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BOG hears effects of alcohol at stadium by lydia nuzum

associate city editor

West Virginia University Athletic Director Oliver Luck announced the results of security policy changes and the introduction of beer sales to Milan Puskar Stadium for the last football season during a Board of Governors meeting Friday.

The board also approved the acquisition of 1.4 acres of land adjacent to Mononga-

hela Boulevard to prepare for potential expansion of future athletic facilities, parking and other needs related to University athletics.

“I want to congratulate our vendors, stadium security and city, state and University police for working with us to make game days safer and more enjoyable,” Luck said.

“From concessionaire training to improved security checks, everyone took this initiative

very seriously and our overall goal to improve the fan experience was realized. We will continue these measures as well as our diligence around the controlled sale of beer at the stadium.”

The policy changes included an altered “Pass Out Policy,” and a revised smoking policy, which moved smokers from the concourse and provided them a designated smoking area outside the concourse.

Other initiatives, including the re-entry policy, which prevented re-entry after halftime, also had a positive impact on game-day atmosphere, Luck said.

Richard Woody, a senior industrial engineering student from Parkersburg, conducted a series of surveys and evaluative studies to determine the impact of the University’s new polices as part of a capstone project. The results of his study

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found that non-alcoholic beverages outsold alcoholic beverages at every game with the exception of the LSU game, and the sale of food items went up at least 60 percent during every game.

“The purpose of this project was to look at the operational plans and see how we could potentially alleviate any concerns about beer sales in the stadium, along with issues of restroom congestion,” Woody

said.

Woody said his study included a fan satisfaction survey, which was distributed to a random sample of 700 fans following the Connecticut and Louisville games. There was an approximate 28 percent response rate, Woody said, with 77 and 78 percent of those who responded after the two respective games saying their

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Empty Bowl luncheon benefits local food banks

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Participants choose bowls to take home from the Empty Bowls Luncheon Saturday afternoon. The event helped raise money for local food banks.

by lydia nuzum

associate city editor

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Karen Riley, center, of Fairmont, does the twist-and-shout while at the WVU Dance Marathon Saturday. Students helped raise money for the WVU Children’s Hospital by participating in a 12-hour dance marathon in the Mountainlair Ballrooms.

Dance Marathon raises more than $32,000 for WVU Children’s Hospital by kelsey montgomery staff writer

More than 200 West Virginia University students danced the night away Saturday and helped raise more than $32,000 for the WVU Children’s Hospital.

Volunteers danced for 12 straight hours as part of the 13th Annual WVU Dance Marathon to raise a grand total of $32,748.55.

The Dance Marathon Executive Committee was more than pleased their tireless efforts had paid off.

“The turnout this year was awesome. We had more Brooke Cassidy/THE DAILY ATHENAEUM dancers and more people stay until the end of the event For the 13th year, students at West Virginia University helped raise money for the WVU Chil- than we’ve ever had,” said Andrea Tracewell, WVU senior dren’s Hospital by participating in a 12-hour dance marathon, Saturday in the Mountainlair Ballrooms. see dance on PAGE 2

For many Morgantown food pantries, an empty bowl can represent both hunger and hope.

The sixth annual Empty Bowl Luncheon took place Saturday, and proceeds from each ticket sold will benefit Monongalia County food banks and local charitable organizations.

“We take applications from the various pantries, and they tell us how many families they serve and what other forms of funding they get, and everything we make we send right back out to the pantries,” said Dina Muttillo, Empty Bowls Monongalia board member.

“Last year, we raised over $20,000, and we’re shooting for $40,000 for this year.”

Empty Bowls is a worldwide project established by the Imagine/RENDER group.

It began in Michigan in 1990 as part of a high school art project and has raised millions of dollars to end hunger. A local branch of the project was started with the First Presbyterian Church on Spruce Street in 2007, Muttillo said, and has grown into a community-wide effort for the entire county.

“It started out very small and has only grown from there,” Muttillo said.

Tickets cost $15, and each

participant in the event was served soup, bread and dessert. Desserts for the event were provided by local churches, and the bread and soup served during the luncheon is provided by local Morgantown vendors and restaurants, Muttillo said.

More than 40 local restaurants donated soup and bread for the event, Muttillo said.

Participants are also able to choose a hand-crafted bowl to take home with them. Each of the 1,255 bowls provided for the event was crafted by local artisans, community businesses and regional institutions. Major contributors for the bowls included the Fairmont State University ceramics department, ZenClay Cafe, The Wow! Factory, local potters and the West Virginia University craft center.

“There are various people throughout the community who have donated bowls to the event,” Muttillo said. “You take the bowl home, and it’s meant to remind you that there are people in Monongalia County who don’t have enough to eat.”

Food pantries and other nonprofit organizations, including Clay-Battelle Area Family Services, Scott’s Run Settlement House and St. Ursula’s Food Pantry, will

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Students compete to become next Mountaineer Univ. building evacuated by cody schuler sports writer

The basketball game between West Virginia University and Marquette University wasn’t the only competition happening at the Coliseum Friday night.

The four finalists battling to become the next Mountaineer mascot got the chance to don buckskin outfits and participate in a cheer-off to prove who has the most spirit.

Finalists each had one half of game time to showcase their talents, while members of the selection committee were dis-

persed randomly in the crowd.

“It’s good to see them doing basically a majority of what the Mountaineer is all about – going to the games and cheering on the team,” said Mountaineer Mascot Selection Chairman Ross Werner. “This is the largest portion of grading them.”

Werner said he was impressed by all four candidates.

“I think they did very well,” he said. “This is my second year of being in the committee and purposely watching them the entire game, and they’ve done great. You couldn’t pick a bad candidate to win from this

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group, really.”

B. Jay Hatfield and Taylor Richmond assumed the role of the Mountaineer during the first half.

Hatfield, a senior athletic coaching education student from Madison, W.Va., said prior to his time on court, he took a moment to think about what landing the position could mean for him.

“I was out there for the national anthem, and all of the lights were off so no one could really see me, and I just used that moment to reflect on what it was and what I needed to do and what this really meant to

me,” Hatfield said.

Richmond, a public administration graduate student from Mt. Hope, W.Va., said leading the fans in cheers comes naturally for him because it’s something ingrained in all WVU students from the moment they step on campus.

“It’s something that you come in and you learn on the first day at WVU. You learn those cheers, and you keep doing them,” he said. “It’s so much more fun doing it with the buckskins on – it’s a whole new experience. You’re the

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ON THE INSIDE The West Virginia women’s basketball team was able to pull out a win against Cincinnati Saturday.

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due to chemical leak

Allen and Percival halls, located on the West Virginia University Evansdale Campus, were evacuated briefly Friday afternoon following a minor chlorine leak.

An empty chlorine tank in Allen Hall was tapped, releasing residual chlorine gas, according to officials.

The two buildings, which are connected, were evacuated until the air could be tested.

Students were notified to avoid the area via the WVU

Alert system around noon Friday.

The “all clear” was sent out at 12:45 p.m.

No injuries were reported, and the buildings were reopened within an hour of evacuation.

Officials from the WVU Department of Environmental Health and Safety, University Police and Morgantown Fire Department responded to the issue.

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ANOTHER LOSS The West Virginia men’s basketball team lost another close game Friday night falling to No. 10 Marquette 61-60.

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US says it’s steadfast in rebuilding Afghanistan WASHINGTON (AP) — The top U.S. diplomat in Kabul and a campaign adviser to President Barack Obama said Sunday the U.S. isn’t rethinking its commitment to Afghanistan after violent protests left more than two dozen people dead, including two Americans shot inside a government ministry.

U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker and Robert Gibbs, Obama’s former press secretary, said they believe Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s fragile government could collapse and the Taliban would regain power if the U.S. were to walk away.

“This is not the time to decide that we’re done here,” said Crocker. “We have got to redouble our efforts. We’ve got to create a situation in which al-Qaida is not coming back.”

Added Gibbs, “What the president’s trying to do now is get us to a point where we can hand off the security of Afghanistan to the Afghans and that we can bring our troops home.”

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“WVU is involved with the event in many different ways,” said WVU Interim Dean of Students and Empty Bowls board member Corey Farris. “Our students have made many of the bowls, both through the craft center and through the College of Creative Arts, we have student volunteers, and WVU Dining Services has been heating

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one leading them and people are going off what you’re doing, so it’s a great time.”

Richmond said his favorite part of the cheer-off was interacting with the children in the crowd.

“I think that’s one of the best parts about the whole thing – the kids,” he said.

Daniel Carlson and Jonathan Kimble, who led the crowd in the second half, agreed with Richmond and said working with the kids was one of the highlights of the cheer-off event.

Carlson, a senior business administration and international management student from Winchester, Va., said

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Seventeen percent of those surveyed during the Connecticut game and 14 percent of those surveyed during the Louisville game responded it was enjoyable, but disruptive

Their comments echoed arguments made by the Bush administration at the height of violence in Iraq, even as popular support for that war was waning. As in Iraq, American voters are questioning the utility of the decade-long Afghan

conflict and whether a stable government there would be worth the loss in U.S. blood and treasure.

“If we decide we’re tired of it, al-Qaida and the Taliban certainly aren’t,” said Crocker, who served in the Bush ad-

soup and has loaned equipment for the event.”

Farris said the luncheon is an important charitable event for WVU students and faculty to support the local community and exhibit a connection to Morgantown and the surrounding area.

“WVU is part of the greater community,” Farris said.

“There are students from the local area who may have food insecurity issues, so they may need to use some of the food banks around Morgantown.

They may have needed them

growing up, or, as students now, just don’t have enough money and may need that assistance.”

The purpose of Empty Bowls Monongalia is to contribute to local food pantries and charities, raise awareness of local hunger issues and promote arts education in the county.

For more information on the Empty Bowls Luncheon, visit www.emptybowlsmon. org.

posing for pictures with children means more than just giving them a photograph.

“The Mountaineer is a role model. Just being able to take a picture with that kid, you made a difference in that kid’s life,” he said. “That little Mountaineer seed in that person’s heart is watered that night, and they have a picture they can take home and always remember that.”

Kimble said his favorite moment from the cheer-off took place in the waning minutes of the game.

“Toward the end, the game was on the line. I was up in the very top of the coliseum, and there were 150 kids from an elementary school in Doddridge County,” he said. “They all came over, and we were cheering together and tak-

ing pictures. They were all so happy and thrilled that I came to see them, got a picture with them and cheered on the Mountaineers the best we could. It was pretty awesome.”

Kimble, a senior sport management student from Franklin, W.Va., said he was disappointed with the outcome of the game, but not with the outcome of the evening.

“It was a perfect game to have the cheer-off,” he said.

“I know we all put our hearts out there. We cheered as loud as we could. Unfortunately we lost, but I know the entire crowd loved seeing us out there cheering.”

The winner will be announced Tuesday night during the game against DePaul.

behavior was present.

University Police Chief Bob Roberts said the 2011 season was one of the best seasons for fan behavior and incidents in the stadium.

“To put it in perspective, when LSU played Alabama, they had 149 arrests during the game,” Roberts said.

“There were more arrests dur-

ing that game than we had during the season.”

The BOG also inducted its newest member, Bridgeport businessman David Alvarez, during the meeting. Alvarez will complete the term vacated by former board member Carolyn Long.

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ministration as ambassador to Iraq.

Obama apologized last week to Karzai for what U.S. officials said was an inadvertent burning of Afghan religious materials, including Qurans, at Bagram air base

the defense and interior ministers, canceled planned visits to Washington this coming week so they could remain in Kabul for consultations about how to quell the violence, Pentagon press secretary George Little said Sunday. He said Defense Secretary Leon Panetta “understands why that’s a priority” and hopes to see them soon at the Pentagon.

Meetings with Panetta and Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey were on the schedule.

Obama’s political opponents have seized on the series of events to cast doubt on the president’s handling of the war, aligning themselves with voters frustrated by the slow progress.

GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich said that if Karzai “doesn’t feel like apologizing then we should say goodbye and good luck, we don’t need to be here risking our lives and wasting our money on somebody who doesn’t care.”

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Continued from page 1 and president of the Dance Marathon Executive Committee. “We raised a ton of money.”

Laasha Bacon, a Morale Captain for the event and a junior exercise physiology student, said although this year’s registration process was changed, the community still pulled through.

“This year, the registration process changed because everyone was required to raise $50 instead of the $12 registration fee we’ve had in the past. So, everyone that is here today has raised at least $50,” Bacon said.

The noon-to-midnight event was filled with upbeat tunes, while students danced with patients from the children’s hospital and taught them new moves every hour.

The event also held a raffle that gave away items to active participants such as an Apple iPad and gift cards to local restaurants and businesses.

Participants were encouraged to use their social media tools by tweeting about the Dance Marathon using hash tags such as #ftk for “for the kids” and #wvudm for “WVU Dance Marathon.”

A live Twitter feed was projected onto the stage screen so all participants could see what their peers were tweeting.

Tracewell said the Dance Marathon is not only an opportunity to bond with the children and receive volunteer hours, but a chance to join with other students who care about helping a great cause.

“Dance Marathon is a great way for student organizations to come together as a group and to get to know each other better,” Tracewell said. “It is also a team-building experience and a great way for a college student to help make a difference in the community and in the state.”

Even after Saturday’s success, the Dance Marathon team is not done.

Those who still wish to donate to the cause can do so at www.helpmakemiracles.org/ event/wvudm until Thursday.

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Students at West Virginia University participate in a 12-hour dance marathon to help raise funds for the WVU Children’s Hospital Saturday in the Mountainlair Ballrooms. Students aimed to raise $40,000 this year to top last year’s $30,000. fee next year, so we’re hoping that the turnout next year will be even bigger,” Bacon said.

The proactive team is also looking to fill positions for next year’s fundraiser.

“If you want to be involved, be a morale captain or any other position that deals with actually being on the committee,” Bacon said. “We get back to applicants about around mid-April.”

Those who do want to join the committee should email their application to Tracewell at atracew2@mix.wvu.edu or

drop it off in the Dance Marathon mailbox at the Student Organizations office located in the Mountainlair.

The deadline for applications is April 20.

“It is really so much fun,” Bacon said. “We only meet once a month at the beginning of the semester, and then toward the end of the semester we increase the meetings to once a week. It’s an easy way to get involved with a good cause.” danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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On Saturday, a U.S. lieutenant colonel and a major were found shot inside a heavily guarded Afghan ministry. The Taliban claimed responsibility and said the killings were in retaliation for the Quran burnings. The shootings prompted the unprecedented recall of NATO personnel working inside Afghan ministries, dealing a serious blow to the U.S. effort to rebuild the Afghan government through mentoring.

The Pentagon on Sunday identified Air Force Lt. Col. John D. Loftis as one of the service members killed in the ministry incident. The 44-year-old airman from Paducah, Ky., was assigned to the 866th Air Expeditionary Squadron in Kabul.

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Chavez surgery gives rival an opening before vote CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Throughout his presidency, Hugo Chavez has relied on his vigor and endurance: playing baseball, speaking for hours at a stretch and making decisions on the fly while bounding around Venezuela exuding energy.

Now, just as he may need it most, Chavez finds himself ailing heading into a re-election campaign.

It’s the rival, Henrique Capriles, who tossed a baseball with Little Leaguers and embraced admirers as Chavez, 18 years older, disappeared over the weekend into a Cuban hospital to have a potentially cancerous tumor surgically removed.

Capriles “represents a contrasting young and energetic option,” said Diego Moya-Ocampos, an analyst with the London-based consulting firm IHS Global Insight.

The 39-year-old state governor has also, perhaps inadvertently, blunted some of the sympathy vote that might go to Chavez by shunning direct attacks on the president. He has cast himself as a polite, nonconfrontational politician, a sharp contrast to the venomtongued president, who recently referred to Capriles as “a pig” and has accused rivals of wanting him dead.

But Capriles didn’t rise to the bait.

“I wish the head of state a long life,” Capriles said. “I want him to see the changes that are going to come about in our country, for him to see a Venezuela of progress, a united country, a country where Venezuelans have many opportunities.”

He added a little dart though: “It’s important that people who have an illness tone down the confrontation a bit. It’s not good for one’s health.”

History has shown that those who underestimate the socialist president do so at their own peril.

“For now (Chavez’s) illness represents a political weakness, unless and until he can put it behind him,” said John Walsh, an analyst at the Washington Office on Latin America, an independent think tank.

“If he can eventually convince people that he has overcome cancer, then the narrative changes to one of Chavez conquering adversity, and the advantage could shift to Chavez.”

“Chavez is a masterful politician,” Walsh added. “His resourcefulness in setting the agenda and defining the terms of debate should not be underestimated.”

Chavez had seemed to be rebounding from last year’s can-

cer surgery, when he was in Cuba for weeks to have a malignant tumor removed from his pelvic region. At the time, he was often out of sight and was slow to give details of what was going on, leaving Venezuelans guessing about his health.

But the hair he lost during chemotherapy has been growing back and Chavez was again back to making extensive, and extended, public appearances.

He spoke for about four hours on Thursday as he discussed his illness before departing for Cuba, insisting, “I will live!”

Chavez’s refusal to say exactly what type of cancer he had, as well as earlier assurances he had been completely freed of cancer, have led to uncertainly among Venezuelans regarding his chance for full recovery.

Chavez revealed last week that his Cuban doctors had discovered a one-inch (twocentimeter) lesion near where the larger tumor was removed last year and he has conceded he could be out of action for a while. If he is forced to undergo radiation treatment following the surgery, he could be sidelined for several months.

That could leave Capriles free to hog the spotlight back home, making personal appearances at school openings and giving speeches as the campaign builds toward the

October vote.

If Chavez is unable to personally lead his re-election bid, that opens him to questions about whether he is still capable of running the government and illness tarnishes his long-standing image as an unbeatable politician just as the long-fractious opposition has finally united behind a single candidate.

Capriles, meanwhile, has been busy inaugurating schools and sports facilities in his central state of Miranda.

At the inauguration of a baseball diamond on Saturday, he joined dozens of Little League players for warm-up exercises and tossed a ball around with them before a game.

Neighbors see him go on daily jogs through his middleclass Caracas neighborhood, and he even runs the occasional marathon.

That’s the sort of athleticism long displayed by Chavez, a former paratrooper and a pretty good amateur baseball player.

A day before he left for Cuba, Chavez acknowledged that cancer’s apparent comeback has obliged him to move beyond his usual politics of personality and lean on others.

“This situation forces me to move forward the appointment of the campaign organizers,” he said to loud applause at a packed rally in Caracas. “I

swear that I’ll live and I’ll accompany you to new victories.

No cancer will stop us.”

While the president’s social programs are popular among the country’s poor, he is vulnerable to criticism about economic and social problems that have persisted or grown during his more than 13 years in office.

Those include annual inflation of 26 percent, the highest rate in Latin America, and soaring murder rates.

While Chavez has insisted that Capriles would eliminate many benefits for the poor, the governor has so far promoted welfare programs similiar to those of Chavez in his own state.

“The race is already shaping up to be close, and a physically weakened Chavez, less potent as a campaigner, would make it even closer,” Walsh said. “At this stage it will be difficult for Chavez to recover his aura of invincibility and inevitability, meaning it will be a hardfought campaign.”

Luis Vicente Leon, director of the Datanalisis polling firm, said he expects the tightest presidential race Venezuelans have seen since Chavez’s first election victory in 1998.

“It’s the first time the opposition kicks off a campaign so close to Chavez,” Leon said.

Before Capriles won a Feb.

12 primary, polls by Datanalisis showed a difference of less than 5 percentage points between Chavez and the still undetermined winner of the opposition vote, Leon said.

Datanalisis, widely considered one of Venezuela’s most accurate pollsters, has not carried out any surveys since the primary.

Emilio Mijares is one of the many Venezuelans known as “ni-nis,” or “neither-nors,” who have never backed Chavez or his opponents. He said he might vote this October for the first time in more than a decade because he fears instability if Chavez wins a fourth term.

“I don’t believe the president is going to get better. His health could deteriorate following reelection, and that would certainly lead to problems,” said Mijares, a 48-year-old taxi driver. By contrast, he said he considers Capriles to be an efficient administrator.

Others fear political upheaval looms no matter who wins.

“If (Chavez) recovers and wins, the opposition is going to protest. On the other hand, if Capriles wins the election, the Chavistas will fill the streets and there will be violence,” said 58-year-old retiree Maria Guzman. “Whatever happens, we’ll have trouble.”

Voters boo Senegalese president Suicide car bomber kills 3 in Nigeria as he casts his vote on election day

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Voters booed Senegal’s president as he went to cast his ballot in elections Sunday, the latest sign of how his decision to seek a third term in office has caused his popularity to plummet and divided a country that is often held up as a model of stability and tolerance.

The unrest leading to the vote has threatened the reputation of this normally unflappable republic on Africa’s western coast as one of the continent’s oldest and most mature democracies.

In choosing to run again, the 85-year-old President Abdoulaye Wade is contradicting the term limits he himself introduced into the constitution. He argues that those restrictions should not apply to him since he was elected before they went into effect, and the deadly riots that have rocked the country began last month when the nation’s highest court agreed with him.

He has predicted that he will win with a crushing majority, but the scene inside the polling station where he has voted for decades shocked even longtime observers of this country, where respect for the elderly is deeply ingrained. Wade was jeered and insulted when he arrived to vote, and the normally loquacious leader didn’t give his customary press conference, as his security whisked him back into his motorcade.

“I feel sad because our democracy doesn’t deserve this,” said the president’s daughter Syndiely Wade, who stayed back in the polling station in the neighborhood of Point E to talk to reporters. “My father doesn’t deserve this.”

The protests that began last month following the court’s ruling are uncharacteristic for Senegal, and six people have been killed in the violece.

The country’s opposition has vowed to render the country ungovernable should he win.

Moussa Signate, a security guard, sat against the cement wall of an elementary school that was transformed into a polling station downtown, watching others line up to vote. Lines snaked outside the doors of the classrooms, but Signate said he was so discouraged that he was considering not voting at all.

“I’m thinking about the fu-

ture of my country,” said the 47-year-old. “We’re a peaceful people, but you can’t push us and expect nothing. If Wade wins, it will be chaos.”

Voting throughout the capital got off to an orderly start, and turnout appeared high, said Thijs Berman, head of the European Union observation mission. The main exception was the troubled province of Casamance, where a lowlevel rebellion has simmered for years and where rebels attacked two vehicles carrying voting material, according to regional military spokesman Saliou Ngom.

In a volatile part of the world, Senegal has long been seen as the exception.

Mauritania located to the north held its first democratic election in 2007, only for the president to be overthrown in a coup a year later. To the south, Guinea-Bissau’s president was assassinated two years ago. And further south in Ivory Coast, mass graves are still being unearthed containing the victims of last year’s post-election violence.

“For many years we all wrote and spoke about Senegal as being different,” said Africa expert Chris Fomunyoh at the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs in Washington. “Senegal has been viewed as the anchor in the sub-region. And today, the metal on that anchor is melting before our very eyes.”

Wade was once hailed as a hope for Africa. He spent 25 years as the opposition leader of this nation of more than 12 million, fighting the excesses of the former socialist regime which ruled Senegal from 1960 until 2000 when he was first elected.

Growing unrest is being fueled by a sense that the country’s institutions are being violated, starting with the constitution. The anger is combined with the fact that one in two people in Senegal still live below the poverty line, according to the World Bank.

Worrying for many analysts is the lack of confidence in the very electoral process that has long been held up in Senegal. Just days before the constitutional court was due to vote last month on whether Wade was eligible to run again, the judges received new, government-issued luxury cars, according to

the court’s spokesman.

And the chief justice saw his salary jump to $10,000 per month in a nation where most people earn $90. The fear is that even if Wade were to win legally, the confidence in these institutions has been so eroded that people will not accept his victory as legitimate.

“I wish to tell Wade that everyone is watching Senegal.

He needs to make sure that the vote is extremely transparent,” said international pop star Youssou Ndour, who had planned to run against Wade but was disqualified on a technicality by the constitutional court. “We will not accept for someone to twist our ballot.”

Wade has dismissed these fears, and in an interview published Sunday in the French newspaper Journal du Dimanche he said he doesn’t fear rioting because “a revolt

by Senegalese against me is unthinkable.”

The ruling party remains popular in many corners of the country, and despite mounting criticism the government is credited with undertaking the biggest building boom in Senegal’s history.

Nearly every economic indicator in the country has improved since Wade took office 12 years ago, from literacy which grew from 39 to 50 percent, to the average life span which increased from 56 to 59 years, according to World Bank data.

Those voting for the president cite examples of how his reforms have touched their own lives – like 63-year-old Habib Sane, who has been the official florist for Senegal’s last three presidents.

“I needed to get dialysis.

Before it was 50,000 ($100) per session. Now it’s 10,000 ($20). I would have died if it cost what it cost before, because I don’t have that kind of money,” said Sane, whose monthly salary is around $320.

JOS, Nigeria (AP) — A suicide car bomber detonated his explosives outside a major church Sunday, killing three people and wounding 38 in a restive central Nigerian city that has seen hundreds die in religious and ethnic violence.

The radical Islamist sect Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the attack on the main headquarters of the Church of Christ in Nigeria that hit as worshippers took part in an early morning service. The attack follows other assaults the sect has claimed against Christians in Nigeria’s north, widening distrust between the two main faiths in the multiethnic nation of more than 160 million people.

The attack killed a woman, and a father and his child near the explosion, Plateau state spokesman Pam Ayuba said.

The bomber apparently ran down the woman while racing his car toward the church compound, said Mark Lipdo, a coordinator for a Christian group called the Stefanos Foundation. The blast left shattered glass all over the church compound, as an angry crowd of youths began smashing the windows of cars passing by the scene, witnesses said.

Emergency officials took 38 people to hospitals for treatment, said Yushau Shuaib, a spokesman with Nigeria’s Na-

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In a statement, President Goodluck Jonathan condemned the attack.

“Those who seek to divide us by fear and terror will not succeed,” it read. “The indiscriminate bombing of Christians and Muslims is a threat to all peace-loving Nigerians.”

Speaking to journalists in a conference call Sunday, a Boko Haram spokesman using the nom de guerre AbulQaqa claimed responsibility for the suicide car bombing.

He also said the sect was responsible for burning down a primary school in Maiduguri, its spiritual home, as a warning to security agencies not to invade Islamic schools.

“Our attacks have no distinction on any person, be him Muslim or Christian,” the spokesman said. “For as long as they stand against us and our cause, their blood is legitimate to be shed.”

Boko Haram has launched increasingly bloody attacks across Nigeria, including ones on churches. A Christmas Day bombing of a Catholic church that left at least 44 dead was claimed by the sect in Madalla, a town just outside the country’s capital, Abuja.

The group also claimed responsibility for bomb attacks on Christmas Eve that struck

Jos in 2010, killing as many as 80 people.

Jos and surrounding Plateau state have been torn apart in recent years by violence pitting its different ethnic groups and major religions – Christianity and Islam – against each other. Human Rights Watch says at least 1,000 people were killed in communal clashes around Jos in 2010.

The violence, though fractured across religious lines, often has more to do with local politics, economics and rights to grazing lands.

The government of Plateau state is controlled by Christian politicians who have blocked Muslims from being legally recognized as citizens. That has locked many out of prized government jobs in a region where the tourism industry and tin mining have collapsed in recent decades.

Meanwhile, authorities said Saturday that suspected sect gunmen killed two police officers in separate attacks in Kaduna and Maiduguri, areas previously targeted by the sect. In Gombe state, an unexploded bomb from a Boko Haram attack Friday that had killed 12 people detonated Saturday morning outside a divisional police headquarters, though it was not immediately clear if anyone was injured.

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Last chance to vote for Huggins Today is the last day to cast a vote for West Virginia University basketball head coach Bob Huggins to win the Infinity Coaches’ Challenge.

ESPN, Infinity Motors and the NCAA have organized the Inspiration is Contagious contest in which basketball fans vote on their favorite coaches’ charity organization.

Infinity Motors has donated $5,000 to each of the 48 coaches’ charities, and the winner of the contest gets $100,000 toward his charity.

The contest was broken

down similarly to the NCAA tournament with the coaches separated into regional brackets – East, West, South and Midwest regions. Fans could vote once per day.

Once today’s voting is over, the winners of each region will enter the Final Four, lasting until March 8. The winner will be announced March 9.

Huggins’ charity is The Norma Mae Huggins Cancer Fund, and if he wins, the funds will go to the Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center in Morgantown.

Norma Mae Huggins, Bob Huggins’ mother, passed away in 2003 from colon cancer. The fund in her honor gives support to cancer research and helps families around West Virginia deal with cancer.

“Mountaineer fans are the greatest,” Huggins said. “But I want them to realize that this event isn’t a popularity contest. When they vote for me, they’ll be voting to find new and better treatments for cancer and bringing hope to those afflicted with the disease.”

The cost of cancer research

and treatments is unreal – in some cases it may cost patients $10,000 a month for one drug.

The best thing about the Norma Mae Huggins Cancer Fund is that it is specific to West Virginia.

And, even if Huggins doesn’t win, his charity still got a lot of valuable national publicity.

To vote, go to http://promo. espn.go.com/espn/contests/ infiniti/2012. Voting for the regional contest ends at noon, and voting for the Final Four

begins at 1 p.m.

At the time of publication, Huggins was leading the East bracket with 39 percent of the votes, while The University of Kentucky’s coach, John Calipari, is number two with 38 percent.

Although all of the charities involved are worthwhile, those associated with WVU and residents of the state should get online and vote for The Norma Mae Huggins Cancer Fund.

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Mountaintop removal mining is efficient, beneficial brandon muncy columnist

I hate mountains. If I had my way, West Virginia would be as flat as Kansas.

I completely and utterly loathe them. I don’t even want the precious resources within them because it would validate their existence in the first place.

Okay, I’m kidding. But it seems those are the words environmentalists hear when you tell them you support mountaintop removal coal mining.

And I absolutely, unapologetically do.

Of course, being from West Virginia and having lived here my entire life, those are quite controversial words.

Mountaintop removal mining is a very divisive item in this state and across Appalachia.

After all, West Virginia is the Mountain State and has been dubbed “Mountain Momma.”

So, how can someone whose heritage is linked with these titans of the Earth turn his back on them?

I’ll answer. Frankly, mountaintop removal mining is more efficient and safer than underground mining, and I care more about the positive effects this has on people than mountains.

More often than not, I’m accused of being a heartless, social-Darwinian because of my fondness of free market economics.

“What about the poor?” they inquire. “What if someone can’t afford the basic necessities?”

Of course, my answers to these questions will never satisfy them. To these individuals, it is unacceptable under almost every circumstance that any person can go without what they deem as a basic necessity.

It’s not really a stretch to suggest that, oftentimes, the aforementioned kind-hearted souls are also quite fond of the environment and seek to protect it.

What they don’t realize is their goal of making available basic necessities is inextricably tied to the free market and taking advantage of our naturegiven resources.

I’ll absolutely concede mountaintop removal mining

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Removing the top of a mountain and filling the valley next to it would absolutely change the local ecosystem.

But, still, I argue “So, what?”

Animals as well as people, adapt to changing environments all the time and when compared to the actual benefits of this form of mining, the impacts are worth taking.

Moreover, in a free market setting, most, if not all, externalities created by these disturbances in the local ecosystem could be handled through litigation and the court system.

People whose property is damaged by the act would be justly compensated.

Again, I’ll concede there are problems with what I just said.

West Virginia’s government is notoriously in bed with big coal companies. This is something of which I do not, and will not ever approve.

To counter this, West Virginians need to put pressure on the state government to pass a no-tolerance law that states that any and all damages to property or health that can be proved to be the result of actions of another party or parties will be completely covered by the damager of said property or health.

Many times, a coal company’s liability is limited and they are protected by legislation. I will side every single time with environmentalists and argue that approach is a travesty and is unacceptable.

Environmentalists would

have you believe there is no actual benefit to mountaintop removal mining, or, if there are, they are marginal at best.

This statement, both logically, and empirically, is untrue.

A coal company would only invest in a mining venture if both the expected marginal benefits of doing so exceeded the expected marginal costs of any other potential mining operation.

This is what’s known as opportunity cost. All else equal, any wise entrepreneur weighs the expected profits for any investment against all other opportunities and will choose the most profitable.

Empirically speaking, mountaintop removal mining is often more efficient than un-

derground mining and safer.

Whereas environmentalists are concerned about losing mountains and the environmental cost, I look at the fact that cheaper energy, steel and safer mining conditions are the result of mountaintop removal mining.

However, if you’re and environmentalist, you’re likely not convinced by my argument,.

So, I’ve concocted a solution for you of which I approve.

Pool together your money and start purchasing up the mineral rights to mountains from underneath coal companies.

By doing this, you protect the mountains you love and are actually doing something productive and meaningful.

The private property rights

system advocated by free marketers like myself can actually be used to your advantage.

The system in place is imperfect and free marketers and environmentalists can come together to make improvements. Eliminating imminent domain – an action of the state to seize private property – would curb some of the mining that takes place, and it’s something free marketers could support.

Moreover, having a legal system where companies are held accountable for the damage they cause to people’s health and property is something both groups could get behind.

However, banning the practice in totality would be detrimental to the economy at large.

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A MICROSOFT WORD SKILLS FOR ETD WORKSHOP takes place from 2:30-4:30 p.m. in Computing Center G-14 of the Evasndale Library. For more information, call 304-293-4444 or email workshop@mail.wvu.edu.

TUESDAY FEBRUARY 28

A FACULTY CELLO RECITAL by William Skidmore takes place at 8:15 p.m. in the Bloch Learning and Performance Hall of the Creative Arts Center. For more information, call 304-293-4359 or email charlene.lattea@mail. wvu.edu.

‘BURIED CHILD,’ a Pulitzer Prize-winning drama by Sam Shepard, takes place at 7:30 p.m. in the Gladys G. Davis Theatre of the Creative Arts Center. A ticket is needed for the play and can be bought through the Mountainlair or Creative Arts Center box offices. The play will be performed every night this week. For more information, call 304-293-7469 or email theatre@ mail.wvu.edu.

WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 29

A GUEST ARTIST PIANO RECITAL by M. Wesley Roberts takes place at 8 p.m. in the Bloch Learning and Performance Hall of the Creative Arts Center. For more information, call 304-2934359 or email charlene.lattea@ mail.wvu.edu.

THURSDAY MARCH 1

A GUEST ARTIST PIANO RECITAL by Lise Keiter takes place at 8:15 p.m. in the Bloch Learning and Performance Hall of the Creative Arts Center. For more information, call 304-2934359 or email charlene.lattea@ mail.wvu.edu.

THE TABLE TENNIS CLUB meets from 7-10 p.m. in Multipurpose Room A of the Student Recreation Center. For more information, call 301-788-7266 or email cmcgill2@mix.wvu.edu.

FRIDAY MARCH 2

A FACULTY PERCUSSION AND VIOLIN RECITAL by George and Ellen-Maria Willis takes place at 8:15 p.m. in the Bloch Learning and Performance Hall of the Creative Arts Center. For more information, call 304-293-4359 or email charlene.lattea@mail. wvu.edu.

EVERY MONDAY

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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licia at fgilber@mix.wvu.edu or call 732-674-8357.

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

There are special rates for WVU students. For more information, email var3@comcast.net.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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 304-2932311 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 walkin clinic is offered weekdays from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Services include educational, career, individual, couples and group counseling. Please visit www.well.wvu.edu to find out more information.

WOMEN, INFANTS AND CHILDREN needs volunteers. WIC provides education, supplemental foods and immunizations for pregnant women and children under five years of age. This is an opportunity to earn volunteer hours for class requirements. For more information, call 304-598-5180 or 304-598-5185.

BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS, a United Way agency, is looking for volunteers to become Big Brothers and Big Sisters in its one-onone community-based and schoolbased mentoring programs. To volunteer, call Sylvia at 304-9832823, ext. 104 or email bigs4kids@ yahoo.com.

ROSENBAUM FAMILY HOUSE, which provides a place for adult patients and their families to stay while receiving medical care at WVU, is looking for service organizations to provide dinner for 20 to 40 Family House guests. For more information, call 304-598-6094 or email rfh@wvuh.com.

LITERACY VOLUNTEERS is seeking volunteers for one-on-one tutoring in basic reading and English as

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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BY JACQUELINE BIGAR

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BORN TODAY Energy combines with drive this year. You will be close to unstoppable when you are focused. You also will express yourself with precision in building more support for projects, your lifestyle and anything else of importance. If you are single, your strength and awareness make you desirable on yet another level, causing others to feel intimidated. The person you hook up with this year might not be right for your life. You will enjoy the bond nevertheless. If you are attached, include your significant other more often in your plans.

You do not want him or her to feel isolated.

You could work together to make a goal a reality. TAURUS understands you.

CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22) HHHHH Keep the grand plan in your mind’s eye.

You could be overwhelmed by everything that is happening, but if you make your goal a high priority, you will be on cruise control. Listen and share more with an instrumental friend. Tonight: Confirm where you are meeting.

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22) HHH You are running the show, whether you like it or not.

An associate proves to be unusually responsive. You like what you hear. Use caution with your finances. You easily could see too much money leave your checking account. Tonight: Working late.

ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19) HHHHH You have the right words to convince another person of how skilled you are. You could be uncomfortable with a boss, no matter how nice he or she is. Stay on top of your work and accept the situation. Tonight: Pick up several items you need.

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22) HHHH Clearly you can be feisty. See what is happening behind the scenes to gain understanding. Detach and look at the big picture rather than react. Be more sensitive to an in-law or someone at a distance. Tonight: Brainstorm with a buddy. Note the self-imposed restrictions on your thinking.

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20) HHHHH You are all smiles, as others let you know that they are there for you. You gain insight as you connect with them. A new interest, be it a person or hobby, seizes your time and attention. There is little you can do but explore and learn more. Tonight: Whatever makes you smile.

LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22) HHHH Resist having an immediate, knee-jerk reaction.

A close partner makes demands, and you respond. Discussions put the two of you on different footing. Look within to see where all the frustration and anger is coming from. Tonight: Chat over dinner.

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20) HHHH Listen with a touch of cynicism to news that comes forward. You could be surprised by what is happening. Use a free moment to catch up on another’s news. You might like what you hear. Tonight: Know what

SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21) HHHH You might want to see someone take more responsibility. Whenever he or she decides to be more dominant, even if the timing is not suitable for you, let it happen.

In a meeting, someone expresses his or her anger or frustration. Help this person

work through it. Tonight: Say “yes” to an invitation.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21) HHH Pace yourself, and know when to stop. You act like your own drill master. You have reasons for this, but at the same time, allow your humanness to come out. You can and will accomplish a lot. Worry less and act more. Tonight: Easy works.

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19) HHHHH Your creativity flows, which allows a more fun exchange to take place in conversations. You discover how much your attitude can impact others. Be assertive when seeking new information, and you will discover another perspective. Tonight: So what if it is Monday?

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18) HHH Fundamental issues become very important matters. Though work might be important, basic issues in your home and personal life need to become a high priority. Why do you work? Probably to support your personal lifestyle. Work on balancing all elements of your life. Tonight: Happy at home.

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20) HHHH Recognize what is doable, then proceed. Trying to catch the pot of gold at the end of a rainbow is a lovely thought, but it will not happen. You will be happier if you stay realistic in your emotional demands. A partner or friend helps you remove your rosecolored shades. Tonight: Hang out with a trusted friend.

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Mountaineers take on Pitt in home finale by cody schuler sports writer

The Backyard Brawl returns to Morgantown Monday.

The West Virginia women’s basketball team will host Pittsburgh in what will serve as Senior Night and the Mountaineers’ final regular season game. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m.

West Virginia (20-8, 10-5) enters the game fresh off of a 66-62 win on the road Saturday against Cincinnati.

Pittsburgh (8-20, 0-15) is the only Big East team that is winless in conference play.

The last time the two teams met, West Virginia captured a 54-43 win; the overall series record stands in the Mountaineers’ favor at 25-19.

Head coach Mike Carey is hopeful this will not be the last time the two teams meet.

He plans on working with Pittsburgh head coach Agnus Berenato to continue the storied rivalry.

It’s something I will talk to (Berenato) about tomorrow but we would like to continue to play Pitt,” he said.

It’s always a close game, and it’s a good rivalry, and we have a great relationship with Pitt, so that’s something that I would like to continue in the future, but we’ll see.

“They’re going to a new league and we’re going to a new league, and it just depends on that situation,” he said.

Pittsburgh ranks last in the conference in scoring defense and possesses the worst assist-to-turnover ratio in the Big East.

Despite the Panthers’ uninspiring record, Carey knows his team has a tough task ahead of itself tonight.

“Pitt is going to play hard; they have nothing to lose,” he said. “We’re expected to win this game (and) they’re not, so the pressure is on us a lot more than it is on them.

“So they’ll come down here and throw the ball up and defend and gamble a little bit and probably do some things they don’t normally do.”

Carey thinks the quick turnaround from Saturday’s game at Cincinnati mimics some of the difficulties the team will experience during the postseason – which, in his mind, is a good thing.

“I told them last night that this is like tournament play,” he said. “You play one night and get a day off to prepare for the next game and that’s what tournament play is once you get to the NCAA or postseason. “

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Center Natalie Burton will be West Virginia’s lone senior to be recognized on Senior Night Monday.

Senior Night festivities will be extra special for center Natalie Burton – the team’s lone senior. Burton, a Perth, Australia, native, is the type of player Carey describes as both a joy to coach and a unique asset to the program.

“Just being here, Natalie has contributed.

Her freshman year she was a starter. She has contributed throughout the years,” he said.

More than that, she’s just been a great person to coach. She’s just a great studentathlete, and she’s brought a lot to the program both on and off the floor, and it’s just been a pleasure,” he said.

“Our players just love her and the crowd loves her, and she’s just been an ambassador. When we go around to the children’s hospital and the grade schools, the kids just love her and that’s a credit to her.

“There’s no doubt in my mind she’ll be a success after she leaves West Virginia whether it’s in basketball or in her career,” he said. charles.schuler@mail.wvu.edu

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Redshirt sophomore guard Christal Caldwell scored in double figures for the 16th-straight game in West Virginia’s win over Cincinnati.

by ben gaughan

associate sports editor

The West Virginia women’s basketball team was down by 14 points in the first half against Cincinnati, but rallied with a 40-point second half to come back and defeat the Bearcats 6662 Saturday.

Redshirt sophomore guard Christal Caldwell and junior center Asya Bussie led the Mountaineers (20-8, 10-5 Big East) with 15 points each.

Caldwell has now scored in double figures in 16 straight games for West Virginia, a season best.

After Cincinnati (15-13, 6-9 Big East) failed to pull away in the second half, West Virginia gradually inched closer and eventually took a 64-62 lead late in the game. Sophomore guard Brooke Hampton once again was fouled and sent to the foul line to seal the game (like the Notre Dame game) and came through in the clutch for the second time, making both free throws to give the Mountaineers the four-point win.

“We understand what we’re trying to get out of our offense, and we understand what were trying to get out of our defense,” said West Virginia head coach

Mike Carey. “I think our players do understand that, and they understand their roles and what they need to do for us to win. We’ve come a long way.”

Bussie uncharacteristically grabbed just one rebound in the game, but fellow redshirt junior center Ayana Dunning picked up the slack, pulling in 11 rebounds while scoring eight points on the afternoon. Dunning now has 10 games with double-digit rebounds this season. Hampton and sophomore forward Jess Harlee also scored eight points a piece.

Hampton wasn’t the only Mountaineer to hit her free throws, going 3-for-3, but as a team, WVU went 18-of-22 from the charity stripe (81.8 percent).

West Virginia’s post players dominated the boards, outrebounding the Bearcats 32 to 27 but outscoring them 40-28 in the paint.

The WVU bench dominated the Bearcats as well, outscoring them 17-2, led by Hampton’s eight points and freshman guard Akilah Bethel’s six. Bethel also grabbed five rebounds and made two free throws in 17 minutes of play.

Cincinnati was led by senior guard Bjonee Reaves, who

scored 22 points and had four assists. She was followed by senior guard Chanel Chisholm who scored 12 points and grabbed six rebounds, while fellow guard Dayeesha Hollins had 11 points and five rebounds against WVU. The Bearcats did convert 13 WVU turnovers into 18 points, but failed to secure the lead in the second half.

Although the Mountaineers shot poorly in the first half, shooting 34.6 percent and making a mere nine shots, they were able to buckle up and hit critical shots to get them back in the game. In the second half, WVU made 14 of its 26 shots, shooting 53.8 percent from the floor. They ended the game shooting 44.6 percent from the field, although they hit just 2-of-7 3-point shots on the day.

The Mountaineers improved to 3-3 against the Bearcats in Cincinnati, and 7-5 in the overall series.

West Virginia goes against Pittsburgh tonight at the WVU Coliseum at 7 p.m. in its final game of the season before the Big East tournament starts Friday. ben.gaughan@mail.wvu.edu

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competing.”

So, following all that’s happened the last few weeks, does Jones believe this team is good enough to get into the NCAA tournament?

Not right now they aren’t.

“If we win these next two games, we will be an NCAA tournament team, but as of now and the way we’re playing, we’re not an NCAA tournament team,” Jones said. “I don’t feel comfortable ... It’s going to take a lot, a whole lot, for us to go to the NCAA tournament.”

And, for a senior class that consists of two of the better players this program has had in recent years- including Jones who will go down as one of the best to ever wear a West Virginia uniform, it would just be the wrong end to a great career.

Jones and Bryant know that.

Huggins knows that.

Now it’s time for everyone else to step up and fight their way into the tournament.

“If I’m a freshman, I’m looking at Kevin Jones and everything he’s done for this program, and I’m saying that I will do anything I can to make sure he ends his career the right way,” Huggins said. james.carvelli@mail.wvu.edu

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tennis

Frustration rising as WVU continues woes before Big East tournament play

Mountaineers fall to Cincinnati, beat Dayton this weekend

WVU players look on during the team’s 61-60 loss to No. 10 Marquette Saturday.

by nick arthur sports writer

It seems like a broken record at this point. The West Virginia men’s basketball team has a chance to win, then doesn’t make the necessary plays down the stretch to fend off an opposition.

But, after a 61-60 heartbreaking defeat at the hands of No. 10 Marquette Friday night, something was different after the game.

Sure, head coach Bob Huggins displayed his displeasure with his team taking plays off and not giving effort.

But, the veteran head coach seemed to take his comments to the next level after losing his fourth straight home game.

“This is as frustrated I’ve been since my first year at Walsh College,” Huggins said.

“That’s when I went home and asked my wife if she thought I could sell insurance, because I can’t do this.”

The 15-point lead blown by the Mountaineers was clearly one of the toughest defeats to

swallow this season.

For Huggins, it seems the transition from high school to college for some of the younger and inexperienced players on the team has taken longer than originally planned.

“The hardest transition is that you have to play every play. You can’t take plays off.

You can’t stand and stare at the ball,” Huggins said. “The reality is there is a bunch of them that we ought to take the price of season tickets out of their scholarship because they have stood and watched all year.”

Due to lack of effort on the part of the Mountaineers, their NCAA tournament hopes are in jeopardy. With only two games remaining in the regular season, one would assume Huggins’ team would have to win both, and do some damage in the Big East Conference tournament, if it wants a shot at the Big Dance.

“Things are rough, man.

We’re just searching for a win,” said senior guard Truck Bryant. “It’s different when a team

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flat out beats you versus when you just get flat out-worked.”

The reason the Mountaineers have lost seven of their last nine games is simple and has become a bit redundant.

“We don’t play the whole game. We take plays off,” Huggins said. “We’re not consistent in our effort. We’re not consistent in our daily approach to what is supposed to happen.

I’ve been doing this 30 years. We never got outmanned the way he we got out-manned today (against Marquette).

Huggins even questioned the toughness of his team.

“I’ve never had a guy get out of the way and not take a charge,” he said. “I despise cowards. I can’t fathom accepting a scholarship and not competing … It’s hard for me to understand.”

With a matchup against DePaul just one day away, it will be difficult for West Virginia to abide by all of Huggins’ requests. nicholas.arthur@mail.wvu.edu

baseball

Mountaineers drop three games in S.C. after fast start

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Head coach Greg Van Zant said his players have work to do after scoring four runs in three games this weekend.

by ben gaughan

associate sports editor

Poor offensive output caused the West Virginia baseball team to lose all three games in its most recent road trip to Myrtle Beach, S.C., this weekend.

The Mountaineers (3-4) lost 7-4 to Virginia Tech (6-2) Friday, 16-0 to N.C. State (51) Saturday and 1-0 to George Mason (4-3) yesterday.

West Virginia’s young hitters failed to adjust against its opponents solid pitchers, scoring just four runs on the weekend and striking out a total of 34 times. The team did improve, however, striking out only four times as a team in the final game against George Mason.

“They’re in the process of trying to figure it out,” said West Virginia head coach Greg Van Zant of the team’s hitting so far this season.

“We’ve got a lot of inexperience with the hitters. (Against George Mason), I thought we did a good job of cutting our strikeouts. We had been striking out way too much.”

The only consistent hitting the Mountaineers have gotten is from junior left fielder Matt Frazier and sophomore

first baseman Ryan McBroom. Frazier and McBroom are first and second on the team, batting .380 and .307, respectively.

“Everybody else is really not hitting the ball well,” Van Zant said. “But, it’s early and all the inexperienced hitters — it’s going to take a lot of patience on everybody’s part, coaches and players. Guys are trying, they just don’t have their timing yet, and a lot of them have never seen pitching this good before, so it might take a little bit of time getting adjusted to it.”

A lot of the young WVU hitters had never seen the type of pitching they have gone up against this season, causing some struggles at the plate they usually wouldn’t have trouble with.

According to Van Zant, some players are swinging at bad curveballs and looking at fastballs go by them, which may be the reason the team only scored in one of the three games over the weekend.

The main issue so far for the team has been getting on base. West Virginia has an average on-base percentage of .280, while batting just .184 as a team. WVU opponents

have batted .302 against WVU pitching.

Van Zant was pleased with how many of his pitchers performed, despite the losses.

Eric Hinkle and Dan Dierdorff kept the Mountaineers in the game against George Mason yesterday, combining for eight innings— giving up just one earned run, while striking out nine batters.

“We just have a lot of work to do offensively. Our hitters have got to really work hard and try to get better,” Van Zant said.

“We’ve got some hitters, and we’ve got some guys that are capable of doing better, and they just have to focus on each at-bat. We cant go next weekend and worry about what we did last weekend. We just have to go to the plate, and have a good at-bat.

“They’re trying, and they’re working hard at it, and I think they’ll get better as the season goes on.”

West Virginia travels to Minnesota next weekend for the Dairy Queen Classic at the Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minn., to face Nebraska, Minnesota and New Mexico State. ben.gaughan@mail.wvu.edu

Senior Veronica Cardenas was one of two players on WVU to win a match against Cincinnati.

by robert kreis sports writer

It was another split weekend for the West Virginia women’s tennis team, losing to Cincinnati Saturday only to bounce back and pull out a victory on Sunday against Dayton.

“We are in a better place as a team,” said West Virginia head coach Tina Samara. “The chemistry between the group is the best it’s ever been, and that’s extremely important on a college tennis team.”

In the loss to Big East Conference foe Cincinnati, the Mountaineers were without some key members of the team who missed the match due to injury.

After dropping the doubles point, West Virginia could not capture any momentum and ended up losing the match 5-2.

The Mountaineers’ No. 1 player, Emily Mathis, played through a stomach strain and had to serve her entire match underhand due to the injury.

Even though Mathis lost, Samara could not be happier with the resiliency she showed.

“Obviously at the No. 1 spot, serving underhand (is) a pretty tall order,” Samara said.

“I give her a lot of credit for just competing and winning games.”

The only Mountaineers to taste victory Saturday were sophomore Mary Chupa and senior Veronica Cardenas.

Chupa defeated Cincinnati’s Kristina Georgieva 7-5, 7-5, on the number-two singles court.

Cardenas earned her win on the number-four singles court in commanding fashion, beating Sierra Sullivan of Cincinnati 6-0, 6-2.

After the Cincinnati defeat, West Virginia took an hour trip north for a bout with the Dayton Flyers on Sunday. The Mountaineers beat the Flyers 4-3.

Chupa continued to lead the charge for West Virginia Sunday. The sophomore single-handedly won her match on the number-two singles court 6-1, 6-0. Chupa teamed up with freshman Ikktesh Chahal on the number-one doubles court, winning 8-4.

“Mary really stepped up as a leader,” Samara said. “She

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played pretty much flawless tennis. Anything she did, she did extremely well, and she was doing everything.

“When Mary is playing well, there is not a whole lot you can do against her as an opponent.”

It was a tough start of the season for Samara and the women’s tennis team, but it seems like the bad days are behind them, and their best tennis is still in front of them. Samara was extremely proud of how her team performed this weekend, especially with a few key members, like Mathis, facing injuries.

“To beat any team under our circumstances is pretty good,” Samara said. “It says a lot about these kids and where they are at.

“The difference has nothing to do with how we are hitting balls. It has to with that chemistry, and that desire, and that fight that comes from the relationship that they have with each other (and) the relationships we are starting to build with them.” dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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STILL STRUGGLING

West Virginia lets another one slip away, falls to No. 10 Marquette 61-60 by john terry managing editor

Another first-half lead slipped away Friday night at the WVU Coliseum.

After holding a 32-21 lead at halftime against No. 10 Marquette (24-5, 13-3), the West Virginia men’s basketball team collapsed and fell for the seventh time in nine games in a 61-60 loss.

The loss dampers the NCAA tournament hopes for West Virginia (17-12, 7-9 Big East), which now can finish no better than 9-9 in the Big East Conference with wins in its final two games.

“I don’t feel that comfortable at this point at all,” said West Virginia senior Kevin Jones, who scored just 12 points and collected six rebounds. “It’s going to take a whole lot to get into the tournament.

“If we win these next two games, we can be an NCAA tournament team. The way we’re playing right now? No, we’re not an NCAA tournament team.”

Marquette head coach Buzz Williams suspended four players before the game due to breaking team policy. Leading scorer Darius Johnson-Odom as well as Junior Cadougan and Vander Blue were suspended for the first half. Todd Mayo was suspended for the second half.

“There has to be a standard of accountability. That was the end of it,” he said.

West Virginia was able to take advantage of the suspensions jumping on the Golden Eagles early.

West Virginia used a 9-2 run early in the first half to pull out to a 22-15 lead.

Marquette scored a basket, but the Mountaineers again increased their lead.

A pair of Truck Bryant 3-pointers catapulted West Virginia to a 28-17 lead at the 3:20 mark. West Virginia led by 13 with 43 seconds left in the first half, but Marquette scored two free throws in the final seconds to give the Mountaineers a 32-21 lead at halftime.

The Mountaineers outrebounded the Golden Eagles 22-11 in the first half and

didn’t allow Marquette to a single offensive rebound.

Bryant, who hadn’t scored more than 15 points in a game since Feb. 5 against Providence, had 15 in the first half. He finished with a team-high 25 points.

“Truck finally shot the ball in, but (Kevin Jones) couldn’t shoot it,” said West Virginia head coach Bob Huggins.

“We had wide-open looks and just didn’t make any of them.”

The second half was a different story.

With Johnson-Odom back in the starting lineup, Marquette opened the half with a 15-7 run to pull within four – 41-37 – with 11:30 remaining.

Back-to-back baskets by Jones and Dominic Rutledge gave the Mountaineers a 45-37 lead. But the Golden Eagles kept plowing forward.

A 13-3 run by Marquette gave it a 5048 lead with 5:35 remaining. It was the first lead for the Golden Eagles since the 9:57 mark of the first half when Marquette led by two.

Marquette was led by Jae Crowder, who scored 26 points. Blue added 10 points off the bench following his firsthalf suspension.

“We don’t play a whole game,” Huggins said. “We take plays off. When they run the ball at you, and you can’t get back and stop them, you’re not going to win.”

West Virginia fought back, however, and had a chance for a game-winning shot as time expired. With 6.6 seconds, Bryant took the ball up the court but forced a shot falling away from the right baseline, which sailed long.

“They drew me out where I wouldn’t want to go,” Bryant said. “I just tried to float it up there.”

Huggins said following the game this is the most frustrated he’s been as a coach since his first season at Walsh University.

“I can’t lose like this,” he said. “I can’t do it.” john.terry@mail.wvu.edu

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Senior forward Kevin Jones and the West Virginia men’s basketball team fell to Marquette Friday night. It was the seventh loss in the last nine games for the Mountaineers.

After another loss, WVU finds itself in ‘desperate times’ michael carvelli sports editor

Heading into Friday’s game against No. 10 Marquette, it didn’t look like things were able to get much worse for West Virginia.

The Mountaineers had just lost for the sixth time in their last eight games in a 71-44 dismantling at the hands of No. 20 Notre Dame – the most they’ve lost by since a 38-point loss to Villanova in January 2005.

Their NCAA tournament hopes seemed to be unraveling at the seams, but all could change with an upset on their home floor against the Golden Eagles.

Through one half, it looked like WVU was well on its way toward steering the ship back on track when it went into the locker room with an 11-point lead.

And that’s when things went wrong.

With the help of starters Darius Johnson-Odom, Vander Blue and junior Cadougan who all returned to play in the second half after being suspended for the first 20 minutes, Marquette and head coach Buzz Williams came storming back to dance (literally) out of the Coliseum with a 61-60 victory.

It was the largest halftime lead WVU has blown at the Coliseum since Notre Dame turned a 15-point deficit at the break into a three-point win more than 10 years ago during the 2001-02 season.

Since they’ve started losing,

the Mountaineers have admitted there has been more of a sense of urgency. But following Friday’s loss, that mind-set has changed into something a little stronger as they head into the final two games of the year.

“It’s panic,” said senior guard Truck Bryant. “We have to win two.”

Bryant’s senior counterpart Kevin Jones agreed with his feelings.

“It’s definitely a desperate time for us right now. I know me, Truck and Turk (junior Deniz Kilicli) being the upperclassmen, we won’t let the younger guys hold their heads down,” he said.

“I’m not going to give up, I know my teammates aren’t going to give up. I won’t allow them to give up, and we’re just going to keep on fighting, and we’ll go from there.”

But, it’s the lack of fight in this WVU team that has head coach Bob Huggins worried the most.

During his postgame press conference following Friday’s loss, Huggins mentioned the lack of fire his team has played with.

“I’ve been doing this for 30 years. We never got outmanned the way we got outmanned today. We’ve never been outmanned,” Huggins said. “I despise cowards. Somebody who has an opportunity to play at the highest level of major college basketball who’s afraid to step in front of a guy and take a charge?

“I can’t fathom accepting a scholarship and not

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

84th Academy

Awards

Best Picture: ‘The Artist’

Best Director: Michel Hazanavicius, ‘The Artist’ Best Actor in a Leading Roll: Jean Dujardin, ‘The Artist’ Erin Fitzwilliams editor-in-Chief

The 84th Annual Academy Awards took a step back to the old film era of the 1920s.

It was fitting for “The Artist” to take home the award for Best Picture.

“The Artist” star Jean Dujardin also took home Best Actor in a Leading Role for the silent film. Dujardin channeled his character from the film, George Valentin, while accepting the award.

“The Artist” was the first silent film to win Best Picture since 1929, during the first Academy Awards ceremony.

Director of “The Artist” Michel Hazanavicius also took home Best Director for the film. “The Artist” took home five Oscars in total.

Meryl Streep took home

the award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for “The Iron Lady,” a film about the life of Margaret Thatcher, the first and only female British prime minister.

Streep has had 17 nominations and last night was her third Oscar win.

Although the “Bridesmaids” stars didn’t take home any Oscars, they brought along bottles of vodka to continue what they created from the Golden Globe Awards - the “Scorcese Drinking Game,” a game based off of director Martin Scorcese.

Actresses Melissa McCarthy and Rose Byrne pulled bottles from their gowns and chugged away once an audience member shouted “Scorcese.”

Kristin Wiig and Maya Rudolph got raunchy when they presented the award for Best Live Action Short film and “shattered the common be-

Best Actress in a Leading Role: Meryl Streep, ‘The Iron Lady’ lief that size does not matter.”

Funny moments throughout the evening were far and few between, with host Billy Crystal lacking luster, but keeping the jokes fairly clean and somewhat half-hearted.

Emma Stone, who presented Visual Effects with Ben Stiller, was also a highlight of the evening.

Although their banter was somewhat forced, her jabs at previous Oscar presenters was fun and one of the funniest moments of the night.

Scorcese’s film “Hugo”

took home five Oscars, two of which were cinematography and art direction.

Surprisingly, “Rango,” a film featuring the voice of Johnny Depp, took home Best Animated Feature Film.

I was surprised “Rango” the goofy tale of a lizard lost in the desert who helps the town he becomes the sheriff of, took home the award.

“Rango” was up against “Puss in Boots” and “Kung Fu Panda 2,” among others. erin.fitzwilliams@mail.wvu.edu

Best Animated Feature Film: ‘Rango’

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WVU hosts high school musicians

by Noelle Harris A&E Correspondent

West Virginia University held its annual High School Honors Orchestra Wednesday.

The High School Honors Orchestra is made up of more than 100 high school string musicians from West Virginia and surrounding states.

Music teachers and band directors from high schools around the state recommended their best students.

Upon acceptance, they auditioned for placements in the Honors Orchestra.

“Their directors enjoy that they get the experience to perform with a large group

of people,” said Mitchell Arnold, associate professor of music and director of orchestral studies.

The students came here as a way to enrich their musical talent and gain experience working with WVU faculty.

“They’re so well prepared,” Arnold said. “Part of the reason is that they have wonderful teachers.”

The teachers not only had the commitment to teach these students, but they had the talent, and they helped their students gain that talent as well.

As part of the experience, the high school students get a chance to work with

WVU Symphony Orchestra students.

Faculty members directed each of the separate section songs and sat in on auditions.

The honor band students performed with members of the Symphony Orchestra, who donated their free time to work with them.

The honor band students spent a lot of time practicing, which is evident in their performance.

Many of the students came from schools with very small string programs.

“Even though we had 123 string players, they played and listened really well together,” Arnold said.

Many of these students had never met before, but by the end of the weekend they were performing together.

The orchestra performed a number of pieces that are performed by professional orchestras, which included John Philip Sousa’s “The Liberty Bell,” which is from “Monty Python’s Flying Circus;” and “Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity” from Gustav Holst’s “The Planets.”

For more information on the band as well as other performances at the CAC, you can visit their website at www. cac.wvu.edu. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

Sandler sets Razzie record: 11 worst-movie noms SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — When Adam Sandler’s bad, he’s really bad, according to voters for the Razzies, an Academy Awards spoof that singles out the worst movies of the year.

Sandler received a record 11 nominations Saturday for the Razzies as star, producer or writer on three 2011 movies “Jack and Jill,” “Just Go with It” and “Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star.”

That more than doubled the previous record of five Razzie nominations held by Eddie Murphy for 2007’s “Norbit.”

Sandler’s nominations include worst actor for both “Jack and Jill” and “Just Go with It” and worst actress for “Jack and Jill,” in which he plays a family man and his own twin sister.

Sandler also had two nominations as worst screen couple opposite Jennifer Aniston or Brooklyn Decker in “Just Go with It” and opposite Katie Holmes, Al Pacino or himself in “Jack and Jill.”

As a producer, Sandler was credited with worst-picture and worst prequel, remake, rip-off or sequel nominations for both “Bucky Larson” and “Jack and Jill.” He also shared in worst-screenplay nominations as a writer on both movies, and

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Adam Sandler portrays both Jill, left, and Jack in a scene from ‘Jack & Jill.’ Sandler shattered the record for most nominations ever at the Razzies, an Academy Awards spoof that singles out the worst movies of the year. a worst-ensemble nomination for “Jack and Jill.”

“It’s almost karmic for someone to have made that much razz-able stuff in one year,” said Razzies founder John Wilson.

“He has angered someone really powerful, I would say.”

Along with “Bucky Larson” and “Jack and Jill,” worst-picture contenders are “New Year’s Eve,” “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” and “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1.”

“Jack and Jill” led with 12

nominations, with “Transformers” second with nine and “Breaking Dawn” right behind with eight.

Razzie nominations were released on the eve of the Oscars.

Winners will be announced on April Fool’s Day. For worst actor, Sandler is up against “Bucky Larson” star Nick Swardson, along with Russell Brand for “Arthur”; Nicolas Cage for “Drive Angry,” “Season of the Witch” and “Trespass”; and Taylor Lautner for “Abduction” and “Breaking Dawn.”

Swardson also was nominated for worst supporting actor for “Jack and Jill” and “Just Go with It.” For worst actress, Sandler is joined by another crossdressing actor, Martin Lawrence in “Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son.” Also nominated were Sarah Palin for her documentary “The Undefeated”; Sarah Jessica Parker for “I Don’t Know How She Does It” and “New Year’s Eve”; and Kristen Stewart for “Breaking Dawn.”

Several Oscar winners made the Razzies list, among them Cage (a best-actor winner for “Leaving Las Vegas”) and Pacino (a best-actor winner for “Scent of a Woman”), who was nominated for worst supporting actor for “Jack and Jill.”

Bill Condon, an Oscar winner for his “Gods and Monsters” screenplay, was among the worst-director nominees at the Razzies for “Breaking Dawn.”

The group traditionally has announced its nominees the day before the Oscar nominations and its winners the night before the Oscars. But Wilson and the roughly 600 voting members for the Razzies decided to experiment with an April 1 date this time, figuring April Fool’s Day was an ideal time for their mock ceremony.

“I have always wondered if we stepped slightly away from lockstep with the Oscars, what would happen,” Wilson said.

“We just kept hoping the Oscars would do their ceremony on April 2, but they just never did.”

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

3,4,5,6 BR HOUSES walk to class.

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

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

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

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MOBILE HOMES FOR SALE 1997 14X70 FLEETWOOD TRAILER in double rented lot. 2br, 2 bath, very nice condition, at 1111 Valley View Ave., $22,000. Call 301-268-1646

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

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

10-mins from downtown. Small local bar.

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

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

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

MARIO’S FISHBOWL NOW HIRING cooks. Apply in person at 704 Richwood Avenue.

MID-ATLANTIC MARKET IS NOW ACCEPTING applications for sales associates and Deli associates. Experienced preferred but will train if necessary. Must be able to work all shifts. Offer competitive wages. Apply in person at 7000 Mid-Atlantic Drive, Morgantown.

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

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

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‘Buried Child’ performance awes CAC ALEX PANOS A&E WRITER

One could hear a pin drop in the Gladys G. Davis Theatre, during the final moments of the West Virginia University Creative Arts Center’s opening night of “Buried Child.” Terror struck the audience, taking its collective breath away.

The same crowd that throughout the night had been in stitches from the characters antics and oneliners (particularly those of grandfather Dodge) left the theatre shell-shocked and in awe of Sam Shepard’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play.

“One minute you can laugh and the next be horrified. It shifts and changes,” said director Jerry McGonigle, who is also director of graduate acting at WVU. “Shepard works in that way.”

The play takes place on a farm home, where violence, mystery and dark secrets surround a complicated family.

Insanity ensues when a mysterious grandson and his girlfriend arrive to join an alcoholic grandfather, a selfrighteous grandmother, and their two sons – an amputee with several problems, and a former football star back from

Mexico for unknown reasons.

Shepard crafted his work in a way that flip-flops between drama and comedy. “Buried Child” kept the audience on edge all night with its plot, and would sprinkle in humor throughout each act.

The humor would be quickly replaced again with tense uneasy moments, such as Dodge’s alcohol-induced rants or son Bradley screaming “wider” as he forced his hand into Shelly’s mouth, that left the audience uncomfortable, turning in their seats.

WVU student Jaclyn Merrill, who attended the play, said she found it dark, funny and, above all else, shocking.

“It’s taboo,” she said. “This play was about things people just don’t talk about.”

Shepard’s play touches on issues not discussed currently, let alone when it debuted in 1978. When these issues are brought out on center stage, “Buried Child” becomes a must-see production.

“A visceral experience of some of the world’s deepest truths is what draws us to art, what makes us tell stories,” McGonigle said.

The play surely got the attention of Morgantown resident Chip Hitchcock. A longtime Shepard fan, Hitchcock said he had to come see “Buried Child” for the first time.

“He’s so twisted and dark,”

WVU theatre students perform in a scene from ‘Buried Child’ at the CAC Saturday.

Hitchcock said. “It’s intense; Shepard gets darker and darker throughout the play.”

Student actors Greg Holt, Sarah Lemanski, Benjamin Roberts, Brandon Chowen, Will Stout, McKenna Kirchner and Todd Berkich captivated their audience with spot-on character portrayals that left the viewers feeling as though they were watching reality.

“The acting was brilliant,” Merrill said.

“Everyone played their age very well,” Hitchcock said.

“The girl was the epitome of youth personified.”

Furthermore, the speakers that surround the theater brought a lifelike sensation of raindrops thudding against roof; it was not difficult to imagine sitting in the house with the characters on an eerie stormy night.

Tickets are on sale for this week’s shows Tuesday to Saturday at 7:30 p.m., as well as the matinee performance Sunday at 2 p.m.

Tickets are $15 for WVU Students, $18 for WVU faculty and staff and $20 for the general public. Groups of 10 or more are welcomed with a rate of $10 per ticket.

Tickets are available at the Mountainlair Box Office, www.ticketmaster.com or by calling 304-293-SHOW. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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‘Buried Child,’ the Pulitzer prize-winning play by Sam Shepherd, is performed by WVU theater students at the CAC Saturday.

Students perform Sam Shepherd’s ‘Buried Child’ at the CAC Saturday.

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Local band Ancient Shores to release new album on vinyl Hunter Homistek A&E WRITER

Local metal act Ancient Shores is set to showcase its latest work this spring – but there’s a catch.

Rather than moving into the digital age and releasing its latest album exclusively online or keeping things traditional with a CD release, Ancient Shores is going retro and releasing the album as a 12-inch split vinyl.

“We’re all vinyl collectors and strong supporters of the format,” said Ancient Shores bassist Joel Wadsworth. “Vinyl just has a different sound to it that you don’t get from an mp3 coming through your headphones or laptop speakers.”

The split will also feature tracks from Seattle outfit Cynarae and artwork courtesy of Andy Crawshaw.

While teaming up with the Seattle outfit may seem a bit random for Ancient Shores, the groups share a common bond – the streets of Morgantown, W.

Va. “One of the guitar players (Geoff Hohn) in Cynarae is originally from Morgantown, and I’ve been good friends with him for around eight years,” Wadsworth said. “The minute I heard their demo I knew I wanted to help them in any way we possibly could.”

Ancient Shores then pitched the idea of featuring Cynarae on the split to their record label, A389 Records, and the owner quickly agreed. Now the groups are teaming up for what promises to be a creative and original

approach to a somewhat stagnant medium.

Sticking with the non-traditional process for this album, Ancient Shores decided to record the album itself rather than being crunched for time in a high-pressure studio environment.

“Digital recording has become easy for anyone to do,” said Ancient Shores guitarist Brett Carpenter. ”Since the band has a DIY attitude, we’d rather spend five weeks getting the album right (and recording ourselves) than be pressed

with only five days to record it in a studio and risk not being 100 percent happy with the outcome.”

Upon finishing the recording process, Ancient Shores plans to send the album to be mixed by Vince Ratti of The Skylight Studio and mastered by Alliance Mastering. This will ensure that, while the album may be a blast from the past visually, it will sound just as refined and crisp as anything out there today.

Ancient Shores has established itself as Morgantown’s premier metal act through a

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Ancient Shores can be found online at www.myspace.com/ ancientshores.

For more info on A389 Recordings, visit www.a389recordings.com.

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