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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

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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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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.

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Wednesday August 29, 2012

Romney nominated; wife Ann convention star

Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and his wife Ann watch the Republican National Convention from their hotel room on Tuesday in Tampa, Fla. TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney swept to the Republican presidential nomination Tuesday night, praised lovingly by his wife from the stage of the party’s national convention and cheered by delegates eager to propel him into the fall campaign against President Barack Obama.

“I read somewhere that Mitt and I have a “storybook marriage. Well, in the storybooks I read, there were never long, long, rainy winter afternoons in a house with five boys screaming at once,” she said in a prime time turn at the podium.

“A storybook marriage?

No, not at all. What Mitt Romney and I have is a real marriage,” she added in an appearance meant to cast her multimillionaire-businessman-turned politician in a softer, more likable light.

The Romneys watched on television at a hotel suite across the street from the convention hall as delegates sealed his hard-won victories in the primaries and caucuses of last winter.

New Jersey put him over the top in a ritual roll call of the states.

Republican mockery of President Barack Obama began almost instantly from the podium at a convention postponed once and

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Continued from page 1 and social justice issue are to this campus. It is very important and at the heart of everything our university stands for,” she said.

After many years of service to WVU, Morris said he was honored to continue on McIntosh’s work with the Office for Social Justice.

“I believe we should acknowledge Jennifer McIntosh and her dedication in this time of transition. She has provided effort and re-

dogged still by Hurricane Isaac. The Democratic president has “never run a company. He hasn’t even run a garage sale or seen the inside of a lemonade stand,” declared Reince Priebus, chairman of the Republican Party.

The opening session passed up no opportunity to broaden Romney’s appeal. Speakers included Hispanic candidates for office, former Rep. Artur Davis, a former Democrat and member of the Congressional Black Caucus, businessmen and women and former Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania, Romney’s most persistent, conservative nemesis in the nominating campaign.

To send Romney and ticketmate Paul Ryan into the fall campaign, the convention quickly approved a conservative platform that calls for tax cuts – not government spending – to stimulate the economy at a time of sluggish growth and 8.3 percent unemployment.

Ann Romney’s speech was scheduled as a primetime highlight, an appearance meant to cast her multimillionaire-businessman-turned-politician husband in a soft and likable light before a national TV audience.

While there was no doubt about Romney’s command

over the convention, the residue of a heated campaign for the nomination was evident inside the hall.

Texas Rep. Ron Paul, who never won a primary or caucus, drew several dozen delegate votes. Earlier, his supporters chanted and booed after the convention adopted rules they opposed, but were powerless to block, to prevent those votes from being officially registered.

Opinion polls made the race a close one as the Republicans’ days of pageantry and speechmaking began in earnest, and the man tapped to deliver the keynote address set the stakes.

“Conventions are always huge for a challenger, because they’re the ones introducing themselves” to the voters, said New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.

Convention planners squeezed two days of speeches and other convention business into one after scrapping Monday’s scheduled opener because of fears that Isaac would make a direct hit on the Florida Gulf Coast.

That threat fizzled, but it was instantly replaced by another — that Republicans would wind up holding a political celebration at the same time the storm turned its fury on New Orleans, devastated almost

search for many years and will continue to be a valuable resource,” he said.

“It gives me great satisfaction after 42 years at WVU to be able to work in a position that can improve the lives of many and (that) promotes equality and opportunity.”

Morris said as the University strives to better diversify campus throughout the 2020 Strategic Plan for the Future, he couldn’t imagine himself anywhere but WVU. “This is a great place to be, and we’re continuing to

work to make it even better,” he said.

Lofstead said the University is working to move forward in naming a new Executive Officer in the near future.

“This is short term situation as we move forward in naming a permanent leader to oversee diversity, and that is coming in the very near future,” Lofstead said.

For more information on the Office for Social Justice, visit www.socialjustice.wvu.edu. carlee.lammers@mail.wvu.edu

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exactly seven years ago by Hurricane Katrina.

Romney’s convention planners said they were in frequent contact with weather forecasters, but they declined to discuss what contingency plans, if any, they had to accelerate plans for him to deliver a formal acceptance speech Thursday night.

“This is obviously the biggest speech of my life,” Mrs. Romney said as she visited the custom-made podium to prepare for her remarks.

Ratification of a party platform was prelude to Romney’s nomination, a document more conservative on abortion than the candidate.

On economic matters, it backs extension of the tax cuts enacted in 2001 and 2003 and due to expire at year’s end, without exception. It also calls for an additional 20 percent reduction in income tax brackets that Romney favors.

In a time of 8.3 percent unemployment and the slowest economic recovery in the post-World War II era, that went to the crux of the campaign for the White House.

By contrast, Obama wants to allow existing tax cuts to expire on upper income taxpayers, and has criticized Romney’s overall economic plans as a boon

to millionaires that would raise taxes on the middle class.

The GOP platform also pledges that a Republicancontrolled Congress will repeal, and Romney will sign, legislation to repeal the health care legislation Obama won from a Democratic-controlled Congress. So, too, for the measure passed to regulate Wall Street in the wake of the 2008 economic collapse.

On abortion, the platform says, “The unborn child has a fundamental individual right to life which cannot be infringed.”

Romney opposes abortions, except in cases of rape, incest, or when “the health and life of the mother” are at stake, he said in a convention week interview.

Obama, who accepts renomination at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., next week, campaigned in Iowa Tuesday as he set out on a tour of college campuses in battleground states in hopes of boosting voter registration among college students.

Before departing the White House, he made a point of appearing before reporters to announce the government’s latest steps to help those in the way of Isaac. He signed a declaration of emergency for Mis-

sissippi and ordered federal aid to supplement state and local storm response efforts in the state.

His surrogates did their best to counter Romney and the Republicans.

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, dismissing GOP attempts to woo Hispanic voters, said, “You can’t just trot out a brown face or a Spanish surname and expect people are going to vote for your party or your candidate.” He added, “This is a party with a platform that calls for the selfdeportation of 11 million people.”

Hispanics strongly favor Obama, according to public polls, and Romney and his party have been seeking to win a bigger share of their votes by emphasizing proposals to fix the economy rather than ease their positions on immigration.

Female voters, too, prefer the president over his challenger, and Democrats have done their best to emphasize GOP opposition to abortion and even suggest the party might try and curtail access to contraceptives if it wins power.

Whatever the impact of those issues, the polls show the economy is overwhelmingly the dominant issue in the race, and on that, the voters narrowly say they trust Romney more.

energy

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partly because Fletcher is currently the director of the U.S. China Clean Energy Research Center, allowing the team to speak with sources they previously have formed connections with, he said.

“Researching clean energy is going to be a great challenge on an international level,” said Hodjat Ghadimi, Assistant Professor of Design and Landscape Architecture.

“Major economies of the world are competing for this clean energy technology.”

As new energy technology begins to develop, such as hydraulic fracturing, it changes the clean energy competition and leads major economies to strive for dominance.

“By looking at [TEEE] we find that all of these issues are interconnected. Through this model we will be able to have a comprehensive, systematic and integrated analysis of the issues,” Ghadimi said.

For more information on the development of future engery development, visit www.nsf.gov/funding.

law students are given the opportunity to have someone look over their cover letter and resume and to attend sessions on professional attire.

“Some of our advice is tailored specifically to the nuances of interviewing with a legal employer, so if an undergraduate student is looking for tips, the downtown Career Services is also a great place to check out, too,” Powell said.

Powell said there are approximately 420–450 law students on campus participating in the WVU Law School’s three-year program, and she hopes more students find that their passion lies with WVU’s School of Law. “The legal market for attorney hiring is experienc-

ing a pretty dramatic downturn, and one of our goals is to increase our outreach to employers to let them know about our college of law and its students and to possibly increase employment opportunities,” Powell said.

Powell encourages students to bring any questions they have to the workshop and keep an open mind in order to learn something new and beneficial.

“I strongly encourage students to research law practice itself and to also explore their own values, interests and abilities to make sure that those are compatible with the career and practice of law,” she said.

For more information on future workshops, visit law. wvu.edu, or direct emails to Jennifer Powell at Jennifer. powell@gmail.com or Tina Jernigan at tina.jernigan@ mail.wvu.edu.

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Wells said that, on average, close to 1,000 tickets go unclaimed.

“It’s something that’s well worth the time if you didn’t get a ticket initially and really want to go see the game,” Wells said.

“It all goes back to the positive momentum and the buzz around this team and the first year in the Big 12,” he said.

“It can really be seen throughout everything since ticket sales have started, and it’s great to see them all go so fast.”

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For Northrup, it was nice to see the number of students requesting tickets for the Marshall game, but he’s hopeful that it’s going to continue getting better throughout the season.

“We’re hoping that a lot of students would want to come out to this first game and then realize how good of a time you can have at the games and how fun Morgantown can be on Saturdays when there are football games,” Northrup said.

“It’s about continuing to build on that. There’s no reason it shouldn’t go even higher than this as we get into the first Big 12 games,” he said. james.carvelli@mail.wvu.edu

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Wednesday August 29, 2012

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“Suicide Pact” JJAMZ ««« With a lineup that sounds like a creation in indie pop heaven and harmonies comparable to Rilo Kiley, the tracks produced by this super group’s name certainly speaks for itself.

Indie rock quintet JJamz (pronounced ‘juh-jams’) released their debut quintessential collaboration album, “Suicide Pact,” on Dangerbird Records.

While super groups tend to have a flaky reputation in musical history, this L.A.based band at least appears to have produced a genuinely fun project.

The side project that blossomed between friends during a karaoke night out consists of Rilo Kiley’s Jason Boesel, Phantom Planet’s Alex Greenwald, singer/ songwriter Michael Runion, Maroon 5’s James Valentine and The Like’s Z Berg.

With a collection of multitalented members, the group had no trouble keeping soul-

“Mr. Universe” Jim Gaffigan «««

ful and upbeat creativity on this album, which ties together the notable ’80s influence of Blondie with the modern vocals of Jenny Lewis.

“Heartbeat,” one of the album’s defining singles, lightheartedly tosses around mixed up emotions about an unstable on-and-off relationship to Z Berg’s soft vocals.

Greenwald shares vocals for the stand out track “LAX,” and Runion joins in for the Rooney-esque guitar riffed track “Cleverly Disguised.”

The group recorded a new version of The Like’s “Square One” and ends the album with the soft ballad “Change My Mind.”

Perfect for fans of the California indie pop scene, “Suicide Pact” proves to be an album full of sweet and playfully dark narratives to pop beats that exemplify the ingenuity of some of indie’s best modern artists.

— eam

There is no better way to kill time during a road trip than listening to a live comedy album. Laughing your way down the highway can make a miserable drive pass by with ease.

For fans of Comedy Central veteran Jim Gaffigan’s dry, sarcastic style, they definitely won’t be disappointed with his newest live album/ DVD “Mr. Universe.”

Gaffigan gets the audience laughing right from the start and keeps them going through the special.

He begins the show with a segment about how it is no longer exciting to have children after the third kid.

The topic seems generic and bland, but his delivery of the material gives the audience a hilarious perspective of it at times.

One of the best segments of the special is titled “Working Out.” “I’m wearing all black tonight because that’s easier

than working out,” Gaffigan said during the bit. “You know what color I look really out of shape in, is flesh color; it is brutal on me. My birthday suit needs more suit.”

One of the only complaints of the album is the lack of diversity from his earlier material. While it is funny, he doesn’t break any new ground.

His material relies on the fact that he is pale and out of shape, which is a focus of much of his earlier comedy.

Gaffigan proves delivery is everything in comedy. A fair amount of his content would not be considered funny without his unique style.

While “Mr. Universe” probably won’t reach the heights of Eddie Murphy’s “Raw” or Bill Cosby’s “Himself,” it should make you laugh, especially while driving a car with nothing else to do.

— jjy

Fact check: “Anti-colonial” Obama not plausible WASHINGTON (AP) — “2016: Obama’s America,” a new conservative film exploring the roots of President Barack Obama’s political views, took in $6.2 million to make it one of the highestgrossing movies of last weekend. The film, written and narrated by conservative scholar Dinesh D’Souza, argues that Obama was heavily influenced by what D’Souza calls the “anti-colonial” beliefs of his father, Barack Obama Sr., a Kenyan academic who was largely absent from the president’s life.

To document that claim, D’Souza travels to Kenya to interview members of Obama’s extended family as well as to Hawaii and Indonesia, where Obama grew up. He also cites several actions and policy positions Obama has taken to support the thesis that Obama is ideologically rooted in the Third World and harbors contempt for the country that elected him its first black president.

The assertion that Obama’s presidency is an expression of his father’s political beliefs, which D’Souza first made in 2010 in his book “The Roots of Obama’s Rage,” is almost entirely subjective and a logical stretch at best.

It’s true that Obama’s father lived most of his life in Kenya, an African nation once colonized by the British, and that Obama’s reverence for his absent father frames his best-selling memoir. D’Souza even sees clues in the book’s title: “Notice it says `Dreams From My Father,’ not `of’ my father,” D’Souza says.

But it’s difficult to see how Obama’s political leanings could have been so directly shaped by his father, as D’Souza claims. The elder Obama left his wife and young son, the future president, when Obama was 2 and visited his son only once, when Obama was 10.

But D’Souza portrays that loss as an event that reinforced rather than weakened the president’s ties to his father, who died in an automobile accident when Obama was in college.

D’Souza interviews Paul Vitz, a New York University psychologist who has studied the impact of absent fathers on children. In

Obama’s case, Vitz says, the abandonment meant “he has the tension between the Americanism and his Africanism. He himself is an intersection of major political forces in his own psychology.”

From there, the evidence D’Souza uses to support his assertion starts to grow thin.

D’Souza says Obama’s mother, Stanley Ann Dunham, shared his father’s leftleaning views. After living in Indonesia for several years, D’Souza said, Dunham sent the younger Obama to live with his grandparents in Hawaii so he would not be influenced by her second husband, Lolo Soetoro, an Indonesian who worked for American oil companies and fought communists as a member of the Indonesian army.

“Ann separates Barry from Lolo’s growing pro-Western influence,” D’Souza says in the film. Obama has said his mother had sent him back to Hawaii so he would be educated in the United States.

In Hawaii, D’Souza asserts with no evidence that Obama sympathized with native Hawaiians who felt they had been marginalized by the American government when Hawaii was becoming a state. D’Souza also asserts – again with no evidence – that Obama had been coached to hold those views at Punahou, the prestigious prep school he attended.

“Oppression studies, if you will. Obama got plenty of that when he was here in Punahou,” D’Souza says, standing on the campus in Honolulu.

In Kenya, D’Souza interviews Philip Ochieng, a lifelong friend of the president’s father, who claims the elder Obama was “totally anti-colonial.” Ochieng also discloses some of his own po-

litical views, complaining about U.S. policy in Afghanistan and Iraq and saying the U.S. refuses to “tame” Israel, which he calls a “Trojan horse in the Middle East.”

D’Souza seems to suggest that if a onetime friend of Obama’s late father holds those opinions, so, too, must the president himself.

D’Souza then goes through a list of actions Obama has taken as president to support his thesis.

Many of them don’t hold water: – D’Souza rightly argues that the national debt has risen to $16 trillion under Obama. But he never mentions the explosion of debt that occurred under Obama’s predecessor, Republican George W. Bush, nor the 2008 global financial crisis that provoked a shock to the U.S. economy.

– D’Souza says Obama is “weirdly sympathetic to Muslim jihadists” in Afghanistan and Pakistan. He does not mention that Obama ordered the raid that killed Osama bin Laden and the drone strikes that have killed dozens of other terrorists in the region.

-D’Souza wrongly claims that Obama wants to return control of the Falkland Islands from Britain to Argentina. The U.S. refused in April to endorse a final declaration on Argentina’s claim to the islands at the Summit of the Americas, provoking criticism from other Latin American nations.

-D’Souza says Obama has “done nothing” to impede Iran’s nuclear ambitions, despite the severe trade and economic sanctions his administration has imposed on that country to halt its suspected nuclear program. Obama opposes a near-term military strike on Iran, either by the U.S. or Israel, although he says the

An undated film clip from ‘2016: Obama’s America,’ produced by Rocky Mountain Pictures.

U.S. will never tolerate a nuclear-armed Iran.

– D’Souza says Obama removed a bust of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill from the Oval Of-

fice because Churchill represented British colonialism.

White House curator William Allman said the bust, which had been on loan, was already scheduled to

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be returned before Obama took office. Another bust of Churchill is on display in the president’s private residence, the White House says.

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Wednesday August 29, 2012

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Fracking accident highlights concerns On August 17, an explosion at a Marcellus shale gas well injured three West Virginian workers.

Two of the injuries were severe enough that the victims were airlifted to Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown. The natural gas drilling site, located in Harrison County, is operated by a Colorado-based natural gas company called Antero Resources.

The West Virginia De-

partment of Environmental Protection has cited Antero Resources but has not yet announced what the punishment will be. It has also ordered Antero Resources to stop working at the site, pending an investigation and the testing of the local water supplies for contamination.

This incident, believed to have been caused by the ignition of methane, is sure to fuel the debate sur-

rounding this controversial industry.

Across the nation, legislatures have been grappling with how to handle this issue. Hydraulic fracturing, commonly referred to as “fracking”, is a technique used to extract natural gas that has recently gained prominence.

It is now a multi-billion dollar industry; however, there are safety concerns and this latest accident will

surely contribute to worries that the dangers of fracking outweigh the potential economic benefits.

This fear is what initially prompted the Morgantown City Council to try to prevent the establishment of a fracking well in the Morgantown Industrial Park. Although their effort failed, this incident suggests their fears were not unfounded.

Clearly, more research

needs to be done on the dangers of this type of natural gas drilling. In the meantime, our government must ensure no irreparable damage is done to our environment or our workers.

As West Virginians, we know all too well that no industry ­– regardless of how lucrative it may be – is worth such a cost. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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He is often the only per- things. the best man for the role While most are aware son willing to vote against Without realizing the of President of the United that the presidential hope- things he believes are un- potential outcomes, these States. ful has no chance of secur- constitutional. He also hopeless Republicans, disMuncy may have been ing enough votes to win the seems to have a pretty firm appointed Democrats and correct. presidency, there are those grasp on logical thinking, unconvinced indepenPaul would have at least who are extolling Paul’s which cannot be said of ev- dents will be making the breathed new life into the ability to rally delegates be- ery politician. But his dra- wrong decision at the poll Republican Party, and he hind his libertarian-hued matic hands-off approach this year. might have made for a suc- Republicanism. to federal government Let’s just be honest – at Those who plan to vote could mean social welfare this point Ron Paul will cessful president. With his

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not be able to win the election. So shouldn’t we cast our vote for someone who could?

Sure, Ron Paul fared well with the youth vote in the primaries, but that’s simply not enough to justify a continuance of his campaign. Have we forgotten the 97,421 votes Ralph Nader received in the calamitous presidential election of 2000? Many Nader fans were kicking themselves when their votes for new ideas ended up being the reason for George W. Bush beating Al Gore by merely 537 votes in the decisive battleground of Florida. Nader’s candidacy should be a lesson to us all – if we don’t make informed decisions at the polls, we risk a similar fi-

asco in this election.

I’m unhappy with the limits that bipartisanship imposes on my vote, so working within the system to get what I want is important to me. What I hope is that the marginal success Nader and Paul have had will propel other political parties into the spotlight and encourage different viewpoints. Candidates are not always diametrically opposed, so voters shouldn’t have to be, either.

Make your vote count.

Vote for who best represents your personal beliefs, but keep Nader in mind. A vote for Ron Paul may mean the wrong person gets elected. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

Obama’s attempt to run as ‘Forward’ candidate a tricky sell scott stirrett the hoya georgetown university

With only two months to go until the 2012 election, President Obama has an average lead in the polls of only a few percentage points, according to realclearpolitics.com.

In essence, the race is tied.

With the numbers so close, it’s really anyone’s guess at this point whether President Obama will win a second term in office.

It is often said that two weeks is a long time in politics and two months is an eternity. A lot can still happen before election day.

But some of the biggest determinants of the fall elections are largely out of the control of either

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candidate. For instance, neither has much say in whether Greece chooses to exit – or gets thrown out of – the Euro Zone, which could substantially impact the American economy and thus the elections.

That being said, there is still great potential for both presidential campaigns to shift the 2012 election in a whole new direction.

Contrary to the glee that many of my fellow Democrats felt when Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) was announced as Romney’s vice presidential nominee, I actually believe it was quite a shrewd choice.

As scores of Republican commentators have argued, the Ryan pick brought economic issues to the forefront. The national unemployment rate is 8.2 percent, and millions more Americans

have simply chosen to leave the workforce. It may not always be justified, but voters tend to blame the incumbent for economic problems.

Moreover, while the adjective “wonkish” is often used to describe Ryan, he is in some ways equally passionate about social issues.

While many GOP voters are both fiscal and social conservatives, a substantial number of Republicans subscribe to only one of the aforementioned realms of conservatism, and it is important for Republicans to work to appeal to both major constituencies.

As in 2010, the Tea Party is making it difficult for the Republican Party to appeal to more moderate voters. One need only look at current headlines and the scandal surrounding

Rep. Todd Akin’s (R-Mo.), inflammatory remarks regarding rape. In 2010, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) was able to win a fifth term in large part because he had the good fortune of facing Tea Partier Sharon Angle. Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) may also be able to pull off re-election because of her opponent Akin’s lack of sensibility.

Consequently, the Democrats in this race have increasingly made this election about cultural modernity and the GOP’s opposition to many facets of it. The fact that the Obama campaign has decided to use the slogan “forward” indicates how Democrats have worked to present themselves as the party of the future.

In some ways, this is a dangerous path to follow.

Placing so much emphasis

on representing the future leaves room for Republicans to portray Democrats as not being the party of the present.

The reality is that the United States is changing economically, socially and demographically at a rapid pace. These changes have caused increased social alienation, as evidenced by the Occupy Wall Street movement and the Tea Party.

That is the main challenge for Democrats : How do you present yourself as the party of the future when it is the future and the accompanying changes that scare so many voters?

Americans are uncertain about their future.

They’re witnessing the rise of countries like India and China as the United States’ global dominance seems to disintegrate. At

home, they see a stagnating economy. And many older Americans see a country that is being transformed in a way that would have been hard to forecast half a century ago.

That is why the GOP has rather unapologetically run as the party of the nation’s past.

One has only to listen to a few minutes of Romney’s stump speech before hearing lines about “restoring America” to its former glory.

The 2012 elections have come down to a debate between one vision that looks hopefully to the future and another that looks fondly to the past.

Who will win at this point is anyone’s guess, but much of the result will hinge on each party’s ability to present the aforementioned narratives effectively.

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DAILY HOROSCOPES

BY JACQUELINE BIGAR BORN TODAY This year you acquire a new ability to visualize and create. Tap into your dynamic imagination more often, and you’ll achieve long-desired results. In the same vein, take risks only if they are grounded.

Trust yourself the way others trust you. Pace yourself, as much is on your plate. Question what you must eliminate. If you are single, you could meet The One. Keep your distance from anyone who seems to be controlling. If you are attached, your significant other at times could be jealous or insecure. Do what you need to eliminate discomfort here. AQUARIUS seems contrary to your ideas.

ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19) HHHH Communication excels. You might not be able to meet everyone’s requests or needs. You also might not be able to respond to all the activity going on around you. Look at your priorities, and decide whether you should put order to the chaos or just go with the flow. Tonight: Don’t be too serious.

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20) HHH Stay on top of a situation, and know full well that you might be making a decision for someone else. Don’t worry -- others trust your judgment.

Expect the unexpected. Excitement marks a financial matter. Drive a steady course. Tonight: Up late.

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20) HHHH You tend to see all sides of an issue.

You are unusually serious and dedicated when looking at a creative venture. Be open to more innovative thinking; be willing to break a bar-

rier. Listen to an associate’s feedback.

Tonight: Togetherness is the theme.

CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22) HHHH You sense that what a partner needs is way beyond what you originally thought. You might want to go beyond the obvious and deal with the basics. Make a decision as to how committed you need or want to be; let decisions stem from there. Tonight: Be a duo.

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22) HHHH Defer to others. Unexpected news comes forward that might force you to regroup. Knowing what you want could make a big difference in your decision-making process. Let go, and try not to worry about a serious situation. Tonight: Go with a suggestion.

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22) HHHH Your even pace helps you follow through when others let go and do the unexpected. You might find everything that is going on to be a bit humorous on some level. Be smart and keep this perspective to yourself. Be direct. Tonight: Time for you.

LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22) HHHHH Allow more playfulness into your day.

Detach, and look at the big picture.

You’ll gain much more understanding, which will allow your creativity to mount. You know what works; do not settle for anything less than that.

Tonight: Finally, time to party away.

SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21) HHHH Make sure to stay on top of your obligations. Listen to news with enthusiasm, and make this information work for you in your day-to-day life. You make a unique impression on others without having to reveal all of your

ACROSS 1 6-Across, for one 6 Friday portrayer 10 Flag down __ 14 Totally lose it 15 Modest reply to a compliment 16 Sported 17 Zimbalist Jr. of “77 Sunset Strip” 18 Playwright Akins and Tony winner Caldwell 19 Et __: and others 20 Repeatedly, in poems 21 The first Mrs. Trump 23 Reaction to a pun, perhaps 24 Driver with a permit 26 *Monopoly cards 28 Snickered at 29 Start of a confession to a priest 32 Ed.’s workload 33 *Warty leaper 34 “You’ve got mail” Internet giant 35 Recedes to the sea 38 “Oedipus __” 39 Beggar’s request 40 Spanish aunt 41 *Robin’s egg color 43 Cookie container 45 Concur about 47 Mary’s little follower 51 *Scrub 52 Latvia neighbor 53 Sonic bursts 55 Make joyful 57 Cold War initials 58 Prefix with Chinese 59 Silly smile, maybe 60 Inline roller 62 Sly glance 63 __ platter: Chinese menu choice 64 Tuckers (out) 65 Use intense light on 66 Laundry challenge 67 Begin DOWN 1 From long ago 2 *With 13-Down, roasted aromatic seed 3 Fish-and-chips sauce 4 Reveal, in verse 5 Helps remember 6 *Oz ruler 7 School for English princes

8 Place for pumpernickel 9 Fly-__: air passes 10 Military medals, e.g.

11 Really huge 12 “Carmen” highlight 13 *See 2-Down 22 Victory signs 23 Turned right 25 Canyon perimeters 27 Portuguese “she” 30 *Pop’s partner 31 2012 British Open winner Ernie 33 Peg on the links 35 Terminal expectation: Abbr.

36 *Tom Hanks film 37 Lines on labels 38 Second-place finisher 39 Folk singer Guthrie 41 Swarming stingers 42 Mauna __ 43 Kid around 44 Swears to 46 “Get Shorty” author Leonard

47 *Piece of packing material 48 Michael who played Cochise 49 Title associated with the 11 starred answers 50 Most meager 53 *Bird’s beak 54 Fit for military duty 56 Fat removal, briefly 59 Navig. aid 61 Christopher Carson, famously

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thoughts. Tonight: Head home.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21) HHH You might want to debate the pros and cons of a situation. Others could be slightly more impulsive than you might have imagined. Try to hold back some, as you could be concerned about a potential error.

Tonight: You know what works; follow that path.

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19) HHHH Order might be nice in the face of the unpredictable. Your grounded nature allows you to accept a lot, but there is a point at which you can take no more. Efforts to stabilize your finances and a domestic issue will not happen with ease. Tonight: Your treat.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18) HHHHH You can’t help but smile at the excitement that occurs when you open up to others. You’ll see choices being made far more easily than in the past. You’re always spontaneous, and you often blaze a new trail. Tonight: Whatever suits you.

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20) HHHH You might want to revamp your plans more than once. You could be overwhelmed by a personal matter, as positive as it might be. A partner supports you and gives you a lot of feedback. Listening to this person’s ideas does not mean you have to use them.

Tonight: Vanish early!

BORN TODAY “King of Pop” Michael Jackson (1958), U.S. Sen. John McCain (1936), actress Ingrid Bergman (1915)

Pearls Before Swine

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123 to host CD release party Saturday

Submitted by band

Surgeon General’s Warning is set to release its self-titled debut album at 123 Pleasant Street this Saturday.

by hunter homistek associate a&E editor

Greatness breeds greatness – such is the hope for local Morgantown blues/ rock group Surgeon General’s Warning.

The four-piece act is set to release its first eponymous CD at the historic Morgantown venue 123 Pleasant Street Saturday at 9 p.m.

Joining Surgeon General’s Warning in the fun and festivities will be local progressive folk standouts and longtime fan favorite Fletcher’s Grove.

“Both of these bands draw a large crowd at 123,”

said Surgeon General’s Warning bassist Tommy Bailey. “This event will absolutely sell out, so for people who really want to go, they might want to arrive early to get a ticket.”

As an added incentive to Morgantown residents and West Virginia University students, the release party comes on the heels of the Mountaineers’ home football opener against rival Marshall University, so it is a perfect excuse to keep the celebration going into the night.

“It’s going to be an epic party at 123 this Saturday,” Bailey said. “It’s also the night of our home football

opener against Marshall, so this is going to be a hell of a night for local music.”

For those unfamiliar with Surgeon’s General Warning, expect the sounds of the blues of old with a touch of hard rock.

The music relies heavily on the expert guitar work of Chris Jones, and it is further aided by the saxophone brilliance of Travis Klein, a jazz saxophone student at WVU. Jones is the grandson of retired WVU professor and head piano instructor Dr. James Miltenberger, it would seem musical aptitude runs in the family.

“Chris is a brilliant

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Taylor Pratt, bassist for Fletcher’s Grove, plays while opening for Rusted Root at the MET Theatre. writer and an amazing player who can play wildly complex solos off the top of his head,” Bailey said.

“The fact that he has perfect pitch also helps, as he is the lead singer for the group.”

Bailey heaped similar praise on Klein, the son of renowned Pittsburgh-area saxophonist Robbie Klein.

“Travis’ father is very well-known and revered in Pittsburgh, and he (Travis) grew up playing gigs with him,” Bailey said. “He also has a remarkable talent for performing live ad-lib solos and composing complex jazzy melodies.”

If this were not enough

reason to come to the show, consider this: Both Tommy and his brother Jim Bailey round out the band at bass and drums, respectively, and they have similar experience and success to boast within the music industry.

Owners of Bebop Studios in Morgantown, the Bailey brothers have recorded and produced some of Morgantown’s finest local talent, including both bands on Saturday’s bill.

“Jim and I both studied music in college as well, but we have much more experience actually playing in bands and recording/producing bands,” Bai-

ley said. “So, the blend of skills that we all bring to the table works very well.”

With Fletcher’s Grove also taking the 123 Pleasant Street stage, Saturday night promises to be one of the finest displays of local talent all year.

The lineup is stacked, and for those seeking a musical experience that will send you to the woodshed to brush up on your chops and inspire late-night practice sessions, this show is a can’t-miss event.

Tickets to the event are $8, and concert goers must be 18 years old to attend. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

‘Arrested Development’ begins shooting long-awaited season

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‘Arrested Development’ returns for its much-anticipated fourth season.

by Madeline Carey a&E writer

After six years of hiatus and countless rumors of its return to television, “Arrested Development” is currently filming its fourth season.

The show, which was canceled by Fox in 2006, has had rumors swirling around it since the final episode of season three, when they alluded to a possible film.

After its cancellation, it was thought HBO would pick up the rights to the show, but after six long years, Netflix has picked up the show for a ten-plus episode season.

Netflix has also announced that all upcoming episodes will be released simultaneously, making it one of the first shows for Netflix to produce on its own.

The show, which had a small following while on the air, has grown a cult following thanks to the help of Netflix, which saw the marketability within “Arrested Development.”

The New York Times best described the show, saying “The Fox sitcom won fervent praise from critics and an Emmy for best television comedy, but it really takes the prize for the funniest show that nobody watched.”

Arrested Development, for those of you who haven’t

heard of it, is a show based around the Bluth family, whose wealth had been confiscated by the IRS. With George Sr., played

by Jeffery Tambor, in prison, it falls on his son Michael, Jason Bateman, to run both the family company and uphold the title of patriarch to possibly the most dysfunctional family television has ever known.

The show’s primary cast members, including the likes of not only Bateman but also Ron Howard, the show’s narrator, Portia de Rossi, Michael Cera and Will Arnett, will be returning to the show.

For years Bateman and Howard were bombarded with questions regarding the show’s return. While they assured that the cast was more than happy to reprise their old roles, they admitted the upcoming storyline was dependent on the availability and diligent work of the show’s writer, Mitch Hurwitz.

Rumors of both movies and new seasons were just as exciting to the cast members as they were to fans, as the many recent statements made by members of the cast has made evident.

While Howard can seemingly not stop tweeting pictures of the cast hard at work, along with excited remarks regarding the plot, David Cross, who plays To-

bias Fünke, seems to be equally as pumped.

Cross told Rolling Stone, “I know what he’s (Hurwitz) doing, and this has never been done on a TV show like this. This makes ‘Lost’ look like a Spalding Grey monologue.”

While Tony Hale, who plays Buster, Michael’s younger brother and Jessica Walter, who plays Lucille, the family matriarch, will keep you laughing at their more than maladjusted mother-son relationship, David Cross truly steals the show.

Cross, Bateman’s fictional brother-in-law, suffers many hardships at both the hand of fate and the Bluth family, which include his failed career as an actor, internal battle with being a “never nude” – a psychological disorder wherein Cross’ character can never be fully nude, inducing many a scene of him clad only in cut-off jean shorts – and of course his never-ending journey toward his true goal — becoming a member of Blue Man Group.

The release date for season four is set sometime this spring, which only further proves the fans of “Arrested Development” are more than willing to wait for its greatly anticipated return. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

The newest season of ‘Arrested Development’ is hosted by Netflix.

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Michael Carvelli Sports Writer

Texas game is huge for WVU volleyball

West Virginia teams have a tendency to step up on the big stage.

The football team set records on the national stage in the Orange Bowl in January. The men’s soccer team beat No. 1 Connecticut last season.

And just last week, the women’s soccer team upset No. 1 Stanford – the defending national champions – when nobody expected them to do it.

Tonight, the West Virginia volleyball team will get its turn in the spotlight and regardless of the outcome of the game against No. 2 Texas, will forever be a significant part of this school’s history when it takes part in the first ever league game as a member of the Big 12 Conference.

West Virginia volleyball head coach Jill Kramer said it’s an honor to get to play the first Big 12 game in school history.

“It’s not something to take lightly at all,” Kramer said.

“The big thing is that you need to get respect from people. You can show people that this is what we’re about and what we are capable of doing.”

Unlike a lot of other programs at WVU, the volleyball team has been in rebuilding mode since Kramer took over three seasons ago. In her first two seasons at the helm, she had a 22-34 record but has brought in one of the best recruiting classes this season.

Kramer is expecting to see a big crowd at the Coliseum for tonight’s game, and she deserves to get one.

Much like we’ve seen from Nikki Izzo-Brown and Marlon LeBlanc in past years, non-revenue sports have to do a lot of work to promote their teams. When it works, like it has for the most part with the two soccer programs, it provides huge benefits for the teams.

Bigger crowds mean a better game day atmosphere, which in turn makes WVU look like a better destination for some of the nation’s best players.

And that’s why getting people to come out to the Coliseum tonight, as well as the rest of the season, is such a big deal to Kramer.

“When you’ve got support from your fan base, it’s huge. That’s why it’s so important to us,” Kramer said.

“I’ve got a lot of ideas, and I see so much that we can make happen here, and I’m lucky that we have people here who tell us to go for it and try all these things that can help make the program better.

“Now, what we have to do is put a product out on the floor that people will want to watch and can win some matches.”

The future is looking bright for the Mountaineers.

They have seven talented freshmen, including Hannah Sackett, who won the Big 12’s Offensive Player and Rookie of the Week after her performance in the Mountaineer Invitational last weekend, and Anna Panagiotakopoulos, who has been a member of the United States Junior National team.

It’s going to be the first time most of these players will be facing a big opponent in front of a big crowd.

But as we’ve seen from time to time in the past few years, West Virginia sports teams find a way to play big when they need to.

“I’m going to trust that we’ll be able to rise to the challenge. When they understand that they can just go out there, know that people are going to be here to support them, things will be fine,” Kramer said.

“They’re all going to get their opportunities to shine. There will be so many chances for them to do great things Wednesday night.” james.carvelli@mail.wvu.edu

The West Virginia volleyball team will host No. 2 Texas Wednesday at the Coliseum in its first Big 12 Conference game of the season.

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West Virginia to host first Big 12 Conference match against No. 2 Texas By austin Seidel Sports writer

After a major upset performance by the women’s soccer team, the West Virginia volleyball team has a rare opportunity to continue the trend of upsets Wednesday at the WVU Coliseum.

West Virginia provided a dominant play in the Mountaineer invitational, and volleyball head coach Jill Kramer is confident in her team’s ability to maintain its game and play at a

level well worthy of the Big 12 Conference.

“We are ready. Anything can happen,” Kramer said.

“We just need to get out there and worry about our game.”

West Virginia will look to its emerging stars, Hannah Sackett, Caleah Wells and Brittany Samplem, who all come off all-tournament performances.

Sackett comes off a weekend during which she tallied 54 kills, six service aces and 23 digs from the outside hitter position, set-

ting her up to win the alltournament MVP. Wells, a freshman middle blocker, also amassed 23 kills over the weekend and added 18 blocks, which led to her being named to the all-tournament team alongside fellow teammates Sackett and Sample.

Freshman setter Brittany Sample earned her alltournament nomination after recording 107 assists, 32 digs and four blocks. Sample did struggle, however, with her serve while recording 10 service errors

with no aces.

In Wednesday’s game the Mountaineer women have their work cut out against No. 2 Texas, who enters the game with a 3-0 record with each win coming off three-set sweeps.

Kramer and company will look to adjust where LSU, Cal Poly and San Diego failed and come away with an upset against the dominant Texas team.

Texas comes across as intimidating to some, while sporting several members taller than 6-foot-3, with

freshman utility player Madelyn Hutson topping out at 6-foot-5. However, the Mountaineers do not seem intimidated by the Longhorns’ height.

“We can’t let them intimidate us,” said freshman outside hitter Nikki Attea.

“It’s not just size, it’s how good they are, and that’s what we need to worry about.”

While the Texas team does come in as the No. 2 team in the nation, it has

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Holgorsen confident WVU is ready for Herd by cody schuler managing editor

With only three days remaining until the opening game of the season, West Virginia head coach Dana Holgorsen addressed the media, and telling by his tone, one thing was clear – football is back.

“I’m excited about game week. It seems like it’s been forever since we played, but looking back on the last seven months, we’ve come a long way as a team,” he said.

“We added a lot of bodies and overcame a lot of injuries. We overcame several academic situations and 25 days of practice and camp to get to the point where we can finally focus on game week.”

Though West Virginia’s first opponent of the year has never beat them, Marshall has played the Mountaineers close in recent memory, and Holgorsen stressed that the team knows exactly what the Thundering Herd will bring to the table.

“We’re excited to play our first game, and we understand the challenges Marshall is going to bring to the table,” he said. “They’re going to be a very motivated football team that is going to want to come up here and play well.

“We’re excited about them coming up and bringing their best and seeing if we can match their effort and enthusiasm to a point where we can win the game.”

Though it is common knowledge the West Virginia defense has switched its scheme to a 3-4 style, Holgorsen pointed to the fact that although people know what to call it, nobody outside of the Mountaineers’ offense has seen it in action, which is a good thing.

“D efensively, it ’s widely known that we‘re running the 3-4 defense, but what does that mean?

There may be some things we do defensively that they haven’t prepared for,” he said.

“I’m sure that (Mars h a l l ’s ) defensive coaches have been studying football across the country for the last six or seven months and have

come up with some different things that they’re going to do against us.”

Sophomore running back Dustin Garrison’s status for Saturday’s season opener has yet to be determined, and Holgorsen explained he is in no hurry to rush Garrison back to the field before he is ready.

“It depends on how (Garrison) practices this week,” he said. “We’ve settled on (senior running back) Shawne (Alston) being the starter for some time, so (he) will start and (senior running back) Ryan Clarke will be the bigger back that we put in

there.

“It’s a long season, and if he’s not ready to go this week, then we’ll reevaluate it next week,” he said.

“Thirteen games is a long season for running backs where you’re asking them to run block, pass block, run with the ball, catch the ball – there are a whole lot of things that position does, meaning we need a lot of bodies to get in there and do it.”

Heading into the first game of the season, Holgorsen mentioned he will be looking for players who

see holgs on PAGE 8

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West Virginia head coach Dana Holgorsen feels his team is ready for Saturday’s matchup against in-state rival Marshall.

THE DAILY ATHENAEUM

8 | SPORTS

Wednesday August 29, 2012

New kickoff rule will impact WVU special teams

WVU Sports Info

West Virginia kickoff specialist Corey Smith and the Mountaineer special teams will have to adjust to new kickoff rules in 2012.

by Nick Arthur

Associate Sports Editor

New rules have changed where kickoffs will be located this season.

In attempt to make the game safer, the NCAA implemented a handful of new rules to limit the intense collisions that occur after the ball leaves the tee.

The kicking team will now tee the ball off at the 35-yard line, as opposed to the 30, which will result in the ball reaching the endzone on the fly much more often.

West Virginia kickoff specialist Corey Smith has been adjusting to the new rule.

“It definitely adds another wrinkle,” Smith said.

“We’re able to drive the ball a little more, as opposed to worrying about hangtime.”

Another rule change is that a touchback will result in the offense getting possession at the 25yard line rather than the 20-yard line that has been customary.

This will eventually lead to more players taking a

knee in the endzone and avoiding bringing the ball out, because the offense will get a five-yard advantage compared to a year ago.

“It makes the returner maybe think about it a little more, about whether he should bring it out or not,” Smith said.

“We’re able to drive the ball a little more, as opposed to worrying about hangtime. If we know we can put a ball six or seven (yards) deep, the chance of them bringing out decreases a little bit because

they know they’ll get it at the 25.”

The new rules will lead to different strategies from special teams’ coaches around the country.

Putting more air on the kick instead of distance and allowing the return team more time to make its way down the field could lead to the opposition being forced to start short of the 25-yard line.

But that depends on the effort put forth by the kickoff team.

“There are a few different things we have to look

at. We’ve been looking at a few different things. We have to tinker with that a little bit,” Smith said.

One thing is clear – the new rules will immediately affect both the kickoff and kick return teams for West Virginia, starting with the season opener on Saturday against in-state rival Marshall.

But, what strategy to enforce and how much the game will be affected are two things that Smith feels he’s going to have to wait to grasp.

“I don’t know (how it’s

going to affect the game), either. I’m just as new to it as everybody else,” he said. “Until it has to be executed in a game, I can’t tell you how it works. It’s new to me.”

However, Smith does know what must be done for the West Virginia special teams to be successful this season.

“Our kickoff team has to fly down there this year, miss some blocks and make some big plays for us,” he said. nicholas.arthur@mail.wvu.edu

Jose Bautista to have season-ending wrist surgery NEW YORK (AP) — Toronto Blue Jays slugger Jose Bautista will have season-ending surgery to stabilize a tendon in his left wrist.

Bautista said before Tuesday night’s game against the New York Yankees that the recovery period is three to four months and he would be ready to play long before the start of spring training next year.

“There’s just too much in-

stability in that tendon and it got to the point where risking injuring the tendon was not worth it,” Bautista said. “That’s why we’re opting to do it now.”

Bautista was initially injured in an at-bat against the Yankees on July 16. He chose to give rest and rehab a try and he returned from the disabled list Friday. But he says, while he did not experience any pain, he felt

the tendon moving around too much and was taken out of the game against the Baltimore Orioles on Saturday. The two-time defending AL home run champion was immediately put back on the DL and sent to Cleveland to see a hand specialist.

Dr. Thomas Graham will perform the operation next week in Cleveland.

“Luckily for me the tendon is completely intact,”

Bautista said. “He just needs to make it stable again.”

Manager John Farrell said Bautista made it through his rehabilitation program without issue. But the instability he was feeling when he returned was what prompted the recommendation for surgery.

“It’s a definitive plan going forward,” Farrell said.

“The tough thing through all this is Jose never felt any dis-

comfort but, yet, he didn’t feel the strong stable feeling he typically does.”

Bautista spoke with Tampa Bay Rays outfielder Sam Fuld, who had similar surgery this spring after a more extended period of rest and immobilization.

Bautista did not want to risk missing time next year by trying lengthy rest since it didn’t work for Fuld.

After a slow start in which

his average didn’t rise above.200 until mid-May, Bautista finished with a .241 average, 27 homers and 65 RBIs in 92 games.

“I didn’t have the consistency I wanted to but I think I picked it up on a production level and I was able to contribute,” Bautista said.

“What I really wanted to do, and I said this many times, was remain healthy but unfortunately I wasn’t able to.”

volleyball Continued from page 7

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• You will need to pay a minimum of $250 bail • You will need to pay a minimum of $400 for the mandatory alcohol educational component that is required for all DUI offenders - Valley Health Care System There may be additional treatment fees depending on your assessment

• If you are a WVU student, you may be sanctioned to complete treatment at the Student Assistance Program (SAP) on campus and may need to pay an additional $200 • Depending on your educational or career goals, you may need to explain your DUI charge to appropriate officials.

There are different general categories of DUI’s; consequences vary • Non-aggravated DUI: BAC is between .05 and .14 • Aggravated DUI: BAC is .15 or above 1st Offense, Non-Aggravated DUI: •Licenseissuspendedfor90days.IfapersonvoluntarilyinstallstheInterlockdevice in their car, then there is a minimum 15 day license suspension (could last up to 30 45 days) and the Interlock device must be installed for either 4, 5, or 9 months.

2nd Offense, Non-Aggravated DUI: •Licenseissuspendedforoneyear.InstallationoftheInterlockdeviceismandatory and must remain installed for a period of 2 years.

1st Offense, Aggravated DUI: • License is suspended for a minimum of 45 days, and the Interlock device must be installed for a minimum 9 month period.

2nd Offense, Aggravated DUI: • License is suspended for one year, and the Interlock device must be installed for a period of 2 years.

Interlock Fees There are various fees associated with the installation, use, and removal of the Interlock device.Additionallytherearefeesassociatedwithprogramviolationandalsoviolations that could result in automatic removal from the Interlock program.The most common fees associated with the Interlock device are as follows: • $100 Non-refundable application fee • $50 Installation fee • $65 Average monthly fee ($2.13 per day) • $30 Removal fee

shown its humanity in the past. The Longhorns entered a tournament last year as the No. 4 team, facing then No. 11 Minnesota, and lost in a three-set sweep against the Golden Gophers. The Longhorns returned for a rematch the following day and again were swept 3-0 in consecutive sets. “(We) love being the underdog,” Kramer said. “I think we’ve got a group of players that may not be the best prep players, but they are a very good, hardworking team who care about each other very much.”

Kramer has amped up her team coming into the game, and several members of the team have expressed their eagerness to go out and disprove critics, who have placed the Mountaineers as the basement team in their new Big 12 home.

“We’re excited and definitely ready,” said freshman defensive specialist/libero Anna Panagiotakopoulos.

“We just want to get out there and play, and we’re all

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Karly Rasmussen is the West Virginia volleyball team’s lone senior this season. just anxious to try and win some games and play some real opponents.”

Game time is scheduled at 6:30 p.m. at the Coliseum for the matchup between Texas and West Virginia. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

holgs

Continued from page 7 will step up and be leaders much like former West Virginia players Keith Tandy (defensive back) and Najee Goode (linebacker) did last season.

“Defensively, we have seven or eight starters coming back that have all been in pretty big battles and have overcome a lot of adversity,” he said.

“I want to know which one of those guys is going to stand up and get in front of 22 of his peers and say, ‘enough is enough,’ much like Keith Tandy and Najee Goode did.”

“That’s probably the biggest thing I worry about defensively - not having guys that have played or guys that have made a bunch of plays, but having guys who will stand up in the locker room and get in front of somebody and say this isn’t acceptable,”

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Dustin Garrison’s status for the Marshall game is still unsure after he recovered from an ACL injury in January. he said.

“We’re still looking for those guys; they’re out there, I just don’t know which ones they are.” charles.schuler@mail.wvu.edu

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10 | SPORTS

Wednesday August 29, 2012

MLB, ESPN extend TV contract

QUESTIONABLE CALLS How will the Mountaineers fare in 2012?

sports editor

Associate Sports Editor

By Nick Arthur

By Cody SChuler

By Doug Walp

In its first season in the Big 12 Conference, the West Virginia football team definitely has a chance to make a splash.

With weapons like Geno Smith, Tavon Austin and Stedman Bailey, the Mountaineers will have enough offensive firepower to compete with every team in the nation, but what will define how well this team plays in 2012 will be the newlook defense.

The Mountaineers have switched to a 3-4 defense under new defensive coordinators Joe DeForest and Keith Patterson and will be breaking in quite a few new faces. If the WVU defense can come out early and prove itself, the Mountaineers could be on pace to have a great season. But there won’t be much room for error in the highpowered Big 12 where offenses will attack over and over again.

I think West Virginia finishes 9-3 this season while going 6-3 in Big 12 play. The important thing for this team is to win the games they’re supposed to. Unlike past seasons, they aren’t going to be able to lose games to some of the lesser teams in the league because the top of the conference is so much tougher than it was in the Big East in the last few years.

If the Mountaineers are going to be able to make a run at the conference title, it’s going to start with those things. There’s plenty of talent to go around to help that happen – now it’s time to put it all together.

After a 70-33 thrashing of Clemson by the West Virginia football team in the Orange Bowl, the Mountaineers ride a considerable amount of momentum into the 2012 season.

But, the preseason No. 11-ranked defending Big East Conference Champions will have their work cut out for them in their inaugural season in the Big 12 Conference.

Five opponents on this season’s slate are ranked in the top 25. And, according to preseason rankings, the Mountaineers will play four straightranked opponents in a brutal stretch in mid-October.

The front end of WVU’s schedule is a bit light. Three non-ranked non-conference opponents await the Mountaineers to begin the season.

This team certainly has the potential to meet expectations, but that potential must translate on the field.

WVU will begin the season as expected, winning its first four games and will find a snug ranking inside the top ten.

However, the Mountaineers will trip up in front of 100,000 fans against Texas in its first official Big 12 road game.

Add a tough loss at home to Oklahoma and a 10-2 record will be fate for the newcomers in the conference.

No worries, though. The 10-2 mark and second-place finish in the Big 12 will earn the Mountaineers an at-large BCS bid.

I have no questions about the talent, ability or focus of this football team. For far too long, the success and momentum of the Orange Bowl has been simmering, waiting to boil over onto the football field this season.

All of the expectations and hype have been around for so long that I don’t think any player on the team is going to be fazed by it anymore.

What I am concerned about, though, are the logistics of the conference schedule. How will the Mountaineers fare after traveling to Texas back-to-back weeks in early October? Will West Virginia be so focused on its first-ever Big 12 conference game with Baylor that it overlooks Maryland in the prior week? Can Charlie Weis spin some wizardry at Kansas and bring in a team that surprises the Mountaineers after a tough battle at Iowa State?

While I don’t think any of those things will happen, I say them to illustrate that there are too many moving parts and variables to this season for the adjustment to Big 12 life to go completely smoothly; thus is the nature of college football.

I see the Mountaineers finishing the season at 9-3 (6-3) and finishing third in the Big 12. I think it’s essential that the program gets a signature win against a Big 12 mainstay, and I think it will do just that with an Oct. 6 victory at Texas.

I have a bad feeling about the Oct. 20 game against Kansas State and the Nov. 23 game at Iowa State.

As long as the new defensive scheme is able to harness the firepower of the potent Big 12 offenses, West Virginia has a great chance to be one of the best teams in the nation.

Head coach Dana Holgorsen has this year’s team too focused on the task at hand for the Mountaineers to drop a game before they get to conference play. Marshall, James Madison and Maryland obviously shouldn’t be overlooked, but that’s the point – they won’t be, and West Virginia should be 3-0 heading into its first Big 12 Conference game.

And the Mountaineers should be able to ride the collective electricity in Milan Puskar Stadium for their first home Big 12 game against the Baylor Bears. But the following week at Texas will be a tremendous test for Holgorsen and the Mountaineers.

Yes, the Longhorns posted a woeful record last year, but they’ll be especially hungry in 2012 and eager to welcome West Virginia into the Big 12 in Austin on their terms. This could be one of the toughest road environments for any team in West Virginia history.

The meeting Nov. 17 between No. 4 Oklahoma and West Virginia has the potential to be an absolutely frenzied atmosphere, if both teams’ seasons go to plan up to that point. But in that kind of Morgantown environment, I have to say that the Mountaineers have the advantage.

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NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball and ESPN extended their television contract through 2021 on Tuesday, a deal that almost doubles the amount of money the network will pay annually for baseball content while also all but eliminating local blackouts for ESPN games on Monday and Wednesday nights.

The deal was announced on Tuesday. It combines rights for TV, radio, digital and international that had been separate. The new single contract adds new rights to air a wildcard game, along with additional rights to highlights and digital content. It also gives the network more flexibility to show games involving popular teams.

The previous contracts were worth close to $360 million a year combined.

A person with knowledge of the new combined deal says it will be worth about $700 million a year over eight years. The person spoke on the condition of anonymity because the financial figures were not released.

“ESPN’s financial commitment to baseball is extraordinary. ... It’s a testament to not only the strength of our game, but the unprecedented popularity with our fans,” Commissioner Bud Selig said.

The deal also addresses a long-running problem for ESPN, which was prevented from broadcasting games in the local markets of the teams involved in the game that night. For instance, if ESPN was carrying a Wednesday night game between the Dodgers and Giants, it was unable to show that game in the Los Angeles and San Francisco metro areas.

The new agreement, which begins in 2014, allows ESPN to increase the number of “coexists,” meaning that a game between the Dodgers and Giants can be broadcast on the local television stations in Los Angeles and San Francisco, and ESPN. “We’re ESPN. We promote the game all day, we take ‘Baseball Tonight’ to the area and then when the game starts, there’s a message that says ‘Not carried in your area,’” ESPN President John Skipper said.

“We are now out of that business. The coexist is very important to us.”

ESPN still carries exclusive rights for Sunday night games, but Selig said he was pleased with the increased availability of all the games both locally and nationally during the work week.

“I think this deal is very fair,” Selig said. “Given the number of games that we have, we certainly don’t want to hurt any local rights holders. I don’t think we have here at all.

The clubs, on balance, are all going to be remarkably better off.”

The deal also gives ESPN the rights to a wildcard game, which will rotate between the AL and NL every other year, the ability to air live look-ins on “SportsCenter” and increased the number of times it can schedule a team on Sunday night baseball from five to six.

So does that mean yet another installment of the Yankees-Red Sox rivalry on ESPN? Not necessarily, Skipper said. He said he knows the network is criticized for the perception that it schedules too many games from that series and said ESPN has committed to put every team in the league in that slot at least once per season.

“We want to have a balance to maximize the teams that are most popular and drive the most ratings, but we also want to work with baseball to feature every team and help grow the game,” Skipper said.

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