ohio.

The growing replacement

of coal by natural gas for U.S. electric power is good news for the environment and jobs.

Environmental Protection Agency rules which restrict coal’s mercury and sulfur emissions are forcing that shift to natural gas, now plentiful from this new fracking drilling technology.

Increased coal exports are replacing a declining domestic coal market.

From a 50 percent share of the U.S. electric power market five years ago, coal supplied just 42 percent in 2011, and it is now below 40 percent.

A rise in natural gas use from 20 percent to near 30 percent of our electric utilities is making up most of the difference. At the same time, wind and solar power have risen from 1 percent to 3 to

4 percent of U.S. electric energy supply.

Overall, the expansion in the oil and natural gas industries has created 500,000 well-paying new jobs in the past decade. The expansion is not slowing down as several large shale reservoirs are now productive in various parts of the U.S. Oil production has grown by 10 percent since 2008, and the import share of U.S. oil consumption has dropped to about 45 percent from 60 percent in 2005. This trend will continue, and a new study by Wood Mackenzie reports that oil and gas production could create an additional one million new U.S. jobs by 2018.

The touted jobs future in the “green” sector is limited by its cost per kilowatt hour.

Wind and solar are at least twice as expensive as electricity produced with natural gas.

A study for Spain by King Juan Carlos University showed that for every subsidized wind or solar job, more than two jobs were lost in energy consuming industries because of increased electric costs. Some of that Spanish production was moved to France with its lower-cost nuclear energy.

There is an entirely new reality with U.S. energy production, consumption and imports. New oil and gas supplies are emerging, and fossil fuel demand is being limited by conservation and efficiency. It is too soon to talk of energy independence, but oil imports are declining to the point that

most of our oil need could soon be met from friendly Western Hemisphere sources.

As Daniel Yergin noted recently in The New York Times, “What is striking is this great revival in oil and gas production in the United States, with wide impacts on jobs, economic development and the competitiveness of American industry.

This new reality requires a new way of thinking about America’s improving energy position and how to facilitate this growth in an environmentally sound way – recognizing the benefits this will bring in an era of economic uncertainty.”

Let’s hope that our government gets the message and supports energy programs that replace imports with American jobs.

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

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

LUTHERAN DISASTER RESPONSE COLLEGIATE CORPS meets at the Lutheran Chapel at 8 p.m. The LDRCC responds to regional and national disasters. No experience is necessary. For more information, visit www.lutheranmountaineer.org/disaster.

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

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

CAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST holds its weekly CRU meetings at 9 p.m. in Room G24 of Eiesland Hall. People can join others for live music, skits and relevant messages. For more information, email roy.baker@uscm. org or visit www.wvucru.com.

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

For more information, email wvumethodist@comcast.net.

WVU CLUB TENNIS practices from 9-10 p.m. at Ridgeview Racquet Club. For carpooling, call 304-906-4427. New members are always welcome.

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

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

INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ORGANIZATION meets at 8 p.m. at the International House on Spruce Street.

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

CHESS CLUB meets from 6-9 p.m. in the food court of the Mountainlair. Players of all skill levels are invited to come.

For more information, email wvuchess@gmail.com.

THE CATALAN TABLE will meet at 4 p.m. at Maxwell’s restaurant.

All levels welcome. For more information, call 304-293-5121 ext.

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

FREE ARABIC/ISLAM CLASSES will be hosted by the Muslim Students’ Association from 6-8 p.m. in the Kanawha Room of the Mountainlair. To register, email schaudhr@mix.wvu.edu.

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

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

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

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

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

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

call 304-599-5020.

CONFIDENTIAL COUNSELING SERVICES are provided for free by the Carruth Center for Psychological and Psychiatric Services.

A walk-in clinic is offered weekdays from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Services include educational, career, individual, couples and group counseling. Please visit www.well.wvu. edu to find out more information.

WOMEN, INFANTS AND CHILDREN needs volunteers. WIC provides education, supplemental foods and immunizations for pregnant women and children under five years of age. This is an opportunity to earn volunteer hours for class requirements. For more information, call 304-5985180 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 oneon-one community-based and school-based mentoring programs. To volunteer, call Sylvia at 304-983-2823, ext. 104 or email bigs4kids@yahoo.com.

ROSENBAUM FAMILY HOUSE, which provides a place for adult patients and their families to stay while receiving medical care at WVU, is looking for service organizations to provide dinner for 2040 Family House guests. For more information, call 304-598-6094 or email rfh@wvuh.com.

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

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

THE WELLWVU CONDOM CLOSET is held in the Kanawha Room of the Mountainlair every Wednesday from 11 a.m.-noon.

The closet sells condoms for 25 cents each or five for $1.00.

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

DAILY HOROSCOPES

BY JACQUELINE BIGAR BORN TODAY This year, zero in on what you want. Your luck factor increases right before your birthday in 2012. Take an active stand in your profession and/or community. The end result might be different from what you desire, but ultimately will work for you. If you are single, you attract many people. Making choices that work takes skill. If you are attached, the two of you have much to celebrate. You also need time alone. Close off a tie that isn’t working this year. CANCER can cause trouble.

ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19) HHHH Verbalize your concerns as well as the positives. Others need to know your priorities. By not sharing them, ultimately, you could cause a problem. Be responsible for your side of an issue or your opinion. Don’t try to control what happens. Let events flow. Tonight: Hang close to home.

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20) HHH Finances continue to be important.

Please don’t dismiss the importance of your innate assets. Sometimes you undermine yourself. Schedule a talk over dinner or for as late as possible. Know what your expectations are. Don’t undermine yourself.

Tonight: Visit with friends.

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20) HHHH You are pushing hard to get where you want. Others might not understand the unpredictability of the moment.

You could have too much energy for your own good. Speak your mind and communicate. Don’t close off.

Tonight: Treat a friend to dinner.

CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22) HH An insight could stop you cold. At first you might not understand the nature of someone’s emotional behavior. You will get important feedback. Willingly assume the limelight.

Curb a need to spend when you are stressed. Tonight: Nap, then out.

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22) HHHH Use the daylight hours to the max. Stay in tune with your true goal. Sometimes it is easy to get tossed off kilter by so many people and their individual agendas. An important piece of news heads your way. Tonight: A little mystery shrouding your plans could add excitement.

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22) HHH Assume a position of leadership, knowing full well where your goals vary from the collective. You might need to make that difference known before executing plans. Opinions might be interesting but not helpful. Tonight: Do absolutely what you want.

LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22) HHHH Keep reaching out. A key person will respond with delight when he or she hears from you. This person might need to hear your feedback. The unexpected weaves through interpersonal relationships. Tonight: Accept the spotlight.

SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21) HHHH Willingly work with a partner. You’ll come up with unusual solutions together. An associate’s reaction might stun both of you. Detach. Try to walk in this person’s shoes, and much more will make sense. Have a much-needed conversation. To-

ACROSS 1 The Renault 5, in North America 6 One-named New Ager 10 Lake plant 14 Street of San Jose 15 Ending with play or party 16 Rosemary, for one 17 When some suits don’t wear suits 20 Sound from Simba 21 Frat “T” 22 Fords with racing stripes 23 The Pawtucket Red Sox, e.g.

28 Nuclear org. created under HST 29 __ Grey tea 30 Deep Throat’s org.

31 Bamboozle 33 Christian surname?

35 How oaths are taken 39 __ de espera: waiting room 40 She played Buffy 42 River to the North Sea 43 Derby town 45 Trig ratio 46 “Sonic the Hedgehog” developer 47 Shad delicacy 49 Schoolyard claim 51 Frame for Roger Rabbit 52 Sandals in Jamaica, e.g.

57 Sinatra’s Gardner 58 Mideast “son of” 59 Cheese or its town 60 Assume a defensive position (and what we did to highlight this puzzle’s theme) 66 Hard downpour 67 Music biz sensation, perhaps 68 “If I Were a Rich Man” singer 69 Feminine suffix 70 Mex. miss 71 Clear DOWN 1 Elec. readout 2 Field unit 3 Some temps 4 Journalist Stewart or Joseph 5 Consignment shop transaction 6 Swelled head

7 Word of urgency 8 Gossipmonger 9 Kennel double talk?

10 Tuna at a luau 11 Building shelf 12 Persona non __ 13 Wide gulf 18 Bob Marley feature 19 Cuban dance 23 Cafe cup 24 Roundup 25 Met favorites 26 Where to see a lot of keys 27 Knight games 32 Haka dancers of New Zealand 34 Made a quick stop 36 Santana hit also covered by Tito Puente 37 Madison’s foil 38 Passed out in Vegas?

41 Sharon’s language 44 Company that uses Pegasus as a symbol 48 Brooklyn’s __ Field

50 Get under control, in a way 52 Buried supply 53 Like most cardinals 54 __ to go 55 Pencil maze word 56 More wise 61 Cavs, on scoreboards 62 Worked (up) 63 Bambi’s aunt 64 Where Rockefeller was gov.

65 Match, as a raise

TODAY’S PUZZLE SOLVED

COMICS Get Fuzzy

by Darby Conley

Cow and Boy

by Mark Leiknes

night: Go with your imagination.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21) HHHH Others let you know that they don’t want or need your help. Grab this opportunity and further a personal project. You might not need to say a lot. Let others assume some responsibilities that you have always handled. Tonight: Togetherness.

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19) HHHH Clear out as much as possible. You could be overwhelmed by everything that you need to do. Look at your goal and just start doing. You have much more energy than you realize. Schedule a meeting for tomorrow, if possible. Tonight: Out on the town.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18) HHHH Be as playful as you can be. Understand what is happening within a relationship. Someone’s aggression is coming from insecurity, hurt and anger. Thinking it is cute, much less sharing that thought, could inflame an already difficult situation.

Tonight: Let the fun happen.

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20) HHH You are coming from a solid place.

Though you might be uncomfortable with someone’s assertive manner, know that you are not changing it either. Schedule a talk as late as possible, when you might be more relaxed. Your creativity soars late today. Tonight: Midweek break.

BORN TODAY Olympic figure skater Peggy Fleming (1948), wrestler Triple H (1969), singer Bobbie Gentry (1944)

Pearls Before Swine

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Wednesday July 25, 2012

‘The Dark Knight Rises’ exceeds expectations Carol Fox

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Clearly one of the most highly anticipated films of this year, Christopher Nolan’s “The Dark Knight Rises” opened this weekend to mixed reviews and disappointment from some fans. However, if we remove the burden of viewers’ expectations from Nolan’s final installment in his larger-than-life take on the Batman, it proves itself as a standout in a pulpy sea of halfhearted superhero flicks.

Critics, too, have been widely divided about what Nolan was able to produce. Michael Phillips with the Chicago Tribune wrote “What worked beautifully in ‘The Dark Knight’ seems overworked and almost ridiculously grim in the ‘The Dark Knight Rises.’ ” While Phillip French with the United Kingdom’s Observer said “ ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ has an intelligence, epic thrust and visual grandeur.”

While I am disinclined to claim “The Dark Knight Rises” had ‘epic thrust,’ Nolan’s take on Batman definitely felt epic.

Occurring eight years after the events of “The Dark Knight,” “The Dark Knight Rises” gives us a Gotham City without organized crime. The Batman (Christian Bale) has gone off the grid as a wanted criminal because he has taken the fall for the crimes committed by Harvey Dent at the end of the last film. Like his alter ego, Bruce Wayne has also faded from the peace, prosperity and opulence

that has become the norm in Gotham.

Unfortunately, the golden age of Gotham is short-lived because a new villain, Bane (Tom Hardy), has been stealthily following through with a plan to upend the supposed harmony in a vicious Robin Hood-esque takeover of the city and its financial institutions.

Meanwhile, a chance meeting with Selina Kyle (Anne Hathaway) has caused Bruce Wayne to reconsider Batman’s retirement. The timing could not have been more perfect, as Bane has begun his economic attack on the city, taking control of the heart of the financial sector with Gotham’s version of Wall Street. He continues on this trajectory, blowing up some of the infrastructure of Gotham, including the bridges leading into and out of the city.

Selina Kyle isn’t the only new femme fatale in “The Dark Knight Rises.” Marion Cotillard plays Miranda Tate, an environmentally minded member on the board of Bruce Wayne’s company. While Wayne is easily seduced

by Tate’s apparently philanthropic aims within his company, she soon proves to be after more than just an eco-friendlier Wayne Enterprises.

The visual aspect of “The Dark Knight Rises” was not as striking as “The Dark Knight,” probably because it had been done before (in “The Dark Knight”), and for most of the movie Gotham was shown in a wintery state of anarchy. There were

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“The Dark Knight Rises’ opened in theaters this weekend. some bright spots, however, such as the collapse of a packed football stadium’s field, and the subtle placement of bat-shaped graffiti that litters the shots.

We already know Bale’s quiet intensity and Gary Oldman’s Prufrockian Commissioner Gordon were perfect for Nolan’s portrayal of anti-heroes, but an amazing cast of new characters breathed life into the film that third installments in series rarely possess.

The film’s real stars were Hathaway and Joseph Gor-

don-Levitt. Many people were worried Hathaway would detract from the film’s grittiness and reality. However, she proved to be the perfect Catwoman – sultry and bad, but ultimately misunderstood.

Gordon-Levitt shone as the optimistic young Gotham City police officer, John Blake, who also plays a pivotal role in Bruce Wayne’s donning the suit again.

No film is perfect, though, and there were certainly some missteps by Nolan. For instance, Bane’s voice sounded like a carny

speaking into a tinny microphone. Hardy, who is certainly on track to become one of our generation’s best actors, worked very hard to bulk up for his role in this film. But his efforts were for naught, as heavy clothing and a mask covered most of his body, leaving him with nothing more than a pair of intense eyes and a comic voice. In addition, one character’s death scene was overly dramatic – almost laughable – and it’s unfathomable Nolan allowed it to make it into an otherwise serious

film.

Those problems were negligible, however, and Nolan provided a final film in the trilogy that will be talked about, good or bad, for years to come. Will the clear references to America’s financial crisis be as consequential 10 or 20 years from now? Probably not, but Nolan will absolutely be remembered for his ability to tell a story that both challenges and entertains viewers.

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MountainFest to hit Christian Bale visits shooting victims Morgantown jeremiah Yates A&E editor

Today kicks off the first day of annual motorcycle rally MountainFest, which will last July 26-28.

This is a weekend of fun, music and, most of all, motorcycles.

The music is headlined by country stars Trace Adkins, John Kay and Steppenwolf, and others.

The weekend is jammedpacked full of stunt shows, such as the Tommi Avhala Extreme Show, Circus Una – an all-female stunt show – and The Ives Brothers “Wall Of Death,” where professional stunt men ride motorcycles and a high-powered go–cart on a 15-foot vertical board wall.

Other events include a custom bike show by Loaded Gun Customs, a

BFS Poker Run and the MountainFest Parade of Bikes, among other events spanning across the city of Morgantown.

Camping for Mountainfest will be held at Mylan Park and tickets start at $130.

Cost of camping does not include the cost of the shows. Children younger than 12 get in free for all shows and musical performances. Ages 13-20 threeday event pass is $15, and ages 21 and older are $35.

Tickets include parking and entrance to Mylan Park and Coal Bucket Saloon (21+).

One-day passes are available for $25 per day.

For a full schedule of events check out http:// mountainfest.conceptenvy. com/. jeremiah.yates@mail.wvu.edu

AURORA, Colo. (AP) — Batman star Christian Bale visited survivors of the Colorado theater shooting Tuesday, and thanked medical staff and police officers who responded to the attack that killed 12 people and injured 58 others.

Bale visited with little advance warning and also stopped by a makeshift memorial to victims near the movie theater that was showing “The Dark Knight Rises” when the gunfire erupted.

Carey Rottman, one of those injured in Friday’s shooting, posted two photos of himself with Bale on his Facebook page.

Janie Bowman-Hayes, assistant vice president of surgical services at sister hospital Swedish Medical Center, said she and coworkers were attending a luncheon at The Medical

Center of Aurora to thank staff who tended to victims. “When we got there, then we found out he was there,” she said.

Bale, humble and dressed casually in a black T-shirt and jeans, thanked the staff, shook hands and agreed to have his photo taken with employees, Bowman-Hayes said.

“He just said he wanted to come to thank all of us because he has been thinking about this. He knows the whole world has been thinking about this,” she said. “He took it upon himself to come and thank us.”

An online campaign had urged Bale to visit survivors of the shooting.

Bale also stopped by a growing memorial near the theater and walked among the 12 crosses erected for each of the slain victims. Many peo-

ple there didn’t realize who he was or chose to leave him alone.

A Warner Bros. spokeswoman told The Denver Post that Bale was representing himself, not the movie studio.

Bale, who stars as Batman in “The Dark Knight Rises,” previously issued a written statement saying: “Words cannot express the horror that I feel. I cannot begin to truly understand the pain and grief of the victims and their loved ones, but my heart goes out to them.”

President Barack Obama and members of the Denver Broncos also have made hospital visits to some of the survivors.

Bowman-Hayes and her staff cared for patients at both Swedish Medical Center and The Medical Center of Aurora after the shootings, whether

it was in the operating room or intensive care unit, or by washing medical instruments.

She said the staff appreciated Bale’s visit.

“He did this out of his heart, and you could really tell. It was so sincere,” she said. “It was just, `thank you.’”

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Handling the hype Mountaineers not phased by preseason expectations

BY MICHAEL CARVELLI SPORTS EDITOR

DALLAS – It wasn’t difficult to tell who stole the show during Big 12 Conference Media Days this week.

Whether it was the mascot or the players and coaches, the West Virginia football team seemed front and center throughout both days. It’s been like that since the Mountaineers’ victory against Clemson in the Orange Bowl last season.

As the season draws closer and closer, the hype and expectations grow larger.

Last week when West Virginia was picked to finish second to Oklahoma in its first season in the Big 12 and senior quarterback Geno Smith was named the league’s preseason Offensive Player of the Year over the Sooners’ veteran starting quarterback Landry Jones, it solidified the fact that without even playing a down as a member of the conference yet, West Virginia had already gained respect throughout the Big 12.

The expectations entering this first season are higher than ever, but the Mountaineers aren’t worrying about them.

“I’m not surprised,” Smith said. “That’s something that we all want. When

we step on the field, we want to be No. 1.

“We’ve got 12 games to prove it, and what better way to do it than out on the field?”

Smith acknowledged he enjoys being recognized among the best at a conference that’s known to produce some of the best quarterbacks in the country every season, but now he has to go out and prove he’s deserving of such recognition once his senior year starts.

“This is a prestigious conference, and it’s great to be mentioned among the guys like Landry Jones and Collin Klein, who both deserve this award just as much as I do,” Smith said. “It’s just a preseason award though, so it really doesn’t mean nothing to me. The only thing that I can control is what I go out and do on the field. I really had no emotion when I found out that (the media) picked me to be the Player of the Year.”

West Virginia head coach Dana Holgorsen thinks his team will be able to live up to the high expectations that have been placed on them.

But the important thing is they don’t allow the confidence gained from these expectations to go to their heads and focus on winning games.

“Every game is a chal-

lenge. I don’t care who you play, where you’re at; every game’s a challenge and you view every one of them the same,” Holgorsen said.

“The one reason I like our team and the kids on our team is you can tell they’re confident.

“They’ve been in big games, before and they’re used to winning. That gives you a chance.”

With that said, the players would be lying if they said they didn’t want to show the people who are doubting them they are as good as advertised and will be able to compete right away as members of the Big 12.

“It’s hard listening to all the hype, because it makes you feel like you’re better than what you probably really are; but as long as somebody like the coaches are there to keep you levelheaded, you’ll be fine,” said senior inside receiver Tavon Austin, who was also named to the preseason all-Big 12 team.

“You shouldn’t go out there and try to prove people wrong. If you get together and just go out to prove to everybody who said you were good that they were right, then everything will fall into place.” james.carvelli@mail.wvu.edu

WVU picked No. 2 in Big 12 preseason poll

BY GREG MADIA MULTIMEDIA EDITOR

Tavon Alston catches the ball during the 2011 Backyard Brawl against Pitt.

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The West Virginia football team was picked second by the Big 12 preseason media poll. The Mountaineers were right behind Oklahoma, who were picked to win the Big 12. Oklahoma received 32 first-place votes and West Virginia received seven. Texas, Oklahoma State and TCU are the schools that round out the top five.

“That’s our job as coaches, to put them in those positions and make sure that they’re prepared and then get them on that stage and see what they can do from there,” said head coach Dana Holgorsen when asked how he was going to have his team manage high expectations. “It’s obviously better to have high expectations than it is low expectations.”

Smith named Big 12 preseason Offensive POY After a record-breaking 2011 season, West Virginia quarterback Geno Smith was named the Big 12 Conference’s preseason Offensive Player of the Year as voted on by the media. As a junior, Smith threw for 4,385 yards and 31 touchdowns.

Smith also shattered Tom

Brady’s Orange Bowl passing record in WVU’s 70-33 win against Clemson.

“The only thing I can control is on the field, I have no emotion when you guys (the media) picked me as the Big 12 Player of the Year,” Smith said at media day.

Smith was also named the preseason All-Big 12 quarterback. He was joined by wide receiver Tavon Austin to make the preseason AllBig 12 team.

Holgorsen Wants Backyard Brawl to Continue With all of the focus on this season’s Big 12 schedule it’s hard to look past games against Texas and Oklahoma, but West Virginia didn’t shy away from talking about future non-conference schedules. When Holgorsen was asked if he’d ever want to take on his friend Mike Leach, who’s head coach at Washington State, he shied away from it, but offered some other options.

“There are a lot of games in our backyard that mean something to the people of West Virginia and our history. The Backyard Brawl is something that I’d like to rekindle and make sure we play Maryland and even look at the Big East,” Holgorsen said. “What’s wrong with playing a game with

Rutgers or UConn or Cincinnati, or something that exists that has more familiarity with our fans?”

Madsen steals spotlight at Media Day Standing at 6-foot-4, 310 pounds with a mohawk, it is hard to go unnoticed. West Virginia center Joe Madsen found that out this week as he had media members rolling and even at one point did some pushups with the Mountaineer Mascot. He joked with different reporters about his haircut.

“We just all come out here and we know what our abilities are,” Madsen said.

“Why not have that kind of swagger where we can say what we feel and do what we want? But at the same time we still respect everybody, and we know that it’s an honor to be in the Big 12.” dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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Big 12 opponents size up Smith

WVU must maintain high moral standards during conference change doug walp sports writer

Geno Smith scrambles in a 2011 game against Rutgers.

BY GREG MADIA MULTIMEDIA EDITOR

DALLAS – After becoming the first quarterback in school history to throw for more than 4,000 yards in a season and being named the Most Valuable Player in the 2012 Discover Orange Bowl, Smith grabbed attention across the Big 12 Conference from Manhattan, Kan. to Norman, Okla.

And that attention was easy to see as Smith, as well as the rest of the Mountaineers, was the focus of much of the conversation at Big 12 Conference Media Days among media members and players and coaches from the other schools in the conference.

At Kansas State, head coach Bill Snyder already has his defense watching film of the Mountaineer offense that will be led by Smith again in 2012. Wildcat junior linebacker Tre Walker, who had 52 tackles in 2011, knows Smith and company are as dangerous

as any in the conference.

“We’ve been watching film on (Smith),” Walker said. “He’s elusive. He’s what we call a dual-threat quarterback; he can throw and run at the same time.”

The Wildcats understand the tough task they have midway through the season when they come to Morgantown Oct. 20.

Walker has gotten to watch film on Smith from the win against Clemson in the Orange Bowl, as well as WVU’s loss to Louisville, during the offseason.

“I know that he’s got a post throw that is right on the dot, from the hash. I know that he makes three looks before he comes out of the pocket and takes off for the run,” Walker said. “I know he waits, he hesitates before he runs, he doesn’t just take off running. He waits to see where all five of his wide receivers are.”

Walker and Kansas State aren’t the only ones who have been sizing up the senior quarterback. The Okla-

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homa Sooners take on WVU at Milan Puskar Stadium in what many are speculating could be a big factor in who wins the Big 12 title this season. Head coach Bob Stoops recognizes Smith’s talent, as well as the rest of the Mountaineer team heading into 2012.

The Sooners’ quarterback, Landry Jones – the most veteran quarterback in the league – has taken a backseat to Smith in the preseason. In some eyes, Jones was slighted when he was named the second team quarterback in the conference. Jones’ teammate, center Ben Habern, feels like Jones will use that as motivation when the season comes around.

“I think, if anything, he’ll use it as motivation,” Habern said. “Nothing to take away from Geno, he’s a great football player, but for Landry, I think he’ll use it just as motivation during the season.” dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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A new and promising era began July 1 at West Virginia University; but what many people don’t realize is that it’s also an era that may warrant some caution.

The school recently completed a landmark transition that ultimately landed them in one of the most powerful and prestigious athletic conferences in the nation: the Big 12 Conference.

It’s a transition that has been met with widespread enthusiasm, especially on WVU’s end, as the University expects to see an immediate and significant influx in scholarships and athletic revenue as a result.

But the transition has also basically assured that the West Virginia athletic department is now as powerful as it’s ever been.

It’s absolutely imperative the athletic administration and, ultimately, the University, continue to maintain the same standards of class and morality that have always been the foundations of the state’s flagship learning institution.

Two days ago, unprecedented sanctions rained down upon the Penn State football organization because its athletic administration and its appointed leaders couldn’t maintain this all-important objective morality.

Ironically, it was sacrificed in order to protect the fallaciously positive reputation of an organization that had been infiltrated by a heinous sexual predator and an association of cowards who were more concerned with preserving the fraudulent reputation of a reported pedophile and its football team than protecting young boys from being abused by the men in whom they put

their ultimate trust.

The culture of their institution has transitioned away from meeting the needs of the impressionable youths their University was built to protect and help mold into adults, at least partly because the allure and the rewards of a successful Division-I football program were simply too tempting.

Now, I’m not inferring that WVU is going to have to deal with the exact same set of circumstances Penn State has faced throughout the last year.

The point is the University and its athletic administration are on the precipice of becoming more authoritative and fiscally powerful than ever, and if a situation arises, it’s critical it remains steadfast in appropriately prioritizing the needs of the athletic administration versus the basic tenets of what’s right and wrong.

It sounds like an easy enough task, but unfortunately, money and power have a way of perverting the priorities of even the most seemingly honest individuals.

From a fiscal standpoint, WVU was already far and away the top revenue football school before the bolt from the Big East, but its total for 20092010 didn’t even break the mean of football earnings in the Big 12 conference during the same year according to numbers drawn from the U.S. Department of Education.

The Big 12 also recently agreed to a lucrative new media rights contract, which will ensure the football revenues for each school will be higher than ever before, meaning WVU’s athletic department will undoubtedly have more clout than at any other point during its history.

And although it’s safe to say head coach Dana Holgorsen hasn’t yet established the same beloved

following that former Penn State head coach Joe Paterno accrued during his years in Happy Valley, he’s certainly quickly establishing himself as one of the most powerful men on West Virginia’s campus.

Ultimately this transition will play a very exciting role in the University’s future, that much is already assured.

But it’s also more than just a change of conferences; it’s a power shift within the University. I just hope the sense of morality and values that have become synonymous with West Virginia University remain intact as we move forward in this exciting time. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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Wednesday July 25, 2012

Williams ready for senior year at Montverde Academy

BY MICHAEL CARVELLI SPORTS EDITOR

Potential WVU Basketball recruit Devin Wiliams plays in a game for Withrow High School.

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The recruiting process can be difficult for any high school basketball player, but it gets even tougher when you’re touted as one of the best players in the nation.

That’s something Devin Williams is learning pretty quickly.

The rising senior, who is currently playing for the Ohio Basketball Club this summer, is currently the No. 96 player in the 2013 recruiting class, according to ESPN.com. He recently decided on his top eight schools he’s interested in attending once he graduates – a list that includes West Virginia, Louisville, Memphis, Ohio State, Xavier, UCLA, North Carolina State and USC. “Before I had my final eight, I had 25 or 30 schools calling me,” Wil-

liams said. “It was crazy trying to focus on basketball with all of that going on as well.

“That’s when I knew I had to sit down and come up with a top eight so I can narrow that down a little bit. It’s made it less chaotic.”

Of those eight schools he’s narrowed his list down to, USC, is the only team that didn’t make a Sweet 16 appearance in the last five seasons.

That the list includes five schools that have made recent trips to the Final Four is something Williams described as a little humbling.

“It gives me more confidence in my game knowing that these top schools come to see me play and want me to play for their school,” he said. “(The recruiting process) is something that only happens to you once in a lifetime, so I’m trying to enjoy it as much as possible.”

In his team’s appearance in the West Virginia Hoop Fest, Williams led OBC to an appearance in the semifinals.

He scored 18 points and grabbed nine rebounds in a win against Team Phenom (Pa.) on the second day of the three-day tournament, and he showed a wide variety of post moves and a hard-fought effort on the offensive glass that allowed him to score all of his points in the paint.

It’s not his first time in West Virginia, either.

Williams said he’s been to WVU a few times and has watched games at the Coliseum and toured the new basketball practice facility.

He also played in Morgantown multiple times during the past few seasons while playing for Withrow High School (Ohio).

Williams said he talks with West Virginia head coach Bob Huggins a lot and assistant coach Erik Martin was at University High School last week to watch him in Hoop Fest.

As he gets ready for his senior year, Williams is preparing to head to a different school. He’ll be playing his final season at Montverde Academy (Fla.). Montverde emerged as one of the top teams in the nation last season, finishing second in the National High School Invitational, and has a top 10 player on its roster in Florida commit Kasey Hill.

“They’ve got a lot of great coaches there, and I’m going to get to play with a lot of great players,” Williams said. “It’s a national schedule, so getting to play that kind of competition plays a big part in it, too.”

Playing at Montverde will also allow Williams to get ready for what life is going to be like in college off the court.

“I’ll have to live on my own for the first time,” he said. “I’ll be living in a dorm and won’t have anybody telling me to do anything or get me up to go to school.

“It’ll definitely be an adjustment that I’m going to have to adjust to, and it’ll make me more disciplined and prepared for when I go to college.” james.carvelli@mail.wvu.edu

Szwed to miss 2012 season with knee injury

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West Virginia women’s soccer head coach Nikki Izzo-Brown has announced that senior midfielder Caroline Szwed will redshirt for the 2012 season. Szwed, voted last year’s team MVP, suffered a knee injury last season and underwent surgery in February.

“It was a difficult decision for Caroline to have to have surgery and miss out on playing her final season with her senior class,” Izzo-Brown said. “However, she has been working extremely hard to make a full

recovery to try and play one, pain-free final season.”

Szwed will return in 2013 with one year of eligibility remaining.

“While she won’t be with us on the field this fall, she’ll certainly play a major role because of her knowledge of the game and her leadership ability,” Izzo-Brown said.

The Mountaineers will open their season with an exhibition against Akron on Aug. 10 at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium.

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TCU rushing attack could cause problems for WVU Amit Batra Sports Writer

The West Virginia University football team will face a fellow newly acquired Big 12 Conference member in the Texas Christian University Horned Frogs Nov. 3.

TCU had competed in the Mountain West Conference before joining the Big 12. It was a three-time champion in a conference that seemed to be a bit overlooked in a league that didn’t have an automatic Bowl Championship Series bid.

Junior Casey Pachall will lead the way at quarterback for the Horned Frogs. As a sophomore, Pachall had the tough task of replacing one of the nation’s best in Andy Dalton.

He was just as effective, however. Pachall was able to break Dalton’s singleseason records for completions with 228, completion percentage at 66.5 and yards passing with 2,921. He threw for 25 touchdowns and a mere seven interceptions.

The junior was voted second-team All-Mountain West. The 25 touchdowns were second to Dalton in school history for one season. He also ranked No. 12 in the nation in passing efficiency.

Pachall should be able to have an even stronger season for the Horned WEB Frogs in 2012.

Pachall threw for almost 3,000 yards, with 25 touchdowns and seven interceptions, breaking Andy Dalton’s single-season TCU has the complete records for completions, completion percentage and passing yards in 2011.

Jam Fest invades Morgantown Shea Ulisney Sports Writer

Now in its seventh year in Morgantown, the annual Hoop Group Event, Jam Fest, took place last week, July 18 -19.

Jam Fest is a basketball tournament for ages 15U through 17U. It is one of the nation’s premier high school basketball tournaments. The nation’s best AAU teams and more than 2,000 high school basketball players entered the Morgantown district to compete.

For the 17U age group, Jam Fest is a recruiting experience. 39 teams competed in the 17U group, and teams from all around the East Coast and Canada traveled to Morgantown to compete in the NCAA-certified event.

“We usually come down (to Jam Fest) because it’s good competition,” said 17U participant Kody Bender of the Ohio TNBA East Elite team.

According to the Hoop Group Foundation, the event last year drew coaches from some of the nation’s top programs, including schools from the Big East, ACC, Big Ten, CAA, Atlantic 10 and more.

The tournament is a great time for college coaches to check out some potential recruits.

Division I, II, and III college coaches come to watch

the tournament and recruit players. West Virginia University was represented at Jam Fest this year by assistant coaches.

Assistant Coach Robby Pridgen of Division-I school Robert Morris University said they have been recruiting from Jam Fest for the past four years.

“There are always good players at Hoop Group events,” said Pridgen.

Talent was on the courts last week as a few of the top 10 players in the nation attended Hoop Group’s Jam Fest.

Devin Wilson of the Pittsburgh team Adidas shot a 24-footer that beat the buzzer, allowing his team to beat the Pennsylvania team Drill 4 Skill, 38-35, to win the 17U Division tournament championship.

For Wilson, traveling to non-local tournaments such as Morgantown’s Jam Fest helped get him noticed by a greater variety of coaches. And during Jam Fest, Wilson spoke with coaches from Division I schools Robert Morris University and Elon University.

Hoop Group’s Jam Fest has been successful during the years for many players and coaches. Many expect the tournament to continue to bring the talent of high school basketball and top names of college coaching to Morgantown. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

package with other offensive weapons in running backs. In fact, last season TCU was the only school in the country with three running backs to have more than 700 yards rushing.

Waymon James will be the featured back this season after losing rusher Ed Wesley after spring practice due to academic problems.

James ran for 875 yards last season, good for best on the team. The junior had 7.2 yards a carry and had his best performance at Wyoming with 181 yards.

Another option at running back will be senior Matthew Tucker. Tucker had 702 yards and a teamhigh 12 rushing touchdowns. His 27 career rushing touchdowns are good for sixth in school history.

A third option this season will be senior UCLA transfer Aundre Dean, who ran for 130 yards last season at TCU. He is likely to be the third running back, but may be pushed by incoming true freshman B.J. Catalon.

TCU also returns three of its top four receivers.

Junior Josh Boyce will lead the receiving core after his season last year.

In two seasons Boyce has had 15 touchdown receptions, which is a mere three shy of the school record. Last year, he had 998 yards and nine touchdowns.

Other options will be

senior Skye Dawson, who caught 45 passes for 500 yards and five touchdowns last season. His efforts won him Most Outstanding Player in the Poinsettia Bowl.

At the defensive line, junior Stansley Maponga is one of the nation’s best defensive ends. He was one of just four players to rank in the top 10 in forced fumbles with five and top 25 in sacks with nine as a sophomore.

Maponga recorded 13.5 tackles for loss, 55 tackles and two fumbles. This year should be as impressive.

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All Good Music Festival: New venue, same vibes by jeremiah Yates a&e editor

The 16th annual All Good Music Festival & Campout at Legend Valley in Thornville Ohio was incredible.

Because of my love for Marvin’s Mountaintop in Masontown, W.Va., the previous location for the event, and for the great memories that spawned there, I was hesitant to accept the new venue as the festival’s home.

To my surprise, the atmosphere at Legend Valley was full of the same positive vibes that have been felt at every All Good Festival I have attended.

When I arrived at the festival midday Thursday, I lucked into a great camping spot close to the stage area – a luxury I have never received at any major music festival. The people camping near my group were friendly and easygoing, a trait most of the festivalgoers shared all weekend.

Every year, the All Good Festival improves and becomes more professional.

This year, it made leaps that were much larger than any of the previous four years I have attended.

For one, the All Good Festival joined other major festivals such as Bonnaroo and the Electric Forest Festival in using electronic wristbands. This makes those sneaking into the festival easier to catch and puts a stop to scalpers selling phony tickets.

I witnessed a couple who were close to my campsite arguing about a ticket purchase. Apparently, one of them bought a fake ticket off of a scalper and it would not scan at the gate, thus, the couple could not enter the festival.

While this update to the ticketing system may have upset some, it will make the festival better and safer for all who attend in the future.

In cases when a festival-

goer gets out of line and must be removed, the security can get authorization to shut off his or her wristband. Although this type of behavior is seldom seen at the All Good Festival, it is nice to know security can regulate the bad apples in the crowd if need be.

During one instance, there was a guy in the crowd who must have taken too many mind-altering substances and began to freak out. He was lying quietly on the ground and then starting screaming and shaking a girl standing next to him.

She and others around her became frightened, and security was quickly notified.

I was unsure of the actions the guy was going to take, considering his unstable state, but had faith in Stephen Nesbitt, the security worker on duty in our area.

Nesbitt tried to calm the individual but was forced to radio for help. After a few minutes, a full security team approached the gentleman calmly and escorted him to the medical tent for treatment.

While the instance was unpleasant, it was good to see the security workers using peaceful methods and effectively calming the situation.

On top of the solid vibes from most of the people, the music was great all weekend.

I was excited to see the bigger names, such as The Flaming Lips and The Allman Brothers Band, which didn’t disappoint. But many of the lesser-known artists were equally as impressive.

The members of Dirtfoot, which played on the grassroots stage on Friday morning, describe their music as a “gypsy, punk, country, grumble boogie” – and, even as the band took the stage in the early morning rain, accepting such an outlandish descriptor of the

The Flaming Lips give the audience at the 16th annual All Good Music Festival a stellar show. southern band came easy.

Another artist to grab my attention was Moon Hooch.

While the name makes one think of bluegrass, the double sax, drummer trio was funky and excited the crowd with its dubstep-like sound.

The Flaming Lips put on one of the largest stage shows I have ever seen. I urge anyone who has not seen them to go check them out as soon as possible.

The only negative, though, during the band’s show was that of the crew responsible for cleaning up the confetti, which was dropped on the crowd in large amounts.

All in all, the weekend was amazing and the festival’s new home was great. I still have many fond memories of Marvin’s Mountaintop, but Legend Valley was The Allman Brothers Band performs at the All Good Music Festival. still All Good.

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