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Tuesday February 28, 2012

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Blood drive teams with dance competition by kelsey montgomery staff writer

West Virginia University Mountaineers are preparing their best dance moves to help save lives.

Twenty-two campus celebrities will team up as part of the “Dancing with Our Mountaineer Stars” event Saturday.

The competition is based on the ABC television series “Dancing with the Stars” and each pair will dance to compete for the championship.

It’s not all about the best dancing, though.

Each competitor is charged with the task of recruiting family members, friends and community members to donate blood on their behalf during a blood drive Tuesday from 11:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. in the Mountainlair Ballrooms.

“For every presenting donor, a couple recruits one extra point to be added to their raw score,” said Jackie Riggleman, WVUp All Night lead intern and one of the stars performing. “I

personally would like to get 20 donors. I think that would be great, but we would always welcome more.”

Blood donors will have 11 couples to choose from to support, including Director of Student Organizations Services Ron Justice and 2010 Mountaineer Idol winner Amanda Hughart; Steve Staffileno, director of the Mountaineer Maniacs, and University Relations and News graduate assistant Mel Moraes; current Mountaineer mascot Brock Burwell

and Nicole Riggleman, interim development officer in the College of Engineering and Mineral Resources; Geoff Coyle, WVU sports reporter for WVillustrated, and exercise physiology student Jessica Burtnerp; and Ryan Butler, 2011 Mr. Mountaineer, and Julie Adams, WVU Collegiate 4-H dance ambassador.

The competition will also feature Julie Diamond, 2011 WVU homecoming queen, and Matt Boczanowski, Student Government Associa-

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tion board member; Evan Bonnstetter, 2011 homecoming king, and Ariel Fink, WVU dance team member; Chelsea Malone, 2011 Mountaineer Idol, and Joe Harmon, WVUp All Night intern; Jackie Riggleman, Miss Appalachia, and Sheldon Bell, graduate assistant for the Mountaineer Athletic Club; Brenda Thompson, associate vice president for Academic Affairs, and Phil Furman, CEO of the Kids Camp Foundation; and Lesley Cottrell, chairwoman of WVU fac-

ulty senate, and Bill Duff, WVU dance instructor.

Competitor Nicole Riggleman said she and her partner have been working to promote the event by reaching out to friends, colleagues and students within the University community.

“My partner Sheldon and I have been reaching out to people we work with and have class with to recruit donors. We have been using social media

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WVU inks CocaCola to new fiveyear agreement by lydia nuzum

associate city editor

West Virginia University has entered into a new agreement with The Coca-Cola Company, granting exclusive access to Coca-Cola products on all WVU campuses and in all athletic facilities, effective this month through 2017.

“It brings a well-known name brand to what I think of as a well-known, name brand University,” said Dan Durbin, senior associate vice president of finance at WVU. “We’re affiliated now with a highly visible company, and I think it gives our University a level of visibility we might not otherwise enjoy.”

The contract will also provide several campus opportunities, including scholarships and sustainability programs.

“Coca-Cola is giving back to the University,” Durbin said. “They are contributing, over the first five years of this contract, $600,000 to the scholarship fund, and these scholarships help students attend West Virginia University. So, it’s an important contribution.”

The company will also sponsor several athletic events, Durbin said, and will contribute $50,000 over the next five years to sustainabil-

ity efforts sponsored through the University.

“There is no other university like West Virginia University – from the rolling hills of the campuses, to the unmistakable Mountaineer fan pride, to the exceptional academic programs – WVU is unique in every way, just like Coca-Cola,” said Heather Hucks, director of sponsorships for Coca-Cola.

“We couldn’t be happier to continue our partnership with the school and can’t wait to make a connection through our brand with each and every Mountaineer in the state of West Virginia.”

The University has held contractual agreements with The Coca-Cola Company since 2002. Durbin said the company had to undergo a competitive selection process to establish a contract with WVU, and the adoption of Coca-Cola products across all affiliated campuses creates a positive impact on the University.

“With a comprehensive product we have better pricing, better incentives and things of that nature,” Durbin said.

The contract affects both the Downtown and Evansdale

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Military veteran students participate in canoe trip by carlee lammers staff writer

Seniors Kevin Jones and Truck Bryant will play their final regular season game at the Coliseum tonight against DePaul. SPORTS PAGE 12

Student newscast receives national recognition by lacey palmer staff writer

The West Virginia University Perley Isaac Reed School of Journalism’s “WVU News,” a weekly television newscast produced by journalism students, has received national and international recognition for its broadcast productions.

The organization has received three international Audio-Visual Arts Awards, a competition that recognizes outstanding work from creative professionals, including audio and video productions, websites and interactive social media sites.

Several “WVU News” segments received awards, including “Big 12 Special Edition,”

produced by Whitney Godwin, one of the executive producers of “WVU News” last semester, which received a Gold Award; “September 11th Special Edition,” produced by journalism senior Eva Buchman, an executive producer for “WVU News,” earned a Platinum Award; and “‘WVU News’ Remembers Milan Puskar,” produced by Godwin, also received a Platinum Award.

Both Godwin’s “Big 12 Special Edition” and Buchman’s “September 11th Special Edition” also won Bronze Awards in the 33rd annual Telly Awards, which recognize the best film and video productions, groundbreaking online video content and outstanding television commercials and programs. The

“WVU News” productions competed with more than 13,000 entries in this year’s Telly Awards.

“We all work really hard, and these awards are about more than just us as individuals,” Buchman said. “We really like to continue to shine a spotlight on our program and what we do here, and the awards help us do that. They help us stay in the spotlight and continue to be one of the premier schools in the country, which really cannot be beat.”

Many “WVU News” reporters and anchors also received top honors from the Broadcast Education Association’s 2011 Festival of Media Arts competition.

Erica Mokay, a senior journalism student and anchor on

last semester’s “WVU News,” was recognized as Best TV Anchor in the competition and received an honorable mention in Television Hard News Reporting. Paul King, journalism student, also earned an honorable mention in Television Feature Reporting.

Godwin’s “Big 12 Special Edition” also received an honorable mention in Television Newscast at the Festival of Media Arts competition and was named a finalist for the College Television Emmys, which is a national competition recognizing excellence in college student-produced video, digital and film work.

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ON THE INSIDE The No. 2 West Virginia rifle team won its third straight Great American Rifle Conference championship Sunday. SPORTS PAGE 9

A group of 17 West Virginia University military veteran students will travel to the Florida Everglades this spring seeking adventure, opportunity and friendship as they travel “just around the river bend” on a six-day coastal canoe trip.

WELLWVU: The Students’ Center of Health, in collaboration with the Adventure WV program, has been working to organize a trip that will instill basic outdoor skills, a sense of adventure, leadership and friendship in the University’s veteran students, said Ian Kellems, assistant director of the WELLWVU: Carruth Center for Psychological and Psychiatric Services.

“This is a very hands-on trip,” Kellems said. “This is not a trip where you go and stay in a five-star resort where people serve you food; it’s the students using their basic outdoor skills and running the show.”

Wilderness leadership program Outward Bound has provided grants to the WVU

students participating allowing them to participate free of charge and will conduct and lead the trip.

Outward Bound is an outdoor leadership program that originated in England during World War II and has existed in the United States since 1960. The program is a nonprofit educational organization and expedition school, and it serves individuals of all ages and backgrounds through active learning expeditions to encourage character development, self-discovery and service.

“Outward Bound has a heritage of working with youth and young adults and giving them this opportunity for a life experience,” said Adventure WV veterans coordinator Nathan Harlan. “They also have a heritage of helping make them more resilient, allowing them to be able to conquer challenges.”

Kellems said the canoe trip would not only instill outdoor skills and experience in the students, but also serve as a leadership opportunity, and

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BACKYARD BRAWLING The West Virginia women’s basketball team defeated Pittsburgh Monday night in the Backyard Brawl.

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2 | NEWS

Tuesday February 28, 2012

Obama urges governors to boost education funding WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama Monday urged the nation’s governors to invest more state resources in education, saying a highly skilled workforce is crucial for the U.S. to remain competitive with other countries.

Obama made his pitch at a White House meeting with governors in Washington as part of the annual winter meeting of the National Governors Association. The president and first lady Michelle Obama hosted a black tie dinner with the governors Sunday night.

Obama said at Monday’s session that he sympathized with governors whose state budgets have been badly squeezed during the economic downturn.

But he said that was no reason to trim resources from schools.

“The fact is that too many states are making cuts in education that I think are simply too big,” Obama said. “Nothing more clearly signals what you value as a state than the decisions you make about where to invest. Budgets are about choices.”

He reaffirmed his view that decisions about education should be left to states and not the federal government. “I be-

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President Barack Obama speaks before the National Governors Association Monday in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington. lieve education is an issue that is best addressed at the state level,” the president said, “and governors are in the best position to have the biggest impact.”

It was a message directed largely to Republican governors, many of whom have complained of too much fed-

Michigan race shows Romney, Santorum differences TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Republican presidential contenders Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney wooed Michigan voters in appearances that were vastly different both in substance and in style – and that illustrated the contrasts between the two front-runners for the GOP presidential nomination.

Santorum, the former Pennsylvania senator pitching bluecollar populism and his Christian faith, used a visit to a nightclub Sunday on the outskirts of this town to outline a vision of American greatness driven by the workers who he says built the country.

“We know what works in America. Bottom up,” Santorum told the 600 people in his audience, which included many people still dressed in their church clothes, as well as others wearing Detroit Red Wings jackets and camouflage hunting caps. He spoke for nearly an hour from a podium before taking questions.

The crowd whistled, cheered and shouted back, running through the Declaration of Independence like a call-andanswer sports cheer.

“They are endowed by their ...” Santorum started. “CREATOR!” the crowd shouted back. When a young girl standing near the stage piped up: “You should be president!” Santorum smiled and thanked her.

A bit later at a soaring ballroom in the Park Place Hotel downtown, a state representative and a congressman stalled for about 45 minutes before Romney stepped onto the stage at the front of the room, an enormous campaign sign hanging behind him. The former Massachusetts governor spoke for about 20 minutes, of-

fering his standard campaign speech with some added focus on his Michigan roots.

“The right course for America is to believe in free people and free enterprises - and I do and I will,” Romney told the crowd of about 700. He cited the “pioneers and innovators” who helped America thrive and said: “Their success did not make us poorer.

Their success made us better off!” He barely mentioned religion, stopping only to emphasize the reference to the creator in the Declaration of Independence and citing the motto, “In God We Trust.”

He took no questions from his crowd, made up of men in jackets and one with a ball cap advertising the Jack Nicklaus-designed golf courses at the nearby Grand Traverse Resort.

How Romney and Santorum court Michigan voters – and who they’re targeting – ahead of Tuesday’s primary illustrates the differences between Romney, for more than a year considered the Republican to beat, and Santorum, his current top challenger for the GOP nomination. Polls show the two men in a close race in this struggling Rust Belt state as both try to win over the thousands of voters who have been out of work for years as their state has struggled to replace manufacturing jobs that powered its economy for decades.

Santorum, a strict Catholic who wears sweater vests and highlights his background as the senator from another suffering manufacturing state, Pennsylvania, is directly appealing to the Michigan’s vibrant tea party movement and religious social conservatives.

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eral intrusion in state matters including education. Several prominent GOP governors were in the room as the president spoke, including Chris Christie of New Jersey and Bobby Jindal of Louisiana.

Obama earlier this month granted waivers to 11 states,

freeing them from some of the toughest requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act, as long as they measure student progress with their own standards.

He called on governors to assist that effort toward a more state-centered approach to ed-

ucation by spending more on education.

“That does not mean we have to invest in things that aren’t working,” he said. “It doesn’t mean that it doesn’t make sense to break some china and move aggressively on reforms. But the fact of the matter is we don’t have to choose between resources and reforms, we need resources and reform.”

Specifically he called for more teachers in the classroom. He also noted that 21 states require students to stay in high school until they graduate or turn 18.

“I urge others to follow suit of those 21 states,” Obama said.

On higher education, Obama said more than 40 states have cut financing of public colleges and universities over the past year. “This is just the peak of what has been a long term trend of reduced state support for higher education,” he said.

The president said more than 40 states have cut funding for public colleges, universities and community colleges over the past year.

Obama said his administration, Congress and the institu-

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Gina Dahlia, Television Journalism Program Chair for the School of Journalism and instructor of the “WVU News” course, said the recognition the students receive from these awards and honors give them the exposure of attending a school with a top-notch journalism program and are widely recognized by news directors at television stations across the United States.

“Winning these awards showcases their abilities to perform with the big dogs, excel and never underestimate the power of social media,” Dahlia said.

“Recently, I had a news director call me to get the number of an anchor on our main show last semester, Erica Mokay. A few weeks and several interviews later, Erica (Mokay) was hired

by WTOV-TV in Steubenville, Ohio, as their weekend anchor, and she’s still in school. That’s the power of exposure, committed students and a dean that truly cares about our program.

It’s a win-win for everyone.”

Mokay admits she was shocked to receive Best TV Anchor, but claimed that Dahlia had the confidence in her and coached her, which helped her to be the anchor she is today.

“When we’re in college, it’s all about building that resume and making yourself stand out on

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Continued from page 1 the students will have the opportunity to navigate and lead as the week progresses.

The University has made a conscious effort to better support student and faculty military veterans as part of its 2020 Strategic Plan for the Future.

“They’re different,” Kellems said. “They have a lot of experi-

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Continued from page 1 such as Facebook and Twitter to promote it, as well,” Riggleman said.

“The American Red Cross is a great organization that helps many people across the world and it is always in need of more donors. By partnering with them, the stars are not giving back to the community just once, but by recruiting donors their units of blood will be used continuously to help benefit the community.”

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The spring 2012 WVU News anchor team. From left: Alex Koscevic, Sebouh Majarian, Professor Gina Dahlia, Krista Baker, Jon Rudder, Joshua Marshall, and Jacqueline Delphin. paper so that you do get that job in the future, and these awards are a wonderful thing to put on my resume and sell myself in that sense,” Mokay said. “The position that I most recently received just goes to show that this production can really lead to a future job. It really does help and is worth putting all the hard work into.”

Buchman agrees that these awards and honors are valuable to her future, personally, but also that they represent the University and the television journalism program as a whole.

“WVU News” produces about

12 shows each semester, Dahlia said, and students report, write, shoot and edit television news stories and serve as on-air anchors, producers, directors and technical crew during newscast tapings at WVU’s professional television studies. “WVU News” reporters cover events on the University campus, as well as throughout the Morgantown community.

“It’s quite a production, and it’s so dramatic but whenever it comes down to it, it’s fun. And, it’s great being a part of something we can all really be proud of,” Mokay said. “It gives you

kind of a sneak preview of what the real world can be like and what you can expect if you do go into the television industry.

I don’t think people realize how much work actually does go into it.”

“WVU News” airs statewide on West Virginia Public Television and on Time Warner Cable in North Central West Virginia.

The production is also available for download on WVU’s iTunes U and YouTube. To learn more, visit http://sojnewscast.wvu. edu.

ence, and they find themselves in class next to an 18-yearold complaining about being homesick, but yet they’ve traveled away from home and have seen the world.”

Harlan said Adventure WV fully recognizes the necessity to cater to the needs of veteran students differently than those of traditional students, and hopes trips such as the spring break canoe trip will help facilitate them.

“Veteran students are a big asset to our school,” he said.

“They have a different experience than the average freshman student – they’ve had a different world experience.”

This full trip will be the third spring break trip WELLWVU and Adventure WV have organized. Previous trips have included sailing in the Florida Keys and canoeing through the Mobile-Tensaw Delta in Alabama.

Harlan said Adventure WV also offers other opportunities for veteran students including an upcoming ski trip, white water rafting trips and an Adventure Veterans Freshmen Orientation Program.

For more information on programs available to student veterans, visit http:// orientationtrips.wvu.edu/ adventure_veterans.

The “Dancing with Our Mountaineer Stars” competition will take place Saturday, at 8:30 p.m. in the Mountainlair Ballrooms. The event is based on ABC’s popular television series “Dancing With the Stars,” and each pair will dance up to three minutes to a variety of songs and styles.

The competition will feature several local celebrities on its judging panel, including Steve Douglas, president of the WVU alumni association; Nikki Bowman, editor of WV Living Magazine and Andrea Rogers, 2011 Miss West

Virginia USA. Another surprise “celebrity” judge will be announced at a later time, and Bill Nevin, the voice of both the “Pride of West Virginia,” the Mountaineers Marching Band, and WVU men’s home basketball games, will host the dance-off.

Students interested in participating in the blood drive can visit the Mountainlair Ballrooms or call the American Red Cross at 1-800-7332767 to schedule a specific time. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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“The countries who out-educate us today will out-compete us tomorrow,” Obama said. “If we want America to continue to be number one and stay number one, we’ve got some work to do.”

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, a Republican who has clashed with Obama on immigration and other issues, said she supported his message on education.

“In Arizona, we’re going to implement basically the things he talked about. That is one area we agree on,” Brewer told reporters.

Jindal said that while he shared many of Obama’s views on education, his differences with the president on taxes, spending and energy policies were unbridgeable.

“I walked into the meetings today believing we need a conservative in the White House and I left the meetings continuing to believe that,” Jindal said.

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Activist group: More than 100 dead across Syria BEIRUT (AP) — A Syrian activist group reported Monday that 135 people have been killed across the country including in the embattled city of Homs where a team from the Syrian arm of the Red Cross brought aid to one of the city’s most dangerous neighborhoods.

The activist group did not say whether all 135 died on Monday or were killed over the past few days. Many of the dead and wounded are believed to be from the Baba Amr neighborhood of Homs that the Syrian Arab Red Crescent entered late Monday. Also in the neighborhood are two wounded journalists along with the bodies of two of their colleagues who were killed last week.

Parts of Homs has been under siege for nearly four weeks, making it difficult for rescue workers to get to the wounded and for families to bring their injured and dead to the hospital or aid stations.

The high casualty figures reported by the Local Coordination Committees, one of the main Syrian activist groups, demonstrated the increasingly bloody toll the conflict is taking on Syria where President Bashar Assad is trying to suppress an uprising of Syrians demanding he step down.

Earlier Monday Syrian officials announced the results of a referendum on a new constitution held the day before. The Syrian authorities lauded the new charter as a step toward political reform, but the U.S. and its allies have dismissed the vote as a “farce” meant to justify the regime’s bloody crackdown on dissent.

Syrian state TV said 89 percent of eligible voters approved the new document, while nine

A Free Syrian Army fighter takes position as the Syrian Army advances towards the town of Sarmin, Russia, north of Syria, Monday. percent rejected it. It put turnout at 57 percent of Syria’s 14.9 million eligible voters.

Syria’s main opposition groups boycotted the vote, and violence elsewhere prevented polling.

A Syrian official Monday accused the West of trying to destabilize the country for its own gain and warned that militarizing groups seeking to topple the country’s ruler is a big mistake that will backfire.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Jihad Makdissi told The Associated Press in a rare interview in the Syrian capital that dialogue among all parties is the only way to end the conflict, which activists groups say has killed more than 8,000 people.

Makdissi’s comments – which were echoed by Rus-

sian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin — sought to respond to mounting criticism among U.S., European and Arab leaders of Assad’s increasingly bloody crackdown on the 11-month old uprising against his rule.

Representatives of more than 60 countries met in Tunis last week trying to forge a unified strategy to push Assad from power. They began planning a civilian peacekeeping mission to deploy after the regime falls.

And the European Union imposed new sanctions on Syria Monday.

But Russia has been stubbornly vocal in its opposition to any outside interference in Syria’s affairs.

Putin warned Monday against military intervention in scathing criticism of the West

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as he laid out his foreign policy priorities less than a week before Russia’s presidential election.

Putin said the West had backed the Arab Spring to advance its interests in the region, and that instead of promoting democracy the revolts had given rise to religious extremism.

The conflict in Syria started last March, when protesters inspired by the Arab Spring uprisings that toppled dictators in Tunisia and Egypt took to the streets in some of the country’s impoverished hinterlands to call for Assad’s ouster. The regime has used lethal force to try to stop the spreading protests, and some in the opposition have taken up arms to defend their towns and attack government troops.

Syrian authorities have blamed the uprising on Islamist militants and armed gangs.

On Monday, Makdissi accused the West of trying to weaken the country.

“The West took advantage of the awakening of the Syrian street. Instead of helping Syria to overcome this painful crisis, they are using this to hit the stability of Syria for other geopolitical reasons,” he said.

The diplomatic pressure on Syria comes as the humanitarian and security situation on the ground has deteriorated rapidly. The Syrian activist group, the Local Coordination Committees, said 64 of the people who were reported dead on Monday died while trying to flee shelling in the Homs neighborhood of Baba Amr when they were killed at a security checkpoint in the city’s Abil area.

The dead included three women, three children and four soldiers, the group said. It did not specify whether the soldiers had defected to the opposition.

It said 47 of the bodies were found between the villages of al-Ghajar and al-Tanouna, and that 17 others were found north of the al-Shindakhiyeh dam.

All of those areas are in central Syria, near Homs, which has taken a central role in the Syrian uprising.

A second activist group, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said 68 bodies had been brought to the hospital in Homs and that they were found between the villages of Ram al-Anz and al-Ajriyeh.

The group said it had unconfirmed reports that the dead were families that been killed by security forces while fleeing the city and called for an investigation.

The two accounts could not be immediately reconciled, and the death tolls could not be independently verified.

Some of the worst fighting in Syria’s nearly one-year-long conflict has come in Homs, where residents have been bombarded by Syrian government forces for nearly four weeks.

Two western journalists were killed in government shelling in Homs last week, and two other journalists injured.

Poland said Monday its diplomats are working with U.S., British and French authorities to evacuate the two reporters – Edith Bouvier of France and Paul Conroy of Britain – as well as the bodies of American Marie Colvin and Frenchman Remi Ochlik, who were killed in the same attack.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy accused Syrian authorities of assassinating Colvin and Ochlik by targeting a makeshift media center where they were killed.

“When the Syrian army fires shells several times on a building that they perfectly well knew was a press center ... it’s an assassination,” he said during an interview with RTL. Syrian activists groups such as the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and the Local Coordination Committees have put the death toll in the Syrian violence at a little more than 8,000 people. The vast majority of the dead are believed to be civilians.

The Observatory and the LCC have activists around Syria and both have been a major source of information as Assad’s government has barred almost all foreign journalists and human rights groups.

Senegalese president agrees to runoff Fire leaves cruise ship adrift in sea DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — After days of predicting that he would win a third term with a crushing majority, Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade on Monday acknowledged that he had had not gotten enough votes to avoid a runoff.

The normally loquacious leader didn’t take questions and appeared subdued as he met reporters for the first time since Sunday’s contentious election, which was preceded by weeks of protests calling for the leader’s departure. Reading from a prepared statement, Wade said that with more than half of the vote counted, he was leading 13 other candidates with 32.17 percent.

He needs more than 50 percent to avoid a runoff.

Experts say that for the 85-year-old to remain in power he needed to win on the first round when the opposition was split between multiple candidates. In a runoff, his chances of winning are much slimmer because the opposition will be united behind a single contender.

“To all of my supporters, my allies, my sympathizers, I ask that you remain mobilized because at this very hour, the trend from votes counted in 282 out of 551 districts – or half the vote – give me the lead with 32.17 percent to 25.24 percent for my nearest opponent,” Wade said.

“So everything is still possible – victory in the runoff.”

This nation of over 12 million on Africa’s western coast is considered one of the oldest and most robust democracies on the continent, but for weeks daily life has been upended by protests calling for Wade to resign.

Analysts have warned of further unrest if Wade were to win the election, and the specter of more violence has eroded the image of a nation that has been held up as a model of stability.

As votes were being tallied Monday, leading opposition candidate Macky Sall declared that a runoff was “inevitable.”

Sall told the country’s private radios that he had won both the capital and several major towns in the interior, though he said neither he nor the president had gotten the majority needed to avoid a second ballot.

Wade had angered the opposition in the days leading up to the vote by saying he would win on the first round with “a crushing majority.” He was loudly booed when he came to his home precinct to vote Sunday, and his bodyguards quickly led him inside the polling booth after a mob surrounded him.

While he was inside voting, they began to chant the chorus of a song composed by a group of anti-Wade rappers: “Old man, get lost.”

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Political party representatives look on during vote counting at a polling station in the Liberte VI neighborhood of Dakar, Senegal Sunday. reer of a man whose election 12 years ago was met with euphoria. A former opposition leader, Wade spent 25 years from 1974 to 2000 trying to topple the socialist party that ruled Senegal for 40 years after the country’s independence from France in 1960. His victory in 2000 was held up as an example of Senegal’s democratic maturity, because the former president gracefully accepted his loss.

Famously, ex-President Abdou Diouf telephoned Wade to concede defeat, an Americanstyle gesture that was unheard of in Africa at the time. Many wonder if Wade will step down as gracefully as his predecessor should he lose the runoff next month.

The protests that have rocked the country began last summer when Wade attempted to rush a law through parliament that would have reduced the percentage a candidate needed to

win on the first round from 50 to 25 percent. He was forced to scrap the proposal after riots immobilized the capital.

Wade has insisted on running for a third term, even though he revised the constitution after he came to office to impose a twoterm maximum.

In the two weeks preceding the vote, there were protests nearly every day. Wade has refused international calls to step down, including from the United States which called his candidacy “regrettable” and a threat to the country’s democracy.

Sunday’s vote proceeded peacefully. Assistant U.S. Secretary of State for African Affairs Johnnie Carson, who was in Dakar to observe the election, said: “Despite the tension in recent weeks, I witnessed firsthand the Senegalese people stepping out peacefully into the streets to make their voices heard where it truly counted – at the ballot box.”

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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — An Italian cruise liner carrying more than 1,000 people was adrift without power in the pirate-infested Indian Ocean on Monday after a fire erupted in its generator room. The blaze was extinguished without causing any injuries, an official said.

Tug boats from the island nation of Seychelles were steaming toward the drifting Costa Allegra, which had 636 passengers and 413 crew members on board, but they were not expected to arrive until Tuesday afternoon at the earliest.

Italian coast guard officials said a large French fishing boat could be the first vessel to reach the stricken cruise liner.

Monday’s fire on the Costa Allegra immediately raised fears, since it occurred only six weeks after one of its sister ships, the Costa Concordia, hit a reef and capsized off Italy, killing 25 people and leaving seven missing and presumed dead. Both ships are operated by Costa Crociere SpA, which is owned by the Florida-based Carnival Corp.

However, company officials rushed to play down concerns.

The Costa Allegra is adrift “and being pushed by the current. It is stable and upright,” Costa Crociere SpA official Giorgio Moretti told reporters in a conference call late Monday from com-

pany headquarters in Genoa, Italy.

No one was injured in the fire in the generator room and the cause of the fire was under investigation, Moretti said.

The fire knocked out power to the ship’s engines as well as to its lights and air conditioning.

Italian Coast Guard officials said emergency generators were keeping the ship’s control room illuminated and communications equipment such as radios running. Officials said the cruise liner was holding steady, despite 5-foot (1.5 meter) waves in the area and passengers were being kept in the ship’s big communal rooms, not in their cabins.

Moretti, a longtime Costa captain, said he expected the 636 passengers aboard would spend the night on outside decks. Among them were 212 Italian, 31 British and eight U.S. passengers, he said.

Costa Crociere SpA said in a statement the ship was about 20 miles (32 kilometers) from Alphonse Island, one of the

atolls in the Seychelles, a nation of islands and atolls that is a popular tourist destination.

The Allegra had left northern Madagascar, off Africa’s southeast coast, on Saturday and was cruising toward the port of Victoria, Seychelles’ capital, when the fire erupted. Costa said the Allegra had been due in Victoria on Tuesday.

The general region where the cruise ship was adrift – off the coast of Tanzania –has seen a rash of attacks by Somali pirates, but they have never hijacked a cruise ship.

Moretti said an armed nine-member Italian military team on anti-pirate duty was aboard, but he insisted the maritime region where the ship was now “isn’t a high risk area for pirates.”

“If pirates attack, the armed guards on board will respond.

But as far as I am aware, no pirates have been sighted in the area,” said Seychelles presidential spokeswoman Srdjana Janosevic.

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Donate blood and help save lives West Virginia University’s “Dancing With Our Mountaineer Stars” will be hosting a blood drive today from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. in the Mountainlair Ballrooms.

The competition is based off of the ABC series “Dancing With The Stars,” and has paired people from the WVU community to dance for the championship.

Regardless of which couple you support, the underlying message is to donate blood

to the American Red Cross, which is always in need of more donors.

Donating blood is just one way to give back to the community, but with the help of WVU students, faculty and alumni, even more pints can be donated.

Each competitor is tasked with recruiting family, friends and community members to donate blood in their name.

For each pint of blood donated in the name of the 11 couples competing, points will be added to their raw scores.

About 16 million pints of blood are donated to the Red Cross each year, a number which may seem like enough but is small compared to America’s estimated 311 million people.

According to the Red Cross website, every two seconds

someone in the United States needs blood and more than 38,000 blood donations are needed every day.

Blood donations through the Red Cross in the Greater Alleghenies Blood Region go back into the community.

Although some are not able to give blood, it is honorable to try to do so.

Donating blood is safe, and while the thought may turn

some people away, the thought of helping others should ease fears and concerns.

The whole blood donation process takes about an hour from registration, to medical history and mini-physical, to donation and refreshments, so stop by the blood drive today from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. in the Mountainlair Ballrooms. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

Regulating online poker is a sensible move doug walp columnist

Online poker has already demonstrated its radical potential to flourish – not just in the United States, but globally – when it’s been widely and readily available.

However, the inability of our country’s policymakers to act in construing appropriate legislation has not only left professional and recreational poker players unsatisfied, it’s starved our economy of millions and millions of dollars, and also created a literal haven for Ponzi schemes.

The federal government’s stance has been historically restrictive, while, in reality, regulative policies would be far more effective for nearly everyone involved.

In other words, instead of adopting sensible regulative legislation in regards to online poker, most lawmakers have decided to focus on demonizing it, attempting to forbid American citizens from using the expansive capabilities of the Internet to gamble.

But one of the most common misconceptions about online poker is that it is illegal; quite conversely, it’s completely legal, federally – if you’re a player.

However, in 2006, legislators were able to embed the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act into the totally irrelevant Safe Port Act, HR 4954, a bill aimed at doing just what it sounds like – regulating American port safety.

According to Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg from New Jersey, the bill was hurried so much in the final minutes before the election period recess that no one on the Senate-House Conference Committee had even seen the final language of the bill.

Additionally, this sloppy, baseless legislation only made it illegal for gambling websites to deal with banks in regards to illegal gambling transactions, and offered absolutely nothing in the way of potentially regulative policies.

The results were

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Before the recent crackdown from the Justice Department, 1.7 million players were wagering nearly $15 billion a year online in the United States alone catastrophic.

While poker was exploding across America, many of the major online poker venues were able to remain open, despite UIGEA’s implementation in 2006, but they also remained grossly unregulated.

This in turn led to multiple Ponzi schemes across the board for the major online poker sites, including a shocking discovery that Full Tilt Poker, perhaps the most recognizable of any of the online poker franchises, had taken out a whopping $444 million in distributions since its inception, despite the fact that its income had seen a sharp decline after the UIGEA. The U.S. Justice Depart-

ment also indicted executives at Full Tilt Poker and other major online poker venues on charges of illegal gambling, bank fraud and money laundering – crippling the existing online poker infrastructure.

But as I mentioned, it’s still legal for players in the U.S. to partake in online gambling, as long as it is through an approved, licensed establishment.

The problem is, hardly any online poker venue has able to find their way around the hastily instilled legislation from 2006, and the ones that do simply don’t have the software, user traffic or existing capital that the major franchises like Full Tilt and Poker

Stars were dealing with at the peak of their existence.

For instance, researcher H2 Gambling Capital estimated that before the recent crackdown from the Justice Department, 1.7 million players were wagering nearly $15 billion per year online in the United States alone – an absolutely staggering statistic.

Obviously our policymakers have a lot on their plates right now, but quite honestly, I’m tired of that being used as an excuse.

No, lives don’t depend on it, but adopting some stable, realistic regulative legislation in regards to online poker would create more taxable income, as well as new jobs in the in-

formation technology and securities field, an already rapidly growing American industry.

On top of that, it wouldn’t hurt Congress to pass the legislation for the simple sake of doing something for the nation’s social morale.

Too often, it seems, we hear about potential liberties and freedoms that will have to be sacrificed. Legislators’ approval ratings aren’t at dismal record lows by accident.

But if they can somehow finally and sensibly regulate online poker, Congress could begin to win back some of that lost faith from Americans, and even help themselves in the upcoming election.

I’ve had a great time and wouldn’t change it for the world Brock Burwell mountaineer Mascot

West Virginia University Students, Faculty and Staff, Tonight at the men’s basketball game, a new Mountaineer will be selected to take over a role that I have filled for the last two years. I write this short letter to express to you how much I have loved being your Mountaineer.

This has been a life changing experience for me and has literally been the best two years of my life. I cannot begin to put into words how blessed I feel to have had this wonderful opportunity.

I have made more memories during these two years than I would have hoped to make in a lifetime. Growing up a huge West Virginia University fan, this experience has been a dream come true. All of that said, I have you to thank for it all. You all have helped make these two years unforgettable with your love, kindness and helpfulness. I would not have been the Mountaineer I was without our great students, faculty and staff.

If I have had the opportunity to come in contact with you over these last two years, I hope that I brought joy to your life, as I know you have brought it to mine.

If I haven’t had the pleasure to meet you, I apologize and thank you for being a Mountaineer. Though we may not have met, you indirectly helped make my time as Mountaineer memorable.

I hope to make many more memories in this final stretch, but I pray that when the new Mountaineer takes over in April, you treat him with as much respect and love as you have me.

As odd as this sounds, I must say also goodbye to the “Mountaineer.” While many believe that I am the Mountaineer, I believe differently. I simply filled the role of the Mountaineer much like an actor fills a role in a movie.

Many individuals have played the part and I will not be the last.

When I first became the Mountaineer, I had so many new and fresh ideas to bring to the position, but I quickly found out that I would not change the Mountaineer, he would change me. I have found that to be true as I am a much better person today than I was when I took over this position two years ago.

I have tried to represent each and every one of you in the best way that I possibly could. The position of the Mountaineer is rich with tradition and history and I hope I have added to that in some small way.

All I have ever wanted was to leave a positive impact on this university and I hope that I have done that.

Again, I just want to thank you for everything you all have done for me! It has truly meant the world and made me the person I am today.

Google has become intrusive, bothersome to users casey hofmann guest columnist

I can’t count the number of times my mother has described to me how she watched one lone, brave Chinese man, with his bags of groceries hanging by his side, defy the line of menacing tanks filled with Chinese military.

It was hot, and I was still resting comfortably in her huge belly, debating whether or not to come out and meet the world head-on like the skinny man with his groceries meeting those huge tanks head-on.

Did I feel the goose bumps running up and down my mother’s arms? Probably. Tiananmen Square is like my birthmark. And at one time I held Google up there on a pedestal, right next to the man in front of the tanks.

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A few years ago, during the 20th anniversary of Tiananmen Square, the Chinese government created a total media blackout. Television screens went dark, pages were ripped from magazines and computers flashed HTTP 404 error messages. The Great Firewall of China refused to let their citizens commemorate one of the country’s most shameful moments.

But Google fought back. Reports were released about government officials hacking Chinese citizens’ Gmail accounts and “scrubbing” Google’s search results of controversial images and information.

The Internet giant even threatened to leave China – and give up nearly $1 billion a year – if the government kept preventing them from providing the same search results they did in other countries.

With one billion users worldwide, Google matched the force of the People’s Republic and refused to bow

down. I remember being so proud of them.

But now that the company has tasted that power, they’re hungry for more. And they’re getting it Thursday.

Many Google users have seen the little yellow popup about new privacy changes, but most have readily dismissed it and continued to use Google and its services like they always have.

Read it.

You can bet Google will be checking up on you.

The new privacy policy makes two claims: To decrease legal jargon and explain Google’s privacy policy in 85 percent fewer words, and to treat users as one unique individual across all of the company’s products, including Google+, Gmail, Search, Calendar and YouTube.

That doesn’t sound too bad, right? A flowery little mission statement about “reflecting our desire to create one beautifully simple and intuitive ex-

perience across Google” appears over and over again to pacify users and decrease suspicion.

But by consolidating all of their services under one blanket policy, Google will have the ability to keep tabs on your online activities like never before.

One example Google uses is how it can “help you plan your vacation.” Say you receive an email about said vacation in Gmail, look up the location of the resort in Maps and enter the date of the vacation in Calendar.

Google is collecting all of that data and sharing it among its services, which means that when you use Google Search, the results will be automatically tailored based on that information.

And all the weird stuff you watch on YouTube? That will affect your search results, too.

But it’s not just “tailoring” that’s going on here. Google is downright keeping track of you. They’re collecting “de-

vice-specific” information, such as your hardware model, operating system and phone number.

If you use Gmail to place a call, they’re monitoring who you called, time and date of the calls and call duration.

They will share your email address and “other information that identifies you” on your Google+ profile, no matter what your privacy settings are.

Don’t have a Google+ account? Soon you might have to, since all new users will be forced to create them in order to access other services.

The European Union is demanding that Google delay the changes until an investigation can be made to see if the new policy complies with EU law, but the company has made no plans to do so.

Stateside, lawmakers are asking the Federal Trade Commission to conduct a probe into whether the corporation is violating a settlement made

last year about – you guessed it – breaching user privacy.

And trying to outsmart them is no easy task. While every Apple product ships with “private browsing” features turned on, Google has written a code that renders those features utterly useless.

At this point in time, there’s not much you can do to fight this new Big Brother.

Looking over your Google Dashboard can show you what information is stored in your account, and removing your web history (under Google account settings) can help prevent some of the “tailored” search results.

Remaining logged out while using YouTube, Search and other features will also provide slightly more anonymity while you peruse the Web, but the Internet giant can still track all of your movements through your IP address.

All a little ironic for a company whose motto is “don’t be evil.”

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THE WEEK AHEAD TODAY 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.

WVU FAIR TRADE 2.0 hosts “Firsthand Cafe Night” to support Nicaraguan cooperatives from 6-9 p.m. at the Mountain People’s Coop located at 1400 University Ave. There will be live music, Firsthand coffee, and vegan baked goods. For more information, call 724-570-8259.

EVERY TUESDAY

THE INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ORGANIZATION meets at 8:30 p.m. at the International House at 544 Spruce St. For more information, call 304-777-7709.

MOUNTAINEERS FOR CHRIST, a Christian student organization, hosts free supper and Bible study at its Christian Student Center. Supper is at 8:15 p.m., and Bible study begins at 9 p.m. All students are welcome. For more information, call 304-599-6151 or visit www.mountaineersforchrist.org.

SIERRA STUDENT COALITION meets at 7 p.m. in the Blackwater Room of the Mountainlair. The group is a grassroots environmental organization striving for tangible change in our campus and community. For more information, email hlargen@ mix.wvu.edu.

ECUMENICAL BIBLE STUDY AND CHARISMATIC PRAYER MEETING is held at 7 p.m. at the Potters Cellar of Newman Hall. All are welcome. For more information, call 304-288-0817 or 304-879-5752.

MCM is hosted at 7:30 p.m. in the Campus Ministry Center at 293 Wil-

all pertinent information, including the dates the announcement is to run. Due to space limitations, announcements will only run one day unless otherwise requested. All nonUniversity related events must have free admission to be included in the calendar.

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ley St. All are welcome.

BCM meets at 8:30 p.m. at the First Baptist Church on High Street.

THE CARRUTH CENTER offers a grief support group for students struggling from a significant personal loss from 5:30-7 p.m. on the third floor of the Student Services Building.

AMIZADE has representatives in the commons area of the Mountainlair from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. to answer questions for those interested in studying abroad.

WVU WOMEN’S ULTIMATE FRISBEE meets from 10 p.m.-midnight at the Shell Building. No experience is necessary. For more information, email Sarah Lemanski at sarah_lemanski@yahoo.com.

BRING YOUR OWN BIBLE STUDY AND PIZZA NIGHT is at 6 p.m. in Newman Hall.

THE WVU SWING DANCE CLUB meets at 9 p.m. in Multipurpose Room A of the Student Recreation Center. No partner needed.

Advanced and beginners are welcome. For more information, email wvuswingdance@gmail.com.

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

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

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

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

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

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

CONFIDENTIAL COUNSELING SERVICES are provided for free by the Carruth Center for Psychological and Psychiatric Services. A 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 304-5985180 or 304-598-5185.

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

ROSENBAUM FAMILY HOUSE, which provides a place for adult patients and their families to stay while receiving medical care at WVU, is looking for service organizations to provide dinner for 20 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 a second language. Volunteer tutors will complete tutor training,

information along with instructions for regular appearance in the Campus Calendar. These announcements must be resubmitted each semester.

The editors reserve the right to edit or delete any submission.

There is no charge for publication. Questions should be directed to the Campus Calendar editor at 304-293-5092.

meet weekly with their adult learners, report volunteer hours quarterly, attend at least two in-service trainings per year and help with one fundraising event. For more information, call 304-296-3400 or email trella.greaser@live.com.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

THE ROYCE J. AND CAROLINE B. WATTS MUSEUM, located in the Mineral Resources Building on the Evansdale Campus, presents its latest exhibit “Defying the Darkness: The Struggle for Safe and Sufficient Mine Illumination” through July 2012. The exhibit 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.

HOROSCOPES

BY JACQUELINE BIGAR BORN TODAY This year you express an unusual openness to change, and you let go of the status quo. You can visualize better than you ever have. When you are inspired, you will express your vision well. If you are single, a unique person walks into your life. Do your best not to put this person on a pedestal, and remain realistic. If you are attached, the two of you share a common dream.

Take the first step in making it so. GEMINI holds you back at times.

ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19) HHH Your instincts serve you well concerning financial decisions. Focus on your goals and better communication. Not everyone needs to know the “how and why,” but simply the end decision. Still, if asked, do answer. Tonight: Make time to visit and catch up on others’ news.

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20) HHHH Your ability to wow others and impress them emerges. You are surrounded by people who really do care. Though you might not need their support now, you might later on. When someone initiates a discussion, open up. Tonight: Do some shopping, if need be.

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20) HHH Make it OK to feel down in the dumps right now. You might see a situation in a very negative light. What will it take to turn that perspective around? A boss or older friend has a lot to share. Learn from this person. Tonight: Nap, then decide.

CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22) HHHH Use the daylight hours to the max. You express an unusual perspective and can communicate it well. Integrate new information for others so that they can see a new path. Others finally will be able to open up, if they so choose. Tonight: Play it low-key.

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22) HHHH Assume your place in the limelight. An associate keeps whispering what he or she feels is important information to know. Listen, but also set limits to the conversation. Working as a team is fine, as long as you have space to be yourself. Tonight: Squeeze in some fun time.

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22) HHHH You might want to approach a situation differently. The feedback you are receiving points to another path. Get adequate feedback from another person. You could be surprised by what you hear.

Once you feel secure, take action. Tonight: A force to be dealt with.

LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22) HHHH Work with individuals. You could hear radically different opinions, which makes it clear, once more, that you must go your own way. A discussion opens up possibilities left and right. You might be taken aback by an unexpected insight. Tonight: Detach, then look at a situation.

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SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21) HHHH Discussions and comments reveal much more about where others are coming from. Don’t stop what you are doing to comment. Just be a good listener; you might be amazed. A call from a family member or roommate is informative as well. Tonight: Out. CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19) HHHH No one knows how to stir the pot quite like you do. You might even do it unintentionally. Your very presence and how you deal with your life could incite some crazy responses. Allow your innate ingenuity to come out. Help others lighten up. Tonight: Try for an early bedtime.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18) HHH Family weighs on your mind. You are not always comfortable with what is going on, nor should you be. Discuss finances and an investment involving real estate not only with those it will impact, but also with those in the know.

Tonight: What starts as serious evolves into fun.

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20) HHHH Your way of saying “enough” works.

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Culture of illegal payments at The Sun in return for stories LONDON (AP) — Rupert Murdoch’s top-selling U.K. tabloid, The Sun, had a culture of making illegal payments to corrupt public officials in return for stories, a senior police officer said Monday, as Murdoch announced that the paper’s first-ever Sunday edition had sold more than 3 million copies.

Sue Akers, a Metropolitan Police deputy assistant commissioner, told Britain’s media ethics inquiry that the newspaper openly referred to paying its sources and that such payments had been authorized at a senior level.

Her comments came the day Murdoch’s company paid former teen singing sensation Charlotte Church 600,000 pounds ($951,000) in a phonehacking settlement for violating her and her family’s privacy.

Akers said Sun journalists had paid not only police officers but also military, health and other government officials. One official received a total of 80,000 pounds over several years, Akers said, and one journalist had been given

more than 150,000 pounds in cash to pay his sources. She said payments went far beyond acceptable practices such as buying sources a meal or a drink.

Akers said “a network of corrupted officials” had provided The Sun with stories that were mostly “salacious gossip.”

“There appears to have been a culture at The Sun of illegal payments, and systems have been created to facilitate such payments whilst hiding the identity of the officials receiving the money,” said Akers, who is in charge of a police investigation into phone hacking and police bribery.

Akers’ blunt words came as the focus of the ethics inquiry shifted from press practices to the potentially explosive issue of corrupt relations with the police.

Akers did not indicate when or if the payments had ended, but Murdoch insisted that practices at The Sun have now changed.

“As I’ve made very clear, we have vowed to do everything we can to get to the bottom of prior wrongdoings in order to

set us on the right path for the future,” he said in an emailed statement. “That process is well under way. The practices Sue Akers described at the Leveson inquiry are ones of the past, and no longer exist at The Sun.” Akers made her accusations a day after Murdoch launched The Sun on Sunday, a replacement for his shuttered, scandal-tainted News of the World.

He said the inaugural edition had sold 3.25 million copies - more than the News of the World averaged before it was closed.

Police are currently holding three parallel investigations spawned by the hacking scandal, which grew out of revelations that journalists at the News of the World routinely intercepted voice mails of those in the public eye in a relentless search for scoops.

Murdoch shut down the 168-year-old tabloid in July amid a wave of public revulsion, and the scandal has triggered a judge-led public inquiry into media ethics.

An earlier police investigation failed to find evidence

that hacking went beyond one reporter and a private investigator, who were both jailed in 2007 for eavesdropping on the phones of royal staff.

Murdoch’s News Corp. has now acknowledged the practice was much more widespread.

Senior executives of Murdoch’s British newspaper division, including former News of the World editors Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson, have always insisted they were unaware of widespread phone hacking at the tabloid, even though private investigator Glenn Mulcaire was jailed briefly in 2007 for eavesdropping on royal aides on behalf of the tabloid.

But an email from the News of the World’s then-lawyer, Tom Crone, submitted to the inquiry suggests that both Coulson - who later became Prime Minister David Cameron’s communications chief and Brooks knew in 2006 that police had a list of around 100 people who may have been targeted by Mulcaire.

A former senior police officer, Brian Paddick, also told

the inquiry Monday that Mulcaire had information on the new identities of people who had been placed under the witness protection program for their own protection.

“For this to be in the hands of Mulcaire and potentially the News of the World is clearly worrying,” Paddick said.

News International, Murdoch’s British newspaper division, has paid several million pounds (dollars) in damages and legal costs to dozens of phone hacking victims, including celebrities like Jude Law and crime victims such as the family of Milly Dowler, a murdered 13-year-old whose voicemails were intercepted in 2002.

Church’s settlement Monday resolved her claim that 33 News of the World articles were the product of journalists illegally hacking into her family’s voicemails. Despite her legal victory, Church said years of tabloid intrusions followed by years of legal battles had horrified her.

“What I have discovered as the litigation has gone on has sickened and disgusted me.

Nothing was deemed off limits by those who pursued me and my family, just to make money for a multinational news corporation,” she said outside London’s High Court.

British police and News Corp. lawyers are combing through millions of e-mails for evidence of wrongdoing at The Sun as well as the News of the World, and more than a dozen current and former journalists from the two papers have been arrested over allegations of phone hacking or bribing public officials.

Several Murdoch executives have resigned because of the scandal, as have two of Britain’s top police officers, accused of not doing enough to get to the bottom of the wrongdoing.

Murdoch’s British holdings include the Times and Sunday Times newspapers and 39 percent of satellite broadcaster BSkyB. Former Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott, whose own phone hacked by the News of the World, accused Murdoch of having a corrupting influence on British politics.

Actress Lucy Lawless arrested with Greenpeace after climbing aboard oil drilling ship WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Police arrested actress Lucy Lawless and five Greenpeace activists Monday, four days after they climbed onto an oil-drilling ship to prevent it from leaving a New Zealand dock.

Police removed the protesters from their perch atop a 174foot (53-meter) drilling tower on the Noble Discoverer in Port Taranaki. Chartered by oil company Shell, the ship had been due to leave over the weekend to drill five exploratory wells in the Arctic.

Lawless and six activists climbed the tower early Friday to stop the ship’s departure and raise awareness about Arctic oil drilling.

One of the activists left the tower Saturday and was initially charged with unlawfully boarding a ship. All seven have now been charged with burglary, a

more serious crime. All have been released and are due to appear in a New Zealand court Thursday.

Lawless, 43, a native New Zealander, is best known for her title role in the TV series “Xena: Warrior Princess,” and more recently for starring in the Starz cable television series “Spartacus.”

Lawless spoke to The Associated Press from atop the tower Friday, where she said wind gusts were making it difficult for the group to stay put.

She said she felt compelled to take a stand against oil-drilling in the Arctic and against global warming.

“I’ve got three kids. My sole biological reason for being on this planet is to ensure that they can flourish, and they can’t do that in a filthy, degraded environment,” she said. “We need to stand up while we still can.”

In a series of tweets over the

weekend, Lawless described some of the challenges of staying on the tower.

“I found last night pretty darn scary,” she wrote. “Not for sissies.”

In a release, Rob Jager, Chairman of Shell New Zealand, said the protest had put people in danger and he was pleased it was over. He said he remained disappointed that Greenpeace hadn’t taken up the company’s offer to engage in a “productive conversation.”

Shell spokeswoman Shona Geary said she thought the ship would leave port within the next few days.

Bunny McDiarmid, the chief executive of Greenpeace New Zealand, said she thought the protest had gone “brilliantly” and that more than 100,000 people had sent messages to Shell to oppose the company’s ArcLucy Lawless and five Greenpeace members were arrested after climbing aboard oil ship. tic plans.

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NEW YORK (AP) — The return of Billy Crystal helped boost viewership for the Academy Awards but not enough to prevent a cultural oddity: The Oscars weren’t even the mostwatched awards show on television this month.

The Nielsen Co. estimated Monday that 39.3 million people watched the Oscars on ABC Sunday night, up from the 37.9 million viewers during the muchpanned 2011 show where James Franco and Anne Hathaway shared hosting duties.

Crystal was called in after original host Eddie Murphy pulled out. It was the ninth time Crystal has done that job and he delivered, despite worries that best picture winner “The Artist” would not be much of an audience draw.

Nielsen said 39.9 million people watched the Grammy Awards on CBS on Feb. 12. That

huge audience was likely due to the popularity of big winner Adele and curiosity about how Grammy producers would address the death of singer Whitney Houston the day before the show.

It was only the second time since the two events were televised that the Grammys earned a bigger audience than the Oscars.

After the Super Bowl, the Oscars are frequently the second mostwatched TV event of the year.

In 1984, when Michael Jackson was the big winner at the Grammys, the show had 51.7 million viewers. The Oscars that year, when “Terms of Endearment” won best picture, had 42.1 million viewers, Nielsen said.

The social media analysis company Trendrr estimated that there were some 4.2 million examples of social media action during the Oscars on Sunday such as tweets on Twitter and

posts or likes on Facebook.

That more than doubled the 2.02 million estimate from last year’s Oscars, Trendrr said. It illustrates the growth in social media as well as the tendency of people to comment online with their friends as they share the experience of watching on TV, said Chris Thonis, spokesman for Trendrr.

Still, it paled in comparison with the 17.47 million examples of social media activity during the Super Bowl earlier this month, and the 17.12 million for the Grammys, he said.

The Grammys have become more of a performance show than an awards show in recent years, increasing their television ratings and giving viewers plenty to talk about.

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Forgettable drama ‘The Vow’ lacks storyline, emotion ELIZABETH FINELY A&E WRITER

“The Vow” is one of those movies that was surrounded by a lot of hype before its release.

The “If I woke up and Channing Tatum said he was my husband, I wouldn’t argue!” status was all over my Facebook feed.

Being a female, and with all the excitement for the “this-willmake-you-bawl-your-eyes-out” movie, I was compelled to see it.

The timing for the release was in perfect coordination with Valentine’s Day, which is mainly what helped the movie make $85 million at the box office.

The film stars Tatum and Rachel McAdams, who play a young couple named Leo and Paige. They are involved in a car accident which irreversibly

erases Paige’s memory of Leo. For the rest of the hour and a half of the movie, Leo tries to win back his wife’s heart. It’s too bad her last memory involves her exfiance, with whom she thinks she is still in a relationship.

I had the best expectations for the movie going into the theatre.

I expected to laugh and cry – and the movie did not meet either of my expectations.

Firstly, the storyline is too predictable and too basic.

There weren’t any curveballs or happenings to impact the plot that one wouldn’t expect from watching the previews already.

The plot also moved too slowly; although I really wanted to enjoy the movie because of all the hype about it, I found myself bored because of the lack of plot progression.

Secondly, there is a lack of emotion in the characters and the storyline. The movie was

supposed to be sad and play on human emotions, but something was missing in the execution of the film. It was neither funny nor sad, and I left the theater feeling indifferent. In a movie where I expected to leave the theater in tears, I was really just disappointed.

The movie is based on a true story, which we learn at the end of the film. The movie had a lot of potential to be good, but it just didn’t make the mark in my opinion.

I expected a romantic movie that would make me cry my eyes out – something comparable to “The Notebook.”

As I was sorely disappointed, I would not recommend spending the money to go see it in theaters. It’s just not worth it.

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Nebraska founder of Boys Town Orphanage up for sainthood OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A Roman Catholic priest whose efforts to help troubled Omaha youth were made famous by Spencer Tracy’s Academy Award-winning portrayal of him in the 1938 movie “Boys Town” has been nominated for sainthood.

Archbishop George Lucas posted an announcement on the doors of St. Cecilia Cathedral on Monday saying the Omaha Archdiocese had begun the process of seeking sainthood for the Rev. Edward Flanagan.

“We are humbled and overjoyed,” said Steven Wolf, president of the Father Fla-

nagan League, which has long sought sainthood for Flanagan. “We see this as a response to the Holy Spirit that is moving through an international groundswell of devotion that, as best we can measure at this time, includes devotion to Father Flanagan by the faithful in nine countries and 36 states here in the U.S.” The Irish-born Flanagan, who died of a heart attack in 1948 at age 61 while visiting Germany, founded the Boys Town orphanage in a downtown Omaha home in 1917. Boys Town moved to its current west Omaha lo-

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cation several years later, and today serves as a center for troubled area youth while running campuses and programs for thousands of other boys and girls across the country. The organization also operates an Omaha research hospital and a national resource and training center, and it has publishing arm, Boys Town Press.

Lucas said the archdiocese will open a cause for sainthood on March 17, which is St. Patrick’s Day, at Flanagan’s gravesite on the Boys Town grounds. On that day, Flanagan will be named a “servant of God” and a group

of tribunal members will be assembled to review Flanagan’s life work.

According to U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, the church then requires three more steps for a candidate to become a saint: veneration, beatification and canonization.

In the first step, the title of “venerable” is given to someone who has died and been recognized by the pope as having lived heroic virtues.

To be beatified, one miracle must be attributed to the candidate. Canonization requires a second miracle, although the pope may waive

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some of these requirements.

The Father Flanagan League has gathered testimony from six people in its quest to prove to the Vatican that Flanagan is responsible for several miracles, all involving the curing of illnesses.

Among those who testified is a woman from Italy who says she was cured of what should have been a fatal brain aneurysm after praying for Flanagan’s help, Wolf said. Another woman from Omaha says prayers to Flanagan cured her of advanced breast cancer.

Wolf noted that the six

cases are yet to be proven with medical documentation, but the group hopes the Vatican will find miracles occurred in at least two of the cases.

What is certain is that the road to sainthood will be a long one.

“Usually, it’s a pretty slow process,” the Rev. Thomas J. Reese, a senior fellow at the Woodstock Theological Center at Georgetown University, said of attaining sainthood.

“Except for some recent ones like Mother Teresa and John Paul II, we’re talking 20 years before some of these people get through the process.

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The West Virginia University Committee on Publications is now soliciting applications for the positions of summer managing editor and summer editor-in-chief of The Daily Athenaeum for the summer terms 2012.

The editor-in-chief is responsible for content of the newspaper and the managing editor is responsible for management of section editors.

Applicants must have a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 or better and must be a full-time fee paying student, but need not be a journalism major. Both positions are paid and are expected to serve the total of the 2012 summer sessions. The selected editors are expected to report for duty by May 8, 2012 and complete duties on August 1, 2012, and will train during the last two weeks of the 2011-2012 school year.

Candidates may pick up application forms and job descriptions at The Daily Athenaeum business office. In addition to the form, three supporting letters (at least one should be from someone other than a Daily Athenaeum employee) and six examples of work that illustrate qualifications should be submitted.

Candidates are asked to read the specific responsibilities for the position they seek.

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Applicants must have a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 or better and must be a full-time fee paying student, but need not be a journalism major. The position is paid and is expected to serve the total 2012-2013 school year. The selected business manager is expected to report for duty by August 1, 2012, and will train during the last two weeks of the 2012-2013 school year.

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Electronic musicians to play at 123

by Josh Ewers A&E WRITER

Morgantown’s own 123 Pleasant Street is offering a unique local show experience, featuring live electronic music acts BioDiesel and Freekbot Thursday night.

In the wake of hordes of countless traditional rock, indie, punk and metal setups that dominate Morgantown’s music scene with standard lineups featuring one or two guitarists, a bassist, a drummer and a vocalist, 123 is offering something entirely different to satisfy the tastes of those with a more eclectic music palate.

When most people who don’t closely follow or understand the genre think of electronic music, they probably think of one disc jockey with square black glasses and oversized headphones pressing play on a Mac and then sitting back and grooving along with the track.

However, there is much more to this diverse genre.

BioDiesel is an American duo

featuring world-renowned, Roland-endorsed, world’s fastest award-winning drummer, Johnny Rabb and bassist Clay Parnell, who is widely considered to be one of the best bassists in the realm of live electronic music.

Rabb and Parnell split the sampling work. The project’s music spans over several subgenres including drum and bass, electronica, house, jungle and intelligent dance music.

The boys of BioDiesel will serve up both intense, fastpaced jams and chilled-out, atmospheric sonic experiences.

Their presence in Morgantown should ensure a fullblown dance party at 123.

The night’s other performers, Freekbot, also offer their own brand of electronic music. The Cincinnati-based band features two prominent members including bassist, “Freekbass” (who has played with acts as popular as Buckethead) and DMC USA DJ champion and producer “Tobotius” (who has played with acts as popular as funk music legend Bootsy

Collins) on the electronic gear.

Also operating over a range of electronic subgenres, the group features groove-laden, funky bass lines mixed together with expert scratching, mixing and sampling that makes for a must-dance experience. Older fans of funk who aren’t necessarily fans of “stereotypical” electronic music might find themselves opening up to new territories after hearing this duo .

Fans of the genre and those who are simply willing to experience something new and exciting would be remiss to miss this rare experience to see electronic music in a whole new light and dance the night away.

The show will be open to everyone 18 and older.

The action will get underway at 10 p.m. Tickets can be purchased for $10 at http://123pleasantstreet.com or at the door if they are still available at the time of the show. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

Freekbot and BioDiesel will play a unique electronic music show March 1 at 123 Pleasant Street.

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Pop group Fun. releases second album ‘Some Nights’ emily meadows A&E writer

The simplicity of the band’s name explains them all too perfectly. New York-based indie pop band Fun. has returned with the release of their sophomoric effort, “Some Nights.”

As their first release under the Fueled by Ramen label, the infectious and buoyant ensemble led by Nate Ruess, former lead vocalist of indie group The Format, has outshined himself on “Some Nights”, with a slew of multi-instrumental pop ballads, rebellion and his trademark unmistakable highpitched vocals.

The trio worked alongside Kanye West’s co-producer Jeff Bhasker when mixing and creating the base sound of the album, stating they wanted to tie in hip hop influences that were heavily inspired by West and other contemporary urban artists.

The group has managed to utilize unique bass beats and merge them perfectly into their staple joyful pop sounds.

Landing a spot in a Chevy car commercial whose Super Bowl premiere shot the album’s first single, “We Are Young” featuring Janelle Monae, to the top of the iTunes charts, but left many longtime fans of The Format and fun. skeptical of Ruess’ unusual

decision to commercialize on such a large scale through a major label.

However, the undeniably catchy premiere hit, sure to be stuck in your subconscious and leave you singing for days, is only a small taste of what this album has to offer.

What Fun.’s initial release “Aim and Ignite” failed to fully pull together, “Some Nights” solidifies in a seamless flow of power pop eminence that provides the potential for an album full of singles.

The transitions from near full-on optimistic hip hop to piano heavy recovery ballads may seem unfit, but somehow compliment each other in a way most other bands of its kind have yet to establish.

According to Ruess, the album is intended to be the spastic compilation that it is, as it is showcasing how moods and personalities can change each night.

The albums’ opening line, “Some nights I stay up cashing in my bad luck” immediately gives chills with its shouting, anthem-like elation.

The second track “It Gets Better” then offers a strong sleigh bells sound with heart thumping bass and diverse use of instruments.

Even the softer, pianofriendly “Carry On” remains beat-heavy and creates beautiful harmony, offering uplifting lyrics about picking up the pieces of a shattered situa-

Some Nights Fun.

This is Fun.’s second album. The album has been featured on Glee and in a Chevy Super Bowl commercial. tion without being overly sensitive and leaving a feeling of tranquility.

One of the true charms of the album is “All Alone,” which takes distinguishing drumbeats and a mix of crafted electronic sounds that generate a nearly perfect pop song, feeding effortlessly into the next track, “All Alright.”

Expected to see much success in 2012, not only can the band be seen on the newest season of Fox’s musical hit “Glee,” but “Some Nights” has made its place as the prize of the fun. collection, and undoubtedly one of Ruess’ best productions to date.

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‘Some Nights’ is Fun.’s second album and is expected to gain a lot of success in 2012.

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War drama ‘Act of Valor’ takes number one spot in weekend box office Nick Wesdock A&E correspondent

The much anticipated war drama “Act of Valor” hit theatres this past weekend to huge success.

The film took the number one spot in the weekend box office, grossing nearly $25 million.

Rather than actors, the film features real active duty U.S. Navy SEALS and portrays true events.

In the movie, an elite team of Navy SEALS is called upon to rescue a captured CIA agent and stop a band of jihadist terrorists from entering the United States.

The film is packed with action and unprecedented combat scenes.

If you listen closely during a lull in the gunfire, you can hear the men breathing. Between the active duty SEALS and the special effects, you feel like you are right along side the team.

Although there were plenty of explosions and lots of gunfire, the movie was not excessively gory.

Some scenes were worse than others, but don’t expect a “Saw” type movie.

Outside of the combat scenes, the acting in the movie was mediocre at best, but you can’t take away from the SEALS efforts.

The use of real military personnel created a side to the movie that lacks in most war dramas – family.

“Act of Valor” does a great job capturing the emotions that the men and their families feel while they are away on missions.

Other underlying themes in the movie include the bonds of brotherhood formed between military men, willingness for self-sacrifice and incredible honor.

Keith Urban, Sugarland and Lady Antebellum were among the long list of country artists that helped put together the soundtrack.

Film composer Nathan Furst complemented them with unique tracks of instrumental music.

Despite subpar acting, no other film can compare to the revolutionary combat scenes in “Act of Valor.”

If you’re a war film junkie or just like suspenseful, heart-pounding movies, this is a groundbreaking must see. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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SECOND-HALF BEATDOWN

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West Virginia outscored Pittsburgh 42-24 in the second half to earn a 60-42 victory Monday night.

West Virginia takes down Pittsburgh, 60-42, in final home game of season by nick arthur sports writer

In what could be the final Backyard Brawl in quite some time, Asya Bussie scored 14 points and West Virginia outscored Pittsburgh 42-24 in the second half to earn a 60-42 victory in front of 2,362 fans in the regular season finale at the Coliseum.

West Virginia finished the regular season at 21-8 overall and 11-5 in Big East Conference play.

The Mountaineers scored just 18 points before the half, while heading to the locker room in a tie game.

“Sorry about the first half,” said West Virginia head coach Mike Carey. “I wanted to run to (the locker room) and talk to the players.”

The first half saw the Mountaineers commit 12 turnovers and shoot less than 25 percent from the field.

The second half, however, was a different story. West Virginia made nearly 60 per-

WVU wins ugly, but still gets the job done ben gaughan associate sports editor

Senior night for the West Virginia women’s basketball team wasn’t exactly what head coach Mike Carey wanted to see in the Mountaineers’ last regular season game, but his team managed to get the 6042 win over Pittsburgh.

In the final game before the Big East tournament begins this weekend, WVU came out of the gates fast, holding Pittsburgh without a field goal until under 11 minutes to go in the first half but let the Panthers back into the game.

Pitt tied the game at 18, going into the locker room, and WVU freshman point guard Linda Stepney rolled her ankle at the very end of the half.

She did not return.

The Mountaineers played good defense in the beginning of the game but didn’t seem totally in sync with each other in the final 10 minutes of the first half, allowing the Panthers to make the comeback.

You would think West Virginia would have played much better as a whole, with it being the last game and all, but I guess if you were smart you could have seen this coming – it is was the Backyard Brawl, after all.

Even though Pitt hasn’t won a Big East game all season, and only has eight wins coming into the game, WVU seemed to stoop down to

the Panthers’ playing level at times.

The Mountaineers’ grit and determination got the best of Pitt halfway through the second half, though, as WVU pulled away to a 39-28 lead thanks to a few fast break buckets by freshmen guards Akilah Bethel and Averee Fields.

West Virginia started to become much more aggressive toward the end of the game, when they were actually looking for shots and getting to the rim. In the opening half, the team was timid and at some points got so wide open the players seemed confused whether to take a shot or pass.

They weren’t making the right decisions, and it cost them.

But, junior forwards Asya Bussie and Ayana Dunning got into a rhythm and combined for 21 points to lift the team over the hump. Sophomore guard Taylor Palmer also chipped in with 9 points, seven of which came in the second half.

The inexperience of the Mountaineers still showed in the game, but so did their growth. Even though they played poorly for pretty much the entire first half, they did what they had to do to get the job done.

West Virginia head coach Mike Carey and his team know they can’t have spurts like this come tournament time next weekend, and if they want to make a run in the NCAA

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cent of its shots and held Pitt to just 34 percent shooting.

What was the difference?

“Second half, we were more aggressive,” Carey said. “We wanted our guards to attack more and they did that.”

Mountaineer junior center Ayana Dunning feels her team had a sense of urgency when the second half began.

“As a team, we realized we needed to separate and open up the lead,” Dunning said.

“We didn’t play bad defense at all in the first half. Our big-

gest problem was offensively.”

Dunning and her teammates will now head to Hartford, Conn., this weekend to participate in the Big East Conference tournament. The seeds and pairing will be announced later this week.

“Last year at this time, with the team we had, we were worrying about getting into the NCAA tournament,” Carey said. “This year at this time, I feel very comfortable that we are in … You’ve got to give these players a lot of credit.”

Every Mountaineer that entered the game against the Panthers registered a point except lone senior Natalie Burton.

“It’s a shame, we tried to get her to (score),” Carey said.

“We’re going to miss Natalie (Burton). She’s been a joy to coach, and she’ll be very successful after she leaves here.”

Burton and the Mountaineers still have postseason goals that are yet to be achieved this season.

Carey knows that if his team wants to be successful, it can’t have a repeat performance of tonight.

“Give our players a lot of credit. I’m proud of them,” Carey said. “It was an ugly game but we did what we had to do in the second half to win the game. We just have to move on. We can’t play that way when we go to the Big East tournament … We know that.” nicholas.arthur@mail.wvu.edu

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Junior Petra Zublasing and the West Virginia rifle team came back to win its third GARC title in a row after heading into the second day of the competition behind No. 4 Army.

No. 2 Mountaineers win third straight GARC title by alex sims sports writer

No. 2 West Virginia found itself in second place after day one of the Great American Rifle Conference championships this weekend.

But on the second day, the Mountaineers bounced back to earn their third consecutive GARC title.

On Day One of the two-day competition, No. 4 Army took the smallbore team title, edging WVU by three points 2,318-2,315.

However, the Mountaineers edged No. 3 Kentucky 2,3662,362 in air rifle for a 4,681-4,675 aggregate victory over the Wildcats Sunday.

“It was great to have a strong showing today,” said West Virginia head coach Jon Hammond. “We’ve gone back and forth, sometimes having good smallbore and sometimes good air rifle, and it was our air that got us through today.”

Army senior Kelly Buck used a 585 relay score and a 98.4 in the finals for a final score of 683.4

to take the individual smallbore title.

Meanwhile, the day after being named GARC Shooter of the Year, WVU junior Petra Zublasing stumbled into the finals in seventh place, after shooting a 580 in the relay, but rebounded to shoot a finals-best 102.1 and finished third place.

Freshman Taylor Ciotola finished eighth overall in smallbore after pacing WVU in the relay, registering a score of 583.

On Day Two, junior Petra Zublasing fired a 598 in the relay

and a 104.7 in the finals to take the individual air rifle title and lead West Virginia to a team air rifle and overall conference title.

The stellar day two performance from the Shooter of the Year led her to a match-high aggregate score of 1,178, narrowly topping Ole Miss senior Keely Stankey at 1,175.

Freshman Taylor Ciotola was only named honorable mention all-GARC, but added a 591 in air rifle to his team-high smallbore

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No. 24 WVU falls to New Hampshire by sebouh majarian sports writer

The No. 24 West Virginia gymnastics team trailed from start to finish against New Hampshire, dropping its first Eastern Atlantic Gymnastics League match of the season 195.75-194.225.

WVU’s had a season-high on the vault, but couldn’t overcome four falls on beam in the final rotation.

West Virginia (10-4, 5-1 EAGL) headed to Durham this weekend ranked No. 22 on the balance beam, the team’s highest nationally ranked event averaging 48.543 points a meet.

The Mountaineers didn’t have any major issues on the other two events, where the team is ranked No. 23 on vault (48.775) and floor (48.807).

“We were putting together a great meet and they knew their performance was really good. And they wanted to put together a score that was going to be great for us and we just got a little bit timid and tried to be a little too perfect instead of doing what they’re used to doing,” said WVU head coach Jason Butts.

“It was a good lesson for us to learn going into the postseason and with the other two road trips.”

Heading into the final rotation, the Mountaineers trailed the Wildcats 146.825146.775. The falls came early starting with lead-off gymnast Tina Maloney. Chelsea Goldschrafe responded by hitting her 9.775 routine before consecutive falls from Kaylyn Millick and Amanda Carpenter.

Sophomore Hope Sloanhoffer didn’t let the falls phase her, however, stepping up and scoring the second highest mark at the meet with a 9.85.

Coupled with the final fall by freshmen Lia Salzano and UNH’s 48.925 on floor, the Mountaineers perfect EAGL record was tarnished.

“Lia is one of those athletes that cannot stand disappointing someone, it would

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Sophomore Hope Sloanhoffer and the No. 24 West Virginia gymnastics team lost its first EAGL match to New Hampshire. kill her to let her team down and she’s turned into a competitor to make sure she’s not going to let anybody down,” Butts said. “You can’t fault a freshman for being in that situation and making a mistake, especially after she hit the past few weeks on beam for us.”

The conference foes tied on floor – matching 48.925 scores, while the Wildcats (92, 3-1 EAGL) took bars 49.148.65 and beam 48.925-47.45.

The loss ended WVU’s bid for an undefeated record in conference play leaving the EAGL’s top team, No. 19 N.C. State as the only team without a league loss.

WVU is also ranked No. 23 on vault (48.775) and floor (48.807), but didn’t have issues on those events. The Mountaineers set a season

high with a 49.2 on vault and scored the highest road mark of the year, with a 48.925 floor performance.

Despite the setback on beam, the team was still able to score higher than two of their other road meets.

WVU was successful individually, taking the top four spots in the all-around led by Sloanhoffer’s fifth all-around win with a 39.175 showing. Trailing Sloanhoffer was Goldschrafe, Millick (38.775) and Tina Maloney (38.35).

Goldschrafe put in a career-best 39.05 performance, scoring highest on vault with a 9.85 showing. She also scored a 9.775 on beam and 9.75 on floor.

WVU started on bars and was immediately tested as Salzano and Goldschrafe had to replace freshmen

Dayah Haley and senior Nicole Roach who tweaked minor injuries during the team’s warm-ups.

“Chelsea and Lia saved what could have been a disastrous start and made it into a great start, so I was very happy with them,” Butts said.

The two helped turn in another solid performance as the team continues to improve on the event. Millick had a team-high 9.85 finishing third in the meet behind UNH’s Alison Carr (9.9) and first place finisher Austyn Fobes (9.925).

The Mountaineers will prepare for the final act of a three game road trip to compete in a quad-meet with Missouri, Western Michigan and Denver. sebouh.majarian@mail.wvu.edu

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Continued from page 9 score to finish third overall just behind Stankey at 1,174.

Senior Justin Pentz was the third West Virginia shooter to finish in the top 10, tying for seventh with an aggregate score of 1,170.

GARC Rookie of the Year, Thomas Kyanko tied for 15th overall with North Carolina State freshman Dani Foster, with an aggregate score of 1,159.

Senior Mike Kulbacki and freshman Meelis Kiisk also contributed to the conference title, both finishing in the top 20 overall with combined scores of 1,157 and 1,155, respectively.

Overall, Hammond is pleased with his young team’s ability to come from behind and take home a conference championship in an unfamiliar situation.

“Three of them had never shot at this venue or at conference championships,” he said.

“It was invaluable experience in that format and setup, and in the end, they preformed pretty well.”

With another conference title in-hand, WVU will now look forward to the NCAA championships in Columbus, Ohio in two weeks. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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Continued from page 9 tournament, assuming they’re in, which they should be at 21-8 and 11-5 in Big East play.

“When you’re young, I think you’re going to be inconsistent,” Carey said after the game.

“We can’t play that way; we know that.”

Despite the inconsistency in the team’s final game, Carey feels his team has done enough throughout this season to secure a spot in the Big Dance in March – something that he wasn’t feeling at this point in time last season with a much more veteran-led team.

We’ll see if the Mountaineers can become more consistent, like they were during their fivegame winning streak at the beginning of the month.

Next weekend – it’s oneor-done in the Big East tournament. ben.gaughan@mail.wvu.edu

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AVAILABLE MAY 2012 3BR/ 2 BA DUPLEX. 135-B Lorentz Avenue. Walk to Downtown Campus. W/D, Off-street parking. Utilities plus security deposit. Call 304-692-5845.

304-599-4407

1 and 2 Bedroom Apartments For Rent

STARTING AS LOW AS $510.00 PER PERSON PLUS UTILITIES Glenlock 2BR 2BA $510/Person $1020

PLUS UTILITIES Ashley Oaks 2BR $380/Person $760 Valley View 1BR

$610

Valley View 2BR $320/Person

$640

Valley View 2BR/2BA $410/Person $820 Copperfield 1BR

$610

Copperfield 2BR $370/Person

$740

Copperfield 2BR/2BA $397.50/Person $795 w w w. m e t r o p r o p e r t y m g m t . n e t NOW RENTING TOP OF FALLING RUN ROAD Morgan Point 1+2/BR $590-$790+ utilities. Semester lease. WD. DW. Parking.

NO PETS. Call: 304-290-4834.

NOW SHOWING! 1,2,3,4BR Apartments Downtown for May 2012. Please NO PETS. 304-296-5931.

SCOTT PROPERTIES, PROPERTIES, LLC

Jones Place

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

Townhome Living Downtown

Houses For Rent

AVAILABLE MAY 2012

Check out: www.smithrentalsllc.com

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THE SUITES AT WEST PARK UPSCALE STUDENT RENTALS. 2 BR 2 BA (one with steam shower one with Jacuzzi tub). Top of the line security system. Ample parking for yourself and visitors. Located close to both hospitals, stadium, shopping, health club, Evansdale campus, and WVU rec center. $575 per bedroom-utilities not included.

One year lease-May-May. Phone:304-598-2560

(304) 322-1112

UNFURNISHED CONDO. 4 SPACES available. $400/space. Swimming pool, all appliances, river view. Call for details (304)-222-2329 or (757)-724-0265 A.V.

ROOMMATES

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

MALE ROOMMATE WANTED. Grad-student. Private bedroom. Close to Evansdale campus. $210/mo+ ½utilities. kidwellmcclellan@yahoo.com & 304-292-3807.

WALKING DISTANCE TO DOWNTOWN. 2BR, 1 1/2 BTH, Laundry Room, Parking Permit. 501 Beverly Ave. $800 plus util.

304-685-9300

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

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

WILKINS RENTALS 304-292-5714

6 Bedroom House (2 Apartments) 2 Kitchens, 2 Baths, 2 Livingrooms Includes Utilities and Washer/Dryer Pets Considered

EVANSDALE PROPERTIES Phone 304-598-9001 STARTING AS LOW AS $320.00 PER PERSON

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AVAILABLE MAY 2012

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DOWNTOWN PROPERTIES Phone: 304-413-0900

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3&4 BR HOUSES walk to class. W/D. No Pets. Available June 1,2012.

Lease./Deposit.

Max Rentals 304-291-8423.

Mountain Line Bus Service Every 10 Minutes and Minutes From PRT

(304)322-1112

NO PETS

304-599-6376

UNFURNISHED/FURNISHED OFF-STREET PARKING EVANSDALE / STAR CITY LOCATION LOCALLY OWNED ON-SITE MAINTENANCE MOST UNITS INCLUDE: HEAT, WATER, and GARBAGE SECURITY DEPOSIT REQUIRED

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

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Minutes to Hospitals and Evansdale Bus Service

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EFF: 1BR: 2BR: Now Leasing For 2012

Rent $435/mo per person Lease and Deposit Campus Area - 3 BR Apt. behind Arnold Hall (last one) South Park - 1, 2, and 3 BR Apts.

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

JEWELMANLLC.COM close to downtown, next to Arnold Hall. 3,4,5&6/BR houses. Excellent condition. A/C, W/D, parking and yard. Utilities included. No dogs. 12 month lease. 304-288-1572 or 296-8491 NEW HOUSE AVAILABLE MAY 15 ON Downtown Campus. 5BR, 3BA, family room, game room, living room, lease/dep required. NO PETS. Off st parking, DW, WD, etc. 304-599-6001 PARTLY FURNISHED. LEASE/DEPOSIT WD, DW, NO PETS, off st parking, 5 min walk to Downtown campus. 724-255-5732.

WALK TO STADIUM AND DOWNTOWN! Super-convenient 3BR house has newer kitchen/bath, all built-in appliances, washer and dryer, 3 car off-street parking, $415/person/month available May 15th.

Call Steve at 304-288-6012...now!

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.

Any make! Any model! Any condition!

282-2560

HELP WANTED BARTENDING UP TO $300 A DAY potential. No experience necessary. Age 18 plus. Training available. 800-965-6520 Ext. 285 BlACK BEAR BURRITOS HIRING all positions, including mangers and training. Apply within 132 Pleasant Street.

BUCKET HEAD PUB. Bartenders wanted.

10-mins from downtown. Small local bar.

Granville. 304-365-4565.

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

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

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

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.

THE DAILY ATHENAEUM

12 | SPORTS

Tuesday February 28, 2012

ONE MORE CHANCE

West Virginia looks to snap four-game losing streak at Coliseum on Senior Night vs. DePaul

By John Terry Managing Editor

West Virginia seniors Kevin Jones and Truck Bryant have loved every time they’ve run out of the tunnel onto the carpet before home games throughout their careers, but the two are hoping that Tuesday night will be the last time.

Not because they haven’t enjoyed it, but because the two want a bid to the NCAA tournament, not an NIT game hosted at the Coliseum.

“It’s been a great four years for me, especially here with Truck. He’s been great – a great teammate and friend off the court. I can’t figure to go out with anybody other than truck,” Jones said. “We have two games left; we have to figure something out to get to the tournament.”

Losers of seven of its last nine, West Virginia most likely needs two wins – against DePaul and South Florida on Saturday – to have a chance for an at-large selection in the NCAA tournament.

The Mountaineers haven’t lost to DePaul since it joined the Big East, and its average margin of defeat inside the WVU Coliseum is 14. The only time the Blue Demons have ever beat West Virginia was during their first meeting in 1945 in New York City.

Jones leads the Mountaineers with 20 points and 11 rebounds per game, while Bryant is scoring 16.8 points.

Jones has struggled as of late, scoring 20 points just once in the last five games.

Against Marquette Friday, Jones shot just 35.7 percent from the field – his fifth-lowest field goal percentage of the year.

“He has done everything and more than anybody’s ever asked him to do,” said West Virginia head coach Bob Huggins. “He has a great senior

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WVU senior Truck Bryant is averaging 16.8 points per game this year. year. We need to get him to finish strong. If he’s not the Player of the Year in the league, there needs to be an investigation.”

Br yant, however, rebounded against Marquette to have his best scoring performance since his 32-point outburst against Providence on Feb. 5.

Bryant scored 25 against the Golden Eagles in the loss to snap a four-game drought of not scoring more than 15 points.

It was also the first game since Providence when he shot more than 36.7 percent from the field.

“He’s had some big games, and he’s had some not so big games. But at the same time, we’ve put a lot on his shoulders,” Huggins said.

DePaul has won just two games since the start of 2012 – a three-point win against Pittsburgh and a five-point win against Rutgers.

However, DePaul has been in several games that it has lost. Seven of the 14 losses

have come by ten points or less, including an overtime loss to No. 17 Louisville.

Huggins said that DePaul is much better than it looks on paper.

“They’ve gotten better and better and better,” Huggins said, “Cleveland Melvin is a handful. They’re going to press and have some sort of pressure for 40 minutes. Ball security is of the essence.”

The Blue Demons are led by Cleveland Melvin who is scoring 17.4 points and collecting 7.3 rebounds per game. Brandon Young is behind him with 14.8 points per game and almost five assists.

DePaul has three other players averaging at least 8 points per game.

Tip-off for Tuesday’s game is scheduled for 7 p.m.

“We want to win,” Jones said. “We want to go out on a winning note. We understand the situation we are in; all we have to do now is play.” john.terry@mail.wvu.edu

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Tuesday’s game against DePaul will be senior forward Kevin Jones, pictured, and guard Truck Bryant’s final regular season game at the Coliseum. The Mountaineers have lost four games in a row at home.

women’s basketball

WVU picks up win despite struggling in first half by cody schuler sports writer

For the first five minutes of Monday’s game, West Virginia looked like it was going to cruise to an incredibly easy win over visiting Pittsburgh.

The Mountaineers had established an early 8-0 lead, and Pittsburgh hadn’t even converted a field goal attempt.

As a matter of fact, the Panthers wouldn’t score a single point until a misguided elbow from redshirt junior forward Ayana Dunning hit a Pittsburgh player and resulted in a pair of converted free throws at the 11:55 mark.

Pittsburgh head coach Agnus Berenato thought that the game was all but over.

“In the first 11 minutes – against a team like West Virginia – 6 or 8 points in the big scheme of things, it doesn’t really seem like very much, but it was almost insurmountable because every basket was so hard to get,” she said.

After 20 minutes of play, Pittsburgh had shot 6-of-20 from the field and had only 18 points. The problem was that West Virginia was as bad as the Panthers.

The Mountaineers shot an abysmal 6-of-25 from the floor, and finished the half with 18 points. After racing out to the quick 8-0 lead, West Virginia went scoreless for the next four and a half minutes.

At halftime, the fate of the game seemed to be up in the air; Pittsburgh even took a 21-20 lead shortly after halftime. However, after that point, West Virginia turned things around on offense and sprinted ahead to a 60-42 final score.

Head coach Mike Carey attributed the 42-point second half outburst to increased activity from his guards.

“In the second half, we were more aggressive; we started out well defensively and offensively and then, I don’t know, we just stood

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Junior center Asya Bussie led WVU with 14 points in Monday’s win over Pittsburgh. around offensively,” he said.

In the second half, we wanted our guards to attack more and go, and they did that.”

Junior center Asya Bussie, who led the Mountaineers in scoring with 14 points, wanted to see the guards attack more after watching the Pittsburgh defense pack tightly inside the paint.

“I think (the guards) were so used to throwing the ball inside and having me and (Dunning) work the high-low that they weren’t even looking for their own shots,” she said.

“They were just looking to kick it inside. (Pittsburgh) was sagging and (the guards) were wide open.”

At halftime, Dunning – who was limited to only five points in the game – saw the need for the team to take a bigger initiative in scoring and being more active on the perimeter.

“I think as a team we realized we needed to separate

and open up the lead,” she said.

“We didn’t play bad defense (in the first half ), I don’t think.

Our biggest problem was offensively; we weren’t getting movement, we were passing up shots, we were being tentative, (and) we weren’t really being aggressive or looking to score,” she said.

“That’s why I think the score was so low for so long.”

For Carey, it’s now more about what the team can do moving forward instead of what it did wrong last night.

“We didn’t play very well, but we did what we had to do to win the game,” he said.

“We just have to move on.

We can’t play that way when we go to the Big East tournament, we can’t play that way when we go to the NCAA (tournament), and we know that, so we just have to learn from this.” charles.schuler@mail.wvu.edu