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Tuesday October 30, 2012

Volume 125, Issue 52

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Students question WVU as landlord By carlee Lammers City Editor

Following last week’s West Virginia University announcement of its $14.6 million Sunnyside land purchase, many residents have been left confused and angered.

As of Oct. 26, tenants in the purchased properties are no longer subject to a landlord, but rather to the University.

“Now we have to report

to the University for everything. They’re our landlord now. So, now we have to report to the University police and all that,” said Najeen Guest, a WVU junior and Grant Avenue resident.

Student residents said they were disappointed with the apparent lack of transparency and poor communication between landlords, the University and tenants of the properties.

“All my landlord said was

‘the University will be in touch with you.’ And that’s it, and he’s not talking to us about anything else,” Guest said.

Sophomore civil engineering student Greg Pais said since the announcement he hasn’t heard from his landlord regarding the matter.

“My friend sent us the article from the West Virginia legislature page that had the whole document.

I was kind of confused,”

he said. “Our landlord still hasn’t even told us. He has still not said anything. Our landlord still hasn’t said a word.”

Sophomore criminology student Chris McConaghia said he wishes the University went public about the plans to residents earlier.

“I feel like maybe they should have told us this in the beginning of the year that this had a chance of happening instead of a month before. I don’t see

the difference between moving out now or in May. You’re not going to get that much built,” he said. “My landlord just sent us an email saying they sold our property. That was it.”

University spokesperson Becky Lofstead said since WVU now owns the lease for the properties, it assumes the responsibilities of the properties.

“This does mean that the University is, more or less, the landlord at this stage,”

she said.

Lofstead said until construction begins, University resources will be utilized in the area.

“Also, our University Police will be patrolling the area as well,” she said. “Since the University is responsible now for the leases and the housing, our University Police will have a larger presence there.”

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HERE COMES SANDY

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Much like the rest of the East Coast, Morgantown saw the effects of superstorm Sandy as early as Monday morning.

Sandy makes way up East Coast, hitting Morgantown on its way; Tomblin declares State of Emergency

By Carlee Lammers City Editor

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Customers stocked up on items, such as bread, in anticipation of Sandy’s impact at the Walmart on 4H Camp Road, which lies just outside of Morgantown.

WELLWVU helps students combat flu

By Kaity Wilson Staff Writer

WELLWVU: The Students’ Center of Health is working to help students stay healthy at an affordable price during this flu season.

WELLWVU will offer influenza shots for $15 to those with a valid WVU ID today from 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

in the Mountainlair.

According to WELLWVU, flu season is usually November through March, and each year a new variety of the virus appears.

“Getting a vaccine is one of the most important measures in flu prevention,” said WELLWVU

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by kaity wilson staff writer

A documentary showing featuring award-winning photographer Master Sgt. Jeremy Lock and videographer/multimedia producer Andrew Breese has been cancelled as a result of inclement weather.

The screening of the documentary was originally scheduled for Monday, but according to press releases, it will be rescheduled at a

later date.

Lock and Breese documented the stories of military life, war and world cultures for the general public, as well as the military’s historical record, through their work at the Defense Media Activity organization.

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West Virginia University and City of Morgantown officials are urging residents in Monongalia and surrounding areas to take precautions as tropical storm Sandy approaches.

The storm is expected to bring heavy rains and wind to the area today.

Narvel Weese, WVU’s vice president of administration and finance, said the University rarely closes entirely; however, he urges students and employees to use good judgment in deciding whether or not to attend classes or come to work based on the road and weather conditions in their individual locations.

Weese said in the event the University does close, many units will remain operational, including dining and residence hall services, roads and grounds crews, libraries and other facilities.

If power is lost and the PRT is shut down, the University is prepared to run buses as necessary, he said.

According to weather.com, Morgantown is under a high wind warning until noon Tuesday and a flood watch until 7 p.m. Tuesday.

A flood watch indicates, according to current forecasts, there is potential for flooding in the area.

According to weather.com, “prolonged and occasionally heavy rain associated with post-tropical storm Sandy may cause flooding.

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ries, which explores current and evolving forms of media being practiced by journalists, professional communicators and nontraditional storytellers.

“As the school’s programs evolve with the changing media industry, we want our students to be versed in the variety of opportunities available to them as storytellers and communicators,” said SOJ Dean Maryanne Reed.

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ON THE INSIDE The West Virginia men’s soccer team had its final home game of the season canceled yesterday as visiting Stony Brook was unable to make the trip due to weather complications. SPORTS PAGE 10

expose them to the highquality work being produced by the military and show them how the government and other organizations are utilizing journalistic techniques and technologies to tell their own stories – no longer just relying on the media to do it for them,” Reed said.

The pair’s position as members of the military gives them a unique way of

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2 | NEWS

Tuesday October 30, 2012

Storm will keep financial markets closed Tuesday

The floor of the New York Stock Exchange is empty of traders, Monday in New York. All major U.S. stock and options exchanges will remain closed Monday with Hurricane Sandy nearing landfall on the East Coast.

NEW YORK (AP) — Stock trading will be closed in the U.S. for a second day Tuesday as Hurricane Sandy bears down on the East Coast. Bond trading will also be closed.

The last time the New York Stock Exchange was closed for weather was in 1985 because of Hurricane Gloria, and it will be the first time since 1888 that the exchange will have been closed for two consecutive days because of weather.

The cause then was a blizzard that left drifts as high as 40 feet in the streets of New York City.

The New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq said they intend to reopen on Wednesday and would

keep investors updated.

Much of the East Coast was at a standstill Monday as the storm approached.

Mass transit and schools were closed across the region ahead of the storm hitting land, which was expected to happen later Monday.

Areas around New York’s Financial District were part of a mandatory evacuation zone. The storm surge is already pushing water over seawalls in the southern tip of Manhattan.

CME Group’s New York trading floor was closed, but its electronic markets for commodities were functioning. Crude oil fell 74 cents to close at $85.54 in electronic trading. CME

said electronic trading for commodities would also be open Tuesday.

CME said it would reopen its stock index futures trading Monday night at 6 p.m. ET for overnight electronic trading and keep it open through 9:15 a.m.

Tuesday. Trading on interest rate futures and options on futures including Treasurys, Eurodollar and Fed Funds would reopen at the same time Monday night and stay open Tuesday.

Bond trading will be closed Tuesday. The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association called for an early close to bond trading Monday, at 12 noon. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Trea-

sandy

Continued from page 1 of small creeks and streams.

Widespread rain will have an impact on larger rivers.”

Emergency management officials suggest being prepared to deal with power outages for up to 72 hours.

“Stocking up on nonperishable food, water, batteries, fuel, medications, pet supplies, etc. will allow residents to stay safely at home if they can do so,” said Mike Wolfe, Interim Director of Monongalia County Homeland Security.

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sury note was 1.72 percent, compared with 1.75 percent late Friday.

European stock markets fell. France’s CAC-40 fell 0.8 percent, Britain’s FTSE fell 0.2 percent and Germany’s DAX lost 0.4 percent. Insurers such as Munich Re, Aviva PLC and Zurich Insurance fared worse than other stocks as investors worried about the potential cost of the storm’s damage.

“The economic impact cannot be underestimated,” said Elsa Lignos, an analyst at RBC Capital Markets.

The uncertainty generated by the storm comes at the start of a big week in the United States. This is the last full week before next Tuesday’s presidential elec-

tion and culminates Friday with the release of monthly jobs data, which many analysts think could have an impact on the vote.

“A significant swing in either direction is likely to be heavily reported in the media, potentially swinging the undecided voter,” said James Hughes, chief market analyst at Alpari, of the jobs figures.

Some companies are postponing quarterly earnings reports scheduled for release early this week.

So far, that includes Pfizer Inc. and Thomson Reuters.

Burger King reported on schedule, and said its thirdquarter net income fell 83 percent as revenue was hurt by the stronger dollar.

Adjusted results topped expectations, however.

Even with many markets shut down, there was some encouraging news about the U.S. economy Monday. The Commerce Department reported that consumer spending increased 0.8 percent in September. That followed a 0.5 percent gain in August and was the best showing since February.

Personal income rose 0.4 percent, an improvement from a slight 0.1 percent gain in August and the best gain since March.

It’s a closely watched indicator as consumer spending drives about 70 percent of the nation’s economic activity.

Yesterday, West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin declared a statewide state of emergency.

Along with his declaration, Tomblin activated 150 National Guard troops in the areas forecasted to be heavily impacted by the storm.

“Our troops will assist local responders in the areas we believe will be hardest hit by severe weather conditions,” he said.

“Additionally, our Division of Highways folks began work last night. I continue to encourage West Virginians to prepare their

families by gathering necessities,” Tomblin said.

“I’ve already received calls from organizations willing to set up shelters, and I’m grateful for the outpouring of support so early in this emergency. I’m asking all West Virginians to please check on and assist your neighbors, especially seniors and others who may have difficulty preparing for and weathering this storm.”

University officials are monitoring the situation, but urge students, faculty and staff to monitor local newscasts and University

channels.

WVU urges students to examine outlets including WVUToday, E-News, MIX, InfoStations and the intranet to check for updates.

Students may also receive updates via the WVU emergency alert text messaging system.

To sign up for the University text alert system, visit www. emergency.wvu.edu/ alert.

To learn more about storm preparedness, residents are encouraged to visit www.ready.wv.gov. carlee.lammers@mail.wvu.edu

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A house in the area of Sunnyside the University purchased and plans to build on.

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Lofstead said following the announcement Friday, University Police and officials went door to door to explain the situation and what the University could help.

“We just have to have a presence over there,” Lofstead said. “I don’t think it’s going to be anything really stringent. It’s just that they’ll see more of a University presence there to offer assistance more than anything.”They’re not going to go inside houses; it’s not

going to be like a residence hall situation.”

Guest said despite the University’s efforts to offer assistance, she and her roommates are still left with questions.

“When our fire alarm goes off, you need a key to turn it off. Our landlord has that key.”

“So, I’m confused. Who do I even go to? Who do I call?” she said. “It’s like really, I’m going to have to call the University at 2 in the morning when it goes off? Are they even going to be reliable?” Guest said. carlee..lammers@mail.wvu.edu

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flu

Continued from page 1 physician Jan Palmer.

The flu shot is an inactivated vaccine containing a killed virus and is given with a needle. Approximately two weeks after receiving the vaccination, antibodies develop to protect against the flu virus, he said.

Palmer said this season there has been a low incidence of influenza; however, he said he still suggests the vaccine as an effective measure to combat the virus.

The flu is spread through respiratory droplets from coughing or sneezing.

Palmer said the virus can be spread easily in common places on campus, including classrooms.

Palmer said in combination with the vaccine, students should keep their

natural immune systems strong with good diet, exercise and plenty of rest during this flu season. Another good tactic is to minimize emotional stress,” he said.

Palmer said he understands the stresses many college students undergo, but they are encouraged to make health a priority during this flu season.

“College students have a tendency to let those things go,” he said.

Smoking also puts an individual at greater risk of catching the flu and other respiratory tract infections, Palmer said.

Flu shots will also be offered Nov. 7 at the Student Recreation Center from 4-7 p.m.

For more information on flu shots, flu symptoms and WELLWVU’s services, visit www.well.wvu.edu/ medical/flu_shot. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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Syrian regime launches nationwide air strikes

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Syrian citizens gather next to cars that were destroyed by a car bomb at Jaramana neighborhood in Damascus, Syria, Monday.

BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian fighter jets pounded rebel areas across the country on Monday with scores of airstrikes that anti-regime activists called the most widespread bombing in a single day since Syria’s troubles started 19 months ago.

The death toll for what was supposed to be a fourday cease-fire between the regime of President Bashar Assad and rebels seeking his overthrow exceeded 500, and activists guessed the government’s heavy reliance on air power reflected its inability to roll back rebel gains. “The army is no longer able to make any progress on the ground so it is resorting to this style,� said activist Hisham Nijim via Skype from the northern town of Khan Sheikhoun.

Activists said more than 80 people were killed nationwide Monday while videos posted online showed fighter jets screaming over Syrian towns, mushroom clouds rising from neighborhoods and residents searching the remains of damaged and collapsed buildings for bodies. One video from Maaret al-Numan in the north showed residents trying to save a boy who was buried up to

his shoulders in rubble.

Another showed the dead bodies of a young boy and girl laid out on a tile floor.

The airstrikes focused on rebel areas in the northern provinces of Aleppo and Idlib, as well as on restive areas in and around the capital Damascus. The regime has been bombing rebel areas in the north for months, but had sparingly used its air force near the capital, presumably to avoid isolating its supporters there.

But analysts say that rampant defections and rising rebel capabilities have lessened the regime’s ability to take back and hold rebel areas, making air strikes its most effective way to fight back.

Monday was supposed to be the fourth and final day of an internationally sanctioned cease-fire to coincide with the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, one of the holiest periods of the Muslim calendar. But violence marred the truce almost immediately after it was to go into effect on Friday and continued apace through the weekend.

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Monday he was “deeply disappointed� that the warring

parties didn’t respect the cease-fire and called on the divided international community to unite to stop the bloodshed. “As long as the international community remains at odds, the needs, attacks and suffering will only grow,� he told reporters in South Korea.

Envoy Lakhdar Brahimi, who represents the U.N. and the Arab League and presented the plan, told reporters in Moscow that he’d keep trying to lessen the violence and “put an end to it.�

World powers remain divided on how to stop Syria’s crisis, with the U.S. and many Arab and European nations calling for Assad to step down while Russia, China and Iran continue to back the regime. But with the sides largely stalemated on the battlefield and little international appetite for military intervention, few expect the war to end soon.

Anti-regime activist say more than 35,000 people have been killed since the anti-Assad uprising started in March 2011.

The holiday cease-fire was the first international effort in months to try to stop the violence, and it accomplished little.

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which compiles daily death tolls based on contacts inside Syria, said more than 500 people had been killed during the fourday holiday. It said more than 80 people were killed Monday and that the number was likely to rise further.

Prior to the holiday, about 150 people were reported dead each day.

But in a change, Rami Abdul-Rahman, head of the Observatory, said the number of airstrikes spiked on Monday. “Today has seen the most intense air raids across Syria since the start of the uprising,� he said, estimating there were more than 60 airstrikes nationwide by early afternoon.

He said the airstrikes sought to compensate for recent regime losses on the ground.

Muhieddine Lathkani, a London-based member of the Syrian National Council opposition group, said the air attacks were a result of the regime’s “total despair� and reflected the military’s inability to recapture rebel areas.

Among the hardest hit areas was the northern town of Maaret al-Nu-

man, which rebels seized earlier this month only to face heavy retaliation from the military. Amateur videos posted online Monday showed dozens of men combing through huge swaths of rubble, occasionally finding wounded people covered in cement dust and carrying them off for treatment.

Other videos showed fighter jets screaming through the sky and dropping bombs over Damascus suburbs including Yabroud, Hazza and Harasta.

Videos from the poor neighborhood of Hajar alAswad in south Damascus showed what activists said were people killed by regime shelling. One video showed a dead family of five, all wrapped in blankets. Others showed three dead bodies in a small bus and the bodies of two young children laid out on a floor.

Activist videos could not be independently verified due to reporting restrictions in Syria, but they appeared genuine and corresponded to other AP reporting on the events depicted.

Also Monday, a car bomb exploded in the Damascus suburb of Jarmana, knocking balconies off of residential buildings and sending

firemen rushing to fight the blaze, according to TV footage. The state news agency SANA said 11 people were killed and 67 wounded. The Observatory said five people were killed.

SANA also reported a second car bomb in the area later Monday but did not give a number of the dead and wounded.

In Turkey, about 150 members of the Syrian opposition met Monday to discuss how to manage rebel-held areas and plan for a post-Assad future.

Abdelbaset Sieda, president of the Syrian National Council, said the Syrian regime was losing its grip on power and that the opposition must be prepared to rebuild the devastated country.

Since the start of the uprising, the Syrian opposition has failed to come up with a united leadership and has been riddled by disagreements between numerous factions over the role of Islam in the uprising, the best way to topple Assad and other issues.

Exile opposition leaders also have no control over and limited communication with many rebel brigades fighting inside the country.

Ukraine’s ruling party leads in vote called biased KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — The Ukrainian president’s party will retain its strong grip on power, according to returns Monday from a parliamentary election that was criticized by Western observers as unfair and biased against the opposition.

The West was paying close attention to Sunday’s vote in the strategic ex-Soviet state of 46 million people, which lies between Russia and the European Union and serves as a key transit nation for Russian energy supplies to many EU countries.

Observers from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe called the vote a setback to Ukraine’s democratic and European aspirations. That assessment could lead to a further freeze in Kiev’s ties with the West and push it closer to Russia.

Monitors said the election was marred by the absence of jailed former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and another opposition leader, the ruling party’s use of government funding for the campaign and the skewed media coverage that favored the ruling party. While the voting process got positive ratings at most polling stations observed, the vote tallying lacked transparency, the group said. “Considering the abuse of power and the excessive role of money in this election, democratic progress appears to have reversed in Ukraine,� said Walburga Habsburg Douglas, the special coordinator who led the OSCE election observation mission. “We do not think that this election was fair be-

cause it was not level.� “Ukrainians deserved better from these elections,� said Andreas Gross, the Head of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe delegation. “Unfortunately, the great democratic potential of Ukrainian society was not realized in yesterday’s vote.�

The U.S. State Department characterized Ukraine’s elections as “a step backwards from progress made during previous parliamentary elections and the 2010 presidential election, elections that had marked important steps forward for Ukraine’s democracy.�

In a statement, the State Department expressed concern over “the use of government resources to favor ruling party candidates, interference with media access, and harassment of opposition candidates.�

The State Department also was “troubled by allegations of fraud and falsification in the voting process and tabulation, by the disparity between preliminary results from the Central Election Commission and parallel vote tabulations, and by the Central Election Commission’s decision not to release precinct results.�

President Viktor Yanukovych’s Russia-friendly Party of Regions was leading in the count with 34 percent of the vote. Tymoshenko’s pro-Western party was second with 23 percent, trailed by the Communists, Yanukovych’s traditional allies, with 15 percent. Another liberal party, Udar (Punch), led by world boxing champion Vitali Klitschko had 13 percent and the far-right Svo-

boda (Freedom) party had 9 percent.

Yanukovych’s party benefited strongly from an electoral change last year that replaced the strictly proportional electoral system with a mixed one, in which half of parliament’s seats are elected based on party lists and the other half in individual races.

Despite a combined strong showing of opposition parties, Yanukovych’s party was poised to retain its parliamentary majority as its candidates were expected to take the lead in individual races, benefitting from greater access to government funds and the opposition’s fielding of multiple candidates.

Tymoshenko’s party alleged widespread violations such as vote-buying and multiple voting. Tymoshenko, who was sentenced last year to seven years in prison for abuse of office in a trial condemned by the West as politically motivated, launched a hunger strike to protest the vote violations.

The Party of Regions defended Sunday’s election, saying it reflected the people’s will. “We received a great credit of trust from the voters who said that we are moving down the right path,� said Yanukovych adviser Hanna Herman.

The opposition tapped into the anger over Tymoshenko’s jailing, the country’s rampant corruption and a stagnant economy to make a strong showing in the proportional section of the vote. It remains to be seen whether Tymoshen-

ko’s group, Klitschko’s party and the radical Svoboda can form a strong alliance. “The Party of Regions won by the number of points, but the opposition scored a moral victory,� said Kiev-based political expert Volodymyr Fesenko. “The monopoly on power will be harder to maintain.�

Experts say while Yanukovych’s supporters seem poised to retain their parliament majority, they will fall Ap short of winning the twothirds of seats needed to Election commission officials count ballots at a polling station in Kiev, Ukraine, Sunday. change the constitution.

Political analyst Vadym Karasyov said the new parliament will be “turbulent� and the opposition will seek to block some of the undemocratic initiatives the president may launch. “Yanukovych can get a simple majority, but it doesn’t mean anything, because without a constitutional majority in parliament he cannot radically change anything,� Karasyov said.

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Use ‘good judgement’ in wake of storm

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Michael Wirtz, of Wilmington, Del., braves flood waters and high winds that arrive with Hurricane Sandy along North Michigan Avenue in Atlantic City, N.J., Monday.

Tuesday, West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin took a break from campaigning to declare a state of emergency as a massive storm system moved toward the Mountain State.

The Monongalia County Commission also declared a state of emergency. The federal government, as well as state and local governments across the nation are bracing for what could be the worst storm in decades.

Although the Morgan-

town area is not currently projected to get any snow due to the warmer temperatures, the National Weather Service has issued a flood warning, and a high wind warning for this area.

At the time of publication, the flood warning is in effect until 6:00 p.m. this evening and the high wind warning is in effect until noon. Flooding as a result of several inches of rain and winds of 3540 mph create a very dan-

gerous environment for commuting.

Throughout the duration of this storm, take special care not to needlessly put yourself in harms way. If at all possible, avoid leaving your residence until the storm has passed.

At the time of publication, the University had not yet made an announcement regarding any class cancellations, but keep checking your email throughout the day,

as your individual professors may cancel, even if the University as a whole doesn’t close.

The University has announced that dining halls and residence halls will remain open whether or not the University closes.

West Virginia University’s Vice President of Administration and Finance Narvel Weese stressed that students should use “good judgment” when deciding whether or not to attend class if the University re-

mains open.

The University is also responsible for employing “good judgment” when deciding whether or not to cancel classes. Although any cancellations that impede the educational process should be avoided if possible, the safety of WVU’s students and faculty should be the number one consideration when any such decision is made.

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Children collect candy during last year’s Trunk-or-Treat outside the Coliseum in Morgantown, W.Va.

Halloween costumes shouldn’t be taken so seriously Molly robinson columnist

There were the typical cats, referees, cowboys, witches, flappers and basketball players all gallivanting downtown this weekend, happy and on their way to a multitude of parties celebrating a holiday that allows us to become someone we’re not, if only for just a night.

But intermixed with these more innocuous costumes were the more risqué outfits – and not just because of their short hemlines or lowcut tops.

The general idea of a holiday around the end of Octo-

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ber has been around since the Iron Age, where people celebrated the end of fall and the beginning of the winter season. Costumes have only been a part of the equation since the late 1800s, and mass-produced costumes have been manufactured since the Depression era.

And while Halloween has never been considered the most wholesome of holidays as a result of supposedly promoting ideas of demons and witchcraft, these days blasphemy isn’t the only thing throwing Halloween under the bus – racism is.

Costumes depicting a certain culture aren’t all that uncommon – we’ve all seen geishas, Eskimos, Na-

tive Americans and pharaohs roaming the streets of Morgantown, looking for fun. However, certain cultures have started speaking out against some of these costumes, as they claim the costumes support an image or stereotype that is offensive. Students at Ohio University have even started a campaign against donning ethnic costumes and made statements such as “we are a culture, not a costume.”

And certain examples of racist costumes have been cropping up in the news lately, from the “ghetto fabulous” wig of dark, curly hair to the “illegal alien” costume (which comes complete with an alien mask, a bushy mus-

tache and a green card). It’s understandable that there really are some costumes that cross the line.

But for every average German beer girl outfit, there is also a crayon or referee to offset the offensiveness. Angels and gypsies are about equal in popularity, though only the latter is considered distasteful.

The arbitrary nature of the costumes seen around the 31st only promotes the idea that these choices are random. College students do not purposely choose to be a gladiator to promote a stereotype that all Romans are bloodthirsty fighters, just like wearing an eye patch and a bandana doesn’t mean the

wearer is making a statement about the vulgarity of pirates.

These are all just costumes. People pick them because they are easy or creative or simply because they like ninjas or watched Braveheart one too many times and have no qualms about donning a Scottish kilt. The people behind these costumes do not consider them offensive, and that’s exactly why they aren’t offensive.

The intent of these outfits is not one of racism or malice. Students wearing ethnic costumes aren’t trying to make a statement about a culture or promote a stereotype. They are trying to have fun, just like the superheroes and cheerleaders and other

inoffensive costumes seen around town.

Halloween is supposed to be taken lightly. It should be a celebration of pranks and a way of playing dress-up well into your 20s. By tacking on serious issues like racism to something as completely harmless as a costume, the whole carefree attitude of the holiday is diminished. Racism and stereotyping are real issues, but they have little to no place on such a lighthearted holiday.

So wear your costumes, whatever they may be, and have fun. And if you happen to be in the downtown area on the 31st, I’ll be the one in the “offensive” Marie Antoinette costume.

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BY JACQUELINE BIGAR BORN TODAY Life events this year will encourage you to transform and grow in new ways. When change emanates from the person as his or her choice, it is far easier to adapt to than when it is forced. Others will like the results, though at times they might be reactive to the process. Your style of communication also will change and be more effective.

ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19) HHH You will want to deal with an authority figure, especially if your interactions with this person involve your funds. An associate might be more successful than you in handling this issue, so let him or her take the lead.

Tonight: Time for a little more fun and a good meal.

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20) HHHHH You might want to have a situation go your way. This might seem like an excellent idea, but be aware that there will be ramifications if you become too demanding. Others appear to have the cards stacked in their favor, ultimately. Tonight: Beam in what you want.

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20) HHH Much is going on behind the scenes.

Step back and observe. By using what you learn, you will be able to handle an uncomfortable situation involving a financial matter. You find that a partner changes quickly in your interactions. Give this person space by being less judgmental. Tonight: Not to be found.

CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22) HHHH Zero in on your priorities, with the knowledge that you have an excel-

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Others seem to be changing in front of your eyes. Know that how they are now might not be the way they will be in the future. Just watch the process rather than react to it. Tonight: Where the gang is.

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22) HHHH You are in the limelight, whether you like it or not. You might decide to make an adjustment to your schedule as you become more aware of others observing your style. Postpone some personal errands for a different day. Tonight: Stay on top of your work.

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22) HHHHH Reach out to someone at a distance. You could feel like you’re being stretched a little thin, and you might need to make an adjustment.

Your ingenuity comes to the rescue and allows you to relax as you discover the correct path for you. Just go with the moment. Tonight: Take in new vistas.

LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22) HHHHH You might want to get to the bottom of an issue that involves your funds and/or a partner. A change involving your domestic life becomes possible, finally. Are you having second thoughts? Know that you do not need to make a decision now. Tonight: Chat with a dear friend.

SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21) HHHH Defer to others, and allow greater give-and-take. You are full of energy and want to share more of your ideas. Perhaps you might be more successful if you tried a different approach. Friends and loved ones seek you out; make choices accordingly. Tonight: Go with someone’s

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SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21) HHHH Be more open to compromise in your daily life. Let go of structure and rigid ideas. You also might be holding back some information regarding an important personal matter. Follow your sixth sense with this and a separate matter involving your finances. Tonight: Get some exercise.

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19) HHHHH Express your creativity with openness and a willingness to listen to feedback. Others enjoy being with you when you are like this.

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AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18) HHHH You might feel saddled with more responsibilities, and could be in the mood to rebel. Your instincts come through for you with an investment or a financial decision. Listen to your inner voice, and follow through on what you are hearing. Tonight: Head home.

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20) HHHH You have a lot to say, and there is a lot on your mind. Stop, and do more listening. The answers to questions you might have are within your grasp. A friend appears to be changing right in front of you. Make no judgments yet. Don’t close down, either, even if you want to. Tonight: Out and about.

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A week to go: Sandy disrupts presidential campaign

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Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks at a campaign event at Avon Lake High School Monday.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Eight days before the election, President Barack Obama switched from campaigner to hands-on commander of the federal response to Superstorm Sandy as it barreled across the Eastern Seaboard. Republican Mitt Romney scaled back his appearances and urged supporters to “do your very best” in donating to relief efforts.

The political pace quickened on Monday even without the customary clash of rallies and rhetoric. Romney’s allies put down $1.2 million for a last-minute television ad campaign designed to make Pennsylvania competitive – or at least appear so – and the roll of early voters swelled past 15 million in scattered states.

With the race in its final full week, most national polls showed the two presidential rivals separated by a statistically insignificant point or two, although others said Romney had a narrow lead for the overall popular vote.

But the election will be won or lost in the nine most competitive states. Republicans claimed momentum there, but the president’s high command projected confidence. And Romney’s increasingly narrow focus on Iowa, Wisconsin and Ohio suggested he still searched for a breakthrough in the Midwest to deny Obama the 270 electoral votes needed

for victory.

The president changed roles quickly during the day, highlighting the advantages of the incumbency – as long as events go smoothly. He scrapped a morning campaign appearance in Florida, boarded Air Force One for a bumpy flight to the nation’s capital and appeared before reporters in the White House not long afterward.

“We’re making sure that food and water and emergency generation is available for those communities that are going to be hardest hit,” he said. At the same time, he soberly warned that heeding evacuation orders from local authorities was paramount for those in the storm’s path.

“Do not delay. Don’t pause. Don’t question the instructions that are being given, because this is a serious storm and it could potentially have fatal consequence if people haven’t acted quickly,” he said.

The president didn’t mention the campaign in his prepared remarks, and when he was asked how the storm might affect the election, he said he wasn’t thinking along those lines. “I’m worried about the impact on families, and I’m worried about the impact on our first responders. I’m worried about the impact on our economy and on transportation,” he said.

Romney went ahead with part of his campaign sched-

ule, although he blended his appeal for political support with one for his backers to make a donation to the Red Cross or other relief agencies “in any way you can imagine to help those in harm’s way.”

“Do your very best to help,” he implored as his aides spread the word he would cancel an evening appearance in Wisconsin and a full day of campaigning Tuesday because of the storm.

He received an update on federal storm response efforts in a phone call with the deputy director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and other officials.

However, the campaign said Romney “believes that states should be in charge of emergency management in responding to storms and other natural disasters in their jurisdictions” and “are in the best position to aid affected individuals and communities and to direct resources and assistance to where they are needed most.

This includes help from the federal government and FEMA.” Nearing the end of a brawl of a campaign, both Romney and the president said they hoped Americans would work together to help those in need – and an unscientific sample of voters said they liked what they were hearing.

Mike Beauregard, the owner of a cooking utensil

store in Concord, N.H., said he was glad the president and Romney were cutting short their campaign trips.

“The last thing first responders need is for these folks to be running around,” he said, describing himself as a political independent who leans Republican.

Chuck Sikes, manager of a furniture store in Concord, also said both candidates did the right thing. A selfdescribed Obama supporter, he said the president “would have been criticized if he had continued campaigning as not caring for people, yet others will criticize him for returning to Washington as making it a photo op. You’re damned if you do, damned if you don’t.”

The machinery of the campaign ground on. According to the United States Elections Project at George Mason University, about 15 million ballots already have been cast, including 1.8 million in Florida and 1.5 million in North Carolina.

Democratic early voters so far outnumber Republicans in Ohio, Iowa, North Carolina and Nevada, while the reverse is true in Colorado. The two sides are at rough parity in Florida. No votes will be counted until Nov. 6.

The expansion of television advertising into Pennsylvania began with Restore Our Future, the group that was instrumental to Romney’s success in the pri-

maries and has worked to defeat Obama. The commercial says a “new normal” has developed as a result of the president’s economic policies, where unemployment is high, “millions of Americans have simply given up, where our children will grow up under the weight of crushing debt in a world where America is no longer the leader.”

Jim Messina, Obama’s campaign manager, told reporters to expect an ad in response. “They are not close in Pennsylvania. We’re going to win Pennsylvania, but we aren’t taking anything for granted.” Vice President Joe Biden is expected to campaign in the state before Election Day. Yet another controversy erupted over a late-campaign television ad the Romney campaign was airing in parts of Ohio.

It says the Republican challenger will do more to support the auto industry than the president. “Obama took GM and Chrysler into bankruptcy and sold Chrysler to Italians who are going to build Jeeps in China,” the narrator says.

The commercial does not mention that under the 2009 auto industry bailout, the Obama administration made sure that billions in federal loans were available to GM and Chrysler to allow them to emerge from bankruptcy and continue operations, a course that Romney

opposed.

Additionally, while Chrysler may move some of its Jeep product line to China, that doesn’t threaten production in the United States, as the ad seemed to suggest.

Obama’s campaign countered with a commercial that opens with a photo of a shuttered factory, then shows a New York Times column that Romney wrote in 2008 that was headlined: “Let Detroit go Bankrupt.”

Says the narrator, “When the auto industry faced collapse, Mitt Romney turned his back. ... And now, after Romney’s false claim of Jeep outsourcing to China, Chrysler itself has refuted Romney’s lie.”

With Obama at the White House at least through Tuesday, former President Bill Clinton campaigned solo in Florida, then joined with Biden in Ohio. Obama’s campaign booked Clinton into Minnesota, Iowa, Colorado, Ohio, Virginia, New Hampshire and Wisconsin for the race’s final days.

Biden events in Ohio on Tuesday and in Pennsylvania on Thursday were canceled because of the storm.

Romney’s running mate, Rep. Paul Ryan, campaigned in Florida, and like the man at the top of the ticket, urged supporters to help those in need. “Here at home, people are packaging supplies at our victory centers throughout Florida. Swing by, give a hand,” he said.

Vicious Nevada Senate contest nears uncertain end LAS VEGAS (AP) — The TV ads thrum back-to-back, hour after hour: Republican Sen. Dean Heller wants taxpayers to subsidize oil companies. Democratic Rep. Shelley Berkley is flipping foreclosed homes for profit.

He wants to ship jobs overseas and strip health coverage from the elderly; she used her position in Congress to enrich her husband.

Nevada voters are enduring a numbing, on-air spectacle in the closing days of the state’s toss-up Senate race – there are even ads telling voters to ignore the ads.

But the TV screen is only one window on the critical battleground – the outcome is likely to hinge on a furious push by President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney to turn out voters in the politically divided state.

The stakes extend beyond Nevada to the broader battle for control of the Senate.

If Obama wins reelection, Republicans must gain four seats to take the majority, or three if Romney prevails.

And presidential coattails could make a difference.

With Democrats encouraged by a 90,000-voter edge statewide, “the higher the voter turnout, I think the better for President Obama and the better for me,” says Berkley, who’s lagged behind the president in most polling.

Statewide contests are rarely giveaways in Nevada, the nation’s gambling mecca where years of growth and a fast-growing Hispanic pop-

ulation helped transform a former Republican fortress into one of the nation’s most politically competitive states.

Election Day predictions are especially shaky this year, given Nevada’s signature independent streak, a history of ticket-splitting and anger over the state’s blistered economy – Nevada’s jobless rate, now 11.8 per cent, has been the highest in the country since May 2010.

“We’ve always viewed ourselves as the underdog in this race,” says Heller campaign chief Mac Abrams.

Berkley and Heller have been in Congress for years, but they’ve each struggled to become known in areas outside their home turf. And it’s not clear which way newly registered voters who might know little, if anything, about them, will turn.

The candidates offer voters a choice as stark as the presidential race.

Heller, 52, is a buttoneddown Mormon who was in his third term in the House representing a conservative, mostly rural district in northern Nevada before being appointed to the Senate after John Ensign exited amid a sex scandal. Berkley, 61, a lawyer, is a buoyant conversationalist who retains traces of a New York accent, hinting where she spent her early years. The seven-term congresswoman lives in Las Vegas, making the race as battle between sometimes contentious regions, as well as po-

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Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., left, and Rep. Shelley Berkley, D-Nev., right, wait for the start of their senate debate with moderator Mitch Fox, center, in Las Vegas. litical parties.

They’ve squabbled over immigration, congressional budgets, Medicare and how to help Main Street. She backed an overhaul of Wall Street oversight after the 2008 financial crisis, he opposed it. Heller rejected an increase in the minimum wage in 2007, she supported it. Berkley supports, and Heller opposes, the so-called Dream Act, which would allow young people brought to the U.S. without authorization to avoid deportation if they graduate high school or join the military.

Ryan Moore, 30, a casino valet, said he liked Romney but pulled the lever for Berkley and Obama at an early voting site because he be-

lieves the president’s health care overhaul needs time to work.

Heller says the law will raise taxes and kill jobs, while Berkley backed it.

“It’s a broken health care system right now,” says Moore, a registered independent who was once stranded without coverage after being cut loose from a previous job. As far as whether the president’s plan will work, “all you have right now is speculation.”

To mobilize voters, Democrats are benefiting from a finely tuned political machine honed by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, DNev., who’s been working overtime to get Berkley in the Senate. It’s no coincidence

she’s using the same pollster, mail and online consultants who helped steer Reid to victory in a tough race in 2010.

Meanwhile, Romney’s campaign has invested heavily in building a rival operation to stand in for a state GOP long fractured by infighting.

No one is predicting a repeat performance for Obama, who captured Nevada with a commanding 12-point margin over John McCain in 2008.

He could give Berkley a potentially decisive boost if he’s able to score a significant win, particularly in areas outside Las Vegas where she’s not well known.

Early voting that started Oct. 20 showed Democrats opening up a lead in overall

numbers, but voters in both parties were casting ballots in numbers greater than in 2008.

“Over the last six or eight years, Democrats have built an incredibly strong organization,” conceded Republican consultant Ryan Erwin, who is advising the Romney campaign in Nevada. “We are not as good as they are yet, but we’ve come a long, long way.”

Both presidential candidates were in the state last week, pleading with residents to go to the polls while putting in a plug for their Senate ticketmates.

After a midweek rally in Las Vegas, Obama detoured to a casino to meet with kitchen workers, telling them, “Don’t wait to vote.

You have got to go and cash in your chips now.”

Romney, in Reno, urged supporters to find “one person who voted for Barack Obama last time and get them to come out and vote for us this time.”

Inside the downtown offices of the Culinary Workers Union, dozens of workers were arrayed around folding tables, organizing computerized lists of voters to be contacted at their homes and urged to vote for Obama and Berkley. By the end of campaign, the 55,000-member union with a large Hispanic membership, a key voting group, expects to have knocked on 150,000 doors in Clark County, the state’s Democratic heartland.

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A skier competes during the annual Motown Throwdown.

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Though it was rain falling from the sky Friday night, at least fifteen thousand pounds of snow sat in the middle of High Street as the Sixth Annual Motown Throwdown set off the season in style.

Pathfinder manager Andrew Walker has been the event coordinator for the Motown Throwdown since its birth six years ago and recalls the event’s modest beginnings.

“The first year it was basically a group of guys and girls that were passionate about snowboarding that got together, got some snow from the ice rink, built some scaffolding, got a DJ and had some fun,” Walker said. “It started pretty small, but we’ve tried to work it up to being something big.”

Riders from New York to North Carolina traveled to Morgantown to showcase their skills in the inviteonly rail jam competition presented by Morgantown outdoor store Pathfinder.

The jam consisted of a both a skiing and snowboarding competition for the chance of cash prizes and gear.

“These are people that snowboard a lot every sin-

gle year; they are riding 80 days a year,” Walker said.

“That’s why we do invite only.”

The event consisted of 20 snowboarders and 10 skiers who competed hourlong heats in which contestants were judged by a panel on their overall performance.

Winning first place in the snowboarding competition was Josh Zerke, who took home $800 cash.

First in place, Justin Petricko took the skiing competition and a cash prize of $400.

The dreary weather wasn’t enough to keep the fans and curious onlookers away as the crowd grew to a size comparable to that of a Sunnyside riot. Thankfully this was a city-sanctioned event.

“It was just fun to watch.

I don’t really know a lot about snowboarding, but it was cool as a person who can’t do that,” said television journalism senior Caitlin Fitzgerald.

“This past week has been unseasonably warm, and it was cool that tonight it was cooler and they had the snow out there, it just kind of got you ready for the change of seasons.”

During the competition, DJ Zimmie worked the crowd with his party-

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The logistics behind the event itself are a challenge comparable to the acrobatics of the competitors.

From set up to tear down, it took the combined effort of Pathfinder, Seven Springs Mountain Resort and the Morgantown Conventions and Visitors Bureau, as well as multiple city departments, to build the slope.

Scaffolding and rails started going up as thousands of pounds of snow and ice were brought in to create the stage for riders to show off their freestyle skills.

The entire process, including set up, the jam and cleanup, ran from 9 a.m. to 10:15 p.m. – clearing the streets a whole 45 minutes ahead of schedule.

By Sunday morning, evidence of the mountain of snow could not be found, but it could be said the downtown scene could feel the effects of the jam for a

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A skier performs his best moves during the Motown Throwdown. while to come.

“We do the event to more so to try and showcase skiing and snowboarding and to kind of drive business to all businesses downtown,” Walker said.

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Not-so-scary Halloween flicks for all to enjoy by laura ciarolla copy editor

This Halloween, you might like to take a break from all of the thrills and chills of horror movies.

The holiday offers the option of a “trick” or a “treat,” so why not treat yourself to some lighthearted and simple Halloween films that won’t leave you casting paranoid glances over your shoulder all night?

Here are three suggestions for some nostalgic Halloween movies you may remember watching as a child. But whether you’ve seen them or not, they’re still enjoyable today.

“Hocus Pocus” It’s Halloween in 1993, and Max Dennison (Omri Katz) is the new kid in town.

Max is having trouble making friends since his move from California. Most of the smalltown Salem, Mass., children don’t relate to him, and some even taunt him with clever nicknames like “Hollywood.” He immediately clashes with the local small-town students in a class discussion about a town folklore, as he ridicules them for their belief in it and their interest in Halloween.

According to the legend, the three Sanderson sisters, Winifred (Bette Midler), Mary (Kathy Najimy) and Sarah (Sarah Jessica Parker), were accused of witchcraft and hanged by the Salem townspeople 300 years ago. But before their demise, the sisters cast a spell that would allow them to be resurrected on a Halloween night.

Later that night, Max decides to visit the Sanderson sisters’ home while trickor-treating with his little

sister Dani (Thora Birch) and classmate/crush Allison (Vinessa Shaw). Scoffing at the local legend, Max lights a black candle he finds in the house and consequently sets off the spell and resurrects the three witches.

This sets the three kids off on a night-long journey to put the Sanderson sisters back in their graves.

Joined by a child-turnedcat, Thackary Binks (Sean Murray), from the sisters’ time, the group chases the witches around town and forms a lasting bond while working together.

If you’ve never seen this movie, or even if it’s just been a while, be sure to make some time for it this Halloween.

“Halloweentown” This Halloween flick is a personal favorite of mine.

It’s a Disney Channel Original Movie, so of course the acting isn’t superb, but it’s a beloved classic with a certain charm of its own.

In the beginning of the movie, Marnie Piper (Kimberly Brown) and her mother, Gwen (Judith Hoag), are incessantly arguing about celebrating Halloween. Marnie wants to attend a holiday party, but her mother won’t allow her. In fact, her mother discourages her and her siblings from celebrating Halloween at all.

While Marnie is still trying to garner a reason from her mother for her restrictions, Marnie’s grandmother Aggie (Debbie Reynolds) arrives as she always does for her yearly visit. She immediately showers the children with Halloween goodies and stories, much to her daughter’s dismay.

But the grandmother’s visit also unearths a family

A scene from the 1993 film ‘Hocus Pocus’ pictured above, starring Kathy Najimy, Bette Midler and Sarah Jessica Parker. secret. While eavesdropping, Marnie learns the truth of her heritage and her mother’s ill feelings toward Halloween: she is from Halloweentown, and Marnie and her siblings are witches.

With her brother, Dylan (Joey Zimmerman), and sister, Sophie (Emily Roeske), Marnie follows her grandmother back to Halloweentown to receive her training as a witch.

However, when she arrives, she learns of “the bad thing” that has been plaguing the town and causing the disappearance of grandmother Aggie’s friends and neighbors.

When Aggie is taken by “the bad thing,” it is up to the Piper children to harness their powers and complete the spell to

save the town. This leads them on a delightful journey throughout the town for the potion’s ingredients that includes a visit to a vampire’s dentist and a ride from a skeleton with a really bad sense of humor.

“When Good Ghouls Go Bad” This movie was also made directly for television, as an ABC Family Original Movie, and shares similar themes with the first two films.

Danny Walker (Joe Pichler) has recently moved from Chicago to the much smaller Walker Falls, named for his family’s history in the town. He moves in with his eccentric grandfather (Christopher Lloyd), who insists on being called “Uncle Fred,” while his fa-

ther (Tom Amandes) pursues dreams of reopening the family’s chocolate factory.

While attempting to celebrate Halloween, Danny discovers the Sheriff taking down his decorations.

Although most of the town refuses to talk about it (or even mention the word “Halloween”), Danny finds out from his classmates the reason for everyone’s negligence.

Twenty years prior, there was an outcast named Curtis Danko (Brendan McCarthy) who attended the local middle school. He was quiet, pale and obsessed with art, which frightened and intimidated the students.

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the school’s art class for nights on end. He worked on it after school hours by the light of fireflies and kept it covered during the day. After working on it on Halloween night, Curtis was found dead the next morning with a message warning that if anyone in the town ever celebrated Halloween again, he would come back to “destroy them all.” His sculpture was deemed too evil for the human eye, and it was buried along with him.

Like Max Dennison, Danny doesn’t believe the town’s legend. But when his “Uncle Fred” refuses to adhere to the rules against celebrating the holiday, he causes the dead to rise from their graves. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

‘Trailer Park Boys’ to return to the big screen

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Despite their absence from the big screen during the past four years, Canada’s famous “Trailer Park Boys” have been gaining popularity around the world.

Now, Topsail Productions and Trailer Park Productions have gotten the gang back together for a third feature film under the direction of Mike Clattenburg.

Clattenburg has dihttp://cltampa.com/ rected both of the feature Pictured above are the stars of the hit Canadian television and film series ‘Trailer Park Boys’ John Paul Tremblay, Robb films, as well as the teleWells and Mike Smith.

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A date for the release of the movie has not been determined. Production was originally supposed to begin this month but was delayed until March.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the three stars are busy working on another film and didn’t want to begin filming on “Trailer Park Boys” just yet.

“We were filming another feature film into October and we felt ‘Trailer Park Boys’ would have suffered if we had rushed into it,” Tremblay said.

The same source also revealed that in the third film, Ricky, Julian and Bubbles are once again up to one of their crazy, getrich-quick schemes. This time, the trio will attempt to start up their own Internet TV network.

If you’re not familiar with the “Trailer Park Boys” franchise, it was first launched in 1998 when Clattenburg directed a black and white film following the exploits of Julian, a criminal from the Sunnyvale Trailer Park in Nova Scotia.

After it caught the attention of producer Barrie Dunn at the 1999 Atlantic Film Festival, the concept was made into a television series, which ran for seven seasons.

Since then, the franchise has produced two full-length feature films, “Trailer Park Boys: the Movie” in 2007 and “Trailer Park Boys: Countdown to Liquor Day” in 2009.

Throughout its history, this hysterical “mockumentary” has surrounded the countless antics and every day illegal activity of

Julian, Ricky and Bubbles.

The boys love three things – getting drunk, smoking dope and stealing things, but at heart, the trio is harmless and has a soft spot for family and friends.

Ricky and Julian are frequently in and out of jail, but to them jail is almost as homey as the trailer park. In fact both characters have points in the show when they try to get arrested on purpose.

Jim Lahey, the trailer park supervisor, is always out to get the boys, but he never succeeds, thanks to his alcohol problem. The assistant trailer park supervisor, Randy, is an exmale prostitute who has almost never wears a shirt and has an addiction to cheeseburgers.

Ricky and his love interest, Lucy, have a daughter named Trinity. Ricky is the first to admit he’s not the smartest guy, but he has his own way of showing his family he cares.

Ray, Ricky’s father, is an ex- trucker who sits in a wheelchair and pretends to be disabled.

The cast and crew are excited and anxious to start work on their third movie. The latest installment of the franchise is sure to combine all these wacky characters for a great adventure and plenty of laughs.

“We are all extremely pleased to be working together again on another ‘Trailer Park Boys’ film,” producer Barrie Dunn said in a statement. “Although it’s been four years since our last film, Ricky, Julian and Bubbles are as popular as ever, even expanding internationally, and we’re delighted to bring them back to the big screen.” daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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High court weighs in on copyright case WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court justices on Monday weighed copyright protections for publishers, creative artists and manufacturers in a global marketplace in a case that has attracted the interest of Costco, eBay and Google.

The outcome has important implications for consumers and multibillion dollar annual sales online and in discount stores.

The court was about the only Washington institution open on Monday. The justices and spectators who braved the rain and wind saw a book publisher face off against a Thai graduate student in the U.S. who resold the publisher’s copyrighted books on eBay after relatives first bought nearly identical, cheaper versions abroad.

The court seemed to struggle with whether it matters where the books were produced and first sold.

The justices’ answer to those questions is of enormous interest to discount sellers like Costco and online business like eBay and Google that offer good prices on many products that were made abroad.

Publisher John Wiley & Sons won a copyright infringement lawsuit against the student, Supap Kirtsaeng. The high court is considering Kirtsaeng’s appeal, which argues that Wiley lost its right to control resale of the books once his relatives bought them legally.

Kirtsaeng used eBay to sell $900,000 worth of books published abroad

by Wiley and others and made about $100,000 in profit. The international editions of the textbooks were essentially the same as the more costly American editions. A jury in New York awarded Wiley $600,000 after deciding Kirtsaeng sold copies of eight Wiley textbooks without permission.

The issue at the Supreme Court concerns what protection the holder of a copyright has after a

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The U.S. Supreme Court is currently deciding on the copyright protections for publishers, creative artists and manufacturers in a global marketplace. product made outside the United States is sold for the first time. In this case, the issue is whether U.S. copyright protection applies to items that are made abroad, purchased abroad and then resold in the U.S. without the permission of the manufacturer. The high court split 4-4 when it tried to answer that question in a case in 2010 involving Costco and Swiss watch maker Omega.

Justice Elena Kagan sat out the Costco case, but is taking part in the new dispute. She signed the government’s legal brief in the Costco case that took Omega’s side. The government is backing the publisher against Kirtsaeng, but it advocates something of a compromise in laying down a rule for other disputes.

The court already has

rejected copyright claims over U.S.-made items that were sold abroad and then brought back to the United States for resale.

The justices did not appear entirely comfortable with either side’s arguments, or the government’s middle ground.

E. Joshua Rosenkranz, Kirtsaeng’s lawyer, ran into skepticism from Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg when he suggested that a ruling for Wiley would allow publishers and other copyright holders control over repeated resale of their products if only they made them abroad.

“So a U.S. manufacturer who wants to sell into the U.S. market has this incentive to go and send jobs overseas. It’s an irresistible incentive if this court says the law is what Wiley says,” Rosenkranz said.

Ginsburg replied, “Has that ever happened?”

Rosenkranz said he is sure it has, but could not come up with any specifics.

On other hand, Theodore Olson, representing Wiley, struggled to satisfy justices who wondered whether Rosenkranz might be right.

Justice Stephen Breyer asked Olson whether, without seeking permission, people could resell their foreign cars, libraries could sell or lend books bought from foreign publishers or museums could display paintings by Pablo Picasso. “Those are some of the horribles that they sketch. And if I am looking for the bear in the mouse hole, I look at those horribles, and there I see that bear. So I’m asking you to spend some time telling me why I’m wrong.”

Olson did not allay Breyer’s concerns with his answer. “I would say that when we talk about all the horribles that might apply in cases other than this, museums, used Toyotas, books and luggage, and that sort of thing, we’re not talking about this case.”

When Rosenkranz returned to the podium to conclude the argument, he said, “To Justice Breyer’s question, the bear is there.

It is very much there.”

The current case has attracted so much attention because it could affect many goods sold online and in discount stores.

The resale of merchandise that originates overseas often is called the gray market, and it has an annual value in the tens of billions of dollars.

Consumers benefit from this market because

manufacturers commonly price items more cheaply abroad than in the United States.

The federal appeals court in New York sided with Wiley in this case.

EBay and Google say in court papers that the appellate ruling “threatens the increasingly important e-commerce sector of the economy.”

Art museums fear that the ruling, if allowed to stand, would jeopardize their ability to exhibit art created outside the United States.

Conversely, the producers of copyrighted movies, music and other goods say that their businesses will be undercut by unauthorized sales if the court blesses Kirtsaeng’s actions.

A decision is expected

by June.

Musicians: Iran’s national orchestra disbanded TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The Iranian national symphony orchestra has been disbanded for lack of funds, musicians said Monday, another sign of the effects of Western economic sanctions..

Orchestra members told the semiofficial ILNA news agency Monday that they have not rehearsed together and have not been paid for three months.

Arsalan Kamkar, a violinist in the orchestra, told The Associated Press Monday that “only seven or eight members of the orchestra have valid contracts. Unfortunately the rest have not had contracts over the past months, and it seems unlikely their contracts will be extended.”

The orchestra was reactivated just last year, after

a two-year break.

Another musician, Babak Riahipour, said the orchestra has been suffering from mismanagement, “Nobody cares about its destiny. There is no budget for replacing decadesold instruments. Nobody pays the players enough,” he said.

The step is likely tied to heightening economic woes in Iran because of government mismanagement and Western sanctions over Iran’s nuclear development program.

Another key effect of the sanctions has been the collapse of the Iranian currency.

The West suspects that Iran may be heading toward production of nuclear weapons, imposing the sanctions to persuade

Iran to drop its uranium enrichment project. Iran insists its program is for peaceful purposes.

Iran’s orchestra is one of the oldest in the Middle East, founded in the 1930s. It has hosted performances by world famous musicians like Yehudi Menuhin and Isaac Stern in the past.

The orchestra has had eight different conductors since the 1979 revolution that brought Islamists to power in Iran.

Many hard-line Iranian clerics believe that Western music undermines Islamic values.

Kamkar said the shutdown shows that Iran’s rulers are not favorable to the orchestra, because its budget is a “small portion of Iran’s income from oil.” Iran’s National Orchestra performs live.

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Obama’s iPod a bit like his electorate ... varied WASHINGTON (AP) -President Barack Obama’s iPod could pass for a voter outreach tool.

Interviewed Monday on Cincinnati radio station WIZF, Obama ran through his musical tastes, an eclectic and all-encompassing list of artists and tracks that reflect the varied coalition of voters he is seeking to attract.

Asked what was on the “presidential iPod,” Obama replied that he had “a pretty good mix.”

“I’ve got old school – Stevie Wonder, James Brown. I’ve got Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan,” he said.

There are also plenty of tracks that young voters might have downloaded to their own collections.

“And then I’ve got everything from Jay-Z, to Eminem, to the Fugees, to you name it. There’s probably not a group that you play that I don’t have on my iPod,” Obama told the station’s E.J. Greig.

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The West Virginia women’s basketball team will open its 2012-2013 season with an exhibition against Alderson-Broaddus Tuesday night.

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The No. 17 West Virginia women’s basketball team opens its 2012-13 campaign against AldersonBroaddus in a special Halloween edition exhibition game tonight.

The Haunted Hoops game, which had been or iginally s cheduled against Concord, will be the first look WVU fans get at the much-anticipated women’s team.

The Mountaineers know the task is daunting without star center Asya Bussie in the lineup because of an injury that occurred pre-season.

Th e Mou nt a i n e e r s are coming off of a 2410 (11-5 Big East) record last season. West Virginia posted a 14-3 record at the

Coliseum.

With the loss of Bussie, junior guard Christal Caldwell will look to lead West Virginia into another NCAA tournament appearance.

Caldwell was second on the team in points a year ago with an average of 10.8 per contest. She recorded double-figure scoring numbers in 16 consecutive games and 19 for the season.

The junior also averaged 5.7 rebounds per game and led the Mountaineers in scoring in conference games with 13.9 points per game.

WVU will be going into the Big 12 Conference for the first time this season – a conference that has sent 70 percent of its members into the postseason in past years.

“First of all, this is going to be a learning year for us, for myself and our coaching staff, plus our players,” said head coach Mike Carey at Big 12 Media Day. “I know we’re coming into a great conference.

From top to bottom, it’s the No. 1 RPI league in the country. We understand they won the national championship the last two years.”

With the crucial loss of a star player, there is always the hope that teammates will step up. For West Virginia, this is the emphasis with some powerhouse opponents such as Baylor this season.

“It’s never a good time to have a player go down,” Carey said. “Asya Bussie was our leading shot blocker, second leading rebounder and gave us

size. But she went down in the second day of practice, and it’s never good for that to happen.

“But at least it happened early, and the players have been able to respond and learn new roles, where a lot of times we counted on Asya to do a lot of things and now somebody else has to pick that up.”

With the loss of Bussie, the Mountaineers lose size at the position and the ability to get as many rebounds. In a very sizefriendly conference such as the Big 12, losing those elements are tough, but West Virginia will look for extra help from players such as center Ayana Dunning.

Dunning, a senior out of Columbus, Ohio, looks to fill in a larger role this season with Bussie in-

jured. Last season, Dunning led the Mountaineers with 8.4 rebounds per game – good for fifth in the Big East Conference. Dunning had an alarming 17 rebounds against South Florida last season. She also had 10 outings with double-figure rebounds.

The Alderson-Broaddus Battlers will be looking to play WVU as a very good opportunity for its program. Last season, Alderson-Broaddus was 6-21 overall.

Leading the Battlers this season will be a Morgantown native herself in senior Amanda Peoples. Peoples is coming off an average of 12.0 points, 8.5 rebounds and one steal per game last season. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

West Virginia’s home finale vs. Stony Brook canceled The West Virginia men’s soccer team’s match against Stony Brook scheduled for tonight at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium was canceled Monday because of the effects of Hurricane Sandy on travel.

At this time, there are no plans to reschedule the match, which was scheduled to be the Mountaineers’ final home match of the season.

West Virginia is currently 8-5-2 on the season

and is tied for third place with Bowling Green in the Mid-American Conference standings with a record of 3-2-1 against MAC foes.

After winning back-toback home games against Buffalo and Hartwick, the Mountaineers are on a twogame slide after falling to No. 3 Akron and Northern Illinois on the road.

The Mountaineers will return to action Nov. 3 when they travel to take on Bowl-

ing Green in the regular season finale.

WVU has yet to win a match on the road this season and holds a record of 0-4-2 away from Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium this year.

If West Virginia makes the MAC tournament, it will start play Nov. 9 at the home field of the No. 1 team in the conference’s regular season standings.

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The preseason in any sport is supposed to be a time of anticipation, hope and optimism. Everything about the West Virginia women’s basketball team’s home media day displayed those exact things.

That is, it did until the team took to the hardwood for its first practice.

Senior center Asya Bussie tore her ACL and will miss the entire 2012-13 season; it’s a tough loss for a squad that was returning every key piece from last season’s 24win squad.

Typically, a loss of such a magnitude can end a season before it even can begin to get started. Fortunately for the Mountaineers, Bussie’s injury will do no such thing.

Sure, the 6-foot-4, Randallstown, Md., native led the Mountaineers in scoring (12.1 ppg) and blocked shots (71), was second in rebounding (6.6 rpg) and was named to the preseason AllBig 12 Honorable Mention team – the only West Virginia player to achieve the feat.

But her injury does not doom the Mountaineers’ hopes of achieving the lofty goals it has set.

After a successful season last year in which West Virginia defeated No. 2 Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind., reached the Big East Conference Tournament semifinals and defeated fellow Big 12 Conference member Texas in the NCAA Tournament, the expectations surrounding this team are high.

The Big 12 coaches thought so highly of West Virginia that the Mountaineers were ranked second in its preseason poll.

It won’t be easy, but the Mountaineers have the talent, experience and coaching to bounce back from Bussie’s untimely injury and prove itself a legitimate contender for a Big 12 title.

West Virginia signed five highly-touted recruits and has strung together its best freshman class in recent memory.

Sophomore guards Linda Stepney and Akilah Bethel as well as sophomore forward Averee Fields will greatly benefit from having a year of experience and should further develop the flashes of brilliance each displayed at times last season.

Redshirt senior center Ayana Dunning, the team’s leading rebounder from a year ago, also returns. Though she won’t be joined by Bussie in the paint, 6-foot-5 freshman center Lanay Montgomery has the potential to step in and contribute alongside Dunning immediately.

Mo s t i m p o r t a nt l y , though, the Mountaineers are led by head coach Mike Carey, who is entering his twelfth season at the helm.

The Clarksburg, W.Va., native has become one of the nation’s best and most well-respected coaches and has won a program-best 227 games during his tenure.

Though the loss of Bussie is a terribly difficult one to stomach now, there’s no doubt in my mind that Carey and the rest of his squad will dig deep and find a way to once again exceed expectations. charles.schuler@mail.wvu.edu

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WVU ready to get back on track after bye week by michael carvelli sports editor

After getting off to a strong 5-0 start, the No. 21 West Virginia football team is looking to get back to form following two devastating losses to Texas Tech and Kansas State.

In those two losses, the Mountaineers trailed by a combined score of 104-28 and scored just three touchdowns in the last two games after scoring 33 in the first five.

“West Virginia’s not used to this. I don’t remember the last time we lost two games in a row, but it’s the reality of the situation,” said head coach Dana Holgorsen on Monday’s Big 12 Conference coaches’ teleconference. “It’s our job as coaches to mix the two and keep the attitude good.”

The Mountaineers used their bye week to recruit and work on individual things that they struggled with in their two losses.

“You’ve just got to take advantage of your practice opportunities,” Holgorsen said. “You get so caught up in the weekto-week preparation – as far as what your game plan is – that throughout the grind of the season you tend to forget what a lot of the fundamental aspects

that being football players is all about. And that’s ultimately how you improve is by getting better at the technique. Being able to visit that and get better at that will hopefully show up on the field,” he said.

Storms could affect WVU’s preparation for TCU With Hurricane Sandy making its way along the East Coast, the storms could make West Virginia change the way it practices leading up to Saturday’s game against TCU. “We’re monitoring it right now. It’s going to all be out of here by Friday,” Holgorsen said.

“It’s probably going to affect our preparation a little bit. Whether it affects our outside work or not, I don’t know. I don’t know how it’s going to affect anything from a school standpoint or any of that.”

A large group of Mountaineers are from the areas where the storm is expected to hit the hardest.

“We’ve got a lot of kids from that area – from New Jersey and Baltimore and Washington D.C., so we’re monitoring those kids and their families to make sure that everything’s fine. Our thoughts and prayers are with that part of the country, no doubt,” Holgorsen said.

WVU will have challenge in TCU’s Boykin Coming into the 2012 season, TCU was expected to have one of the Big 12’s top quarterbacks in Casey Pachall.

But when Pachall left the team to enter a rehab program after a DUI arrest early in the season, redshirt freshman Trevone Boykin was bumped into the starting job.

The Horned Frogs are 1-3 since Boykin took over.

“Any time you play a kid at that spot as a freshman, you’re going to have some ups and downs,” Holgorsen said. “I know he’s turned the ball over a couple times, but not only has made a bunch of plays in the air but he can keep plays alive with his legs and still look to get the ball downfield.”

Boykin has completed 101 of his 164 passes for 1,122 yards and 11 touchdowns while throwing six interceptions.

“He’s done a good job stepping in after Pachall wasn’t there anymore. He’s been getting better each and every week, and we’ll be shocked if he doesn’t continue to get better the rest of the year,” Holgorsen said. james.carvelli@mail.wvu.edu

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West Virginia head coach Dana Holgorsen looks on during the Mountaineers’ loss to Kansas State last week.

Rory McIlroy beats Tiger Woods in China exhibition ZHENGZHOU, China (AP) — Rory McIlroy outdueled Tiger Woods in the first oneon-one exhibition match between golf’s two biggest names.

Woods thinks he’ll have plenty of chances to get revenge.

McIlroy shot a 5-under 67 to beat Woods by one stroke in an 18-hole match between the two top-ranked golfers at the Jinsha Lake Golf Club in central China on Monday.

“This is certainly not like most Mondays. To have this many people come out and watch us play golf in an exhibition was something special. This doesn’t happen,” Woods said. “As far as doing something like this

down the road, it would be fun.”

The event, dubbed “Duel at Jinsha Lake,” marked the first time the two golfers had played head-to-head without other competitors.

Considering the reported appearance fees – $2 million for Woods and $1 million for McIlroy – it probably won’t be the last.

Woods said he’d relish the chance to take on McIlroy more often to create a rivalry at the top of the game similar to the one between Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray that have made men’s tennis so exciting in recent years.

“If you look at the history of the game, it’s not

like other sports where the guys play against each other all the time. Jack (Nicklaus) and Arnold (Palmer) didn’t go at it that often,” Woods said. “But you know what, if we can do this for the next 10, 15 years, then certainly we can have that type of rivalry.

“I think having matches like this to promote the game of golf is what it’s all about. We’re trying to promote the game of golf in this region and it’s come a long way since my first time here 11 years ago.”

McIlroy took an early lead with two birdies on the first three holes and held on to beat Woods, who had two bogeys to go along with his six birdies for the day. The

14-time major winner finished with a 68.

Both players competed elsewhere Sunday and had to make long journeys to Zhengzhou, an industrial city in China’s Henan province. McIlroy finished second to Peter Hanson in the European Tour’s BMW Masters at Shanghai, while Woods tied for fourth in the PGA Tour’s CIMB Classic in Malaysia.

McIlroy, who captured the PGA Championship in August for his second major, said the win over Woods offered some consolation for his defeat Sunday when he surged back from four shots down against Hanson only to lose by one stroke in the end.

“It’s been a nice distraction to not dwell on what happened yesterday. I let a great chance to win a golf tournament slip through my fingers,” McIlroy said.

“Coming to do something like this today has definitely made it a little easier to deal with.”

China has lured a number of the world’s top players with lucrative exhibitions in the past few years as part of an effort to grow the sport’s popularity and market a bevy of new celebrity-designed courses.

No expense – or extravagance – was spared in welcoming Woods and McIlroy to the Jinsha Lake Golf Club.

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Some spectators, however, were skeptical whether an event like this would actually attract new fans to the sport in China.

“The bosses here maybe want to sell the villas so they introduce two big stars to come here,” said Michael Wong, vice editor-in-chief of China’s Golfweek magazine in Beijing. “It’s a show more than a game.”

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West Virginia tennis team wraps up successful spring by jon fehrens sports writer

As fall changes to winter, the West Virginia women’s tennis team closes the book on another successful fall season.

This year’s fall slate was riddled with new challenges; the team had to make trips to Texas, a place where it never played.

Veterans had to prepare freshmen, and everyone had to make sure they were ready to compete in the Big 12 Conference this coming March. Senior Emily Mathis was one of the veterans who led the way for this year’s team, and she sees her final fall season as a success.

“This fall season went really well,” Mathis said. “It was the first time we went

to some of the bigger invitationals. Everyone did a really good job competing against high-level opponents.”

This fall season had a bigger feel to it because the competition level down the road is much better.

The tennis team took part in a tournament this fall held at the University of Texas, where it saw some of its competition. Mathis said she thinks going against this competition now will only help them when the time comes to play in conference matches.

“When we traveled down to the University of Texas this fall, we saw a lot of highlevel ranked teams. We got a couple wins against them, which helped us relax,” she said. “When you beat them and play well against them,

you realize that you are just as prepared as they are.”

In order to make some noise in the Big 12, everyone needs to be comfortable with their spot on the team. Every point matters, and Mathis already has a solution on how to achieve those.

“Our doubles needs improvement. If we can get points from doubles, we can get matches more easily. All we need to do is get more comfortable with our partners,” she said. “In the spring, we usually play around with our partners, but this year we started earlier. All we need to do is just get more comfortable.”

This year’s team is one of the youngest WVU has ever had. There are several freshmen who have already

competed in big events, and Mathis said the rest are expected to be ready to perform when their name is called.

“The freshmen are improving a lot. They are all pretty confident and are ready to compete. They just need to be ready to come out and play,” Mathis said.

Mathis entered this fall season ready to play, but she also came in ready to teach. She wants to leave her mark in West Virginia as a competitor who never stops fighting and hopes the message carries on to the freshmen.

“I’ve always been a competitor. I want everyone to keep fighting – win or lose,” Mathis said.

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Senior Emily Mathis was a vocal leader on the West Virginia tennis team this fall.

Rowing

West Virginia competed in Philadelphia over the weekend by shea ulisney sports writer

Saturday, the West Virginia rowing team traveled to Philadelphia, where it competed at the Head of the Schuylkill Regatta – a 2.5-mile spread on the Schuylkill River. The Mountaineers had three women’s open 4+ place in the top 25 and two women’s open 8+ crews place in the top 20.

“When we judge our race results, we do so first in terms of our own expectations,” said West Virginia head coach Jimmy King. “Our performances at

the Head of the Schuylkill were disappointing overall because we expect more of ourselves at this point in our training year.”

The varsity four “A” crew of Karen Verwey, Rachelle Purych, Kelly Kramer, Hilary Meale and coxswain Ellen Shular finished in 15:54.86 for a fourth-place finish out of 38 crews.

“Although the fourthplace finish appears to be a good result, it doesn’t feel as good when you know you did not perform at your best,” King said.

The open four “C” crew of Elizabeth Duarte, Enya Messersmith, Kaitlyn Ea-

son, Bethany Anne Sapen and coxswain Morgan Leach finished in the top 20 with a time of 17:01.47.

The open four “B” crew of Liz Kantak, Brianna Dendler, Danielle Widecrantz, Jessica Hurlbert and coxswain Caitlin Madamba placed No. 21 with a time of 17:05.23.

“What’s troubling is the gap between our top four (Crew A) and the second and third fours (Crews B and C) that we have raced this fall,” King said. “If our top eight is going to be competitive next spring, some of our rowers will need to bridge that gap.

Given the youth within our squad, there will be many who will experience significant gains by spring.”

The open eight “A” crew of Karen Verwey, Courtney Schrand, Jessica Hurlbert, Rachelle Purych, Mary Ignatiadis, Mollie Rosen, Kelly Kramer, Hilary Meale and coxswain Mallory Fisher placed 12th overall with a time of 14:38.99.

The Mo u n t a i n e e r s wrapped up the race with the open eight “B” crew of Lisa Deklau, Danielle Widecrantz, Mindy Sharon, Tamyra Roberts, Elizabeth Kantak, Danielle Wide-

crantz, Brianna Dendler, Bethany Anne Sapen and coxswain Morgan Leach placing No. 20 overall with a time of 15:02.54.

Junior Melinda Schrand competed finished No. 10 in her first ever women’s open 1x.

“It was a very good result, considering it was her first race in the 1x, and she raced fairly low in rate,” King said.

Ac c o rd i ng t o t h e head coach, the crews found fault in much of their racing and were able to identify things they did not do well. King encouraged his team

to work toward the s p r i n g rat h e r t ha n waiting for the spring to come to them.

“The disappointment lies not merely in the results, but in the poor execution of our racing, especially regarding some of the technical elements on which we wwhave recently worked,” King said.

The Mountaineers will have one week to gather themselves. Saturday, the team will travel to Fairfax, Va., to compete at the Head of Occoquan. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

Across the country

NYC Marathon not expected to Rowdy fans take to streets after be affected by Hurricane Sandy Giants’ World Series Championship

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One World Trade Center, right, peeks through a light rain as water from the Hudson River creeps up on Pier A Park with the expected arrival of Hurricane Sandy in Hoboken, N.J., Monday.

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Marathon organizers expect Hurricane Sandy to have little effect on Sunday’s race.

“We’re extraordinarily lucky the marathon is not today,” New York Road Runners President Mary Wittenberg said during a conference call Monday as wind and rain started to batter the city.

Instead, she said, “we have time on our side” – enough to prepare the course and for runners to travel to the city after the superstorm passes through.

And if flooding or other damage affects the course or logistics, NYRR has contingency plans every year to adjust to any potential problems.

The route through the five boroughs mostly avoids areas considered at highest risk for flooding. The biggest concerns center on getting entrants their numbers and to the starting line on Staten Island.

The ferry buildings used by about half the runners to travel from Manhattan to the start

are in at-risk areas.

Many other entrants take buses through the Brooklyn-Battery Tu n n e l , which could flood. The Javits Center, where runners pick up their numbers, is also in an affected area.

The storm could knock down trees and limbs in Central Park, where the 26.2-mile race finishes.

Wittenberg noted that the city was able to clear the park in time for last year’s race a week after a freak snowstorm caused extensive damage.

NYRR organizes about 50 events a year and has dealt with obstacles ranging from heavy snow to lightning to security concerns.

“We’ve been through close to it all,” Wittenberg said.

Organizers expect to reschedule flights to get all the elite athletes to New York early. And Wittenberg was confident that most of the nearly 20,000 amateur international runners signed up would eventually make it in time. The hours for number pickup will probably be extended for those who

arrive late Saturday.

For runners who can’t get to New York, the deadline to withdraw from the race and guarantee a spot in next year’s event likely will be pushed back from Wednesday to Saturday.

They would still have to pay the entry fee again next year under normal race policy.

The ceremonial finishline painting scheduled for Wednesday has been canceled, along with a news conference Tuesday.

A children’s run Thursday has been moved from Central Park to an indoor track, and the pavilion in the park has been taken down for the time being.

If power is lost, generators or backup systems are in key locations.

Other wise, Wittenberg expects race week will look much the same to New Yorkers and competitors. Extra time is always built into planning, and 700 part-time workers and 8,000 volunteers ensure the course can be set up quickly.

“We remain extremely confident we will have an amazing weekend,” she said.

San Francisco Giants fans celebrate outside PacBell Park Sunday.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The city of San Francisco cleaned up Monday after a rowdy World Series celebration turned violent in some neighborhoods and police arrested three dozen people.

The majority of arrests occurred in the Mission District, and included two people on gun charges, police Sgt. Michael Andraychak said.

“There were celebrations all over the city, and they were all peaceful and upbeat,” Andraychak said.

“Unfortunately, as the night progressed, this other element emerged and were intent on doing violence.”

Bonfires of trash were lit in several intersections around the city, and a public transit bus was torched.

Windows of several businesses and vehicles were broken, including a news van.

Firefighters needed a police escort to douse a bonfire near the Giants’ ball park. They also fought fires fueled by couches, news

racks and other debris throughout the city.

Police said a damage report was not yet available.

Mayor Edwin Lee announced a ticker-tape parade would be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday from Market Street to Civic Center Plaza.

A parade after the Giants won the series in 2010 drew hundreds of thousands of fans.

After the game ended Sunday, fans across the city left their televisions and rushed outside, greeting diners, bar patrons and other merrymakers Sunday night after the Giants defeated the Detroit Tigers 4-3 to sweep the Series for their second title in three years.

In the city’s Polk Gulch neighborhood, hundreds of fans sprayed champagne, set of off firecrackers and blocked traffic for at least two hours after the game.

Several blocks away, police clad in riot gear looked on as revelers danced around Civic Center plaza where they had watched

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The thousands of fans assembled at the site exploded in a roar with the final out.

Anthony Yos, 10, hugged his brother Luciano Yos, 15, and the two danced in an embrace with their parents.

“This is the greatest thing,” Anthony said with a smile that could go no wider. “The Giants are my favorite team.”

Someone in the crowd launched fireworks a few minutes after the game.

Strangers hugged strangers, and wine bottles and marijuana cigarettes were shared freely despite a heavy police presence.

“This is San Francisco,” said Laura Chu. “We know how to party.”

Sara Vivas brought her 6-year-old daughter Briana Cepeda from Oakland to view the game and join the celebration. They were both clad head-to-toe in Giants garb.

“This is something she will remember forever,” Sara said.

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