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Maniacs reveal 2012-13 fan shirts by shelby toompas Correspondent

A line of students stretched across the Mountainlair Monday, all waiting anxiously for one thing – their chance to pick up the 2012-2013 Mountaineer Maniac t-shirt.

This year, Mountaineer Maniacs, West Virginia University’s biggest fan organization, held their annual tshirt pickup in the Vandalia Longue in the Mountainlair from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. The event will continue at the same time Tuesday and Wednesday. Any member of the Mountaineer Ma-

niacs can stop by to claim their t-shirt.

Chris Northrup, director of the Mountaineer Maniacs, said they are trying to make the distribution more convenient for students this year than it has been in the past.

“In the past we’ve had students waiting in line for an hour or two, but by organizing it this way, they are able to stop by between classes and pick up their shirt,” Northrup said.

Students who can’t make it to the Mountainlair between the designated times can come out Wednesday night at the volleyball match

against Texas at 5:30 p.m. and at the Women’s Soccer game against Penn State Friday at 6 p.m., Northrup said.

Basic memberships for the Mountaineer Maniacs are still available for students; however, all the ultimate membership packages have been sold out since July.

“The main difference is just the guaranteed football tickets, but our basic membership still includes many great benefits,” Northrup said.

While working on the design for the shirt, Northrup said Davis and Lee Co., a Morgantown-based com-

pany, helped come up with more than 20 proofs before the Maniacs decided on the final design.

“Because it’s such a recognizable shirt and we are entering the Big 12, we wanted students to have something they would wear and enjoy,” Northrup said.

“We were excited that trade marketing allowed use to the Inaugural season logo on the back with the flying WV in the middle.”

Freshman general studies student Kim Dutcher said she knew when she came to WVU for college

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Students stand in line in the Mountainlair Monday to pick up their Mountaineer Maniacs t-shirts.

Amizade opens global doors with Fellowship

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Residents of Lincoln Hall compete in the tug o’ war on the Mountainlair Green Monday during this year’s Campus Cup.

Residence Hall students begin competing for Campus Cup

By Carlee Lammers City Editor

West Virginia University students living in on-campus residence halls went head-to-head, while hoping the odds would ever be in their favor.

Monday marked the beginning of the 2012 Campus Cup competition. Students from 12 districts (residence halls) came to compete in a “Hunger Games” style event.

Director of Residential Education Trish Cendana said she believes the competition provides first-year students the opportunity to positively transition into life at WVU. “The Campus Cup is a great way for students to compete with those living in the residence halls with them in a positive spirt,” she said. “It’s a great way for students to bond and get acquainted with others in what can sometimes be

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Muggles rejoice – the sport made famous by J.K. Rowling’s “Harry Potter” series is now available to the less magically inclined.

The West Virginia University Quidditch club is open to all students, and offers a unique game for fans and athletes alike.

Heather Hill, senior history and religious studies student, is the leader of the club and has been involved since its formation.

“I got started my sophomore year. I kind of started the whole shebang,” she

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Residents of Fieldcrest Hall march in the opening ceremony of Campus Cup Monday.

said. “Basically it started out as a floor program for the RA’s with four different floors playing each other.

After that a lot of people were still interested, so we tried to have like little scrimmages from there. We kind of filled up. We played on the Mountainlair Green, and it kind of built up. We had more games, and then last year, we started the actual club in the dorm, drawing people from the Honors College and people that had worked with us the year before.”

In order to make a game full of magic fit for the muggles of WVU, Hill said the group had to make some

adaptations.

“We obviously don’t fly – that’s probably the biggest difference,” she said. “The snitch is actually a person with a tennis ball, there are more bludgers than would be in ‘Harry Potter,’ and there are more referees.”

Without the power of magic, Hill said WVU’s version of the game had to enforce more detailed regulations.

“Obviously, we have to get more detailed with the fouls and everything, because in Harry Potter it is more of a fictional thing to move the plot along.”

Matthew Artimez, a sophomore chemical engineer-

ing student, plays the snitch position.

“You do anything by any means to stay away from the seekers. So you climb trees, you climb buildings, you hide, you run away. You have to be good at sprinting, and you jump over things,” he said.

Artimez said as the snitch, he has to be more versatile than the other players.

“You’re the only player without a broom, so you have a lot more freedom, and you can even take down people. Any physical contact to take down someone – that’s what a snitch does.”

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WELLWVU summer fitness challenge comes to a close

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Current West Virginia University students and recent graduates have the opportunity to gain experience in professional development while creating a lasting impact across the globe.

Amizade, an 18-year-old nonprofit organization that strives to connect individuals in a community through world-wide service-learning, is now offering a new Fellowship Program for WVU students.

“This will be our first year offering the Fellows program, so this will be our pilot group. This is a great way to give students professional development experience,” said Amizade Director of Outreach Sarah Noel.

“A lot of students in college will get an internship. This is a step up to an internship.”

Noel said the program will allow students to travel to D.C. to learn from leaders in the nonprofit and professional development fields.

Then, throughout the semester, students in the program will host seminars and workshops for others, and in the spring they will put their planning to the test as they lead a service-learn-

ing program in another country.

“This is really a great way for students to learn how to work in the professional development field, do the work and then practice by putting their skills to the test,” Noel said. “This is really a unique and special opportunity. They are directly applying what they’ve learned to a project that has a concrete end point.”

Noel said the Fellows program would strive for a “Fair Trade Learning”experience.

“We send students from America and North America all around the world.

They get experience, get to learn about themselves and have a life-transforming opportunity,” she said.

“With Fair Trade Learning, we ensure our students are giving something to others that will create a lasting impact. It’s taking that idea to the next level.”

Natalie Committee, WVU Amizade Service-Learning Coordinator, said she encourages WVU students to apply for the program because of its uniqueness.

“There is truly no other experience like it on campus,” she said. “We have a

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For the first time last summer, West Virginia University’s WELLWVU: The Students’ Center of Health offered a program to help students stay fit.

The challenge was an opportunity for students to stay connected to their health habits and to WELLWVU by participating in at least 30 minutes of physical activity per day for a 100-day period.

Every week from May 7 through August 15, students submitted the number of minutes they had been active, and those students who were currently enrolled at WVU and accumulated at least 3,000 minutes (an average of 30 minutes per day for 100 days) were entered into a drawing for a chance to win a gift card.

WELLWVU and the moveWELL summer challenge program’s main goal was to educate students about how to stay active through creative exercise.

Program Coordinator and Wellness Graduate Assistant Carina Bode said she felt

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honored to be a part of the moveWELL program.

“It was really encouraging to be able to communicate with the students about their journeys to better health,” Bode said. “Students would often email me telling me how grateful they were for the challenge.”

Some students who participated even emailed Bode to say thanks.

“For a lot of people it served as motivation to keep going or an inspiration to try something new, and I’m really proud to have been a part of that for someone’s life,” Bode said.

One student, Cody Johnson, said summer time is the time he focuses on controlling his weight and eating healthy instead of eating unhealthy foods late at night at all hours of the morning.

“Before this summer started, I told myself that I would keep active and avoid as much of the unhealthy foods as possible,” Johnson said. “When the moveWELL challenge came up, I knew this would be a great way to

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TWO AND OH-YES The West Virginia men’s soccer team defeated Stetson 1-0 Monday afternoon, improving to 2-0 on the season.

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Tuesday August 28, 2012

Apple lists Samsung products it wants banned SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple Inc. on Monday gave a federal judge a list of eight Samsung Electronics Co. products it wants pulled from shelves and banned from the U.S. market, including popular Galaxy model smartphones.

U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh asked for the list after a jury in San Jose last week slammed Samsung with a $1.05 billion verdict, finding that the South Korean technology giant had “willfully” copied Apple’s iPhone and iPad in creating and marketing the products. Samsung plans an appeal.

The products Apple wants out are all smartphones: Galaxy S 4G, Galaxy S2 AT&T, Galaxy S2, Galaxy S2 T-Mobile, Galaxy S2 Epic 4G, Galaxy S Showcase, Droid Charge and Galaxy Prevail.

Koh on June 26 banned the Galaxy Tab 10.1 from the U.S. market after finding it likely violated a “design patent.” Samsung is now asking for that ban to be lifted after the jury found the computer tablet didn’t infringe that particular patent, but it did find it infringed three Apple’s software patents that cover the popular “bounceback” and pinch-to-zoom features.

The judge has scheduled a Sept. 20 hearing to discuss Apple’s demands for the sales bans. She asked Apple on Friday to submit the list of products its wants removed from U.S. stores after Samsung complained that it doesn’t have enough time to prepare for the scheduled hearing.

The judge is deciding

whether to reschedule the hearing to give Samsung more time to prepare. Samsung plans to ask the judge to toss out the jury’s verdict as unsupported by the evidence. Failing that, the company says it will appeal the verdict to higher courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court.

In addition to the sales

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Artimez said he enjoys playing the sport for the unique, fun and competitive atmosphere.

“I really like the people and the atmosphere. Everyone here seems to really enjoy it. Not everyone is really competitive,” he said. “It’s just a fun thing everyone can get out there and do. And it’s a different game than what people are used to.”

The first events will be two scrimmages to allow players to become familiar with the game.

The scrimmages will be held the weekend of Sept.

9 and will be in front of the Life Sciences Green.

There will also be a “TryIt Recruitment Day” held Sept. 16 on the MountainLair green.

keep that promise to myself.”

Hannah Lilly, Another student who participated in this summer challenge, said even though she didn’t lose a lot of weight, this program has inspired her to keep up with her diet for the fall semester.

“Because I got involved in this program, I am stronger and more athletic than I’ve been in years,” Lilly said.

Although the moveWELL challenge is over for the year, WELLWVU still encourages students to keep finding fun, new ways to get active and stay motivated through exercise.

Director of the Office of Wellness and Health Programs Colleen Harshbarger said she has enjoyed her involvement in the program.

“Being the Director of OWHP provides a unique

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The Apple iPhone 4S, left, is displayed next to the Samsung Galaxy S III at a store in San Francisco. bans, Apple also plans to ask the judge to triple the damages to $3.15 billion because of the jury’s finding that Samsung “willfully” copied Apple.

Apple filed its lawsuit in April of last year alleging that 28 Samsung smartphones and computer tablets had “slavishly copied” the iPhones and iPads. opportunity to positively impact student lives and to educate our campus community about what it means to live WELL,” she said.

WELLWVU encourages returning students and new faces on campus to get started into a healthy lifestyle now.

On Oct. 6, WELLWVU will be having a Try-It Event that showcases some of the services WVU has to offer.

“Start habits now that will help you live well for the entire school year,” Bode said.

“Sleep, nutrition, exercise, stress management, sexual health and alcohol consumption all need to be in a healthy balance in order to live well.”

This summer, there were a total of 45 participants in the program, and 23 moveWEll students met the challenge.

For more information about WELLWVU, visit http://www.well.wvu.edu.

Samsung countered with its own claims that Apple used its wireless technology without proper compensation.

A nine-person jury in its verdict Friday unanimously agreed with Apple. Most of the damages were tied to Samsung’s smartphones.

The jury rejected Samsung’s counterclaims.

Most of the Samsung products found to have “infringed’ Apple’s patent were older devices no longer being sold. The list Apple presented to the court on Monday represent devices it believes are still being sold in U.S. stores, including several versions of the company’s popular S2 phones introduced last year.

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Brandon Keller, a junior industrial engineering student, exercises at the Student Rec Center.

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that she wanted to be a Maniac, but the transfer to the Big 12 was a plus.

“It was nice that I was able to come pick up my shirt during class,” Dutcher said. “The line moved fast and I was in and out in no time.”

Northrup and the rest of the Mountaineer Maniacs are hoping the fans behave and welcome visitors from the Big 12 teams to experience a great time at West Virginia.

“Everyone wants to see a good football game and we want students and fans Kristen Basham/THE DAILY ATHENAEUM to cheer in the stands, but before and after we want Students stand in line in the Mountainlair on Monday to pick up their Mountaineer Maniacs t-shirts. them to welcome every newcomer to the great city Northrup hopes the letic programs and make crease in the future. maniacs.wvu.edu. of Morgantown,” Northrup Mountaineer Maniacs con- the student attendance for To learn more on how to said. tinue to support the ath- all sports here at WVU in- get involved, visit http:// danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

Police respond to report of shooting on Locust Ave. Morgantown Police Department responded to a call Monday afternoon, reporting shots had been fired at a Locust Avenue residency.

MPD Chief Ed Preston said a body was found at the scene; however, a shooting has been ruled out as the cause of death.

“Police responded to a report that shots were fired. Upon arriving to the scene it was found that the report was an erroneous report,” Preston said.

“There was a body found at the scene, and it is evi-

Samsung’s newest and hottest selling smartphone, the Galaxy S3, was not part of the lawsuit and is unaffected by the jury’s verdict.

The award represents about 1.5 percent of Samsung’s annual revenue. Analysts said the embarrassment of the verdict is a bigger blow for Samsung than the financial setback.

dent that it has been there for quite some time.”

Preston said an identification of the body and cause of death would not be released until police have processed the scene, and the medical examiner has performed an autopsy.

Foul play is not suspected in the death, Preston said.

“Right now there is no indication of foul play, but we will investigate the case as a homicide until proven otherwise.” ­— crl

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District nine (Bennett Tower) wellness coordinator Grace Honecker said she was excited to see residents in her hall and other halls participate in a healthy alternative while representing the University’s residence halls.

“This is really just a great way to bring the school, as a community, together,” she said.

“As a wellness coordinator, I’m excited to see my nearly 90 students out and about and competing. We have the most participants in the competition. I’m

pumped they are all here to support our tower, and our University.”

Freshman Amanda King joined the competition with District Seven (Fieldcrest Hall) as a way to relieve the stress of transitioning to life at WVU. “I just really wanted to get involved,” she said. “It can be stressful being a freshman, so I think this is a great way to meet people, have fun and win.”

Andrew Merrigan of Bennett Tower said he enjoyed the atmosphere of the competition and found it to be an opportunity to better know the other residents in his tower.

“Everyone is so pumped up. It’s good to be here competing with a positive attitude,” he said. “Every-

one here, we’re all freshmen, we’re all in the same position.”

“We’re just a bunch of people here trying to meet new people and have fun,” he said.

District eight (Honors Hall) Residence Hall Coordinator Jeremiah Kibler said he had high hopes for all students participating in the competition.

“That first week of school is always the hardest transition to make,” he said.

“This is the perfect opportunity for students to fight the stress or the homesickness, come out and have fun.”

“We are going to be bringing home a victory.

Our hall won the first year of this event, and we want

lot of exciting opportunities for students here at WVU.” Amizade recently earned a Special Consultative Status with the United Nations, Committee said. Amizade is now one of just 3,600 organizations across the globe to hold the status since its establishment in 1946.

Committee said Amizade would offer a winter break program in Jamaica and spring break programs in Tanzania and Bolivia.

For more information on Amizade, visit http:// amizade.org. To learn more about the Fellowship Program, contact (fellows@amizade.org,) or call 412-586-4986. carlee.lammers@mail.wvu.edu

a plaque. We’re feeling it.”

The first day’s events included an opening ceremony, an over/under water balloon game and tug o’ war.

Various other events will occur throughout the week including a dizzy dash, a basketball shoot out, a health and wellness scavenger hunt and two blood drives.

The District with the most points at the conclusion of the competition will be named Campus Cup Champions at the closing ceremonies.

The closing ceremonies will be held Sept. 10 in the Blue and Gold Rooms of the Evansdale Residential Complex at 7:30 p.m. carlee.lammers@mail.wvu.edu

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‘Moonrise Kingdom’ spins emotional, intimate story Laura Ciarolla copy editor

Directed by Wes Anderson and co-written by Anderson and Roman Coppola, “Moonrise Kingdom” follows the love story of two 12-year-old children in a small island town off the New England coast during the 1960s.

The film includes Anderson’s usual all-star casting, with parts played by Bruce Willis (“Die Hard,” “The Sixth Sense”), Edward Norton (“Fight Club”), Jason Schwartzman (“Rushmore,” “Darjeeling Limited”), Bill Murray (“Ghostbusters”) and Frances McDormand (“Almost Famous,” “Fargo”).

During the summer of 1965, two lovestruck adolescents (played by Jared Gilman and Kara Hayward) plot their escape from the mediocrity and oppression of their young middle-class lives.

Sam (Gilman) is attending a Boy Scout camp somewhat close to Suzy Bishop’s (Hayward) New England home, where she spends her days poring over fiction novels and dreaming of similar adventures.

After meeting at Suzy’s church’s play (in the girl’s dressing room, no less), the

two begin to write to each other. Realizing the similar dissatisfaction of their situations, the children execute a plan to run away together into the woods.

Equipped with a suitcase full of her most precious novels and an advanced set of wilderness survival skills, the two children make it surprisingly far into their escape.

However, they each have a search party after them (Suzy’s parents and Sam’s Boy Scout troop, led by Norton), so their attempt at freedom is not an easy one.

Making “Moonrise Kingdom” all the more intriguing, the adults’ stories parallel the children’s, as they also struggle with issues of place and complacency.

Mrs. Bishop is in the midst of a guilt-ridden affair with Willis’ character, Captain Sharp, while Sam’s Scout Master (Norton) attempts to establish his position as a successful Scout Master among his peers.

If you’ve seen the preview for this film, you may have a small sense of what it’s about. Yet, I was very happy to find the preview didn’t reveal very much of the film’s content.

In fact, pretty much all the events I remember from the trailer transpired within the first 30 minutes of the

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Hayward and Gilman, pictured, lead a star-studded cast in ‘Moonrise Kingdom.’ film, leaving much to enjoy in watching the full 94-minute film.

Further adding to the film’s effectiveness, the cast is perfect. I cannot imagine any two actors who could have better portrayed the two lead characters. Both are fairly novice actors, and “Moonrise Kingdom” is their first major film.

Perhaps it is just Ander-

son’s excellent directorial abilities, but Gilman and Hayward are able to capture the beauty and innocence of adolescence unlike any character I’ve seen in years.

In a similar vein to most of Anderson’s films, this story is full of witty dialogue that draws attention to some of life’s biggest issues in a simplistic, but serious, way.

The two major characters

– Sam, especially – perceive their world with a sophistication far beyond their years.

During one scene, while lamenting the death of a pet dog, Suzy’s character asks Sam if he was “a good dog,” to which Sam simply answers, with all of the seriousness of a jaded adult, “Who’s to say?”

Simple, but incredibly poignant, the entire film fol-

lows this theme of the contrast between the adult perspective with which the children view their world and their unavoidable childlike appearance and naivety.

The film has already left most theaters, but it will be available on DVD, blu-ray and Video on Demand Oct. 16. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

Fourth ‘Austin Powers’ flick remains international film of mystery

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Austin Powers’ return to the big screen is much-anticipated, but progress is currently at a standstill.

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It’s been 10 years since fans have seen Austin Powers on the big screen, and although it’s likely not the last time, it may be a while before the beloved British spy makes a comeback.

Mike Myers, the multi-role star of the hit trilogy, sealed the deal with New Line Cin-

ema for a fourth installment last year, serving not only in the lead role, but also as producer and screenwriter. At that time, Screenrant.com reported we can expect to see the movie released in 2013.

However, since then, nothing more has been done to create the film.

Director of all three movies, Jay Roach, told MTV

News that he and Myers talk frequently and have been bouncing around ideas for the fourth movie since the release of “Goldmember.”

“We’ve been talking about it for 10 years off and on, saying, ‘What about this idea?

What about that idea?’ I think when he feels he’s cracked it, it’ll happen, and I’m there,” Roach said.

Roach first teamed up

The fourth ‘Austin Powers’ film promises to heavily involve Scotty, played by Seth Green. with the Canadian actor in 1997, when the two worked together on the first Austin Powers (“International Man of Mystery”).

Since the last film “Goldmember” was released in 2002, the pair have gone their separate ways. Roach began directing political dramas for HBO, while Myers made a shift to animated movies with the “Shrek” series.

One rumor for the fourth Austin Powers is a spin-off of the series, focusing on everyone’s favorite villain, Doctor Evil, and his son, Scotty, played by Seth Green.

“I love Austin, but I also love Dr. Evil. Hopefully Dr. Evil and Mini-Me will reemerge, too. We’ve always talked about how great it would be to have a Doctor Evil spin-off,” Roach said,

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seeming to confirm that he would be on board with such a production. “It has always been kind of a ‘when it’s exactly right, that’s when it will take off.’”

Rest assured, when Roach and Myers decide that the time is right for another groovy adventure, it will not disappoint. daa&e&mail.wvu.edu

Networks prepare to juggle politics, weather as election approaches NEW YORK (AP) — Television networks began juggling two major stories on Monday, still wondering whether Tropical Storm Isaac will cause them to divert a large amount of attention from the Republican national convention in Tampa.

Anderson Cooper of CNN and Shepard Smith of Fox News Channel were shifted by their networks from Tampa to New Orleans, where the storm appeared headed.

It’s an odd rerun for both of them: four years ago they left a GOP convention to head to the gulf region ahead of Hurricane Gustav.

MSNBC was sending Tamron Hall and Lester Holt to New Orleans in advance of Isaac, and Soledad O’Brien was joining Cooper for CNN. The major broadcast networks haven’t shifted resources yet. Even before the Republicans chose to cancel the first night of the convention on Monday and compress the action into three days, ABC, CBS and NBC had

not planned on broadcasting from Tampa on Monday night. Each has scheduled an hour of convention coverage over the next three nights.

“We continue to watch the storm closely and we will have correspondent coverage throughout the region,” said Ingrid CiprianMatthews, vice president of CBS News. “We will reposition some of our resources as necessary.”

Brian Williams of NBC News has taken an intense interest in the New Orleans area since Hurricane Katrina seven years ago, but there are no immediate plans for him to switch cities. NBC’s coverage is augmented through its partnership with The Weather Channel, also owned by the Comcast Corp.

The cancellation of Monday’s convention activities due to Isaac already forced schedule changes upon television networks. Fox News Channel is reverting to its regular prime-time schedule. CNN is rerunning a documentary on Republican

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Mitt Romney that first aired Sunday night. PBS had three hours of convention coverage scheduled for Monday night, but instead shifted to entertainment programming.

Throughout Monday, CNN mixed coverage of the storm with political stories from Tampa. Even when its correspondents were talking politics, the lower portion of the network’s screen flashed updates on the path and wind speed of Isaac. The network has plenty of experience following multiple stories, said Sam Feist, CNN political director.

“This is CNN,” Feist said.

“We can walk and chew gum at the same time.”

The uncertainty about the storm’s path and strength made for uncertainty among Republicans, too.

“This is a difficult set of cir-

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cumstances for the Republicans,” said Fox’s Smith, “because as this storm comes through it’s going to be fighting for TV time, and newspaper headline time and water cooler talk time. The Republicans had hoped they would be able to have all of the attention of themselves for the next few days and it would appear that Isaac has thrown a wrench in that.”

Networks strive, as best they can, to be fair to both parties in terms of television time around the conventions. Even with the storm, Feist said he expects the Republicans to get as much or more coverage than the Democrats, primarily because of the GOP’s original plan to have a four-night convention.

Television didn’t even

need the convention to start to produce some fireworks on Monday. MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” featured a bitter confrontation with MSNBC anchor Chris Matthews attacking Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus on Romney campaign tactics, leaving show hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski plainly uncomfortable.

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Regulations should be enacted reasonably A public hearing was held at the Charleston Civic Center in our state’s capital this Friday to discuss proposed changes to regulations on West Virginia’s fire departments.

The proposals, which are currently being considered by the West Virginia Fire Commission, would require all of West Virginia’s fire departments to abide by a new fire code. This new code would include more than 90 rules and regulations recommended by the National Fire Protec-

tion Association. Although the intent behind requiring the implementation of these measures is to improve safety procedures at our fire departments, critics argue these changes would ultimately do more harm than good as a result of their exorbitant costs.

Most of the opposition to these changes voiced at Friday’s public hearing centered on these costs.

Current estimates suggest compliance with these new rules would cost millions of dollars. Addition-

ally, any fire department that does not fully implement the new rules would face a daily penalty of at least $100 until all the all the new standards are met.

While we can all probably agree on the importance of enhanced safety protocols, it seems unreasonable to suddenly impose a torrent of costly measures on our unsuspecting fire departments and expect them to shoulder such extreme punishments if they struggle to meet the new requirements.

There are close to 400 fire departments in West Virginia, and there is no question the lagging economy has taken a toll on their financial health.

Many of the leaders of West Virginia’s firefighter community, including the president of the Monongalia County Fireman’s Association, have voiced their opposition to the proposal.

Some have expressed their belief that many of West Virginia’s struggling fire departments would be unable to survive under the

new rules because of the heavy financial burden.

Certainly, the closure of many of the state’s fire departments would not be an improvement to the status quo.

The WVFC needs to closely reassess their proposal to ensure it does not lead to such closures. They might consider introducing the new standards incrementally, in a manner that gives fire departments ample time to prepare.

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Criticism of Paul Ryan’s taste in music is misguided

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Republican vice presidential candidate Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis. speaks during a campaign event Monday in Janesville, Wis.

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Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan recently pricked up some ears when he professed his love for rap metal group Rage Against the Machine.

The fact that Ryan likes the band is not surprising in the least – Rage is a multi-platinum-selling group, and virtually everyone knows at least one of the band’s songs.

However, once one delves deeper into Rage’s motives, it becomes obvious why Ryan’s comments were met with raised eyebrows – he stands for everything the group loathes.

You see, Rage Against

the Machine is not be any stretch of the imagination your average rock group.

The members are highly educated, and they push a brand of aggressive political activism not found in most mainstream music.

Rage not only sings songs of rebellion; the group lives by a mantra of revolution.

This is not a group that has its songs delivered on a silver platter by professional songwriters; Rage writes what it wants, and it writes what it believes.

So, when conservative Mr. Ryan claimed he listened to the band frequently, Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello took offense.

“Paul Ryan’s love of Rage Against the Machine is amusing because he is

the embodiment of the machine that our music has been raging against for two decades,” Morello said in an exclusive piece submitted to Rolling Stone magazine. “Paul Ryan is clueless about his favorite band, Rage Against the Machine.”

While Morello raises valid points – Ryan indeed stands for everything the band opposes – who cares?

Let me preface this by saying: music is an invaluable part of my life.

It defines me as a human being and has led me through dark times, bright times and everywhere in between.

That said, we as music fans do not have to live by every word our favorite artists produce.

Such is the case with

Ryan. As a United States Representative for Wisconsin’s first Congressional District, Ryan has become known for his conservative, right-wing viewpoint and ideals.

So why does he listen to Rage Against the Machine?

He listens to the band for the same reason I do – it is just damn good music.

The grooves, hard-hitting rhythms and expert rapping of vocalist Zack de la Rocha make Rage Against the Machine a truly once-in-a-generation act, and they’re just too good to miss, like the message or not.

I personally do not agree with everything Rage Against the Machine stands for, but that does not stop me from blasting “Bombtrack” and “Bulls

on Parade” whenever I can, and it should not stop Ryan from doing the same.

While Ryan is clearly against everything the group stands for, that should not mean he cannot listen to them.

Really, that should not even mean we look at him any differently for listening to them.

Ryan himself acknowledged that he likes Rage’s “sound, not their lyrics,” and that should be good enough for us.

Have we become so eager to jump on potential candidates that we care about what music they listen to? Are the contents of Paul Ryan’s iPod really that important, given the context of his being?

The man is running for vice president of the

United States of America; he can listen to whatever he wishes.

Care about his political message, not his taste in tunes.

If you dislike Ryan for his stance on important issues in today’s world, I have absolutely no problem with that. You are entitled to your views, and I expect you to draw conclusions on a person’s character from the hot-button issues of today.

If, however, you cast off Ryan simply because he listens to Rage Against the Machine, shame on you.

Maybe you, too, have missed the band’s everpresent message, which advocates freedom in all areas of life. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

Mudslinging in presidential campaigns obscures real solutions Dan Deshrochers arizona daily wildcat university of arizona

On Aug. 11, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney finally told to the political world that he had chosen U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, from Wisconsin, as his running mate for the election. But even before the official announcement, the Obama campaign had already tweeted about Romney and Ryan four times.

And thus, the dirty, muddy, slanderous political campaigning goes on.

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The Obama campaign has continued to tweet things like, “Paul Ryan is an architect of the topdown GOP budget that cuts education, energy, & innovation even as it gives tax cuts to the wealthy.”

Tweets also included “Romney-Ryan: The Go Back Team” and “The no.

1 thing you need to know about Paul Ryan: He’s extremely conservative – at the expense of the middle class.”

Mudslinging is a political tactic that has been used for hundreds of years.

During the 1820s, John Quincy Adams called Andrew Jackson’s mother a prostitute and his wife an

adulteress. While Romney and President Barack Obama aren’t going as far as saying that each other’s mothers were loose with gentlemen, they still sound like kindergarten bullies.

There isn’t completely conclusive evidence that a negative campaign will gain or lose voters. In 1994, the American Political Science Review published a study that suggested that attack advertisements drive potential voters away. In 1996, the UCLA Center for Research in Society and Politics found the opposite.

But there is a reason campaigns involve mud-

slinging: if someone is mean, instinct says be mean right back.

However, this is one of the most politically divisive times in U.S. history since the antebellum era.

The 112th Congress may be the least productive Legislature since 1947, according to USA Today.

While people complain about Obama not doing anything, the real problem is that Congress isn’t doing anything.

It is the president’s responsibility, however, to convince Congress to pass bills and to unite the legislative branch for the greater good of the country. Instead of tweeting

about the other guy’s problems, his campaign should try tweeting solutions.

While mudslinging may be effective in getting a candidate elected, it divides the two political parties. Right now we don’t need a candidate who is good at being mean, and we don’t need a candidate who won a dirty election.

We need a candidate with the ability to lead. We need a candidate who can unite the two parties so that they can finally agree on something and stop trying to repeal health care reform for the 31st time.

Negative campaigning may be a good political strategy. It may work

wonders for getting a candidate into office. But getting a candidate into office means nothing if he or she isn’t going to get anything done. It’s easy to say that once the election blows over, all that negativity will be forgotten. But it won’t.

The two parties complain about each other more often than John Boehner gets a spray tan.

Maybe, under a good leader, the children in Congress will finally put aside their differences and work together – but that doesn’t seem likely in a race filled with candidates who are calling the other party’s candidates big meanies.

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DAILY HOROSCOPES

BY JACQUELINE BIGAR BORN TODAY This year, you have high visibility. Others observe you more than you realize. Keep your focus on your job and commitments involving your community and your parents. If you are single, someone you meet late spring onward could knock your socks off! If you are attached, the two of you need to be more visible. GEMINI puts you on a pedestal.

ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19) HHHH Suddenly you become even more serious about work. Perhaps the cooler nights are having an impact on you. You feel better because you are more in the mood to deal with details. A partner respects your approach; he or she knows you are mentally prepared to tackle an issue. Tonight: Working late.

CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22) HHH Back off for a while, especially if you are reviewing a situation over and over in your mind. Listen to your sixth sense when dealing with a vulnerability. Could you be making a big deal out of nothing? Know what you desire. Tonight: Get some extra zzz’s.

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22) HHHHH Zero in on what is important. Don’t over-intellectualize. You naturally say the right words to whomever you speak to. A meeting could point to a new friendship. Worry less about what is happening. Tonight: Hang with friends.

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22) HHHH Be willing to take a stand with a boss or someone you care about. You need not be so worried about your first impression. Say “no” to a financial commitment that makes you uptight.

Listen to your inner voice. Tonight: A must show.

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20) HHH Know how much you can spend. Focus on your budget, and turn a situation around once and for all. In some way, you might feel grumpy or touchy because of this financial awareness. Let it go and just do. Tonight: Pay bills first.

LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22) HHH You are unusually serious once more. Detach and look past the immediate.

Then and only then can you see the big picture. Understand what someone is looking for. Take your time rethinking a situation. Know what you want. Tonight: Do a vanishing act.

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20) HHHHH Your spirit soars. You know exactly what you want. Rather than overanalyze, go off and get just that. Others are highly responsive, except perhaps for a child or new friend. What is ailing this person has nothing to do with you. Tonight: Beam in exactly what you want.

SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21) HHHHH Take your time making a decision. Zero in on a friendship that means a lot to you. A meeting could be very important, playing a role in creating what you want. Remain supportive of key friends, even if they want to head down a different path.

Tonight: Where the action is.

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SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21) HHHH Understand the dynamics between you and key people. Right now, you might feel as if you are playing sidekick, but this is only a phase.

Try letting go of a need to control, and just go along for the ride. Excitement hops in the back seat. Tonight: Let someone entice you to join him or her.

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19) HHHH You might want to revise your plans with an eye to settling a situation that a boss or you are highly concerned about. Be careful with an overly serious person. He or she easily could misunderstand a comment.

Tonight: Burning the candle at both ends.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18) HHHH Let someone know just how much you care. Indulge those you love. Though you might not think you have time for so much attention, you will feel better as a result. Reach out to someone at a distance who you care about. Tonight: Let your hair down.

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20) HHH You might want to stay close to home right now. If you can, get to the bottom of a problem through a discussion. Do help someone who feels uptight or who has a difficult time verbalizing him- or herself. A discussion could help both of you feel better. Tonight: Enjoy company and dinner.

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Byzantine blitzes Morgantown’s metal scene josh ewers a&e writer

To all metalheads out there who didn’t attend 123 Pleasant Street’s stacked Sunday night lineup of bands – you dropped the ball.

The opening band, Reanimator, set the bar high at 8 p.m. With a large contingent of fans present and repping their T-shirts, the band delivered their extra loud and volatile modern death metal directly to the temple. Vocalist Gary Harrison is a domineering front man, whose vocal range and intense delivery is worthy of quite a bit of praise.

Next, local scene stalwarts Hovel took the stage.

Providing an aural assault of powerful chords, slowed-down Southern grooves and some truly unstoppable fast-paced jam breaks, this band’s sound really seemed to fill up the room. A band all about sounding big and groovy, they got the job done. They were actually a late addition to the bill, but, helped cement this show as one of the best metal shows of the year.

Later on, Pittsburgh natives Solar Burn had big shoes to fill as the final warm-up before Byzantine. Put in simple terms, this band crushed. This writer owes the guys of Solar Burn an apology – they are much more than they were given credit for.

Solar Burn is one of the most fresh and exciting

bands I’ve heard in quite a while. Metal fans need to see this band live.

The band’s dreadlocked bassist clearly asserts himself as the on-stage leader with his emotional and energetic stage presence and shockingly progressive bass riffing, which is very prominent in the band’s music.

The whole audience seemed to be caught a bit off guard at the quality of the progressive thrash beating on their ear drums.

Finally, it was time for the main event. Hordes of black-T-shirt-clad people of all ages filled the front on the room. When Byzantine took the stage and began to get underway, the crowd roared with palpable excitement.

Already primed from sporadic mosh skirmishes that had broken out during the early bands, the place went nuts at the sound of the opening riff to “Hatfield.”

There was next to no notable rust, especially for a band only playing its third show since returning to the stage earlier this year.

They executed their complex rhythms, insatiable grooves, and huge heavy hooks with the efficiency of a well-oiled machine, to bring the audience into a full-on frenzy to which even the most timid of “back of the room” standers and “arms crossed guys” were not immune.

Among the 11-song set list, the band even played a new song, “Signal Path.”

After the show, lead vocalist and guitarist Chris Ojeda was happy with the band’s performance.

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Byzantine headlined Sunday night at 123 Pleasant Street.

“It feels better than I thought it would,” Ojeda said of playing shows again. “I was actually timid about getting back on stage because when we broke up five years ago, I never anticipated us getting back and playing again.”

Now just a couple of months away from releasing a collaboratively fan- and band-funded recording process (via Kickstarter), Ojeda explained the band’s reasoning for ending their hiatus and making music again.

“The cathartic moment was Tony had a heart attack, our guitar player,” Ojeda said. “He smoked for 20 years, and he was on

a treadmill and flat-lined.

Me and him had kind of fell out. Then I was like, ‘you know what? I need to get back in touch with my friend.’ So we got the friendship back together, and with that came the band. With Tony getting ill, we decided that it was a little more important to do what we naturally do, which is play together.”

Ojeda explained the band’s newfound vigor and a more independent writing and recording process made the writing process a bit different, causing the band to incorporate some new ideas.

However, Ojeda also reiterated the band’s consis-

tent mindset.

“We have the same ambition we had when we started in 2000, which is to solidify a foothold somewhere in the metal landscape,” Ojeda said. “Not with record sales, but when it’s all said and done and I’m too old to do this, I want people to look back and say that band was the measuring stick to which others need to work up to, and that’s why we kind of take it pretty serious.

“We don’t drink before shows. We work on the songs really hard. I like for fans to like us, but I’m looking for Shadows Fall, Lamb of God – people like that to listen to our CD and

go ‘Holy s---’ $10,000 from West Virginia and they did this?”

In support of the new album, the band will be shooting a music video the last weekend of September in Wellsburg, W.Va. It’s an open invitation for fans to come and be in the video.

According to Ojeda, attendees can expect to “preview the whole album, grill out, drink beers and shoot some film.”

The new album, simply titled, “Byzantine,” is slated for a late November to early December release and will feature nine tracks. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

123 Pleasant Street to host music marketplace by alec berry web editor

123 Pleasant Street and U92-FM will host the Morgantown Music Marketplace tonight from 7-10 p.m.

The event is intended to bring a variety of local musicians under one roof, allowing nearly 20 different local artists to represent themselves and share what they do.

Such talents include Sweet Life, Captain Cat-

feesh, S l e e p w a l k e r, Soundvizion Recordingz and Young Reptiles, all of whom will be selling a collection of merchandise, including T-shirts, CDs, posters and whatever else one may find.

Marketplace organizer Tyler Grady said the event is a response to the usual group of vendors found in West Virginia University’s Mountainlair as well as a way to emphasize the community around local music.

“The vendors in the Mo u nt a i n l a i r a l w ay s seemed to have so much stuff, but none of it ever appealed to me,” Grady said. “If I were able to go and buy a local band Tshirt instead of being offered a bunch of weird crud from those vendors, it would have been cool.”

At its core, this is the music marketplace. It was designed to expose people to local music and provide an avenue to support these groups.

“We are trying to provide an opportunity for people to buy merchandise from local bands, offering them a taste at what Morgantown has to offer,” Grady said. “We all feel good going into it.”

Captain Catfeesh (Colby White) said participating in the event is a good way to get his music to a new audience.

“Expectations and reasons for participating are one and the same for me – exposure,” White said.

“Get the music out and let folks know what’s happening in Morgantown.”

White plans to sell copies of his two most recent records, “Three-Toed Sloth” and “Combustible Things!” as well as offer posters and free band stickers.

He describes the marketplace as “the flea market for local music.”

“Feel free to haggle with me,” White said.

Founder and owner of Soundvizion Entertainment Eric Jordan echoes White’s points, and said artists should take advantage of the opportunity, as it is a great chance to chat with listeners.

“This is important because it’s another way to interact with the audience,” Jordan said. “It’s also a good way for bands to get a hand on their merchandising. It’s really hard to multitask and do it the night of a show. This allows for it to be priority.”

Jordan said Soundvizion will have its own table of merchandise and Soundvizion artist DJ Monstalung plans to attend.

Along with the artists, West Virginia University’s own college radio station, U92-FM, will be in attendance.

Student disc jockeys will play a sample of Morgantown music that has been recorded over the years, soundtracking the marketplace for guests.

U92 DJ John Scherch said it makes sense for U92 to be involved with the event, as it has consistently been a source for new music and may have even contributed to the development of Morgantown’s music scene.

“What really helps a scene evolve is the knowledge of what’s already out there and what’s left to create,” Scherch said.

“Stations like U92 provide that, as well as publicity for local bands, so there’s a direct correlation between what’s been available on stations like ours and what you see in local music scenes.”

As for the marketplace location, Grady said 123 Pleasant Street was the

natural choice.

“Most of the bands that you’ll see at the marketplace will be playing there within the next year,” Grady said. “I’m always excited to know that we have a venue like that.

I’ve played many venues on the East Coast, and 123 is exceptional.”

With 123, there is also the benefit of history.

White said 123 makes sense for its longevity and greater presence.

“It’s the longest-running local music venue in Morgantown,” White said.

“Pleasant Street already has tons of history oozing out of its teeth, so it’s nice to contribute a bit more.”

At the end of the day though, the core of the Morgantown Music Marketplace is community, and Jordan sees it as a chance for residents to come out and support something.

“For music lovers, it’s a no-brainer,” Jordan said.

“They will appreciate seeing something start out at this grassroots level with the potential to grow. The community should support it because creative environments trickle down to the kids, and music can be some powerful stuff that any community can use.”

As for Grady, the marketplace is all about the scene. He wants the event to bring local artists together and shape them into a solid unit.

“This may be the first time in a long time that all of these bands have been in the same room at the same time,” Grady said.

“I think that’s important for our local music community because we don’t always have the kind of camaraderie that really makes a strong scene.

Despite these sentiments, Grady takes pride in the Morgantown’s current music scene, and he is eager to see it grow and prosper moving forward.

“For as small a scene as we are, we are doing pretty well for ourselves,” Grady said. “To keep that sense of community strong when things are going good is important.” aberry3@mail.wvu.edu

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Special teams predicted WVU expects Marshall’s best to make impact in 2012

BY MICHAEL CARVELLI SPORTS EDITOR

by Greg Madia Multimedia Editor

The West Virginia Mountaineers enter the Big 12 with a high-powered, name-brand offense, accompanied by new schematics on defense. But one constant is the personnel on Mountaineer special teams.

The most dynamic weapon for West Virginia is clearly Tavon Austin. With Austin returning kicks and punts, West Virginia has a chance to strike quickly.

Austin serves as one of the most dynamic playmakers in the country. In the kick return game alone last season, he scored two touchdowns, including a 90-yard return in WVU’s Big East title-clinching game against South Florida.

There were times Austin struggled to field punts last season, but he spent the entire offseason working on that aspect of his game.

“My No. 1 thing I worked on was catching punts this whole summer, so hopefully I can field the punts better this year, and my blocker will set up, and hopefully I can take a lot of them to the house this year,” Austin said.

Austin was selected as a preseason All-American at the kick returner spot by Phil Steele.

Other guys to look for in the return game are Stedman Bailey, Brodrick Jenkins and Jordan Thompson, who all fielded kicks during training camp.

In the kicking game, the addition of coach Joe DeForest has helped develop Tyler Bitancurt, Corey Smith and Michael Molanari through the spring and fall camps. Special teams coordinator Steve Dunlap praises DeForest for his knowledge in the special teams game.

“Joe DeForest is a big part of this. He really is a great special teams coach.

He’s honestly helped me a lot,” Dunlap said.

Senior place kicker Tyler Bitancurt has been named to the Lou Groza award watch list. He has

men’s

Continued from page 10 at almost 90 degrees, it was tough for WVU to adjust physically after playing against a competitive Hartford team Saturday night.

“The sun never gave up,” said senior Uwem Etuk. “Our heads are right.

We’ll keeping getting our chances. We’ll hit our stride, and the ball will go in.”

The recovery was a bit difficult for West Virginia, as it showed with the missed opportunities.

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Continued from page 10 trophy watch list and spent the summer working out with the Canadian National Team, where she was the last defender cut before the team shipped off to the Olympics. But here she was giving up the first goal in the first game of the season.

It doesn’t matter because the first game is no measure for how the season would go. After releasing their jitters, the Mountaineers went on to beat Western Carolina 2-1 the following Sunday. Certainly, they were back to their winning ways.

Not so fast.

The Mountaineers would stumble once again in their opening game of the Penn State Invitational against

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West Virginia senior receiver and kick returner Tavon Austin will be the face of the Mountaineer special teams this season. converted more than 72 percent on field goals over the course of his career, including a 16-for-22 effort last season. Bitancurt will get plenty of opportunities to kick field goals and convert extra points, with Dana Holgorsen’s offense driving up and down the field.

Punter Corey Smith, who battled with Michael Molanari throughout the 2011 season, will start in 2012. Smith, who transferred to WVU after spending the 2008 season at Alabama, had his best game against Pitt last season.

Against the Panthers, he had a long punt of 62 yards and placed two kicks inside the 20-yard line and one inside the five-yard line.

Smith will also handle the kickoff duties.

DeForest has really worked with both Bitan-

curt and Smith to make them better.

“We film them on the practice field with a little camera so I can go into that meeting room with the kickers, punters and snappers every day. We go in and look and try to find technique flaws to fix them,” DeForest said. “They’ve already learned technique for the last 20 years. My job isn’t to change their technique – it’s to perfect their technique.”

Finally, Jerry Cooper replaces Cody Nutter at the long snapper position.

Nutter was a three-year starter at long snapper.

Cooper, a redshirt sophomore, was ranked as the No. 3 long snapper at the Ray Guy Kicking Academy while he was in high school.

second game of the season was Merriam. The freshman out of Rockville, Md., finished his high school career with 32 goals and 46 assists. His future at West Virginia looks bright.

The atmosphere was certainly different from the Hartford game Saturday night. However, for Merriam, playing felt comfortable in the daytime game rather than the adjustment toward a night game.

“To be honest I’ve grown up playing in front of 20 people all my life,” he said.

“Soccer isn’t huge in my town. It’s a game. I was

playing right in the middle of the heat last year. I have to adapt more when it’s in the night. This is more of my comfort zone.”

It showed for Merriam throughout the day. His level has reached toward the rest of the squad earlier than expected.

“It takes a lot of fitness,” Merriam said. “I came in expected to be very fit.

I’ve had to work on getting even more fit to keep up with everybody. It’s constant movement. The level is where I want to play.”

a Central Michigan squad that shut out WVU 2-0.

There the Mountaineers sat at 1-2 on the season, losing two games they definitely expected to win.

Surely by this time the Big 12 was asking where the West Virginia team that registered 11 shutouts and reeled off 16 wins in 18 games last season could be. They might have also been thinking what WVU was going to do when Sunday rolled around and the Mountaineers would have to take on the No. 1 team in the nation in Stanford.

With the Big 12 and others beginning to raise doubt on the Mountaineers, IzzoBrown led her team into a battle with the best in the land, and they took them down. The only goal of the match came off the foot of junior Frances Silva, and

West Virginia triumphed 1-0 in a defensive battle.

With the win against No. 1 Stanford, the Mountaineers continue to have the Big 12 baffled. Are they a team capable of winning 16 of 18 games and taking down the best team in the country? Or was the Stanford game simply a fluke, and will WVU continue to struggle with consistency?

Perhaps Friday’s home match with No. 3 Penn State will help the Big 12 and WVU soccer fans everywhere find out just what kind of season we are going to be in for. After all, it was after the Mountaineers who sat at 1-2 after a 5-0 blowout from Penn State, and went on to win 16 of 18 matches and a Big East Championship a year ago.

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Dana Holgorsen got his first glimpse of what the instate rivalry between West Virginia and Marshall was like when he went through his first Friends of Coal Bowl last season.

“It’s a game that means a lot to the people of West Virginia. It means a lot to both teams for bragging rights,” Holgorsen said during the Big 12 Conference’s weekly conference call Monday. “I know watching all of Marshall’s games from last year, which I’ve watched all of them over the course of the last week, they played considerably harder against West Virginia than they did against any other team out there.”

Holgorsen compared the game to when he was at Houston and would go up against BCS opponents like Texas Tech and Oklahoma State.

The team from a smaller conference always goes into those games with a chip on its shoulder and something to prove to show it can compete with teams from leagues like the Big 12.

“We’re obviously expecting to get their best,” Holgorsen said. “The biggest thing is for our guys to understand that we’re going to get their absolute best, and we’re going to have to play good in order to win.

“They’re going to play hard. There have been several games that have existed over the last 10 years that have been competitive.”

Holgorsen unsure of Garrison’s status When the Mountaineers started fall camp in August, it was the first time sophomore running back Dustin Garrison was able to go back on the field since tearing his ACL a few days prior to West Virginia’s appearance in the Discover Orange Bowl.

Now, as WVU gets ready to start its game week preparation for the Marshall game, Holgorsen is still

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West Virginia head coach Dana Holgorsen participated in the Big 12 Conference call Monday. not sure if Garrison will see time or if they will opt to sit him and maybe even keep the option of redshirting him open. Senior Shawne Alston and sophomore Andrew Buie have also emerged as possible contributors in 2012. “(Garrison) was sore last week, so we gave him a few days off,” Holgorsen said. “The plan has been all along to get him to game week and then get him out there and see what happens. I haven’t made that decision at this point.”

Redshirting Garrison would be another hit to the Mountaineers’ depth at running back after freshman Torry Clayton recently decided to leave school to be closer to home.

Because of that, the second-year head coach said he will be using as many players as possible to provide some depth at the position.

“Running back’s probably the hardest position to play in college football,” Holgorsen said. “Those guys take a pounding. You ask them to do so many things.”

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hoping

to

emerge on defense against Marshall A lot of conversation throughout the preseason has been about the question marks surrounding the inexperienced WVU defense.

The Mountaineers lost a lot of experienced players and playmakers, including first-round draft pick Bruce Irvin, but Holgorsen said he’s not worried about replacing playmakers. There’s another thing that needs to be addressed that’s a little more important.

“My biggest concern is replacing guys like Keith Tandy and Najee Goode, who were our backbone of what we did defensively and were the best leaders that we had on our team,” Holgorsen said. “It takes game experience to see which of those guys are going to step up and become leaders and guys that we rely on when things aren’t going good.

“I just need to see which ones will step up when things are bad, and the only way you’re going to figure that out is at game time.” james.carvelli@mail.wvu.edu

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Tuesday August 28, 2012

Paul delegates mounting floor fight over new rules

Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, speaks at a rally at the University of South Florida Sun Dome on the sidelines of the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., Sunday.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Ron Paul’s delegates are trying to mount a floor fight over new GOP rules designed to limit the ability of insurgent presidential candidates to amass delegates to future Republican conventions.

They are getting help from other delegates, though it is unclear whether they can rally enough support to challenge the rules on the floor of the convention Tuesday.

Mitt Romney, the party’s presumptive nominee, has plenty of delegates to win any floor fight. Nevertheless, party officials agreed to ease the new rules on Monday in an effort to appease some disgruntled delegates.

Still, the dispute could provide an unwanted distraction for party leaders who would rather focus on promoting Romney and defeating President Barack Obama.

“It’s so heavily scripted.

This is not the forum in which they want to air the proverbial dirty laundry,” said Juliette Jordal, a Paul delegate from Minnesota.

The new GOP rules would bind delegates to the outcome of presidential primaries and caucuses. Presidential candidates would be able to choose which delegates represent them at the convention. However, in a concession to activists agreed to on Monday, the candidates would have to consult with state parties in selecting the delegates.

Currently, state parties choose national delegates, usually at state and congressional district conventions.

The original rule approved by the convention’s rules committee last week left state parties out of selection process, angering many party activists, not just those who support Paul. The change was agreed to Monday in an attempt to garner more support for the new rules, said an RNC official.

The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, was not authorized to discuss the negotiations publicly.

The new rules would also make it more difficult for insurgent candidates to get their names placed in nomination at the conven-

tion. This year, candidates need a plurality of delegates from five states to get their name placed in nomination, a threshold Paul did not reach. The new rules would require support from eight states.

The convention’s rules committee approved the new rules last week before the start of the convention in Tampa, Fla. The rules were scheduled for a vote by the full convention Monday but many activities were delayed because of Tropical Storm Isaac.

A handful of Paul delegates tried to provide a taste of what’s to come after Monday’s brief convention session. After the session, a handful of Paul’s supporters gathered near the rear of the convention hall and waved signs bearing Paul’s name.

They included delegates from Oregon, Nevada and other states where the Texas congressman had support.

They said they were upset about the pending rule changes.

“It’s going to shut us out of the process,” said Oregon delegate Larry Erick-

sen, a Paul backer compelled by state rules to vote for Romney at the convention. “We deserve a voice in the process.”

The Romney campaign treads lightly around Paul while making it clear this is Romney’s convention.

On Monday, Romney’s pick for vice president, Rep. Paul Ryan, downplayed the rift between Paul’s supporters and the GOP ticket.

“We see eye to eye on a lot of issues and believe in sound money, We believe in limited government,” Ryan told Fox News. “We believe in academic freedom.

We believe in the founding principles. We believe that this is a watershed moment for America, whether or not we’re going to reclaim the American idea or we’re going to become, you know, a cradle-to-the-grave welfare state, which is where I think the president is taking us.”

“So I think, in the final analysis, Ron is clearly going to ... he and his supporters should be very comfortable with us,” Ryan said.

“Ron is a friend of mine. I’ve

known him a long time in Congress.”

Romney’s convention planner, Russ Schriefer, sidestepped questions about whether efforts by Paul supporters would project a lack of unity.

“In terms of unity, we are a big party. We have people with different opposing viewpoints. I don’t think this is a particularly divisive point of view,” Schriefer told reporters Monday. “The one thing we know is we’re all united in defeating Barack Obama and at the end of the day, I guarantee you on Thursday as we walk out of this convention we will be 100 percent united behind MR and defeating Barack Obama for the good of the country.”

Supporters of the new rules say voters expect the delegate count to reflect the outcome of state primaries and caucuses.

They point to states like Maine and Minnesota.

Romney narrowly won local caucuses in Maine and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum handily won the presidential caucuses in

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Minnesota. But Paul’s dedicated supporters were able to win most of the delegates in each of those states by taking control of the state conventions.

Ten Paul delegates from Maine were subsequently replaced by a convention panel last week after the panel decided they were picked through a flawed state selection process.

Paul didn’t win a single primary but he was able to amass 177 delegates, according to the tally by The Associated Press, largely by organizing supporters at state conventions.

Opponents of the new rule say it would limit the ability of state parties to reward local activists, and Monday’s weather delay is giving them time to organize.

“A lot of people who get elected as delegates and alternates to the convention are people who have been paying their dues for years and years,” said Stavros Mendros, a Paul delegate from Maine. “I think it’s a big mistake for the RNC to make.”

Isaac a threat to Gulf Coast well beyond New Orleans

A worker shovels sand onto a line of Hesco baskets put in place in anticipation of Tropical Storm Isaac, which is expected to make landfall on the Louisiana coast as a hurricane, in Port Sulphur, La., Monday.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — With its massive size and ponderous movement, Tropical Storm Isaac was gaining strength Monday as it headed toward the Gulf Coast. The next 24 hours would determine whether it brought the usual punishing rains and winds – or something even more destructive harkening back to the devastation wrought seven years ago by Hurricane Katrina.

The focus has been on New Orleans as Isaac takes dead aim at the city, but the impact will be felt well beyond the city limits. The storm’s winds could be felt more than 200 miles from the storm’s center.

The Gulf Coast region has

been saturated thanks to a wet summer, and some officials have worried more rain could make it easy for trees and power lines to fall over in the wet ground. Too much water also could flood crops, and wind could topple plants such as corn and cotton.

“A large, slow-moving system is going to pose a lot of problems: winds, flooding, storm surge and even potentially down the road river flooding,” said Richard Knabb, director of the National Hurricane Center in Miami. “That could happen for days after the event.”

The storm’s potential for destruction was not lost on Alabama farmer Bert

Driskell, who raises peanuts, cotton, wheat, cattle and sod on several thousand acres near Grand Bay, in Mobile County.

“We don’t need a lot of water this close to harvest,” Driskell said.

However, Isaac could bring some relief to places farther inland where farmers have struggled with drought.

It also may help replenish a Mississippi River that has at times been so low that barge traffic is halted so engineers can scrape the bottom to deepen it.

Forecasters predicted Isaac would intensify into a Category 2 hurricane, with winds of about 100 mph, by

early Wednesday around the time it’s expected to make landfall. The current forecast track has the storm aimed at New Orleans, but hurricane warnings extended across 280 miles from Morgan City, La., to the Florida-Alabama state line. It could become the first hurricane to hit the Gulf Coast since 2008.

Evacuations were ordered for some low-lying areas and across the region, people boarded up homes, stocked up on supplies and got ready for the storm. Schools, universities and businesses closed in many places.

Still, all the preparation may not matter if flooding becomes the greatest threat.

In Pascagoula, Miss., Nan-

nette Clark was supervising a work crew installing wood coverings over windows of her more than 130-year-old home. But she said all that won’t matter if a storm surge reaches her home, as it did after Katrina in 2005.

“The water was up to the first landing of the stairs,” she said. “So I get very nervous about it.”

Isaac’s approach on the eve of the Katrina anniversary invited obvious comparisons, but Isaac is nowhere near as powerful as the Katrina was when it struck on Aug. 29, 2005. Katrina at one point reached Category 5 status with winds of over 157 mph. It made landfall as a Category

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3 storm and created a huge storm surge.

Federal Emergency Management Agency officials said the updated levees around New Orleans are equipped to handle storms stronger than Isaac. Levee failures led to the catastrophic flooding in the area after Katrina.

“It’s a much more robust system than what it was when Katrina came ashore,” said FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate in a conference call with reporters.

In New Orleans, officials had no plans to order evacuations and instead told residents to hunker down and make do with the supplies they had.

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Tuesday August 28, 2012

Robert Kreis Sports Writer

Mountaineers must build on momentum What was the Big 12 supposed to think?

They’ve heard about this West Virginia women’s soccer team. It’s a team that won last season’s Big East Championship, only to lose in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament. This tournament loss came in a game the Mountaineers hosted against a middleof-the-pack ACC team in Virginia Tech. It was a very difficult draw in all fairness.

But still, WVU was a conference champion.

Then, after crowning themselves queens of the Big East, they did what most athletes dream of doing – they went out on top.

Off to the Big 12 Conference, where they would play the likes of Texas Tech, Oklahoma State and Baylor, as opposed to Notre Dame, Marquette and Villanova.

While the competition at the top of both conferences is pretty similar, the Big 12, with schools like Oklahoma and Texas, definitely boasts more depth than the Big East.

The WVU inaugural Big 12 season opened up with a home match against La Salle. The Mountaineers, who returned seven starters from that Big East Championship, went in favored over La Salle but lost. According to head coach Nikki IzzoBrown, the loss came from freshmen mistakes and the upperclassmen’s failure to back them out. “Our youth showed, but our upperclassmen broke down, too,� Izzo-Brown said after the La Salle loss. “(Bry McCarthy) lost her composure with the first goal.�

The Big 12 has heard about McCarthy, as well.

She was a member of the preseason Hermann

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TWO IN A ROW

Senior defender Eric Schoenle kicks the ball during the West Virginia men’s soccer team’s 1-0 victory against Stetson.

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Mountaineers beat Stetson 1-0, off to first 2-0 start since 2005

By Amit Batra Sports Writer

The No. 9 West Virginia men’s soccer team is 2-0 on the season after a shutout victory to complete the WVU Nike Classic.

Freshman midfielder Jamie Merriam earned his first collegiate goal in the first half to put the Mountaineers on top for good, 1-0 against the Stetson Hatters.

WVU edged out Stetson in the shots category with a 14-7 advantage. The Mountaineers also won the corner kick battle 10-2.

The first half saw both teams struggle to find opportunities.

West Virginia eventually found chances in three corner kicks in 10 minutes. Merriam and freshman forward Majed Osman had three shots each, while senior defender Eric Schoenle had two.

The only score in the game oc-

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curred in the 31st minute of play when senior Travis Pittman sent a kick toward Merriam, who flicked the ball toward the back post, finding its way into the net after going off a Stetson defender.

Merriam was the hero Monday afternoon in his second career game with the Mountaineers.

Senior goalkeeper Pat Eavenson made three saves in the game.

WVU had opportunities to score throughout the game, but the chances weren’t falling for the Mountaineers at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium.

The best opportunity for another goal came from senior midfielder Shadow Sebele in the 89th minute.

He hit a shot off his right foot that went a bit too far wide left of the goal post. “They put us under some pressure,� Schoenle said. “We held strong in the back. I couldn’t be

happier being 2-0. It’s the first time I’ve been 2-0 in my career. Now we have to look forward to next weekend and a shot at the No. 1 team in the country.�

That game, of course, will be against defending national champion North Carolina in Chapel Hill Friday night.

The Mountaineers got past a shaky start in the beginning of the first half, and WVU found its rhythm following the lone goal of the day. “For the first 30 minutes, they put us under some pressure,�

Schoenle said. “They had possession for the majority of the ball.

Once we got our goal, I thought we were fine. Overall, I think we did a really good job of just staying competitive.�

In a game with temperatures

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Freshman Majed Osman earned his first career start in Monday’s game against Stetson.

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