The DA 08-29-2012

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THE DAILY ATHENAEUM

“Little good is accomplished without controversy, and no civic evil is ever defeated without publicity.”

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Wednesday August 29, 2012

Volume 126, Issue 9

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Student ticket requests top 13k by michael carvelli sports editor

The No. 11 West Virginia football team’s season opener this weekend against Marshall is living up to the hype. Coming off a victory in the Discover Orange Bowl and with the move to the Big 12 Conference, excitement is at an all-time high. It was easy to tell by the number of student tickets requested

for Saturday’s game. West Virginia Sports Marketing Director Matt Wells said 13,735 students requested tickets. “There’s been a lot of positive momentum around the program coming off the Orange Bowl victory with all the experience and the talented players that we have returning,” Wells said. “It’s great to see all of that carry over into our students, and we love the fact that there

are a lot of people who want to come out and be a part of this first game.” It’s the highest number of tickets requested for the first home game of the season since more than 15,000 requests were sent in for the Villanova game that started the 2008 season. The current record belongs to last season’s game against LSU, in which there were 17,056 student ticket requests.

Chris Northrup, the Executive Director of the Mountaineer Maniacs, said it was nice to see such a high number of students wanting to attend Saturday’s game. “It really shows that there’s a lot of excitement around Morgantown when it comes to this football team this year,” Northrup said. “You have a lot of students who realize that there’s an opportunity to

BIG THINGS ARE HERE The West Virginia volleyball team will play the school’s first Big 12 Conference competition tonight when No. 2 Texas comes to Morgantown

be a part of a historical year that a lot of people will remember for a long time.” There are 12,500 student tickets available for each game. Student tickets are issued by a lottery system, and any fee-paying student has a chance to get a ticket, regardless of the number of games attended in the past. “It’s like the NBA draft. If you have one point, you have one chance to win a ticket. If you have seven

City Editor

After nearly 13 years of service to West Virginia University, Executive Officer for the President’s Office for Social Justice at WVU Jennifer McIntosh has left her position at WVU. As the University seeks to fill the position, former Special Assistant to the Executive Officer for Social Justice Charlie Morris will serve as the interim Executive Officer. “Jennifer (McIntosh) is in a position in her life where she is transitioning,” he said. “She will continue to work for us on a basis that is less full-time and will continue to be a resource for some aspects of social justice at WVU. I will serve as the Executive Interim in the time being as WVU determines a future. It’s critical for a University to experience transition.” The Office for Social Justice is responsible for the compliance of all federal regulations regarding discrimination, employment, disabilities, sexual harassment and the enforce-

No. 2 Texas 3-0 (0-0)

When: Tonight, 6 p.m. Where: WVU Coliseum Dollar Day: All tickets and select concessions are available for $1. Students admitted free with valid student ID. Coverage: Check out The Daily Athenaeum’s Twitter (@dailyathenaeum) for ingame updates. Read Thursday’s edition for a full recap of the game.

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Social Justice Executive Officer steps down By Carlee Lammers

West Virginia 2-1 (0-0)

points, you have seven chances,” Wells said. “It’s always possible for a freshman to get a ticket over a senior, but with the way the system is set up, it’s not that likely.” Students who were given tickets will have until Wednesday night at 11:59 p.m. to claim their tickets. The tickets that go unclaimed will be made

ment of Title IX. “In addition to all of the compliance requirements, we conduct a wide variety of programs to create public awareness and understanding to diversity and the differences found in the complex world we live in,” Morris said. “It is essential that students at WVU prepare themselves to work and live in a diverse world. We do that based, in part, on the diversity we have available to us on campus.” Morris said he was excited to fill the position on an interim basis, as he believes this is an exciting time for the role and future of diversity on campus. “Diversity on campus has to be defined in the broadest sense possible so that it is able to encompass all the traits of humanity,” he said. “This is an exciting time at WVU as we build our future in relation to diversity.” WVU spokeswoman Becky Lofstead said she believes diversity plays a crucial role in the foundation of WVU. “I really want to stress how important diversity

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WVU engineers to research global green Law school to host interview skills workshop energy development by shelby toompas correspondent

By Evelyn Merithew

The West Virginia University’s School of Law is doing more than teaching law – it’s teaching students how to nail job interviews. The School of Law is holding an annual Interviewing Skills Workshop today from noon until 1 p.m. on the Evansdale Campus. This fall workshop, which is also held during the spring semester, encourages law school students, undergraduates and prospective students to participate. Assistant Dean for Career Services at WVU’s College of Law, Jennifer Powell, said the program invites Law firms, judges, government agencies, businesses and whoever else would like to come interview their students for summer or postgraduate full-time positions. “Each interviewing workshop has helped a quarter and a half of our students find their first job,” Powell said. “Therefore, before interviewing season we offer these interviewing skills workshops and provide students to practice mock interviews with a staff member or

West Virginia University researchers have been given the opportunity to research clean energy development in West Virginia and the Shanxi Province of China through a grant from the National Science Foundation. The team will conduct research for approximately three years and will be paying close attention to TEEE, the link between energy consumption, the economy, the environment and technology. A team of four experts and WVU faculty will conduct the research for the project. Engineering graduate assistant Hoda Sabeti will also work closely with the team, conducting his own research on the two energy-rich regions. “Shanxi and West Virginia are both energy-rich regions that have relatively large amounts of coal deposits. We are interested in using economic modeling to find the chain link between those things,” said Wesley Burnett, assistant professor of Agricultural

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The WVU College of Law has been ranked among the ‘Best Law Schools’ by U.S. News and World Report. professor.” The interview season is focused on second-and-thirdyear students because some firms are already here interviewing students for jobs for next summer. First year students can also benefit from the spring workshop. The spring section of the workshop differs slightly from the fall section. “In the spring, we plan to do a panel discussion and bring attorney’s in,” Pow-

ell said. “Last semester, a group called the Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia brought about five attorneys from their organization to talk to students about other suggestions on how to interview.” Powell said many campus interviews last a maximum of 30 minutes, so students don’t have a lot of time to make that good first impression. “Students are anxious to

try to learn as much as they can on how to have a successful interview because many have never had an interview like this before. It can be somewhat intimidating, but we try to help demystify that process and get them ready,” Powell said. Each workshop is free, and lunch will be provided for law students. During this workshop,

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ON THE INSIDE The West Virginia special teams unit will have to adjust to a bevy of new rules set to debut this season. SPORTS PAGE 8

and Resource Economics. West Virginia is a premarket system and China is a pre-planned system, so Burnett said the research findings should prove to be interesting. The team will take the economy into consideration to better understand how clean energy technology is used under two completely different economic structures. The proposed research is expected to assess the impacts of adopting new technology in West Virginia and Shanxi’s energy sector. “The interesting part about our research is the significant juxtaposition between the two economies,”Burnett said. The team will work closely with economic models to capture the happenings in both the West Virginia and Shanxi economies. Burnett said these models include a deviation path that will perturb the norms and discover answers such as what would happen to a specific region’s economy if it produced a different amount of coal. The team chose to compare studies with China

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READY TO ROCK WVU head coach Dana Holgorsen addressed the media yesterday in advance of Saturday’s game against Marshall. SPORTS PAGE 7


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