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Monday January 30, 2012

Volume 125, Issue 90

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Online learning brings degrees to state by carlee lammers staff writer

West Virginia University and West Virginia community colleges have been working together to increase the number of adults in the state who have obtained a college degree.

Last week, WVU President James P. Clements and chancellor of the West Virginia Community and Technical College System James Skidmore signed an agreement that will allow adult students who started their degree at a local community col-

lege to finish pursuing their degrees online through WVU. “West Virginia has many adults who may have started college but didn’t complete their degree,” said Lynn Reinke, director of communications at WVU Extended Learning.

“We’re excited because we see a great opportunity for adults to not only to get a bachelor’s degree, but for them to do it at WVU.” Under the new “BA Pathway” program, students will have the opportunity to pursue a degree in either the multidisciplinary

studies program or a Regents Bachelor of Arts degree while staying at home in their local communities.

The multidisciplinary degree will allow students to select three minors to focus their degree rather than one major.

Reinke said the Regents B.A. is a flexible degree program that will allow students to receive credit for their work experience as well as through courses online.

Students may transfer up to 72 credit hours of completed general education courses

from one of the 10 W.Va., community colleges included in the program.

The WVU Extended Learning Program offers 15 online minors organized into multiple career-oriented tracks. The minor packages include business applications, liberal arts, promotion and publicity and sports studies.

Minors offered through the program include advertising, business administration, communication studies, entrepreneurship, family and youth, fashion merchandising, health

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promotion, history, child development, professional writing and editing, public relations, religious studies, sport communication and sport and exercise psychology.

“We’ve packaged up a lot of online courses in order to provide these two degree options for adults,” Reinke said.

WVU’s Extended Learning mission is to provide seamless access to academic courses, lifelong learning opportunities and student services through a personalized process, Reinke said.

Reinke said the new program

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Morgantown Event Center hosts first professional MMA fight By hunter homistek a&e Writer

The Morgantown Event Center was sold out Saturday night as fans poured in to watch the North American Allied Fight Series host Caged Fury 16, the second sanctioned mixed martial arts event in state history.

The event was organized by Simons Promotions, Kegler’s sports bar and the North American Allied Fight Series. The event was the first MMA fight in the state to feature professional MMA fighters.

“It was great being in Morgantown. Everybody has been really cool, and it’s been sweet here,” said lightweight fighter Joey “The Hitman” Holt, who defeated his opponent by knockout in

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staff writer

The opportunity to study abroad in Germany could be an opportunity for students at West Virginia University to SPICE up their lives.

The Summer Program In Communication at Erfurt, or SPICE, is a program that allows WVU students the opportunity to live in Erfurt, Germany, for nine weeks and earn nine credit hours toward a major or minor in communication.

“This is more than a bunch of Americans getting on a bus.

We are actually going to live in Germany for the summer.

We’re going to give you nine weeks to really soak it in,” said Nicholas Bowman, assistant professor of communication

studies.

He said the total cost of the SPICE program is $8,950 and includes tuition, room and board, and travel to and from Germany. Bowman said there are a number of financial options available to students who need financial aid.

Communication majors can receive $2,000 from the department and Eberly College students receive $500, Bowman said.

West Virginia residents on the Promise Scholarship can use it to pay for all fees, and Financial Aid can also give loans.

Bowman also said the University waives tuition fees so all students pay for is the program during the summer.

The program consists of

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A team of West Virginia University students has been selected to compete in the 2013 Solar Decathlon, and construct a solar-powered, environmentally friendly house.

The competition, hosted by the U.S. Department of Energy, will take place in the Orange County Great Park in Irvine, Calif., and award a $100,000 grant to each of the 20 teams participating in the Decathlon. Each team presented a research proposal and blueprint of their house, and will construct the house in the park for display and judging.

Kenneth Hite, graduate electrical engineering student and WVU Solar House president, said the project is still in the design phase and is open for student feedback to develop the house.

“The first thing we’ve decided to do is hold open forums,” Hite said. “We want to get students and community members in the same room and get the ideas flowing for the design process, and start pushing the design process forward.”

The team has developed its design project to combine

the latest smart-home technology and energy efficient systems into a log-cabin style home, called the Preserving Energy with Appalachian Knowledge project, or PEAK. The design is the first log home to be accepted into the Solar Decathlon competition.

Hite said the competition was expecting more than 500,000 visitors in 2013, and the team is currently working to collect building materials and develop sponsors for the project.

“We’re researching materials now and working on getting sponsors for the materials,” Hite said. “Solar panels, solar hot water collectors, construction materials – anything that’s needed to build a house.”

Brian Neff, executive vice president of the project, said the Solar House project has student and faculty participants from every college in the University, and is recruiting members to continue to promote the project.

“We’re still recruiting as many people as possible,” Neff said. “It takes more than a core of 30 people to build a house; it takes the support of a whole community and a whole University to get this

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Ashley ‘Smashley’ Cummins throws a punch toward Stephanie Frausto Saturday night during Caged Fury 16 at the Morgantown Event Center.

University offers nine-week program in Germany by mike atkinson

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Students selected for Solar Decathlon competition associate city editor

Marcos Pecina holds down Matt Garrettson in a fight during Caged Fury 16 Saturday night at the Morgantown Event Center.

is designed to keep the working adult or those with families in mind.

“This enables people who may not have the opportunity otherwise to complete their degree to come, and do it online with us,” she said. “We see this as a core part of our mission to serve the non-traditional student.”

For more information and details on the new program visit http://online.wvu.edu/ pathway/.

three classes taught in English

by United States professors for students at WVU, The University of Texas, The University of Oklahoma and The University of Erfurt, Bowman said.

“It will help you understand media and technology at a different level,” he said.

The classes will be made up of about half German students and half American students, Bowman said, and the program will typically include 20-24 people in each class.

“The world is at our fingertips, literally in our pockets.

Therefore, we don’t travel anymore. This is your opportunity to go as a scholar, to appreciate and enjoy it,” Bowman said.

He said the student response to the program has been positive, and students

will be able to take away experiences that will impact their skills in communications and their education.

“Students are loving the idea of spending their whole summer in Germany. At that point, you’re no longer a visitor – you are living there. It got me really excited to go do it,” he said. “I encourage students to do two things. First, join our Facebook page and second, if you’re interested go ahead and apply; the application process is simple.”

Students can apply by visiting Bowman’s office at 108 Armstrong Hall. A $1,000 deposit is due at the time of signing to ensure a place in the program. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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ON THE INSIDE The West Virginia women’s basketball team captured another Big East win Saturday against Marquette. SPORTS PAGE 7

by lacey palmer staff writer

How far would you go to support a good cause?

The Polar Plunge is an event in which participants “plunge for a purpose” into a freezing pool or river, and proceeds from the event benefit the Special Olympics of West Virginia. The 8th Annual Polar Plunge will take place Feb. 18 at the Star City Park & Marina.

“The Polar Plunge helps to underwrite the state events for the Special Olympics of West Virginia, and by doing that, the county has to come up with less money to bring their athletes to the event,” said Janet Scarcelli, Morgantown chair for the Polar Plunge.

“So, it actually benefits every county in the state and everyone in the long run.”

This is the first year plungers have been given the option to take the plunge in a pool, Scarcelli said. In the past, all plungers have taken the plunge in the Monongahela River. When plungers sign up, they specify if they’d like to plunge in the pool or the river, and according to Scarcelli, this

is a way to see what the plungers prefer and help organizers make decisions for the future.

The event is open to all participants, but individuals less than 18 years old require a parental consent form.

“We have had everywhere from 8-year-olds to 70-and80-year-old folks take the plunge,” Scarcelli said. “We usually get a lot of college students and professionals, as well.”

The Morgantown Fire Department supplies the event with crews trained in diving who are in the water at all times during the plunge as well as a dive boat, Scarcelli said.

“In the pool and the river, you’re never doing further than four feet deep. In the pool, you’re jumping so you’re getting wet all at once, and in the river you’re just walking in. You can walk as far as you want until we say you can’t go any further,” Scarcelli said.

“It’s completely up to you whether you go in all the way and get everything wet or just get your toes wet, and say you

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IT’S TIME TO BRAWL The West Virginia men’s basketball team will host Pittsburgh Monday night in hopes of avenging a weekend loss to Syracuse.

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Monday January 30, 2012

Time short for GOP’s Gingrich to close gap in Florida MIAMI (AP) — Newt Gingrich slammed GOP rival Mitt Romney on Sunday for the steady stream of attacks he likened to “carpet-bombing,” trying to cut into the resurgent front-runner’s lead in Florida in the dwindling hours before Tuesday’s pivotal presidential primary.

Surging ahead in polls, Romney kept the pressure on Gingrich, casting him at an appearance in south Florida as an influence peddler and continuing his heavy advertising blitz questions the former House speaker’s ethics.

In what has become a wildly unpredictable race, the momentum has swung back to Romney, staggered last weekend by Gingrich’s victory in South Carolina. Romney has begun advertising in Nevada ahead of that state’s caucuses next Saturday, illustrating the challenges ahead for Gingrich, who has pledged to push ahead no matter what happens in Florida.

An NBC News/Marist poll published Sunday showed Romney with support from 42

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This will be the first time WVU has participated in the competition, which was established in 2002.

The competition is divided into 10 contests designed to measure the environmental impact and livability of each house. Each contest will evaluate a variety of home features, including architecture, market appeal, appliances and home entertainment.

In order to be considered a viable entry, each house must produce as much or more energy than it consumes. The maximum budget for each

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Participants may also enter the costume contest before the plunge and plunge in their costume. The individual and the team of two-tofour members with the best costume will win an in-state vacation.

“We’ve gotten as many different varieties of costumes as people can imagine. We’ve had everything from a person taking a bath or a shower to a polar bear, from the group KISS to Michael Jackson and even Fred Flintstone,” Scarcelli said.

There are different prizes individuals can win based on the amount of money raised or donated.

The individual and the team of two-to-four members who raise the most money will win a getaway vacation in West Virginia.

The minimum contribution to enter the event is $50, and individuals receive a Polar Plunge T-shirt. The team of five or more who raises the most money in excess of

percent of likely Florida primary voters, compared with 27 percent for Gingrich.

Romney’s campaign has dogged Gingrich at his own campaign stops, sending surrogates to remind reporters of Gingrich’s House ethics probe in the 1990s and other episodes in his career.

Gingrich reacted defensively, accusing the former Massachusetts governor and a political committee that supports him of lying, and the GOP’s establishment of allowing it.

“I don’t know how you debate a person with civility if they’re prepared to say things that are just plain factually false,” Gingrich said during appearances on Sunday talk shows. “I think the Republican establishment believes it’s OK to say and do virtually anything to stop a genuine insurgency from winning because they are very afraid of losing control of the old order.”

Gingrich objected specifically to a Romney campaign ad that includes a 1997 NBC News report on the House’s decision house is $250,000.

Neff said the project started two years ago with a small group of engineering students, and he is proud of the progress the team has made in the design and promotion of PEAK. “It absolutely feels amazing to know that two years of work has finally paid off,” Neff said. “It may have been disheartening to build this 30page proposal and not be accepted, but now that we know we’re up to the task, we can accept the challenge wholeheartedly. It’s brand new, it’s something we’ve never done before, and we’re all excited about it.” lydia.nuzum@mail.wvu.edu

$2,000 receives a trophy.

Scarcelli said those interested in taking the plunge can ask friends or family to donate online and put the name of the plunger in the comments section.

Registration for the plunge begins at noon on Feb. 18, and participants can register online before the day of the event.

Following the plunge will be an After Plunge Party at Kegler’s Sports Bar at 3:30 p.m. with soft drinks, beer, wings and other food at no cost to the plungers. Prizes will also be distributed at the party.

“To participate in this event and give something back to your community really is a growing experience for folks, and it helps identify who we are as adults,” Scarcelli said.

“I think that everyone who has had the opportunity to participate in this event in the past have all walked away saying that it felt so good to do something for such a good cause.”

To register for the plunge, donate or for more information, visit www.wvpolarplunge.com. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

to discipline Gingrich, then speaker, for ethics charges.

Romney continued to paint Gingrich as part of the very Washington establishment he condemns and someone who had a role in the nation’s economic problems.

“Your problem in Florida is that you worked for Freddie Mac at a time when Freddie Mac was not doing the right thing for the American people, and that you’re selling influence in Washington at a time when we need people who will stand up for the truth in Washington,” Romney told an audience in Naples.

Gingrich’s consulting firm was paid more than $1.5 million by the federally-backed mortgage company over a period after he left Congress in 1999.

Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, trailing in Florida by a wide margin, stayed in his home state, where his 3-year-old daughter, Bella, was hospitalized. She has a genetic condition caused by the presence of all or part of an extra 18th chromosome. Aides said

he would resume campaigning as soon as possible.

Texas Rep. Ron Paul, who has invested little in Florida, looked ahead to Nevada. The libertarian-leaning Paul is focusing more on gathering delegates in caucus states, where it’s less expensive to campaign.

But securing the nomination only through caucus states is a hard task.

The race began moving toward a two-person fight in South Carolina, and has grown more bitter and personal in Florida.

The intense effort by Romney to slow Gingrich is comparable his strategy against Gingrich in the closing month before Iowa’s leadoff caucuses Jan. 3.

Gingrich led in Iowa polls, lifted by what were hailed as strong performances in televised debates, only to drop in the face of withering attacks by Romney, aided immensely by ads sponsored by a “super” political action committee run by former Romney aides.

Gingrich has responded by criticizing Romney’s conser-

vative credentials. Outside an evangelical Christian church in Lutz, Gingrich said he was the more loyal conservative on key social issues.

“This party is not going to nominate somebody who is a pro-abortion, pro-gun-control, pro-tax-increase liberal,” Gingrich said. “It isn’t going to happen.”

But Gingrich, in appearances on Sunday news programs, returned to complaining about Romney’s tactics, rather than emphasizing his own message as that of a conservative with a record of action in Congress.

“When we get to a positive idea campaign, I consistently win,” Gingrich said. “It’s only when he can mass money to focus on carpet-bombing with negative ads that he gains any traction at all.”

Romney and the political committee that supports him had combined to spend some $6.8 million in ads criticizing Gingrich in the Florida campaign’s final week. Gingrich and a super PAC that supports him were spending about one-

third that amount.

Gingrich worked to portray himself as the insurgent outsider, collecting the endorsement of tea party favorite Herman Cain, whose own campaign for president foundered amid sexual harassment allegations.

It was unclear how aggressively Gingrich would be able to compete in states beyond Florida. The next televised debate, a format Gingrich has used to his advantage, is not until Feb. 22, more than three weeks away.

Romney already has campaigned in Nevada more than Gingrich, is advertising there, and stresses his business background in a state hard-hit by the economy. His campaign welcomed the Sunday endorsement of the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Nevada’s largest newspaper.

Michigan and Maine, states where Romney is well-positioned, also hold their contests in February. Arizona, a strong tea-party state where Gingrich could do well, has its primary Feb. 28.

Yosemite plan means fewer hikers on Half Dome YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — There was a time not long ago when a climb to the top of Yosemite National Park’s Half Dome was a solitary trek attempted by only the most daring adventurers.

Over the past decade, however, the route has been inundated with up to 1,200 nature lovers a day seeking to experience the iconic mountain that is stamped on the California quarter, stitched on a line of outdoor clothing and painted on the side of the park’s vehicles.

Now officials want to permanently limit access to the granite monolith, frustrating both hikers who journey there for a transcendent experience and advocates who say the plan doesn’t go far enough to protect a place in a federally designated wilderness area.

“At the end of the day, if the visitors and users of wilderness aren’t willing to make sacrifices to preserve the wilderness character of these areas, then we just won’t have wilderness. We’ll have some Disneyfied version of it,” said George Nickas, executive director of Wilderness Watch.

“If people want solitude in Yosemite, there’s another 12,000 square miles to do that,” counters hiker Pat Townsley, a Bay Area resident who has been to the top nine times.

This past week the park released its environmental assessment of options for the future of the Half Dome trail, which studies show is the busiest by far of any in the National Park’s designated wilderness areas. The aim is to improve safety on the Dome and make the trail to get there less crowded.

Options range from doing nothing to removing the cables that hikers use to pull themselves up the 45-degree final climb, rendering it inaccessible to all but experienced climbers.

Nickas calls them “handrails

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The night’s main event pitted Ultimate Fighting Championship veteran Sean McCorkle against rising undefeated contender Mike Gordon.

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In this June 30, 2007 file photo, climbers on the cable section of Half Dome negotiate the steep granite pitch in Yosemite National Park, Calif. A climb up Half Dome was once only for the most seasoned outdoors people, but in recent years tourists and weekend warriors have been scaling it with the aid of steel cables. in the wilderness,” and says his agency might sue to have them removed if park officials don’t choose that option.

“There is often an attempt by agencies to make wilderness all things to all people, and they can’t do that and still be wilderness,” he said.

The park’s recommendation is something in between a complete ban and the freeflowing days of the past when hikers packed together on the cables like cars in rush hour traffic. It would allow 300 people a day past a check point two miles distant beginning in 2013.

“There’s some subjectivity to this decision,” said park spokesman Scott Gediman.

“But we considered how wilderness is managed and personal interviews with people about their experience on the trail. Finding balance is something we have to do.”

In 1874 the slick dome that rises 5,000 feet above the val-

ley floor was described as “perfectly inaccessible.” But in 1919 the Sierra Club installed the first cables along the 400foot final ascent so that visitors without rock climbing experience could hoist themselves to the summit – the size of 17 football fields – to drink in stunning views of Little Yosemite Valley, El Capitan, endless Sierra and the Valley floor.

“Once you get up there it’s like ‘holy cow.’ It’s just one of those moments in your life when you go ‘wow’ and you question your existence and space and time and everything else,” said hiker Townsley, who thinks everyone should be allowed the experience.

There is no doubt that if the decision were made today, there would be no braided steel cables and stanchions drilled into Half Dome. Congress passed the Wilderness Act in 1964, and 20 years later designated 95 percent of Yosemite, including Half Dome

“I’m going to get him in a head/arm choke in the first round,” McCorkle said before the fight. “I don’t want to beat him up too badly, so I’m going to submit him early.”

McCorkle methodically took Gordon down and worked his way into position for the choke, ending the fight in the first

round and cementing his status as one of the best heavyweight fighters in the sport.

Caged Fury 16 also showcased women’s mixed martial arts for the first time in W.Va. history with the undefeated Ashley “Smashley” Cummins taking on Jorge Gurgel protégé Stephanie Frausto.

Cummins, who won in a unanimous decision, said she was grateful for the opportunity to participate in the first female MMA matchup in state history.

“It was a huge honor to be a part of the first women’s matchup in West Virginia history,” Cummins said. “I really hope they will have us back and we can continue to put on great shows.”

Frausto said she was thankful to be part of the state’s first female bout despite being disappointed in the loss.

“It was really awesome to be a part of this,” Frausto said. “It was a huge adrenaline rush, and, even though I lost, it was great to be in front of this huge crowd and put on a show.”

The crowd also welcomed the professional debut of Morgantown’s Nathan “Bamm Bamm” Bryant, a heavyweight fighter who was slated to fight against veteran Rick “Have a Nice” Day.

and the well-worn eight-mile trail leading to it, as land that should not be altered by the hand of man.

Over the decades the number of visitors to the park has steadily climbed, topping 4 million last year – in part because the park is an easy drive from Los Angeles and the Bay Area. And the idea of scaling Half Dome in a day as measure of personal fortitude also began to grow.

At least five people have died on the cables since 2006, nearly all with rain as a factor, officials say. Rangers want visitors to be able to descend the slick granite in 45 minutes if they have to escape the fast-forming storms that make footing precarious, and limiting numbers is the only way to do that, they say.

Last year park officials instituted a temporary 400-permit lottery for daily access, which is roughly from Memorial Day until the first snow in October.

CAGED FURY 16 For more coverage from Saturday’s fight, check out PAGE 6 of today’s DA. Bryant walked out to roaring applause and had the hometown crowd’s support throughout his matchup, which saw him dominate the first round of action before getting caught with a punishing head kick in the second round.

Bryant said he was disappointed in the outcome of the match but thanked all those who came to support him and promised to come back stronger in the future.

“I’m disappointed in myself and for you guys that came out, but it was a crazy experience to be here,” Bryant said. “I’ll be back.”

The event attracted a soldout crowd, and Stephen Simons, owner of Simons Promotions, said the event was a great support of MMA in the state.

“This couldn’t have been any more perfect,” Simons said. “We’re grateful to have such a fantastic turnout, and we’re looking forward to the future.” danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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Kenyan Cafe offers patrons organic choices, exotic spices

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Kenyan Cafe offers dishes such as beef stew served with Mandazi bread.

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Denis Gekara, Kenyan Cafe owner, serves a customer imported hot tea.

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“Karibuni” – Swahili for welcome – is the greeting guests will receive at Kenyan Cafe, a local restaurant specializing in traditional African cuisine.

The Kenyan Cafe stands out from typical American-style restaurants in the area and offers customers an entirely new and exotic experience.

Their menu is filled with a variety of ethnic entrees spiced with a unique blend including turmeric, ginger and cloves.

Denis Gekara, owner of Kenyan Cafe, said the most popular dish on their menu is

Chicken Curry. The entree consists of flavorful curried chicken mixed with all-natural spiced rice and organic vegetables. Many guests order the curry or one of the cafe’s stews for a nice lunch, he said.

The beef stew is another popular entrée and is filled with exotic tastes and textures. The stew consists of beef tips and veggies spiced to perfection.

Guests can choose between cooked cabbage and kale to add to the stew. The kale adds even more to the unique flavor and makes the soup a filling and hearty treat.

Gekara said their most popular side is a Kenyan bread called Mandazi. This bread will leave guests with their mouths

watering for more.

Mandazi has a somewhat sweet flavor and makes a great compliment for the spicy entrees Kenyan Cafe has to offer.

Gekara said he fries the bread in olive oil for the crispy outer shell.

Kristen Pennington, junior political science student and Kenyan Cafe regular, said she felt comfortable in the surroundings of Kenyan Cafe and found it to be a great location to do homework, and get away from the library.

“It has such a great ambiance,” Pennington said. “The food is not only healthy and delicious, but the restaurant also offers a cultural authenticity that is one of a kind in

Morgantown.”

But, guests will find more than just traditional foods at Kenyan Cafe. The restaurant is also well known for their imported teas and coffee.

Gekara said Kenyan Cafe sells three different traditional teas, imported straight from Kenya.

The first and most popular is the Masala, a heavily spiced tea that soothes the throat and leaves a sweet taste on the tongue. It is served piping hot with organic milk and sugar already added. The other two teas consist of a red ginger blend and a regular red tea.

These are brewed fresh every morning and made with all organic ingredients. Vegan guests

Streep’s Thatcher, Williams’ Monroe star at SAG

Actress Regina King poses with workers as they roll out the red carpet and setup for the SAG Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles Jan. 28 LOS ANGELES (AP) — The “Harry Potter” finale earned some love from Hollywood’s top acting union on Sunday, winning the Screen Actors Guild Award for best bigscreen stunt ensemble.

The win for “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2” was a final triumph for the fantasy franchise that concluded last summer after a run of eight blockbusters.

Winning the TV stunt ensemble prize was “Game of Thrones.” The stunt awards were announced on the arrivals red carpet before the show began.

For the main event, the 18th annual guild ceremony is heavy on actors playing illustrious real-life figures.

Among them: Meryl Streep as Margaret Thatcher in “The Iron Lady” Leonardo DiCaprio

as J. Edgar Hoover in “J. Edgar” and Michelle Williams as Marilyn Monroe and Kenneth Branagh as Laurence Olivier in “My Week With Marilyn.”

Streep won a Golden Globe for “The Iron Lady” and is considered a favorite for the SAG prize and for her third win at the Academy Awards, which are set for Feb. 26.

The front-runners for the other SAG awards are actors in fictional roles, though, among them George Clooney as a dad in crisis in “The Descendants” and Jean Dujardin as a silentfilm star fallen on hard times in “The Artist.” Both are up for best actor, and both won Globes - Clooney as dramatic actor, Dujardin as musical or comedy actor.

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The winners at the SAG ceremony typically go on to earn Oscars. All four acting recipients at SAG last year later took home Oscars - Colin Firth for “The King’s Speech,” Natalie Portman for “Black Swan” and Christian Bale and Melissa Leo for “The Fighter.”

The same generally holds true for the weekend’s other big Hollywood honors, the Directors Guild of America Awards, where Michel Hazanavicius won the featurefilm prize Saturday for “The Artist.” The Directors Guild winner has gone on to earn the best-director Oscar 57 times in the 63-year history of the

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Kenyan Cafe makes its own special hot sauce, which can be purchased by the bottle. can also find a home in Kenyan Cafe, Gekara said.

The restaurant serves vegan entrees, drinks and fresh fruit smoothies with no dairy.

“Our fruit smoothies are great for vegans, because we don’t use any dairy,” Gekara said. “We use frozen fruits because this actually keeps more nutrients in, and people can choose which fruits they want in, and we will use 100 percent fruit juices.”

Gekara said he came to the U.S. from Kenya in 1999, but it wasn’t until after college at Fairmont State University he realized what he wanted to do with his business degree. It was in May 2009 he finally put his degree to work and opened Ke-

nya Cafe.

“I wanted to share my cooking, what I thought to be simple good food, with others,” Gekara said. “I wanted to create an opportunity for myself and for others in the community.”

Kenyan Cafe is located in Chelsea Square at 1137 Van Voorhis Road. They offer dine in, take out and delivery.

Their hours are: Monday 10:30a.m. to 10p.m., closed Tuesdays, Wednesday-Friday 10:30a.m. to 10 p.m., Saturday noon to 10 p.m., and Sunday 12:30 to 9 p.m.

For more information visit www.kenyancafe.com or call 304-598-3044. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

‘The Jersey Shore’s’ Deena Cortese visited Dragonfly Saturday night

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union’s awards show.

SAG also presents an award for overall cast performance, a prize that’s loosely considered the ceremony’s equivalent of a best-picture honor. However, the cast award has a spotty record at predicting what will win best picture at the Oscars.

While “The King’s Speech” won both honors a year ago, the SAG cast recipient has gone on to claim the top Oscar only eight times in the 16 years since the guild added the category.

Airing live on TNT and TBS, the show features nine television categories, as well.

Receiving the guild’s lifeachievement award is Mary Tyler Moore. The prize was to be presented by Dick Van Dyke, her co-star on the 1960s sit-com “The Dick Van Dyke Show.”

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Deena Cortese of ‘The Jersey Shore’ talks with Dragonfly manager Greg Candelario Saturday in The Buddha Lounge at Dragonfly on Chestnut Street in Morgantown. Cortese was brought to town by local radio station WVAQ.

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OPINION

Monday January 30, 2012

CONTACT US 304-293-5092 ext. 4 | DAperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

WVU offers plenty of entertainment One of the biggest perks to living in the Morgantown area is the opportunity to enjoy the various West Virginia University Arts and Entertainment events.

Whether you’re looking to catch a musical, see a bluegrass concert or witness the outstanding performance of a symphony orchestra, WVU offers the highest quality of entertainment.

Instead of dredging through the cold streets of downtown Morgantown for a good time, look no further than the WVU Creative Arts Center.

Even though much of the 2011-12 event season has

passed, the remainder of the 2012 spring semester is not going to disappointment.

February The 1980s pop-duo Air Supply will hit the stage at the CAC Feb. 12 and give fans a chance to relive their hits, such as “Lost in Love.”

On Feb. 20, Alice Walker’s novel “The Color Purple” will come to life again – not as a Steven Spielberg film, but as a musical. “The Color Purple” follows the hard life of an African-American woman named Celie in the South.

March

“Pop Goes the Rock” by Cirque Dreams – a theatrical spectacle featuring singers, dancers, acrobats and more – will hit the CAC Mar. 4.

Just a of couple days around the corner, the CAC will feature the Broadway musical “Come Fly Away” Mar. 6.

The Red Star Red Army Chorus and Dance Ensemble will feature the sights, sounds and history of Russian art at the CAC Mar. 24.

Sports fans will be amazed at the sheer talent of “The Harlem Globetrotters” when the team enters the WVU Coliseum Mar.

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April Loretta Lynn, the country music icon, will appear at the CAC on April 1.

The West Virginia Public Broadcasting’s Mountain Stage will return to WVU with Joan Osborne, The Punch Brothers and Leftover Salmon on April 15.

Rock-bluegrass hybrid The Avett Brothers will showcase their talent at the CAC on April 20.

May After completing its recordbreaking run on Broadway, the dance team Burn the Floor will

be at the CAC on May 2.

“Young Frankenstein,” the work of comedic genius Mel Brooks, will come to life at the CAC on May 3.

Violin virtuosos Bowfire will be at the CAC on May 17.

The season will finish up with the musical “In the Heights” on May 30.

Students receive discounts to all WVU Arts and Entertainment shows and should take advantage of these opportunities to see top-of-the-line entertainment.

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Apple should lead the way to better work standards danielle faipler columnist

Last May, an Apple factory in Chengdu, China exploded due to unsafe working conditions and hazardous materials. There were two blasts that year; four workers were killed and 77 were injured.

Media attention to the Foxconn suicides also heightened concern for supplier factory workers.

In 2010, four Foxconn workers committed suicide and 14 workers attempted suicide. A study in BMC Public Health found strong evidence supporting the idea that the suicides were related to poor factory conditions.

The pressure to develop new technologies and keep costs low has played a major part in the mistreatment of overseas workers. A human life is not worth a cell phone, no matter how cheap the labor. Companies have obligations to establish fair wages, and inform workers of their rights even if the factory is located outside the U.S. Companies are afraid big changes in policy will inhibit the production and innovation of new products, so they cut production costs at the workers expense. Apple has achieved the status as an icon and innovator by producing brilliant technologies other companies try to imitate, and it needs to lead other companies to construct a higher production standard.

Overseas, workers at Taiwan-based company Foxconn revealed in interviews they stand for most of their shift with little or no breaks.

Furthermore, an article in USA Today reported that workers must produce 4,000 computers per shift, and companyprovided dorms are cramped with 20 workers living in a three-bedroom apartment.

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Foxconn workers protesting against unfair labor practices.

Apple has started taking the initiative to create a better environment for workers. In 2005, executives met to draft the Apple Supplier Code of Conduct. Since then, the company has audited more than 300 factories, finding violations in almost half of them.

Violations included extended overtime, a six-day workweek, employment of under-aged workers and falsified records.

Apple stated in its policy all discovered labor violations

are attended to immediately.

When an audit uncovers a violation, the supplier has 90 days to make changes to meet the code of conduct. If the supplier is unwilling to make these changes, then Apple will end the partnership.

The policy seems to be working. According to the 2011 Apple progress report, employees are trained to understand their rights, the Apple Supplier Code of Conduct and employment laws. Factories are also trained how to

manage “third-party recruiters” and to meet environmental standards.

Apple partnered with Verite and the Fair Labor Association to assess the effectiveness of the training programs.

The report found the programs raised workers’ understanding and comprehension of their rights.

However, there have still been reports some suppliers are not meeting the requirements.

It is essential for Apple to

keep making these positive changes because the company will influence how other companies treat workers and will create a higher standard to improve conditions in China.

American-based companies in China generate more revenue than the agriculture industry, however, they receive less than 2 percent of the profit from producing Apple products – and it is unacceptable.

In an article in The Los Angelas Times, Apple chief executive Tim Cook said the com-

pany “will continue to dig deeper, and we will undoubtedly find more issues … what we will not do, and never have done, is stand still or turn a blind eye to problems in our supply chain. On this you have my word.”

Apple needs to keep this promise, and push its big suppliers like Foxconn to make changes and create higher standards for overseas labor.

Apple is a strong brand, and it should carry its name to labor laws across the ocean.

National chains benefit local communities brandon muncy columnist

One of the current and most deceptive economic fallacies is that in a free market, national chain stores destroy local economies.

The basic argument goes a little something like this: Wal-Mart Inc., or whatever national chain you envision, comes to town.

Those despicable stores offer lower prices, or the convenience of purchasing a wide array of goods in one location and local mom-and-pop businesses are unable to compete.

In the process, the big stores impoverish the locality, and everyone is worse off.

While such an argument is rather persuasive on the surface and has convinced a large number of people that corporations such as Wal-Mart are bad, the reality is that this is far from the truth

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In fact, the greatest beneficiaries from these corporations are low income and lowskill workers such as college students.

Using Wal-Mart as an example, the real story goes something like this: WalMart comes to town and offers a wide variety of affordable goods in one location.

Consumers, who switch to the store, leaving the local alternative, do so because they save money and time.

The local businesses that go bankrupt do so because they are unable to offer a more worthwhile alternative, be it in prices, convenience, service or whatever consumers deem valuable.

While the local store owner, after going out of business, may, or may not, end up with a lower-paying job, the people of the area see an increase in net benefits.

Because they are saving money on goods, gas or the time they save by shopping at one store as opposed to multiple stores, the community

actually receives a net rise in their standard of living.

The number of local businesses need not necessarily contract. National chain stores cannot offer every known valuable service for a variety of reasons. Some of these are cost inefficiency and local preferences that are unable to be satisfied by a national chain that necessarily needs to appeal to a broad, mainstream consumer base.

In such cases, it becomes possible for local entrepreneurs to offer these niche goods and services because the savings achieved allows consumers to begin purchasing goods that are lower on their scale of preferences.

Of course, it could simply be the case that consumers withhold those savings from the market or expend them at a chain store. Those outcomes are certainly not outside of the realm of possibility.

Regardless of whether consumers are spending their newly acquired income surplus on more localized niche

goods, saving it or spending it at a chain store, the standard of living for these individuals increases.

Another fallacious criticism put forth against chain stores that is worth examining is that they depress wages.

Labor is a good, just like anything else, and the price it costs goes through the same arbitrage process as any other good on the market.

Buyers and sellers of labor go through a process of overbidding and underbidding one another until all the workers are employed.

Though full employment is never actually achieved, in a free market with a strong and stable currency, the wage rate does tend toward a position as though employment is 100 percent.

The basic argument, chain stores drive wages down, is because workers are paid less at a chain store for a comparable job elsewhere. Seeing the trend, other businesses supposedly follow suit.

Assuming national chains

pay less for comparable jobs, there are a number of explanations of how market forces can make this happen, and none of them involve the theory that national chains somehow have control of the labor market.

One explanation is these chain stores have invested in physical capital which simplifies the tasks required by laborers.

Take the differences between Starbucks Coffee Company and Cafe Mojo on High Street, for instance.

Why might the Starbucks barista earn less than the one at Cafe Mojo?

While I am unaware of the exact machinery Cafe Mojo uses (or how much an employee there makes), for the purpose of explaining why there might be a wage rate disparity, we’ll assume they operate semi-automatic coffee makers and Starbucks uses fully automatic coffee makers.

Whereas the Starbucks barista only pushes a button (or two, depending on the ex-

act beverage) and mixes the correct amount of syrup, the Cafe Mojo barista needs to be able to do that and a bit more, including calibrating the coffee maker daily so that it properly prepares the beverage without burning anything.

The Cafe Mojo worker needs to be a bit more qualified, whereas a less-skilled worker can underbid a more highly skilled worker for a position at Starbucks.

This should not be seen as exploitation of the less-skilled, probably lower class laborer.

It is an opportunity for people who, alternatively, likely wouldn’t have a job that pays as well or would be unemployed.

Yet, you always hear about how Wal-Mart came to town and destroyed the economy and impoverished the people living there.

The simple reality, however, is national chains are neither evil nor local economy destroyers. In almost every respect, they’re actually beneficial.

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THE WEEK AHEAD TODAY JANUARY 30

A JOURNALISM QUALIFYING EXAM GROUP TUTORING SESSION takes place from 2–3 p.m. in 101 Martin Hall. For more information, email kristen. wishon@mail.wvu.edu.

TUESDAY JANUARY 31

A JOURNALISM QUALIFYING EXAM GROUP TUTORING SESSION takes place from 1:30–2:30 p.m. in 101 Martin Hall. For more information, email kristen. wishon@mail.wvu.edu.

THE WVU FLUTE STUDIO has a recital beginning at 8:15 p.m. in the Bloch Learning and Performance Hall of the Creative Arts Center. For more information, call 304-293-4359 or email charlene.lattea@mail.wvu.edu.

WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 1

A DOCTORAL PIANO RECITAL

by Pawatchai Suwankangka takes place at 7 p.m. in the Bloch Learning and Performance Hall of the Creative Arts Center. For more information, call 304-2934359 or email charlene.lattea@ mail.wvu.edu.

JOHN FEFFER will perform his play ‘The Bird’ at 7 p.m. in White Hall Room G9. Feffer is codirector of Foreign Policy in Focus at the Institute for Policy Studies.

For more information, email robert.blobaum@mail.wvu.edu.

THURSDAY FEBRUARY 2

FLUTE FORCE performs a guest artist recital at 6 p.m. in the Bloch Learning and Performance Hall of the Creative Arts Center.

For more information, call 304-293-4359 or email charlene. lattea@mail.wvu.edu.

FRIDAY FEBRUARY 3

THE PNC PRACTICUM PROGRAM – ECONOMIC SEMINAR SERIES presents “Spill-Over Effects of Geographically Targeted Development Incentives” by Shaw Rholin from The University of Akron. It will be held in Room 441 of the Business & Economics Building from 3:30–5 p.m. For more information, email william. trumbull@mail.wvu.edu.

THE GEOGRAPHY COLLOQUIUM presents “Coming Together at the Map: Exploration and Representation in Venezuela’s Cave Landscape” by Dr. Maria Perez from the University of Michigan.

The presentation takes place from 2–6 p.m. in 325 Brooks Hall. For more information, call 304-293-5603 or email jdewitt. geography@gmail.com.

EVERY MONDAY

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

KAPPA PHI, a Christian women’s service organization, meets at 7 p.m. at Wesley United Methodist Church on the corner of N. High and Willey streets.

For more information, email kappaphi_ pi@hotmail.com or visit www.freewebs.com/kappaphipi.

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

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

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

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

If a group has regularly scheduled meetings, it should submit all

information, email Erin at mclv_advanced_conversation@yahoo.com.

STUDENTS TAKING ACTION NOW: DARFUR meets at 7 p.m. in the Mountain Room of the Mountainlair. STAND is active in planning events to raise money and awareness on the ongoing genocide in Darfur, Sudan. For more information, email Felicia at fgilber@mix. wvu.edu or call 732-674-8357.

AIKIDO FOR BEGINNERS is at 6 p.m. at Lakeview Fitness Center. There are special rates for WVU students.

For more information, email var3@ comcast.net.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

CONFIDENTIAL COUNSELING SERVICES are provided for free by the Carruth Center for Psychological and Psychiatric Services. A walk-in clinic is offered weekdays from 9 a.m.–4 p.m.

Services include educational, career, individual, couples and group counseling. Please visit www.well.wvu.edu to find out more information.

WOMEN, INFANTS AND CHILDREN needs volunteers. WIC provides education, supplemental foods and immunizations for pregnant women and children under five years of age.

This is an opportunity to earn volunteer hours for class requirements. For more information, call 304-598-5180 or 304-598-5185.

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

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

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

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

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

LITERACY VOLUNTEERS is seeking volunteers for one-on-one tutoring in basic reading and English as a second language. Volunteer tutors will complete tutor training, meet weekly with their adult learners, report volunteer hours quarterly, attend at least two inservice trainings per year and help with one fundraising event. For more information, call 304-296-3400 or email trella.greaser@live.com.

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

THE CONDOM CLOSET is held in the Kanawha Room of the Mountainlair every Wednesday from 11 a.m.–noon.

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

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

MOUNTAINEER SPAY/NEUTER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM is an all-volunteer nonprofit that promotes spay/neuter to reduce the number of homeless pets that are euthanized every year.

M-SNAP needs new members to help its cause, as does ReTails, a thrift shop located in the Morgantown Mall. For more information, visit www.m-snap. org.

THE ASSOCIATION FOR WOMEN IN SCIENCE meets on the second Monday and fourth Tuesday of every month at noon at Hatfields in the Mountainlair.

All students and faculty are invited. For more information, email amy.keesee@ mail.wvu.edu.

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

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

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

COMMUNITY NEWCOMERS CLUB is a group organized to allow new residents of the Morgantown area an opportunity to gather socially and assimilate into their new home community.

For more information, visit www.morgantownnewcomers.com.

NEW GROUP THERAPY OPPORTUNITIES are available for free at the WELLWVU: Carruth Center for Psychological and Psychiatric Services. The groups include Get More Out of Life, Understanding Self and Others, Insomnia Group, A Place for You, Sexual Assault Survivors Group, Adult Children of Dysfunctional Parents and Transfer Students: Get Started on the Right Foot. For more information call 304293-4431 or email tandy.mcclung@ mail.wvu.edu.

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

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

HOROSCOPES

BY JACQUELINE BIGAR BORN TODAY Many crosscurrents mark your life this year. Some of you might be scattered, whereas others decide to become involved with one or two opportunities. You might experience tension, as your home life might not reflect your essence. Reacquaint yourself with you. If you are single, the timing for a major commitment could be off. Time is your friend.

If you are attached, the two of you like spending time alone together. Do it more often! TAURUS can be a stick in the mud.

ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19) HHH Curb a need to be overly possessive and touchy.

You’ll see situations differently from day to day. You gain constant new insights. Don’t fight the inevitable process. Accept a helpful hand from a respected friend. Tonight: Treat yourself.

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20) HHHH You could be quite tired with everything that is happening around you. Step out and start manifesting your vision of how life needs to flow. Though you are strong, you are sensitive, too. Approach someone who is fearful of change. Tonight: Whatever makes you happy.

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20) HHHHH Your smiling style takes you to a new level of understanding. However, you might not want to express everything that you are feeling. You are processing as usual, but the end results could be very different from what you anticipated. Tonight: Shhhhh ... you don’t need to tell.

CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22) HHHH Oth-

ers can be challenging, but they don’t realize that you are used to their act. You don’t need to react, especially if you want to end this constant grandstanding. Be sensitive to a friend who needs to get feedback. Ultimately, you might change your opinion on this situation. Tonight: Go with the flow.

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22) HHHH Others always wish they had what you have. What they don’t realize is that you really work on the qualities they admire. If you can, help a key person understand it is simply a matter of addressing what he or she wants. Then this person might feel more empowered. Tonight: Wherever you are, you are noticed.

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22) HHHHH Push yourself to detach, even if you are feeling overly emotional. You simply need to do something differently. You will gain a unique perspective and find a more applicable solution. Be open to the possibilities swirling around you. Tonight: Allow your mind to drift.

LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22) HHHH You could be challenging and working very hard to make a difference. Your sense of direction emerges and could cause a problem, as it could be different from a partner’s. You made an assumption and it backfired. Touch base with a family member. Tonight: Let another person take the lead.

SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21) HHHH Defer to others, making sure you see life through renewed eyes. How you handle a personal matter could make a difference.

You need to listen more to those around you and respect their opinions. Remem-

ber, they witness what you witness, too.

Tonight: A discussion could floor you.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21) HHH Give 100 percent in your life, and you will feel good no matter what happens. That kind of security is important. Confusion surrounds what you hear or what you say. The distortion in how the words were intended becomes obvious. Know how much effort you are willing to put into a project. Tonight: Make it easy.

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19) HHHH Others note your smile, energy and extra effort (actually, you might not even be aware of your demeanor). Creativity, animal magnetism and a lightness of heart braid well together. Let go of demanding such strict behavior from yourself. Tonight: Sometimes silliness is appropriate.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18) HHHH If you can work from home, do. Your mind is on overtime working through a security-related issue. Clear out confusion with a child or loved one. No one needs to feel badly. Tonight: Play it like a Monday night.

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20) HHHHH Your unusual communication skills emerge, allowing many people to pull in closer or ask questions they have been putting on the back burner. You laugh, and others open up. Stay more in touch with a recently determined goal. Tonight: Enjoying the moment.

BORN TODAY Thirty-second president of the U.S. Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882), former vice president of the U.S. Richard Cheney (1941), actress Vanessa Redgrave (1937)

COMICS

Pearls Before Swine

by Stephan Pastis

F Minus

by Tony Carrillo

Get Fuzzy

by Darby Conley

Cow and Boy

by Mark Leiknes

PUZZLES DIFFICULTY LEVEL EASY

Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit, 1 to 9. For strategies on how to solve Sudoku, visit www.sudoku.org.uk.

LAST WEEK’S PUZZLE SOLVED

ACROSS 1 Fashionable 5 __ Blanc, the Alps’ highest peak 9 Wintry mess 14 Prolonged unconsciousness 15 Confess openly 16 Like horror film music 17 Practice boxing 18 Luke Skywalker, e.g.

19 Postal service symbol 20 DUCK 23 The NFL’s Cowboys 25 Energy 26 Snake’s warning 27 “Can __ honest with you?”

28 2011 World Series champs, on scoreboards 30 Rogue 32 Ring loudly 34 “Othello” villain 37 Fits of anger 41 CRANE 44 Actor Davis 45 __-poly 46 Yours, to Yves 47 Presidents’ Day mo.

49 “__-haw!”

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Caged Fury 16, the state’s second mixed martial arts event, took Morgantown by storm Saturday night to a sold-out crowd at the Morgantown Event Center.

Run by Simons Promotions and the North American Allied Fight Series, Caged Fury 16 had everything one could want in a mixed martial arts event.

“We’re extremely happy with how everything turned out,” said Stephen Simons, owner of Simons Promotions.

“This is a great step for us and for MMA in W.Va., and we are looking forward to the future here.”

The fight card featured a heavy dose of local fighters with Morgantown, Parkersburg and Charleston proudly represented by tough fighters looking to impress their fans.

“It adds to the pressure a little bit, but it’s awesome to fight in front of my hometown fans,” said heavyweight fighter Nathan “Bamm Bamm” Bryant.

Bryant lost his matchup against veteran Rick Day in a fight that saw the Morgantown native completely dominate the first round before getting caught with a ferocious head kick in the second.

Day was unable to do much

in the fight to that point, but mixed martial arts is an unpredictable sport and momentum can change with a swift flick of the hips.

“He beat me up pretty badly, but the kick worked in the second,” Day said, who was sporting a huge mouse over his left eye after the fight.

“I’ve been working my kicks a lot and figured I should start using them.”

Also making history Saturday night were women warriors Ashley “Smashley” Cummins and Stephanie “Macaquinha” Frausto.

This female bout marked the first of its kind in the state’s history, and the women brought it for three entertaining rounds of hard-fought action that had the sold-out crowd on its feet.

“It was a huge honor to be a part of the first women’s matchup in West Virginia history,” Cummins said, who took home a unanimous decision victory. “I really hope they will have us back.”

Frausto, despite a losing effort, recognized the magnitude of the event and admitted to being a little antsy in the cage.

“It was a huge adrenaline rush and was kind of crazy being in front of so many people,” Frausto said. “Even though I lost, I’m happy to have been a part of this.”

The singular disappointment of the night came in the show’s main event, in which Ultimate Fighting Championship veteran Sean McCorkle completely dismantled his opponent in less than one round.

The crowd, who wanted a longer affair, booed their dissatisfaction, but McCorkle noted his history for ending things quickly.

“Yeah, I’m sorry it didn’t last longer,” McCorkle said.

Needless to say, McCorkle outclassed his opponent and maintained his jovial demeanor while doing so - a testament to his skills and confidence.

Even though the fight didn’t last long, McCorkle proved he is undoubtedly one the most exciting heavyweight fighters in the sport today.

Caged Fury 16 was a great step forward for mixed martial arts in W.Va., and the sold-out crowd in attendance certainly got its money’s worth Saturday night.

“It went great, and we can’t wait to be back,” said Greg Kalikas, NAAFS President and CEO. “This was a great show, and we look forward to the future here.”

For fans of MMA in the Mountain State, the success of Caged Fury 16 proved the best is yet to come. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

Ronnell Green defeats Amos Collins by guillotine in the first round of their bout Saturday night.

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Neeson becomes Alaskan alpha dog in ‘The Grey’ Neeson (“Taken”) as John Ottway, a hired gun at a petroleum plant located in a remote A&E EDITOR region of Alaska. Neeson is in charge of keeping workers at the plant safe by eliminating “The Grey” premiered in the wolves that surround the theaters this weekend, chilling plant. viewers across the country.

Ottway and other plant The film features actor Liam workers board a plane that

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will take them to Anchorage to begin the journey back to their families. The plane goes through quite a lot of turbulence, eventually crashing into a cold, snowy mountain.

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vors become aware that the unforgiving cold and snow are not the biggest of their worries.

The large wolves he was in charge of protecting the workers from at the plant begin to hunt the survivors down, one by one.

“The Grey” is a movie about

survival, getting back to the most basic of instincts. There are many different layers beneath the plot of this film.

At the most superficial level, there is the battle between the survivors and the weather.

The cold weather, lack of food, injuries and constant stalking of the wolves contribute to a psychological battle that goes on within themselves, and eventually affects the dynamic of the group.

Of the survivors, the ones who last the longest are constantly reminding themselves of what they have to come home to. I think this strikes a very personal chord with viewers.

Although many viewers may have not experienced what these men are going through, I think they can all relate to the happy “warm” moments that keep the sur-

vivors going. The film creates a metaphor for life itself – an uphill battle fueled by happy memories and the hard work it takes to reach a goal.

The film capitalized on Neeson as an alpha male who always likes to physically and mentally beat up his enemy.

A word of caution, “The Grey” had a lot more gore than I expected. Keep in mind, there is a plane crash and these men go through the harsh environment of an Alaskan wilderness.

I think this is a very manly and macho film, so if that is the type of story you enjoy, “The Grey” is worth checking out.

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The West Virginia bench reacts after referees failed to call a goaltend on junior forward Deniz Kilicli’s layup that would have tied the game in the final seconds against Syracuse on Saturday. The Mountaineers lost 63-61.

West Virginia loses to No. 3 Syracuse 63-61 after a controversial ending to the game by john terry managing editor

The West Virginia men’s basketball team hung with No. 3 Syracuse Saturday at the Carrier Dome for the entire game, but a controversial call in the closing seconds allowed the Orange to escape with a 63-61 win.

Junior Deniz Kilicli collected an offensive rebound with less than 10 seconds remaining and

his putback was blocked on its way down into the basket, but no goaltending call was made.

Syracuse, however, wasn’t able to secure the ball, and the Mountaineers had another chance for a basket with six seconds left, but senior Kevin Jones wasn’t able to connect on a potential game-winning three-pointer.

“Inexcusable. Our kids played their hearts out,” said West Virginia head coach Bob

Huggins on his postgame radio show. “We should be in overtime.”

Jones had his seventh consecutive 20-point performance, as he scored 20 and collected eight rebounds. Senior Truck Bryant had 12 points, but still struggled from the field, connecting on just 4-of-11 from the field.

Freshman Gary Browne came off the bench to score 11.

The largest lead for either

team in Saturday’s game was just six points.

The Mountaineers led for the majority of the first half, grabbing a six-point lead at the 14:56 mark.

But, the Orange finished the first half on an 8-0 run, holding the Mountaineers scoreless for the final three minutes of the first half, to take a 28-24 lead into halftime.

Syracuse opened up its largest lead – 33-27 – at the 18:56

mark of the first half, prompting Huggins to call a timeout.

The Orange were able to maintain a two-possession cushion until Jones and Bryant had back-to-back layups to cut the lead to just one. The two teams traded buckets until Bryant was able to connect on a 3-pointer to tie the game at 41.

The Mountaineers then took a 47-46 lead after a Jones’ layup.

women’s basketball

By ben gaughan

West Virginia won 16 games last season before losing to Marquette by 15 points at home.

This year, the Mountaineers got their revenge on the Golden Eagles, defeating them 53–32 Saturday night at the Coliseum.

West Virginia’s tough defense seemed to frustrate Marquette throughout the night. The Golden Eagles only made 10 shots, shooting 18.2 percent from the floor. The Mountaineers blocked 10 shots, led by junior center Asya Bussie, who had seven.

“The blocks were there,” said Bussie after the game. “They were coming into the paint so I had to block it to help.

“I felt like we had a lot of energy in the first and second half, and that’s what we’ve been focusing on.”

Redshirt sophomore Christal Caldwell led WVU with 20 points, while grabbing seven rebounds – second next to Bussie. It was Caldwell’s ninth-straight game scoring in double figures.

“Christal, she’s been playing well,” said West Virginia head coach Mike Carey. “First half, she hit the offensive boards well. We need her to continue to do that … we need somebody else to give us some scoring from the perimeter. That opens up our post a little bit more.”

Marquette relied much of its offense on offensive rebounds, grabbing 19 off the glass. But, they only had two assists in the game.

Luckily for WVU, the shots weren’t falling for their opponent. Marquette only scored 12 second-chance points off of their offensive rebounds.

The Mountaineers got outrebounded 47-42 and committed 19 turnovers, but were able to take advantage off of 21 Marquette turnovers of its own.

Still, Carey knows his team needs to play smarter and continue to grow.

see men’s on PAGE 8 nick arthur

West Virginia defense leads to 53-32 win over Marquette associate sports editor

Jones again hit another big bucket for West Virginia with a 3-pointer to tie the game at 61 with just under two minutes remaining. But those were the last points the Mountaineers were able to score.

West Virginia outrebounded Syracuse 36-20 – it’s the first time since 2006 that a West Virginia team has held an | opponent to 20 or less

“What hurt us once again was turnovers and offensive rebounds,” he said.

“Our guards weren’t rotating down (or) blocking out our man. They’re post had a bunch of offensive rebounds, and it’s not our center’s fault. Our rotation is not getting physical down there and blocking out.”

Katherine Plouffe led the Golden Eagles with nine points and nine rebounds, while 6-foot-5-inch freshman center Chelsie Butler followed with eight points and eight rebounds.

But, the Mountaineers were too strong on defense to get consistent looks on offense for Marquette.

“West Virginia plays incredible defense. Their denial completely took us out of our rhythm,” said Marquette head coach Terri Mitchell.

“We talked about this game. And the two things we talked about is, we had to address our turnovers and rebounding.

“I thought we did a good job rebounding, but when you look at our 19 offensive rebounds, and you only have 12 points (off of them), it didn’t hurt them at all.”

WVU freshman forward Jess Harlie led the team with four steals, and sophomore guard Taylor Palmer added 10 points off the bench.

The Mountaineers got off to a fast 6-0 start, with a 3-pointer from Caldwell and 3-point play by Harlee.

WVU’s early lead was pushed to 12-4 halfway through the first half thanks to some nifty ball movement by the Mountaineers and a layup by Bussie.

Palmer had two 3-pointers to put the Mountaineers up 25-12 with three minutes to play. Bussie also blocked two Golden Eagle attempts in the final minutes.

Marquette ended the first half on a 6-2 run, cutting the lead to just nine, 27-18.

The Mountaineers never trailed in the game. ben.gaughan@mail.wvu.edu

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Redshirt sophomore guard Christal Caldwell shoots over a defender in a game against Georgetown last week.

Caldwell has scored double-digit points in nine straight games.

sports writer

Referees had to make judgement call Goaltending has, and will always be, a judgement call.

It is up to the officials to decide if an attempted shot is on the way down, has made contact with the rim and if the ball has struck the backboard before it is interfered with by a defender.

The latter of the three helped decide the 63-61 win for fourthranked Syracuse over West Virginia Saturday.

For those who didn’t catch the game, West Virginia’s Deniz Kilicli attempted a layup with less than 10 seconds remaining and the Mountaineers trailing by two points.

His shot clearly and blatantly struck the backboard then was blocked by a Syracuse defender.

No goaltending was called, the game did not go to overtime, and the Orange won its 22nd game of the season.

The state of West Virginia, and most of the country for the matter, was left with a look of bewilderment and its hand in the air.

Now, suddenly, the Mountaineers have lost two straight games and have gone from second in the Big East Conference Standings to a three-way tie for seventh.

So, what’s next for the Mountaineers?

Head coach Bob Huggins has always said “It’s a lot easier to deal with failure than success.”

When you fail, you are more motivated to fix the issue to achieve success, Huggins said.

Whereas, success can often leave someone content and

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rifle

WVU falls to No. 1 TCU on the road by alex sims sports writer

It had been just less than a year since the No. 3 West Virginia rifle team last experienced defeat, but its 11-match win-streak was snapped Saturday.

On Feb. 5, 2011, WVU was defeated on the road to eventual national champion Kentucky, 4,696-4,680.

On Saturday, the Mountaineers (9-1) fell to another team that is poised to make a national title run, No. 1 Texas Christian.

The Horned Frogs (8-0) became the only remaining undefeated team in NCAA rifle in their 4,701-4,669 victory.

TCU – which leads the NCAA in scoring, averaging 4,700 per match – handed WVU its first overall loss of the season as well as its first smallbore defeat.

The Mountaineers fell 2,3382,311 in small bore and 2,3632,358 in air rifle, while the Horned Frogs had four of the top five individual aggregate shooters.

“We knew it was going to be hard to beat TCU with the scores they’ve been shooting this season,” said West Virginia head coach Jon Hammond.

“But, as they say, you often learn more in defeat than in a win.”

A group of prolific junior shooters dominated the match for both squads.

Sarah Scherer led all competitors in both small bore and air rifle, using a 589 and 595 for a match-high aggregate of 1,184.

Fellow junior Sarah Beard followed closely behind with a combined score of 1,180, finishing in second overall.

West Virginia junior Petra Zublasing used a 584 in small bore and 594 in air rifle, for an aggregate of 1,178, good for third overall.

Freshman Taylor Ciotola shot the second-highest score for WVU, with an aggregate of 1,166.

Just behind Ciotola was senior Justin Pentz with a 1,664 aggregate score. Redshirt freshman Thomas Kyanko and senior Mike Kulbacki rounded out the count for the Mountaineers with combined scores of 1,160 and 1,159, respectively.

Freshmen Meelis Kiisk and Amy Bock were not a part of the count for West Virginia, but put in solid performances to finish with aggregate scores of 1,162 and 1,161, respectively.

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Members of the WVU rifle team lost to No. 1 TCU Saturday.

Kiisk had one of the highlights of the match for the Mountaineers, shooting a personal-best 592 in air rifle.

“This should be a good motivating factor for the team,” Hammond said. “A few of them discovered new things, and there was plenty to learn from this match. It was good to see what level TCU is at, and now we have something to strive

for.”

There will be very little time to rebound following the loss for West Virginia, which will now turn around and host the defending national champion, No. 2 Kentucky, on Friday, Feb. 3, then No. 19 North Carolina State in its regular-season finale on Feb. 5. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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Mountaineers continue home dominance in win over Lock Haven by amit batra sports writer

The West Virginia wrestling team extended its home winning streak against the Lock Haven Bald Eagles Friday night.

The Mountaineers dominated from the start and never looked back. WVU was able to start off with a 19-0 advantage on the way to a 28-12 victory.

With the win, West Virginia improved in the Eastern Wrestling League with a 2-1 record and 5-3 overall. The Bald Eagles fell to 3-8 on the season and 0-3 league play.

Junior Shane Young got the Mountaineers rolling with a pin at the 2:51 mark. Redshirt sophomore Nathan Pennesi kept it going with a 15-0 rout over Lock Haven’s John Trumbetti. Pennesi earned his 22nd win of the season.

“Nathan always has himself ready to wrestle,” said head coach Craig Turnbull. “This is the weight class for him. He is adjusting to his move down to 133 pounds, and you are starting to see it in his matches. He is getting more energy out, and he is looking a lot crisper.”

Other victories included sophomore Michael Morales, redshirt freshman Brutus

Scheffel, redshirt junior Lance Bryson, and redshirt seniors Brandon Williamson and Matt Ryan.

“When the lightweights come out, and really have high energy like that and execute very well, it makes our guys that much more ready to go out and wrestle,” Turnbull said. “They are held to a higher responsibility, and when they do that, the crowd gets happy, and the bench feels energy.

“When they give us that good battle, it can just be contagious for that entire lineup.”

Another adjustment comes in with redshirt freshman Brutus Scheffel at 149 pounds.

Scheffel was able to secure his victory 15-4.

“Weight loss has been a problem for me lately,” Scheffel said. “I took a different approach with things after weigh-ins, and it allowed me to be a little quicker on the mat. It felt good to get a win since I haven’t been wrestling well lately.”

Redshirt junior Lance Bryson continued his dominant play in a 10-5 win, while Matt Ryan and Brandon Williams took a 7-1 and 10-3 decision, respectively. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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Huggins hasn’t lost three Continued from page 7 straight games since he was hired at West Virginia in 2007. satisfied.

In fact, Huggins is 8-0 in the What better time for his team game following a two-game losto do what Huggins has done so ing streak as head coach of the well as a head coach – overcome Mountaineers.

Just last week, ESPN’s Joe Lunardi projected West Virginia would be a three seed in the NCAA Tournament.

Now, some may argue the Mountaineers are on the bubble.

Monday night, Huggins’ team will face its arch-rival Pittsburgh at the Coliseum in what could be the final Backyard Brawl in quite some time.

Pittsburgh is headed in the opposite direction of West Virginia. The Panthers have won two straight after losing eight games in a row.

Much like the no-call by the officials Saturday, the Mountaineers are also faced with a decision – to crawl in a corner and harp on the heart-breaking loss against the ‘Cuse, or use that as fuel and motivation to beat the Panthers.

My call is the team will do the latter of the two.

Huggins’ track record proves his teams know how to deal with defeat.

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10 | SPORTS

Monday January 30, 2012

men’s basketball

West Virginia looks to end losing ways in Backyard Brawl by michael carvelli sports editor

Nobody ever feels good after losing two games in a row.

But, after its two-point loss to No. 3 Syracuse, West Virginia was able to find some positives as it heads into the Backyard Brawl against Pittsburgh.

“I like the way we controlled the tempo all night,” said senior guard Truck Bryant. “We controlled the game the whole time. We did some good things that we can do better to grow now.”

In their losses to the Orange and St. John’s, the Mountaineers turned the ball over 17 and 14 times, respectively.

WVU had more turnovers than assists in both games – the first two times it’s done that in back-to-back games since it played Mississippi State and Kansas State in December.

“Every turnover is costly. It hurts,” said head coach Bob matt sunday/the daily athenaeum Huggins.

The Mountaineers can take Seniors Kevin Jones, left, and Truck Bryant will try to lead West Virginia to a win Monday against Pittsburgh. The Mountaineers have lost two games in a row. a lot from these two losses –

especially the freshmen.

It’s a message the upperclassmen like Bryant, senior Kevin Jones and junior Deniz Kilicli already know, but it’s going to be something that is valuable for this young WVU team to find out.

“The Big East can be rough at times,” Bryant said. “That’s what we learned (from the two losses), and we’ve just got to get ready for Monday’s game.

“It’s a grind in the Big East every day. We’ve really just got to get back to the drawing board.”

While West Virginia will be entering Monday’s game coming off of two tough losses on the road, Pittsburgh will be heading down to Morgantown on its first winning streak since it beat South Carolina State and St. Francis (Pa.) back-to-back in December.

The Panthers have won two of their three games since junior point guard Tray Woodall returned to the lineup after missing 11 games due to injury.

Their offense has been much better with Woodall

in the lineup than when he’s been out.

In games when he has played, Pitt is averaging 76.5 points per game, but in the 11 games he missed, it averaged a little more than 66 points per game.

“They’re tough,” Jones said of Pittsburgh. “They have Travon (Tray) Woodall back, and he’s their point guard, so their offense is going to run a little bit better. They’re going to be able to score a little bit better.”

Huggins said it’s going to be important for his team to come out, and get the win at home against the Panthers, especially after an impressive effort against the Orange during the weekend.

But they need to get back on track.

“I thought we played well (Saturday). That doesn’t excuse Wednesday,” Huggins said.

“I told them because we didn’t come to play Wednesday (against St. John’s), we put ourselves in a heck of a hole.” james.carvelli@mail.wvu.edu

gymnastics

WVU beats George Washington, Towson; Burdette-Good honored by sebouh majarian sports writer

Over the course of 37 seasons, Linda Burdette-Good became West Virginia’s alltime winningest coach by compiling more than 600 wins, receiving various coaching honors and helping develop girls into women.

She gave countless pep talks and established a family-like atmosphere within the program.

Prior to the No. 25 Mountaineers (5-1, 3-0) first-place finish against George Washington (5-3, 0-2) and Towson (6-2, 2-0 ECAC), BurdetteGood had a simple message.

“Get it done; go get it done,” Burdette-Good said to firstyear head coach Jason Butts.

Butts and the team honored its former superiors’ wishes en route to a seasonhigh score of 195.775. WVU swept all four events and was successful individually, placing in the top three in all events.

The team’s poise didn’t seem to go unnoticed by the judges, scoring more than a 49 on three of the events.

The lowest score came on the bars (48.6), while the Mountaineers had greater success on beam (49.0), floor (49.075) and vault (49.1).

“I liked the confidence they came out with today, and they came out and they knew they were going to hit, and that’s the confidence were going to have to have against top10 or top-20 teams,” Butts said. “They did it at the same time while having fun. There

wasn’t any stress out on the floor, they knew they were going to do it, and they just did it.”

The Mountaineers added another win to a resume that featured a 41-1 record against George Washington. The team remained a perfect 3-0 against Eastern Atlantic Gymnastics League opponents.

The floor has been the Mountaineers’ strongest event this year, with the team checking in at No. 9 in the country, averaging 48.967 per meet.

Alaska Richardson led the team on the floor with a 9.875.

Juniors Kaylyn Millick and Chelsea Goldschrafe tied for second with each totaling a 9.825, while sophomores Mackenzie Bristol and Hope Sloanhoffer tied for third with 9.775.

Burdette-Good was honored before the award ceremonies with a video, paying tribute to a career that saw the Parkersburg, W.Va. native amass a 644-264-4 record.

“They showed (the video) to me last night,” BurdetteGood said. “Seeing it here was different, though, it was so much more emotional.”

“Linda’s been here supporting us, and it was a really great meet,” Sloanhoffer said.

“I’m glad she got to get honored at the end of it because she built this program for us, and she gets to see what she’s done for us and how we can build off it.”

West Virginia won 197.05194.65 the last time the team met Towson at the 2004 EAGL Championship. With Bur-

dette-Good at the helm, the Mountaineers won their fifth EAGL championship that year.

The upset-minded Falcons were turned away by a strong finish from the Mountaineers despite the teams splitting the events.

WVU opened the meet on vault, jumping out of the gates with a score of 49.1. Goldschrafe tied her career high of 9.825, while Richardson and Sloanhoffer turned in strong performances drawing 9.875’s from the judges.

Dayah Haley, the Mountaineers “leadoff gymnast,” competed on two events for the first time in her career.

Haley started the meet by tying her season high on vault (9.775), while also scoring a 9.575 in her first action on the uneven bars.

The Mountaineers rank lowest on the uneven bars, coming in tied for 41st nationally. The girls continued to make strides toward improving that ranking by tying the season high of 48.6, set in the season opener against No. 9 Penn State and No. 24 Maryland.

A week ago, faulty equipment forced sophomore Erica Smith to dismount off of the bars resulting in a score deduction. The Blue Springs, Mont., native responded from her score of 9.125 against Bowling Green with a 9.625 Sunday, helping inflate the WVU lead to 1.4 after the second rotation.

“They were aggressive and very determined not to have any mistakes,” Butts said.

track and field

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Former WVU gymnastics coach Linda Burdette-Good was honored following the Mountaineers’ win over George Washington and Towson this weekend.

“We’re a great bars team, but we can score better than that if we keep working and hammering away at it.”

Sloanhoffer was the highest scoring all-around com-

petitor, beating out teammate Tina Maloney 39.2-38.675.

“We cleaned up the little things this week, and it turned out really well,” Sloanhoffer said. “So, we have to keep

working on those little things so when we head up to Michigan, we can show them that we are a 196 team.” sebouh.majarian@mail.wvu.edu

tennis

Townsend qualifies for Big East Mountaineers fall 4-3 to Morehead State championships at PSU National by robert kreis sports writer

by amit batra sports writer

The West Virginia track and field team returned to State College, Pa., for the second time this season to face more than 60 schools in the Penn State National.

S o p h o m o re Chene Townsend was the ninth Mountaineer to qualify for the Big East league Championships with her score of 8.58 seconds in the 60-meter hurdles, surpassing the 9.02 qualifying mark.

The distance relay team composed of Alex Klauke, Jenna Barreto, Josie Crouch and Stephanie Caruso finished in sixth place with a total combined time of 12:16:63.

The strong start Friday carried over to Saturday with five Mountaineers qualifying for the Big East Championships.

Sprinter Brittany Wolford, high jumper Katelyn Williams, and distance runners Stephanie Aldea, Sarah Martinelli and Jordan Hamric all qualified.

Wolford finished in ninth place in the 500-meter

dash with a time of 1:16:95, surpassing the 1:17:24 requirement.

“What a great run for Brittany,” said head coach Sean Cleary. “I’m very proud of her.

It was her first Big East qualifying mark.”

Junior Stephanie Aldea also found success in the competition. She was able to qualify with a 1,000-meter finish of 2:53:29.

Sarah Martinelli and Jordan Hamric qualified well in the mile run. They surpassed the required time of 5:08 after Martinelli finished first with 4:57:25 and Hamric finished eighth at 5:03:34.

“Martinelli ran a great mile today,” Cleary said. “This was a great mental breakthrough for her. In my opinion, this is but the tip of the iceberg for Hamric. It’s nice to see her nail the Big East time.”

Williams also matched qualifying marks in the high jump, with a 1.7-meter mark.

The mark surpassed the 1:68 requirement and was good for seventh place.

Junior Sydney Cummings, finished in 14th place after a

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Sophomore Chene Townsend became the ninth WVU runner to qualify for the Big East Conference championships. jump of 1.65 meters.

“The pieces are falling into place for us,” Cleary said.

“We’re nowhere near where we wanted to be, but this weekend brought us closer than we were last week.” dasports@mail.wvu.edu

Frustration continued for the West Virginia women’s tennis team and head coach Tina Samara this weekend.

After sweeping the doubles matches, the Mountaineers could not keep the momentum rolling, eventually losing to the Morehead State Eagles 4-3 on Saturday.

“We were up 3-0 in the match (after doubles),”Samara said.

“We won on one (singles) and three singles and needed one more match.

“It is pretty ridiculous that we couldn’t win in one more spot.”

In Samara’s second season as head coach, she questions the commitment of some of her players.

“Ultimately, we have people on this team that I am not sure are committed to playing tennis,” Samara said. “Tennis is a byproduct of them getting a full ride to go to school.”

Samara can only hope at this point the members of the team who are working hard and committing themselves to Samara’s coaching will start to hold their teammates accountable.

“I can see for the first time (Veronica Carderas, Emily Wickline and Emily Mathis) are

mad,” Samara said. “When your teammates start getting mad at you, if that does not get you going. Then you are not going to last.”

Mathis joined sophomore Mary Chupa for a victory on the No. 1 doubles court (8-3) as well as posting a victory in No.1 singles 6-1, 6-2. In No. 2 doubles, Carderas and freshman Ikttesh Cahill claimed victory, 8-5 over Alix Young and Alexis Garret.

Cardenas dominated on the No. 3 singles court, as well winning 6-0, 6-1 To finish up the doubles sweep, Wickline was joined by freshman Madison Hromada.

The duo beat Morehead State’s Shilpa Noroka and Brooke Helms, 8-3. Unfortunately, Wickline was not as successful on the singles court with the match on the line.

Unable to surmount the intense pressure, Wickline lost to Helms in three sets, 7-5, 2-6, 6-4.

It is easy to see who is working the hardest and really devoting themselves to Samara’s coaching.

“The kids that have bought into it here, and have worked hard – they get the credit,” Samara said. “Veronica, Emily, Katie Wickline are the three hardest workers on this

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Sophomore Mary Chupa earned a doubles point with Emily mathis for WVU. team.”

The Mountaineers have a quick turnaround, before traveling to Blacksburg, Va., to take on a No. 9 Virginia team on Jan. 31.

“If we do what we did (on Saturday) (against Virginia), the bus driver should keep the bus running,” Samara said. dasports@mail.wvu.edu