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UPD releases annual Clery Report

By Carlee Lammers City editor

The West Virginia University Police Department recently released its annual Clery Report, the campus security and fire safety report for 2011.

This report includes WVU Campus Crime Statistics for the last three years and fire safety statistics. Information about WVU policies related to campus security, alcohol

and drug use, crime prevention, reporting of sexual assault, fire safety and other information are included in the report.

The Clery Act requires all colleges and universities that participate in federal financial aid programs to keep and disclose information about crime on and near their respective campuses.

Named after 19-year-old Jeanne Clery, a freshman

student at Leigh University who was raped and murdered in her residence hall – the Clery Act was put in effect in 1998 as an adaptation to the federal 1990 Campus Crime Awareness Act. “We’re required to report felony, murder, forcible and nonforcible sexual assault – nonforcible meaning incest or sexual assault – robberies, aggravated assault, arson and motor vehicle theft,” said UPD Chief

Diversity expert to lecture on inclusiveness

By Ashley Tennant Correspondent

West Virginia University’s Office of the Provost, along with the National Science Foundation’s ADVANCE Program, is sponsoring the speaker series “Why Diversity Matters.”

In collaboration with the Vision 2020 Strategic Plan, the two groups are striving to make WVU a more diverse and inclusive campus by introducing new ideas of how diversity is beneficial to students, faculty and people in societies throughout the world.

The first public lecture, “The Benefits of Diversity,” will be lead by Scott Page, the director of the Center for the Study of Complex Systems and Leonid Hurwicz Collegiate Professor of Complex Systems at the University of Michigan.

West Virginia University Professor of Woman’s Studies and Interim Assistant Director of the ADVANCE Center Kasi Jackson said she believes Page will be a perfect fit for the series.

“Scott Page was actually recommended to us from a premier program officer at the National Science Foundation; she ex-

plained Page to us as a really eminent scholar who has fun and entertaining presentations about why it’s important to do things like diversify the science and engineering fields,” Jackson said.

Jackson said she encourages students and faculty to attend the lecture because she believes in educating both groups on the importance and benefits of having different types of people working together.

“Page’s work really speaks to that. He’s really looking at how having a really diverse group of people tackling a problem can be beneficial, so we would really like people to understand why it is important to seek diversity,” she said.

Jackson said Page brings to the table an interesting view on success, something she believes will benefit the series greatly.

“So, a lot of people will say maybe that person’s really smart or good with their hands, but Dr. Page sort of looks at it in terms as if we all have different tool boxes, which are ways that we think about the

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OIT stresses MyID password update zak voreh staff writer

Students who have not yet registered for MyID, West Virginia University’s unified login program, will encounter problems in October, according to the WVU Office of Information Technology.

“As of this week there are approximately 2,300 active students who have not activated their MyID and 2,500 who have allowed their MyID password to expire,” said Sara Bishop, Assistant Director of Enterprise Eystems Services at OIT. WVU MyID is a single set of login credentials that can be used to enter several WVU services, including MIX, eCampus and computers across campus.

The MyID program was designed to make it easier for faculty and students to access multiple school resources with the use of one username and password.

“Before MyID, students and employees had to remember multiple user ac-

counts – some of which may have been the same and others very similar, all with different password expirations,” Bishop said.

“Beginning in October 2012, however, all accounts not activated in MyID or with a password expired more than 14 days prior will be locked, meaning individuals will not be able to log in to University resources until they go to the MyID website,” she said.

To restore access to systems, individuals will need to visit the MyID self-service web page, https:// myid.wvu.edu.

Bishop said using just one password across multiple systems. is secure.

“The MyID system implemented information security best practices by having security assessments conducted during its development and testing,” she said. “The MyID system continues this practice by conducting scheduled information security assessments as part of its operating procedures.

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Roberts said University police felt it was important to also add destruction of property, simple assault and theft to its list, as he believes those are some of the most prevalent issues on campus.

“We added those because they are the three most prevalent on our campus. We believe the student body should know what those statistics are,” he said.

Since 2006, the number of on-campus liquor law offenses and arrests have been on the rise, according to the report.

From 2010-11, the number of liquor law offences rose from 366 in 2010 to 493 in 2011.

The number of liquor law violations that resulted in an arrest went from 529 in 2010 to 640 in 2011.

According to the report, the number of drug, liquor

and weapons crime offenses has risen from 1.263 percent in 2006, to 1.945 percent of the WVU population in 2011.

While the number of alcohol related infractions has been on the rise over the past few years, Roberts said there are many factors that play into the statistics, which can be easily overlooked.

“I think what you’ll see at

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University hosts summit to address bullying, spread compassion

By Zak Voreh Staff writer

While bullying has become a universal issue, prevalent on many college campuses, West Virginia University is working to address students ways for students to put an end to it.

Though physical bullying may not be a large issue for many college students, cyber bullying has evolved to become one of the main types of bullying students will encounter.

Alan Goodboy, Associate Professor for the Department of Communications Studies, said he was interested in understanding how communication studies could potentially help the situation.

“We are interested in bullying as a problem in society, and basically, how communication studies can help the problem – so, we are interested in things like how parents communicate to a bullied child, how they respond to it and how the administration handles it,”he said.

The Stop the Bullying program, run by the University’s Human Resources Department, provides an opportunity for students, faculty and the

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Religious leader Ashwin of One World Academy Foundation speaks on leading alife of fredom and compassion.

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University to screen film on future of energy

By Shelby Toompas Staff writer

West Virginia University’s Office of Sustainability is offering students, faculty, alumni and community members an invitation today to watch a free screening of a new documentary looking at the future of energy.

The WVU Office of Sustainability, along with the Division of Resource Management, National Research Center for Coal and Energy and the Regional Research Institute, will introduce a documentary they have been developing since June.

The documentary “Switch” by Arcos Films has not yet been released.

Viewers will have the first look at the film, which explores the future pathway of energy in and around the globe.

Wesley Burnett, Assistant Professor in the Division of Resource Management of WVU’s Davis College, said the film’s producer and narrator, Scott Tinker, is the director of the Bureau of Economic Geology and the state geologist of Texas.

In this film, Tinker goes on a global adventure to find what the future of energy really holds, Burnett said.

“According to the producer’s press kit, Tinker and director Harry Lynch seek the world’s leading energy sites from coal to solar, oil to biofuels and many highly restricted, never-before-seen footage,” Burnett said. “Also, the film visits 11 countries, 26 world-leading energy sites, and Tinker interviewed approximately 53 experts.”

The film is a part of the Switch Energy Project, a diverse effort primarily designed to educate students and the public on how to develop a balanced, nation-wide understanding of energy.

“The film is a fairly bal-

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anced and unbiased assessment about the future of energy,” Burnett said.

“Most energy documentary films, such as ‘Gaslands’, have a specific political agenda or slant; however, ‘Switch’ has no such agenda.”

Since the screening is a one-day event, Tinker will be visiting WVU on March 19 as the featured speaker for the Festival of Ideas, which will be followed by a lecture and Q&A session.

Brian Anderson, along with the Department of Chemical Engineering, is helping to create an Energy Club on campus,

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Iran’s president dismisses nuclear threats NEW YORK (AP) — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday dismissed threats of military action against Iran’s nuclear program, arguing that his country’s project to enrich uranium is only for peaceful purposes and saying that Iran has no worries about a possible Israeli attack.

Ahmadinejad spoke before a group of editors and news executives after his arrival in New York for the annual U.N. General Assembly. He told the group that it was not too late for dialogue with the United States to resolve differences.

But in his remarks, Ahmadinejad sought to delegitimize U.S. ally Israel’s historic ties to the Middle East and its political and military power in the region and the world, saying that Israelis “do not even enter the equation for Iran.”

“Fundamentally, we do not take seriously threats of the Zionists,” Ahmadinejad said. “We believe the Zionists see themselves at a dead end and they want to find an adventure to get out of this dead end. While we are fully ready to defend ourselves, we do not take these threats seriously.”

Ahmadinejad declared Israel has no place in the Middle East, saying that Iran has been around for thousands of years while the modern state of Israel has existed only for the last 60 or so years. “They have no roots there in history,” he said.

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Continued from page 1 West Virginia University are more aggressive statutes in place than you’ll see at any other campus,” Roberts said.

Roberts said perhaps the largest contributing factor to the statistics is the number of issued referrals grouped along with offenses.

Rather than issuing a citation or an arrest, Roberts said a referral allows the police officer or residence assistant to handle the situation personally through the judicial system on a caseby-case basis.

Roberts said another contributing factor to the rise of violations are downtown bar regulations and the layout of WVU as compared to other campuses.

“Some campuses are spread out in a square block,” he said. “That’s not Morgantown. Our campus is spread out throughout the city.”

Roberts said WVU’s rise in alcohol-related offenses is

tary Jay Carney responded to Ahmadinejad’s remarks, telling a midday news briefing, “Well, President Ahmadinejad says foolish, offensive and sometimes unintelligible things with great regularity. What he should focus on is the failure of his government of Iran to abide by its international obligations, to abide

by United Nations Security Council resolutions.”

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon had met with Ahmadinejad on Sunday and “urged Iran to take the measures necessary to build international confidence in the exclusively peaceful nature of its nuclear program,” U.N. spokesman Martin Nesirky said. The U.N. chief also raised the potentially harmful consequences of inflammatory rhetoric “from various countries in the Middle East,” Nesirky said.

On other topics in his meeting with editors, Ahmadinejad said that Iran favors a negotiated settlement to the civil war in Syria, and denied that Tehran is providing weapons or training to the government of President Bashar Assad, as Assad’s opponents and others have alleged.

“We like and love both sides, and we see both sides as brothers,” he said.

He referred to the conflict in Syria as “tribal” fighting and said that international “meddling from the outside has made the situation even harder.”

Tuesday September 25, 2012

Romney assails Obama after US ambassador’s death

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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney makes comments on the killing of U.S. embassy officials in Benghazi, Libya, while speaking in Jacksonville, Fla Sat., Sept. 12.

PUEBLO, Colo. (AP) — Mitt Romney led a chorus of Republican criticism of the administration’s foreign policy on Monday, accusing President Barack Obama of minimizing the recent killing of the U.S. ambassador to Libya as a mere “bump in the road” rather than part of a chain of events that threatens American interests.

White House press secretary Jay Carney called the accusations “desperate and offensive” as Romney and his allies sought to gain political advantage in the latter stages of a political campaign that seems to be trending Obama’s way.

The president did not comment on the criticism when he and first lady Michelle Obama taped an appearance on ABC’s “The View” that blended the personal with the political. Asked if a Romney presidency would be a disaster, Obama said the nation can “survive a lot.” He added: “The American peo-

ple don’t want to just survive, we want to thrive.”

The back and forth on foreign policy occurred as Romney said he was shifting to a more energetic schedule of public campaign events, bidding to reverse recent erosion in battleground state polls.

After days spent largely raising campaign cash – and trying to minimize the fallout from one speech to donors last spring – he pledged to make the case for “real and positive change.”

While national polls make the race exceedingly close, Obama has gained ground on Romney in many recent surveys when potential voters are asked to compare the two rivals in their ability to fix the economy. Sluggish growth and national unemployment of 8.1 percent make the economy by far the dominant issue in the race, and the two men have focused much of their time and advertising budgets on highlighting their differences on taxes, spend-

ing and plans for job creation.

The same polls show Obama with a healthy lead over Romney when voters are asked which candidate is better equipped to handle foreign policy, and the president has not shied away from trumpeting his decision to order the secret mission by U.S. forces that killed terrorism mastermind Osama bin Laden in his Pakistani hideout more than a year ago.

At the same time, Romney’s advisers say voters are more inclined to question Obama’s handling of foreign policy after the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, earlier this month resulted in the death of the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans.

Not only Romney, but other Republicans, as well, challenged Obama on foreign policy on Monday.

In a conference call with reporters, Rep. Eric Cantor, R-Va., the House majority leader, said: “Israel continues

to find itself on the receiving end of harsh language by the president of the White House. ... There is a somewhat continued pattern of throwing Israel under the bus when Israel stands as our closest ally.”

And the National Republican Senatorial Committee issued challenges to Democratic candidates in several races to “share their view” on Obama’s remarks in an interview with CBS’ “60 Minutes” over the weekend.

In the interview itself, Obama was responding when asked if recent events in the Middle East gave him pause for supporting governments that came to power following a wave of regime changes known as the Arab Spring.

He said he has long noted that events were going to be rocky, adding that the question itself “presumes that somehow we could have stopped this wave of change.”paign’s thinking.

bully

“We wanted it to be the nature of an intimate interactive seminar that people from different colleges, public schools, business – wherever there’s a concern about bullying – could come together and address the issues, to continue the study of bullying and the measures we can use to counteract bullying,” she said.

Saab said she encourages everyone who witnesses instances of bullying to take action and put an end to violence.

“First of all, if you see it happening, intervene and

try to prevent further escalation, but sometimes, because of your physical stature, you may not want to jump right in, you may want to go and request assistance from law enforcement that is nearby,” she said. “It does make a difference when people say ‘hey, you know that’s not cool’, and express it to someone who is doing the bullying.

Sometimes that is enough to change what will occur and to register the idea that other people don’t agree with what is being said or done.”

Saab said she was excited for the series to continue so members of the WVU community could learn more about a variety of topics.

“Sharing in the research, having experts in social studied education and counseling, a talk about adverting school shootings; just a variety of speakers we’ll have as panelists, who have had various experiences,”she said.

The next event will be held on Oct. 17 at 3 p.m. in Allen Hall, room 802B on the Evansdale campus.

no different than any other large university’s statistics.

“They are most of our arrests, but that’s not unusual at a large public university.

We mirror society in that respect,” he said.

As an effort to combat the rising statistics, Roberts said WVU has initiated multiple alcohol education programs for first- time offenders.

“If a first-time offender is cited, we actually have a counseling program that, if they complete it, their citation will be dismissed,” he said. “We want people to be responsible.”

Roberts said as compared to previous years, UPD has seen more reports of violent crimes and theft. However, the rise has not yet reached a significant level.

Students received a copy of the report via MIX last Continued from page 1 week.

For more information or to view the report, visit general public to learn about www.police.wvu.edu/clery_ bullying as well as ways to reporting_crime_statistics_ help avoid and prevent it. incident_log.

Joy Faini Saab, chair of Curriculum and Literacy carlee.lammers@mail.wvu.edu Studies and Director of the Office for Diversity and Global Initiatives within the Human Resources Department, said the idea behind the Stop the Bullying program is provide participants with ways to counteract bullying.

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Continued from page 1 world - things that we notice, experiences we have had, maybe training we have had in our major. He has some specific theoretical models that he looks at,” Jackson said. “We all kind of bring these tool boxes to look at problems. So, under certain circumstances if we have people with different tools, they might see problems differently.”

Jackson said she is excited for Page’s lecture, as it will reflect society in an interactive and fun manner.

“The way I think about it is that’s how we make it relevant to society. Sciences and engineering kind of have to reflect society so

all interests of our society are represented,” Jackson said. “Page has a reputation for providing a lot of really solid quantitative data to support his arguments, but he does so in a way that’s really light hearted and fun – so, he wants to engage with the audience and really make sure people get the main message.

“He seems like he’s a really good balance of someone who’s going to give us a very rigorous lecture, but do so in a way that’s going to be a lot of fun. “ The Benefits of Diversity series will be held on Wednesday in Ming Hsieh Hall, room 126 from 3-5p.m. A reception will be held following the lecture. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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Continued from page 1 Burnett said.

Anderson will be present at tonight’s event to discuss his own energy-related research and his hopes for a future club at WVU. Cosponsors for this event include the Davis College, along with NRCCE, RRI and the WVU Office of Sustainability.

“Anyone interested in learning more about the future of energy is encouraged to come out to the event,” Burnett said. “There will also be free food and beverages provided by NRCCE.” A lot of work went into making “Switch” possible.

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Continued from page 1 “Through scheduled information security assessments, the MyID system provides WVU applications a secure authentication process.”

Bishop explained how OIT is constantly evolving to combat security threats.

“Enterprise Systems Services (ESS) within OIT works closely with multiple other OIT units, as

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Burnett said he has read several great reviews, including many from well-respected energy researchers.

Burnett also teaches two energy economics courses at WVU and is interested in helping students find the connection between energy and economics.

The screening begins at 7 p.m., but in case of a large crowd, there will be an additional screening of “Switch” at 9 p.m. in the Gluck Theatre in the Mountainlair.

For more information on the documentary, visit www.switchenergyproject. com, or learn how to get involved at www.wecan.wvu. edu. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

well as other areas on campus, to address the everevolving needs for identity and access management, and to continually monitor activity within the MyID system to ensure the accuracy and confidentiality of the data associated with individuals provisioned access within WVU centrally managed systems,” she said.

To learn more, visit OIT’s website at http://oit.wvu. edu.

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Legendary trio The Melvins to perform at 123 by jeremiah yates a&e editor

Punk and grunge fans can breathe easy – the Melvins are coming to 123 Pleasant Street Wednesday, Sept. 26.

The Melvins are currently touring in support of their album “Freak Puke,� released this summer. It was released under the moniker “The Melvins Lite� and is more experimental than previous albums.

The band was originally formed as a three-piece but has played with four members in recent years by adding a second drummer. Since forming in Montesano, Wash., in 1983, The Melvins have stayed true to their sludgy punk rock sound – at least until “Freak Puke.� “While ‘Freak Puke’ likely is an ‘experiment,’ the term

doesn’t quite do justice to the recordings. Rather, ‘Freak Puke’ is an experiment that works so well, it’s no longer an experiment but an advancement,� said Punknews.org, in a review for “Freak Puke.�

The Melvins experienced the height of their fame during the early ‘90s after Nirvana’s “Nevermind� became a worldwide success and ultimately caused the grunge explosion.

The origin of their name came from a grocery store clerk, Melvin, who worked with The Melvins’ singer/ guitarist Buzz Osbourne.

Melvin was largely despised by his co-workers, and Osborne, with his penchant for the ridiculous, found “The Melvins� to be an appropriate band name.

Major influences of the band include The Sex Pistols, Black Flag and The

Stooges, although many critics have described them as sounding similar to Black Sabbath.

The band has performed with some of the greatest in rock history, including Gene Simmons of KISS. Primus and singer/guitar player Buzz Osborne introduced Nirvana’s drummer, Dave Grohl, to Curt Cobain and Krist Novoselic.

Their former bass player, Matt Lukin, attributed to the grunge scene in 1988 by leaving the band to help form Mudhoney in Seattle.

It is a great opportunity for fans to get to see a band with such a great amount of influence and history in an intimate location.

Cost of attendance is $17 online at 123pleasantstreet. com, and music fans must be 18 years or older to enter. jeremiah.yates@mail.wvu.edu

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Lead vocalist/guitarist Buzz Osborne heads the trio as they make a trip to 123 Pleasant Street Wednesday.

Clifford the Big Red Dog feted on 50th birthday NEW YORK (AP) — School kids sang “Happy Birthday� and Scholastic unfurled a huge banner worthy of a big red dog from the roof of its headquarters Monday to fete Clifford, the beloved book and TV character, for his 50 years of nudging kids to read.

His creator, 84-yearold Norman Bridwell, took questions from a few dozen first – and secondgraders during a webcast beamed live into more than 5,000 classrooms around the country from the party held outside the downtown building as tourists snapped photos from atop open-air double-decker buses stuck in traffic.

And Bridwell’s real-life daughter, the all-grown-up Emily Elizabeth, spoke to reporters of her special place in publishing history as the inspiration for the perky, blond girl who shares her life – and 90 books worth of adventures – with the gawky, big-hearted Clifford.

She was just a year old when her father, a struggling artist from Indiana, and his wife, aptly named Norma, were trying to eke out a living in New York. It wasn’t going well when Norma suggested he try his hand at illustrating children’s books.

Norma came up with the name Clifford, based on an imaginary friend she had as a girl.

But Bridwell’s 10 paintings for kids were roundly rejected. One staffer at a publisher told him if he wanted to work on children’s books, he’d have to write one of his own.

His story eventually landed at Scholastic at a time the company was just

starting in the trade fiction market. Clifford is now one of Scholastic’s most successful endeavors, with more than 126 million copies in print in 13 languages, a TV show and a multitude of products. “I remember my mother was visiting from Indiana,�

Bridwell said, lounging in a chair and munching some fruit after the festivities. “The baby had been crying all night and this woman called from Scholastic and said we’ve got this book here, `Clifford the Big Red Dog.’ We’d like to publish it. I never expected it to be accepted. My wife said after the first book, `Well, you could do more of these,’ and I said, `Don’t count on it.

This is just a fluke.’�

Mayor Michael Bloomberg is a fan. He declared Monday as Clifford the Big Red Dog Day, though he wasn’t on hand for the party.

Bridwell, who lives on Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts, had a simple vision when he dreamed up Clifford: He wanted to write about a dog as big as a horse. What he wound up with is a dog bigger than a house who shared some of the characteristics of kids.

Clifford happens to be red because that’s the color of the jar of paint Bridwell had nearby. “I don’t really understand it,� he said of Clifford’s enduring nature. “Whether it’s his color, or if it’s the fact that he’s clumsy, like a lot of kids are clumsy. And a lot of kids would like to be forgiven for their mistakes, and Emily always forgives him when he makes a mistake.�

Bridwell had no particular teachable moment in

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mind. He just wanted to entertain kids. Later, Scholastic gave Clifford “10 Big Ideas� that include matters of human and dog decency: sharing, respect, believing in oneself and helping others among them. “I said to my editor, I think after about the second or third book, `Maybe I should be putting messages into this.’ And she said, `Well you’re not a message person. Just give them something that’s fun to read.�

At the time, 1962, recalled Norma, paperback children’s books weren’t so easy to find, and “a lot of kids couldn’t have books because they were too expensive.�

For her part, the 51-yearold Emily Elizabeth of Carlisle, Mass., cites Clifford as part of the reason she became a preschool teacher. “As I got older and as I started to meet parents who really loved the books, they would express to me how much they meant to their family and how much they meant to their children.

Then I started to realize it was something special.�

Bridwell’s granddaughter, 17-year-old Alissa, also attended the party. She thought the Clifford stories were just for her growing up. “I didn’t get that everybody else had them, too,� she said. “I thought it was just this special thing between me and my grandpa.�

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We must overcome mental health stigma What do you think is the number one cause of injuryrelated deaths in the United States? If you answered car accidents, gun violence or falling, you would be incorrect.

According to a new study conducted by a group of researchers at the West Virginia University School of Public Health, suicide is now the number one cause of injury deaths in the country, surpassing motor vehicle collisions, which previously topped the list. The study ­­– led by Ian Rockett, a professor in the WVU School of Public Health’s Department of Epidemiology and published in the American Journal of Pub-

lic Health – found that from 2000 to 2009, the suicide mortality rate increased by 15 percent. On the other hand, the study found that deaths from car accidents fell by 25 percent during that same time.

Poisoning, falls and homicide were the next three top causes of injury mortality.

The findings of this study underscore the urgency of America’s growing suicide problem. According to a recently published report issued by the Center for Disease Control, more than 8 million adults reported having serious suicidal thoughts between 2008 and 2009. During that same period, more

than two million adults made suicidal plans, and more than one million attempted suicide. These suicide attempts resulted in close to 40,000 deaths.

Moreover, data from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration reveals that although 20 percent of American adults struggled with mental illness in 2010, only a little over a third of them were treated for their illness. This disparity highlights the colossal failure of our mental health institutions to reach a majority of those suffering from mental illnesses. It is also undoubtedly, at least in part, a result

of the stigma of mental illness that pervades our society. Thus, it is incredibly important for us to fight these damaging misconceptions that discourage many from seeking treatment.

Mental disorders are real illnesses, characterized by irregular biological patterns. They are also treatable problems, which makes the high number of preventable deaths they cause all the more tragic.

Here at WVU, WELLWVU: The Students’ Center of Health offers a full range of mental health treatment options through the Carruth Center for Psychological and

Psychiatric Services.

If you think you may be suffering from a mental illness, don’t let the fear of being judged by your peers or family members dissuade you from seeking treatment. If someone close to you is struggling with their mental health, encourage them to get professional help.

As the old adage goes, the first step to solving a problem is recognizing that one exists.

Unfortunately, this is a problem that is often neglected, and the consequences of this are as heartbreaking as they are inexcusable.

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Romney’s 47 percent remarks expose his hypocrisy

Flags wave as Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks at Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum in Pueblo, Colo., Monday. titlement. And the govern- it is true that roughly 47 per- 4,000 millionaires in the U.S. ment should give it to them. cent of Americans do not who paid no income taxes Kirk auvil And they will vote for this pay income tax. in 2011. correspondent president no matter what…

However, nearly twoFinally, Romney has deThese are people who pay thirds of these people pay cided to step up and lead By now, most Americans no income tax.” payroll tax. That said, 18.1 the charge against these have probably heard about He went on to add, “My percent of American house- tax-dodging sponges who Gov. Romney’s “47 percent job is not to worry about holds do not pay payroll tax are refusing to take personal of Americans” remarks, in those people. I’ll never con- or income tax. Ten percent responsibility. which he essentially wrote vince them they should take of these households are seBut Romney’s remarks off nearly half of the coun- personal responsibility and nior citizens, and another extend beyond the realm of try as immovable barnacles care for their lives.”

6.9 percent of the house- imperious gaffes and into on the underbelly of sociFirst, we must put the holds make fewer than the realm of bad politics. It ety. For anyone who hasn’t quote in context. Romney $20,000 a year, exempting turns out the majority of seheard it yet, here is the was speaking to a room them from income tax. So, niors support Romney by a quote in full: of donors at a $50,000 per it seems Romney’s remark substantial margin. So, he’s “All right, there are 47 per- plate fundraiser in May of may have been misleading. now attacked his own supcent who are with him, who this year. Naturally, RomOf course, poor people porters by accident. are dependent upon gov- ney was unaware that any- aren’t the only ones who Furthermore, it turns out ernment, who believe that one was recording his re- get out of paying income seven of the 10 states that they are victims, who be- marks at the time, and the taxes. It turns out that about boast the lowest income tax lieve the government has person who recorded the 13,000 of the richest peo- liabilities are traditionally a responsibility to care for video has chosen to remain ple in America (one percent Republican-leaning states them, who believe that they anonymous. of the richest one percent) (Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, are entitled to health care, As it turns out, Romney’s did not pay income taxes ei- Missouri, Alabama, Georgia to food, to housing, to you- assessment of 47 percent of ther. The Tax Policy Center and South Carolina). name-it. That that’s an en- Americans is a bit off. First, also states there are roughly Romney’s aspersions af-

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fect another target particularly close to home: his own father. George Romney, Mitt’s father, was on welfare for a time before he ran for office. Mitt’s mother was featured in George Romney’s 1962 gubernatorial campaign video talking about how America gave George Romney a chance to succeed, with a large part of that chance coming from welfare.

So, it seems Mitt Romney did not fully think his statements through, because if he had, he would have realized he was about to refer to his own father as someone who didn’t take personal responsibility and care for his own life.

And while cracking wise about 47 percent of Americans being unreachable was perhaps the worst of Rom-

ney’s gaffes during the fundraiser, it was far from his only questionable statement.

He went on to joke it would be much easier for him to win the Hispanic vote if his mother had been Mexican and said he wanted to use Ann Romney sparingly so that the American people wouldn’t grow tired of her.

These are not inflammatory remarks, as was his 47 percent comment, but they do paint an eerie portrait of a candidate who views the American people as a hostile electorate rather than his fellow Americans.

So, Romney has explicitly stated he does not care to win the hearts and minds of Americans or even watch out for the best interests of nearly half of the country.

It’s not his job to care about those people, after all.

Just because you have the right to say something doesn’t mean you should RAUL P. QUINTANA Harvard Crimson

We believe in free speech.

We believe this even when a video as offensive as it was poorly done causes riots throughout the world. It is important that we remember that.

However, it is also important that we remember the purpose of free speech. Free speech exists to defend a minority position. It does not exist to discriminate arbitrarily against a group.

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As the riots in the Middle East reached their peak last week, the French magazine Charlie Hebdo published lewd depictions of the prophet Mohammed despite numerous objections.

The editors defended their decision in the name of free speech. They called it a satire of the film and the news dominating our headlines of the demonstrations and violence that it has triggered.

Stephane Charbonnier, the director of the magazine, stated explicitly that this “grotesque film,” not the prophet Mohammed, was the target of the cartoons.

Why then do the cartoons depict Mohammed naked and performing sexual acts?

What is the point of these cartoons in the wake of violence and death?

Clearly, they can exist only to insult and inflame religious tensions. In the context of the past week, these cartoons are no longer idiotic and petty caricatures but threats to the safety of many in the region.

Multiple French consulates and embassies have closed in anticipation of potential repercussions.

Yesterday, Nicholas D. Kristof wrote in The New York Times about the rela-

tionship between violence and insults to Islam. It is true that other religions do not react violently to religious insults. And it is also true that many Muslims counter-protested and apologized for the recent protests.

But it is true as well that religion may be a means as well as a motive. Within the region, religious identity is the ideal means of political exploitation, easier than ethnic identity and more effective than national identity.

By manipulating religion, an extremist group transforms a cheap and amateur video into a call to arms against the

West’s hatred of Islam and its way of life.

Last Friday, the Obama administration defined the attacks on the United States consulate in Benghazi as intentional acts of terrorism.

There is strong evidence that the groups behind these attacks initiated the protests and even more evidence that they have exacerbated the conflict in pursuit of their own ends.

We can only understand the danger of the French cartoons within this context. Any exploitable content is ideological ammunition. The right catalyst could

ignite the region and mobilize an extremist group from the periphery to the center of power.

The purpose of free speech does not just depend on its initial context. It also depends on the use of that speech in the public sphere where any group may manipulate its use.

The Middle East remains suspended on the edge of instability and any event may tilt the balance. “A revolution isn’t an event, but a process,” Kristof writes. And he is right, but certain events may accelerate the process and cause it to ignite.

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DAILY HOROSCOPES

BY JACQUELINE BIGAR

BORN TODAY This year you express a unique creativity that seems to solve problems, create great fun and add to your desirability. The unexpected occurs when dealing with others. Someone who was predictable no longer is. You need to accept this person for who he or she is. If you are single, you could enjoy several different flirtations. Know that it might take a while to decide which one you want to hang out with. If you are attached, you could encounter a conflict, as you both have gone through a change. Given time, you will come back together. AQUARIUS makes you laugh.

ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19) HHHHH Launch into the day with enthusiasm and an appreciation for excitement and variety. You’ll hear news that could be exhilarating. A meeting might be critical in producing a positive outcome. Defer to a friend. Tonight: Accept a pal’s invitation.

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20) HHHH Pressure builds to act in a certain manner, especially in public. What is new about that? You have felt free to resist others’ demands in the past; you can do it one more time. Take a risk financially. Buy a lottery ticket if you feel lucky. Tonight: Into the wee hours.

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20) HHHHH Reach out for more information. You could be surprised by what happens when you gain more understanding. A friend might be instrumental in opening a door. Express your deeper feelings, though

cut some of the drama if possible.

Tonight: Go for something different.

dancy. You might be more negative than you realize. Tonight: Head home.

CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22) HHHH Curb a need to be possessive or competitive, as it will not help you. In fact, if you feel insecure, decide on a path that will build your self-confidence rather than one that pushes you to act out; you will get a much better result. Tonight: Out with a favorite person.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21) HHHH The spring in your step indicates a lot more confidence. You act spontaneously and resume a strong presence with a key matter. Opportunities come forward because of a strong relationship in your life. Tonight: Put yourself on the line. Express what you want.

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22) HHHH You could feel energized as the result of an argument, though you might not want to talk about it. You also could become sunnier by the day’s end. Do not stand on ceremony with a key person. Make an important call. You might be surprised by what you hear.

Tonight: Hang out with some friends.

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19) HHH Be aware of what you offer. Do not take risks with your finances, though you might get a positive monetary surprise. You do not need to act immediately. A boss or cohort seems unusually upbeat.

Tonight: Treating others does not need to break the bank.

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22) HHH You might feel unusually restricted as you deal with your finances and problems involving them. Be honest with yourself. You are feeling pushed to the max. An important talk with someone a bit more experienced could help. Tonight: Accomplish what you must.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18) HHHH You know when you are on top of your game. Your creativity emerges when your finances take an unexpected swing. Don’t worry -- the swing easily could be for the better. Communication surges, which allows a greater exchange of ideas. Tonight: Say “yes” to an invitation.

LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22) HHHHH A sense of mischief surrounds you.

Clearly, someone wants to get to know you better. You often push way beyond your limits. If you’re feeling wiped out, who do you really have to blame? Opt for a nice and easy pace.

Tonight: Let the fun begin.

SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21) HHH You could find out what is going on with a family member, but many of you would prefer to bypass the issue, which you will. Fatigue marks this situation, mainly because of its redun-

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20) HHH Know when to pull back and do less.

Sometimes, no matter how well-intended you are, there is a backfire.

Realize what is happening, and focus your energy on home or a family member. You might be taken aback by an offer. Tonight: Make a favorite meal.

BORN TODAY Actress Catherine Zeta-Jones (1969), rapper T.I. (1980), actor Michael Douglas (1944)

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14 Roller coaster feature 15 Muscat natives 16 Blow away 17 31/42-Across in a 1967 Dustin Hoffman film 19 Detroit labor org.

20 “Volunteers?”

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23 31/42-Across in a Ken Kesey novel 26 Director Craven 29 Shar-__: wrinkly dog 30 Seashell seller 31 With 42-Across, a 1975 hit for 41-Across 33 Writes briefly (to) 39 Neighbor of Chad 41 Rock gp. known for its symphonic sound 42 See 31-Across 43 Loving feelings 46 Like Granny Smith apples 47 “Golly!”

48 Looney Tunes dynamo, familiarly 50 Injection amts.

51 31/42-Across in a 1961 Disney animated film 57 Man around the Haus 58 Actress Lupino 59 Win the heart of 63 Batting stat.

64 31/42-Across in a Shakespeare tragedy 66 Take to court 67 Necessarily involve 68 Suffix with switch 69 Septiembre, por ejemplo 70 Without a musical key 71 On sale, say DOWN 1 __ mater 2 Brought into existence 3 Like a good outlook 4 It may have strings attached 5 Put all kidding aside 6 Roman 901 7 Mountain chain 8 Indy great Al 9 Organic matter used for fuel

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Mountaineer Idol provides hope, nostalgia

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Paris Winfrey is among the contestants who advanced to round three Friday night.

by hunter homistek associate a&e editor

The second round of West Virginia University’s singing competition, Mountaineer Idol, was held Friday in the Mountainlair ballrooms.

Sponsored by Wishmakers on Campus, a WVU student organization, Friday’s action provided a chance for the competitors to put on a performance and give back to a great cause.

For every $5 the singers collected for the MakeA-Wish foundation, one point was earned for their final judging score, and this incentive proved to be influential.

“I am so very proud to announce that each of the 13 contestants raised at least $25 and raised over $600 for the Make-A-Wish Foundation,” said Sonja Wilson, senior programming administrator for the WVU Mountainlair.

Also benefitting from this

endorsement was 12-yearold guest judge Emily, a Morgantown native who was selected as Wishmakers’ “wish kid.”

In receiving that distinction, Emily joined Miss West Virginia, Kaitlin Gates, as the night’s second guest judge.

With stars lining the stage to commemorate Make-AWish’s contributions, competitors performed for Emily and the other judges with stellar results.

The night’s theme was “songs from the year you were born,” and tunes from a wide variety of early ‘90s bands were performed expertly by the 13 remaining contestants.

“This has been a record year for us,” Wilson said. “A record number of students auditioned for Mountaineer Idol, a record number of money (was) raised for Make-A-Wish and I know other records will be broken as well.”

With three contestants eliminated from competition Friday night, Mountaineer Idol is turning to social media outlets Facebook and Twitter to garner exposure for the final 10 singers.

In effect until Friday at 9 p.m., Idol is boasting a social media contest on its Facebook and Twitter pages.

Voters will find pictures of each of the remaining 10 Idol hopefuls, and they can either “like” or “retweet” the image of their favorite competitor.

The contestant with the most combined likes and retweets will be granted immunity for the upcoming round of singing, which automatically qualifies him or her for round four.

With campaigns like this and two successful rounds already in the bag for Mountaineer Idol, Wilson urges students to participate in the competition and make an attempt to catch the talent in person.

“I hope that students will come out to future shows to actually see the talent that we have here at WVU,” Wilson said.

Round three, which is themed “oldies,” will be hosted Friday in the Mountainlair Ballroom at 9 p.m.

In honor of Homecoming weekend, Mountaineer Maniacs is hosting the round and giving out wristbands to the first 150 guests in attendance.

Do not miss your chance to support your Mountaineers as they battle for microphone supremacy and the chance to become the next Mountaineer Idol.

Follow Mountaineer Idol on Twitter @MountaineerIdol and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/WVUMountaineerIdol to vote for your favorite contestant and to stay current with the latest Idol news. hunter.homistek@mail.wvu.edu

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Daniel Whiteman was one of three contestants who failed to advance Friday night.

‘Sesame Street’ switching things up for Elmo NEW YORK (AP) — Elmo will be carrying a new tune on “Sesame Street.” Several, actually.

A shift in how the popular puppet is deployed marks the most visible change on “Sesame Street,” the children’s program that began its 43rd season on public television on Monday.

The “Elmo’s World” segment is being phased out after 13 years, replaced by a new segment, “Elmo the Musical.” Ten new skits, each lasting 11 minutes, have been prepared.

The idea is to incorporate music into the “Sesame Street” emphasis on introducing concepts in science, technology, engineering and math to the preschool-aged viewers, said Rosemarie Truglio, senior vice president of education and research at Sesame Workshop, the company that makes the series.

Elmo will use singing and dancing to draw attention to the need for

problem-solving skills and make the learning entertaining, she said. The character will be featured in “Sea Captain the Musical,” “Mountain Climber the Musical” and “President the Musical.”

The current Elmo, geared largely to 2-yearolds, had some repetitive music segments. “Elmo the Musical” will have seven or eight songs in each skit, and will be aimed at preschool youngsters who are slightly older.

“With really young children, the arts are very relevant to their lives,” Truglio said. “We want to be able to use the arts as a tool.”

“Sesame Street” began its emphasis on science and technology last season.

The children’s show is also bringing in its usual series of guest celebrities this season: Charlize Theron, Halle Berry, Melissa McCarthy, Steve Carell, John Hamm, Zac Effron, Blake Griffin, the rock band Train and rapper Common.

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Tuesday September 25, 2012

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Mountaineers successful in Longhorn Invitational

By Robert Kreis Sports writer

The West Virginia women’s tennis team traveled to Austin, Texas, last weekend, to compete in the Longhorn Invitational, a tournament that featured the highest level of competition the program has faced in its history.

“I think it went pretty well,” said head coach Tina Samara. ”The level of competition was way higher than anything we’ve seen in the past.”

Dealing with an inexperienced team, Samara believes the high level of competition at tournaments like the Longhorn Invitational will provide the Mountaineers with valuable information for their fall season. “(Fall) prepares them for the competition they are going to see during the dualmatch season,” Samara said.

“Because of the individual aspects of tennis, this time is really important. If (team members) come in really prepared after the summer, they can get some really good op-

the bat, we are pretty excited about (it).”

Barret has shined while playing for the Mountaineers. Samara attributes the freshman’s success to her commitment to the game year-round.

“Hailey played all summer, and that’s exactly why Hailey is doing well,” Samara said. “She hasn’t used the fall to get back into shape physically or mentally.

“With Hailey, you are talking about a 6-foot kid who’s only going to get faster, stronger and mentally tougher.

Barring any major injuries, she is going to be a very exciting kid to follow for the next couple of years.”

While Barret looks to leave her mark on the program, senior Emily Mathis continues to leave her mark on the Mountaineer tennis team.

One of only two returning players, Mathis won two singles matches this weekend, including her final match of the season. As the only returning senior, Mathis continues to lead the Mountaineers by example.

portunities to get some wins in the fall that they might not get in the spring.

“That can potentially get them into the NCAA tournament or the All-American tournament the following year.”

Arguably the most successful Mountaineer last weekend was freshman Hailey Barret. Barret dropped her opening singles match on day one of the competition, but came back on day two ready to play. Barret beat both Natalie Hand of Texas-San Antonio and Liselot Koenen of Houston in straight sets. After two victories Saturday, Barret battled before losing the next match in three sets.

“Hailey just got a little tight, and that was her issue all tournament; she got a little tight in the bigger points in the bigger games,” Samara said. “That’s nothing that we are worried about at all because that’s normal playing your first tournaments in college.

“To go three sets against that level of player right off

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Head coach Tina Samara and the West Virginia tennis team competed in the Longhorn Inviational last weekend.

“Emily always has been the one that competes every time she is on the court,” Samara said. “She has improved in some areas, and that is why we are seeing the results we are seeing.

“Because she works every

day and competes every day in practice, she is improving.”

As Samara and the Mountaineers continue their tournament season, the coach would like to see more of Mathis’ leadership skills in the rest of the team.

“In my book, leadership can come from every person on the team,” Samara said.

“Everyone on the team can bring a leadership quality, and it starts with hard work.” dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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Head coach Dana Holgorsen and No. 7 West Virgnia host Baylor Saturday at noon.

By Nick Arthur

Associate Sports Editor

Big 12 Conference play is no longer something the No. 7 West Virginia football team can look forward to.

It has arrived.

Head coach Dana Holgorsen and his staff will spend the remainder of the week preparing for No. 25 Baylor’s first trip to Morgantown Saturday at noon.

“Obviously, there’s been a lot of excitement about joining the Big 12, and it’s finally here,” Holgorsen said in his weekly teleconference. “A lot of anticipation, not only within the state of West Virginia, but across the country … I’ve got a program that’s pretty established and used to winning. I don’t think that will take away from any of our preparation.”

The Mountaineers enter conference play with a 3-0 record, including a toughfought 31-21 victory against Maryland last Saturday.

Despite just 21 points scored, the Terrapins were able to move up and down the field at will while exposing weaknesses in the West Virginia defense.

Baylor is averaging more

than 50 points per game, and the Mountaineers will rely on their defense much more heavily against the Bears. “(The defensive) side of the ball is important; I don’t care who you’re playing. Obviously, Baylor poses a problem with more experienced guys,” Holgorsen said. “I think they’ve got seven or eight seniors and four or five juniors that play on that offensive side. We just need to worry about us and try to get a little bit better than we were last week.”

If West Virginia wants to keep up in scoring with the explosive Baylor offense, it will need a quality performance from senior quarterback Geno Smith.

Smith was sacked Saturday for the first time since Dec. 1, 2011, and he had more incompletions against the Terps than in his first two games combined.

Yet, the Heisman candidate was still able to put together an impressive game.

“Everyone wants to say he didn’t play very good last week, but I think he played pretty good,” Holgorsen said. “He did a great job of taking care of the ball.

We put a lot more on him in the passing game because we couldn’t get our running game going.”

Baylor runs a similar style of offense as the Mountaineers. But, Holgorsen isn’t looking too far into the similarities.

“There are some similarities. But there are quite a bit of differences as well,” he said. “Any time you spread the ball around and you try to throw it around and play with some tempo, there are going to be some similarities.”

Holgorsen spent multiple years in the Big 12 as an assistant before taking the head coaching position at WVU. His history of playing against Baylor could be something he could use to his advantage Saturday. But, the second-year head coach feels it works both ways.

“There are a lot of guys on our staff that have coached against them (Baylor),” Holgorsen said. “With that said, they’re going to know a lot about our team on all three sides of the ball, too.” nicholas.arthur@mail.wvu.edu

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Jets’ Revis has torn ACL, will likely miss season FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — The NFL’s top shutdown cornerback likely will be shut down for the season.

Darrelle Revis has a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee that will require surgery, a huge blow for the Jets that leaves coach Rex Ryan without his best defensive player.

A somber Ryan stopped short of ruling Revis out for the season Monday, saying he just learned of the MRI results. But Revis will have to wait two or three weeks before surgery, Ryan said, and the recovery from an ACL tear is usually six to nine months. So the chances of Revis returning this season appear extremely slim.

Ryan added that he will speak with Revis first before the team decides whether he will be placed on injured reserve.

“It’s just disappointing,” Ryan said. “This guy wants to win. As great a player as he is individually, he’s a great teammate and just wants to win. That’s why he was so excited about this year.”

The 27-year-old Revis was injured in the third quarter of the Jets’ 23-20 overtime victory at Miami on Sunday, falling awkwardly and grabbing his knee even before he hit the grass. It was a noncontact injury, and he covered his face with gloved hands in obvious pain. He was able to walk off the field, but was taken into the locker room on a golf cart.

Ryan suspected the injury was serious when talking to Revis on the plane ride home. MRI results the next day confirmed the team’s worst fears.

“It’s something we have to overcome as a football team. ... We’re going to lose that presence. I don’t know what else to say about it,” Ryan said. “I guess that’s the horrible thing that came out of the game.”

This was Revis’ first game after missing a week with a concussion from the season opener against Buffalo.

He had missed only three games before this season, all in 2010.

“I know the way Darrelle is that this is a guy who’s as competitive as it gets, and I don’t think there’s any doubt that he’s going to come back strong from it,” Ryan said.

The Jets will now be without perhaps the league’s top cornerback on a defense Ryan had considered his best since coming to New York. Kyle Wilson, the team’s first-round draft pick in 2010, will now step into Revis’ starting role opposite Antonio Cromartie.

While Wilson has not lived up to expectations and the drop-off from Revis is great, the Jets still have two first-rounders starting at the position.

“Most teams have just one No. 1 corner and some teams don’t even have any,” Ryan said. “We’re fortunate that we have the best in the league in Darrelle and a No. 1 corner in Cromartie.

We’re fortunate there. We drafted Kyle Wilson to basically be a No. 2 corner, and that’s what he’s going to play, that role, and I’m confident in Kyle.”

Ryan insists he is not panicking.

“It never happens,” he said. “We have enough to get it done here. ... We’ll find a way to get this done.”

Ryan also did not rule out looking to sign a free agent.

The Jets released defensive lineman Marcus Dixon on Monday, and Ryan said the move was made in part so the team could pursue other players. Rookie wide receiver Stephen Hill has a hamstring injury that could sideline him a week, so the Jets might need help at that position, too.

Seven of the Jets’ current players have had ACL operations during their careers.

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New York Jets trainers attend to cornerback Darrelle Revis during the second half of an NFL football game against the Miami Dolphins.

Among them is Cromartie, who missed his final year at Florida State with a similar injury before being a firstround pick of San Diego in 2006.

The Jets, despite their mistake-filled win at Miami, are in first place in the AFC East at 2-1, holding the tiebreaker over Buffalo. But tough home games against San Francisco and Houston coming up.

“This is a team game, and as a team, we’ve got to step it up,” Ryan said.

“I think we’ll respond. We certainly have to accept the challenge, and we’re going

to come out and compete.

We might do it a little differently, but we’re certainly going to give it our best shot, without question.

“Is it a major blow when you lose a great player like Darrelle Revis? Of course, it absolutely is. But this is a football team, and I think we showed that yesterday, too.”

While having a talent like Revis in the secondary allowed Ryan and defensive coordinator Mike Pettine to be more creative with defenses, the Jets have no plans to be less aggressive now.

“The most aggressive defense in the history of the National Football League was the Bears back when my Dad was there,” Ryan said. “He played with three college safeties and a college receiver from Yale. That was how his back end was made up.”

The injury further clouds the contract status of Revis, who reported for training camp in July despite saying he was unsure if he would because he was hoping the Jets would rework the $46 million, four-year deal he signed in 2010. He is set to earn $13.5 million during

the next two years after the deal — reached after a 36day holdout in 2010 — was front-loaded with $32.5 million in the first two years.

But after not getting a new deal this offseason, many thought Revis and the team would re-visit the matter after this season. If he doesn’t have a new contract by training camp next summer, he could become a free agent after the 2013 season.

“Yeah, I want to be a Jet for life,” Revis said in July.

“If management don’t see fit (to) that, then I have to move on.”

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but more importantly, it was also able to force some extremely critical turnovers and even scored a defensive touchdown on Doug Rigg’s 51-yard fumble recovery. The players were able to make the big plays when it mattered most.

The Mountaineers will almost always be at an advantage when the defense can cause these turnovers because Geno Smith has shown an excellent ability to take care of the ball and manage the offense, but it can also be dangerous to always rely on forcing turnovers to be consistently successful, especially against the usually efficient offenses of the Big 12.

These in-conference offenses West Virginia will face over the next few months, beginning with Saturday’s game against a Baylor team that is averaging more than 51 points per game, will test the Mountaineers in more ways than any of the non-conference opponents were able.

Because of this, the defense must continue to improve in its new scheme as the undefeated Mountaineers begin to really make their case for another BCS bowl appearance. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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West Virginia senior defender Mallory Smith scored her first goal of the season in the Mountaineers’ first Big 12 Conference win against Texas Tech Friday.

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Smith getting more comfortable with position change to centerback in 2012

By Robert Kreis Sports writer

West Virginia women’s soccer head coach Nikki Izzo-Brown does not scare easily when it comes to the sport to which she has committed her life.

After all, she has led the Mountaineers’ women’s soccer program from its birth 17 years ago, to conference championships, coaching all-American players, and even through a conference change.

But if there is one thing that strikes fear in IzzoBrown’s eyes, it resides in the middle of the West Virginia backline, where opponents are bullied and battered.

“I will tell you, there is only one player on this team who intimidates me, and that is Mallory Smith,” Izzo-Brown said. “I don’t know other people’s opin-

ion, but if I had Mallory Smith coming at me, I would think a little bit.”

Smith plays centerback for the Mountaineers. The senior, who was voted captain by her teamates, towers over most opponents at 5-foot-11. Smith anchors the heart of Mountaineer’s defense, causing all offensive attacks to go through her.

“Everything is going to go through the middle,” Smith said. “I feel like I just need to bring that leadership, whether it’s communication or leading by example.”

Smith’s leadership is vital to a Mountaineer defense, which plays with an almost completely reworked back line compared to last year. The backline also features two freshmen, Jess Crowder and Leah Emaus, who play on either side of Smith. Not only is half the

line made up of freshmen, but the position is also new to Smith.

In her junior season last year, Smith started the final 18 games at defensive midfielder, before Izzo-Brown moved her to the backline this year.

“You are always going to make mistakes in any new position,” Izzo-Brown said.

“I think she is just trying to learn and clean up her game back there.”

Each game provides a new learning experience for Smith. As she has transitioned, she has relied on her coaches, teammates and even former teammates to help ease the burden that comes with the last line of defense.

“It’s a lot more pressure, I would say,” Smith said.

“Everyone’s helped me, from (senior defender) Bry McCarthy to (freshman defender) Leah Emaus to

(former teammate) Drea Barklage.

“They’ve really taught me well, and I feel like I’m more comfortable as games progress.”

Not only is Smith getting better with each game, but the backline as a whole also excels with each game.

“We are definitely feeding off each other. We know what we are good at,” Smith said. “We are reading each other a little bit better than in the beginning of the season, which is kind of expected.”

While Smith’s primary position is on defense, a few times a game she gets to show off her skills on the offensive side of the ball. Because of the senior’s menacing size, IzzoBrown puts Smith in position to head the ball off corner kicks. The defender headed her first goal Friday in the Mountaineers’

Big 12 Conference opener win against Texas Tech.

“I’ve been working on my headers all season and in the summer,” Smith said.

“I just hadn’t gotten the right timing on it, so it is great to get one.”

Smith may be scoring for the Mountaineers, but her first goal is to cripple the Big 12 offensive attacks with physical play, a style that fits nicely with the Mountaineers’ new conference.

“With our mentality, I feel like a lot of players are tenacious. They want to get into hard tackles, especially our backline,” Smith said.

“The Big 12, they are all corn-fed. They’re just big.

“You can’t really dribble around them, they’re just going to come right through you. We have to dish it right back.” dasports@mail.wvu.edu

MAC still to present challenges for WVU

By Doug wALP Sports writer

The West Virginia men’s soccer team started its first year of conference play in the Mid-American Conference successfully by dominating Florida Atlantic University in a 4-0 victory Sunday afternoon at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium.

“It was our first ever MAC game and we were excited,” said senior defender Eric Schoenle.

The Mountaineers (52-1, 1-0) also continued their successful inaugural season overall in the MAC after exiting the Big East Conference last year.

The change in conference was more a result of the Mountaineers’ football team migrating to the Big 12 Conference in a monumental offseason move, fiscally and logistically, and because the Big 12 doesn’t offer a division for men’s soccer, the Mountaineers were forced to seek an alternative conference at the last minute, and they eventually landed in the MAC. It was initially seen as step back by some of the Mountaineers’ supporters, but West Virginia head coach Marlon LeBlanc has said repeatedly that regardless of the team’s conference home heading forward, it won’t affect his team’s level of play or the way it prepares for each opponent.

Although the MAC may feature some less notorious opponents than the Big East had in recent years, there is definitely talent within the conference.

“I think I’m going to save my judgment for later on,” LeBlanc said, following the Mountaineer’s blow-

out win in their first conference game. “But I know that after Iona, Western Michigan is sitting at 7-2 right now, and I’ve watched them play as well, and they’re a dangerous team. Very good, very organized and it will be a difficult task looking forward.”

The Broncos of Western Michigan actually have the best overall winning percentage of any team in the conference at 7-2, but have yet to play a conference game. They’ll host the Mountaineers in the team’s next conference appearance Saturday.

The true leader of the conference is unquestionably Akron, though. The Mountaineers’ players and LeBlanc have consistently mentioned the Zips in the same regard as any of the best teams in the entire country and have painted their Oct. 20 match in Akron against the Zips as easily one of the biggest matches of the season. If the Mountaineers can topple the Zips on the road, it could definitely help seal an NCAA tournament selection for WVU down the stretch.

Akron shut out conference opponent Bowling Green 2-0 in the only other MAC men’s soccer match of the season so far. The Zips are 5-1-2 and ranked No. 10 in the NSCAA coaches’ poll, with their only loss coming against No. 4 Notre Dame in South Bend.

After the matchup with Iona Wednesday night, six of the Mountaineers’ eight remaining matches will be against conference opponents, leading up to the critical MAC tournament in the beginning of

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Senior Travis Pittman and the No. 18 West Virginia men’s soccer team opened Mid-American Conference play with a 4-0 victory against Florida Atlantic Sunday.

November.

It’s vital that the Mountaineers finish no worse than second in the conference if they hope to have any chance of having a high enough RPI to be selected for the NCAA tournament.

West Virginia undoubtedly has the talent to compete with the best teams in the country, but they may have to overcome the collective weakness of their conference to make it into

the tournament in the first place; Saturday’s 4-0 drubbing of F.A.U. in the first conference matchup of the year was a great start.

But LeBlanc said, despite WVU’s impressive shutout victory start to play in the MAC, his team will ultimately have to continue to improve as it progresses through conference play.

“I’ve got to continue to push them, because we’ve got a long way to go,” LeB-

lanc said. “It’s only been one game so far. That’s a team that I think we probably should be able to play well against, but we gave them a little bit too much.

“I thought we took the foot off the gas a little bit. We’re going to have to be better as we go on; more teams are going to have more information on us.” dasports@mail.wvu.edu

Doug Walp Sports writer

WVU defense must improve quickly Last weekend, the Maryland Terrapins proved that West Virginia’s defense is going to need noticeable improvements heading into Big 12 Conference play, which begins Saturday at home against Baylor.

The Mountaineer defensive unit was stout against the capable offense of James Madison just a week before, but it was consistently exploited throughout Saturday’s contest by the Terps, the No. 119 defense in the NCAA with a woeful 258 yards per game of total offense heading into the game.

Maryland only scored 21 points on 351 total yards against the Mountaineers, so it wasn’t necessarily a huge outburst, but the Terps consistently seemed to pick up the yardage needed in big spots against West Virginia’s defense – most noticeably and consistently in underneath throws from Maryland’s quarterback Perry Hills to a myriad of Terrapin receivers.

Their rushing attack was contained well – the Terps barely averaged more than a yard per carry.

But the fact that a true freshman quarterback was able to throw for 305 yards and three touchdowns in his fourth collegiate start after getting off to a fairly slow start against teams like William & Mary and Temple was far from comforting for Mountaineer supporters.

Maryland was obviously a noticeable step up talent-wise compared to both Marshall and James Madison, as it was the first true BCS-Conference team the Mountaineers faced this season. But again, Maryland also had the reputation of being a defensive team, if anything.

The success of the Terrapins offense against the Mountaineer defense played an immensely important factor in the game in more than one way, because Geno Smith and the explosive Mountaineer offense were either kept off the field, or out of rhythm due to the length of some of Maryland’s drives.

And this was something quarterback Geno Smith and the offense didn’t have to deal with in either of their first two nonconference victories against Marshall and James Madison.

It’s how the best offenses usually get beat: the opponent keeps the team’s defense out on the field, and the explosive offensive personnel stands idle on the sidelines waiting for a stop. The best teams do this by exploiting defenses on critical downs, which has been probably the biggest single issue for the Mountaineer defense throughout three games in 2012.

The Mountaineers allowed Maryland to convert on 50 percent of its third down attempts – a percentage that was even higher throughout the majority of Saturday’s game.

It’s an issue West Virginia head coach Dana Holgorsen brought up immediately after the season opener with Marshall.

If WVU can’t correct this aspect quickly, opposing Big 12 offenses will be able to rule time of possession and continue to keep WVU’s dynamic players off the field.

The bright spot is that – ultimately – West Virginia’s defense did indeed play well enough to win the game by a double-digit margin. A lot of that had to do with the fact that although the defense gave up their share of yards and three scores,

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